Balanced Life Movement

A few spaces are opening at Balanced Life Movement. 🌿

We currently have room for 2 new individual therapy clients, as well as openings in our Grief Support Group.

Our practice is rooted in the belief that healing often asks us to go deeper than words alone.

At Balanced Life Movement, our foundation is somatic and movement-based therapy. We work with the patterns held not only in our thoughts, but also in our bodies, nervous systems, and relationships.

Our therapists work deeply with attachment, mood disorders, trauma, anxiety, grief, and neurodivergence through an integrative approach that meets each person where they are.

Depending on what you need, therapy may incorporate specialized approaches including EMDR, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), DBT, expressive arts, mindfulness, and nervous-system regulation.

But underneath all of the modalities is something simpler:

We want therapy to be a nurturing space where you can safely look deeply within.

A place to become curious about the parts of yourself you've learned to criticize, hide, or push away.

A place to soften the inner critic.

To understand old patterns with compassion rather than judgment.

And ultimately, to create more space for your authentic self to emerge. 🌿

✨ 2 Individual Therapy Openings
Virtual therapy throughout New York

💛 Grief Support Group
Offered in partnership with the Heidi Schlenzig Mental Health Foundation and co-led with Orit Zabari.

A compassionate space for those navigating grief and loss, without expectations about what grief should look like or how quickly we should move through it.

We would love to connect with you.

Send us a message, or tap the link to our website to schedule a free conversation with our intake coordinator. We'll learn a little about what you're looking for, answer your questions, and help you find the support that feels right for you.

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2025, what a year. ✨

This year held deep sessions, momentum in community, time outside, movement that soothed the nervous system, and unforgettable moments with friends — including a snowy, rejuvenating Kripalu retreat with my oldest friend Laura and our favorite therapist ~ colleague ~ friend, Joy Ruben Welts. We learned, we moved, we sat with tea, and we remembered again how healing is 💖relational.

I’m so grateful for the people who showed up — in sessions, in community, in care, in laughter. 🤍

If you’re pausing at the end of the year — here are three simple questions that helped me reflect:

🌱 Looking Back
What supported you this year — where were you rooted, where did healing flow through you?

🌬️ Being Present
What are you noticing now — in your breath, your body, your small daily moments?

🔥 Looking Ahead
What quality do you want to tend in the year to come — courage, curiosity, ease, rest?

Take a moment with them — journal, walk, breathe. You can explore more on these prompts here: balancedlifemovement.com 🌿

Here’s to tending what matters, together.

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We created the Heidi Schlenzig Mental Health Foundation to help bridge the gap in care for those who are under-resourced and navigating trauma, stress, or emotional overwhelm.

Our new 8-week support group, The Healing Skills Collective, offers somatic practices, DBT-informed tools, and creative exercises to help you regulate, ground, and reconnect.

✨ 6 free spots available
✨ All remaining spots are donation-based
✨ 100% of proceeds support accessible mental health care

🌿 Starts January 5th
Mondays • 2–3:15 PM EST • Online

Register here:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/the-healing-skills-collective

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A Weekend of Remembering What Matters

This weekend I am spending nearly all my time outside — biking along quiet roads, kayaking on still water, hiking until my legs ache, and napping beneath a tree with the wind moving softly through the leaves.

No screens. No schedule. Just being. A tiny hamlet in the Adirondacks calling me outside to explore.

Something happens when we step away from our phones and back into the rhythms of the natural world. Our senses start to open again — the light looks different, colors feel more alive, and the mind finally stops trying to fix or analyze.

Out here, I could feel my nervous system exhale. The simplicity of movement, sunlight, and fresh air is medicine. It reminds me how healing can be found in what’s already here — in the body, in the breeze, in the sound of water touching shore.

If you’ve been overwhelmed or disconnected lately: Leave your phone behind for a few hours (or all day), go outside, and let yourself be moved by the beauty that’s always waiting.

Your body will remember how to breathe again.

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🌞 At Balanced Life Movement, we help people reconnect to this sense of presence through somatic and creative arts therapy — because nature and the body are our first healers.

Fall invites change — but with change often comes stress. 🍁 Our bodies can feel the shift in daylight, schedules, and energy. If you’ve been feeling tense, scattered, or heavy lately, you’re not alone.

Here are a few ways to regulate and ground yourself this season:

✨ Shake it out: Stand, soften your knees, and gently shake your arms, legs, and shoulders for 1–2 minutes. This signals safety to your nervous system and discharges stored tension.
✨ Breath + sound: Place your hands on your ribs and take three slow, wide breaths. Exhale with a gentle hum or sigh to release stuck energy.
✨ Create with what’s around you: Collect leaves, acorns, or fall colors and make a mini “nature altar” in your space — a visual reminder to slow down and honor the season.
✨ Dance or sway: Put on a song that matches your mood and let your body move freely, even for a minute. Movement helps process emotions when words aren’t enough.

🍂 If stress feels like it’s living in your body this fall, therapy can help you find your rhythm again.
At Balanced Life Movement, we offer Somatic and Creative Arts Therapy to help you move through change with support.

📩 DM us or click the link in bio to schedule a session — let’s help your nervous system settle into this season.

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day 💛

Su***de is never just about wanting life to end — it’s often about wanting the pain to stop. At Balanced Life Movement, we know how overwhelming trauma, depression, and despair can feel. You don’t have to carry it alone.

🌿 Our message today:

Your story matters.

Your pain is real.

Healing is possible.

We care about you.

Therapy can be a place to untangle the weight, find safety, and learn tools that bring relief. Together, we can move toward hope, connection, and new ways of being with what feels unbearable.

If you or someone you love is struggling, please reach out. Support is available:
📞 Call or text 988 for the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline (24/7)
📞 In an emergency, dial 911
✨️To explore therapy with us ~
Call (516) 847-4289 or send us a DM

You are not alone. 💛

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