Welcome!
I love helping people to slow down and decompress.
After doing massage for 30 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:
​Adding: Joining (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount. Attaching, Adjoining, Building on....
ANOTHER PLAYFUL YOGA CLASS!
THURSDAYS 5:30-6:30 PM
ALBUQUERQUE SCHOOL OF HEALING ARTS
Hello friends,
Welcome to Spring! Let's do some Rain Dancing! We haven't seen it so dry in New Mexico in years! In my 50 years of skiing, I've only seen this little snow in Taos and Santa Fe once! The 80's and 90's set a really high bar for downhill skiing with lots of snow! Good thing I have other activities that I love....I only went skiing 3 days this season! :)
For a couple years now I have been planning to offer more Yoga and I am finally adding another class! So I have a Tuesday evening class for Sports and Wellness members at Midtown, and then Playful Yoga on Wednesdays at noon and Thursday evenings where I have my office. I also started taking new Massage clients again a few months ago but am limiting my weekly load to 15 sessions.
I have a Groin injury in my left hip that came on for no apparent reason in January that I've been trying to heal and figure out. It's quite frustrating since I use my body for my work. I'm trying to embrace it without fear. These kinds of physical challenges (like my knee arthritis) make me a compassionate and loving Yoga Teacher! We all have limitations sometimes and need to modify our activities. I know that my emotions (especially fear) effect my physical body. That's why I love working with the Chakras which are junction points between consciousness and physiology.
I am studying brain-based pain right now which is fascinating. There are many ways to have power over pain without medications. Appropriate Movement and Meditation (even distraction) are key. I heard a story about two nail gun accidents: one guy couldn't see the nail gun go through his head because it happened so fast and no one was around to freak out so he had NO pain!! The other guy had a nail gun go through his foot and he and his co-workers could see the trauma and panicked so he had INTENSE pain!! Crazy contrast. Our brains and outlooks totally affect our pain level. I am ALSO getting images of my Hip so that I can incorporate any structural abnormalities into my treatment plan.
So while aging and injuries are quite challenging, can you stay positive and empowered in the face of pain? Viktor Frankl recommended asking for more pain! Bring it on with curiosity and bravery instead of cowering in fear! That was paraphrasing, but his point was to learn from the suffering that we all encounter. "If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering."
Our brains have the power to stop pain! May this month be relatively pain-free. Adding on Power over Pain in April! Go for it!
Love, Niki
Miraculous Mexico Yoga Retreat
will happen again March 14-21 2026!
Click HERE for details
I will not live an unlived life; I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible… to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which came to me as a seed goes to the next as a blossom. And that which came to me as a blossom goes on as fruit.
-Markova
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 Polarity or Astrology check out:
Susan DeLeo
www.desertskyhealingandastrology.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
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.
$100/hr $120/75 min $140/90 min
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505-620-3965
"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"