AMMA THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
Amma, the oldest Chinese word to describe massage is an ancient healing system dating back about 5000 years to the period of the legendary Yellow Emperor of China. (The name "Am-ma" literally means push-pull.) During this period China had a highly developed culture with a comparably evolved system of medicine, both rooted in a philosophy based on Taoism. The Tao, or the "way" expressed the idea that humans live their lives in harmony with the universe rather than attempt to control the universe.

Amma therapeutic massage is part of an ancient healing system rooted in the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Whereas in the United States the use of therapeutic massage for healing is relatively new, in China, therapeutic bodywork has been an integral part of the medical system for thousands of years. TCM is inherently wholistic in that it acknowledges the body as an dynamic entity that is both connected to Heaven and Earth: it is physical, energetic, emotional, spiritual, mental and each of these aspects of a human being are interrelated and cannot be considered separately.

Amma is an extremely specialized form of massage therapy that combines deep tissue manipulation with the application of pressure, friction, and touch to specific points on the energy channels. The channels are the pathway through which energy passes throughout the entire body, thereby restoring, promoting, and maintaining optimum health. Blockages are removed and energies are redirected, allowing a person to literally "get out of their own way". While acupuncture inserts needles into the energy pathway to stimulate and move the energy, the amma therapist relies primarily on the sensitivity and strength of the hands to manipulate the life force called Qi, (pronounced chee).

Amma therapeutic massage session last typically for 1 to 2 hours.

They may include wholistic nutritional consultation, vitamin and other supplementation, herbal recommendations, flower essences, relaxation technique, specific exercise and life style repatterning. Clients are treated on a massage table, comfortably covered with a sarong and sheet. There may be meditative silence or active discussion and counseling during a session. As treatments are long lasting and cumulative in their effect, clients often come weekly or bimonthly in the beginning then monthly or less often for maintenance.

Amma has proven to be an effective and powerful therapy for people of all ages for the promotion of health and well-being, prevention of illness and for the treatment of specific disease. Conditions that have clinically responded to Amma therapy include: stress, anxiety, depression, A.D.D., migraines, arthritis, allergies, asthma, auto-immune disorders, diabetes, scleroderma, chronic fatigue syndrome, MS, irritable bowel, Chrohn's disease, neuromuscular diseases, reproductive disorders, prostate problems, trauma, wounds and ulcers.

Dea has been trained in Amma Therapeutic massage by the New York College for Wholistic Health Education and Research in Long Island, NY where she worked as Clinic Director and taught for the Wholistic Nursing program. She was cofounder of the Wholistic Nursing Registry, a service that brought wholistic nursing to the community. She incorporates her added skills of Mayan abdominal massage, Reiki, esoteric healing, shamanics, and Seneca Wolf Clan teaching when appropriate. As a nurse, Dea has a special tenderness for the hospital bound and the dying, as well as the birthing process, (she was certified as a Lamaze instructor, studying with Elizabeth Bing).

She has a private practice in California and New York and teaches nationally.

WHOLISTIC NURSING WITH AMMA THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
BY DEA NIELSEN, RN

Dea, a well established New York nurse-healer, has recently arrived to offer her wholistic nursing practice with Amma therapy to Santa Barbara.

This ancient healing art based on Traditional Chinese Medicine is a complex and refined system of bodywork employing a wide variety of massage techniques over points and channels of energy which pass throughout the body. Treatment is individualized based on all facets of the body/mind including pulse and tongue observation, evaluation of diet, lifestyle, history, complexion, posture, emotions, and vitality. Once imbalances are identified, the therapist can free the flow of energy and allow the body to transform itself. Results can be profound and lasting, affecting physical, as well as, emotional, energetic, and/or spiritual concerns.

Dea intuitively integrates her skills in traditional Western nursing, Amma, Mystical Alchemy, Mayan Uterine massage, Wolf Clan Teachings, Chakra balancing, and Reiki. She also offers Wholistic Health consultations which may include individualized dietary recommendations, supplements, herbal allies, meditations, inner journeys &, flower essences, as well as a large range of whole-life recommendations and practices.

This wholistic approach can effectively treat such concerns as stress, anxiety, allergies, arthritis, neuromuscular problems, digestive disorders, reproductive and sexual concerns, insomnia, immune disorders, etc., as well as energetic and spiritual disharmonies.

Sessions range from 1 to 3 hours. By appointment only 805-705-4915 Introductory rates and sliding fees

Dea received her degree in Nursing at Fairleigh Dickinson University and continued her education at the New York College for Wholistic Health Education and Research. A nurse for over 35 years, she has specialized in communication, repatterning lifestyle and nutrition, and spirituality while working in such diverse fields as childbirth, geriatrics, rehabilitation, psychiatry, homecare and wound care. She taught and was Clinic Director for the Wholistic Nursing Program and cofounded the Wholistic Nursing Registery at the New York College. She is an adjunct teacher at the College of New Rochelle, Holistic Masters program as well as St John's Hospital in Yonkers,and is on the faculty of the Whole Health Coaching Institute. She is a Wolf Clan member, of Seneca tradition. She studied Maya Abdominal Massage & Spiritual Healing with Dr. Rosita Arvigo, of Belize. Currently, she is studying Mystical Alchemy with Jacques Tombazian, a internationally known healer, author, teacher.

Dea intuitively integrates her skills in traditional Western nursing, Amma, Mystical Alchemy, Mayan Uterine massage, Wolf Clan Teachings, and Reiki. She also offers non-pathology based Wholistic Health consultations which may include individualized dietary recommendations, supplements, herbal allies, meditations, inner journeys &, flower essences, as well as a large range of whole-life recommendations and practices.

Amma Therapeutic Massage is an ancient healing art based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is a complex and refined system of bodywork employing a wide variety of massage techniques over points and channels of energy which pass throughout the body. Treatment is individualized based on all facets of the body/mind including pulse and tongue observation, evaluation of diet, lifestyle, history, complexion, posture, emotions, and vitality. Once imbalances are identified, the therapist can free the flow of energy and allow the body to transform itself. Results can be profound and lasting, affecting physical, as well as, emotional, energetic, and/or spiritual concerns.

Mystical Alchemy is an esoteric process of inner development and Self-realization that works with the subtle bodies, chakras and Divine energies. This energic/spiritual work is based on the teachings of Jacques Tombazian and focus on the sophisticated system of the physical body, subtle bodies & chakras. This is done through connection to both practitioner and client's Higher Self, with specific intentions, symbols, inner journeys and mantras.

Wolf-Clan Teachings are Earth The Wolf Clan teaching lodge, of the Seneca tradition, under the direction of Grandmother Twylah, Yehwehnode Two Wolves, offers the Peacemaker's Teachings to benefit all the inhabitants of Mother Earth unto the Seventh Generation. The Peacemakers teaching gave instruction on living a life of harmony with all things and to walk the Earth with Wisdom, Integrity, Stability and Dignity. The Peacemaker's teachings are founded on the principles of Love, Truth, and Peace.

This wholistic approach can effectively treat such specific concerns such as stress, anxiety, allergies, arthritis, neuromuscular problems, digestive disorders, reproductive and sexual concerns, insomnia, immune disorders, etc., as well as energetic and spiritual disharmonies.

Dea is available for private healing sessions as well as classes and group work. She maintains her practice in NY and CA while continuing her spirtual exploration and celebration of life and love.

Mayan Uterine Massage
The Arvigo Technique of Mayan Uterine Massage. The Maya abdominal massage as taught by Dr Rosita Arvigo, is performed in a slow, deep, penetrating manner which releases deep muscle tissue spasms in the entire abdominal area, prevents and corrects the fallen, tilted uterus and swollen prostate, and facilitates the normal flow of blood, lymph, nerves and chi throughout the entire body. These ancient massage techniques correct poor hemodynamics of the abdomen and its many organs so vital to digestion, assimilation, elimination, secretions and reproduction in men and women. It is an external, non-invasive massage treatment on the abdomen and back that works to soften musculature, align the pelvic bones, adjust the uterus to its proper position, release muscular armoring in the trunk and enhance circulation of blood and lymphatic fluids, elimination, secretion of hormones and prevent swelling and congestion of the prostate.

Nutritional counseling
Based on a blend of Western nutrition, Eastern energetics, and indigenous practices, Dea's special type of nutritional recommendations will be hand tailored for you based on your pulse and tongue diagnosis, energetic imbalances, life style and your food preferences.
Dea has always had a great deal of interest in nutrition, beginning as an adolescent. She self studied throughout her teens and then studied more formally as a nursing student in Fairleigh Dickenson University. Her European parents added much to her enjoyment of good wholesome foods, as did her first mother-in-law, who came from Italy. She learned that food should taste good to be good for you and, that food is another _expression of Love and Self-love.
This understanding deepened through studying Traditional Chinese Medicine, whose food concepts are central to their medicine and preventive health care system. TCM understands that beyond its mere physical level, food has specific energies that warm, cool, move inward or outward, or move up or down. Food choices are based on your individual constitution. These energies are eagerly awaiting to assist us in our movement towards balance and health.

Wise Woman practices understand that all living things, all of God's creation has consciousness or intelligence. That includes animals, plants, birds, insects and even stones. When we honor all of life we are equally honored. The manner in which we choose our sustenance, how we give thanks for it, how we feel while we eat, what we do while we eat, all have impact on our nutritional intake.

You are more than your blood type. You are more than carbs, proteins and fats. You are rich, intelligent, complex, radiant and loving. Nourishment is more than just food. Learn to nourish your way into your full potential while increasing health and energy.

Specific recommendations and instruction is given. Recipes and cooking instruction offered, as well as guided touring of health food stores. Some supplementation may be advised, while often recommendations are based on a whole foods approach.

Spiritual Healing
I am an open channel for the Light and Love of the Divine. A channel is like a conduit, or passageway through which the Source flows, beyond the experience of my personal being or personality. We all are capable of this as our birth rite. All that is required is a sincere desire to connect with Source and to keep an Open Heart. The only thing which blocks this flow of Love and Light is resistance from fear, doubt or anger. This resistance causes a constriction, a closure in the receiving channel so that, that which comes forth to be received is blocked.
When we work together, I create a safe space to allow you to open and merge into your fullness so that you may receive what is yours to begin with. I am a catalyst for the process. It's all rather simple.

The healing work may occur in many forms. It must be done with your permission. You may request healing work for any reason on yourself. For example, the release of unwanted conditions, thoughts, emotions or situations. This could be health issues, negative thinking, fears, angers, anxieties, worries, depression, limiting beliefs, victim consciousness, abusive relationships, stagnation, etc. You may wish to open up to more of your full potential in any area of your life, e.g., intellectual, creative talents and _expression, professionally, or with beneficial relationships. It is not acceptable to request to influence anyone else for this purpose. The focus must be on your own development.

I begin by using silent prayer and mantras. I then connect with my guides and my Higher Self to support your Higher Self in your requests. The result may not be the outcome you imagine but it will be in support of your requested work. A higher, Eagle Eye, vision is at work here. The long range outcome may involve disintegration of certain conditions or situations that may feel unsettling at this time. I ask that you trust in Divine timing and order. Change is often unsettling and may involve emotional release and releasing long held ideas and beliefs that no longer serve you in your present evolvement. The outcome will be for your highest good.

This work may be included in an Amma session, or may be a session specific to spiritual healing or by distance healing work. Following a healing session I advise you to allow yourself restful time, meditation, bathing, exercise and a simple diet of fresh foods, while avoiding overexerting yourself, using drugs and alcohol, and stressful situations as much as possible. Following a session many people experience a deep sense of peace and grounding.

Inner Alchemy Journeys
Inner Alchemy is conscious inner work. It includes journeys through all the subtle bodies a human being is capable of developing. A person becomes an inner explorer for conscious self-healing and self-development. One’s unlimited powers within become awakened as one disentangles from the limitations imposed by old beliefs and negative thinking. Quantum physics theory has revealed matter to be a continually active and changing field that is interactive and responsive to its environment. That which is observed is affected by the observer, including the consciousness of the observer. In other words, matter is a field of responsive energy capable of being transformed through spiritual influences coming through the individualized embodied consciousness. This Alchemical process can cause biological and cellular changes in the physical body and in all of matter through expanding human consciousness.

I will guide you through each journey at your own pace and regardless of prior experience you will find your way there with ease and experience their healing effect. These journeys are based on the Inner Alchemy teachings of Jacques Tombazian. These can be for individual or groups and may be done via the telephone.

The following is a partial list of Inner Alchemy Journeys:

~Rebirthing and Energetic Cord Cutting
~Journey to the Soul Body of your Inner Tree
~Meeting Your Terrestrial Animal Guide
~Inner Journey to Your Celestial Animal Guide and to Your Third Eye
~Journey to the Tree of Judgment
~Journey for Sexual Healing
~Journeys to the Pyramids, Castle and Temple of your Spirit Body
~Journey to the Heart Center

• General workshops (Contact Dea to schedule these workshops for your group / organization)
• The Healing Matrix
  An exploration of how various healing modalities developed according to the development of human consciousness. (30 CEU's available for RN's)
• Menopause as a gateway to Self
  Looking at the change as an opportunity, for personal and spiritual growth, renewed health. How to keep your bones, heart, mind and sexuality at their best!
• Beautiful, bountiful, bodacious breasts!
  Keeping them healthy
• Letting go of fear. Reclaiming your body. Loving your Self.
• Holistic first aid
  Simple, practical instruction.
• Seasonal recipes for restoration and health
  Learn the treasures and pleasures of good food! Yum! And how to work with the harmony and gifts of the seasons.
  

Dea Nielsen is available for private and group sessions and can be reached at:
914-813-2599, 917-846-3854 or kali156@msn.com
Her web site is www.deanielsen.com