APW

Ali Phillips WellnessHolistic Wellness & Embodiment

Where energy
meets *embodiment*.

Reconnect • Restore • Release

Where energy
meets embodiment.

Here to help you heal, grow, and thrive
by aligning mind, body, and soul.

Begin here

By going inward, we make space for life to open outward.

Arrive softly. Notice what your body has been carrying. When you're ready, choose the doorway that meets you where you are.


Ali smiling in warm sunlight

A note from Ali

A grounded place to soften, listen, and begin again.

Hey, I'm Ali. I hold this work for people who are ready to feel more at home in their bodies, without forcing a breakthrough or performing their healing.

Sessions and gatherings are spacious, intuitive, and rooted in nervous-system awareness. We move slowly enough for your body to tell the truth, then choose the next step from there.

Come for a session, a seasonal container, or a community practice and let the work meet you honestly.

Anatomy-informedEnergetic careSomatic listening

Next steps

Choose the support that fits this season.

Signature Container

4-Week Somatic Healing

A guided container for burnout, tension, and feeling stuck in your head — so your nervous system has time to settle and your body can feel safe again.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Join the community

Workshops, classes, and guest offerings land a few times a year. Join the list and hear first when there is a gentle way to gather.

Portrait of Ali

Meet Ali

Meet the hands holding the work

Read Ali's story, values, and training so you can feel into whether this is the right kind of support for you.

Still feeling your way in?

Follow the spiral next — a guided walk from naming what you're feeling to choosing a path with more clarity.

Inward · Outward

Walk the spiral.

Three doorways on the ring. A seven-step spiral inward — the path most people walk in.

  • Calendar
  • About
  • Offerings
  • Name what you're feeling
  • Learn the approach
  • Feel the work
  • See if we align
  • Book a first session
  • Stay connected
  • Live it
  • Calendar

    Gather

    Workshops, classes, and seasonal retreats — time-bound gatherings online and in Chicago.

    See the calendar
    • Upcoming Workshops

      Seasonal intensives and guest offerings.

      Browse
    • Classes

      In the works — new recurring classes are on the way.

      Join the list
    • Retreats

      Seasonal off-site gatherings — coming soon.

      Stay tuned
  • About

    Align

    The story, approach, and credentials in Ali's words — and quiet ways to stay close between sessions.

    Read her story
    • Meet Ali

      The story, the values, and the practice in her words.

      Read her story
    • The Approach

      How the modalities weave together — and what a session feels like.

      Learn more
    • Credentials

      Trainings, lineages, and ongoing study.

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    • Newsletter

      Monthly-ish notes on seasonal offerings, gatherings, and reflections.

      Subscribe
    • Say Hi

      Questions, partnerships, or just a hello.

      Contact
    • Creative Support

      Partnerships, collaborations, and guest practice.

      Learn more
  • Offerings

    Practice

    One-on-one sessions and longer containers — pick a modality or map a path together.

    Explore all
    • 1:1 Sessions

      Reiki, Yin + Slow Yoga, Akashic Records, and Yoga + Reiki — booked one-off.

      Book a Session
    • Containers

      Longer somatic programs designed to hold your nervous system over weeks.

      Explore somatics
  1. Awareness: Name what you're feeling

    Burnout, overwhelm, the sense of being stuck in your head — the practice begins with naming the nervous system you're living in.

    Start here
  2. Interest: Learn the approach

    Trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware, and grounded in anatomy and energy work — what the practice is, and what it isn't.

    Read the approach
  3. Trust: Feel the work

    Come to a workshop or class — a low-commitment way to feel the practice in your body before you book a 1:1.

    See upcoming
  4. Evaluation: See if we align

    Credentials, values, and how a typical path unfolds — so you can choose from a grounded place.

    About Ali
  5. Begin: Book a first session

    A 60–90 minute assessment session to map a path — Reiki, Yin + Slow, Akashic, or somatic work.

    Book a session
  6. Ongoing: Stay connected

    Quiet monthly-ish notes on seasonal offerings, gatherings, and reflections from the practice.

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  7. Integration: Live it

    The practice, the offerings, the gatherings — woven into one embodied life. Less a destination than a way of inhabiting your days.

When you're ready

If your nervous system found a yes — book a session.

If you'd rather watch first — subscribe.

If you'd like to gather — see what's coming.

Stay in the loop

First to know, gently.

Monthly-ish notes on seasonal offerings, gatherings, and reflections from the practice.