It was in 2013 when I began my apprenticeship with Jaiya (world-renowned author, Somatic Sexologist and creator of The Erotic Blueprints™)…and that was also the same year that I took my first anatomy class with Ellen Heed. In 2016 I received my certification as a Somatic Sex Educator and Sexological Bodyworker. In 2018 I was certified as a STREAM Practitioner, which included a 10-day intensive hands-on training with both Kimberly Ann Johnson and Ellen Heed. The year of 2022 was the “next evolution” of the STREAM modality and training. I’m telling you…this work is profound. And for the last couple of years, I have also had the great honor and pleasure of assisting Ellen at each of her four yearly in-person trainings in Ashland, OR. 
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A general outline of our focus and study:
  1. The Four Domains of Health: Biochemical, Biomechanical, Emotional, Scar Tissue
  2. Bodies, Bones & Trauma: Healing the "Seen and Unseen" aspects of scar tissue, psyche and soma.
  3. "Where Muscle Meets Bone" (Working with Emotions, The Existential and Scar Tissue)
  4. Pelvic Scars, Injuries and Surgeries
Ellen Heed is a pioneer and expert in therapeutic scar tissue remediation and integrative health, and has helped thousands of women heal from pain and discomfort caused by pelvic floor trauma and injury.

With over 20 years spent teaching anatomy and physiology, doing hands-on and hands-in bodywork, and training others to use her multidisciplinary approach, Ellen is now bringing STREAM's leading-edge philosophy and methodologies to students across the globe.

​Ellen holds a Ph.D. in somatic psychology, her dissertation a groundbreaking work on the nature of whole-body health and pelvic floor scar remediation.

www.ScarTissueRemediation.com
  • STREAM certified practitioners meet you where you are--they tune in to your story and your state, holding space to discover, assess, and connect the dots in professional relationship. Through meaningful education, facilitated self-discovery and mapping processes, STREAM works to resolve pain and blockage from scars–both physical and unseen.
  • Through meaningful education, facilitated self-discovery, mapping strategies, and remediation work, STREAM Certified Practitioners resolve pain and blockage from scars – both physical and emotional.

STREAM Works to Resolve Pain Related to:

  • birth, abdominal, pelvic and reproductive surgeries
  • bio-mechanical, postural, and physical imbalances
  • bio-chemical imbalances including bladder, gut and reproductive issues
  • gender reassignment surgeries, breast and genital surgeries
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These include, but are not limited to bladder, cervical, uterine and rectal prolapses; cesarean scars, interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, vaginismus, episiotomies, birth tears, prolapse repairs, genital affirmation, and plastic surgery.
87% of women who have children end up with scar-related problems, which include incontinence, prolapse, and painful sex. Scar tissue remediation is at the cutting edge of the new skills needed in order to work effectively and holistically with birth injuries, obstetric, and gynecologic surgeries. These include colposcopies and hysterectomies, endometriosis, gender reassignment surgeries, intersex interventions and non-specific pelvic pain.
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How Does STREAM Work?

Scar tissue remediation work happens in a one-on-one setting and includes hands-on manipulation, trauma counseling, client education about self-care protocols, support for lifestyle and nutritional changes, along with active relaxation tools. It takes all of these elements to remediate and manage scar tissue, minimize inflammation to discourage its proliferation, and engage the nervous system to change one's relationship to pain. Clients experience healing at the root level.
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Scar tissue remediation is at the cutting edge of healing. Until now, scar tissue has not been considered a factor in the mainstream conversation about health. A tremendous number of people need these services. STREAM is the first multi-dimensional hands-on modality that addresses scar tissue in a way that can potentiate sexual, reproductive, and overall health.
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Working with those who have experienced:​
  • Hysterectomy
  • C-section
  • Mastectomy
  • Episiotomy
  • Hernia Repair
  • Uterine or Rectal Prolapse
  • Tearing During Childbirth
  • Gender Affirming Surgeries
Scars from abdominal surgery can create imbalances in the pelvis and spine. They can lead to numbness, lack of feeling, or pain at the scar or surrounding areas. Childbirth can occasionally cause scars in the pelvic floor, which can lead to pain during menstruation or sexual intercourse.

​Scar tissue is an obstacle to healing. It blocks our free movement of joy and pleasure in the body. Scar tissue shortens the original length of the tissue and weakens it. Scar tissue may impact other body parts and the organs, creating dysfunction and pain. Scar tissue remediation changes the configuration of the scar to resemble the original tissue. It brings more openness and flexibility to a scar area and brings stagnant tissue back to health.

Scar tissue can be formed through infection, injury, illness, inflammation, chronic poor posture, endometriosis, radiation therapy, tearing during childbirth and surgeries (such as C-sections, episiotomies, appendectomies, ectopic pregnancy removal, abortion, cervical tears and biopsies, hysterectomy, ovarian cyst removal, gall bladder removal, etc).
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STREAM is an integrative system whereby client and practitioner work together to listen to and hear
​the whole story the body has to tell. Together, the story is heard at multiple levels:

  • Verbal/Cognitive Level: the story of what happened and the impact it has had on one's psyche at both conscious and unconscious levels
  • Fascial Level: how it manifests as tension patterns that affect posture
  • Boney Level: how the free movement of the bones is affected
  • Bio-chemical Level: how hormonal and dietary imbalances create both emotional and physical tension and pain
  • Somatic/Emotional Level: how what happened is stored in the tissue as emotional tension, creating postural distortion