Free Wellness Assessments | Stress, Eating & Body Tension | House Nine Portland

House Nine · Portland, Oregon

What is your body
trying to tell you?

Three free 2-minute assessments for stressed Portland professionals. Understand your nervous system, your relationship with food, and where you hold tension — and get a personalised reset protocol delivered instantly.

3 Assessments
2 Minutes each
Free Always
15 Result profiles
Your body knows
more than you think.
Most Portland professionals in high-performance roles are carrying stress they've normalised — in their shoulders, in their gut, in their relationship with food, in the inability to decompress even when time allows. These assessments don't diagnose. They reveal patterns you've stopped noticing and give you a clear, practical starting point. Rooted in nervous system science, HAES® principles, and Japanese wellness philosophy.

Three free assessments

Start anywhere.
Everything connects.

Assessment One · Stress & Nervous System

Nervous System
Audit

Are you stuck in fight-or-flight? This 10-question assessment reveals your current autonomic nervous system state — whether you're regulated, mildly activated, or running on empty. Designed for professionals with chronic stress, neck and shoulder tension, and difficulty decompressing after work.

10 questions ~2 minutes 5 result profiles

Your possible profiles

The Still Lake — regulated
The Running River — mild activation
The Rough Current — sympathetic dominance
The Storm — high activation
The Dry Earth — depletion
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Assessment Two · Food & Nourishment

Mindful Eating
Assessment

Is stress eating running your meals? This assessment reveals your current relationship with food — from eating on autopilot to deep emotional disconnection from nourishment. Grounded in HAES® and intuitive eating principles. No diet culture, no food rules, no judgment.

10 questions ~2 minutes 5 result profiles

Your possible profiles

The Full Bowl — present and nourished
The Rushed Table — distracted and disconnected
The Knotted Root — stress and hunger tangled
The Bitter Harvest — food as conflict
The Forgotten Meal — deep disconnection
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Assessment Three · Body & Tension

Body Tension
Map

Where does your body hold stress? This interactive assessment maps your physical tension patterns — neck, shoulders, jaw, lower back — and recommends the specific massage modality most suited to your pattern. Ideal for desk workers, managers, and anyone with recurring tension headaches or postural pain.

Interactive map ~2 minutes 5 tension profiles
Coming soon

Your possible profiles

The Desk Holder — upper back & neck
The Jaw Clencher — face, neck & TMJ
The Lumbar Carrier — lower back & hips
The Full Body Holder — systemic tension
The Armoured — guarded, protective tension

How it works

Three minutes to a clearer
picture of your body

01
Answer 10 honest questions
No right answers. No wrong answers. Just honest ones. Each question is designed to surface patterns you may have normalised without realising it.
02
Receive your profile instantly
One of five personalised profiles — with a clear explanation of what it means for your body and a 3-part reset protocol specific to your pattern.
03
Find your next step
Each result includes gentle suggestions for House Nine services that match your profile — from therapeutic massage to mindful eating coaching. No pressure, just direction.

About House Nine

Portland's wellness studio
for people who lead hard

House Nine Wellness & Tea is a boutique integrative wellness studio at 1413 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR. We work with high-performing professionals — tech managers, supervisors, executives — who carry chronic stress in their bodies and are looking for something more considered than a spa.

Our approach is rooted in preventative healthcare, trauma-informed care, HAES®, and Japanese wellness philosophy — wabi-sabi, shinrin-yoku, and the art of slowing down with intention.

Learn about our approach →
Miho Hatanaka, RDN
Founder · Registered Dietitian Nutritionist · Mindful Eating Coach · HAES® practitioner
Sarah Shah, LMT
Co-founder · Licensed Massage Therapist · Therapeutic and clinical bodywork
Modalities offered
Ashiatsu · Thai · Craniosacral · Lymphatic Drainage · Reiki · Hot Stone · Somatic Bodywork · Holistic Esthetics
1413 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214 · Hawthorne neighbourhood · Book online

Common questions

Questions about
wellness in Portland

Honest answers to the questions Portland professionals ask most often about stress, burnout, body tension, and mindful eating.

Yes — completely. All three House Nine wellness assessments are free, take approximately 2 minutes, and deliver your personalised result and reset protocol instantly on screen. You will be invited to join the House Nine Inner Circle community after completing an assessment, but there is no obligation.
The Nervous System Audit is a 10-question self-assessment that identifies your current autonomic nervous system state — specifically, how much time your nervous system is spending in sympathetic mode (fight-or-flight) versus parasympathetic mode (rest-and-digest). It identifies five distinct profiles from fully regulated to depleted, and delivers a 3-step reset protocol tailored to your specific stress pattern.
Tiredness resolves with rest. Burnout does not. Key signs of burnout include: sleep that does not feel restorative, emotional blunting (things that used to matter no longer do), an inability to decompress even when time allows, and a persistent low-grade anxiety that has become your baseline. The Nervous System Audit specifically identifies whether you are in a depleted state that requires more than rest to recover from.
House Nine offers mindful eating and nutrition coaching in Portland, led by Miho Hatanaka, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). The practice is rooted in Health at Every Size® (HAES) and intuitive eating principles — no diet plans, no calorie counting, no food rules. Sessions focus on understanding stress eating patterns, rebuilding hunger and fullness awareness, and developing a sustainable, compassionate relationship with food.
For chronic neck and shoulder tension — common in tech workers, managers, and anyone spending 8+ hours at a desk — House Nine recommends Ashiatsu (deep-pressure barefoot massage that releases the trapezius and levator scapulae without discomfort), Craniosacral Therapy for nervous system regulation, or focused therapeutic massage targeting the upper back and cervical muscles. The Body Tension Map assessment (coming soon) will help identify which modality is most suited to your specific tension pattern.
After completing any assessment, you receive your profile and reset protocol instantly. You will be invited to enter your email to join the House Nine Inner Circle — a free members-only community for our clients, with monthly practitioner letters and a wellness resource library. You will also receive gentle suggestions for House Nine services that match your result. There is no sales pressure and no obligation to book.
No. Stress eating is a neurological response, not a character failing. When cortisol is elevated — as it is during sustained periods of high-pressure work — the prefrontal cortex (responsible for rational decision-making) goes offline and the limbic system takes over. The limbic system seeks fast-acting comfort, which is why food becomes the default. Understanding this changes the approach entirely. The Mindful Eating Assessment helps identify your specific stress-eating pattern and gives you practical, non-restrictive starting points.
House Nine Wellness & Tea is located at 1413 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97214, in the Hawthorne neighbourhood of SE Portland. We offer therapeutic massage, mindful eating and nutrition coaching, holistic esthetics, somatic bodywork, and Japanese-inspired wellness workshops. Parking is available on SE Hawthorne Blvd and surrounding streets.

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