Touch to heal the spirit
Welcome
Hi, I’m Melissa Anran Fan.
I’m a healing arts practitioner, somatic bodyworker, community organizer, mama to 2 kids, and human in process living in service to collective liberation.
I have a MA in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy from CIIS and have additional training in somatic therapy, eco therapy, and hypnotherapy. I have worked as a trauma therapist for BIPOC youth in Oakland, a relationship coach for co-housing cooperatives, facilitated retreats for grassroots orgs, and run a variety of educational and healing workshops.
Somatic bodywork is my current offering toward a more loving, open, and just world. After having trained in and offered many different modalities of healing over the years, I have found somatic bodywork to be the most effective at creating lasting change.
What is somatic bodywork?
Somatic bodywork is a gentle, hands-on practice that works directly with and through the body to shift long held patterns, tensions, and ways of being. With a combination of touch, breath, movement, and awareness, we create space for you to sense, express, and open into deeper aliveness and attunement with who you want to be in the world.
Somatic bodywork is for everyone who longs for a different form of embodiment. Whether you are craving release from chronic pain, wanting to shed intergenerational trauma to be a more present parent, exploring your gender, on a journey of unmasking, or being called to come home to your spirit, somatic bodywork can support you as you walk a new path of being.
“Through bodywork, we go directly to our tissues—and to the patterns they carry—to meet them, relieve them, and create the conditions for lasting change.” — Strozzi Institute for Somatics
Sessions & Fees
I offer sessions in my North Oakland office or in your home.
Rates
• 60 min – $165
• 90 min – $245
• Home visits – additional $50 travel fee (within Berkeley or Oakland)
There is a discount for buying 4 or 6 sessions upfront. A 4 session package is $600 and a 6 session package is $880. Please reach out to book a package.
Sliding Scale: A number of sliding scale spots are reserved for low income BIPOC clients. Please reach out to request one.
Mutual Aid for Gaza: 10% of all profits go toward mutual aid for families in Gaza through Watermelon Connections. In addition, I occasionally offer sessions in exchange for a full-fee donation to specific families in Gaza. Please reach out if you’d like to be notified about these sessions.