Community Guidelines

The Nashville Healing Community A directory by Ohm Academy of Spiritual Healing

"Our intention is simple — to organize community access to healing in Nashville."

Our Why

The Nashville Healing Community exists to help our city's bodyworkers, energy practitioners, sound practitioners, breath workers, intuitives, movement teachers, and integration guides find one another — and to help people seeking healing find a trusted circle.

This is a community, not a marketplace. We grow when each of us shows up with integrity. The guidelines below are not legal fine print — those live in the Terms of Service. These are the agreements we make with one another to keep this space sacred, safe, and useful.

By participating in the Service — as a practitioner, reviewer, event host, or visitor — you agree to honor these guidelines.

For Practitioners (Listed Members)

Practice with integrity

• Be who you say you are. Represent your training, certifications, lineage, and credentials honestly. Self-selected badges are an invitation to be transparent, not a marketing opportunity. If a badge no longer applies, take it down.
• Stay within your scope. Practice only what you are trained, licensed, and qualified to practice. If something is outside your scope, refer the person to someone who can help.
• Maintain your credentials. Keep your licenses, certifications, and insurance current. The community trusts that you do.

Hold safe space

• Trauma-aware always. Whether you've trained in trauma-informed care or not, every body that comes to you has a history. Move slowly. Ask consent. Notice nervous systems. Make exits possible.
• Consent is ongoing. Ask before touch. Ask before adjustment. Ask before a deeper question. "Yes" at intake is not "yes" forever.
• Refer when needed. If someone needs medical care, mental health support, or a different modality, say so. Knowing when to step aside is one of the highest forms of healing.

Keep clear boundaries

• No dual relationships that compromise care. Do not enter intimate, sexual, or financially entangled relationships with active clients.
• Confidentiality. What is shared in session stays in session, with the standard legal exceptions (mandatory reporting, imminent harm).
• Money is honest. Publish your prices. Honor your stated rates. If you offer sliding scale, say so and stay consistent.

Show up for the community

• Welcome new practitioners. Many of us remember what it felt like to be starting out. Be the colleague you wish you'd had.
• Don't badmouth other practitioners. If you have a concern about someone's conduct, bring it to us privately at OhmAcademy432@gmail.com rather than posting publicly.
• Honor lineage. If your work draws from a specific tradition (Indigenous, Eastern, ancestral), name it and credit it with reverence. Avoid extraction.

What we will remove a listing for

• Misrepresenting credentials, training, or lineage
• Practicing outside legal scope (including practicing medicine, nursing, psychology, or any licensed profession without the proper license)
• Sexual misconduct, harassment, or boundary violations with clients
• Facilitating illegal substances or activities (see Terms of Service Section 4.4)
• Discriminating against people based on race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, or any other protected characteristic
• Repeated bad-faith conduct toward other practitioners or community members
• Failing to address documented complaints when given the opportunity

We do not take removals lightly. We will reach out before acting where reasonable, and the decision rests with us.

For Reviewers

Write reviews that help, not harm

• Share your real experience. Honest reviews — positive, mixed, or critical — are gold. The community needs them.
• Speak from your seat. Use "I" statements. "I felt held" lands different than "she's the best in town."
• Be specific. What did you come in with? What modality was used? How did you feel after? Specifics help future seekers find their fit.
• Critique fairly. If something didn't work for you, say so — kindly, with detail. A practitioner who isn't the right fit for you may be perfect for someone else.

What we don't allow in reviews

• Defamation. Don't accuse someone of a crime, ethical violation, or wrongdoing as if it's fact unless you can substantiate it. If you experienced something serious, please contact us at OhmAcademy432@gmail.com — we'd rather investigate properly than publish a claim that can't be supported.
• Personal attacks. Critique the experience, not the person's character, body, or identity.
• Outing private information. Don't share a practitioner's home address, real name (if they go by a different name), family details, or anything else they haven't published themselves.
• Pay-to-review schemes. Don't accept money, discounts, or free services in exchange for a review. Don't post a review on behalf of someone else. Don't review your own practice or your friend's practice as if you were a neutral client.
• Bot or duplicate reviews. One person, one review per practitioner. Coordinated review campaigns will be removed.
• Reviews of practitioners you've never engaged with. Reviews are for people whose services you have actually received.

What we may remove

We may remove any review that violates these guidelines. We may also remove reviews that are factually incorrect, retaliatory, or appear to be part of a coordinated effort to harm a practitioner. We will use our judgment, and the decision rests with us.

If your review is removed and you believe that was a mistake, you can write to us at OhmAcademy432@gmail.com.

For Everyone

Be kind. Be honest. Be present.

• Assume good faith. Most people in this space are trying their best.
• Disagree respectfully. Different lineages, different modalities, different language for similar truths — there's room here for all of it.
• Bring concerns privately first. If you see something wrong, tell us before you post about it.
• Protect the vulnerable. Many people come to healing in tender places. Be careful with what you say about them, to them, or near them.

What we will always remove, immediately, no warning

• Hate speech, harassment, or threats of violence
• Content that endangers a minor in any way
• Doxing or sharing of private information without consent
• Solicitation of illegal substances or activities
• Sexually explicit content
• Spam, scams, or attempts to manipulate the directory

How to Report a Concern

If you see something on the Service that violates these guidelines, or if you've had a serious concern about a practitioner you'd like us to know about, please email us:

OhmAcademy432@gmail.com Subject line: Community Concern

Please include:

• The listing, review, or event you're referencing
• A clear description of what concerns you
• Whether you'd like to remain anonymous (we will respect this where legally possible)

We read every message. We may not respond publicly, but we will respond.

For emergencies, ongoing harm, or anything involving immediate danger, please contact local authorities first (911) and then let us know.

A Note on Why This Matters

A directory like this only works if it's trustworthy. Every practitioner who lists with integrity, every reviewer who writes honestly, every visitor who shows up with care — each of you keeps this circle real.

Thank you for being part of it.

With reverence, April Bogle and the Ohm Academy team

Effective Date: May 18, 2026 Last Updated: May 18, 2026

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