Have you Met Priscila Rodriguez?

We are SO excited to have Priscila joining our Wellness Practitioner Team AND our weekly teaching staff! She is such a beautiful woman, teacher, and nurturer. We asked her some questions so you can catch her vibe! ...

Tell us what you're offering at Be Free!?

I am so honored to be sharing love and care with our community by offering Integrative Energy Healing Massage sessions (60 min, 75 min, or 90 min) as well as Energy Balancing Reiki Sessions (60 min and 75 min). You can book any of these sessions with me online through the Be Free website! I am also available to facilitate individual or small group Breathwork Sessions. If you’re interested in booking a Breathwork session with me, please reach out to me directly via email pris.rodriguez.564@gmail.com or phone (661) 537-3452 :)

I'll also be starting a NEW weekly class in Janaury! All-Levels Vinyasa on Mondays from 12-2pm! Come flow with me!

What made you decide to get into massage therapy?

Funny enough, I had an internal calling to explore becoming a massage therapist after getting a massage in my sophomore year of college (2012). I began experiencing chronic discomfort in my body that year (which later became chronic pain) and started scheduling regular monthly massages that helped my body feel better. After that great massage, as I waited for the bus to get back to my college dorm on campus, I thought “what if I dropped out of college and went to massage therapy school instead?”. Of course, I shrugged it off and finished my degree, continued on to graduate school, and went years having massage in the back of my mind while I pursued other careers. 

When I moved to Colorado in 2021, that thought about massage therapy school got louder. This time, I listened. I started by earning my Reiki I & II Certification in the Spring of 2021 and then enrolled in a massage therapy school in early 2022. By this point, massage had become an integral part of my life. During the beginning of the pandemic, I lived alone and massage was the main way I received loving touch, which was absolutely essential at that time. Massage had also become an important part of my own self-care and pain management practice, and I felt excited to learn more about it so I could share it with others with care and intention. Now, I’ve integrated both reiki and massage to offer clients a physical and energetic reset all in one session!

What can folks expect in a session with you?

In a session with me, folks can expect my undivided attention, my curiosity about how to help them feel more empowered in their bodies, and my loving care throughout our session. Each session will be catered to my client’s specific needs at that moment in time to honor their body’s current experience. 

An Integrative Energy Healing Massage with me includes a customized massage targeting areas of your body that need support as well as reiki energy work which helps move stagnant energy in your body while I massage. This offering will not only leave your physical body feeling more at ease, but will offer an energetic reset to your body as well. During this session, we can discuss the option of adding aromatherapy of your choice at no additional cost, if you are interested in it. 

An Energy Balancing Reiki Session with me includes a customized reiki session in which I tune into your energetic body and help clear stagnant energy to create space for loving energy to flow. During this session, I may bring in different tools like the buffalo drum, incense, and some supportive hands on touch. During the last few minutes of our session, there will be time for us to debrief the session, discuss any insights, and discuss after care to ensure you continue to feel supported in the days following your session. 

What is currently lighting up your world?

Truly, starting my business, Respira y Sana Wellness, has been lighting up my world! This business has been a dream for years, and I am so grateful to be starting it now. In Spanish, “respira” means breathe and “sana” is a word that can mean “heal” or “health” or “wholeness”. It is my mission to offer human-centered body-focused support that helps you find connection to your breath, ease in your body, and flow in your life, all with the intention of helping you access the wholeness you carry. Being in our bodies and treating our mental, physical, and energetic bodies with care can open up so much awareness, beauty, and magic that can be transformational. I’ve been so blessed to experience it in my own life and am so honored to help others access it too.  

What's something people might not know about you?

This is a fun question! A few things people may not know about me: I was born and raised in Southern California, and come from a very large Guatemalan family (despite being an only child). I grew up spending most summers in Guatemala with my grandma on her small farm, which completely added depth to my worldview from a very young age. In all four years of high school, I swam on the varsity swim team, and was a clarinet player in my high school marching band! I’m a UCSC Banana Slug, and lived in Northern California for 10 years before moving to Colorado. I absolutely love to travel and love hearing travel stories from other people, so let’s talk about travel sometime :)