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Founded in 2018
About us
We are an east-west skill collective for whole self health
Big Heart began as Mary-Claire's creation, with the joyful participation of friends and teachers, each of us pictured clockwise beginning with Mary-Claire (upper left), Alissa Effland, Ashley Kuenn, Jessica Bradway, Marya Bradley and Chunchieh Bruce Sun.
Our first location was in Mequon, WI followed by our present home within Syinthesis® Sound Healing Center and the East West Healing Arts Institute building in Shorewood.
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Marya Bradley
Over the course of my life I have sought and dedicated myself to explore ancient and deep pathways of enquiry, disciplines and practices which open us to come into contact with the mysterious source and ground of our being. In my work in and practice of the subtly powerful and profound healing art, biodynamic craniosacral therapy, I offer to hold, witness and support others in their healing process of coming into contact with--an embodied remembering of-- this deep ground and source of healing. It is beautiful and powerful work, I feel graced to support and witness. In this work, I draw on my pursuit and experience of different pathways of healing, and on the ancient and living wisdom of many teachers, teachings and disciplines, including my two-year training with Franklyn Sills and Cherionna Menzam-Sills at the Karuna Institute in England, as well as years of teaching, study and practice in various strands of yoga and meditation, purification and subtle energy healing. These include branches of kundalini and hatha yoga, shamanic yoga, Source point Energy™ healing, and various forms of meditation, amongst them, the practice of vipassana.
In all my work I learn from and am inspired by the sacred presence of nature and all our creature kin, the gift of love and friendship, my life-long love of poetry, language, music, dance and the human search for meaning, justice and truth. In addition to my certifications as a registered biodynamic craniosacral therapist, a yoga teacher (CYT500+hrs), and Source Point Energy™ practitioner, I hold advanced degrees in philosophy and English literature from Yale University.
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Jessica Bradway
Jessica’s expertise lie in providing therapeutic experiences through connecting clients’ physical & emotional states of being with corresponding techniques toward promoting overall wellness. She finds attending to the mind-body connection to be incredibly valuable and has a special interest in emotional impacts on the body and in assisting others in their own journeys of developing body awareness.
WI Licensed Massage Therapist (East-West Healing Arts Institute), Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Art Therapist, Bachelor of Arts in Art History, (University of Kentucky), Master of Science in Art Therapy with an emphasis in Counseling (Mount Mary University), Diploma in Asian Bodywork and Therapeutic Massage (East-West Healing Arts Institute)