As an educator and healer, my life's work is fostering mind-body-spirit-soul wellness rooted in a deep connection to the Earth. After decades in higher education, I now focus on bringing people together to explore and deepen their relationships with nature, themselves, and others.

My practice is grounded in the belief that potential is unlocked by moving past verbal explanations and into the wisdom of the body. My sessions invite you to journey inward to go outward, experiencing change in your body, not just in words. I invite you to experience our sessions physically, allowing your body to be the guide for an inward journey that takes you outward.

My Approach to Healing

I am a Niasziih (nī-'ə-zē-ī/) practitioner, using a heart-centered approach to spark awareness that shifts long-held patterns of health and behavior.

In our sessions, we work together to:

• Track Internal Landscapes: I use reflective questions like "What happened here?" and "What does this mean?" to explore your inner self.

• Discover Potential: We work collaboratively to uncover deeply rooted purpose and create movement toward peace, love, joy, and a more fulfilling daily life.

• Create Shifts: By gaining awareness of the infinite choices available in any moment, we allow new perspectives to act as a powerful catalyst for your well-being.

I also integrate techniques from my training as a certified hypnotist, an Apprentice Tracker, a Vision Quest protector, and a certified practitioner of the Tellington TTouch Method for both humans and companion animals. I bring my own medicine to every session, collaborating with other amazing healers to create a powerful place for healing and potential.

My Journey & Roots

My path has been one of deep exploration—spiraling inward and flowing outward. I’ve studied the indigenous ways of the Huichol, Mazatec, Nahuatl, and various Mayan-speaking peoples. As a young woman in Central America, I tried my hand at backstrap weaving and pottery, learning firsthand the wisdom embedded in these ancestral crafts.

This exploration led me to my earlier career as an archaeologist in Texas and New Mexico. My discovery of a Great Kiva in the New Mexico wilderness—a powerful, sacred place—profoundly changed me and solidified my reverence for the Earth and the presence of the past.

Now settled in the Texas Hill Country (a landscape reminiscent of my early life in upstate New York), I draw on all these experiences—from crawling through caves as a caver in Austin to surveying ancient pueblo sites—to inform my practice.

Ready to Begin?

I offer online (Zoom), phone, or email sessions to explore possibilities for your growth and health. I may guide you through balancing the left, right, and primal brain, or explore other ways to settle your nervous system into your body.
I also offer in-person sessions outside of Austin.

How can I help you move toward your potential and purpose?

Gratitude, Purpose, Awareness and Rooting in the Earth are the threads woven together to create Heartfelt Touch. 

~ Martha            Note: I am not a medical professional. I do not provide medical or any psychological treatments. 

                         We will explore tools togeher that empower awareness and transformation.