Heidi Palmer, LMT

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Hi, my name is Heidi! I consider myself to be a sparkly unicorn with intuitive gifts; I have a big laugh, bigger heart, and a passion for helping others heal. 

(Okay, so one of my best friends wrote part of that – but she’s not wrong, so I’m letting it stand. Let’s unpack that a bit, shall we?)

Being “a sparkly unicorn” is how I’ve chosen to reframe always feeling “different” into something good – because not fitting in doesn’t always feel great, but it turns out it can give you a sense of humor. Even better, being different helped me follow my heart to discover my passion.

…Which I did by moving far from home, having a few health crises, and embracing and developing my intuitive gifts. 

My professional relationship with the body started with massage therapy. I’ve been a licensed massage therapist in Washington since 2005, and the more I learned about the body, the more I wanted to understand. I won’t bore you with all the readings, courses, and publications I’ve sifted through over the years; just know that I’m a lifelong learner and can wield a library card and an Audible account like a pro. 😉

As I continued my education and my own personal development work, my practice naturally became a blend of modalities: working with the physical body while also making space for the emotional, energetic, and intuitive parts of our experience. When I found energy healing and intuitive readings, more of those pieces came together, and Subtle Body Solutions was born in 2016.

Becoming a certified somatic coach in 2025 filled in some of the remaining gaps. It gave me language and structure for much of what I had already been exploring through the body for years, while also giving me a way to bring the work off the table and more fully into my clients’ everyday lives. Somatic coaching became a bridge between what we discover in a session and how we actually live, relate, make choices, set boundaries, and move through the world.

And after more than 20 years of working with people and their bodies, do you know what I’ve learned?

Our relationship with ourselves might be the most important relationship we have because it comes with us everywhere.

It shapes how we experience our bodies, recognize our needs, relate to other people, sense our boundaries, make choices, and navigate the world around us. And like any relationship, it’s something we can learn to tend.

That’s where my work lives.

I don’t believe you need to spend your whole life fixing yourself. I’m much more interested in helping you become curious about what your body is communicating, understand your own internal language, build capacity for what you’re experiencing, and develop enough self-trust to choose what actually works for you.

I’ve always worked with a pretty big toolkit: bodywork, somatic coaching, energy work, sound, intuition, and, perhaps most importantly, good old-fashioned listening. I don’t use all of it with everyone. We pay attention to what’s here, what you need, and what might actually be useful.

Because you are a unique human being, the way you relate to yourself is going to be uniquely yours, too.

And ultimately, I don’t want the work we do together to become another endless healing project. I want it to help you become more available for your actual life: your relationships, your creativity, your joy, your choices, and whatever matters most to you.

There will probably be some laughs along the way, too. I am still a sparkly unicorn, after all.

So if you’re curious about nourishing your longest-ever relationship, the one you have with yourself, I’m glad you’re here.

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Monthly Musings

What if your body isn't a problem to solve, but a conversation waiting to happen? Twice a month, you'll receive practices, stories, and reflections to help you listen more closely, deepen your relationship with yourself, and stay connected to what matters most to you.