How my journey began

My name is Lauren Davis, and I am a Licensed Massage Therapist, Counselor, Certified Personal Trainer/Pilates Instructor. My journey began at the University of Alabama where I received my Bachelors in Kinesiology, followed by Birmingham School of Massage to achieve my License, and finally Cal Southern University for my Masters of Psychology . I am originally from Birmingham, AL but moved to Huntington Beach, CA in 2021.. Ive been in the Health/Wellness Industry for 10+ years and have worked with children, working moms, to professional athletes. I have been contracted as well over many years to work with numerous sports teams like Alabama Track and Field, Alabama Swim and Dive, UAB Football, and UAB Track and Field. Through my journey I followed the path of Personal Trainer, to Massage Therapist which helped me to aide individuals in pain by either strengthening their physical body or to help relieve pain through the healing work of massage as well as other modalities I have been trained in over the years. As my clients became friends and slowly began to open up about physical/emotional trauma that had occurred throughout their lives, I quickly realized that just as an actual injury can cause pain, emotional trauma can be manifested into physical pain as well. I began to feel tension, knots, etc melt away as people began to let go of things they had been holding on to for years. This is what brought me to counseling, which brought me to my own healing journey (blog posts will introduce you to my journey), which in turn has brought me to you.