Heartwood Healing Collective

as my sister likes to say, “Jet Boil! Where have you been all my life?!” As the daughter of a father who loved to used esoteric European camping gear I can heartily attest that water boiled on a Svea stove comes way slower and harder that this little gem can deliver. 😂 and then there is Blur Bottle instant vs Cafe Francais. LOL!

We are so very proud of this group of students coming from East West Healing Arts. Best of luck new grads! We can’t wait to see what you bring into the healing world.

Does the call of the open road ever grab you? Part of Team Heartwood (Laura and Todd) is on the road for a two week road trip in the Black Hills and Bighorn National Forest. We will share some views from the trip when we have signal. Isn’t this view on I90 rolling toward Rapid City, SD just stunning?!

Acupuncture clinics with Bruce are still in swing at the studio on Tuesdays from 3-7 PM. As always you can book on MindBody.

Take care Heartwood fam!

You are invited to join us for a Botanical Enchanted Evening September 7 3-7 PM.  Weather permitting we will spend our time outdoors and close the evening with a sacred fire ceremony.

Wild fermented soda make and take

Flower crown crafting or hammer flower botanical print making

Vegan dinner

Optional fire ceremony for releasing the old and setting new intentions

Saturday, September 7 3:00 ~7:00 pm

$135 investment

This experience is hosted by Margaret Stoiber and Laura Hulke.  Margaret is a self-published author, meditation and Chakradance facilitator, former RN and lover of fairies and seasonal living.  Laura is a co-founder of Heartwood Healing, an LMT, yoga and meditation teacher and lover of botanical cultivation, wild crafting and preparation.

You can register in MindBody Online from Heartwood’s website.

No Coffee No Workee

Hot diggity! Can’t wait to give our first massages and acupuncture sessions in these new treatment rooms! And in case you didn’t know — you aren’t really working unless you eat your pizza and wings off a ladder. 😆😂

Look at these floors coming together! 😍 Can’t wait see the finished product!

Color. Fresh walls. Makes us happy. !

When you are ok with someone walking all over you! 😂 East West Healing Arts Institute students continued their exploration of compressional work and foot walking in the Thai massage tradition. Heartwood co-founder, Laura Hulke, guided students through a practice of compression, treatment of muscle groups under shortening, reciprocal inhibition and the use of movement and contrasting sensation to produce nervous system distraction. The ultimate outcome was a feeling of ease in the giver’s body mind and deep relief and bliss in the receiver’s body.

We had a stellar lunar New Year’s Day at East West Healing Arts Institute sharing Chai Qiao and an Introduction to Thai massage with this group’s students. Heartwood’s co-owner, Laura, has taught at EWHAI since 2019. The students were delighted to learn how to work off the table, use their feet instead of their hands and settle into a place of working from ease versus effort. After more than five hours of exchanging compressional massage work there were many eruptions of spontaneous joy and laughter and plenty of sighs of relaxation and bliss. We are grateful to share these practices with massage students and other bodywork practitioners.

Waiting till the last minute to buy a gift session for someone? Please don’t! We will be taking and fulfilling orders for gift sessions until 5 pm on Friday, December 22. After that we will serve you in the new year. The most expedient way is to purchase a session directly yourself from our MindBody online store (if you read this after Friday you can STILL gift from our store, but we won’t be able to respond if you run into any speed bumps during purchase). Gift sessions are good for 24 months. Or if you have questions or aren’t sure how to buy, submit a note to us on our contact form. Thanks much! We can’t believe 2023 is drawing to a close!

Todd and Laura are hunkering down for three days of neural manipulation training with Gail Wetzler of . They are so grateful to study with the Institute and grow their knowledge of nerves of the upper limb and effective treatment strategies for neural disfunction.

Sending all of you autumnal love from Colorado! We are taking a short fall break to recover from a full summer of service to our community at the office. It’s been phenomenal to hike and sit in the dry alpine stillness of western Colorado. Nature is wondrous and nourishing to the eyes, ears and spirit.

Can’t get on our books till September? Don’t cry…join us tonight for pop up chair massage at the Uptown Get Down on Tricklebee Cafe’s urban outdoor space. $20 for 20 minutes and ALL MASSAGE PROCEEDS DONATED to Tricklebee. There will be yoga, live music, vegan eats and more. Please bring cash or check made payable to Tricklebee Cafe!

Please come join Heartwood at Tricklebee Cafe's beautiful urban outdoor space tonight from 5-8 PM. We will have a few fresh foot and bath soak salts and the fantastic Mustard Madness muscle soak available. Laura will be offering chair massage 20 minutes for $20 and DONATING 100% of her proceeds for massage to Tricklebee Cafe to support their charitable mission of ending food insecurity in our community.

TOMORROW!
Stop by the Tricklebee Cafe lawn tomorrow from 5-8pm for our 2nd Uptown Get Down concert & market.
It is a fun-filled gathering, featuring much local talent.

Happy Independence Day to our country and all of our fellow citizens! May you have a safe and joyous holiday! ❤️🙏

On this Memorial Day we take some time to reflect on the sacrifices our citizens have sustained in pursuit of our country’s values and ideals. We say prayers for those who have passed and also those who hold the loss in their hearts and minds. Thanks for the ultimate commitment and service to our country.

Wednesday May 24 at 11 AM CST Heartwood Co-Founder Laura Hulke will be talking with Kathy Ginn and Suzanne Eccher of New Business Dimensions about her experiences as a licensed massage therapist and entrepreneur. They will explore her WHY and some of the challenges and wins of her career.

If you can’t make the live conversation but still want to hear the conversation please register via the link and you will receive a replay recording after the interview. Attendance is FREE and we hope to see you there! Register at - https://www.newbusinessdimensions.org/Inspiring-Conversations (link above in profile)

Do you have an Asian bodywork practice or Asian bodywork training but nowhere to practice? Find your crew of Asian Bodywork therapists at ABC Night 5/27 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM. This event is open to THERAPISTS only.

This affordable community experience is open to all licensed practitioners. Connect, explore, embody and refine your practice with free-form and mentored exploration of Asian bodywork techniques and form.

Practice in a joyful space with other licensed practitioners. Get tips and tricks throughout the night from each other and from your facilitators.

This event is BYOG - bring your own gear (table, mat, linens, etc.). All exchanges will be made in a group setting so plan to be working over clothing with your partner. No oil please.

Event is held at Firefly Yoga Loft at 6318 W. State St. Please arrive 15 min early to settle in and be ready to go at 5:30. Attendance limited to 20 participants.

$35 tuition is non-refundable but may be applied to a future meet up if you cannot attend. You have three months to use your tuition credit if you are unable to attend. Please pre-register on Heartwood's Mindbody under “WORKSHOPS”.

Next Asian Bodywork Club night coming up on 5/27/23. Details inside this short newsletter.

Asian Bodyworker's Club Next ABC Night May 27, 2023 May 2023 ABC Night We had our kick-off night February 25 and it was a rousing success with a total of nine folks in attendance. It was beautiful to have a group of Asian Bo

Need to talk to someone before you book? Need to let us know you have to cancel? If you call us, please leave a message and we will call or text you back. We DO NOT have a receptionist and if we don't answer the phone it's usually because we are IN SESSION supporting another wonderful person just like YOU. You may also fill out the contact form on our website if you prefer not talking and want an email reach out. Thanks! Our goal is to respond within two business days.

Join us for our last social soak of the first part of 2023. After this we will take a break until fall. This hour long spa includes Todd’s renowned Heartwood Chai tea (vegan), fruit, herbal salt foot soaks in hand hammered copper tubs, a 20 minute foot massage with hot towels and vegan foot creme. Hope you can join us! Reservations are necessary and bookings start at 10 AM and end at 2 PM. We take appointments every hour and half hour and can accommodate booking for parties of one or two. Hope to see you there! 💛🌼

Decompression or cupping therapy time! Not everything needs to be dug out with deep pressure (sorry deep tissue massage junkies!). Some things need more SPACE. The vacuum provided by the cups can allow greater mobility between structures inside the body that must slide and glide past one another for pain free movement to happen. Curious to experience this? Ask your therapist.

Thursday feels..who else is with us? 🤣🤣🤣 Have an amazing day! 🧡

What a stellar opening ABC night!! We gathered as a group of nine professional Asian bodyworkers to learn, share and refine our skills. Topics of discussion included liver health and manual therapy for self care and then free form trades. Modalities in the house included acupressure, Thai massage, shiatsu massage, tuina and chineitsang. Thanks to those who came out. Our next gathering April 15 at 5:30 pm. Message us to get on the guest list. And thanks to for hosting us in their space. They are a leading local provider of high quality yoga instruction.

Do you have an Asian bodywork practice or Asian bodywork training but nowhere to practice? Find your crew of Asian Bodywork therapists at ABC Night. This event is open to therapists only.

This affordable training experience is open to all licensed practitioners. Connect, explore, embody and refine. Each ABC Night begins with 30 minutes of technique instruction or theory, and then opens for a free-form, mentored exploration of Asian bodywork techniques and form.

Practice in a joyful space with other licensed practitioners. Get tips and tricks throughout the night from each other and from your facilitators.

This event is BYOG - bring your own gear (table, mat, linens, etc.). All exchanges will be made in a group setting so plan to be working over clothing with your partner. No oil please.

Event is held at Firefly Yoga Loft at 6318 W. State St. Please arrive 15 min early to set up your trading zone and find a trade partner. Attendance limited to 20 participants.

$35 tuition is non-refundable but may be applied to a future meet up if you cannot attend. You have three months to use your tuition credit if you are unable to attend. Please pre-register on Heartwood's Mindbody under “WORKSHOPS”.

Our massage therapists Kate and Tim just spent some wonderful time in Thailand training and relaxing. Enjoy a few photos and reflections that they share from their trip

“During our trip we learned that Thai massage is an ancient practice that is shared and practiced throughout the world.

Over the span of our trip, we learned by observing, that it’s a part of Thailand’s every day life. It’s everywhere you look. 

Our training reiterated the importance of slow, methodical work and the benefits of this specific style of massage. 

Key Points We Learned:

1. Techniques using our elbows, knees, and feet as tools
2. How to identify energy blockages
3. Use of ergonomic practices to maintain physical strength throughout the massage, which ultimately results in an excellent session for both the therapist and the receiver

Bodywork is an art and we are thrilled to incorporate these new techniques into our practice at Heartwood.” ~Kate and Tim Czaja

Still looking for a healthy and relaxing way to unwind this weekend? Book yourself a spot and our Winter Warmer Foot Spa Saturday, February 11. Foot soaks, tea, snacks and foot massage. Message us here to reserve yourself a spot. Look at this Persian Love Cake we will be serving tomorrow! The herbal foot baths will be scented with roses and hibiscus.

Add some sweetness to your life with a one hour massage with Kate or Tim. Book a one hour session during the month of February for $75 (normally $90). Applies to Swedish, Thai, and deep tissue massage. Also valid on one hour cupping and guasha sessions. Request a time though our booking system on the web site.

Winter Warmer Foot Spa is coming up February 11, 2023. Join us for an herbal foot soak, foot massage and light refreshments. The cost is $50 per person. Reservations are being taken on the hour and half hour for groups of two between the hours of 10 am - 2 pm. Hope you can join us for this relaxing, wonderful experience!