“A human being is… energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less.

A dance.”

Gabrielle Roth

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Your Body Can Create Lasting Transformation

What is Ishtara?

Informed by decades of somatic research, this trauma-sensitive somatic practice uses movement to process emotions and transform patterns stored in the body. Rather than thinking about feelings, you experience them as energies and express them through moving meditation, helping you powerfully reconnect with your body’s wisdom, intuition, self-healing, and true desires. This proven embodiment method is for any body in any age, shape, and capacity.

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Your Instructor

Melissa Brough, PhD

Licensed Ishtara Teacher

Co-Founder, Energetic Literacy Project

Reiki Master/Teacher

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Melissa teaches from a desire to embody her full human potential, and to support others to do the same.

Our patterns repeat because our body is trying to set us free from a pain in the past

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Our patterns repeat because our body is trying to set us free from a pain in the past

Our patterns repeat because our body is trying to set us free from a pain in the past · Our patterns repeat because our body is trying to set us free from a pain in the past

Ishtara Classes

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1-hour live introduction to Body Alchemy method on Zoom, with an overview of the 6-week course

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(6 weeks) - Learn to transform emotional energy through trauma-informed movement. Limited to 6 people per class.

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Advanced course exploring your body’s protective patterns. Discover how to transform these patterns into personal power. Body Alchemy is a pre-req.

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Weekly group sessions for advanced practice. Requires Body Trinity completion.

Testimonials
“The amount of growth and transformation I have experienced over this past year in Ishtara is beyond anything I have known in this lifetime. This practice is my lifeline.”

Lisa M.

“After a great loss in my life, I found Ishtara and began through movement to build a new body-soul vocabulary. A whole new world has opened up for me.”

Edie Y.

“This practice helped my body to remember and reintegrate pieces of myself, and of my essence, that I was unable to access for years. I feel stronger in my sense of self, and I have a newfound confidence in my body.

Melissa S.

“Ishtara is mind-blowing. Literally.”

Ann P.

“The more you fall in love with your body, the more you will love your life.”

Tracy Harward, Ishtara Creator