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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 June Newsletter:
Joy: Joy is the state of being that allows one to experience feelings of intense, long-lasting happiness and contentment of life. It is closely related to, and often evoked by, well-being, success, or good fortune. Happiness, Pleasure, and Gratitude are closely related to joy but are not identical to it.
1. Physical Joy (Immediate Gratification)
2. Ego-Comparative Joy (Achievement and Success)
3. Contributive Joy (Empathy and Giving)
4. Transcendental Joy (Ultimate Meaning)
Hello friends,
Welcome to June!
We are all so complex! Our histories and experiences weave such varied outcomes for our outlooks, feelings and overall health.
I have been thinking about how to find authentic (rather than fake) Joy and how to use practical (rather than toxic) Positivity. I know that many of us have put on a happy face or mask in order to feel better or look good or not bring others down... This is a known psychological survival mechanism since "there's a shared understanding that vulnerability can be risky."
I started with this link:
Why We Fake Joy: The Culture of Emotional Concealment - Donald Marcus Welch . In reality, being emotionally honest and sharing our feelings can help us connect with others and is the key to healing, meeting needs and resolving pain. "Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is say, 'I'm not okay.' And that's not a weakness. You are opening the door and standing as a pioneer of honesty. Only then is change possible.....Real relationships are built on truth instead of maintained lies."
Then I found this blog: https://danielmiessler.com/blog/levels-of-joy-fulfillment
He talks about David Brooks who characterizes joy as a deeper happiness, or, what many might think of as true happiness.
"So, call it joy, or fulfillment, ikigai, or eudaimonia—Brooks breaks it down into a number of levels:
1. Physical Joy: Levin from Anna Karenina cutting grass and losing himself. Also called Flow.
2. Collective Effervescence: Celebratory dance.
3. Emotional Joy: The burst of love for a newborn child.
4. Spiritual Joy: The feeling that the world is imbued by a mystical force.
5. Transcendent Joy: Feeling united with nature, the universe, or God.
6. Moral Joy: Taking deep, long-term pleasure in doing good in the world."
Lastly, this article from Betterhelp can help you explore whether you are a victim of fake happiness (If you're living someone else's version of happiness, If you tell yourself you cannot do better, If your happiness seems to come from possessions, or If you only feel happy in certain situations) and how to find true joy....
The path to true joy is a roller coaster journey of all the feels! AND so healing to search for!
From my April Affirmations Newsletter here is the link with many affirmations to choose from on any given day or month depending what you're needing and what resonates with you:
https://www.odu.edu/equity/civility-month/affirmations
Wishing you true joy that you earn through brave introspection, honesty and practical positivity!
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 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!
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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"