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SOMATIC COACHING
STACY TORRES, Co-Founder
Stacy Torres is a politicized healer, cultural strategist, consultant, and a somatic practitioner. As a cis-queer femme Xican@ with a physical disability she has spent over two decades living, loving, and growing in her service and commitment to the liberation of all she touches. Her individual healing work integrates systems change theory, somatic bodywork, neuropsychology, coaching, curanderismo (Meso-American folk tradition), relevant ceremony and ritual. Providing a framework of how trauma and oppression impact us as individuals and communities she facilitates a body based transformative process that develops the connective tissue between your values, vision and actions. Her approach is holistic and focused on facilitating a self determined healing process that reconnects you to your body, your power, and your aliveness so that you may live your most potent and purposeful life. Stacy created Everyday Medicine to center and support culturally based individual healing as a tool to develop leadership and power in QTDPOC community. Her practice is focused on developing a legacy of queer, brown and disabled changemakers, organizers, activists, healers, artists, spiritual and thought leaders in Seattle. Stacy’s cultural work intentionally addresses the impacts of oppression, historical trauma, and legacies of violence that challenge us in our communities. She is working to build skills, provide access, and develop transformative opportunities for QTDPOC to heal and self determine a new future. We are an extension of our ancestors survival, we must restore balance and dignity to ourselves, our communities, and our planet. Are you ready to begin? Curious? Schedule Here |
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MARIKO FUJITA, Co-Founder
Mariko was first introduced to Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine as a patient, but soon grew to appreciate how the system of medicine viewed the body as a dynamic whole and tailored treatment to the individual. Acupuncture in particular taps into the body’s ability to self-heal and "up-regulate", which she found to be a very empowering view of health. She received her Master's from SIOM, where she trained in acupuncture, herbs, qi gong (movement therapy), tuina (therapeutic massage), and the many other components of East Asian Medicine. While she treats a wide variety of conditions, she is particularly interested in tuina, gynecology, pediatrics & childhood development, and mental health. A cornerstone of her practice is a commitment to increase access to Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine, especially in communities of color and LGBTQ+ communities. She holds that culturally-sensitive, considerate care should be every person's due, and so strives to equip herself with the skills to meet each patient with compassion and without judgement. East Asian Medicine is a system of medicine that is safe, practical, and effective, and as such should be available to all.
Accepted Insurance: Mariko is happy to bill most PPO insurance plans. In addition, she is in-network with Aetna, Cigna, Lifewise, and Premera, and is a registered provider for TriWest's Veterans Choice Program. To schedule an appointment or a free consult:
www.beamacupunctureclinic.com or call (206) 914-6797
Mariko was first introduced to Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine as a patient, but soon grew to appreciate how the system of medicine viewed the body as a dynamic whole and tailored treatment to the individual. Acupuncture in particular taps into the body’s ability to self-heal and "up-regulate", which she found to be a very empowering view of health. She received her Master's from SIOM, where she trained in acupuncture, herbs, qi gong (movement therapy), tuina (therapeutic massage), and the many other components of East Asian Medicine. While she treats a wide variety of conditions, she is particularly interested in tuina, gynecology, pediatrics & childhood development, and mental health. A cornerstone of her practice is a commitment to increase access to Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine, especially in communities of color and LGBTQ+ communities. She holds that culturally-sensitive, considerate care should be every person's due, and so strives to equip herself with the skills to meet each patient with compassion and without judgement. East Asian Medicine is a system of medicine that is safe, practical, and effective, and as such should be available to all.
Accepted Insurance: Mariko is happy to bill most PPO insurance plans. In addition, she is in-network with Aetna, Cigna, Lifewise, and Premera, and is a registered provider for TriWest's Veterans Choice Program. To schedule an appointment or a free consult:
www.beamacupunctureclinic.com or call (206) 914-6797
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NORMA TIMBANG, Co-Founder
Norma Timbang is a social worker in generalist practice. Norma partners primarily with people of color and Queer/LGBT people on their individual healing through psychotherapy and exploration of the intersections between the body, mind, heart, and historical trauma. Norma also works with people to examine impacts of racial and gender inequities as well as ways to navigate through these impacts. Norma is currently a lecturer at the University of Washington and Seattle University, is a social justice and organizational healing consultant, facilitates collective exploration of racial equity and intersectional identities, and provides conflict mediation from a frame of equitable dialogue. To schedule with Norma, contact her at norma.timbang@gmail.com. |
KARLA GARCIA
I hold a license as an independent clinical social worker in the state of Washington. I graduated from Seattle University in 2003 with a Bachelor's of Arts in Social Work, along with a certificate in Diversity, Citizenship, and Social Justice. In 2013 I graduated from the University of Washington with a Master's in Social Work, with a focus on mental health. I have been trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. I am a bilingual therapist, fluent in both Spanish and English and am able to offer services in either language. I am a firm believer that every individual deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. As such, my approach to mental health treatment is culturally conscious, anti-oppressive, non-judgmental and with a core understanding of social justice. Phone: 425-243-3230 Email: karla@garciacounseling.com Website: www.garciacounseling.com |
BOBBY GAON
AG Therapy is community resource provided by Bobby Gaon, a Mental Health Professional [MHP], certified Child Mental Health Specialist [CMHS], recognized in the State of Washington as a treatment provider for survivors of rape and sexual assault, and certified for Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment [SBIRT]. With over 15 years of professional experience working with children, youth and families in the greater Seattle Area, AG Therapy is committed to utilizing different therapeutic techniques when working with individuals, couples and families – depending on each individual – and will explore all of the systems in the individual’s life that has both positively and negatively impacted their life. Phone: 206-539-1848 Email: bobbygaon@agtherapy.com Website: www.agtherapy.com |
DIANA MENA
Diana offers therapy to women that are seeking individual and intergenerational healing. She specializes in serving trauma survivors in the area of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, domestic and interpersonal violence; cross cultural issues of identity formation, assimilation, and acculturation for immigrants and first generation individuals; social justice professionals who are navigating experiences of racism, sexism, oppression and intersectionality. She provides support to advocates, social justice workers, sisters in the struggle, wounded healers, and allies, as they navigate systems of oppression, injustice, and vicarious trauma.She practices a trauma-focused Feminist, Multicultural, and Person Centered approach. Honoring the mind, body, and spirit; while integrating mindfulness, narrative therapy, CBT, in addition to traditional healing methods. Diana incorporates an analysis of cultural and social structures including racism and their impact on individuals and their mental health. Diana believes in bearing witness, self-compassion, and in the resiliency of the human spirit. Her hope is to decolonize our understanding of therapy and the therapeutic space. Diana is a first generation Nicaraguan American, she is a bilingual and bicultural clinical social worker, raised in Seattle. Website: https://esperanzacc.com |
MASSAGE THERAPY
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ALEX PAYAN, Co-Founder
Hi, I am Alex P. a queer xican@ born and raised in Southern California, been calling Seattle home for over 10 years now. I graduated from the Cortiva Institute in the summer of 2011. I have recently started my journey into Curanderismo (traditional Mexican healing). I am very excited to incorporate the medicine of my ancestors into my style of bodywork. My therapeutic focus is in providing massage as a healing element in my communities (q/t*poc). My style has developed over the years into a hybrid of wellness and treatment. I like to work on body structure and postural issues caused by everyday work and life. In general I would say working on the neck both anterior and posterior (front & back) could be my forte. Yes, I can help with that tension that you carry in your shoulders I can also help with the chronic low back issues. As far as techniques I mix aspects of structural integration with sports massage assistive stretching, depth massage and Swedish. I recently started to add Ventosas (traditional Mexican cupping) and bits of Mayan abdominal massage into my sessions. Other styles I use are floor massage (think Thai massage meets physical therapy meets assistive yoga), barefoot massage (I jump on the table and stand on folks, it’s slow and repetitive; think cats making pizza). I also work with suction cupping and hot stones and will be introducing Limpias (traditional Mexican spiritual/energetic cleansing). Outside of massage, I like to dabble in herbalism, grow food and herbs in my garden, and build things out of up-cycled materials. I turn discarded things I find in alleys and on the side of the road into functional things or trash art. Well-educated with the ability to tailor a session to fit the client’s needs. Whether it’s to knock out stress, or alter posture to bring balance back to the body, I am here to help facilitate your goals. For booking contact: Appointments: alexpmassage.appointy.com Email: alexpayan.lmp@gmail.com Text: 206-661-0818 |
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RAFAEL/A LUNA-PIZANO, Co-Founder
As a descendent of Two-Spirit/ed people, Rafael/a is grateful for the opportunity to share his bodywork and birth-work practice with local families, with a focus on transgender and queer communities of color. He is always learning more about how to support a sustainable practice of self-care for blood kin and spiritual kin–the people that protect, nurture and love us. Rafael/a believes in our collective ability to heal our communities by offering medicine to ourselves, each other and our land. For more information about Rafael/a's work, you can visit his website at www.xochimeh.com or if you would like to schedule a session with Rafael/a, you may reach him at: xochimehbodywork@gmail.com or call (415) 617-9475. Thank you! Schedule online: Schedulicity |
REIKI & PRIVATE YOGA SESSIONS
TISHA SATOW RIVERS and TIDES: Reiki and Private Yoga Sessions Tisha is a QPOC social worker and healing arts practitioner. She has taught yoga since 2004 and has been practicing reiki since 2005. Tisha values the balancing and grounding aspects that both of these practices bring into her life and loves sharing this with others. Over the years, Tisha has taught yoga at POC yoga, Lotus Yoga, Bailey Boushay House, Sound Mental Health and the Samarya Center. She views yoga as a way to cultivate and nourish embodiment of self and positive relationship with our bodies as they are. Tisha studied reiki with Rose deDan and became a certified Reiki Master teacher in 2008. Reiki is an energetic healing practice that originated in Japan and is founded in the inherent intuitive wisdom of our body/mind/heart/spirit’s ability to find healing, balance and fluidity by tapping into internal energy and the energy around us. In both her yoga and her reiki practices, Tisha is particularly committed to working with and supporting social workers, social justice workers, caregivers, teachers, youthworkers, healers, and grassroots leaders in deepening their self-care. She wants to support all of the amazing work that is being done in our communities and to embody Audre Lorde’s belief of caring for oneself is not self-indulgent, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. In Tisha’s personal time she loves adventuring outside with her partner and dog, growing food, exploring all kinds of waterways, connecting with the forests and mountains and finding beauty in everyday life. To learn more about reiki sessions or yoga sessions you can contact Tisha at tishasatow@gmail.com. To schedule with Tisha: https://riversandtides.as.me/ |
