Healing Hub
For Every Body
S.D. Manning, Founder of Uncaged Souls LLC
Why Healing Hub?
"Because of the challenges and biases experienced in traditional therapeutic and medical environments, I recognize the need for greater access to modern healing spaces and practices accessible for varying identities, body shapes/sizes, and ability levels.
I believe that anyone with these shared feelings and experiences has a thirst to find a safe, comfortable, inclusive, and physically accessible space to partake in the joys of healing and wellness services. That is how this healing hub was created.
Uncaged Souls seeks to remove these barriers by creating physically accessible healing environments, staffed with like and like-minded health and wellness professionals providing essential services to ALL regardless of ability, body type/size, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. Uncaged Souls offers a unique safe, accessible, and inviting environment free from ableism, fatphobia, queer phobia, transphobia, and ageism. "
SD Manning,
Founder of Uncaged Souls
Real Stories
Size Concern
A couple of 20 years chose to celebrate their anniversary by spending a night at a 5-star hotel. They had dreams of having a romantic weekend complete with room service and spa treatments. The romance fizzled when at every turn this couple was reminded that they didn’t deserve to be romantic or sexy. The plush robes didn’t fit, one wouldn’t close and the belt failed to connect, the other one was too tight across the arms and shoulders. The embarrassment continues when the couples massage booked soured. The ideal arrangement was for the couple to share the massage table. However, due to their size and the weight capacity for the table the staff informed the couple they could receive the service but in separate rooms. This couple of size felt small and unwanted in a setting that was not equipped for their size.
Disability
Shawn and his wife had planned a pampering session for their mothers for Mothers Day. They booked pedicures at a local spa. While April’s mother was able to enjoy, Shawn’s mom uses a mobility chair and had issues navigating the tight corners of the spa. Due to limited mobility, she was unable to climb on to the platform of the spa pedicure chair and had to settle for manicure services only. Both mothers were grateful for the time spent with the young couple. Shawn couldn’t help but feel bad that his mother’s experience was limited. He begin to question her quality of life and immediately thought of all the ways she was marginalized and wondered what other pleasures his mother couldn’t receive due to her disability.
GNC Couple
There is another story of a GNC (Gender Non-conforming) couple attempting to spend a day at the local Asian Spa. In traditional Asian culture people are separated by gendered locker rooms and designated color uniforms. This GNC couple did not present as the gender marker on their ID and to partake in spa services had to dress in the uniform and use the locker room of their gender assigned at birth. The experience was described as dehumanizing and humiliating. The partner continued to reassure them it was okay and they could just leave. Not wanting to cause a spectacle and ruin the moment they decided to stay and enjoy as best they could.
Vision Disability
SD, the founder of Uncaged Souls, is a person with a vision disability and a budding member of #beardgang on IG who takes pride in his beard and views beard grooming essential to his self care regiment. He visited a barbershop for beard services and was asked uncomfortable and anxiety provoking questions about the use of his cane and how he knew how he wanted his beard groomed. These questions made him feel as if the barber felt he didn’t know about his grooming needs just because SD lacked vision. The service ended dissatisfactory, as the barber ended up cutting SD’s beard incorrectly. As a result, SD never returned to this barbershop and refused to take pictures until his beard grew back.
Healing Hub
Safe Zone for everyone!
Freedom Zones
From righteous rage to celebratory consciousness, come rest, relax, and reset in one of our mood-enhancing themed freedom zones.
Hydrotherapy
Water is life. Uplift your soul and soothe your body in the aquatic vessel of your choice. Uncage Souls offers touchless hydro massage, sauna treatments, steam baths, aqua therapy, body soaks/scrubs, etc.
Physical Therapy
Movement is freedom. Improve mobility and balance, reduce pain, and increase flexibility with US-trained professionals who believe in building bodies to sustain resilience and optimal functionality.
Sound Vibration Therapy
Feel the rhythm. Powerful healing through music and vibration allows your nervous system to flow freely.
Massage Therapy
Let US rub you down. Relieve tension, soothe aches from head to toe, and improve circulation, energy levels, and alertness in one of our safe, adaptable, and body-affirming bodywork sessions.
Yoga / Reiki Therapy
Radical Relaxation. Self-healing through energy balancing and peaceful meditation increases your natural endorphins and awakens your immune system. Our movement therapies are complementary to every body shape, size, and ability level.
Counseling
Soul Sessions. Freely express and explore your conscious and unconscious desires in individual or community-building group sessions. Come mind work with diverse community-oriented licensed professionals.
Functional Fitness
Build Your Fortress. From Self-defense to dance, fun ways to build a more stable, mobile, and flexible body that is fit to endure any battle.
Facials
Winning Skin. Enhance your glow. Purify. Detoxify. Resurface and Shine with your choice of natural botanical herbal skin treatments.
Pedicure / Manicure
Nail It. From Full sets to buff naturals, US technicians will leave your hands and feet buttery soft.
***Uncaged Souls' complementary health and wellness services are physically accessible, body-affirming, and adaptable to meet each customer's unique needs.
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