The Going BareFoot Path
Going BareFoot healing path, Dragonfly Rose Maine

The Going
BareFoot Path

Taking off the masks you've been wearing your whole life

What is Going BareFoot?

The Process of Coming Home to Yourself

Embark on a transformative journey toward self-awareness and authentic living. "Going BareFoot" is the process of shedding emotional masks and facing the deepest parts of who you are.

Self-love is an unconditional love. It takes nurturing the mind, the body, and the soul

"We are all individually an ecosystem within a larger ecosystem. It takes more than one thing to balance a life — it takes nurturing the mind, the body, and the soul. All of my work is centered around this truth."

— Anna Marie Thomas

All of Anna's work is rooted in one simple truth: healing is not a destination. It is a daily practice. Like massaging scar tissue, you don't cure it, but with consistent, loving attention, it moves freely again. The same is true of our minds and our souls.

Anna is also currently writing Going Barefoot: A Spiritwoven Path — a book about this very journey, with the practices and framework she used to find her way back to herself. Releasing Winter 2026.


Three Doorways

Whether you enter through the Mind, the Body, or the Soul — all three paths lead to the same place: you. Fully, authentically, and lovingly Y O U.

The Mind — Coaching → The Body — Bodywork → The Soul — Creative Practices → The Integrated You →

Ready to take your shoes off?

No pressure. No scripts. Just a conversation to start. Begin Your Journey →
The Mind
Soul-centered life coaching, Dragonfly Rose, Manchester Maine

Rewrite the Story
You Tell Yourself

Your thoughts are not facts. Your past is not your future.

Mind Coaching

From the Inside Out

This is not therapy, though it can feel deeply therapeutic. Anna works as a self-care coach, not a licensed mental health professional. For clinical mental health support, please seek a licensed therapist. The Mind work is a guided process of becoming honest with yourself — not the self shaped entirely by fear, habit, or someone else's expectations — but the self underneath all of that.

Your truest and most authentic self.

We all have an inner critic and it isn't necessarily your enemy. It is the part of you that learned to speak that way as a form of protection. A warning system of sorts to 'behave' or something bad will happen. It may have served us while we were young or going through trauma but as we grow older, that protector becomes a prison guard and its main tool is our nervous system. The deepest part of this healing is learning to support your nervous system, because it has been conditioned to chaos and stress. When you understand that this is where everything starts, everything starts to change.

Through 1-on-1 sessions — virtual or over coffee/tea — we slow down enough to actually hear what's been running in the background. The thought loops. The patterns. The places you keep getting stuck.

"Our mind is both the wound and the healer. When we learn to work with our thoughts and emotions, rather than against them, we stop surviving our lives and start living them."


The Terrain We Cover

Topics We Explore Together

The voice that tells you you're not enough, not worthy, not lovable. We don't silence it — we learn what it's protecting, and we slowly, gently, dismantle that cage that was built to protect you.
The stories handed to you before you were old enough to question them. "I'm too much." "I'm not enough." "I don't deserve good things." We examine where they came from — and whether you still want to carry them.
Your nervous system has been doing exactly what it was conditioned to do. Learning to recognize when you are feeling overwhelmed, when you're overwhelmed or shut down, and regulate yourself is foundational to everything else.
Why do we keep choosing the same kinds of people? Why do the same conflicts repeat? The answer almost always lives in what we learned love and relationships looked like before we had words for it.
Boundaries are not walls. They are the honest expression of what you need to feel safe and respected. If you've spent your life making yourself small so others feel comfortable,as an example, this work is for you.
Who are you when no one is watching? Who were you before you learned to perform? Shadow work is the practice of meeting — and loving — every part of yourself, including the parts you've been taught to hate and hide.

Sessions & Pricing

Coaching Investment

Single Session
Coffee Date

A standalone 1-on-1 coaching session — virtual or over coffee. Wherever you are, whatever you need to untangle. No commitment required.

$100
Book Now →
Ongoing Work
Ongoing Connection Sessions

Recurring 1-on-1 sessions for those committed to the deeper work. Consistent support as you move through the layers — at your own pace, in your own time.

$150
/session
Book Now →
✦ New Offering
The Soul Mirror Spread & Story

A tarot spread and channeled story written just for you — revealing where you are on your soul path, what patterns are speaking, and what guidance Spirit has for you right now. Not just a reading. A mirror.

Learn About Soul Mirror →

You don't need to have anything figured out yet.

Just reach out. Anna will guide the rest. Start the Conversation →
The Body
Licensed massage therapy and bodywork, central Maine

Your Body Has Been
Keeping Score

It's time to let it speak, and to listen lovingly to what it is saying.

Bodywork & Breathwork

Therapeutic Touch as a Path to Healing

Anna has been a Licensed Massage Therapist for over 14 years, specializing in deep tissue work, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, scar tissue release, and cupping therapy. Her work is result-oriented and transformative — sometimes intense, always intentional, and always worth it.

Bodywork at Dragonfly Rose is never just physical. Every session is an invitation to come back into your body and to feel what's been held there. To breathe into what's been tight, and to leave a little more at home in yourself than when you arrived.

"The body is not a machine to be fixed. It is a living record of everything you have survived. Skilled touch and conscious breath are two of the most direct paths back to yourself."

All massage sessions held at Connected LLC, Manchester, Maine. Breathwork & meditation available in person or virtually.


Services & Pricing

Body Work & Breath Work

The Dragonfly Rose Method/Deep Tissue
Deep Tissue & Treatment

The deep work. Focused on releasing stuck muscles and joints by releasing fascial tissues and restoring balance. Includes treatment work, scar tissue release, and injury-related muscle issues. Intense — but you will feel brand new after.

  • Deep tissue & myofascial release
  • Trigger point & scar tissue work
  • Cupping therapy included
$160 / 60 min
$240 / 90 min
Book Now →
Relaxation Massage
Relaxation

Focused on bringing you back to your body. Firmer than a typical spa touch — grounded and intentional. Cupping available on request.

  • Firm-pressure full body relaxation
  • Nervous system regulation focus
  • Cupping available on request
$100 / 60 min
$150 / 90 min
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Relaxation + Release
Relaxation & Release

Everything in the Relaxation massage, plus targeted focus on mobility and releasing the places that feel stuck — hips, glutes, shoulders, wherever your body is holding.

  • Firm-pressure relaxation base
  • Targeted mobility & release work
  • Cupping available on request
$130 / 60 min
$195 / 90 min
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Integrated Session ✦ New
Massage & Meditation

Come home to yourself. This 90-minute session weaves together therapeutic massage, a guided meditation, and a reflective coaching conversation. Your body, breath, and mind all in the same room at the same time.

  • 60 min relaxation massage
  • Guided breathwork & meditation
  • 20–30 min reflective coaching session
$175 / 90 min

Breathwork & Meditation

Breath Is the Anchor to Now

Your breath is the only function of the body that is both automatic and conscious. Learning to breathe with intention is one of the simplest and most profound things you can do for your own nervous system regulation. Available as standalone virtual or in-person sessions.

Standalone Session
Guided Meditation & Breathwork

A single session of guided meditation and conscious breathwork. Available in person or virtually. Booked directly with Anna — a deeply grounding experience for your nervous system.

  • Guided breathwork & meditation
  • In person or virtual
  • Booked directly with Anna
$120
Book Now →
Single Session
Coffee Date

A standalone 1-on-1 session with Anna. Come as you are, talk through what's in your body and mind, and leave with more clarity and ease.

  • One 60-min 1-on-1 session
  • Virtual or in-person
  • No package required
$100
Book Now →

Ready to book a session with Anna?

When the booking page opens, select Anna Thomas from the instructor list this link is for massage services at Connected LLC only. For breathwork and meditation (aside from the Massage and Meditation service) please send me a message to book a session. Book Now →
The Soul
Spiritual coaching and soul work, Dragonfly Rose

Remember What
Makes You Feel Alive

Your soul has been speaking all along and it has been through your joy.

The Spiritwoven Path

Back to Yourself

The Soul work is the most personal of the three pillars. It doesn't look the same for any two people — because what reconnects one person to their essence is completely different from what reconnects another.

For some it's photography — seeing themselves clearly through a lens for the first time. For some it's writing, movement, painting, singing, hiking, or sitting in nature. For some it's learning to notice synchronicities, symbols, and the quiet language their own intuition speaks. I call these practices your Toolbelt. They are the practices and activities that you do just for you.

"Your soul is never lost. Nor can it ever be broken. It has simply been waiting for you to come back. The things that make you feel most alive — the ones you've dismissed as frivolous, impractical, or too much, are the breadcrumbs back to yourself."

All of this is woven together in Anna's book Going Barefoot: A Spiritwoven Path, releasing Winter 2026. The Soul work on this page is a living preview of those teachings.


Nine Practices

Finding Your Way Back

These practices are drawn from Anna's forthcoming book. They are not about adding more to your to-do list. They are about learning to hear what is already speaking — in your body, your patterns, your dreams, your daily life.

Once a day, start by writing down one synchronicity you noticed, one repeated symbol, one intuitive nudge, one emotional pattern, or one meaningful moment. You are not analyzing. You are recording. Over time, a map begins to emerge from these — the map of your own Spiritwoven life. After you record you journal. But not in any way you have ever known before, the journaling I teach is a conversation with yourself.
Once a day, ask your intuition a single question. Not your mind. Not your fear. Your intuition. "What do I need to know today?" The answer may come as a sensation, a word, a memory, a symbol, a feeling, or a knowing. Trust the first thing that arrives. Our intuition is our quietest voice, our ego and anxiety are the loudest. This practice helps strengthen your relationship with your intuition. You can also use things like prayer, divination, oracles, etc. to help.
Choose one symbol appearing in your life today. Ask: "What does this symbol mean to me?" This practice teaches you the language your own spirit.
When something repeats — a feeling, a conflict, a desire, a fear, etc. — pause. Don't react. Ask: "What is this pattern trying to teach me?" Patterns are not punishments. Patterns are like invitations from our soul that something within us is suffering.
Once a day, ask your body: "What resonates today?" Listen for the physical response — the expansion, the contraction, the pull, the resistance. Your body has been keeping score. It always knows the way forward. Sometimes that will be rest and sometimes that will be productivity. Don't fight what your body is asking for, especially when doing deep spiritual work. It can be extremely exhausting and if you push through you will not like the outcome. These practices are teaching your body that it can trust you.
A soul map is a personalized, often visual tool used for self-discovery, spiritual growth, and emotional healing, designed to connect your conscious mind with your "higher self" or inner wisdom. It helps individuals understand their life’s purpose, navigate life challenges, and recognize patterns. I help you create this through your natal chart and astrology. You then take that an you find the art piece within it. Your personal visual representation of your time here on Earth.
Each morning, choose one symbol to carry with you through the day. Let it be your anchor and make note of where it appears, or you feel drawn to it, throughout your mind and day. Where were you? What was happening? How did you feel? Where did you feel it? At the end of the day, write down what it showed you.
Once a week, identify one thing you are ready to let go of. Write it down. Then consciously release it. Release does not mean forgetting. It is choosing not to carry it emotionally anymore. Be gentle with yourself here, sometimes letting go happens by chipping away at it piece by piece until one day you realize it doesn't have a hold on you any longer.
Once a week, ask: "What is weaving together in my life right now?" Look at your patterns, symbols, body's messages, emotional themes. Integration is the practice of seeing the whole picture — the threads connecting everything you've been noticing.

Services & Pricing

Soul Work Offerings

Coaching Package
The Toolbelt

Three focused 1-on-1 sessions to map your soul practices, identify what reconnects you to yourself, and build the tools you'll carry forward. Deeply personal, completely tailored to you.

  • 3 private sessions with Anna
  • Custom soul practice roadmap
  • Integration support between sessions
$800
3 sessions
Book Now →
Single Session
Coffee Date

A standalone 1-on-1 session with Anna — a gentle first step into soul work, or a drop-in conversation for wherever you are on your path. No commitment required.

  • One 60-min 1-on-1 session
  • Virtual or in-person
  • No package required
$100
Book Now →

Ready to explore your soul with Anna?

Sessions are deeply personal and priced by conversation. Let's Talk →
The Integrated You
Holistic mind body soul coaching, Dragonfly Rose Maine

The Integrated
You

Mind. Body. Soul. All three. At once. As one.

The Complete Path

Not Three Separate Paths.
One Whole Journey.

Most healing work addresses one thing at a time — talk for the mind, massage for the body, spirituality for the soul. And all of those things have value. But integration asks a different question: what happens when all three are working together?

When you do mind work and your nervous system is simultaneously being regulated through bodywork, the mental shifts go deeper and stick longer. When your body is releasing held tension, your soul practices have more room to breathe. When your creative fire is lit, your mind softens its grip.

"We are not three separate problems to be solved. We are one whole person. Healing that is fragmented will always feel incomplete."

— Anna Marie Thomas

The Integrated You path brings everything together into a single, cohesive journey home to yourself. This is not a rigid program. It is a living, responsive, practice shaped around exactly who you are and where you are right now.


The Three Pillars
The stories you tell yourself. The patterns you keep repeating. The beliefs that were handed to you before you were old enough to question them. Through coaching and inner work, we gently dismantle what was never true about you.
Your body has been keeping score. Tension, pain, disconnection — and also wisdom, presence, and the path back to peace. Through therapeutic massage, breathwork, and somatic awareness with a licensed massage therapist, we return you to your vessel.
The creative fire. The synchronicities. The things that make you feel alive. The self that has been waiting beneath every mask you were taught to wear. Soul work brings you back to what is essentially and irreducibly you. So you can truly live, the way you want to live.

After Integration, You'll Feel:
Start Somewhere

A Single Coffee Date

Single Session · Any Path
Coffee Date

Not sure where to start? Book a Coffee Date with Anna. One conversation — virtual or in person — to find your footing and figure out what your integrated path looks like.

  • One 60-min 1-on-1 session
  • Virtual or in-person
  • No package required
$100
Book Now →

Ready to work with your whole being?

The Integrated You is waiting — let's talk about what's right for you. Start the Conversation →
About Anna
Anna Marie Thomas, founder of Dragonfly Rose, Manchester Maine

I Know the Way Back
Because I Found It

LMT · Self-Care Coach · Spiritwoven Guide

Hello. My Name Is

Anna Marie Thomas

"I spent 40 years of my life loving only certain parts of who I am. I locked away the rest. When I turned 40, something clicked, and all the work I had done just melded into place. I now love every aspect, every piece, every part of who I am. I want this for everyone."

I am a Licensed Massage Therapist, a self-care coach, a photographer, a writer, a mother, and a woman who has been through a great deal and came out the other side of all of it not just intact, but genuinely in love with herself and her life.

All of my work is rooted in one simple truth: healing is not a destination. It is a daily practice. I am not a coach who read the books and decided to teach. I am a coach who lived the curriculum and kept coming back to herself, over and over again, until I knew the way home by heart.


Where I Come From

The Story That Shaped Everything

I was born June 7th, 1983 in Southern California. I grew up in a home where love and violence were tangled together in ways that took me decades to understand and untangle. I grew up being told I was worthless. I grew up not knowing what safetly or love felt like. I don't remember much before I was 10 but I can see the conditioning.

A week before my 11th birthday, my stepfather violated me. I told my fourth-grade teacher what my stepfather had done to me and she was the only person who believed me. She is one of the superheroes of my childhood. I was taken from my home that day. This one singular moment told me that my voice was wrong and that if I spoke my truth I would be punished. Going into foster care turned out to be one of the greatest gifts I was ever given, even though it didn't feel like it at the time. I was with the most amazing family for 3 years before they put me back into the custody of my mother and stepfather. My foster family taught me how to heal through art and music. They showed me what a loving family looked and felt like. For that I will forever be grateful because it placed seeds that slowly grew through the rest of my life.

I grew up with the belief that I was worthless and deserved nothing. That belief shaped every relationship I walked into for the next thirty years. I stayed when I should have left. I gave until I was hollow. When I left my second marriage it was because I had reached a point where I didn't want to be alive anymore. I left to save myself, and that distinction matters enormously to me now.


The Year I Came Back

Coming Back to Myself

I spent an entire year after my second divorce doing genuine work. Not performative wellness rituals — actually sitting with everything I had been running from. This is where I began learning how to love myself. Even the parts I was ashamed of. The parts I was told were too much.

Something deeply profound happened when I turned 40. Everything I had been doing — all the work, all the healing, all the slow daily practices of choosing myself — began melding into place. I looked in the mirror and genuinely loved what I saw. Not just physically, but on a soul level.

I became a Licensed Massage Therapist in 2011, not because it was a practical career choice, but because I understood in my bones what it meant to carry pain in your body, and I wanted to help people release it.


Right Now

Where I Am Today

I am the happiest I have ever been. Not because my life is easy — most the time it is not. But because I finally know who I am, and I like her. I more than like her, I love her completely.

I am a mother to my two beautiful children, a massage therapist who has been doing this work for over 14 years, and a coach who works with people who are done surviving and ready to thrive. I am also currently writing Going Barefoot: A Spiritwoven Path — releasing Winter 2026.

"I want you to love yourself so much that your world shifts and changes. I want you to thrive and to live in a world that you create, full of people who love you as much as you love yourself."

— Anna Marie Thomas

I more often than not feel like an alien — like I don't really fit anywhere. But I have stopped needing the world to understand me. I have started building a world that fits me instead. And I will help you discover the world that you want to build for yourself.

Ready to begin?

Anna personally reads every message and replies within 1–2 days. Reach Out to Anna →
A healing journey

A barefoot stroll
through your soul…

Discover the Power of Loving You

Self-Care Coaching & Photography

Watch & Listen

A Message
From Anna

A short introduction to The Going BareFoot Path — who it's for, what it looks like, and why Anna built it the way she did.

Three Doorways

The Mind, Body, & Soul Path

Whether you enter through the mind, the body, or the soul, all three paths lead to the same place: you, fully and authentically yourself. Click any card to open the full details.

Soul-centered life coaching, Dragonfly Rose, Manchester Maine
Coaching

The Mind

The stories you tell yourself. The patterns you keep repeating. The beliefs that were handed to you before you were old enough to question them. Through coaching and inner work, we gently dismantle what was never true about you.

Licensed massage therapy and bodywork, central Maine
Bodywork & Breathwork

The Body

Your body has been keeping score. Tension, pain, disconnection, and also wisdom, presence, and the path back to peace. Through therapeutic massage, breathwork, and somatic awareness, we return you to your vessel.

Spiritual coaching and soul work, Dragonfly Rose
Creative & Spiritwoven

The Soul

The creative fire. The synchronicities. The things that make you feel alive. Soul work brings you back to what is essentially and irreducibly you, so you can truly live the way you want to live.

Work With Anna

All of the Ways We Can Work Together

Every doorway leads to the same place: You. Choose where you want to begin.

Schedule time with Anna

Bookable Services

These sessions are booked directly through Anna's scheduling system. Browse the services below, then click Book Now to choose yours.

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Soul $333

Soul Portrait Photography Session

This is a soul session where we connect before the camera comes out and explore how you see yourself. Together we imagine the inner magic you want to embody, from forest whimsy to wings or otherworldly energy. Your images are delivered in a digital gallery for downloading, sharing, or printing.

Mind $100

Coffee Date

A standalone 1-on-1 coaching session, virtual or over coffee. Wherever you are, whatever needs untangling. No commitment required.

Mind $150 /session

Ongoing Connection Sessions

Recurring 1-on-1 sessions for those committed to the deeper work. Consistent support as you move through the layers, at your own pace.

Body $120

Breathwork & Meditation

Guided breathwork and meditation to regulate your nervous system and anchor you to the present moment. In person or virtual.

Body $160 / 60 min $240 / 90 min

Deep Tissue Massage & Treatment

Myofascial release, trigger point, scar tissue, and cupping. Focused on releasing what is stuck and restoring balance. Intense, intentional, and worth it.

Body $130 / 60 min $195 / 90 min

Relaxation & Release Massage

Relaxation as the base, plus targeted focus on releasing the places that feel stuck: hips, glutes, shoulders, wherever your body is holding.

Body $100 / 60 min $150 / 90 min

Relaxation Massage

Grounded and intentional. Firmer than a typical spa touch, focused on bringing you back into your body and regulating your nervous system.

Book Now →

You'll choose your service from the full list when you book.

Start Anywhere

Not Sure Where to Begin?

Every path leads to the same place. A Coffee Date with Anna is a gentle, no-pressure first conversation to find your footing and figure out what feels right for you.

Book a Coffee Date — $100 →
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Order Now Services

These offerings are ordered directly and delivered to you — no scheduling required. Anna will reach out with next steps after your order.

Soul · Package $800 / 3 sessions

The Toolbelt

Three dedicated soul sessions to build your personal map — These are your symbols, patterns, and practices. After these sessions you'll leave with a living toolkit drawn from exactly who you are. 3 sessions — your pace. Journal prompts between sessions. Virtual, or in-person in Maine.

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Soul PDF $77 Video $111

Channeled Ancestral Reading

You come with a question and I connect with your ancestral line to bring you an answer. I can also connect with a specific ancestor from your past that you would like guidance from. I do not do live readings. These are intentional readings that I treat with the utmost care and respect and they are done in my sacred space with the protection of my Spirit team. You will receive your answer as a pdf with a picture of your cards. As an add-on opetion I will also include a link to a video response of your message. Delivered in 1 - 2 days.

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Soul $222

Your Natal Chart: Soul Portrait

You were born at a precise moment in time, under a specific arrangement of stars, carrying a name that tells a story. Nothing about that was accidental. Your Soul Portrait is a complete written reading that weaves together your natal astrology, your numerology, and the current chapter your life is moving through. It is the story of who you actually are, how you are wired at the deepest level, what you came here to do, and what this particular season of your life is asking of you. Delivered in 3 - 5 days via PDF

Order Now →
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Magickal Herbs

Discover a harmonious blend of herbal wisdom, meditative insights, and healing practices, curated with love and intention.

For the love of Tea, Herbs, Magick & Philosophy

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On Healing

Healing is like a hurricane, after you've deeply cleaned your house.
— Anna Marie Thomas
Our emotions are fluid. They ebb and flow like the ocean. When we try to grasp them we get pulled under a riptide. We must learn to let go and ride the waves.
— Anna Marie Thomas
Healing isn't about fixing something that's broken. It's about releasing what was never really yours, so you can re-integrate what is.
— Anna Marie Thomas

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