Megan Bowser (she/they) is a Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist (NCLMBT #13426) offering bodywork therapy and somatic coaching. Megan studied at the Body Therapy Institute, earning their Massage Therapy Diploma in 2013. She is a certified mind-body coach and integrative somatic trauma therapist with training in a wide range of clinical, cultural, and spiritual approaches to body-based therapy. Centering care for BIPOC and queer folk, Megan’s practice is trauma-sensitive and rooted in connection with life –the life energy found in the body, in relationship with other living beings, and as part of this larger living world. Megan is also an artist, exploring this connection with our place in the living world through poetry and speculative fiction writing, visual art and site-specific installations, collaborative projects (including parade floats!), and in community with the Southern art visioning collective Art Ain’t Innocent. Their creative, spiritual, and healing arts work aims to support an ever deepening and expanding felt-sense of our aliveness and the creative energy needed to continue to adapt to change. Megan is currently working in private practice in Durham, NC.

EDUCATION AND experience

I am a licensed massage and bodywork therapist (NCLMBT #13426), somatics practitioner, integrative somatic trauma therapist, and meditation practitioner.

I have a BA in Humanities and Fine Arts

I moved to Durham, NC in 2010 where I make home and practice

I cofounded The Mothership, a creative coworking, retail, and event space, in 2012 where I facilitated a monthly sharing circle and annual retreat for members until our closing in 2020

I studied at The Body Therapy Institute in the massage therapy diploma program and received my licensure in 2013

I gave birth to my child in 2013, and parenting is one of the greatest joys and works of my life

I began practicing somatic meditation in 2015 (–present)

I was a founding member of Durham Bodywork, a clinic and collective for bodywork professionals, in 2016 (co-owner 2016-2017, no longer affiliated)

I received Reiki attunement in 2017

I started arts and culture advocacy organizing and community building with a group of artists, Art Ain’t Innocent, in 2018 (–present)

I completed Trauma-Sensitive-Mindfulness teacher training in 2019

I help organize a peer-facilitated BIPOC meditation circle (2019; 2023-present)

I have studied with and am most influenced by the work of Michael Shea, Manuela Mischke-Reeds, Dr. Ruby Gibson, Dr. Dan Siegel, Malidoma Patrice Somé, and Báyò Akómoláfé

I am continuing my formal education in biodynamic caniosacral therapy, and informally studying the cosmology and theory of change in hands-on therapies, informed by indigenous lineages of somatic medicine practices.

Practice

Massage, Bodywork, & somatic Modalities

Biodynamic Cardiovascular Therapy

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

Clinical Myofascial Massage

Clinical Somatics and Neuromuscular Education

Focusing, Active Imagination, and Inner Dialogue

Hakomi-Informed Somatic Coaching

Integrative Reflexology

Integrative Somatic Parts Work

Lymphatic Massage

Meridian Acupressure and Meridian Massage Therapy

Massage Cupping

Reiki and Palm Healing

Thai Massage