CARE WITH DR. ALI
Start where you are.
Whole-person care for the body you’re living in right now.
I read the body as a whole — a map of connected systems, where pain, tension, breath, and sensation are clues, not isolated problems. Wherever you’re starting, we begin by listening to the whole story.
WHERE ARE YOU?
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I support the body’s own readiness to conceive — improving circulation and mobility in the abdomen and pelvis, easing tension around the uterus and ovaries, and helping the nervous system settle. This work can stand alone or complement whatever fertility care you’re already pursuing.
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For painful, irregular, or heavy cycles, I work with the abdomen, low back, and pelvis to ease tension and support healthy circulation and flow — alongside education about your cycle so it feels less mysterious.
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Gentle, hands-on care for pain in the pelvis, hips, and low abdomen — looking at how muscles, fascia, and nervous system are holding tension, and what helps them release.
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Hands-on work to soften and mobilize the abdomen and diaphragm — often overlooked, and often connected to digestion, breath, posture, and pelvic health.
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Abdominal massage and nervous-system care to support motility, ease bloating and constipation, and calm a gut that’s been running in stress mode.
PELVIC HEALTH
Find your starting point.
Most people arrive with something specific — a symptom, a season of life, a question no one has fully answered. Find yourself below. Under each area you’ll see the concerns I work with most, and how I approach them.
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Support through the discomforts of a body that’s changing quickly — back, hip, rib, and pelvic tension — with gentle care adapted to each trimester.
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Drawing on the philosophy behind approaches like Spinning Babies® — balance, gravity, and movement — I help ease tension in the muscles, ligaments, and fascia around the pelvis so there’s room for your baby to find an optimal position, and ease for you in labor.
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Hands-on and movement-based work to encourage balance in the pelvis, giving baby the best chance to settle head-down and well-aligned. This is about creating space and ease, never forcing.
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Gentle, balance-focused care that aims to release tension and create room, in support of — not in place of — your midwifery or medical team’s guidance.
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Gentle scar and fascia work to improve mobility, sensation, and comfort in healed cesarean scars — often long after birth, whenever you’re ready.
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Whole-body care for the fourth trimester and beyond — core and pelvic reconnection, easing the tension of feeding and carrying, and tending a nervous system doing demanding work.
GIVING BIRTH
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Hands-on work for the neck, jaw, and cranium, plus attention to the patterns — tension, posture, stress — that keep headaches coming back.
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Gentle care for the jaw (TMJ), often connected to neck tension, clenching, and a nervous system that hasn’t had a chance to settle.
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Whole-picture care for neck, mid, and low back — looking at how joints, muscles, fascia, breath, and stress all play a part, rather than only where it hurts.
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Bodywork and nervous-system care to help an overwhelmed system downshift — because stress lives in the body, not just the mind.
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Restorative, unhurried care for people running on empty — helping the body remember how to rest, recover, and regulate.
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For symptoms that don’t fit neatly into one box — several things at once, or concerns that haven’t been fully explained. This is where Body Mapping (below) often begins.
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Craniosacral and gentle bodywork to help a dysregulated system find its way back to calm, safety, and ease.
PAIN + STRESS
MY APPROACH
I offer whole-person, integrative care for people who want to better understand what their bodies are telling them — not simply quiet symptoms one at a time.
My approach brings together bodywork, women’s and pelvic health, nervous-system regulation, and nutrition and health education to look for connections across the body. I have a particular focus on women throughout the reproductive lifespan — from periods and fertility through pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause — as well as people navigating chronic pain, headaches, digestive concerns, stress, and complex patterns that don’t always fit neatly into one diagnosis.
Your body has a story.
My job is to help you read it.
HOW I WORK
The ingredients in my care
You don’t need to know which of these you need — that’s my job. But if you’re curious, here’s what I may draw on. Every plan is a custom blend, chosen for your body and your goals.
Bodywork + Fascia · Abdominal + Pelvic Care · Craniosacral · Movement · Nutrition + Lifestyle · Chiropractic
Learn more about each ingredient to care at Oshun by clicking below.
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Your body has a story — and pain, tension, breath, and sensation all offer clues.
I help you explore them.
Your body has a story — and pain, tension, movement, breath, sensation, and even the places that feel difficult to access can all offer clues. The Body Mapping Method is my integrative approach to helping you explore them. It brings together Western anatomy and emerging understandings of fascia with concepts from chiropractic, rehabilitation, acupuncture and East Asian medicine, movement traditions, and traditional forms of hands-on and home-based care.
Rather than looking at one painful area in isolation, I ask a different question:
What patterns are connected across your body
— and what helps restore movement, circulation, communication, and ease?
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What it is
A gentle, hands-on approach to the abdomen, pelvis, diaphragm, hips, and low back. Treatment focuses on mobility, circulation, breathing, muscular and fascial tension, and the relationships between the abdominal and pelvic structures. Sessions may also include education and self-massage techniques so you can continue supporting your body at home.
Who it may help
• Menstrual and pelvic discomfort
• Digestive tension and constipation
• Fertility and preconception support
• Pregnancy preparation and postpartum recovery
• Abdominal or pelvic tension
• Diaphragm and breathing restriction
• Low-back and hip tension
• People wanting to reconnect with their abdominal and pelvic health
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Item descrWhat it is
Hands-on soft-tissue and fascial work — massage, myofascial techniques, cupping, gua sha, stretching, and movement — to ease tension, improve mobility, and help the body settle. I look at how muscles, fascia, breathing patterns, and the nervous system influence one another, rather than working only where it hurts.
Who it may help
• Neck, back, rib, and shoulder tension
• Headaches and jaw tension
• Pregnancy-related discomfort
• Pelvic, hip, and sacroiliac tension
• Repetitive-use and movement-related symptoms
• Chronic muscular tension
• Hypermobility-related concerns
• Stress-related tension and nervous-system dysregulation
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What it is
Gentle hands-on work focused on the head, neck, jaw, spine, and sacrum, often incorporated into a broader session. This quieter style of care can be particularly helpful for people whose bodies feel chronically tense, overstimulated, or unable to fully settle.
Who it may help
• Headaches
• Jaw / TMJ tension
• Neck tension
• Stress and overwhelm
• Difficulty relaxing
• Sleep-related tension
• People who are sensitive to deeper or more forceful bodywork
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What it is
Supportive, gentle care through pregnancy and the months that follow — a season when the body changes quickly and deserves attention that keeps pace. I combine soft-tissue and abdominal work with nervous-system care to ease common discomforts, help prepare the body for birth, and support recovery afterward. Care is always adapted to your stage and comfort.
Who it may help
• Back, hip, and pelvic pain during pregnancy
• Preparing the body for birth
• Round ligament and abdominal tension
• Postpartum recovery and core reconnection
• Rib, shoulder, and neck tension from feeding and carrying
• Nervous-system support during a demanding season
• Anyone wanting gentle, whole-person care before and after birth
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What it is
For people who have seen multiple providers, have several seemingly unrelated symptoms, or simply don’t know where to start. Together, we map your health story across systems — musculoskeletal, nervous system, digestion, reproductive health, stress, sleep, movement, and nutrition — to identify patterns and determine reasonable next steps. The goal isn’t to diagnose everything in one visit; it’s to help you understand the landscape of your body and make a clearer plan.
Who it may help
• People with multiple or complex symptoms
• Chronic pain and headaches
• Digestive and gut-brain concerns
• Women’s health and reproductive concerns
• Hypermobility
• Stress and burnout
• People seeing multiple specialists
• Anyone overwhelmed trying to figure out where to begin
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What it is
A wider-lens look at how your systems work together — digestion, hormones, stress, sleep, energy, and nutrition — for people whose concerns don’t resolve by treating one area alone. Together we consider how these pieces connect, draw on nutrition and lifestyle education, and build a reasonable, personalized plan. The aim isn’t to over-medicalize or promise quick fixes; it’s to help you understand your body’s patterns and take clear, sustainable next steps.
Who it may help
• Fatigue and low energy
• Digestive and gut-brain concerns
• Hormonal and menstrual patterns
• Stress, burnout, and sleep difficulties
• Whole-body inflammation and recurring symptoms
• People wanting a nutrition- and lifestyle-informed approach
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(available based on location)
What it is
Acupuncture uses very fine needles placed at selected points to support pain relief, relaxation, and whole-body regulation. At Oshun, acupuncture is often integrated with other approaches rather than treated as an isolated therapy.
Who it may help
• Musculoskeletal pain
• Headaches
• Stress and tension
• Menstrual symptoms
• Pregnancy-related concerns where appropriate
• Digestive complaints
• General wellness and nervous-system regulation
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What it is
As I complete chiropractic licensure, gentle, individualized chiropractic care will join my practice — integrated with the soft-tissue, fascial, and nervous-system work I already offer. Rather than simply adjusting where it hurts, I look at how the joints, muscles, fascia, breathing, and nervous system influence one another. I’ll share availability as licensure is complete.
Who it may help
• Neck and back pain
• Headaches and jaw tension
• Rib and shoulder pain
• Pregnancy-related discomfort
• Pelvic, hip, and sacroiliac pain
• Repetitive-use and movement-related symptoms
• Chronic muscular tension
• Hypermobility-related musculoskeletal concerns
• Stress-related tension and nervous-system dysregulation
• People who prefer a gentler approach to chiropractic care
What a visit is like
A session with me doesn’t look the same twice. Your first visit begins with your story — not just where it hurts, but what your body has been carrying, what’s changed, and what you’d like to feel again. From there we explore what helps, and I send you home with a few simple things you can do on your own. There can be science in the room, and there can be spirit in the room: anatomy, laughter, culture, silence, movement, and rest.
“I work from the outside. You work from the inside.
And somewhere in the middle, we listen.”
NOT LOCAL? START HERE.
Virtual Body Mapping
You don’t have to be in the room with me to begin. Through Virtual Body Mapping, we can map your health story across systems, make sense of what multiple providers may have missed, and build a clearer plan — from wherever you are. It’s a good starting point if you’re not local, or if you simply want direction before deciding on hands-on care.
NOW ESTABLISHING CARE IN SAN DIEGO
San Diego, I’m on my way.
I’m currently establishing Oshun Center’s clinical home on the West Coast — connecting with local practices and welcoming inquiries from prospective patients as well as chiropractors, midwives, doulas, pelvic-health providers, and other integrative practitioners interested in collaborating. Care continues in Minneapolis in the meantime, and virtual sessions are available anywhere.
Not sure where to begin?
That’s exactly what a first visit is for. If you’re not sure which kind of care fits, we’ll figure it out together.