a b o u t m e

kellí chava bridgedda

(she // her)

my approach

i am forever wonder-soaked at the intricate mysteries and possibilities of the body. i approach each person on my table with a sense of reverence, warmth and a deep trust in our innate capacity to find ongoing healing within the body.

i offer this work as a survivor of violence devoted to many forms of accompanying others towards integration, greater wholeness, and deeper freedom.

in addition to my bodywork practice, i am a PhD candidate currently writing a dissertation that weaves together contemporary sexual ethics, trauma theory, Jewish mysticism, and queer + feminist theory. my work seeks to expand our notions of what kind of freedom is possible to experience somatically, particularly in relational & erotic encounters. i experience my bodywork practice and my scholarship as inextricable from one another.

in my spare time, i am often immersing in local forests and oceanscapes alongside beloveds.

as a bodyworker, i strive towards integrating an ever-expanding web of knowledge in order to support people (especially those who have experienced violence, trauma and grief) in finding more aliveness, joy and presence in their bodies.

to do this, i focus my technical skill on areas of the body that tend to hold reverberations of significant experiences: the pelvis and the abdomen. i also specialize in myofascial barefoot bodywork, which allows for a potent, compressive experience that opens up fascial lines and increases full-body integration and mobility.

i see bodywork as a healing artistry, and bring years of experience as a trained dancer to my bodywork practice, allowing for a graceful fluidity that can help clients drop into a deeper state of relaxation and receptivity.

l i n e a g e s o f l e a r n i n g

  • Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Rhode Island since 2019

  • PhD Candidate at Brown University focusing on gender studies, mysticism, contemporary sexual ethics & trauma theory

  • advanced barefoot myofascial training with Sarga Bodywork

  • advanced perinatal and pelvic floor trainings with Leslie Stager, LMT

  • foundational biodynamic craniosacral trainings with Andraly Horn, Kei Soares Cobb and Elsie White

  • external pelvic floor structural integration training with Denise Foster Scott

  • ordained Kohenet (earth-based Jewish priestess) via the Kohenet Institute

  • foundational abdominal bodywork training with Arvigo Institute

  • Master’s in Theological Studies with a focus on Gender and Sexuality in Religion at Harvard Divinity School

  • lomi lomi massage training

  • community herbalism training (Commonwealth School for Herbalism)

  • full-spectrum doula

  • tarot study with Soul Tarot School

  • astrology training with somatic focus (Embodied Astrology)