Touch to heal the spirit
Welcome
Hi, I’m Melissa Anran Fan.
I’m a healing arts practitioner, somatic bodyworker, community organizer, mama to 2 kids, and human in process living in service to collective liberation.
I have a MA in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy from CIIS and have additional training in somatic therapy, eco therapy, and hypnotherapy. I have worked as a trauma therapist for BIPOC youth in Oakland, a relationship coach for co-housing cooperatives, facilitated retreats for grassroots orgs, and run a variety of educational and healing workshops.
Somatic bodywork is my current offering toward a more loving, open, and just world. After having trained in and offered many different modalities of healing over the years, I have found somatic bodywork to be the most effective at creating lasting change.
What is somatic bodywork?
Our bodies carry the stories of our lives, our ancestors, and our communities. Somatic bodywork is a hands-on way of working directly with and through the body to attune to and align with your values, longings, and commitments.
Sessions take place fully clothed on a massage table. With a combination of touch, breath, movement, and awareness, we gently explore your unique holding patterns, shapes, and areas of tension. Together, we create space for you to express, release, and open into deeper aliveness.
In somatic bodywork, you may experience a wide variety of sensations and emotions. Memories and visions may surface. My role is to support you through whatever arises.
“Through bodywork, we go directly to our tissues—and to the patterns they carry—to meet them, relieve them, and create the conditions for lasting change.” — Strozzi Institute for Somatics
Sessions & Fees
I offer sessions in my North Oakland office or in your home.
Rates
• 60 min – $135
• 90 min – $200
• Home visits – additional $40 travel fee (within Berkeley or Oakland)
Discounts: I am currently offering significant discounts for booking 5 or 10 session packages and paying upfront. A 5 session package is $600 and a 10 session package is $1000. Please reach out to book a package.
Sliding Scale: A number of $50 - $100 sliding scale spots are reserved for low income BIPOC clients. Please reach out to request one.
Mutual Aid for Gaza: 10% of all profits go toward mutual aid for families in Gaza through Watermelon Connections. In addition, I occasionally offer sessions in exchange for a full-fee donation to specific families in Gaza. Please reach out if you’d like to be notified about these sessions.