"I find her in one of those airport chairs all in a row, her feet dangling over the edge of the 1970s orange plastic. She wears a flowered dress made by her grandmother with an envelope safety-pinned to the shoulder. She is six years old. Put on the plane in Peoria by her mother, she waits alone in Chicago for the plane to LA to visit her father. I sit down next to her. I tell her she doesn't have to be afraid and alone anymore, she has me. I pick up my child self and hold her. In my body, resting on the bodywork table, I sob uncontrollably."
CrowHeart is an invitation inside the mind and heart of a woman who learns to heal her woundedness. Through craniosacral therapy and spiritual guidance, Keelin Anderson gradually heals from chronic depression, frequent migraines, and life-limiting anxiety, by consciously moving back into her body. In a clear and honest memoir, she takes the reader on a journey from an existence controlled by chronic pain and fear, to a life lived in... More > peace, hope, and creativity.< Less
About Keelin Bethany Anderson
Keelin Anderson is a Portland, OR, based craniosacral therapist and spiritual mentor specializing in deep relaxation and whole-being integration for adults. She provides a safe, non-judgemental witness for the client's own healing process. She brings calm acceptance and presence to the body on a deep level, offering the client's entire being an opportunity to revitalize its own inherent knowledge of health and wholeness. CrowHeart chronicles Keelin's own healing journey.
Keelin is a graduate of the Oregon School of Massage, the Nursing program at Oregon Health Sciences University, and Reed College. Keelin enjoys meditation, hiking, singing, gardening, and art. She lives with her husband and cat in Portland in a big old house.
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