The Dam Mission

Guiding you through ancient healing arts with warmth and care.

Providing holistic resources and services with integrity you can trust.

Sharing connection with the body in ways that heal from the inside out.

More about Kristen Beavers

Kristen Beavers went to school for massage therapy gaining a holistic focused education in 2011-2012 at Miller-Motte Technical College in TN graduating with a 970 credit hour degree. She also attained her first Reiki attunement that year.

Since then she has attained all three Reiki attunements twice, continued her education focusing on techniques that incorporate somatic teachings and began branching into learning more holistic services to offer. Some of which include participating in a communal nature-based healing project spanning a year with four seasonal workshops, and taking twice weekly one on one Martial Arts lessons for four years as well as working closely with a Traditional Chinese Medicine Dr during this time. She is certified in Craniosacral Massage Therapy, Myofascial Massage Therapy, Holistic Health Coaching, Psychosomatic Medicine, Tuina and Cupping Therapy, Sound Medicine, Somatic Movement, and Ecstatic Dance Facilitation. She is soon to be an Ace Certified personal trainer with a focus on corrective exercises and also has done some of a Bachelor of Psychology.

She loves to continue reading and learning about holistic health, the fascia, the nervous system, body mechanics, and mobility maintaining/gaining techniques and plans to continue learning to have better tools to offer those in need, as well as herself.

Why a dam?

Beavers are not only her name but a keystone creature whose presence brings health and abundance of nutrients to ecosystems with the increase, maintenance, and protection of wetlands.

Beavers are known for their dams, but they don't always create them! They build dams when it is necessary for their safety. This exchange of changing their environment to fit their safety needs changes the environment in ways that very often benefit more than just themselves.

In this way, beavers' connection with the ecosystem reminds me of how our fascia protects our internal ecosystem.

Holding everything together in an elastic cocoon of protection that can end up creating blocks to protect nerves and control the flow of nutrients within the body.

Maintaining the fascia's elasticity and lymphatic fluidity is key to our health and mobility.

Water is also symbolic of emotions so like the beaver we want to be able to move fluidly through emotional processing or things will get dammed.

In honor of this, The Health Dam has been chosen to honor the great creature, the Beaver, and their work in the world.

It also pays respects to Kristen's own health journey. Being someone who had an immensely traumatic childhood and dealing with an autoimmune disease for as long as she can remember she had to learn to protect and care for herself which in turn allowed her to help others, much like the beaver.