Here are two initiatives working to decolonize people's bodies and the local land. These programs are 100% focused on serving BIPOC folks.
(Separate from my grant program/business)
Uplift BIPOC healing - provides FREE access to healthcare, bodywork, and therapeutic services for BIPOC, with BIPOC practitioners.
BIPOC Urban Farm and Wholeness Center in Winooski.
(Separate from my grant program/business)
Uplift BIPOC healing - provides FREE access to healthcare, bodywork, and therapeutic services for BIPOC, with BIPOC practitioners.
BIPOC Urban Farm and Wholeness Center in Winooski.
Bodywork GRANTS for Bipoc & LGBTQIA+
I am offering FREE sessions to anyone who identifies as BIPOC or LGBTQIA+. Gratuity from regular sessions enables me to fund and gift some of my services free of charge. Fill out the form below to request your session.
What is a bodywork grant with Gaby?
A bodywork grant is essentially a scholarship that grants access to healing and therapeutic services to people who identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA free of charge. Modalities with me include massage, energy balancing, sound therapy, and yoga.
Why does it exist?
Oppression and racial injustice can cause suffering and trauma to the people who experience it. When a person is exposed to injustice regularly, their quality of life and health may be impacted and sometimes manifests through the body and nervous system function. Oppression and injustice can cause dis-regulation of the nervous system and is why I believe that nervous system healing is social justice work. Bodywork offers an environment where deeper rest and relaxation are possible, offering space for relief and a reset, and is guided by the needs of the client. By working with a trusted practitioner, clients can create space for themselves to begin, or deepen, their healing journey through receiving massage therapy, energy work (Reiki or Shiatsu), sound therapy, or yoga sessions.
Everyone deserves to feel safe and at home in their bodies, being exactly who they are and just as they are. These modalities have transformed and strengthened my relationship to both myself and my body, allowing space for healing and trauma resilience, and have resulted in a deeper sense of self-worth, self-value, and self-love. My hope and prayer for this grant program, is for local Vermont BIPOC and LGBTQIA to have access to the modalities I offer at no, or little cost, to them and that they benefit from experiencing various therapeutic modalities in ways that enrich, transform, and inspire their lives.
A bodywork grant is essentially a scholarship that grants access to healing and therapeutic services to people who identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA free of charge. Modalities with me include massage, energy balancing, sound therapy, and yoga.
Why does it exist?
Oppression and racial injustice can cause suffering and trauma to the people who experience it. When a person is exposed to injustice regularly, their quality of life and health may be impacted and sometimes manifests through the body and nervous system function. Oppression and injustice can cause dis-regulation of the nervous system and is why I believe that nervous system healing is social justice work. Bodywork offers an environment where deeper rest and relaxation are possible, offering space for relief and a reset, and is guided by the needs of the client. By working with a trusted practitioner, clients can create space for themselves to begin, or deepen, their healing journey through receiving massage therapy, energy work (Reiki or Shiatsu), sound therapy, or yoga sessions.
Everyone deserves to feel safe and at home in their bodies, being exactly who they are and just as they are. These modalities have transformed and strengthened my relationship to both myself and my body, allowing space for healing and trauma resilience, and have resulted in a deeper sense of self-worth, self-value, and self-love. My hope and prayer for this grant program, is for local Vermont BIPOC and LGBTQIA to have access to the modalities I offer at no, or little cost, to them and that they benefit from experiencing various therapeutic modalities in ways that enrich, transform, and inspire their lives.