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Staff Availability
Laura has a few openings Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and evenings after January 21st.
Amelia has some openings Monday - Thursday after January 14th.
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Alchemy Healing Arts Center, LLC
formerly Ease, Joy & Alchemy, LLC
Therapeutic Massage - CranioSacral Therapy
Lymph Drainage Therapy - Oncology Massage
Pre-Natal Massage and other Specialty Bodywork
Many of our specialties involve light touch therapies,
which use finesse instead of force, to help your body
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Greetings!
We hope your holiday season was a delight and wish you a joyful 2013! It feels like 2013 will be a grand year for the Alchemy Healing Arts Center.
Listening is something that we get to practice daily with our clients. It is what we do in order to truly understand what is needed in each treatment session. Amelia has some reflections on listening and the energetics of it that you might find interesting.
Did you see the note on the back of your Holiday Card from us? It is the first in a continuing series of Giving Back Opportunities. Please Participate!
Our Annual Gift Certificate Special was very popular this year. So much so, we haven't had a chance to take it down from our website yet. Here's your opportunity to gift yourself - buy four sessions and get five sessions!
We are meeting with new therapists and practitioners, as we begin to expand the center - what would you like to see here with us? What modalities or specialties or is there someone you would like to recommend?
Thank you for your patronage.
Amelia Mitchell, LMT
Laura Inman Mitchell, LMT
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  Listening, a skill and a practice
Being heard is something that we all want and need, it honors us as individuals, it shows caring, and it provides validation.
If being heard is so helpful, why do we find it so hard to pause and listen?
Are you often not really listening to your friend, partner, or child, but instead thinking of your response before they finish speaking?
Did it feel like the last time you tried to share something, the person didn't really hear you, instead they immediately responded with ways to "fix" whatever it was you were sharing about?
How do we shift this paradigm? Obviously, listening is something we do with another, so it is easy to look outside ourselves, yet can we? I suggest that if we want to be heard, learning to listen is an important place to start.
Listening takes intent, it requires that you pay attention and is best when you take a moment after someone has spoken to reflect or repeat back to them what you just heard.
That's often the tricky spot - instead of jumping in with your own story (wanting to be heard) a good listener pauses and reflects back. When you show someone that you have heard them, you are demonstrating their value to you, you are showing your interest, you are connecting with them.
Consider the opposite, you have just shared a frustrating experience with a friend, you really just needed to vent and get it off your chest. Your friend responds with a litany of suggestions about how you could fix the situation, or have done it differently. What happened? You don't feel better all of a sudden do you? The energy shifted, the friend who was equal to you just stepped into expert/knows better mode. They stepped up, you end up down, the energetics are no longer balanced; it doesn't feel good.
Of course, there are times when some advice is helpful. I would like to suggest however, that it is far less often than we think. Advice, solutions, and ideas are best given when requested, after reflecting back what another has said. Keep the energetics even and simply listen to the important people in your world, see what happens.
The places I am actively practicing this are with my wife and daughter. Our marriage is much better when we can stop and hear each other instead of jumping immediately to a response. Yes, lots of great Imago Couples Therapy has facilitated that growth. With Sarah, my 12 year-old daughter, listening is becoming even more important as our time together is somewhat shorter these days. When she is open and sharing, I want to both soak in and reflect all that is coming from her. Mom having an idea or an opinion, yes there are times for that. Mom simply loving and appreciating her - that is the best of what I can give Sarah.
During Thrive and Full Body Presence Workshops we work with listening while building our group dynamics as well as bringing awareness to the energetics of different situations.
I look forward to sharing that experience with you at our next workshop, or talking more about your experience with listening and being heard during your next session.
blessings all!
~Amelia
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Giving Back To Our Community
Did you see the note on the back of your holiday card?
   We have made a commitment to give back to our community in a variety of ways over the coming years. This month it is a chance for you to choose which of three local organizations you would like us to support. You can choose by bringing the back of your holiday card in when you are here for your next appointment, if you misplaced it, you can also print the coupon below. Where will your $5 go? PAWS - Patuxent Animal Welfare SocietyLight House - A Homeless Prevention Support CenterDays End Farm Horse RescueOf course, additional donations will be gladly collected and we encourage your input for future Giving Back Opportunities.
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While we were traveling for the holidays, there was a bit of a glitch with a couple of messages...
So we have Extended The Offer Until This Weekend!
Our annual therapeutic massage and bodywork offer
Buy Four - Get One Free
Save up to $170
The best gift certificate offer of the year!
Gift Your Family, Friends and Yourself with massage this year.
And yes, you can use them all yourself...
Thank you!
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Our New West Annapolis Location
107 Ridgely Avenue, Suite 13A
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-263-1272
www.AlchemyHealingArtsCenter.com
Our individual practices have grown over the years, and we simply needed more space. Owners Laura and Amelia are looking forward to welcoming more highly skilled therapists in a variety of specialties to our practice, offering additional pathways to your health and wellness.
Our New Name: Alchemy Healing Arts Center
With this expansion, we have taken on a name that embraces our vision and goals for the center. We have illustrated this with our tree logo, drawn especially for us by a talented artist in England. Our tree has roots, is grounded and connected to both the earth as well as up to the heavens. The owl showed up with all its wisdom.
We deeply appreciate your support, whether you are new to us or a long term client and friend. Please share our news, our new website and location with the people in your world who might be interested. We will celebrate later this year with an Open House and other events.
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Giving Back to Our Community
This Coupon is worth $5 to:
PAWS - Patuxent Animal Welfare Society,
Lighthouse Shelter, or Days End Farm Horse Rescue
Bring it to our office when you come for your appointment this month. You can choose your favorite local charity, and we will donate $5 for each coupon or card in their box. |
| Offer Expires: 1/31/2013
One Per Active Alchemy Healing Arts Center Client Name:___________________________
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Alchemy Healing Arts Center, LLC
Suite 13A 107 Ridgely Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-263-1272
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