Welcome
Indigo Earth Healing Arts is a holistic health studio in West Liberty, Iowa. It is owned by Gretchen Little, a nationally certified and state licensed massage therapist and bodyworker, reiki master, and intuitive artist. She seeks to help people relax and increase their quality of life through intuitive bodywork modalities and interactive creativity.
Come to the West Liberty Downtown Farmers Market for a Chair Massage
I am offering ten minute chair massages every Thursday at the Farmers Market held at Ron-De-Voo park in downtown West Liberty. They are $5 plus tips. The market runs from 4:30 to 6:30 and I will be there June through September 2010, weather permitting.
Come and shop for fresh produce, baked goods, incense, art, and more - have a latte and sandwich from Local Grounds - and finish your visit with a relaxing massage!
Come and shop for fresh produce, baked goods, incense, art, and more - have a latte and sandwich from Local Grounds - and finish your visit with a relaxing massage!
Services
Gentle Energy Massage Therapy
Gentle energy massage is my own style of massage therapy. It is for people wanting to relax and tap into the healing wisdom of their own bodies. It is especially helpful for people who are uncomfortable with disrobing, the use of oils, or deep pressure massage but who still want the benefits of therapeutic touch.
This is what happens in a typical session:
You stay fully clothed while lying on the massage table. We may talk while I start attuning myself to your body on an intuitive level. I may start with your feet or just rest my hands on your ribcage. It really depends on what information I get from your body and your energy field. For some people I may start at their head or their back. It is entirely dependent on what your body tells me needs to be addressed first.
I may lightly massage your muscles. I am capable of doing deep tissue massage but at this time am more interested in the relaxing qualities of deeply listening to your body. If your body really wants some deep pressure or a trigger point released, however, with your permission I'll do it. If you are used to deep tissue massage you'll find that after repeated sessions of more gentle types of massage your muscles will understand that the same amount of work can be accomplished with simply resting my hands on your skin rather than working you over with a lot of pressure.
I may clear your energy field by working a few inches above your body. Most people I do this with have a sense of being lighter afterwards.
I may move your arms or legs, either in patterns or I will "tune in" and help them move themselves in order to remove old patterns that aren't useful. This can release painful tension.
I may sink my thumbs into different points along your body, again to release tension and stress and restore balance.
I will rest my hands on your upper chest, head, back, knees, ribs in order to deeply listen on a non verbal level. It's amazing how relaxing this is for the client. At the same time you will feel my hands heat up as I open up to let universal energy flow through me and into you, going to places where you may have a deficit. This strengthens your body's own ability to heal. If you know what Reiki is, this is where I use it, although I was doing this long before I was attuned to Reiki.
Depending on what you and your body tell me, your session could be more or less or all of any one of these techniques.
This is what happens in a typical session:
You stay fully clothed while lying on the massage table. We may talk while I start attuning myself to your body on an intuitive level. I may start with your feet or just rest my hands on your ribcage. It really depends on what information I get from your body and your energy field. For some people I may start at their head or their back. It is entirely dependent on what your body tells me needs to be addressed first.
I may lightly massage your muscles. I am capable of doing deep tissue massage but at this time am more interested in the relaxing qualities of deeply listening to your body. If your body really wants some deep pressure or a trigger point released, however, with your permission I'll do it. If you are used to deep tissue massage you'll find that after repeated sessions of more gentle types of massage your muscles will understand that the same amount of work can be accomplished with simply resting my hands on your skin rather than working you over with a lot of pressure.
I may clear your energy field by working a few inches above your body. Most people I do this with have a sense of being lighter afterwards.
I may move your arms or legs, either in patterns or I will "tune in" and help them move themselves in order to remove old patterns that aren't useful. This can release painful tension.
I may sink my thumbs into different points along your body, again to release tension and stress and restore balance.
I will rest my hands on your upper chest, head, back, knees, ribs in order to deeply listen on a non verbal level. It's amazing how relaxing this is for the client. At the same time you will feel my hands heat up as I open up to let universal energy flow through me and into you, going to places where you may have a deficit. This strengthens your body's own ability to heal. If you know what Reiki is, this is where I use it, although I was doing this long before I was attuned to Reiki.
Depending on what you and your body tell me, your session could be more or less or all of any one of these techniques.
For more information e-mail me.
Make Your Appointment
I am currently scheduling clients
10 AM through 7 PM Monday and Wednesday
11 AM through 7 PM Tuesday
11 AM through 5 PM Friday
11 AM through 4 PM Saturday
My rates are $40 per hour, $20 per half hour.
Contact me to schedule an appointment.
