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Christy Greenwood • Registered Counsellor + Expressive Arts Therapist

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Christy Greenwood • Registered Counsellor + Expressive Arts Therapist

Expressive Arts Therapy • Registered Therapeutic Counselling • Massage You are unique and I intend to meet you where you are at.

I aim to listen deeply, inquire gently, and offer an opportunity to pivot towards helpful tools that support lasting, healthy change for your precious life. Prior to this work, I practiced massage therapy for 22 years. During that time I trained in and offered Reiki, 5-element acupressure, Lomi Lomi, Thai Massage, BodyTalk, Hatha Yoga & Kundalini Dance. The treasures of these intricate systems of understanding inform the way I see us and our world. My extensive experience working closely with people and their bodies has given me great insight into the embodied roots of emotional & mental health. I'm passionate about offering a relaxing space that stokes the healing spark of your creative genius. I gently invite you into your curiosity & beckon you through the colourful gateway of your imagination. Adults, Teens, Youth, online & in-person. Covered by SelfDesign®, Island Cancer Kids Association, Sunlife, Pacific/Alberta Blue Cross, Greenshield, Equitable Life of Canada, ClaimSecure, Chamber of Commerce Group Insurance, Jordan's Principle.

12/06/2024

Hi folks,
I'm dropping off gift certificates in Sointula in the coming weeks. Let me know if you want to be added to the list.

Massage Prices:
30 mins + 15 min consult = $50
45 mins + 15 min consult = $75
60 mins + 15 min consult = $100
90 mins + 15 min consult = $140

I've been massaging for 25 years, have studied many modalities and was an RMT in Manitoba.

I offer customized sessions from luxurious relaxation to deep tissue with trigger point work in my clinic space in Mitchell Bay (where we are renovating a very creative house!). I have an infrared heat mat on the table and use some hot stones to help melt tension in the muscles.

I also am an Expressive Arts Therapist and Registered Therapeutic Counsellor. Those sessions are covered by most insurance benefits but I don't offer gift certificates for them.

*I don't massage my counselling clients in respect of counselling ethics.

Thank you to everyone who has come for sessions with me and supported my little business here on the island. It's been a joy to get to know each of you and serve the community in this way.

More info in the c0mments.

06/28/2024

An expressive arts exploration in the Port Hardy arena at yesterday’s Wellness Fair at the Civic Centre thanks to Mount Waddington Health Network and Marjorie Greensides.

Moving with the silent disco headphones in the arena felt so expansive and took me back to many Manitoba winters growing up on and around a skating rink. The clock reflection on the concrete looks like a sunset here.

I’m always deeply inspired by the creative intelligence that shows itself through the wisdom of experimental art-making and movement.

Curiosity, play and simple somatic invitations are the North Star of this practice and untangle emotional and mental knots while nourishing the creative genius.

06/07/2024

It feels surreal that 25 years ago I graduated from a two year massage therapy program and embarked down a winding road of working with people and the relationships to the bodies they live in.

I studied numerous modalities that opened my worldview to many intersecting systems of understanding the miracle of the body.

Word on the street is the career span for an average massage therapist is 5 - 8 years!

There were many times I thought I would stop forever after hitting burnout repeatedly for a variety of reasons. Each time, I made changes, took the breaks I could and kept returning with new inspiration.

The difficult restrictions to transferring my RMT designation to BC from Manitoba were too much to take on while I was parenting. I didn’t want to take that much focus away from being present with Mayan.

When Mayan got older and it came time where I felt I had time to upgrade my skills, I studied Expressive Arts Therapy. This enabled me to intersect my passions of body-centred mental health services with the spark of creativity.

Having the combination of offering Expressive Arts Therapy and Counselling to my non-massage clients is a great fit.

The quiet space of giving massage and bodywork offers so much grounding for me as a therapist. I appreciate this more as time goes on. It’s like being paid to meditate, embrace silence and be present with the body and breath.

Putting people to sleep who come in stressed is one of my favourite things. The way people look when they arrive compared to when they leave helps me to experience meaningful appreciation for this work.

I have never very been interested in “fixing injuries”, even though I’ve helped many folks with hurting bodies.

What inspires me is providing nurturing care that helps the nervous system regulate and brain chemistry flood the body with feel-good healing hormones. I love supporting my clients to continue befriending their precious bodies.

I’ve not always done the best work during difficult times, but I’ve always done my best. I never thought I’d be doing it for this long, but here we are.

It’s been a path that has contributed so much growth towards who I am in this world.

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Sointula, BC

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 7pm
Wednesday	10am - 7pm
Thursday	10am - 7pm

Website

https://linktr.ee/christyrainbowdawn

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☆ I am a devotee to the creative spark. I live and work on unceded territory of the Quw’utsun mustiimihw (Cowichan People) near the Cowichan River on Vancouver Island, BC. I live as a Mama, wife, intuitive healing artist, photography enthusiast, dance facilitator and herbal artist helping people connect to their creative body wisdom. I help people during life-pivoting and tender times to explore their growth edges and wild truth with gentleness and care. My intention is to embody loving, grounded wild wisdom while providing sacred space with a side of humour to nourish the flame of loving truth within those I work with. I channel earth energy, starlight, cosmic magic, creative spirit and elemental consciousness while offering massage therapy and intuitive modalities that nourish the body temple of the soul. I work with individuals, couples and groups who are ready to pivot in a direction that nourishes a revolution in consciousness. I am an Usui Reiki Master practicing transformational bodywork for 19 years. I am a co-founder of Dance Temple Cowichan and have been initiated, trained and certified to offer Massage Therapy, BodyTalk, Kundalini Dance, Lomi Lomi, Traditional Thai Massage, Hot LaStone Therapy & Hatha Yoga.

I was born in Manitoba on the territory of the Métis Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) nations. My parents are Sandra & Garry Lindell with an ancestral background of Swedish, Scottish, Cree & English heritage. I am a daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother, wife, and friend to humans, animals, plants. I live with my husband, spirited teenage son and adorable cat. Here I bow to the power of nature, play music, get witchy with herbs, photograph beauty and host retreat guests at River Owl Retreat. I am devoted to my beloveds, my magical medicine path, plant allies, nature, music & creativity.

Training & Experience:

•18 years of initiation through parenting a spirited son •Learning from nature, animals, plants and inspired creativity since childhood •Standing Member of the Natural Health Care Pracititioners of Canada •Consciousness Medicine, Whole Health Care Training & certication as a BodyTalk Practitioner •Kundalini Dance Faciliator Training with Leyolah Antara •Hawaiin Shamanic Bodywork & Lomi Lomi initations with www.shamanicbodywork.com •Jin Shin Do ® Courses with Tolling Jennings at www.five-elements.ca and Doreen Bakstad at www.jinshindo.com. Go to www.jinshindo.org to learn more about these amazing programs at the Jin Shin Do® Foundation for Bodymind Acupressure®. •Hot & Cold LaStone Therapy Training, Tofino BC •Worked as an RMT and hydrotherapy practitioner in Manitoba, PEI and Whistler at a world-class spa offering luxurious sessions to people from all over the world •200 hr Hatha Yoga Teacher Training at www.pranayogacollege.com, Vancouver •Usui Reiki Master Initations & Certification, Manitoba, Whistler, Tofino •Thai Massage Training - Old Medicine Hospital, Chaing Mai, Thailand •Professional Institute of Massage Therapy, 2200hr Advanced Massage Therapy Program in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1999 ❤︎www.christygreenwood.com // www.rewildingfromwithin.com // www.dancetemplecowichan.ca