C A R E W O R K

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My practice flows from the guiding principle of:

as without so within, as within so without

The world shapes us and we shape the world.

Healing is relational.

In my view, the deepest level of healing happens when we remember our wholeness and reconnect with ourselves, each other, and the living world.

My mission is to be a steady guide and mirror on your path of transformation by offering on-going personalized carework and healing containers intended to foster your unique embodied sense of wholeness, integrity, and confidence to harmoniously move in the world as true yourself.

C A R E W O R K I S F O R Y O U I F

  • You are experiencing an increasing sense of overwhelm about existential issues resulting from climate change (including eco-grief/anxiety and socio-political angst) - and you need support navigating uncertain future possibilities and cultivating active hope.

  • You are navigating loss, overwhelmed by deep grief, and/or mourning the death of a loved one - and want a steady hand to hold as you traverse the River of Sorrows.

  • You keep repeating the same destructive behavioral patterns over and over again in your life and it’s affecting your sense of self and ability to thrive - and you are ready to begin to gently and consensually explore what adaptive survival strategies are driving your behaviors so you are able to shift from a deep place of compassionate integration.

  • You have been struggling with a pattern of disembodiment - and are ready to gently and consensually develop your felt sense and widen your capacity to tolerate the full range of emotions and sensations, and ultimately repair your relationship with your body, as a safe and trusted home.

  • You are lost and going through a challenging life transition - and want support navigating how you move through it, so that you are better able to connect with your internal resilience, stability, courage, and faith - and move with an open heart-mind and deeper sense of embodied alignment to self and the whole.

  • You are struggling with issues of identity and in the process of peeling back layers searching for your authentic self  - and you want nonjudgmental guidance and mirroring as you explore what is true for You, so you can untangle yourself from the old familiar pressures, invoke self-compassion and bravery, and learn to tolerate (even appreciate and love) the unknown within.

  • You are trying to untangle yourself from unhealthy relationship dynamics (from lovers, friends, family, work, church, culture)- and want help differentiating and getting free.  Or - you are trying to show up in your relationships more authentically and want to build your skills of self-awareness, curiosity, intimacy,  boundary setting, consent praxis, and relational communication.

  • You are a person who has power and privilege in the overculture - and is ready to deepen your practice of embodied activism and abolition so you can show up for the long game.

  • You are aligning with your sense of purpose and committing to healing yourself, so you are able to better show up in service to our collective liberation - and you want support developing your capacity for embodiment, intuitive abilities, and building your energetic power.

  • You are a sensitive soul, a lover of Spirit, and an eclectic mystic seeker who feels burdened by misunderstanding and communal displacement in our modern binary world - and you are longing to live into your calling in this life as a devotee to the paradoxical Mysteries.

  • You are on the seeker’s path - and want a mentor to help you navigate this leg of the trail.

  • You are curious about animism, cross-cultural folk magic practice, witchcraft, shamanic practice, earth-honoring ways of worshiping the divine, expanding your spiritual reality (without bypassing) – and want grounded practical support as you journey into multidimensional and relational consciousness.

  • You are ready to feel your embodied ancestors speaking - and want support with learning to listen and build relationships.

  • You are an artist, musician, or performer (personal or professional) who wants to integrate your artistic passions into your healing practice, spirituality, and/or career - and wants more support moving through the fog of self-doubt and fears of public criticism, gentle encouragement as you experiment in your creative process, and animistic insights into how you can deepen your relationship with The Muses.

  • You are trying to get a creative project or career change going but keep getting stuck - and you want help with how to move forward with courage and inspiration.

  • You are actively working with plant medicines and entheogens - and want support preparing for your experience and integrating afterwards, from an animist/shamanic practice perspective vs psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

  • You are a parent, or family planning, in these times - and want guidance that will empower you and ease your anxiety and invite self-compassion.

  • You are focusing on your overall wellness and balancing your constitution - including supporting mental/emotional wellbeing, reducing chronic pain, improving digestive/gut health, balancing hormones, increasing sleep quality, stabilizing mood, harmonizing energy, increasing intimacy in your relationships, and tracking your unique cycles and rhythms.

H O W W E G R O W T O G E T H E R

When we are consistently resourced, growth is inevitable.

In my decade+ of experience working closely with people going through a variety of struggles and big life changes, I’ve discovered when we experience a predictable dose of nurturing relational attunement over time, our bonds within and without strengthen. And despite all the ways the world has marked us with scars, we are still able to connect to our essential vitality.

I’ve come to trust the mystery of right-timing and honoring how we all have our own journeys. Therefore I do not have a one-size-fits-all approach. I prefer to invite a spacious and collaborative process to unfold organically and understand leaps and breakthroughs spontaneously emerge when the conditions are supportive, and as we have more information and gain experiences.

Therefore I encourage you to consider a regular mutually agreed upon commitment to your carework sessions — whether weekly, biweekly, or monthly— to foster a consistent rhythm to holistically support you as you change and evolve.

I offer both virtual and in-person carework sessions from my home studio in South Minneapolis.

I have limited availability Mondays - Fridays durning business hours (CST) and typically meet for one hour, with two-hour sessions available upon request. I connect with people both locally and internationally from across the globe - please let me know if you need scheduling.

Depending on your needs, desires, and preferences we may explore a range of modalities and practices , including:

  • Psychobiological coaching

  • Somatic / neurobiological therapies

  • Guided meditation and trance practice

  • Energetic therapies / shamanic healing

  • Ancestrally influenced folk ritual

  • Herbal medicine / food medicine

  • Postural and movement practices

  • Sound healing / singing / chanting

  • Storytelling / invocation / spellwork

  • Chinese medicine / moxa / cupping / gua sha 

  • Therapeutic touch / bodywork / manual therapies

  • Mentorship

S C H E D U L E I N G

More information about my relational expectations and agreements, cancelation policy, and sliding scale rates can be found here :

A G R E E M E N T S 

To book your carework session and ask any questions, please email me :

connect@portiarichardson.love

M Y C A R E W O R K P R A X I S

Is oriented within the merging of these four streams:

VALUES

  • Respect for the web of life

  • Healing > curing

  • Interconnection + interdependence

  • Clinical experience + evidence + client experience = informing care

  • Balancing intuition and logic

  • Integrating top down (cognitive) + bottom up (somatic/ emotional) ways of knowing

  • Building community + mutual aid

  • Allow time + natural pacing

  • Compassion + empathy

  • Social / racial / earth justice

  • Relational repair + remediation

  • Accountability

  • Fluidity + non-binary

  • Creative expression

  • Nondual truths + authenticity

  • The power of story

  • Brave space

  • Skillful space

  • Exploratory space

  • Playful space

  • Course correcting as we go along

  • Liminality

LENS

  • Animism

  • Phenomenological

  • Fractal / holographic + micro / macro

  • Complex systems

  • Historical / deep time

  • Political / healing justice

  • Developmental + complex trauma

  • Attachment

  • Personal + cultural somatics

  • Mythic

  • Integral

  • Neuroscience

  • Ecological + environmental

  • Permaculture

  • Climate-aware

  • Collapse-aware

  • Ancestral connection

  • Sacred activism

  • Anti-grind culture / pro-rest and dreaming

  • Anti-racism, classism, sexism / pro-human rights

  • Anti-fundamentalism / pro-spiritual fluidity

  • Anti-purity / pro-integrated shadow

  • Restorative justice

  • Disability justice

  • Eastern philosophies + Asian medicine traditions

  • Folk traditions of northern + western European cultures

  • Parapsychology + consciousness studies

  • Archetypal/ Constitutional

APPROACHES

  • Relational / animistic

  • Process > outcome

  • Non-pathological

  • Healing the roots causes > treating the branches symptoms

  • Multidimensional + holistic

  • Collaborative

  • Non-judgmental

  • Humility + humor

  • Client centered within community context

  • Individualized care

  • Trauma informed

  • Evidence informed

  • Body affirming

  • Sex affirming

  • Queer affirming

  • Ethically non-monogamous affirming

  • Kink affirming

  • Birth/Death affirming

  • Entheogen / plant medicine experienced

  • Esoteric / magical

  • Ritualistic

  • Creative

  • Evolving / fluid

  • Experimental

  • Equitable

  • Acting local + thinking global

  • Small + slow movements make big and lasting changes

  • Long game + patience

CRAFTS

  • Presence

  • Holding/creating therapeutic space

  • Active listening

  • Psychobiological coaching

  • Somatic + neurobiological therapies

  • Biofield + energetic therapies

  • Shamanic healing + spirit work

  • Ancestrally influenced folk magic

  • Ritual work

  • Trance practice + channeling + seidr

  • Divination + runic magic + spá

  • Guided meditation

  • Sound healing + galdr + keening

  • Music (guitar, piano, frame drum) + songwriting + invocation

  • Visual arts

  • Theater arts + improv + dance + performance

  • Storytelling + writing + word magic

  • Moxa + acupuncture

  • Manual therapies + bodywork + cupping + gua sha

  • Herbal + food medicine

  • Teaching + skill sharing

  • Fostering reflective dialogue

  • Community + event organizing

  • Permaculture design: social and environmental

L E A R N M O R E

Enjoy the personal testimonials of others who have worked with me :

K I N D W O R D S