About
Wolf Willow Well-being
The name Wolf Willow Well-being was developed by Larisa and her sister Nicole.
Larisa and her two sister’s grew up in a family who loved nature. Camping, no matter what the weather was like and a visceral connection to nature was instilled by their parents.
One of the places Larisa lived in was called Shekinah Retreat Centre. A beautiful camp along the Saskatchewan river. The camp was a centre for connection to nature among many other things. The camp property had many hiking trails and one of the trails was called Wolf Willow. The trail meandered along the river. Larisa and her sister would bring their tears and happiness to the trail.
It was as if willows on the trail, floating, bending and whispering in the breeze heard and held them. It seemed fitting to name a company that endeavours to support people in visceral connection to the trees, land and water the name of a place in nature that supported them and so Wolf Willow Well-being was born.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” — Mary Oliver
Larisa's Specialties
Larisa’s specializes in helping the people she supports to re-discover a connection to themselves and their bodies. She believes in human beings natural ability to heal and resolve patterns of trauma. Larisa has provided and continues to provide counselling support to people who have experienced intergenerational trauma, pre-verbal trauma, relational trauma and developmental trauma.
Compassionately helping fellow humans to accept what they have experienced, heal and live the life they were born to live.
Larisa understands the intense struggle that comes with daily living today. She understands the experience of trauma through a variety of lenses; academic, anecdotal, personal.
Navigating social media, politics, difficult relationships, intense work loads, financial stress, COVID 19, discrimination, addiction, anxiety, trauma, fear…the list of turbulence seems never ending.
Larisa realizes that the path through traumatic experiences lies within the body. In the bodies natural ability to heal. Using the perspective that the body holds the answer, creates an invitation to a person’s body that provides a path to healing.
Nature, somatic practices, somatic experiencing and counselling woven together support the people Larisa serves to re-discover an often familiar connection to themselves and to their bodies.
