My Story — The Journey Behind the Marcelis Compassion Method
After more than 25 years as a licensed massage therapist, along with extensive training in holistic and integrative approaches, I have spent much of my professional life understanding the connection between the body, emotions, and overall well-being.
But my understanding of grief became deeply personal.
I experienced the unexpected loss of my youngest adult brother. A year later, I experienced another profound loss—the death of my beloved dog. Both losses affected me deeply, and I realized that I needed support to process what I was experiencing.
With the love and guidance of friends, family, and therapists, I began exploring different perspectives on grief and loss. I listened to podcasts and sought out resources that explored grief, spirituality, reincarnation, and the many ways people make meaning of profound loss.
During this journey, my massage therapist, Alejandra, encouraged me to explore Family Constellation work. That recommendation became an important turning point.
Discovering Family Constellation
Family Constellation is an experiential approach that explores the relationships, patterns, and dynamics within a family system. It can offer a different perspective on experiences that may feel difficult to understand or that seem to repeat across generations.
For me, discovering Family Constellation created an opportunity to look at my experiences through a wider lens—with curiosity, compassion, and greater awareness.
I later completed training in Family Constellation, not only as part of my professional development, but also as an extension of my own personal journey.
Integral Energy Therapy
I also completed training in Integral Energy Therapy, an approach that incorporates energetic awareness and complementary practices to support relaxation, self-awareness, and a greater sense of balance.
Rather than viewing these approaches as a replacement for conventional healthcare or mental-health care, I see them as complementary tools that can be thoughtfully integrated into a person's wellness journey.
From Personal Experience to a Compassionate Method
My education continued, but so did my personal process of grief.
I learned that healing does not necessarily mean forgetting, letting go of love, or moving on from the people and beings who have shaped our lives.
Sometimes healing means finding a way to carry the experience differently.
My professional experience working with the body, combined with my training in holistic modalities and my own experience with loss, eventually became the foundation for what I now call the Marcelis Compassion Method.
This approach brings together compassionate presence, somatic awareness, and complementary practices to create a supportive space for people navigating grief, loss, and significant life transitions.
I do not approach this work as someone who has all the answers. I approach it as a practitioner who understands that grief is deeply personal and that every person's journey is different.
My intention is to offer a space where you can slow down, reconnect with yourself, listen to your body, and explore your experience with compassion—without judgment and without pressure to follow someone else's timeline.
Your grief is part of your story. It does not have to define the rest of it.
Supporting the body.
Holding the heart.
Awakening transformation.
Treatments And services We offer a wide variety of wellness treatments
Allowing new possibilities into your life
Erasing limitations and making changes without any effort on your part.
A trained facilitator would be the person touching 32 points on our head that create and allow the destruction of ideas or beliefs that no longer provide opportunities of new thoughts and joy. Access clears the energy underneath the words. There is no judgment in Access Consciousness, no separation from all of creation.
Allows us to let go of the situations and qualities in people that create difficulties in our lives.
Improves mental clarity allowing improved work performance and grade without having to work harder.
Suttle movement that mimic the cerebral spinal fluid applied.
Harmonizes the function of the sacrum and cranial movement.
Cranio sacral therapy (CST) is a gentle, noninvasive form of bodywork that addresses the bones of the head, spinal column and sacrum. The goal is to release compression in those areas which alleviates stress and pain.
By balancing the environment around the brain and spinal cord and enhancing the body's ability to self-correct, it is believed that CranioSacral Therapy is able to help a wide variety of dysfunctions, from chronic pain and sports injuries to stroke and neurological impairment.
Radiant Skin from the Inside Out.
It is known that every woman wants to have flawless skin, some factors are unavoidable such as growing age, unhealthy eating habits, and stress can significantly impact the overall looks. With some non-invasive procedures there's still ways to prolong the youthful looking skin and personality.
By stimulating the facial skin on a regular basis it creates a considerable positive impact on blood circulation. It is important to have higher blood circulating in the facial region for blushing red skin without dark circles and black spots. More...
Detox and boost your immune system naturally.
Revitalise your senses and refresh your mind!
Manual lymphatic drainage is a type of massage that encourages the natural drainage of the lymph, which carries waste products away from the tissues back toward the heart. A natural process performed by licensed massage therapists.
The fluid in the lymphatic system aids to remove waste and toxins from the body's tissues. Some health conditions can cause lymph fluid to build up. Lymphatic drainage massages can benefit people with lymphedema, fibromyalgia , and other conditions.
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy
Reduce inflammation and pain with electromagnetic pulses.
The PEMF was designed to help clean and repair all lymph issues. It supports lymph flow and may also open up blocked or scarred lymph tissue. It may also be used to help with swollen legs or arms.
PEMF is a form of recharging your cells by increasing and promotes the movement of ions and electrolytes. Supports cellular metabolism, increases ATP production and aids the the body's own natural healing. More...
Reduce pain, swelling, prevent lumps after surgery.
Recommend after any medical procedure both men & women
A post-surgical massage is a gentle form of massage that increases blood flow and promotes recovery by targeting the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system helps process waste and absorbs fluids. After surgery, these fluids can harden, which is often painful.
We provide lymphatic drainage massage which includes the use of Lymphstar Pro to enhance the lymphatic movement, in most cases we apply microcurrent to reduce scars and adhesions that blocks lymph flow, and manual massages known as Lypossage™ .
(MPS)All Natural, Drug-Free Pain Relief!
Imagine erasing the scars an injury or a surgery left behind with the principles of Acupuncture and your nervous system along with pain reduction! The science behind the application of the Dolphin is by using key acupuncture/trigger points called Microcurrent Point Stimulation or MPS Therapy.
MPS therapy integrates the principles of acupuncture with modern neurological science to provide an all-natural, holistic approach to treating the body and mind. This combination produces very effective results which have been recognized across North America. See Studies...
From Grief Toward Transformation
Transformation does not mean forgetting.
It does not mean leaving your loved one, your memories, or your experience behind.
It can mean finding a different relationship with what has happened—one that allows you to carry the love, honor the experience, and gradually create space for life to continue.
Healing can be a process of becoming more connected to yourself, not becoming someone different.
