About Zachary
CYT-200, Holistic Medicine Practitioner
My name is Zachary and I am a trauma-informed movement teacher and holistic medicine practitioner living in Brooklyn, NY on occupied Lenapehoking land. I am passionate about making healing practices accessible to those who have been pushed to the margins of traditional wellness spaces—including incarcerated people, Black and Indigenous people, people of the global majority, queer and trans people, people living with addiction, chronic illness, and chronic pain, and others navigating systemic harm.
A trauma-informed movement practice acknowledges the ways trauma impacts us on individual and systemic levels, and is supported by developmental psychology and the growing body of research on the neurobiology of trauma. This somatic approach honors our bodily wisdom in healing, as understood outside of Western medicine for generations.
My practice is rooted in abolitionist principles and seeks to reduce harm in the world by first addressing the individual needs of the body. In a society shaped by spiritual dis-ease and chronic disconnection, true healing is collective and calls for a conscious relationship with ourselves, eachother, and the earth. I believe every person deserves to heal and feel more embodied, present, and connected in the world.
I am committed to fostering spaces of deep care and guiding your body with an open, loving heart. Most importantly, everything I offer is simply an invitation to explore.
Wholeness is already here. Thank you for trusting me to help guide you back to it.
Read more about what this work means to me.
Beyond workshops and certifications, I am dedicated to self-study, shared inquiry, and experiential learning through the movement of my body in the world.
Education:
Pacific College of Health & Science AOS in Massage Therapies
expected December 2027
Embryology and Body-Mind Centering® with Nisha Kewalramani, RSME/RSMT/IDME/BMCA, 2025
Cultivating Breath - Illuminating Mind: A Body-Mind Centering® Approach with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, OT/RSME/RSMT, 2025
Esalen® Touch and Energy Work with Haydyn Marina, LMT, 2025
Doll Herbalism Holistic Surgery Support Workshop: Connecting Modalities, Centering Long Term Care with Ayelet Hashachar, 2025
Institute of Applied Somatics® Nervous System Regulation Practitioner Training with Dr. Andrea Traldi, Kinesiologist and Somatic Transdisciplinary Researcher, 2025
accredited by the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine
Prison Yoga Project Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training with Jen Lindgren, E-RYT 500, 2025
accredited by Yoga Alliance
Herbalism, Incarceration and Abolition with Nicole Rose of Solidarity Apothecary, 2025
Harm Reduction: A Workshop for People Who Speak Movement with Sofia Engelman, 2025
Mentorship with Alycia Zollinger, Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist, 2024-2025
Prison Yoga Project Foundational Training: Yoga Through the Lens of Trauma and Incarceration, 2024
accredited by Yoga Alliance
Dynamic Embodiment, Working with Breath & The Torso: Laban and Bartinieff with Becky Dyer, CLMA/RSME/RSMT, 2024