ABOUT

"Although we are born carrying the burdens of the past, we also inherit an obligation to heal our ancestral heart by giving a voice to what is unspoken, to witness that which is remote or forgotten, and to choose to reconcile the illusion of separateness. The act of courageous love is what aligns us with the Great Mystery, unifying past and present, shadow and light, and seen and unseen."

- Dr. Ruby Gibson

I'M DR. RUBY

As a mixed blood woman of Native and Mediterranean descent, I live on the Front Range of Colorado, and have previously resided on the Flathead Reservation in MT, and in Rapid City, SD near Pine Ridge Agency.

For 35 years, I have been dedicated to the craft and science of Historical Trauma reconciliation and wellness among people all around the world. I specialize in chronic pain, addiction recovery, sexual assault, war trauma, youth, fertility and reproduction, spiritual imbalances, and all things connected to body, mind, heart, and spirit.

MY STORY

Transgenerational Healing and Historical Trauma Recovery have long been the focus of somatic therapist Dr. Ruby Gibson. In 1995, she developed Somatic Archaeology© to help those in recovery from chronic pain, repetitive familial patterns, historical amnesia, cultural trauma, grief, shame, depression, addictions and despair.

As a woman of mixed descent (Italian/Spanish/Oglala Lakota) who embraces many traditions, Ruby brings 40 years of experience as an educator, certified massage therapist, certified somatic therapist, and author. A seasoned humanitarian and gifted writer, she began her spiritual journey at the age of 13 and has spent her life in service to the healing of Mother Earth and the betterment of her communities.

In Summer 2015, she opened a non-profit group called Freedom Lodge, which received a generous grant to open the Black Hills Historical Trauma Research & Recovery Center in Rapid City, SD. Dr Ruby believes that we can translate historical trauma into present day psychological/spiritual advantage. Somatic Archaeology© was researched and evaluated, and Dr Ruby published her first doctoral article in December 2023 at the University of Toronto Press.

Dr. Gibson empowers everyone to provide leadership to their families, colleagues, clients and communities when it comes to creating generational harmony. The objective is three-fold: to lighten the load for future generations; to heal the wounds of past generations; and to integrate unresolved burdens for conscious remembering and earth-centered resourcing. Or in other words, to find the gift within the wound. These are activities of profound responsibility requiring us to proceed with consciousness and ethical reflection.

Dr Ruby is excited for her next campaign, the Khonmadi Project, to begin in May 2026. The Khonmadi Project is based on Dr Ruby’s dream for the Heartbeat of Mother Earth, and is documented in her book - to be released in September 2026. The mother of 4 children and grandmother to 5, Dr Gibson has hope for the future.

S H A R E D

P E R S P E C T I V E S

"You are brilliant! I'm at the end of your book, and it seem that you were living in my body and my heart all my life.

Your descriptions of the somatic process fits me to the tee. And the healing process through a spiritual journey is just what I've been doing and going through, in the last 5 years, not exactly understanding what is happening with me, but loving every minute of it.

I learn visually, and reading it in your book, like you wrote it for me, is an amazing insight.

Thank you much, you are a gift to the world."

Ariella L.

"No words capture the expansive gratitude I feel for Ruby Gibson, Freedom lodge and everyone in the Somatic Archaeology class I've been part of over the last year.

Digging into the stories passed down through
generations of colonized bodies and minds has been a life changing journey."