{"id":101,"date":"2015-12-02T00:04:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T00:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2022-01-09T21:16:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T02:16:25","slug":"meet-our-experts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/?page_id=101","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"fw-main-row \"  >\n\t<div class=\"fw-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-col-xs-12\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-heading fw-heading-h2 \">\n\t\t<h2 class='fw-special-title'>Willow Moon Healing -  Michelle Felux <\/h2>\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-special-subtitle\">Owner\/LMT\/Certified BodyMind Coach<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"fw-main-row \"  >\n\t<div class=\"fw-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-col-xs-12\">\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"fw-main-row \"  >\n\t<div class=\"fw-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-col-xs-12\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1567 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HiMichelle-250x39.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HiMichelle-250x39.png 250w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HiMichelle-500x77.png 500w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HiMichelle-400x62.png 400w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/HiMichelle.png 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/>I help people who feel constrained by society go from feeling stress, anxiousness and self-critical learn to embrace being who you are.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1558 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/michellephoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/michellephoto.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/michellephoto-219x250.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/michellephoto-400x457.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I help you start to step out and show your authentic self to the world\u2026 so that you can FEEL GOOD even if it brushes up against social\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">norms!<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since March 2018, I\u2019ve been living with ocular melanoma\u2026 a rare eye cancer which only affects about 5 in a million people, with 50% of patients experiencing metastasis, and a not so rosy prognosis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I joke that I won the most unlucky lottery!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>But you know what\u2019s funny, navigating this process has helped me learn how to embrace my authentic self AND show it to the world!\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that\u2019s what I help my clients do through a process of coaching through embodiment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will try new things that make me happy. Things that I would have been embarrassed or hesitant to do. I have made decisions to reduce stress in my life. I have learned to trust what my body tells me. What has this entailed? A wide variety of experiences, such as:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"text-align: left;\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking Irish Step dancing lessons - when there wasn\u2019t an adult class so I was with other girls aged 10 or less! I even had a mom ask who my daughter was and I said I was there for me! The best part? I actually did Irish dancing with professional dancers in Dublin!<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1462 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20180615_211501-188x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20180615_211501-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20180615_211501-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20180615_211501-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20180615_211501-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20180615_211501-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20180615_211501-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20180615_211501-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20180615_211501-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking swing dance lessons with my husband. We even will dress up in vintage 1940s-1950s clothing; I use pincurls to set my hair and do all the underpinnings! I will now dress up like this when the mood strikes and you can catch me downtown where I live in this attire! (You now know the origins of my pictures on this site!) I even dressed in this style for my ribbon cutting when I moved my practice to Culpeper.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1568 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pirate-188x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pirate-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pirate-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pirate-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pirate.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dress in elaborate Pirate clothing. I have built this up with numerous trips to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. This is not your costume-in-a-bag! This is also something my husband and I will do together. This outfit empowers me, as I portray a Captain! I have also been known to wear this for masquerade parties.<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"text-align: left;\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dressing up in various costumes and outfits - for Halloween, masquerade balls, high tea, and so on. It\u2019s so much fun, brings me so much happiness, and I really don\u2019t mind the odd looks from those around town!\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1569 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_60281-01-188x250.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_60281-01-188x250.jpeg 188w, https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_60281-01.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learned fly fishing. I was fishing with a spin cast rod for about a year before I caved to my husband\u2019s insistence I try fly fishing. I received a gift of a day with a guide, a female angler, and I absolutely fell in love with this sport!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"text-align: left;\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I moved my business of 10 years to the town where I live, which is an hour away from the previous location; I basically started over with needing to rebuild a new clientele. AND this was while COVID had been present for almost 20 months. The results? I reduced my commute from an hour to 7 minutes and I love working and living in the same community! I also have so much more time with my family and for activities I enjoy. One of my long-time clients, who followed me on when I moved, on her first appointment in my new studio, even commented that I looked less stressed!<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love being able to help my clients achieve their goals, no matter what they may look like! I\u2019m here to support you so that you feel seen, heard and understood. I\u2019ll also give you accountability so you\u2019re able to keep making empowered choices to move toward your goals.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Work with Me<\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\u2019ve been providing massage and wellness services for the past 12 years, and I am not your average massage therapist.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">I help my clients using a combination of coaching, embodiment practices and therapeutic massage.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/?page_id=105\">Here's how to get started\u2026<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willow Moon Healing &#8211; Michelle Felux Owner\/LMT\/Certified BodyMind Coach I help people who feel constrained by society go from feeling stress, anxiousness and self-critical learn to embrace being who you are.I help you start to step out and show your authentic self to the world\u2026 so that you can FEEL GOOD even if it brushes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lightning_design_setting":{"layout":"default"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":87,"href":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1595,"href":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions\/1595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.willowmoonhealing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}