Advanced, evidence-informed therapies — gentle, personalized, and rooted in the belief that true healing touches body, mind, and spirit together.
"The body knows
how to heal.
We simply listen."
The etymological root of harmonia evokes the beautiful coming together of different elements into a pleasing, balanced whole.
”An innovative, hands-on method developed by Bruno Chikly, MD, DO — the first technique to detect and respond to the specific rhythm, direction, depth, and quality of lymph flow anywhere in the body.
Book Your SessionLymph Drainage Therapy (LDT) is an innovative hands-on method developed by Bruno Chikly, MD, DO, created out of his award-winning research on the lymphatic system. LDT works through the body's interstitial and lymphatic systems to activate the body's liquid circulation and stimulate the functioning of the immune and parasympathetic nervous systems.
What distinguishes LDT from other approaches is precision. Using highly developed listening skills, your therapist can palpate the specific rhythm, direction, depth, and quality of lymph flow anywhere in the body — and perform Manual Lymphatic Mapping (MLM) to identify the most effective alternate drainage pathways for stagnant fluid. This means sessions are not formulaic. Every session is individually mapped and applied to your unique anatomy and recovery stage.
LDT also incorporates specialized Lympho-Fascia Release (LFR) and Scar Release Therapy (SRT) techniques — particularly valuable in the weeks and months following surgery as fibrotic tissue begins to form.
The etymological root of harmonia evokes the beautiful coming together of different elements into a pleasing, balanced whole.
”Pioneered by osteopathic physician John E. Upledger — a gentle, hands-on method that engages the CranioSacral System as a whole-being system, facilitating your body's own inherent self-healing processes.
Book a SessionUpledger CranioSacral Therapy is rooted in a simple but profound truth: the body has an inherent capacity to heal itself. For adults navigating chronic pain, neurological conditions, stress-related illness, or the lingering effects of trauma or injury, CST offers a path that works with that capacity rather than overriding it.
Using a touch of no greater than 5 grams — about the weight of a nickel — your therapist palpates the CranioSacral rhythm throughout the body, detecting where restrictions exist in the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. By gently releasing those restrictions, CST improves the functioning of the central nervous system and, through it, virtually every other system in the body — musculoskeletal, digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and immune.
Sessions are fully clothed, deeply relaxing, and entirely guided by the intelligence of your own body. No two sessions are the same because no two bodies carry the same story.
Upledger CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is grounded in Dr. Upledger's foundational belief: every treatment protocol should be dictated by the wisdom of the patient's own body. During pregnancy, this philosophy is especially meaningful. Your body is already doing extraordinary work — CST supports and amplifies that inherent intelligence.
Using a soft touch of no greater than 5 grams — about the weight of a nickel — your therapist engages the CranioSacral System, releasing restrictions deep in the connective tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This frees the musculoskeletal, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems to function more fully, reducing common pregnancy discomforts while calming the nervous system.
CST is safe throughout all three trimesters and into the postpartum period, where it supports both physical recovery and emotional integration after birth.
Upledger CranioSacral Therapy holds that every living system — including a newborn — is gifted by nature with ingenious and inherent self-healing processes. After birth, even under ideal circumstances, the infant's cranial bones, soft tissue, and nervous system may carry restrictions from the journey through the birth canal, or from cesarean delivery, forceps, or vacuum assistance.
CST for newborns uses the same feather-light 5-gram touch to palpate the CranioSacral rhythm and gently release restrictions that may be interfering with feeding, sleep, digestion, or overall comfort. The session follows the baby's cues entirely — unhurried, quiet, and attuned. Parents often notice a visible sense of ease and settledness in their baby within and after the session.
Sessions can safely begin within days of birth.
Dr. Upledger's guiding philosophy — that each person has the ability to affect their own health — applies fully to children. CST does not impose a protocol; it listens. Your therapist follows the cues of your child's own CranioSacral rhythm to identify where restrictions are held and facilitate their release.
The CranioSacral System — the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord — influences central nervous system performance and, through it, virtually every other system in the body. When restrictions in this system are released, children often experience improvements in areas that may seem unrelated: focus, behavior, sleep quality, and physical ease.
Sessions are calm, gentle, and entirely child-led in pace. Many children find them deeply relaxing.
The etymological root of harmonia evokes the beautiful coming together of different elements into a pleasing, balanced whole.
”Developed by Alaya Chikly — a loving, transformational approach that uses the wisdom of the heart to identify and release unconscious spiritual, emotional, and physical disconnections held in the body's tissue.
Heart Centered Therapy (HCT) was developed by Alaya Chikly, CMT, curriculum director of Heart Centered Transformation at the Chikly Health Institute. It is founded on a single, powerful premise: Assume Only Love.
HCT is a loving and gentle approach to emotional healing that offers profound insight into the psychology of the human heart. Using specialized dialogue techniques, your therapist guides you to bring awareness to areas of unconscious disconnection — spiritual, emotional, and physical — held in your body's tissue. The heart naturally knows how to heal our body and consciousness, and to dissolve beliefs that may have kept us in pain, confusion, or separation.
HCT also identifies and gently releases family, ancestral, and cultural patterns held in tissue — accessing the original source of a wound without requiring you to relive it. Sessions are held in safety, love, and compassion. You do not need to intellectually understand your pain for it to be released. We work in the present moment, guided entirely by the intelligence of your heart.
Available in-person or remotely. Because HCT works through dialogue and the energetic field of the heart rather than physical touch, it translates beautifully to phone or video. Remote sessions via Zoom, FaceTime, or phone call are equally effective — and for many, the privacy of home deepens the healing experience.
The etymological root of harmonia evokes the beautiful coming together of different elements into a pleasing, balanced whole.
”One of the only manual therapies that directly addresses specific structures of the brain and spinal cord — for neurological, cognitive, and chronic conditions that haven't responded to other care.
Book a ConsultationDeveloped by Dr. Bruno Chikly, MD — Brain Therapy is a pioneering manual approach that goes where few therapies reach. Using precise palpation skills, the therapist can detect and gently work with specific brain structures: the thalamus, pituitary, cerebellum, and more.
The technique is entirely non-invasive and deeply gentle. It works by releasing mechanical restrictions in brain tissue and its surrounding fluid systems — allowing the central nervous system to reorganize, rebalance, and heal.
This therapy is often sought by those who have exhausted conventional options and need a more precise, neurologically-focused approach.
The etymological root of harmonia evokes the beautiful coming together of different elements into a pleasing, balanced whole.
”Sessions are 60–90 minutes and fully personalized. New clients receive a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation before their first visit.
Ready to begin your healing journey? Reach out in whichever way feels most comfortable. New clients receive a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation before their first session.
The etymological root of harmonia evokes the beautiful coming together of different elements into a pleasing, balanced whole.
”Payment is due at time of service. 24-hour cancellation policy applies.
Over two decades of advanced, heart-led practice — guiding clients of all ages toward physical comfort, emotional freedom, and deeper presence in their bodies.
Work with KarlaKarla Sundwall, LMT is a Licensed Massage Therapist with over 20 years of clinical experience, trained through two of the most respected institutions in manual and integrative therapy: the Chikly Health Institute and the Upledger Institute International. She offers compassionate, individualized care through both in-person sessions at her Clearfield, Utah practice and equally effective distance sessions via phone or video call (Zoom, FaceTime, Google Meet).
In her private practice, Karla supports clients of all ages and backgrounds — including those with special needs — on their journeys toward physical comfort, emotional freedom, and deeper embodied presence. Drawing on the Chikly Health Institute's guiding premise of Assume Only Love, and the Upledger Institute's foundational principle that every person is gifted by nature with an inherent capacity for self-healing, she creates a safe, nurturing, and non-judgmental space in which clients are empowered to reconnect with their own inner wisdom and the body's innate intelligence.
Guided by her own ongoing healing journey, her intuitive gifts, and an unwavering commitment to continuing education, Karla listens deeply and tailors every session to the unique needs of the individual. Whether working with the CranioSacral System, the lymphatic and interstitial fluid networks, the energetic and emotional fields of the heart, or the precise structures of the brain, she meets each client exactly where they are — supporting them in understanding and working with the body's natural ability to heal on a cellular level, so they can move through life with greater ease, confidence, and presence.
The etymological root of harmonia evokes the beautiful coming together of different elements into a pleasing, balanced whole.
”Karla's Chikly training includes Lymph Drainage Therapy (LDT), developed by Bruno Chikly, MD, DO — the first technique to map the specific rhythm, direction, depth, and quality of lymph flow — as well as Heart Centered Therapy (HCT), developed by Alaya Chikly, and Chikly Brain Therapy, one of the only manual approaches to directly address specific structures of the brain and spinal cord. Her Upledger training encompasses CranioSacral Therapy (CST) across the full scope of the curriculum — from foundational SomatoEmotional Release to advanced applications for infants, children, pregnant and postpartum women, and adults navigating neurological and chronic conditions.
Karla holds space that is safe, nurturing, and free from judgment. Her practice is especially attuned to those who have not found relief through conventional approaches — and to those who sense that their physical symptoms and emotional experiences are deeply connected. Whether you come seeking relief from pain, recovery from surgery, processing of held emotion, or simply a deeper connection to your own inner wisdom, you are welcome here.
"The body knows how to heal. My work is simply to listen — and to create space for that knowing to be heard."