Miri Nakamura PhD, CMT

My purpose in life is to seek magic, moments of awe and wonder that transforms your life.

As a craniosacral therapist, I want people to experience the same kind of magic that the modality has brought to my own life.

My Story

My journey in the healing arts is a fairly unique story. I began as a university professor, who spent nearly two decades in academia. I did everything I was told would bring me happiness: publish my book, get tenured, climb the never-ending social ladder. But over the years, my body started to have problems from not following my heart.

While trying various methods to heal myself, I had a serendipidous encounter with Craniosacral Therapy. With one small adjustment in my throat, I experienced an emotional release and a sense of wholeness. For about ten days after, I felt connected to something greater than myself and experienced pure joy. I felt like I had returned to my true self.

Since that magical day, I have simply been following the path. I have had the fortune to travel to countless beautiful places on this earth to learn from amazing teachers, conscientious beings, and from the sacred lands themselves. And of course, I continue to learn from my clients, my best teachers. Everyone who has walked through my door has taught me something valuable, not only about the modality but about myself.

The paradigm of craniosacral is: Your body already possess the knowledge and wisdom of how to best heal itself. I would be honored to help you on your healing journey and show you the magic and light that reside within you.

Qualifications

  • Craniosacral Therapy training with the Upledger Institute, Peirsman Craniosacral Academy, Leonid Soboleff's Biodynamic Craniosacral

  • Long Distance Healing, Healing from the Core, Suzanne Scurlock

  • Over 700 hrs of training as Certified Massage Therapist at the Mckinnon Institute & Esalen Institute

  • Dharma Yoga Teacher, 200YTT

  • Ph.D. in East Asian Studies, Stanford University

  • Fulbright Scholar

  • Author of Monstrous Bodies: The Rise of the Uncanny in Modern Japan

  • Currently training in Somatic Experiencing and Biodynamic Craniosacral with STAR Institute