Niki Feldman LMT
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I love helping people to slow down and decompress.

After doing massage for 29 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:

Meaningful: Full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.

Come experience Yoga and Tropical Healing with me!

Yoga for the Chakras Retreat 

January 25- February 1 2025

Troncones, Mexico

It will be a mid-winter burst of sunshine!

Hello friends,

From a February Leap Year we come to March!

I've been contemplating Meaning. I realize how subjective it can be. We all have to make our own meaning out of things based on our personal values.

Our human brains are meaning-making machines, but since we project our personal biases and needs onto things and people it can be helpful to insert some LOGIC into the process and be AWARE of our biases and needs.

I have a useful left brain that helps me track things, but I'm really an Uber Feeling kind of person who is greatly helped by a) questioning my assumptions that may be projections from my emotions and b) not taking things personally and being stronger and c) utilizing logic with things that require time and money.

My older son loves the book Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (Surprise, surprise....he's getting a degree in Philosophy). This book talks about identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding meaning by facing suffering with dignity. Frankl was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp while first contemplating this topic as a psychologist. He noted that the prisoners who survived were able to connect with a purpose in life to feel positive about, and then immersed themselves in imagining that purpose.

This photo is some writing from the Indian Philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti  that contemplates the meaning of Freedom. It culminates in Freedom actually being a state of mind in which there is no fear or compulsion, no urge to be secure. I used to think I was free-wheeling, but now I see how much I've tried to control my environment and found safety in the familiar. Now I find it  meaningful to be more adventurous by accepting situations, sharing control with others, and truly adapting in present time instead of planning everything.

So food for thought:

What is meaningful to you? What gives your life purpose?

Small things like cooking a nice meal or fixing the kitchen sink or helping a client to feel relaxed and blissful...

Big things like helping your children to cope with failure and to be life-long learners or helping your spouse to build self-care into each day...

If you are feeling stressed and have a lot of tension in your body it can be a meaningful choice to get a Massage! Especially if you happen to like massages and you have enough money to pay for one! My schedule has opened up a bit so am accepting new clients.

I hope that you can clarify what is meaningful to you this March!  Not always with ease and joy, but that is what I wish for!

Love, Niki

**new video on my YouTube channel for Balancing on One Leg. It's about 12 minutes long and goes from easy to challenging.  Try it HERE 

 


Other Massage Therapists to try:

Officemate Becky Whiteman who is combining Thai Massage with traditional massage: (575) 613-2058

Officemate Genevieve Hawk who 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 

 

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 

 

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.

$90/hr  $110/75 min  $130/90 min

I accept credit and debit cards with my Square reader but add in a few bucks to cover the fees.  Cash and Checks are always welcome. Or Venmo, PayPal or Zelle!

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505-620-3965

 

"Listen with ears of tolerance.

See through eyes of compassion.

Speak with the language of love."

-Rumi

 

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