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Our body communicates with us using subtle indicators in order to maintain harmony in our system. This is a normal, desired response that our body is in fact communicating to us if we need a little extra tender love and care, or to simply switching things up overtime - as we say in TCM, “not too much and not too little”!
It is important to get quiet and notice these subtle signs, otherwise they may become not-so-subtle. For example: mental-emotional disharmony often begins to manifest physically or visa versa; such as, nervousness before a new job interview makes you feel sick to your stomach or lingering chronic pain may cause frustration and irritability over time. It is important to address well-being using a whole which means not only treating the signs and symptoms, but getting to the root of what is underlying and how to arrived there in the first place. Getting to the root creates an optimal environment for your mind-body-spirit to be more resilient.
Your body is intelligent. It is always working with you to maintain harmony. So, here at still space, we help you create lasting change and empower you with tools to heal from within.
Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture
The artful practice of honing TCM acupuncture and herbology allows each treatment to be curated to your individual needs and desires. Each session includes a in depth consultation, determining a treatment; which may include acupuncture, cupping, acupressure massage/tui na, gua sha, and ear seeds. Followed up with simple lifestyle, herbal and dietary recommendations to integrate into your daily life - if desired! Some ailments that TCM may treat - but is not limited to - includes mental-emotional health, digestive disharmony, hormonal health, migraines, insomnia, chronic illness and as you may already know, pain or injury.
For your added comfort, your practitioner may quietly remain in the space with you during your session - please indicate this upon arrival for added support.
Integrative Massage
Using a combination of therapeutic massage, craniosacral therapy, and myo-fascial cupping to address your primary concern from multiple lenses. This treatment offers weaving in and out of modalities in a single session to help to optimize results by providing the body with the best suited treatment for your specific pattern.
*Looking to clear your energy and access intuitive messages from your body while receiving your massage? You may like to pair Integrative massage with Reiki by booking an Intuitive Healing Session!
Fertility, Pre-natal & Postpartum Support
Studies show supporting the body with bodywork can aid in hormone and mental health while trying to conceive, and through pregnancy, into postpartum. Acupuncture is particularly effective in regulating menstruation, supporting ovulation and uterine lining while trying to conceive. It is safe through pregnancy to alleviate discomforts such as nausea, body discomfort and insomnia. At 36 weeks, weekly treatments are effective for effacement, cervical ripening, shortening labour time and decreasing pain during labour. Labour encouragement can be done at 40 weeks or as indicated by your medical practitioner. Postpartum, short sustainable treatments can ease postpartum depression/anxiety and aid in healing, milk production and re-occuring mastitis. Herbal medicine can further support as a take home supplement to consistently fill your cup as you navigate your journey!
*Bring your non-moving baby to your Postpartum Pause acupuncture session - a 30 min follow-up session to nurture the mother <3
Intuitive Healing
Offering any combination of acupuncture, therapeutic massage, cupping, craniosacral therapy and Reiki to address your primary concern from multiple lenses while connecting the psycho-emotional, physical and spiritual aspects. Intuitively weaving in and out of these modalities in a single session will help to optimize results by healing the root and branch together. Call on spirit guides and messages from your body to provide further input, taking your healing to another level. Each session is unique to you and to each day - meet yourself where you are at and honour your unique energy!
Reiki & Intuitive Reading
Using hovering hands, light touch or connecting from a distance via an energy grid associated with the Chakra system, Reiki flows where it is needed to bring you back into alignment. These sessions are useful to free energetic pathways which can become bogged down by everyday life. Inviting universal (“Rei”) energy (“Ki”) to aid in your healing process you’ll open yourself to receive aura clearing, chakra balancing, psychic surgery and energetic cord cutting. In addition, this offering includes insight into your personal energetics and messages from spirit guides that come through during your session.
*Distance Reiki is not currently being offered - Distance Reiki includes a short consult on zoom with a detailed follow-up voice recording, leaving space for follow-up questions via email.
Aura Cleanse & Energy Reading
Not currently being offered- Aura Cleanse sessions have quickly become a favourite as an energetic boost and self check-in! A slight draw-back from the specifics of Reiki, Aura Cleansing will provide a clearing of your auric field and mending of energetic boundaries, calling your energy home. Conveniently, this session does not include a live meeting and will be followed up within 1 hr with a live voice recording of your session. It is recommended you take time for yourself to get grounded and listen to your recording by the end of the day, as the energy will begin to shift. Following your cleansing all questions are encouraged up for up to 48hrs post-session.
Reiki v.s. Aura Reading - Reiki includes all the same aspects as an Aura cleanse, PLUS individual chakra balancing, psychic surgery & energetic cord cutting. Both sessions include advice, tips and tricks to further support yourself.
Modalities
Massage
Massage therapy is a hands-on treatment that can be beneficial for a variety of conditions using a combination of techniques such as Swedish, myo-fascial and active release techniques. Massage can help with migraines, TMJD, acute injury, chronic pain, stress relief, digestive & neurological disorders (to name a few!), or simply aid in maintaining good overall health.
Myo-fascial Cupping
Cupping helps to treat pain by moving stagnant blood (a leading cause of pain) and clear your lymphatic system. By doing so, it aids in removing toxins stuck in the tissues and stimulating lymphatic flow. It also provides a negative pressure by pulling upward to create space, rehydrate and realign the tissues - including fascia, muscles, tendons and ligaments. Cupping is an excellent way to slow down the nervous system, allowing the body to step out of fight or flight, and create space to surrender into a healing state.
Craniosacral Therapy
The craniosacral rhythm is fuelled by the flow of cerebrospinal fluid from the cranium to the sacrum and back again. Feeling into your rhythm a practitioner is able to feel into misalignments in the musculoskeletal system by allowing the body to show its movement pattern. After assessing these patterns, the practitioner gently supports the body to move through and release, realigning the body at a very deep level. Craniosacral therapy can aid in many ailments, including acute and chronic pain, insomnia, stress, neurological disorders, digestive disharmony, detoxification and so much more.
*Did you know it only takes 5g of pressure to create change in the body? That’s enough to hold a nickle on your finger!
Reiki & Energy Readings
Rei = universal, ki = energy. An Ancient Japanese form of treating dis-ease held at the energetic level in and around the body, presenting mentally, emotionally, physically or spiritually. During a Reiki session we work with the Chakra system, as well as cleansing the auric field to realign you to your highest self. Reiki brings forward only what you are ready to release, calls in messages from spirit to guide your healing and deeply grounds you in the present before completing the session.
*Did you know the electro-magnetic field of your heart can be measured up to 8 feet away from your body!?