Dr. Elena Stoeva
Dr. Elena Stoeva MD, LMT
Integrative Physician and Bodyworker
Dr. Elena Stoeva is an MD graduate of Varna Medical University "Professor Paraskev Stoyanov" and Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R). For 25 years she has been integrating her knowledge in PM&R with her training in Cranio-sacral Therapy (through Upleger Institute ) and Visceral Manipulations (through Barral Institute), intuitive healing, herbal medicine, and a variety of additional modalities. In her work, she brings a Polyvagal-informed approach to regulating the Autonomic Nervous System, incorporating therapeutic yoga, dance, touch, and movement. Elena works in-person at her clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as remotely through Zoom sessions with clients around the world.
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Contact and Professional Details:
Area(s) of focus: I bring a Polyvagally-informed approach to ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) regulation and awareness, which includes the use of therapeutic yoga, dance, touch, and movement: the ultimate Embodiment approach to health. I also do trauma-integration bodywork, CST, Visceral manipulations, LDT, and meditation with my patients and clients.
Languages English, Bulgarian, Russian
Credentials: MD, PM&R, Osteopathic manual therapy
Certifications: Certified Restorative Practices Alliance Curator, E-RYT200, RYT- 500, HeartMath Trauma-sensitive Certified Practitioner, BCTMB
Works remotely? YES
Initial Session: 15 minutes, complementary
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For whom will this be a good fit? I am interested in working with anyone interested in accessing the intelligence of their own "inner physician": anyone who needs gentle and skillful support for integrating adversity and deepening health.
Approach I bring profound training and deep life experience in bodywork from the perspectives of Manual Therapy and Physical Medicine in the European tradition, Cranio-sacral Therapy and Somato-emotional release, Visceral and Neural Manipulation, Lymph Drainage Therapy, BREEMA, Dance Medicine&Science, Yoga and Dancing. I bring a lifetime love and appreciation of the infinite authenticity of Bodywork as Medicine, an integrative healing approach to promoting health and treating different pathological conditions. I am a lifetime learner– in fact, I can never stop learning, as the human body, my colleagues, and my patients and clients are always teaching me.
