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 October Newsletter:
Open Minded: Willing to consider new ideas; unprejudiced, unbiased, accepting, listening.
Yoga and Dance for the Chakras Retreat
Troncones, Mexico March 14-21 2026
Come join me!
Hello friends,
Welcome to October!
How is 2025 progressing so quickly?!
Since my professional focus is healing and optimizing the human body through Yoga/Movement and Bodywork, I think about open-mindedness creating more positivity and healing potential.
The Body/Mind Connection is real and well-documented and worth considering in our daily lives. Attitude can effect our bodily functions and over-all health so it behooves us to stay open minded in the name of learning and growing and healing.
When you want to consider some new ideas don't use only the internet. Poll friends and professionals, read, watch documentaries, take a class, question your beliefs....
If you want to geek out on Theory U which is about creating an open mind, heart and will in order to move from the past into a new future read this article about the book:
Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges My brilliant husband who is always learning found this and I love this image showing the U turn (There are many different images of this online).
My Chakra Yoga series is in progress now on Thursday evenings if you want to drop in. Working with these major energy centers in the body can be great for personal growth.
This week we're focusing on the Third Chakra which is Manipura or the lustrous gem in our solar plexus of Personal Power (upper abs, middle back and diaphragm area)! This will be a more vigorous class with lots of abdominal strengthening.
Next Thursday will be the Heart Chakra class and Thursday October 16th will be the Throat Chakra class.... Heart Opening and Willingness Building!
On October 23rd we'll try some blindfolded yoga as we focus on the third eye and imagination. Then in the final class on October 30th I will review all seven Chakras.
Have a wonderful month of October and let me know what you learn!
Cheers, Niki
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"