Our Mission
To cultivate a diverse and safe community while dismantling the obstacles that hinder access to somatic healing practices for both the community and practitioners. We are dedicated to ensuring that somatic healing and personal growth are available to everyone. Our services emphasize healing and vitality, rather than just physical fitness.
About us...
If you are seeking support & relief from:
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Anxiety
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PTSD / CPTSD
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Chronic stress and overwhelm
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Emotional dysregulation
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Chronic lower back pain
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Chronic tension in shoulders and neck
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Troubles sleeping
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Fatigue
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Digestive Problems
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Overthinking
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Grief
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Feeling disempowered
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Isolation
We see you. Our instructors and facilitators have been walking transformative paths in their lives for years and feel passionate about bringing accessible somatic healing and safe, diverse community connections with practices that have helped them the most on their healing journeys. We offer sponsorship opportunities and are in the development phase of building a 501c nonprofit and are seeking assistance with funding and establishment.
Breaking down barriers...
How we are dismantling barriers:
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Financial Access
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Sliding scale pricing on events and private services
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Donation based community events offered regularly
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Opportunities for sponsorships and work exchanges
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Affordable memberships
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Time/Schedule Flexibility
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Online classes offered over zoom
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On-demand recordings of classes
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Adaptations
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Instructors offer modifications to meet your body's needs, with some practices attainable from a chair/couch
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Trauma-Informed Approach
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We create a warm, safe environment, empowering you within supportive community
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Virtual options help reduce social anxiety barriers
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Matriarchal Business Model
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HLS is owned by Jessina, a single mom entrepreneur, committed to not profiting from others' hard work. We are creating a nonprofit organization led by women with a model based on growth and equality
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You have the power to heal and transform...
Our intentional somatic movement classes combine yoga, dance, meditation and breathwork to help restore your physical and energetic balance, accommodating all experience levels with adaptions to meet you where you are which could change daily. Through our compassionate trauma-informed language we will encourage you to go at your own pace and listen to your needs. This practice is for you to feel connected, nourished and empowered as we gently guide you back to your true authentic self. Reclaim your power as you learn somatic healing techniques to release stored tension and emotions with-in the body and energetic field, bringing you back into balance and a state of ease and vitality. We can carry what we learn in these practices in our everyday lives. You will learn efficient, practical tools to fill your toolbox so you can feel connected, nourished and empowered consistently. These somatic healing tools are fantastic to use in addition to traditional therapy with a mental health professional. Our offerings are designed to foster supportive, safe community connections where you can feel seen and heard as you embark on your healing journey. You are not meant to do this alone! Trauma often happens in community, so healing must happen with community as well. Please reach out if you need any additional assistance in getting started or schedule a free 30 min. video call with Jessina to address concerns or questions. We'd love to hear from you and want you to feel safe and supported!
Meet Our Team
Jess is here to guide you back into your power. With a strong call to be of service, she is passionate about holding space for others to heal, offering guidance and support on their transformational journey. Jessina Mehu (she/her) is a trauma-informed somatic healing guide, intuitive healer, working witch and single mom whose own path-from surviving domestic violence and deep personal losses to navigating life with CPTSD, anxiety, ADHD, chronic pain and emotional dysregulation has shaped her mission: To make somatic healing accessible, inclusive, and empowering for all. Her passion lies heavily in supporting women through rebirthing journeys and reclaiming their divine feminine power, facilitating rituals, and holding space for trauma and grief healing journeys. She gently and intuitively guides others through the same embodied practices that helped her reclaim her own power-Kundalini yoga, meditation, breathwork, dance, mantra, energy healing, and most of all, sisterhood and safe community. Her approach blends ancient wisdom with modern modalities, creating deeply restorative experiences that foster balance, transformation, and self-reclamation. * Join Jess for weekly somatic healing classes, circles, 1:1 sessions in-person and virtually
Jessina Mehu (she-her)
Founder, Facilitator, Somatic Healing Guide, Energy Healing Practitioner
“Jessina has been an incredible support system for me throughout my life’s ups and downs. She’s been like a wise mentor, gently guiding me while I have been going through some big life changes with her encouragement, advice, and unwavering support. As a yoga practitioner, her classes create a calm, safe, and warm atmosphere filled with positive energy. Even though I’m a newbie to yoga and I still have a lot to learn, Jessina is so welcoming and explains things in a digestible way that’s easy to understand. Her reminders to be gentle with ourselves and adapt as needed are super helpful, especially for someone like me who’s new to it and trying to get back in shape. Music is a big part of my life, and her incorporation of music with movement and breathing really elevates the experience! That’s something that really stands out for me and helps me get into it! Jessina’s teachings and classes have had a huge impact on me. They’ve unexpectedly given me emotional releases during sessions. It’s been an exciting journey to explore this new chapter with such a passionate and dedicated instructor. Her guidance is really inspiring me to keep learning and growing in the practices I’ve learned from her. I highly recommend her classes to anyone looking for a transformative yoga experience. One thing that sets Jessina apart is her unique style and approach. She goes beyond traditional yoga practices and creates a nurturing and empowering space for women to discover support in a holistic way. She’s an amazing soul and I’m so happy I get to learn from her!” -Amanda Simmons
Jodi is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, CrossFit coach, and personal trainer who loves guiding others toward balance. Off the mat, she enjoys time with her husband, daughter, and their two pit bulls, as well as baking sourdough and tending her garden. Amid the noise and haste, she finds beauty in the silence of yin yoga — a practice she loves to both teach and share.
Jodi Brown (she/her)
200-hour RYT
Rachel Briggs is a Gem of a Cancer who loves hard and feels deeply. She lives in the woods of Howell, Michigan, where life still feels close to the real things. Rach finds grounding in nature, movement, crafting, baking, dancing, and authentic community, and brings that same presence into the work she offers others. Rachel is an End of Life Doula, grief support facilitator, creative spirit, and mother who has devoted herself to supporting the dying—humans, animals, and dreams alike—and the people who love them through end of life, sudden loss, grief, and major life transitions. Her path deepened in 2020 after finding her mother dead the day after Christmas, an experience that reshaped her understanding of grief, presence, and what it means to keep living afterward. Rachel offers advance care planning, green burial and home funeral support, vigil tending, grief circles, and personalized memorial offerings. For the past six years, she has held space through the Ann Arbor Virtual Death Café and has been involved with the in-person community for eight years, helping create compassionate spaces for conversations around death, dying, and healing. She is forever smiling through it all 😊🚪💫 Join Rach for bi-weekly grief circles, one-on-one support, and private grief support experiences
Rachel Briggs (she/her)
Death doula, circle facilitator
Deb discovered the power of sound baths more than a decade ago, moved by their profound healing qualities. She became certified in Sound and Vibrational Therapies and offers private sessions and group experiences throughout the county. Her sound baths create space for stress reduction, emotional balance, and energetic harmony.
Deb Oberpoul, (she/her)
Certified Sound Healer
Rachele Evers is a dynamic force of nature blending the worlds of business prowess and spiritual enlightenment with effortless grace. She has earned her stripes as a business woman and is a top-producing agent, best-selling author, consistently exceeding expectations and setting new standards of excellence. Beyond the boardrooms and open houses, she is a beacon of light in spiritual wellness, serving as an energy worker, yoga instructor, & Reiki master. Whether she's orchestrating a real estate transaction, educating her agents, or leading a transformative yoga class, Rachele approaches each endeavor with a rare blend of professionalism, warmth, and authenticity. Her infectious energy, unwavering optimism, and genuine love for what she does shine through in every interaction, leaving a lasting impression on all who cross her path.
