Welcome!
I love helping people to slow down and decompress.
After doing massage for 31 years, I still enjoy slowing down, honoring the healing spirits, and helping my clients to release tension.
In our fast paced society massage is a blessing that helps us go within to our own peaceful place to become more aware of our body's needs.
Here's my April Newsletter:
Affirmations: "Positive statements that help you deal with negative feelings, thoughts, and situations. This may sound too simple; repeating the same sentences won't change anything around you. But research shows that positive thinking can rewire your brain, changing the way you feel about things. Affirmations work because of neuroplasticity, or the brain's ability to adapt to new situations."
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Hello friends,
Welcome to April with a Pink Full Moon! Happy Springtime, Passover and Easter!
I love using Positive Affirmations as a type of proactive intention and prayer. The key is finding or creating appropriate affirmations that don't feel cheesy and ridiculous.
Remember the character Stuart Smalley from Saturday Night Live? I used to laugh at those sketches because it played on a totally insecure guy in recovery trying to convince himself that he's "good enough, smart enough and doggone it, people like me."
While I love comedy and sarcasm, this popular sketch does minimize the power of doing affirmations when they resonate with you. The fact is we all have insecurities and we're all recovering from something....
This article describes The Power of Positive Affirmations.
Some noted benefits:
"Help you reprogram your subconscious. Encourage you to create a better picture of yourself and your surroundings. Lower your stress levels. Decrease worry, fear, and anxiety. Improve the quality of life. Provide feelings of harmony, happiness, and optimism. The end of the article has a huge list of beautiful examples."
The Insight Timer Meditation app is an awesome resource I've been using for years! All different Meditations from short to long, Music, Talks, Courses...I've learned so much there. My favorite poet is E.L. Dan..."your nervous system is a student re-learning what harmony looks like. I remember that my mind's job is to think and that I have the ability to reroute my thoughts when I need to."
One more thought to share is how the affirmation "I challenge my own biases and assumptions" can be helpful for your wellness journey. I like to honor the mystery and stay open-minded while searching for answers. This makes me a natural Agnostic who loves to learn but tries not to have rigid belief systems. Here's a short and sweet article on this Philosophy of Open Questions
I hope you have a great month and please reach out with any questions or comments (use nwfeldman@gmail.com for a quicker response)!
Love, Niki
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Other Massage Therapists to try:
Officemate Becky Whiteman combines Thai Massage with traditional massage: (575) 613-2058
Officemate Genevieve Hawk is great with deep tissue and specific work: (505) 459-5810
Mandy Hanson (505) 226-5999
https://mandyhansonlmt.square.site/home
Carl Hime (505) 681-6409
https://carlhime3lmt.amtamembers.com/
For a Physical Therapist who's also a Massage Therapist try:
Renai Gallagher (505) 514-6031
https://renaigpt.com/
For Craniosacral Therapy try:
Eric Moya, Jeanne Gorham, or Ellen Santistevan
For Acupuncture and Natural Healing try:
Pamela Cornish DOM (505) 999-7305
https://www.pamelacornish.com/
For Love Life Coaching call:
Joielle Shepherd (505) 585-1006
joielle@joyfulloveguide.com
https://www.joyfulloveguide.com/
For Health Coaching:
Kate Honegger (505) 239-4295
"You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind. It is not a thing that crawls into the sun for warmth or digs holes into darkness for safety, but a thing free, a spirit that envelops the earth and moves in the ether. If these be vague words, then seek not to clear them. Vague and nebulous is the beginning of all things, but not their end."
-Kahlil Gibran
Yoga Videos for you to try:
Knee Aches or Instability https://youtu.be/XjA_jgrfyRc
Back Tension https://youtu.be/cKGlhNTp8tc
Jaw Tension or Clicking https://youtu.be/17ZZsQUdOsw
Low Back Pain https://youtu.be/FmpupA1Ib2c
Hip Aches or Pain https://youtu.be/lGuZxNMyj-U
Calf spasms https://youtu.be/-IhnZsCuwRo
Core Weakness https://youtu.be/gHF2HcftgDU
Shoulder Aches or Pain https://youtu.be/IngmVCoEL6Y
All my YouTube offerings are free. Enjoy and let me know if you have questions.
My Wednesday 12-1 Playful Yoga has 3 options: In person, Zoom, or get the video of class emailed to you. All for $15.
Playful Yoga With Niki
Tuesday 5:45-6:45 PM Yoga 1-2 at Midtown Sports n Wellness
Wednesday 12:00-1:00 Online and at Albuquerque School of Healing Arts
Thursday 5:30-6:30 PM at Albuquerque School of Healing Arts
Bodywork with Niki: Voted into The Top Five Massage Therapists in Albuquerque the Magazine's Best of the City 2018, 2019 & 2021!
Tune up your body and quiet your mind with individualized bodywork.
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"Listen with ears of tolerance.
See through eyes of compassion.
Speak with the language of love."
-Rumi
Anything that is not love
is only a visitor to your body.
You are not anxious
stress is simply flowing through you.
You are not permanently depressed,
sadness is simply visiting you.
You are not lost,
confusion is simply wandering within you.
And you are not broken,
pain is simply passing through you.
-Tahlia Hunter
Inspired by Rumi's poem "This being human is a guesthouse"