North Star
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Holistic Health Care understands the individual as an integration of body, mind and spirit. Through Yoga Therapy and Direct Somatic integration (massage), holistic health care empowers the individual to take control of their complete health:
Body, Mind, and Spirit. Holistic Healthcare honors the complexity of your humanness; you are more than your symptoms, diagnosable disease and discomfort. The holistic approach to health and wellness begins with addressing your most present need and moves into the root causes of your discomfort. While there are common avenues to alleviate discomfort and move into harmonious health, there are no one size fits all solutions in holistic healthcare. You are seen for your entire being and treated as such. Your level of comfort and desired avenues to treatment (nutrition, movement, mindset, somatic integration) guide your journey to health, happiness and peace.
The North Star has been the guiding light for people for thousands of years. This same light resides in each one of us, guiding us to our Authentic Self and best Life. North Star Holistic Health maps the way to this light within you, igniting your passion for life and inspiring you to live your best life. Working body to spirit, navigating into purpose, abundance, and freedom.
Body, Mind, and Spirit. Holistic Healthcare honors the complexity of your humanness; you are more than your symptoms, diagnosable disease and discomfort. The holistic approach to health and wellness begins with addressing your most present need and moves into the root causes of your discomfort. While there are common avenues to alleviate discomfort and move into harmonious health, there are no one size fits all solutions in holistic healthcare. You are seen for your entire being and treated as such. Your level of comfort and desired avenues to treatment (nutrition, movement, mindset, somatic integration) guide your journey to health, happiness and peace.
The North Star has been the guiding light for people for thousands of years. This same light resides in each one of us, guiding us to our Authentic Self and best Life. North Star Holistic Health maps the way to this light within you, igniting your passion for life and inspiring you to live your best life. Working body to spirit, navigating into purpose, abundance, and freedom.
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Welcome to North Star Holistic Health
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Yoga Therapy
Yoga is well known as a therapeutic movement cultivating strength and flexibility. This movement is a part of a larger system of Self-realization, similar to what might be called life coaching or health coaching today. Yoga Therapy is the ancient science of using your own abilities to effect your overall wellbeing and realigning your consciousness to lasting happiness and fulfillment. Yoga therapy coaches, or guides your awareness towards the pillars of health : restorative rest, appropriate nutrition, joyful movement, and quiet mind. This traditional holistic healthcare acknowledges and honors the complexity of this human experience, what happens in the mind affects the body and what happens in the body affects the mind. Yoga therapy is a process that works body to mind and mind to body, in this way Yoga therapy is able to create lasting change by addressing root causes and orienting both your body and mind to harmony, balance and fulfillment. Yoga Therapy applies the ancient holistic wisdom of yoga to your daily life, one simple step at a time. The simple practical application of daily care for your body, mind and spirit has a profound effect on your ability to cultivate resilience and thrive in this tumultuous time.
What do yoga therapy sessions look like?
Your initial session consists of a detailed intake accompanied with heart led intuitive dialog. Here we begin the process of identifying your most pressing needs and what actions you are willing to take to address them. These actions may include pranayama (breathwork), meditation, movement (yoga asana or some other movement that gives you pleasure), dietary adjustments (either through nutritional content or behavior and attitude), and in some cases herbal supplements. Your initial session may also include hands on bodywork.
Following session include practice and progressions of pranayama, meditation and movement as appropriate and hands on bodywork sessions.
Yoga Therapy is particularly helpful for specific conditions:
What do yoga therapy sessions look like?
Your initial session consists of a detailed intake accompanied with heart led intuitive dialog. Here we begin the process of identifying your most pressing needs and what actions you are willing to take to address them. These actions may include pranayama (breathwork), meditation, movement (yoga asana or some other movement that gives you pleasure), dietary adjustments (either through nutritional content or behavior and attitude), and in some cases herbal supplements. Your initial session may also include hands on bodywork.
Following session include practice and progressions of pranayama, meditation and movement as appropriate and hands on bodywork sessions.
Yoga Therapy is particularly helpful for specific conditions:
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Empowered RealignmentEmpowered realignment addresses the discomfort in body and mind by working body to mind and mind to body. Health is multi-directional. Discomfort in the body (whether it be a diagnosable disease, pain, or a lack of inhabitation) is linked to the mind; likewise discomfort in the mind (such as anxiety, depression, or distorted sense of self) is linked to the body. These links are relational, not cause and effect, and are the pathways to total health. Utilizing tools such as meditation, Ayurveda, mindful eating, joy based movement, and action based practical spirituality, Empowered Realignment integrates your body and mind for total health.
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Massage Services
all services are trauma informed
Massage is the Manual manipulation of muscles, tissue and accessible structures of the immune, nervous, and digestive systems. Massage has been used for thousands of years as a part of holistic healthcare to provide relaxation, increase resilience and assist the body’s ability to bring itself to homeostasis (balance). We offer traditional massage and specialized techniques such as the pioneering Covid Recovery Bodywork.
Medical Massage
Medical massage has a focus on a particular area of discomfort. This discomfort may reside in the body or mind. The techniques used may be the same as a relaxation or deep tissue massage, however they are applied with a specific goal such as alleviating chronic or acute pain or activating the parasympathetic nervous system. Medical massage may also incorporate therapeutic bodywork techniques not found in traditional massage. Choose this massage if you have condition diagnosed by a doctor, have chronic or acute pain, or have a specific area of discomfort in your body or mind.
Craniosacral Therapy
This light touch massage nurtures your immune system and overall brain health, including mental health. The light pressure techniques are applied are focused on the alignment of your skull, sacrum, spine and the connective tissues of the surrounding areas. This deeply relaxing bodywork is a part of the covid recovery protocol and is ideal for stress relief, headaches, neck pain, anxiety, depression, and ADD.
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Relaxation Massage
This traditional style massage nurtures circulation to your muscles and soothes your nervous system. This massage style is ideal for stress reduction and improving overall relaxation. Relaxation massage may include light pressure to deep tissue style as needed for each individual. Choose this massage if you are seeking overall relaxation and stress reduction.
Myofacial Release
This light touch massage gently unwinds the connective tissue that causes pain and restriction. Myofascial release is a very slow paced, light pressure massage that is ideal for stress reduction, pain relief, and for people who do not tolerate deep pressure. Sessions may include cranio-sacral therapy and neuromuscular reeducation. Due to the progressive nature of this bodywork, three sessions are the minimum recommendation. These sessions can be done over 3-6 weeks.
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Prenatal Massage
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Therapeutic massage has been used for centuries to support overall health during pregnancy. More recently, research shows that massage can help reduce anxiety, relieve pain and improve labor outcomes as well as newborn health. The American Pregnancy Association asserts that massage is safe during all three trimesters of pregnancy, provided you have no risk factors.
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Deluxe Face MassageFeaturing the plant active luxury skin care Green Envee, this deluxe face massage with Lymphatic Drainage Therapy will leave you feeling relaxed, nourished and beautiful. This gentle massage soothes, purifies and protects your skin with Green Envee's plant based, gentle cleansers and moisturizers. Your massage is complete with Lymphatic Drainage using Gua Sha stone, reducing puffiness, inflammation and sinus pressure.
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What Clients Are Saying
Blakey is a compassionate and intuitive healer. She worked with me through some very difficult times to guide me in making choices in my life. Her energy work is powerful and enlightening. I felt supported and informed through all of our sessions. I highly recommend working with Blakey, especially through transitions and crossroads in life!" |
I have been receiving bodywork from Blakey for over 3 years. She is extremely knowledgable about the body's connective tissues and the relationship between all the bodily systems. Her touch is magical! When I first started seeing her I was experiencing neck and shoulder pain; that is no longer an issue for me. I am happy in my body because of the work that she's done. I recommend her to all my friends. She truly is a treasure, I love love love to receive bodywork from Blakey." |
Blakey really takes time to understand what you are looking for with your massage. I have arthritis in my neck. She listened to my concerns and focused on specific areas of tenderness & soreness. She creates a relaxing environment. I very much enjoyed the massage and look forward to coming back. |
