Meet Anastacia

Anastacia Lundholm delivers experiential online courses and in-person practicums to professionals and laypeople to enhance their ability to connect effectively with the body and its resources. There is a treasure trove of body wisdom inside each of us. When we use this wisdom to enhance how we deliver our services, our results in practice multiply. What we give to our clients is so much more than technique. We give of ourselves, we mind our boundaries, and we nurture change.

Anastacia Metcalf Lundholm started 27 years ago as a Somato Respiratory Integration (SRI) Wellness Educator, teaching and celebrating the body’s rhythms in growth and transformation. Her work has taken her to 17 countries in North America, Europe, South America, Australia and Asia. Events ranged from large healing events and classes to one-on-one sessions in chiropractic settings. She served in special projects including supporting US military veterans and Cambodian children rescued from the sex trade. 

Twenty years ago Anastacia added the Satir Model to her theoretical framework. Since then, she has been a trainer in Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy online and in person, blending in her experience with the body and its energy. This led her to create SISM, Somatically Informed Use of the Satir Model, which she has been teaching in Asia for several years, and next year in Canada. Her trainings prepare therapists, psychiatrists, medical doctors and social workers to integrate body awareness and experiential exploration into their work. The active role of clients in their transformation makes sustainable change available more quickly and easily.

In 2024 her chapter Bodymind Wisdom in Satir’s Model was published in Virginia Satir’s Evolving Legacy- Transformative Therapy with a Bodymind Connection, along with her poem I am Your Body. In the same year, her chapter Finding a Deeper Presence in the Jungles of Peru was published in The Healing Journey to Authenticity- Stories of Compassion, Courage and Connection.

Anastacia brings the insights of the Satir Model and the rhythms of change of SRI to healing facilitators in many formats. Her body-centered personal growth and professional development programs enhance our awareness of our own internal wisdom and the internal wisdom of our clients’ and give us new options to deepen our practice, regardless of what technique we offer. Her goal is to enhance everyone’s ability to interact with their clients towards self-responsibility, congruence and transformation.