Lou Lyman

Watershed Wellness Centre

5515 Young Street, Halifax, NS, B3K 1Z7

Louise (Lou) (she/her) is a white, queer bodyworker, grateful to be living and working as a treaty person in this beautiful place, on the ancestral and unceded Territory of the Mi’kmaq People. She holds a diploma of Osteopathy, with distinction, from the Collège D’Études Ostéopathiques after completing their 5 year program at the Halifax campus. She is also an Honours graduate of the Canadian College of Massage & Hydrotherapy and has been practicing massage therapy since 2019. Louise’s approach to treatment is rooted in the body’s wisdom and innate healing capacity. She values working together to understand the story of your body, layering assessment and an unfolding deep listening to treat the whole person and the root causes of pain. Her treatments tend the interrelationships of the many systems of our body - musculoskeletal, fascial, craniosacral, fluidic, visceral, neurological, psycho-emotional - to release tension, strain patterns and the impacts of force, and support integration in the body. Louise treats a broad spectrum of conditions and manifestations of pain, as well as people of all ages. Louise comes to this work grounded in the complexities and transformational possibilities of our bodies. She understands bodywork to be essential to personal and community healing, and works to practice from trauma-informed and politicized bodywork frameworks, working towards the roots of how our individual and collective experiences manifest in our bodies. She is committed to making her practice a space for queer, trans, two-spirit and non-binary bodies, Black, Brown and Indigenous bodies, fat bodies, disabled bodies. She strives for accessibility and dignity for all and is humbled to be working in fierce celebration of each person’s physical, emotional and spiritual embodiment and aliveness. Louise loves to talk about bodies and weaves learning about anatomy and somatics into time with clients. Her learning is shaped by Biodynamic Osteopathy, embryology, neurophysiology of trauma, Focusing, and Embodied Ancestral Inquiry. She is deeply rooted in and trusts the ordinary magic of our beings. Louise is honoured to be part of the teaching team of Foundations in Embodied Ancestral Inquiry (https://www.embodiedancestralinquiry.com/). *If you have any questions about working with me, please reach out at: [email protected] ___________________ Completed Post-Graduate Courses: Mastering Foot Pain: Osteopathic Considerations for Treating Acute and Chronic Foot Problems (NSAO, 2025) Osteoarticular Adjustments in Osteopathy by Energetic Impulse (CEO, 2022) Shoulder and Shoulder Girdle Dysfunctions: Applied Fascial Release (AFR) and Therapeutic Exercises (CEO, 2022) Additional Training: Level 2 Applications in Embodied Ancestral Inquiry (EAI, 2024-2025) Level 1 Foundations in Embodied Ancestral Inquiry (EAI, 2023 and 2024) Somatics, Trauma and Resilience (Strozzi Institute, 2020-2021) _________________________ Louise is in good standing with the NSAO (Nova Scotia Association of Osteopaths) and MTANS (Massage Therapy Association of Nova Scotia). Nova Scotia Association of Osteopaths (Manual Practice) Members Statement: I am a member in good standing of the Nova Scotia Association of Osteopaths (NSAO). As a member of the NSAO, I am not an Osteopathic Physician, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO, formerly Doctor of Osteopathy), nor do I practice Osteopathic Medicine. In Nova Scotia, Osteopathic Manual Practice is not regulated by the government, however the NSAO is actively seeking government regulation to protect the public and our profession. Osteopathic Manual Practitioners are not members of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS).