ESSENTIAL OIL SPINAL THERAPY

Essential Oil Spinal Therapy Course – 8 CEU Live course that teaches the benefits of essential oils along the spine connecting body, mind and spirit. This course is for both the licensed and non-licensed.

Course Date and Time:

Thursday, July 20th, 2023

10 A.M.- 7 P.M.

Location:

Faena Resort. 3201 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, 33140

Inside the Yoga Studio at Tierra Santa Healing House Spa.

Cost:

$245 (Full refund if cancelled 7 days prior to the course training date.)

Click on link below to get your ticket for the course.

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BUCCAL MASSAGE COURSE

Learn the Buccal Massage Technique.

Buccal Massage Course – 12 CEU Live course known as the “inside-out” treatment that works muscles, ligaments and lymph from the inside of the mouth.

Course Date and Time:

Tuesday, July 18th-Wednesday, July 19th, 2023

10 A.M.-5 P.M.

Location:

Faena Resort. 3201 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, 33140

Inside the Yoga Studio at Tierra Santa Healing House Spa.

Cost:

$1500 (Full Refund if canceled 7 days before the first day of the course event.)

Click on link below to get your ticket for the course.

https://www.universe.com/events/buccal-massage-course-tickets-YSMN5L?buttonColor=#3A66E5&buttonText=Get

First Acupuncture Treatment

Today, I received my first Acupuncture treatment.  Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese technique that incorporates tiny needles puncturing the skin, into the tissue of the body.  These needles are strategically placed by a trained Acupuncturist along the meridians of the body.  Acupuncture helps to treat many various forms of ailments, addictions and underlying emotional problems that an individual may have.  My visit started with seeking out another treatment, the Gua Sha.

I saw a video where Gua Sha was used on a person to help treat the pain they were experiencing.  Another Chinese technique was used by scraping the tissue with a spoon.  I became curious and wanted to experience this treatment.  I’ve tried cupping.  This one was a similar idea, to bring blood flow to the surface of the skin.  After watching the video, I Google searched for the nearest Gua Sha treatment and came across one close by me.  After I spoke to the friendly receptionist, it was determined that I needed to receive Acupuncture along with the Gua Sha (Gua Sha usually is not performed by itself).

I booked my Acupuncture visit and arrived to the Las Vegas Integrative Medicine with no expectations of what to experience.  I have never received Acupuncture but had been trained in Acupressure and knew about the meridians and the points that is used in Acupuncture.  With this knowledge going into the treatment, I knew that the chi within me was going to get treated.

Dr. Yoojin Lee-Seders, ND, OMD warmly greeted me when she walked into the room.  Very petite in frame, a soft-spoken voice and a genuine sincerity of wanting to know my medical history and current ailments, I felt at ease as we went through my consultation.  My main concern was my right neck, shoulder, hand and knee.  Everything on the right side of my body has been in discomfort.  She digested my information.  Before stepping out of the door, she directed me to put on a hospital gown when she is out of the room and to lay face up on the table.

As I was laying on the table in the hospital gown, I got a little butterflies in my stomach.  For the first time, I felt a little nervous.  She came back into the room, placed all the sterilized needles out on her work station, turned on some soothing ocean sounds (coincidentally, the same ocean sounds I listen to when I take a bath) and started to palpate the areas on my body that I had told her were causing pain.  Stating if the pain was either greater or less when she’d press into my body, she got a clearer vision as to where to place the needles.

After wiping my body down with a disinfecting alcohol wipe, she began to perform the Acupuncture needles, one-by-one into the meridian channels of my body opposite side from where I was feeling the pain.  It felt like a sting, a sharp pain in some areas and sometimes just a tiny poke.  There were two areas on my body that caused a deep, achy, almost unbearable pain.  One was on my left outer knee, the stomach meridian and the other was on the inside of my right heel, the kidney meridian.  Needle after needle were placed into my arms, legs, feet wrists and one in between my eyes.  She then asked how I was feeling before she placed another layer of cloth over my body and an infrared lamp at my feet.  Dr.  Lee-Seders then told me that I would be lying there for 3o minutes and she exited the room.

During this time, I was allowing my body to go through the motions.  I let go of all control and let the work of the needles puncturing the meridians go to work.  At times I could feel some throbbing pain but it only lasted seconds.  Tingling and numbing sensations came and went in waves throughout the 30 minutes.  At one point, I felt a heavy weight laying on my chest.  The weight got heavier, my ribs became compressed and my breathing grew shallow.  I reminded myself that I was letting go and allowing the work of the needles to perform their job within me.  Within a couple minutes, the heavy weight was lifted off my chest, my ribs expanded, my breathing became effortless, I felt like my body was a light weight of air.

The doctor came back into the room to check up on me, asking me if I was relaxed.  I was indeed relaxed, very relaxed, elated even.  She told me I had about 10-15 more minutes left and asked me I would be okay for that length of time, which replied, “Yes”.  I was very happy to hear that I could keep experiencing more work of the Acupuncture needles.  For the remainder of the time, I rested.  No pain, no discomfort, just complete uninterrupted rest from body and mind.

Time was up.  Dr. Lee-Seders began to remove the Acupuncture needles, one-by-one from my body.  I felt like I had just did an intense weight lifting session.  My body felt swollen but was not swollen at all.  She gave me after treatment instructions by using Castor Oil to rub into my skin on certain areas of the body.  The Castor oil helps to bring warmth and promote healing.  We discussed the Gua Sha and decided that she will perform in on me after my next visit.

I purchased some Homeopathic medicine to treat my sinus issues and inflammation in my body and purchased a package for treatment.  With a 5 session package purchase, she gave me the 6th treatment for free.  I now have my sessions booked and look forward to receiving more Acupuncture treatments with Dr. Lee-Seders.  This was a great experience and she was phenomenal.  A great doctor with patience, kindness and ease with performing her well-mastered Acupuncture.

 

 

2018, Year of Love

We are our own harshest critic.  Critiquing ourselves with how we look seems to becoming more and more prevalent with social media sites increasing in numbers.  We tend to compare ourselves with other’s posts.  Filters have deceived our eyes with the reality that truly exists within each post.  I know I am guilty of looking at another female’s picture wishing I could look so flawless like them.  Comparing ourselves to others will always exist.  We will always want a better physique, better skin, better hair, better makeup.

Human nature is competitive.  That innate desire to be better revolves around Darwin’s natural selection theory, that we choose to select things for ourselves based off of our own survival.  Appearance is one of the basic components to natural selection.  It only makes sense that we want to appear a certain way to others and filters, angles, lighting tend to aid us in our “flawless” appearance.

I chose the year of 2018 to be the year of love.  When you love yourself, you are able to accept more of who you are.  When you love yourself, you are able to love who you are without makeup, without the perfect body, without the perfect hair.  When you love yourself, you allow yourself to live more freely, creating more smiles within your day.  When you love yourself, you are able to share your love with others creating healthy and happy relationships.

This new year, year 2018, be that spiritual being full of love and see the anew joy it brings you.  Happy you, happy skin, happy life.  Love.

Afternoon Hike in the Red Rock Canyon

Yesterday morning started with cold winds blowing from the west, moving the branches of the trees with its natural force.  I had already planned to hike in the Red Rock Canyon and postponed it to the afternoon when the winds would be mild and lessen the chill factor of the cool air.  When mid-afternoon came, the winds had subdued, the temperature rose by a few degrees and I, along with my brother, his wife and their three beautiful daughters, made our way to Red Rock for a hike on the Ice Box Canyon.

The weather could not have been more perfect.  The sun shone down on the slated walls of the canyon, creating shadows upon the cliffs, bounded by minerals, weathered by years of earth’s environmental wear and tear.  I had hiked this trail at least a dozen times since I have moved to Las Vegas in 1999 and the trail has evolved into less and less of a trail and more into a boulder highway with Juniper tree branches reaching out to leave their mark on your skin with a scratch.

The dirt was red and soft as powder that dusted the rocks, making my feet slip and slide when I moved along them.  As much as I would’ve liked to see the glory of nature surrounding me, I was more focused on where my next step would land so I would not find myself laying amongst the gravels of Ice Box Canyon.  Time was escaping me as it seemed only minutes had passed since I first started hiking when I came into the opening of a small watering hole in a cove of rocks.  The trail continued onward into the depths of the canyon but this was where I stopped to take a picture, soak in the serene elements of where I came to blanket myself with the warm hugs of mother earth.  A recharge was what I was desiring.  A step away from the mundane and a walk with the divine imagery what I call heaven here on earth.

After soaking in the sounds of the trickling water pouring into the tiny pond below and birds serenading their palace, I headed back to where the trail began.  Goodness filled my spirit, my body, although jilted from the stabbing rocks into the soles of my shoes, was surprisingly calm.  The afternoon hike in the Red Rock Canyon fed my spirit with wellness to my being and drifted my mind to solace.

 

 

Exhale

Just breathe…

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Oxygen.

Our life source.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Free to our force,

the most invaluable gift from nature.

A natural existence,

fought by our spirit’s environment.

Clothed in transparency,

it enters every atom of our being.

Embrace its deliverance,

let it swell within your soul.

Let go of worry.

Let go of stress.

Let go of the uncontrollable.

Just breathe…

Exhale.

What Wellness is To Me?

Mel Zuckerman, founder of Canyon Ranch.

Mel Zuckerman, founder of Canyon Ranch.

I remember the first time I heard the word Wellness.  I had just been hired by Canyon Ranch SpaClub at the Venetian and was attending the orientation where the founder and owner (at that time), Mel Zuckerman, educated me with exactly what it meant to him.  Wellness meant that you choose to live a healthy lifestyle that enhances your overall well-being. A healthy lifestyle meant taking care of your body, mind and spirit through alternative therapies, spiritual pursuits and consuming food that would nurture your body.

WellNess-Day-700x233On Saturday, June 13th, the world celebrated Global Wellness Day.  People around the globe chose to be well.  To partake in an activity that would exercise the body, fuel the spirit and feed the mind.  People are taking charge of their health and starting to triangulate the infrastructure of their own wellness.  The great thing about wellness is that each individual has their own kind of way to achieving their wellness.

indianladyWellness activities for me are reading, walking in nature, talking to my girlfriends, spending time with family, exercising, eating a good variety of food, praying, dancing, singing, playing the piano, writing, taking baths, taking care of my skin, inhaling, exhaling….the list continues on to whatever brings me joy and peace.

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Wellness is the state of harmony, patiently serving our inner-self.  To keep our heartbeat in rhythm to the universe, beating inter-connected to the existence of infinite space is wellness to me.  To know that we are all entwined within the wavelengths of light that produce the energy we create is wellness to me.  Wellness is our divine grace and the more we become aware of it, we can partake in it.

Welcome!

IMG_0432 Welcome, I am so happy you have stopped by and visited my blog.  Skinification was a very fun blog I had for a couple years.  One day, I went to repair the site and accidentally installed a new format which deleted my site in its entirety.  All the posts, all the hard work and research I had done for those two years were GONE!  I was devastated but also ready for a new change.

There is more to me than just skincare, I am a licensed Massage Therapist, still work in the spa industry, write for fun and for magazine publications, love music and find myself dancing randomly  to any given song.  Health and wellness are extremely important to me because living a balanced life is vital for longevity in today’s society.  My new blog will discuss more than just skin, it will discuss my well-rounded knowledge of wellness as a whole.

This blog is my own opinion.  I write with a disclaimer, certain things may not be good for you so always make sure to check with your health care provider before trying something new to you.