I am a Seattle based massage therapist offering cranio sacral massage and bodywork.
This is a copy of the craig’s list ad I posted.  
Please take me up on a cranio sacral session.

Cheers! 

Sierra Faye Kennedy LMP
(7 years in clinical practice)
sierra@massagefreek.com

one hour cranio-sacral sessions for $65
-fully clothed
-very gentle
-releases trauma of all kinds

location:
The massage Offices of Massage Freek at Thomas & Broadway.

Times available:
1:00pm, 2:15pm, 3:30pm
tuesdays and Thursdays, consistently

Other times are open during the week - up on request and availability.
Call me for questions, email is cool too, texting is also good.

Sierra Faye Kennedy LMP - honoring all lifestyles, body types and histories.
we are all perfect and deserve healing touch!

206-465-6344
sierra@massagefreek.com

The time has come for me to take a break.  I”ll be up in a cabin in the woods for the next 2 weeks while my buddie the yoga master Mollie Wood holds down the fort.So often in life we seem to be in a race against time.  We always think that there’s no time to get away.  not enough money and time to get away and just do nothing but meditate or read spiritual books.  I say that there are times in a person’s life where thy cannot afford NOT to go away.I will still do massage after… I love to be in practice - it humbles and inspires me.  But I will be thinking alot about the plans I’ve only hinted at.  I have been thinking an overhaul in the way and patterns of my life is needed.  To continue the routine I’ve had for a while is out of the question.  Things need to change and maybe from the outside they will not look so different and maybe they will.I will be developing my spiritual practice, plans for classes, counseling and I will possibly be facilitating my own spiritual retreats.  Energy is needed for these things and when all my energy is going into being present for my clients and trying to just get by and survive -there’s little left for much else - let alone the birthing of a new lifestyle and career.Feel free to leave a comment about any interest you may have in these new developments or to just give me support.  I send you all lots of love and good healing vibes! 

Stretch out your hands and wrists.
Do it now:
1. face your Dominant palm towards your face
2. Flatten and straiten your fingers together and make your palm and fingers flat as possible
3. Place your non-dominant hand on only the fingers and pull them down and away from your palm
In sort of an “arch-like” fashion.
4. hold and Breathe in the stretch for about 1-7 or more minutes. repeat for other hand.

Stretch thumb in similar manner with the goal of stretching the palm tight.

For the wrists:
1. put your palms together in front of your chest between your pecs
2. adjust your forearms till they are pointing strait into each other at the base of the palm
3. hold that, intensify it by lowering your hands (Don’t do this too much - it’s a tough angle for the wrist and you might over-stretch the ligaments holding the wrist joint together)

Disclaimer: try this stuff at your own risk and be responsible with your body - when you feel pain during a stretch, be smart about it and don’t keep holding the stretch. Assess why you might be feeling the pain, adjust your body and if the pain doesn’t go away get further information. If it’s simply a painful stretch - be with the pain of the stretch and get to know the difference between harmful pain with stretching and soreness that happens when a muscle is being stretched and squeezed in a healthy way. when in doubt - call a yoga center, talk to a buddy that does alot of yoga or some kind of expert. your body is smart - you will know when you’ve found the right answer to your body questions.

I think I might call it “cuppa spirit Joe” or some other buzzy sort of name.

I doubt I will settle for such a trite and off-cuff name but I think the final title will probably trite and cut-off-sounding.

I Study some kind of spiritual text every day. In the last month, the books I have referenced most have been these ones:

“My utmost for his Highest” - A daily Devotional from Oswald Chambers.

“The Jewel Tree of Tibet - the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism” - book by Robert Thurman (I like to read this one while I work out on the stair climber at the gym - it tends to trance me out with all the imagery)

“Circling the Sacred Mountain” - a story/journey-journal by Robert Thurman and Tad Wise.
This book is cool: it re-counts the true-story journey of how Robert Thurman leads a group of buddhists (I write buddhists for all intensive purposes - most of them were practicing westerners) into the Himalayas in order to circle the base of Sacred Mount Kailash. Thru the whole journey from Kathmandu to Mt. Kailash and back again - Robert enlightens and challenges them with “The Blade Wheel of Mind Reform.”

“The Journey Home - A Kryon Parable” Kryon as channelled thru Lee Carol
A Story about a man who was visited by and Angel and taken to the Spirit realms - just as the poor guy was ready to give up and chuck it all.

“Seeking Him - Experience the Joy of Personal Revival” - by Nancy Leigh DeMoss & Tim Grisson
I got this beauty from my uber-christian Grandma when I was in Texas earlier this month. It’s a workbook. What I like about this book is how it helps me study the bible better. It references passages that pertain to the messages about personal faith and revival of a relationship with God, written in the workbook. There’s questions and quizzes and ways to do it group-style. I’ve been having lots of fun with this. It helps to have something of a guide when studying the bible.

“The Artist’s Way - a Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity” - by Julia Cameron
I just signed a new contract for the next 12 weeks yesterday. This is another workbook-like thing but it’s obviously geared towards artists with blocks. In the book - Julia says everyone is an artist. I decided to commit to the 12 week process because at some point in my life, I would’ve liked to have gotten thru the whole program. Not to mention - I’m a bit blocked right now anyway - I’ve got some major choices to make and new roads to walk.

“Holy Bible - New Living Translation, 2nd Edition” Tyndale House Publishers
This bible is wonderfully easy to understand quickly. The translators took the ancient Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek text and did their best to translate accurately to contemporary readers.

I love daily wisdom booklets. I think it comes from my love of Far Side desk calendars.

On April 29th’s entry in the Oswald Daily Devotional - it talks about uncertainty.

Now, obviously, this is a primarily Christian God context but if you just let go of any petty bs you might have about how the christians have destroyed the world - you can get some good wisdom.

“We tend to be so mathematical and calculating that we tend to look on uncertainty as a bad thing” When the truth is - we don’t know anything about nothing that’s going to happen. All we have is the certainty of what we see in front of ourselves at this moment. All the rest is dust.

To make a long story short (and a long post longer) there are two ways you can be in relationship to god:
1. you can have your beliefs about God
2. you can relate to God as a living, evolving and uncertain presence in all things/times

This little book urges it’s reader that if you have a real, alive relating to God/Divinity, then while that uncertainty is still present, the way life plays out becomes more gracious, more miraculous.

Regardless of what you believe - uncertainty is the truth of life. No matter how many numbers you crunch - there can always be cosmic curve balls.

In this little book - the advice is to have excitement around this uncertainty! Don’t bemoan uncertainty!

Based on simple Law of Attraction study and personal experience - spirit, god, and what you need or don’t need will show up - based on how you are FEELING about what MIGHT come.
IN other words - KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, YO!

I am the worst at getting caught in circles of my own negativity and fear. Guess what!? I totally attract more life circumstances that make me feel justified in that fear. When I’ve been happy and expectant - more often than not, my results have been awesome and beautiful.

Don’t fear uncertainty! (if I have to do this - then you might as well too!)
Embrace it! Love that uncertainty and you might just get “gracious uncertainty!”

The massage space is beautiful, it’s mostly purple and dark with nice lighting.
Deep tissue and injury treatment therapists are who I’m looking for.  I would love to share my space with a female or male and my preference would be to have another female therapist sharing the space with me. 

You’ll have to really really dig broadway street.  It’s a bit on the boisterous side!  
Translation: it’s very quiet for Broadway but it’s not super-duper quite like a nice secluded house.  So if you’re noise sensitive - I wouldn’t suggest trying to work in the space for a long period of time.

Linens, oils, fridge, storage, water service hot and cold, music stuff and the internet are all available for you to use.  Not having to do laundry rocks!

Communication that is open, honest, compassionate and effective are highly desired.  Having your own clientele and source of client flow is a must.  I will send lots of referrals but you must have a confident client base for yourself.  Just as long as you pay the rent every month - I don’t care how many people you see.  

I have a flat rate for rent - and to be honest - it makes me just slightly uncomfortable to publish that amount in the post so I’ll just say you’ll have to contact me and ask me directly if you want to know.  

I would suggest phone over email.  So there you go!  Contact me if you feel moved to do so. :) I should also mention that I want a long-term commitment:  at least 6 months.  Whole days are available only: right now - if you want to start RIght NOw:  Wednesdays and Sundays are up for grabs.  Fridays and Saturdays will be up for grabs about a month out - depending on how far out I’ve got myself booked for those days.  Mondays and Tuesdays are my favorite days - with Thrusday being a second favorite of mine.