Meet Stacy Matulis | Somatic and Archetypal Healing

We had the good fortune of connecting with Stacy Matulis and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Stacy, is there something that you feel is most responsible for your success?
My brand is a no business plan model. And I believe that’s why it’s been so successful. It naturally grew through offering what was my most true offering at each stage of my development as a human. I became a healing ally through turning towards my own pain and trauma. I had no ambition to become a healing artist or a teacher, I simply wanted to love my life, and to share that love easily and fully. I dealt with deep depression from a young age. In my effort to lift the depression, I practiced yoga, meditation, organ cleansing, holistic nutrition, tantra, psychotherapy, breath-work, and plant medicine. Each of these modalities I dove into whole-heartedly, and received deep healing at each stage. I would then train in the modalities- really just to gain further healing from them- which always happened. This naturally turned into an authentic desire to share the wholeness I had gained from my inner work- fueled from having lived the in and outs of pain, and suffering, and the Path to alleviating it. This can be felt when working with me. And since the work with me works, my business grew strictly by word of mouth. I’ve had a waitlist for fifteen years without advertisement or scaling. As my desire to share evolved, birthed from my own deepening of healing and embodiment, so did my offerings. Once the desire to teach large groups arose, it was because I could effectively share healing at a larger scale. And again, my past clients advertised for me through their experience towards and into wholer versions of themselves. It wasn’t motivated by finances- but by a desire to share. I believe this is why the feedback I get is that the true love and authenticity in the space offers an incredible ease to the work that can often feel daunting or hard to hear or swallow. I’m told, it’s magic. Which in a way, it is. The magic of truth.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I call myself a Healing Artist. This is because the path for healing is absolutely different for each person. In my work, it is a dynamic dance between my loving Witness and another person. When I work with someone, I begin by grounding into myself, and then putting my attention on the person or group in the space, and set an intention to be of service to their wholeness. When I do this, I begin to receive pictures, intuitions, sensations, instincts, emotions, and notions that will support their embodiment. This may seem very mystical, or maybe even untrue or impossible. However it’s very similar to a process that is understood and accepted for artists. For example, a writer who gets an idea for a story. The idea comes in and it excites them, so they set their intention to write the story. As they put their attention on it- the characters pour through them onto the page. It is a co-creation with the artist and something bigger than them flowing through their vessel into their medium. When I receive the information on behalf of my clients, I hand to them what comes forward to me, and if it resonates, I help them apply it in their own system through somatic and embodiment practices. This means every session with me is taylored specifically to each person and their unique path. Additionally, in time, each student and client are taught to engage with their own healing artist and become their own healing ally.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Los Angeles is the perfect combination of nature and and nightlife. Whenever friends visit me, I make sure to cover both. We might start with a hike in The Angeles Forest, or West side at Temescal. Next we might head to the ocean- swimming, wave riding, relaxing in the sand, cruising Venice boardwalk (maybe shopping on Abbott Kinney). Before I ever go out at night, I like to drop in to some sort of a wellness or spiritual practice. LA is a smorgasborg for this. You can drop into world class yoga classes, pilates, breath-work, shamanic healings, group Reiki, kundalini, and meditation classes at studios all over the city. Favorites of mine are RaMA, Kinship yoga, Still yoga, and Bhakti Yoga Shala. When i connect with myself like this before going out, I’m sure to enjoy the night exponentially more. I love sharing this with friends. By now we are ready to hit the night. This city has so many opportunities to experience art, from large stages like the Dorothy Chandler or The Hollywood Bowl, to small black box theatres, open mic nights, poetry slams, art shows, live music, perfectly curated DJ sets at any number of the clubs. There is just so much enriching entertainment available. Before the show though- we would definitely grab supper at any of my favorites from Alimento in Silverlake, to Gjusta in Venice, or Hugo’s in West Hollywood and the Valley. The following day we would sleep in, and when ready head to one of my favorite Korean spa’s like Beverly Hot Springs or Olympic to soak and get massages. Sure to be a vacation that inspires and fills, instead of drains leaving one in need of a vacation to restore from vacation!

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I want to dedicate this Shoutout to my family and friends. When someone is dealing with a mental illness, like depression, it can be incredibly daunting, confusing, destabilizing, and often times, immobilizing. I am beyond blessed and grateful to have a family who held me every step of the way, and friends who met me lovingly in the trenches, and witnessed and celebrated my growth and healing. Without that, I never would have had the strength to get through each of the many stages and layers of my healing process. Nor would I have had the stability to dare to follow my dreams to share the gifts I had received through that process. I call myself a Healing Artist because my practice is birthed from my pain and growth- similar to that of a painter or a writer or other creative artists. I feel my friends and family have been the container that have allowed me to make art out of my pain. My living artist offering is the joy I embody, and the curriculum that continues to pour through me to serve others into their fullest Self. To my tribe I gratefully bow.

Website: beencaughthealing.com

Instagram: @beencaughthealing

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Image Credits
Anita Coats, Angie Smithers, Carla Coffing