Gracielx Lopez (they/them/ ellx) has been a licensed massage therapist (LMT) for nearly a decade in unceded Tiwa territory, near the land of their ancestors. They are an Aries Sun, Capricorn moon, and unknown rising (somewhere between Sagittarius Capricorn). Their private practice centers Trans and BIPOC clients, who are able to receive a low cost/free massage provided by scholarship funds from the Trans Justice Funding Project and other allies. Ellx has been teaching unprecedented CEU courses to LMT’s centering Ethics of Diversity, Anti-oppression in Bodywork, Collective Liberation through Bodywork, and Embodied Body Mechanics. Their current mission as a culture shifter is to make anti-oppression education mandatory in all massage therapy schools nationwide. Ellx is working with a team of bodyworkers across the country to make this vision a reality. Ellx is currently studying embodiment with the Embodiment Institute and are discovering that embodiment is integral to their private practice in their intention to Remind (clients) of the Ancestral and Inner reZilience- which is embedded in their business namesake: RAIZ therapeutics. You can reach them at gslopezmassage@gmail.com. Their underlying prayer is that their life work and existence benefit all beings everywhere: past, present and future, our ancestors and descendants.
iusti
iusti is a transfemme/ genderqueer white person who has been working as a massage therapist since 2016. In their home practice, Corazón Enraizado/Rooted Heart Massage and Healing, and at Red Root Acupuncture they offer therapeutic, deep tissue and prenatal/postpartum massage, as well as ventosas (cupping), Structural Integration in the tradition of Dr. Ida Rolf, and various forms of energy work. They are deepening their knowledge of nerve work through the Barral Institute and continually learning about local plants, including their magical and medicinal qualities. iusti is deeply engaged in several community organizations, including The Hook Up abolitionist harm reduction collective, Albuquerque Showing Up for Racial Justice, and Albuquerque Mutual Aid. They are invested in healing happening at both the communal and the personal level, knowing that a plant thrives in a healthy environment, thus enriching the ecology around it. iusti is part of a team of body workers that received funding from the Trans Justice Funding Project to offer free/donation-based massage Trans folx, particularly BIPOC.
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We are blessed to learn from and be connected to curanderas and bodyworkers from Latin America. These are some of the folks whose wisdom and knowledge guides us.
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Desde muy jóven he sido una viajera implacable y amante de la naturaleza, apasionada por la diversidad de la experiencia humana y las formas en que las diferentes comunidades han aprendido a curarse a sí mismas.
Después de graduarme como antropóloga en Colombia, con una curiosidad tremenda por la etnobotánica, comencé mi viaje viviendo con varias comunidades indígenas en América del Norte. Durante ese tiempo asistí a un chamán canadiense que me instruyó sobre su práctica y la filosofía detrás de ella. Junto a esto, complementé mi oficio aprendiendo sobre fisioterapia y diferentes tipos de masajes en México, Belize, Canadá, Chile, Bali y Tailandia.
Mi propósito es permitirle a las personas reconectarse con su propio poder para sanar sus heridas y transformar su realidad hacia un estado de tranquilidad, plenitud y agradecimiento. Mi trabajo entrelaza el trabajo corporal a través de masajes junto con ceremonias de plantas medicinales.
From a young age I became a ruthless traveler, nature lover, with a tremendous curiosity about the diversity of human experience and the ways in which different indigenous communities have learned to heal themselves.
After graduating as an anthropologist in Colombia, with a tremendous passion for ethnobotany, I began my journey living with various indigenous communities in North America. I accompanied and assisted a Canadian shaman who instructed me in his practice and the philosophy behind it. Helping him for many years served as a true immersion in the practices I wanted to understand and share. I complemented my profession with courses and workshops in physiotherapy, anatomy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and different types of massages in Mexico, Belize, Canada, Chile, Thailand and Bali.
My purpose is to help people reconnect with their own capacity and intelligence to heal their wounds and transform their reality into a state of tranquility, fulfillment and gratitude. My work intertwines a series of mindful bodywork therapies focused on deep emotional exploration and medicinal plant ceremonies."
Alexandra Ruiz
Born and raised in Mexico, Her vast studies in bodywork and deep passion for Thai massage and water therapy allow her to incorporate fluidity of the sacred dance in every movement created. Her teachings include body awareness, Yoga, Thai and Water Therapy. She also shared Acroyoga for the past 10 years around the world in all its colors and forms. . Ale's biggest passion is to bring people together through movement and connection with communities that have the desire to play, fly deeper and dive higher.
Doña Nely
Dona Nely comes from a lineage of healers and herbalists. Her mother was a midwife for the town of Olinala, in the state of Guerrero, Mx. Her brother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were curandero/as. Nely has a deep connection with plants. At her home, she maintains a garden where she grows lime trees, flowers, chiles, berries, aloe vera, and various medicinal plants.