The Body of Wisdom
The Body of Wisdom

A deeper way of listening to the body, the psyche, and the patterns that shape our lives.

IFS-informed personal healing, embodied practitioner development, education, events, and practical support for people building meaningful work.

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Where to Begin

Wherever you are, there's a door in.

You don't need a plan. Just a place to start.

The Philosophy

No single lens has to explain the whole person.

The Body of Wisdom works across several ways of understanding human experience — moving between what's physically happening, what's psychologically active, what patterns are repeating, and what any of it means for how you actually live.

The Body

What is physically happening — the sensations, tensions, and rhythms that are present.

The Psyche

What parts, patterns, beliefs, or protective strategies are showing up.

The Symbolic

What archetype, image, or metaphor might offer another way of seeing.

The Energetic

What qualities of vitality, boundaries, or depletion are being experienced.

The Cyclical

What season of life you're in, and what's beginning, ending, or asking to be integrated.

The Practical

What this means for how you relate, decide, work, and build a life that can hold what matters.

Personal Healing — One-on-One Sessions

Internal Family Systems

Maybe something in you has been asking for attention for a while now — a pattern that keeps repeating, a boundary you can't quite hold, a body still bracing long after the reason for it has passed, a quiet sense that you're managing your life instead of actually living it. You don't need the right language for any of that before we begin.

Personal Healing is offered as ongoing, one-on-one sessions, rooted in IFS-informed work: the psyche isn't one voice, it's a system of parts, each with its own perspective and its own agenda — an internal dialogue that can want genuinely different things at the same time. That's why you can want to change and resist changing in the very same breath, or set a boundary and then apologize for it five minutes later. It's not a character flaw. It's an internal negotiation you haven't had yet.

Instead of trying to eliminate or fix those parts, the work invites curiosity and relationship.

IFS is the center of gravity for everything I do here, but it's not the whole of it. I weave it into the other lenses I work in, because without your parts' cooperation, nothing else tends to stick. You can't change what you eat if a part of you habitually reaches for sweets every time life gets stressful, or hold a new relational boundary if a part of you panics at the thought of disappointing someone — not without working with those parts directly. Otherwise, the nutrition plan, the boundary, the new habit — it doesn't have anywhere to take root.

This isn't a replacement for therapy — many clients pair it with therapy they're already in, often because they've already done real work there and are looking for something that helps those insights actually take hold: to feel different, not just understand differently.

"Can I develop a different relationship with this part?" — not "How do I get rid of it?"
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A Little Something for You

Curious about IFS? Try sitting with these on your own — no session required.

  • What part of you is showing up right now?
  • What is this part trying to accomplish?
  • What is it protecting you from?
  • What is it afraid would happen if it stopped doing its job?
  • What becomes possible with more internal compassion and choice?
Sessions & Investment

Personal Healing sessions happen in person in Missoula, Montana, or online by Zoom. I only take on ongoing clients I'm building something real with, which is why regular work happens at a set cadence rather than as drop-in sessions.

$185
90 minutes, per session

Ongoing Work

My rate for clients meeting with me 2–4 times a month — the pace I recommend for real, lasting change.

$225
90 minutes

Single Sessions

For a one-off session outside of ongoing, consistent work.

Work with me consistently for six months or more, and you'll always have access to whichever is the lower of my two rates — even for occasional visits after. Rates do rise over time with cost of living, but that lower-rate access is yours for life. Full details on the Personal Healing page →

* Does the cost feel out of reach? Please reach out anyway. I keep a limited number of discounted sessions open, I'm genuinely open to trade, and there are often creative ways to bring the cost down when both of us have the capacity. Let's have a conversation.

Text Us to Book or reach out any way you like on the contact page.

Other Lenses

You don't have to know which modality you need before you begin.

The work begins with what's actually happening for you. From there, other traditions may be woven in when they genuinely serve what's needed — not as a menu to choose from, but as additional ways of seeing.

Gabrielle Díona in candid conversation outdoors

Archetypes & Shadow

Jungian-informed patterns that can name a role you've learned to inhabit — its gift and its cost.

Tarot

A symbolic mirror, not a prediction — another way to see what's already happening.

Astrology

A language of cycles and archetypes that can offer timing and perspective for reflection.

Herbalism & Pulse Work

Traditional herbal knowledge and pulse assessment, woven in where it genuinely fits.

Subtle Body & Energy

Attention to vitality, boundaries, and the body's more subtle signals.

Bodywork

Craniosacral, visceral, and other body-based approaches, offered where they serve the work.

Client Experiences

What clients are saying

“Gabrielle's session was absolutely spot on! She is incredibly gifted, and I loved her grounded, affirming, and insightful approach... I left feeling so much gratitude for having booked my session with her. Highly recommend!”

— Ren F.

“The moment I sat down with Gabrielle, even before she started, I could feel a deep sense of being nurtured... She wove together intuition and insight in a way that went straight to the soul of what I wanted clarity for. I came out of it feeling profoundly seen.”

— Titina V.

“I can't recommend Gabrielle enough. My session with her was just what I needed. I felt so held and cared for, and was able to completely relax and unwind in her expert care.”

— Natalie B.
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For Practitioners & Seekers

Embodied Practitioner Series

For practitioners, or for seekers looking to deepen their own self-knowledge and capacity. A structured path into embodiment, built around four foundational in-person trainings — offered through two tracks. The Professional Track leads toward certification for practitioners. The Experiential Track is for anyone who wants to go deeper into their own process, without pursuing certification. Each track has its own requirements and pricing; both move through the same foundational ground.

Explore the Embodied Practitioner Series
  • Two tracks: Professional Certification & Experiential Exploration
  • Four foundational in-person trainings
  • Different requirements & pricing for each track
Schedule

Trainings & upcoming dates.

All upcoming trainings in one place — the Embodied Practitioner Series, trainings led by the teachers I partner with and support, and visiting-teacher workshops hosted through The Body of Wisdom. Whether you're a practitioner deepening your own capacity, or simply curious about your body and health, there's a place to start.

See Upcoming Trainings
  • Embodied Practitioner Series dates
  • Trainings led by partner teachers I support
  • Visiting-teacher workshops
For Small Service Businesses

Practical support for building sustainable work.

Bringing insight into action extends to how people actually build their livelihoods. The Body of Wisdom offers practical business support for small, service-based businesses — no employees, no complex e-commerce, just clear systems that work.

See Business Support
  • Business strategy sessions — the place to start
  • Simple, professional website builds
  • Meta / Facebook advertising funnels
  • Bookkeeping & tax filing
For Teachers & Facilitators

Bring your work to Missoula or Sandpoint.

If you're a teacher or facilitator interested in hosting a workshop, training, or retreat, I help coordinate space — including at the Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center and other venues — and promote your event to the community. This is where teachers go to partner with The Body of Wisdom, not where attendees browse workshops (that's the Trainings & Dates page).

Inquire About Hosting
  • Space coordination at SOAC and other venues
  • Promotion to The Body of Wisdom community
  • Guide to renting space at SOAC
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About Gabrielle

A decade of study, one question underneath it all: what's actually happening here?

Gabrielle Díona has spent more than a decade as a bodyworker, with study spanning Ayurveda and Classical Chinese Medicine at the master's level, IFS-informed parts work, Pranic Energy Healing, the Hermetic arts, somatic nutrition, and traditional herbalism. Each tradition offers a different way of seeing — the work is developing a deeper capacity to see what's actually happening with a person.

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You Don't Have to Know How

You already know something needs to change. What's harder is knowing where to start — especially if you've tried before, with practitioners who didn't have the right pieces, and started to wonder if this is just how it is. It isn't. Real change is possible, and that's the work we do together.

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