February Events/Specials
FEBRUARY EVENTS & SPECIALS
Integrative Therapeutic Massage
$55/HR Introductory Offer ---more info
The Way of the Heart - Gateway Workshop
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Please RSVP
(LINK for February flyer)
To register and RSVP for all the above contact:
Area Coordinator: Mary McGill (503) 771-1789 - Mary@thewayoftheheart.com
The Way of the Heart
Pole Dancing @ Primal Beginnings
NEW Level One Class Start Dates - ALL CLASSES NOW 4 WEEKS FOR $99
Saturday's Starting 1.30.10 :: 3-4:30pm
Tuesday's starting 2.2.10 :: 7:45-9:15pm
Workshop:: Awakened Spirit
The earth is in a very important transition time, and we are being called to awaken more quickly than ever before. Opening your channel to the higher realms will create an evolutionary leap for you, for channeling is a powerful means of spiritual unfoldment and conscious transformation. If you are ready to take the leap, please join me for Awakened Spirit – Opening to Channel. During this three-session workshop you will:
- Learn to shift your mind to achieve an expanded state of consciousness
- Attune with life-force energy
- Connect with a high-level guide
- Verbally channel for yourself and others
When: February 13, 20, and 21 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Where: Hood River, OR
Contribution: $150
The spaces you can travel to when you channel are endless. They are doorways into unlimited new experiences of growth. Channeling will give you the wise teacher you seek, one who comes from within rather than without. The only requirements are your desire and intent to do so.
In love and light,
-Katie
www.KatieWinters.com
Cell: (818) 438-3867
For we have not come here to take prisoners, or to confine our wondrous spirits, but to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom, and light! ~Hafiz
Pamper!
A women's event with tarot, chair massage, aromatherapy foot treatments [by yours truly], and sauna, held the last Sunday of each month to benefit Root & Rise non-profit. Feb 28, 5-9pm @ Common Grounds [ne everett, not alberta...]
Musings on Massage
take a deeper breath, sink into the table, let gravity take over, surrender
feel your body soften, let you skin melt, merging the boundaries of the physical self with the non physical self
become aware of the breath, effortlessly moving within and without, connecting you to all that is
connect to the present moment
allow resistance to fall away
feel the joy of being in the body
feel the joy of not being a body
but spirit dwelling therein
receive, become passive, open your inner eye to in-sights
on the in breath, draw all energies you have sent out into the world back to yourself, fragments that have been given away, misdirected---reclaim your focus, back to you
on the out breath, release any thoughts that no longer serve you
thoughts of doubt, worry, fear, unworthiness, dispair, just let go
breath into your intention, breath it into you
embody your ideals
exhale all obstacles
soften the grip on your negative self talk
watch your thoughts float like clouds in the sea of your consciousness
they come and go, changing with the wind
your awareness like the blue sky, holding it all
so focus on the vast, infinte sky part of you
breathe into the space between thoughts
e x p a n d your awareness to areas of tension, and watch moment to moment as they become less tangible
acknowledge the good feeling places in the body
awaken your senses, and drop into NOW, immerse your Self in the sensation of touch and being connected to another human being
separateness is an illusion
loosen your attachment to what 'should be' and embrace what is
notice how it all changes........the truth of impermanence
embody peace
generate a loving gaze, one of curiosity and compassion, for your experience
remember, as your future/past thoughts dissolve, that you are one with source
tap into the well within, the place that always is well, essentially whole
look for it
expect it
now ask, is there anything i can soften just a little bit more?
can i R E L A X into the moment and redirect my awareness to feeling good?
from the feeling good place, inspired and right action is possible
and from receiving massage, we can practice feeling good
like any meditation practice, the intention is to bring awareness to how you are living your life
are you living from a feeling good place of allowing or a feeling bad place of resistance?
be in C H O I C E
be intentional about feeling good and watch your life become JOYFUL AND ABUNDANT
Massage Therapy
I began my massage training at Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts, Santa Cruz, CA, in 1999. I completed a 200 hour intensive program which included Polarity Therapy, Integrative Swedish Massage, Anatomy/Physiology and Business Practices. I was blessed to have instructors who taught presence as much as technique. Concurrently I worked at the Tea House Spa as a receptionist and Massage Practitioner, and at the Food Bin and Cafe Del Sol, where I learned about health foods and nutrition. Working as a healer for the first time brought up many issues that I needed to heal in myself, and one way I processed was through cleansing. I pre-cleansed with a three month alkalizing raw food diet, then completed a month on the Arise and Shine program. I have cleansed yearly ever since, in a variety of ways.
In 2000, I entered Mesa Institute in Orange, CA, for a 1000 hour Sports Massage certification. I studied advanced bodywork, deep tissue, sports and clinical massage, acupressure, lomi lomi, pre/post natal, aromatherapy, reflexology, and qi gong. During this time I worked for a chiropractor, a small day spa, and a phenomenal yoga and pilates based Physical Therapy facility, Movement Works. Under my mentor, Mary Light, I learned to refine my skills, learn hands on therapeutic applications, supervise patient rehab protocol, and perform soft tissue manipulation of patients as a PT aide. My aunt, Beverly, initiated me in Reiki, levels I and II.
I made a move to San Francisco in 2002, where I worked for the destination spa, Nob Hill Spa at the Huntington Hotel. Here I learned and performed over 21 body treatments with products from Jurlique [organic], Babor [German, pharmaceutical grade], Aromatherapy Associates [aromatherapy], Jamu [Balinese], and Tara [Ayerveda]. I joined the Structural Release team after training with Tucker Sharp. Additionally, we were given invaluable training in customer care by industry professionals. I studied Orthopedic Massage with DC Tom Hendrickson in Berkeley, CA. In my private practice I worked with patients with RSI, fibromyalgia, cyclists, scoliosis, injuries, and people with chronic tension. In 2003 I volunteered for the AIDS/LifeCycle as a Massage Therapist for the event. In 2004 I trained and fundraised for the same event, this time as a cyclist, completing a 585 mile ride and helping raise over 4 million dollars for research, education, and services for those with AIDS. I also participated in my first ten day Vipassana meditation course, and was active in my yoga practice. I was also on the staff of International Orange, The Mindful Body, and Osento.
Back in Southern California, I joined up with Burke Williams Day Spa, Santa Monica, where I was on the Deep Tissue Team. I also worked with a small private practice in Long Beach, Healing Hands Massage, in the office of Dr. Price, Bio-Cranial practitioner. I increased my knowledge in essential oils in my practice, and began distributing for Young Living Essential Oils. As a consultant, I sat on the board for Seed Interiors Group and helped research and develop the concept and curriculum for a residential massage school and retreat center. My continuing education included Channeling and Energy work with Robin Clark, and A Year to Live with Noah Levine, founder of
The Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, Iyengar yoga with Paul Cabanis. I had the great joy of performing again with Dream Circus Theater and was part of the Urban Rootz dance troupe.
Before moving to Portland, I traveled and studied Massage at Esalen, Breema at Breitenbush Hot Springs , Whole Body Breathing, with Eugene Cash, at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Before I entered the field of healing arts, I had been a DJ at UCSC, where I was earning my BA in Cultural Anthropology. I was passionate about music and dance culture, and was preparing for a career in the music industry. However, the summer before my last quarter, I had an outdoor education course through UC extention that changed my life. My cultural studies and interest in Earth based spirituality came together in the Olympic Peninsula, WA, during a five week course in Nature Philosophy. Out in nature, I came to realize my calling to come back to the body. As a classically trained ballet dancer, I abandoned my body wisdom when I entered college. While I still studied dance, and began a yoga practice, my courses were largely theory based. So, when I reconnected with my body, with nature, and what was true for me, I realized that I could pursue a career that was of service in a real, tangible form. I remembered that my body is a divine conduit, a nexus, for healing energy, and is the connection between heaven and Earth. I went directly into Twin Lakes after I graduated from UCSC.
Now, ten years later, I have developed ways to support my clients that are empowering. Through coaching and personal training, there is an active component to healing, to balance the passive and receptive nature of massage. I am excited to return to being an LMT, bringing my offerings full circle.
any questions? contact me :)
