Resources & FAQs

The Ceres Method

At Ceres Movement, practice is never one-size-fits-all. Healing unfolds across seasons and cycles of life. Sometimes we need softness — practices of rest, regulation, and inner listening. Other times, we benefit from strength, mobility, and resilience. Both are essential, and both are honored here.

The Ceres Method, Kathryn's approach, weaves together four interconnected streams:

• Somatic Practice — client-led, body-based tools that cultivate presence, safety, curiosity, and clarity.

• Therapeutic Yoga — adaptive, whole-person practices that integrate Yin Yoga, restorative yoga, Yoga Nidra, and self-myofascial release (SMFR). Adapted through assessment, goal-setting, and collaboration, consistent with yoga therapy’s whole-person model of care. These practices support physical ease, nervous system regulation, and seasonal balance.

• Pilates & Functional Movement — intelligent, progressive approaches that build strength, mobility, and confidence while honoring skeletal individuality and nervous system pacing. The focus is on capacity over correction, resilience over perfectionism. This approach is especially supportive for back and shoulder pain, or anyone rebuilding trust in their body.

• Subtle Body & Seasonal Practices — Reiki, meditation, pranayama, and insights from yoga and Chinese Medicine that restore rhythm and renewal across the cycles of life.

Threaded through all of these is mindfulness: the practice of attending to the present moment with curiosity and compassion. Whether through stillness, movement, or breath, mindfulness is the ground from which every offering grows.

What makes the Ceres Method unique is not a single modality, but the integration. It’s a whole-person, trauma-informed framework designed to meet you where you are — in this moment, in this season, in this chapter of life.

Foundations of Practice

Learning is one way in — practice and presence are where it comes alive. Use these insights as touchstones, not prescriptions, and let them meet you in your own rhythm. If something here sparks curiosity or you’d like to explore how these practices might support you personally, I’d love to connect.