Christine Holt
owner + founder of Breathing Bodies
I bring a lifetime of exploring body/mind practices to my work as a massage therapist, Trager® practitioner, and teacher of yoga, movement, and mindfulness. Having practices to help get me out of my head and into my body have made all the difference in living with anxiety, depression, and the unavoidable joy and suffering that comes with being human. As a lifelong dancer, I have always been fascinated and enlivened by bodies and movement, following threads of my curiosity through studies and explorations that have blurred the lines between the physical, the psychological, and the spiritual. More and more, I believe that awakening to our potential is not a matter of working hard towards change and growth, but rather to rest more, to slow down and let life move us, with playfulness and curiosity, in community.
I created Breathing Bodies as a container for my offerings, a hub for sharing practices that can help bring more ease and connection, for our individual and collective health. By providing a safe, welcoming space grounded in deep listening and kindness, I offer you a place to reconnect with your most easeful self, with a focus on gentleness, acceptance, and love.
Training & Education
Christine is a Certified Trager® Practitioner, Certified Massage Therapist, Certified Yoga Teacher, and founder/facilitator of New Leaf Sangha, a mindfulness community practicing the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh
2024 750 hour Massage Certification through Balance Massage School of Vermont
2021 400 hour Trager® Practitioner Certification
2020 Yoga for Trauma with Deb Sherrer at Laughing River Yoga
2011 Teaching Mindfulness to Youth with Soryu Forall, Burlington, VT
2011 Certified CircusYoga Teacher
2009 Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Pilot Training Program with Rodney Yee, NYC
2007-9 Rodney Yee Senior Student Invitational Retreat, Franklin, New York
2001 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification, OM Yoga Center, NYC
1997 Bachelor’s Degrees in Psychology and Dance, Connecticut College