Miles Rowe, L.Ac.
Miles is a national and state board certified practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine. As an avid practitioner of Chinese exercises (qigong), his treatment philosophy is centered around helping people get in touch with their own bodies and to help them tap their own vast healing potential.
He is the owner of New Hope Acupuncture, on the web at www.themobileacupuncturist.com .
Community Acupuncture
Community Acupuncture is performed in a quiet and relaxed group setting. Its low cost allows people to experience the profound healing power of acupuncture without breaking the bank. Community Treatments are held twice a week at Hillsborough Yoga and Healing Arts. Prices are on a sliding scale from $15-$45.
To schedule an appointment, call Miles Rowe at 919-949-3301, or email at miles@themobileacupuncturist.com .
Body Work
Ainsley Briggs
Ainsley Briggs LMBT #9588
Member of ABMP
”Supporting Life Transition and Recovery through Bodywork”
I am a graduate of The Body Therapy Institute with a focus on energy work and transformative massage. I am specifically interested in structural and behavioral repatterning and bodywork that is centered around shifting and disrupting recurring, non-productive information that is received by the Central Nervous System. I am certified in Swedish and Myofascial techniques and consistently hold the intention to assist my clients in creating a lasting experience of peace, freedom from pain and fundamental healing.
Hours
Ainsley is available by appointment on Mondays, early morning Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and some weekend hours.
Rates
$65 per hour, $90 per 90 minutes and $120 for two hours of bodywork
To schedule an appointment with Ainsley please call 919-357-3907, or email at cleanslate9588@yahoo.com.
Carolyn Pence
Carolyn Pence (LMBT#07872) graduated from Natural Touch School of Massage Therapy in Fall of 2007, and has been a practicing Massage Therapist since the Spring of 2008.
Her training encompasses a variety of modalities including, stretching, swedish and deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy, aromatherapy massage, pre-natal massage, reiki and relfexology. Sessions are tailored to the individual to promote healing and relaxation.
To schedule an appointment with Carolyn please call 919-621-2630, or email at solbodyworks@aol.com.
Lorraine Lewis
Trager Bodywork
"From my very first training in the Trager Approach in 1988, I felt like I'd found my "calling". I felt like I'd come home to myself in a way I had not experienced before. I felt so much more "at home" in my body, and I felt a much deeper level of self-acceptance and ease. Dr. Milton Trager's poetic quote drew me to the work and resonated deeply within me:
"There is a way of being which is lighter, which is freer, A way in which work as well as play becomes a dance and living a song. We can learn this way."
I knew I wanted to share the wonderful experience of this gentle, yet deep, nurturing, freeing "work" with others.
I am also a Trager Introductory Workshop Leader facilitating classes for the public and for CE's for massage therapists.
As well as being a Certified Trager Practitioner, I am a Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist (NC#213), and am certified in several energy healing modalities including Rising Star, Arcing Light, LaHo-Chi, and Reiki. I serve as prayer ministry coordinator at Unity Center of Peace and love supporting folks with affirmative prayer.
It is my deepest joy and pleasure to share this beautiful work which has so profoundly affected my own life and way of being." www.peacefulconnection.com
Courses in the Art of Conscious Living
UNC mindfulness-Based Program for Stress and Pain Management
These programs offer training in meditation, mind-body awareness exercises and other awareness techniques that will teach you how to slow down, set priorities, stay calm, focused and relaxed in the midst of a busy life.
Basic/Foundation Courses
8 weekly group sessions of 2.5 hours each with a full “Day of Mindfulness”
To register or for specific questions visit
http://pim.med.unc.edu/mindfulness.html
email mindfulness@med.unc.edu
or call (919) 966-8586
For a schedule go to our workshops page
Mindfulness & Meditation
- Do you feel too busy to fully enjoy your life?
- Are you too quick to fly off the handle?
- Do you wish there was more calm, peace and stability in your life?
Meditation, mind-body awareness and mindfulness will teach you how to slow down, know what’s really important and stay focused and relaxed in the midst of a busy life.
Helpful in stress reduction and pain management, mindfulness practice has been shown to enhance immune function, favorably influence high blood pressure, sleep disorders, headaches, anxiety, depression, cancer and heart disease.
Regular meditation can provide the context for a general sense of ease so that healing and change naturally occur. Space is made for joy!
"Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We feel more alive. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing."
Focusing (Inner Listening) for Individuals
Focusing is a process of listening deeply and compassionately to yourself and others. The practice of Focusing encourages your own inner mindfulness, teaching you to trust your inherent wisdom. It brings clarity and self-understanding, release from inner conflict, and empathy with others. It can help you resolve conflicts, make decisions, and understand what you really want.
The technique used in Focusing is one that bypasses the mind's busy analysis and taps the body's deeper wisdom. It is a tool, based in mindfulness, that can be accessed when feelings and thoughts are too strong to just "be with". Many of us have experienced the frustration of imaginary conversations in our minds that catch us in a never-ending loop around a point of anger, conflict, or worry. By tracking the body’s senses instead of the mind's analytical thoughts, we can release ourselves from this mind-bind. Inner knots of anxiety and confusion transform and compassionate self-knowledge grows. As a tool that develops empathy with others, Focusing is helpful for individuals as well as therapists and body workers who support clients.
To learn more about Focusing check these websites: www.Focusing.org or www.focusingresources.com
Mary Love May offers individual mindfulness and meditation sessions drawing on her meditation experience as well as her intuition and training as an energy worker in Polarity Therapy. She also guides individual Focusing sessions.
Mary Love has trained with Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastics as well as Joseph Goldstein, Tara Brach and numerous other Vipassanna teachers. She has 30 years of meditation experience and has taught meditation, mindfulness, and focusing to children, teens and adults. Currently through UNC's Program for Integrative medicine, she teaches the 8-week Mindfulness for Stress Reduction and Pain Management series based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s model.
Mary Love is a certified Focusing trainer, experienced in teaching classes and guiding individual sessions.
Contact her with questions: (919) 644-3238 or marylovemay@aol.com
Psychological Counseling Services
Dr. Mike Butler
I earned my Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Memphis. I am very pleased and excited to be offering individual, couples, and group therapy within Hillsborough Yoga & Healing Arts. This setting is a good home for my mind-body approach, which encompasses the ways people tend to process their experiences and emotions, as well as how physical symptoms and mental/emotional concerns may be linked. I am especially interested in mindfulness meditation, and have been a practitioner myself for several years. I have instructed several groups in mindfulness-based stress reduction, and it informs my work with individuals as well.
Creative and expressive modalities for therapeutic progress also influence my approach, as do the concepts of wholeness and balance. For me, life is not about merely coping or managing, but about leading a fulfilled and meaningful existence. Being in nature (especially backpacking and kayaking)
re-energizes me, and I also enjoy reading and traveling. I recently moved to the Raleigh area, and I am having fun exploring the area with my wife.
Therapy can be a powerful resource in connecting with our own capacity for growth and change. I view therapy as a unique opportunity to discover new insights, develop greater resilience, and change the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that limit our potential.
People seek therapy for a variety of reasons and we all have unique ways of being. Therefore, I tailor my treatment approach for each person by drawing from multiple theoretical and intervention perspectives in order to best facilitate each individual’s progress. I consistently strive to offer collaborative & compassionate care that emphasizes individuals’ path towards increasing wholeness & balance, and to provide an environment that allows the life challenges and issues an individual faces to be effectively addressed.
I provide services for a broad range of concerns, and I specialize in
treatment of:
- Interpersonal Difficulties
- Stress Management
- Anxiety
- Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
- Mind-Body Wellness
- Spiritual Development
- Men’s Issues
- Grief and Loss
- Couples Therapy
- Sexual/Sexuality Concerns
I offer confidential individual and couples therapy by appointment. Session duration and frequency are negotiable. The fee is based upon session duration, which can be discussed during scheduling. For your first appointment with Dr. Butler, please complete and bring all forms with you. Forms can be downloaded here or filled out in the waiting area if you arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled appointment.
Dr. Butler can be reached at
www.mikebutlerphd.com
The Guest House by Jelaluddin Rumi
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival .
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably,
She may be cleaning you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
Friends of Wellness Services
Kayak Adventures
Group trips, moonlight cruises, and explorations all via kayaks
email: sgomo4@hotmail.com
website: kayakadventuresnc.com
if you're ever in Wilmington...
McKay Healing Arts
Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, bodywork, and more
mckayacupuncture.com
LePage Associates in Durham
Solution-Based Psychiatric Services
lepageassociates.com
