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\n\t\t\tYou are not a drop in the ocean, you are the ocean in a single drop. – Rumi\t<\/h1>\n
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\n\t\t\tIn Nature, Of Nature\t<\/h1>\n\tThis work exists in response to a quiet but persistent longing to feel less separate. Many people arrive with a sense that something essential has been thinned out by the pace and demands of modern life, a loss of contact with their own bodies, with each other, and with the living world.\nWhat is offered here is not a concept of reconnection, but a direct experience of it, where the body begins to recognize itself as part of a wider field of life.\nWorking in and with natural environments shifts the terms of experience. The body is no longer the center of the experience, but one participant among many, in relationship with water, gravity, temperature, texture, and the presence of other beings. In that shift, something begins to reorganize.\nEffort softens, perception widens, and a different kind of intelligence comes forward, one that is responsive, relational, and less burdened by the need to control or perform.\nFor the person stepping into this work, the impact is often subtle but deeply felt. There is a return of trust in one’s own sensing, a greater ease in inhabiting the body, and a renewed capacity to be in relationship without losing oneself.\nWhat emerges is not an escape from the complexity of life, but a way of meeting it with more coherence, presence, and an underlying sense of belonging that is no longer dependent on circumstance.\n\t

Offerings<\/h2>\n

\n\t\t\tPrivate Aquatic Therapy\t<\/h1>\n
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\n\t\t\tGroup Aquatic Experience\t<\/h1>\n
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\n\t\t\tRetreats & Workshops\t<\/h1>\n
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\n\t\t\tPrivate Yoga Therapy\t<\/h1>\n
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\n\t\t\tBespoke Experiences\t<\/h1>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\"Soft\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\tA little about me\t<\/h1>\n\tMy name is Kristen Butera, aka Finns. I work at the liminal thresholds where water meets land meets sky, in movement, expression and stillness.\nThe work unfolds at the crossroads of academic inquiry and body-based knowing, and draws from yoga therapy, ecosomatics, mythopoetics, expressive arts and aquatic practice to open spaces of deep listening, relational intimacy, and felt meaning.\nMythic and somatic remembering are invited back online, restoring a sense of right relationship with the human and more-than-human world.\nThis is a practice of crossing and recrossing thresholds, of learning to be moved as much as to move, and of remembering that depth is something that can be lived.\nIn practice, this looks like guided experiences that blend structured inquiry with open exploration. Sessions may include breathwork, slow movement, partner-based touch practices, and time in water, where the body can reorganize through buoyancy, pressure, and flow. Verbal guidance is offered sparingly and with intention, allowing space for nonverbal awareness, sensation, and direct experience to lead. At times, language and imagery are woven back in, not as concepts to grasp, but as reflections that arise from what has already been felt and lived in the body.\nWork unfolds in both individual and group settings, in pools, natural waters, and on land. Each container is shaped with care around consent, pacing, and relational attunement, so that participants can engage without overwhelm. What emerges is not a prescribed outcome, but a deepened capacity to listen, to respond, and to inhabit one’s experience with greater clarity, sensitivity, and trust.\nClick here<\/strong><\/em><\/a> to read more about my teaching experience and educational background.\n

\n\t\t\tJoin me at the edges where land and water meet\t<\/h2>\n\t

Contact Me<\/h2>\n\t

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