Body as Earth is a return to ourselves as nature.
In a time shaped by colonial-capitalist systems that prioritise capital over life, this work reorients us toward relationship: with body, land, and each other.
It moves toward an animistic sensibility, a politics of care, and emotional de-armouring — centering embodied intelligence over cognitive imperialism. This is offering in service of relational reorientation.
If we are alive in this moment, we carry response-ability: to shift how we live, how we work, and how we care.
This commitment shapes how I structure access, name lineage, and move in relationship.
• Sliding scale (by request) for low-income and marginalised communities — especially racialised brown and Black bodies, and caregivers.
• Clear acknowledgment of lineage: Babaylan J. (ancestral ritual), Mr. Chi Chai (abdominal and womb-centered touch), and the Body Intelligence approach to Craniosacral therapy bridging osteopathic and Eastern frameworks.
• Ongoing alliance with Babaylans and Indigenous elders in Palawan, Philippines.
• Advocacy for collective mothering and midwifing — centering children, care, and intergenerational continuity over individualised success.
This work resists extractive wellness culture by refusing disconnection from land, lineage, and relationship.
Body as Earth
is intended to live beyond the I.
I owe all I am to all those around me,
especially the beyond human.
I give thanks to the brutality of cities for shaping my undying love for nature.
I honour the moths that have slept beside me to keep me company.
I welcome the ancestors and allies that guide the path.
I notice the signs and omens along the way, no matter how small.
As we walk further into the destruction of climate collapse, and confront the powers that refuse to yield to the earth as a living force.
I will to deepen my practice and my prayer.
“Cellular intelligence, the wisdom of the body, is intimately connected to the conscious and unconscious processes of mind and emotions.
The body can reveal the secret, hidden, or forgotten areas of experience.
As we learn to listen to the body in its constantly transforming expressions, we learn to know ourselves more deeply.”
Body as vessel for transformation.
Earth as an ancient ancestor.
Body as Earth is the meeting of ourselves as nature.
As a response to the climate crisis, Chloe hopes this space will offer humanity applied interconnection.
Within the creative labour of multi-disciplinary fields; from building a community, to programming for spaces centred in collective care; to designing soulful retreats; Chloe works with the pillars of racial diversity, inclusivity in community, localised support, and equitable and imaginative futures.
She moves from a deep willpower and a soulful belief that intentional creative labour rooted in harmonic balance of all elements and peoples involved will be worthy, meaningful, and impactful.
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
Abdominal/Womb Bodywork
Trauma-informed facilitation
Somatic therapist & educator
Decolonial education
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Chloe is based in Bali, Indonesia. Available worldwide.
On maternity leave from May 15, 2026 onwards until further notice.
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Biodynamic Somatic Therapy is a method of gently realigning the body’s dynamics to release tension, restore balance, and support holistic healing from chronic pain, stress, and emotional volatility.
Biodynamic Somatic Therapy (BST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that works with the body’s natural rhythms to reorganise from misaligned or overworked states into more fluid, available, and spacious states of internal harmony.
Rooted in Craniosacral dynamics, BST focuses on the spine—the core of the central nervous system—helping to address chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, and the lingering effects of trauma.
