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Abundant Heaven Tuina is my offering of healing services to the community. What is Tuina? "Tui Na" means "push pull". What is Jin Shou Tuina™?

Services offered include: Jin Shou Tuina (Chinese Medical Massage), CranioSacral Therapy, and Sound Therapy. Abundant Heaven Tuina is a member clinic affiliated with the North American Tang Shou Tao Association (www.natsta.org). The mission of the North American Tang Shou Tao Association Cooperative (NATSTA) is the preservation, research, and dissemination of the traditional Chinese martial and me

dical arts. Tuina is Chinese Medical Massage, based on the theory and practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Tuina can produce profound healing effects due to its ability to release restrictions in tissues, muscles, and fascia; affecting energetic channels and meridians, thereby changing posture and structure; while also affecting the strength and function of internal organs. "Jin Shou" means "golden hands". Jin Shou Tuina is a potent lineage of Tuina that has been passed down directly from teacher to student. The strength and efficacy of Jin Shou Tuina is based on the practitioner cultivating a dedicated martial arts and energy practice, utilizing these principles and the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine in treatments. How is Jin Shou Tuina different from other types of massage therapy? As an application of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jin Shou Tuina is as effective or in some cases more effective than other methods (ie. acupuncture, herbal medicine). The defining factor is that in Jin Shou Tuina, as in my practice of CranioSacral Therapy, the goal is to address the root cause of imbalance or disease. When addressing underlying causes of imbalance, manifestations of imbalance (the symptoms one experiences - such as pain, hot flashes, depression, etc.) can change, lessen or disappear altogether. What is Cranial Sacral Therapy? Craniosacral Therapy is light touch, hands-on therapy applied to the body to regulate, balance, and release restrictions in the craniosacral system, which includes the brain, the spinal cord, and the cerebrospinal fluid. According to the Upledger Institute, Craniosacral Therapy both responds to and produces changes in the following systems:

the nervous system
the musculoskeletal system
the vascular system
the lymphatic system
the endocrine system
the respiratory system

Craniosacral therapy is also effective in releasing the residual effects of trauma from the body and mind, which often go untreated causing chronic disease and pain. The beauty of Craniosacral therapy is that while subtle and gentle, it can produce profound and lasting healing effects through the entire body. What is Sound Therapy? The brain responds electrically to rhythmic sensory stimulation like sound and vibration. These electrical responses can resemble the natural internal rhythms of the brain, thereby harmonizing with and affecting brainwaves. Tuning forks and singing bowls produce binaural beats, resulting from the interaction of two different frequencies, each heard in a different ear. Binaural beats, depending on the frequency (Hz) are proven to either produce states of relaxation (such as meditation, stress reduction, pain management, and improved sleep quality) or states of stimulation (enhanced creativity, enhanced intuition, improved cognitive function, and synchronization of brain hemispheres). Through the use of tuning forks and singing bowls, deep healing states can be encouraged. Sound therapy can be used in conjunction with Jin Shou Tuina and Craniosacral Therapy or as a stand-alone therapeutic modality. Treatments at Abundant Heaven Tuina
Every treatment is custom tailored to each person's unique needs, history, and health goals. The practice of Jin Shou Tuina is founded in the conceptual framework of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Diagnosis, treatment principles, corresponding healing modalities, and the specific therapeutic techniques utilized aim to restore natural balance to the body, mind, and spirit through addressing the roots and branches of dis -ease patterns. Aiding the body in returning to and maintaining a natural state of homeostasis, allows the body and mind to heal itself. To schedule a free consultation or to make an appointment, please call or email me. Every Friday I am in the clinic seeing patients. For other appointment days or times contact me for availability and pricing for house-calls and after-hours treatments.

01/17/2025

SEEING THINGS AS THEY ARE

Let the truth reveal itself,
as it always does,
with time and presence.

Like smoke rising and curling,
the tension of holding what does not belong to you,
can only last so long.

Sometimes things have to come to a breaking point
to finally break through.

Any forcing or faking or trying too hard is exhausted,
after grief completely empties you out.

Those knots of conflict
that felt like the stickiest muck
backing up every drainage pipe of your being
start to be eaten away
by your sheer determination
to
stay
with
the
process.

And it's usually not too long after
you're ready
to completely give up,
raise up a white flag of surrender,
and you've broken down
any last reserve of pride and your game face
and you asked for help,
in the way that can only come from you,
pleading directly with what gives you life.

There's still karmic residue
but things are moving again
because you know and can feel,
more clearly than ever before,
who you are
and who you aren't.

And suddenly,
though it felt like you'd never get there,
though it felt like you'd feel this way forever,
things change,
with and without your doing
into the clear open nature of things as they are.

It's not perfect,
and it's generative.

The apologies and excuses you used to make
for your perceived inadequacies,
or for someone else's shortcomings,
for what you wished was different
about yourself
or others,
can't take up residence here.

There's a dropping down and spreading out
that gives the spirit
the space it has needed to breathe
for a very long time.

It's the kind of liberation that can only come from within.

06/14/2024

"Invitation"

Oh do you have time
to linger
for just a little while
out of your busy

and very important day
for the goldfinches
that have gathered
in a field of thistles

for a musical battle,
to see who can sing
the highest note,
or the lowest,

or the most expressive of mirth,
or the most tender?
Their strong, blunt beaks
drink the air

as they strive
melodiously
not for your sake
and not for mine

and not for the sake of winning
but for sheer delight and gratitude—
believe us, they say,
it is a serious thing

just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
I beg of you,

do not walk by
without pausing
to attend to this
rather ridiculous performance.

It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life.

- Mary Oliver

(Hummingbird image is an original painting by Shonto Begay)

05/21/2024

Poetry for me has always had a magical quality to express more deeply that which is.

Poetry is like a living breathing photograph of the heart and what it would say if it could speak directly to another heart in sounds, colors, shapes, and feeling.

There is something about art, poetry, dance, and music that articulates the ineffable.

That in describing the mysteries of life they become more palpable, more digestible, and more alive.

There is a deep relief I feel in my bones, even in exquisitely painful, harsh, confusing circumstances, that there is beauty in staying open and awake to the world.

That life is worth living and I want to be blessed with more life.

More life for me and for you - for all of creation.

Art, for me, is one of the sacred keys to opening the locks of forgetting how precious our fleeting existence is.

And behind those closed doors, is a treasure trove of sensation and awareness that needs bodies and minds to move through.

05/17/2024

I can’t tell you how relieved I feel when I stop pretending everything is ok, when it is not.

I can feel the gripping tension in my back softening from trying to lean so hard into an imagined better future.

It’s exhausting to avoid what is right here.

The undefined discomfort kept at an arm’s length, pushed down just far enough to “not get in the way” so you can keep going.

The irony is you’re “fine” until you’re not.

You can ignore it, until you can’t anymore and it starts consuming you.

It’s not that far under the surface.

Just slow down a little, maybe a little more.

Whatever needs your attention is usually right there if you can get brave enough to be quiet and curious.

That little thread of awareness, pull on it and watch yourself unravel.

Because underneath your worry and fear, is courage like a fresh green seedling trembling in the wind.

It smells like rain on dust (as Martin Prectel writes about in his book) and it tastes like tears and freedom.

It feels like a wide open grassy field and endless blue sky.

But the irony is you have to be here with whatever you’re feeling right now to open up within yourself.

This is not a new concept.

It may be one of the oldest ideas.

And while it is simple, it is many times not easy to do.

It’s basically a lifetime of practice and that can feel a little daunting to feel like you have to do it alone.

You don’t have to do it alone.

Please don’t try to do it all alone.

The more you can link up with other seekers and healers and thinkers and feelers on the path, the more lifted up and liberated we all can be.

I see you.

I appreciate you and the work you are doing to keep loving and being a bright beacon of hope, despite such harsh realities in our world right now.

Thank you.

I love you.

05/16/2024

I'm feeling so deeply grateful for the amazing people I get to work with and the potent healing work we do together.

There's something really palpable and different about the way I show up for people, especially in the last few years.

I am able to clearly see and feel more deeply into what is just below the surface and might be left unsaid or undone.

And I am so much more confident in speaking up and saying and doing the things that make all the difference.

It might sound trivial but it's a seismic shift.

And people are noticing and feeling it.

This ability for me to attune to people and bring their own ability to self heal back online and amplify their wellness in a powerful way.

I feel like I can't say it enough because every time I work with someone I just feel so grateful.

So grateful for our miraculous bodies, mind and hearts to repair themselves and give us life.

So grateful for all the synchronicities that allow me to connect with other deep feeling souls and collaborate in doing really deeeep healing work.

Navigating the process of collaboration has been extra juicy lately.

I'm not "working on someone."

That sounds and feels so disembodied.

I'm working with you. We are working together.

How can I support you?

It just feels so good to ask and then reallllllly listen.

Consent as an evolving living agreement to voice and honor needs and stay engaged in ongoing responsiveness.

And holy moly the magic that can be created from that space.

Mind blown and heart beaming!!!

😃🤯🥹😍💖🌟✨

05/08/2024

It recently came to my attention that I am here to do “depth work.”

While this is not a shocker to anyone who realllllly knows me or has worked with me, there’s something about these words “depth work” that resonate so deeply within my being.

It might sound trivial from the outside, but these words are unlocking profound inner truths.

I regularly think, write, and share about doing deep work with people.

And I am really excited to announce some new offerings that are opening up soon to hold even more spaciousness with people who are feeling called to do depth work with me as a guide.

I was speaking with a dear friend this past weekend about how it feels like my full potential is largely untapped.

That I have soooo much to give - almost 3 decades of deep personal cultivation and study that is begging me to unleash my full range of talents and gifts.

I feel in many ways I’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of what I am here to do and be.

Exploring what it means to open up to this next level of service feels edgy and exciting and mildly anxiety producing, but I know it is exactly where I need to be to stretch and grow right now.

Maybe it’s the spring.

Maybe it’s the deep personal work over the last almost 30 years and the powerful intentions and prayers I’ve been holding in a really focused way for the past 4 years.

Whatever it is, I can feel new life literally bursting through the seams of who I conditioned myself to believe I was.

I’ve been playing it small and it’s time to come out from the shadows and bask in the light of a new day.

Stay tuned. I’ll be sharing more soon.

03/13/2024

Whenever I feel crushed beneath
the incomprehensible pain of the world,
I look for signs of life in unexpected places.

Today I found it in a parking lot
between the cracks in the concrete,
a handful of dandelions thriving.

These unexpected guests sprawling out
green leaves and shiny golden stalks
reaching yellow flowered heads toward the sun.

We're not so different.

Life finds a way back to life.

Seeds carried by the wind and the rain
find a way to make a new home.

Sometimes swept into the great dissolution
before resurfacing somewhere else,
in a different time.

Little rebels plants
looking so happy and healthy
gleefully defying a cruel world
that would call them weeds
and try to extinguish every last one.

How quickly we can forget
and pave over the fertile possibility
of making medicine from our collective memory.

I was surprised
such a little thing
could give me so much hope
for our future.

Illustration by Gaby D'Alessandro

02/24/2024

Life is emerging, beneath the cold, wet earth.

Hidden seeds swelling, cracking hard shells.

Tender green shoots breaking through, reaching for the sun.

Excitement surging, rising upward.

What is stirring in you?

What seeds lie dormant in your fertile being?

What weeds are you ready to pull?

Are you willing to focus and maybe sweat a little to make more space for what you want to grow in the garden of your life this year?

How are you tending your soil?

Are you composting what hasn’t worked?

Are you aerating your potential with breath and movement?

What seeds are you ready to plant?

And what nutrients are you adding to help ensure hearty growth, abundant blooms, and succulent fruit?

I ask because spring is HERE!

Now is the time to get intentional about sewing seeds and planning for your harvest.

Things are still tender and formative.

The energy is delicate right now but make no mistake the dragon is coming.

And when the intensity, heat and expansiveness of summer is here, you’ll want your roots to already be stretching wide and deep.

So tend to the garden of your body, mind, and heart, now.

While the ground is still dark from a long, cold winter.

Clear your inner and outer spaces - you might even find what you want to cultivate more of is already there, hiding underneath untended mental loops and overgrown habits that could use some pruning.

And watch how your precious sprouts thrive with the sunlight of your attention.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but this is your friendly reminder to plant seeds now.

Even better - plant a garden in community.

It makes the work lighter and more joyous.

Ugh! Don’t even call it work, call it play.

Let’s play in the garden together!

✨🌱🙌🏼🌱✨

One of the seeds I have planted and am watering is a glorious women’s retreat weekend March 29-31 that I’m co-creating with one of my dear sisters, .

I am so excited for the 6 women who have signed up so far (and the ladies considering it)!!

We are going to have so much fun together!

Who else wants to come play with us?

Only 3 spots left.

DM me "SISTER" for more info.

✨💖✨

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02/01/2024

Sometimes grief shows up when you least expect it.

When everything in your life seems to be going well on the surface.

Those goals and dreams you have been planning and working towards for years, finally accomplished.

That partnership you've been wanting, it's been solid for years now.

And for some reason you feel incredibly sad.

Maybe it's because one chapter of your life just ended and a new one is beginning and you're wondering where your place is in it.

I know it is uncomfortable, this weight on your chest.

But it's here to teach you something.

It's here guiding you back into your heart.

Walking you hand in hand to where your pain is waiting.

There's only so long you can tell it, "No".

"Later."

"Not now."

"Not like this."

Until one day you will no longer have a choice.

And grief will come and spill out.

It will be inconvenient and messy.

But don't pretend it doesn't belong here.

Don't pretend there's nothing for you to grieve.

Now that you're feeling safe, you can finally let your guard down.

Now is the perfect time for grief to come knocking.

Try not to send it away too soon.

Let it wash through you all that you never let yourself feel when there wasn't time or space to do anything but keep going.

It's time now to lay down some of what you've been carrying for so long.

No pressure.

Whenever you're ready.

When things get too heavy, letting go will hurt less than holding on.

It will probably feel awkward to give yourself this gift.

The gift you are so good at giving, being there for everyone else.

But that's why your tears showed up now, so you can be here for your self.

So you can receive the gifts of your own being.

To show you who you are underneath your story and all that armor.

To show you what you are made of, your essence.

So you can become the medicine you seek.

So you can realize you already are.

✍🏽 - Shanti Ma, 1/31/2024

🖼️ - "An Aching Feeling" by Jennifer Parks

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