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 March Newsletter:
Hello friends,
Welcome to March!
I WILL HAVE SUBS IN MY MARCH 17,18,19 YOGA CLASSES AND NO ZOOM CLASS THAT WEEK.
Muscles and Money in the Year of the Fire Horse! What do muscles and money have in common? We can mindfully manage both by balancing relaxation and activity for our bodies and balancing the saving and spending of money! Being good stewards of our money and our muscles means we can control our actions and have limits as well as make bold movements to express ourselves and our values.
I came upon the similarities between Money and Muscles because I've been studying both in order to optimize Retirement Planning and Bodies which age! Both need a lot of care and attention in order to be used joyfully and effectively!
Part of my life's work with Massage and Yoga is about balancing strength and relaxation. It is an ongoing quest for all of us to seek. Just like we each have strengths and weaknesses with our characters, we each have muscle imbalances to address. Ideally our muscles can contract when we need them for movement or force and relax when we're resting. Obviously we often need help getting closer to that ideal which is complicated by injuries, postural patterns, activities, emotion, etc....
If you have muscle spasms or tension and resting doesn't help them to let go, try using the muscles that do the opposite action. For the upper and middle back muscles for example you could lay down with your knees bent, lift up your head and reach to the sky engaging your chest and belly. Similarly, if we mindfully choose to spend money on certain wants then there is often a need to limit our spending of money on other things.
While the saying "use it or lose it" applies to our muscles more than our dollars since our bodies are made to move and not to sit all day at a desk or on a couch, mindfully spending our money can be empowering and help us to joyfully express our values through our use of money. I finished Nathalie Martin's book The Inspired Retirement: Purpose and Passion in your Next Adventure and got a lot out of it. Lots of practical exercises to go back to as things unfold as well.
When I eventually stop doing Massage I hope to create some Yoga Retreats with Hiking in the mountains so will be researching locations. Also I am still developing a massage class to teach for therapists that need CEUs.
If you need help figuring out how to balance out your Muscles let me know! I love trying to solve those mysteries through Bodywork, Yoga and Movement.
Cheers, 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.
$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"