Private Practice
1:1 work with Melissa at the depth you need · Online and in Metro Vancouver
Two ways to work together
Not sure which you need? Read the difference below, or start with a session. It's an easy way to find out how I teach.
Pathway 01
Private Sessions
An hour of live guidance in Pilates, myofascial release, or breath, shaped around how your body feels that day. Book one, or keep a weekly rhythm with a series.
- 50 - 60 minutes, online or in person
- Book as a single session or a series of sessions
- Book online, no application
Pathway 02
12 Week Program
A structured coaching container with a movement program, nervous system regulation tools, and rest designed for you, plus feedback and support between calls. Repeat it when you're ready for the next chapter.
- 12 weeks of programmed sessions plus coaching and education support between sessions
- Limited spots, by application
- Access to the somatic digital library
TWELVE SESSIONS VS 12 WEEKS
A series of Private Sessions is twelve good hours. Each one is guided in the moment, and what happens between them is up to you. That's valuable, and for plenty of people it's exactly right.
The 12-Week Program is a container with a beginning, a middle, and an end. It starts with an assessment, follows a plan I design for you, and asks you to practice on your own most days, with feedback, coaching calls, and messaging to keep you on track. When the twelve weeks end, you can step into another round with a new focus, building on everything from the last one.
Both are personal. The difference is how much we build together between our time on the mat.
Training with you has made such a difference in the short time we've been together. It seems to protect my body from strain, injury, and fatigue, and I've noticed less pain in my shoulders, knees, and lower back." Krista C., West Vancouver (private client)
12-Week Program - KRISTA C, West Vancouver
Private Sessions
Custom Sessions: Move · Breathe · Reset
50-60 minutes · Virtual or in person
I guide you through a practice custom designed for you. Private Sessions are made for exactly what your mind and body need that day.
Book one when something needs attention, before a race, after a hard week, or when you'd like to try my teaching. Or book a series and keep a weekly rhythm, the way you would with a favourite class, with all of the attention on you.
Choose your session:
Pilates + Strength Mat, reformer and other apparatus Pilates, plus functional strength training adapted to your body, from 15+ years of STOTT-trained teaching and personal training. A good fit for building stability, working around an old injury, or refining your technique.
The Cooldown, one-on-one Myofascial release, stretching, and breath, shaped around whatever your body is carrying that day. You leave knowing how to work with your own tissue via self massage techniques.
Mindfulness and Somatic Practice slower movement and nervous system regulating practice that includes yoga, meditation, breath work, and somatic experiencing.
Details:
what to expect
60 minutes, one-on-one
Online, or in person at your location in metroVancouver
Single session: $150 + GST
Series of 4: $560 + GST ($140 a session), use within 2 months
Series of 8: $1,080 + GST ($135 a session), use within 4 months
Series of 12: $1,560 + GST ($130 a session), use within 6 months
Please give 48 hours' notice to reschedule. Sessions cancelled with less notice are charged in full.
What's included: the session itself. There's no program, check-ins, or messaging between bookings. Each session stands on its own, which is what makes them easy to fit in.
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WHAT YOU NEED
At your location:
Room to move and appropriate equipment for your desired practice. If you have a home gym or studio, I’ll ask you to submit a photo/video of your space for me to asses and make recommendations in need.
Virtually:
Solid internet access, a device to log into the virtual studio from and room to move (floor space and some quite time)
A note about travel
travel fees may apply for long distance travel outside of metro Vancouver.
knowing what your body needs and having the capacity to respond are two different things
12 weeks gives us the space to work on something specific, with a clear plan, a beginning and an end. Together, we'll look at what you're experiencing, help you understand the why behind it, and build a movement and self-regulation practice that fits your body and your life as they are now.
This is personalized guidance, but it is also a practice. I'll meet you with care, curiosity, and the truth when you need it. You bring a willingness to practice between sessions, because that's where much of the change happens. Program details below.
Private Coaching
12 week intervals: Map · Build · Integrate
3 months · Virtual
The 12-Week Program is one-on-one coaching. I assess where you are, then design three things around your actual life: a movement program, a set of nervous system regulation tools, and rest that's built into your week instead of squeezed in when you crash. You practice on your own time. I teach you the why, review how it's going, and adjust the plan as you learn.
By week twelve, you'll have a program you know how to progress, tools you know when to reach for, and the understanding to make informed choices about how you move, rest, and recover.
Details:
what to expect
12 weeks of one-on-one coaching, online
A movement assessment at the start
A movement program, nervous system regulation tools, and rest planned into your weeks, all designed for you
Coaching calls every two weeks, feedback on your practice, and messaging support throughout
Access to The Somatic Library for all 12 weeks, with courses assigned to your focus
Repeatable programming, with a new focus and progressive overload each round
$1900 + GST
The tools
What we might work with
I draw on more than 15 years of training across movement and mindfulness. we’ll focus on the modalities your body and your goals call for:
Strength Training & Pilates, mat-based, with small equipment you can use at home and progressively overload.
Somatic awareness practices to help you learn your own nervous system and what to reach for in the moment, and what to practice daily to prevent burnout.
Mindfulness, meditation and myofascial release Nervous system regulating tools and practices matched to your life, taught so you know when and how to use them
Intentional Rest and recovery with rest days, lighter weeks, recovery practices, and sleep rituals built into your program
Feedback and education throughout the why behind every element, so you understand what you're doing. Plus video assessments so you know you're on track between calls.
Seven coaching calls by video, 60 mins each, every two weeks, to review your progress and adjust your program
Messaging support by text and email for all 12 weeks, with replies within one business day, Monday to Friday
Three places to begin. One integrated self.
Your focus shapes the emphasis of your program. Movement, regulation, and rest are in every one, because strength, stress, and self-care rarely live in separate boxes.
Outer Self
Strength & Pilates
If you want to feel stronger, steadier, and more capable in your body.
Your movement program leads. It's progressive and built around Pilates, strength training, and mobility, designed for the body you have and the life you're living in it, with regulation and recovery supporting the work so you can keep building..
Inner Self
Nervous System Care
If stress, tension, or overwhelm has been running the show.
Your regulation tools lead. Capacity is how much you can feel and handle before your system tips into overwhelm or shuts down. You learn to read your body's signals earlier and decide what to do with them, with movement and rest chosen to support that, rather than add to the load.
Higher Self
Rest & Recovery
If taking care of yourself feels like one more thing on the list, or something you keep starting and abandoning
Rest and ritual lead. We look at how you rest, move, tend to your body, and hold your boundaries, and where your beliefs about care came from in the first place. Then we build rituals that fit your real life, so care starts to feel like it belongs to you.
Ready to begin?
1. Apply A short application so I can understand what brings you here. About ten minutes.
2. We’ll Talk If we look like a good fit, we'll have a [20]-minute call. We'll talk through your focus and how coaching would fit into your life, and I'll tell you honestly whether the program or Private Sessions suit you better right now.
3. Start Complete your intake and assessment, and your 12 weeks begin.
Frequently Asked Questions:
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A series is a set of hours, each one guided in the moment. The program is coaching. I assess you, design your movement program, regulation tools, and rest rhythm, teach you the reasoning behind them, review how it's going, and adjust over twelve weeks. Most of the work happens on your own, with me coaching around it.
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Yes, and it's a good way in. If you join the program within 2 weeks of a session, the cost of your most recent session comes off your program fee.
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Yes. If you'd like live guidance alongside your coaching, program clients can book Private Sessions at $75.00/session add on rate
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Yes. Each round starts with a fresh assessment and a new focus, and builds on the plan you wrote at the end of the last one.
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Either. In-person sessions are in North Vancouver. The 12-Week Program is fully online.
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Buy a series of 4, 8, or 12 and book your sessions as you go, weekly or on your own rhythm, within the time window for that series.
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Yes, and virtual is full strength here, never a lesser option. Many clients go deeper from their own space, and it means we're practicing these skills in the context of your actual life. You'll need a laptop or tablet you can prop up, a little floor space, and time where you won't be interrupted.
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It depends on your focus. Most programs need a mat and a few small pieces of equipment [e.g., resistance bands, a small ball, dumbbells]. Strength-focused programs can use a gym if you have one. We'll sort this out at your assessment.
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Because the calls are for reviewing and adjusting, and the practice itself is yours. Between calls, you have your program, feedback on your practice, and messaging whenever questions come up.
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Because your body adapts during recovery. Effort is the signal, and rest is when the change gets made. Most people I work with are already doing plenty. What's usually missing is recovery they plan for, so it's written into your program from week one.
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Both, in proportions that fit you. Every program includes movement, regulation tools, and rest. Your focus decides which one leads. They all work as one system.
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In the 12-Week Program, yes, for all twelve weeks. You can keep it afterward with a membership. Private Sessions don't include it.
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This is education, movement, and coaching. It isn't therapy, and it isn't a substitute for medical or therapeutic care. Many clients do both.
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No. We start where you are.
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In the program, text or email me when something comes up: a question about an exercise or something you noticed. I reply within one business day, Monday to Friday. Private Sessions don't include messaging between bookings.
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Please give at least 48 hours' notice, for sessions and coaching calls alike. With less notice, the session or call counts as used, which lets me hold your time reliably.