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Farida Gipson Burt offers a combination of yoga, meditation and massage she coined Yomesage to energize, relax and refresh.
“People forget to breath,” said Farida Gipson Burt, massage therapist, yoga instructor and doula. “We have this tool, our breath, it's as simple as that: breathe.”
Burt grew up practicing yoga an hour each morning with her father, a doctor in public health in Indonesia and Egypt. Her father always stressed the most important thing in life is happiness. With a broad world perspective, Burt saw happiness and a sense of calm in the faces of orphan children and refugees.
“They have so little, yet they have a sense of calm,” notes Burt. Her integrative sessions are about the sharing of happiness and peace. When she created the term Yomesage, Burt was thinking of the self as a whole, a return to self, being in charge of our healing and health, and bringing happiness into other people's lives.
“The healer or therapist simply gives tools to facilitate the healing. The tools I have are yoga, meditation and massage,” said Burt.
Her professional journey as a healer began with certification at the Calistoga Massage School in 1997. Burt moved to Tahoe in '99 and wanted “something more” for her practice. She ventured into yoga, with an emphasis on therapeutic practice and back care. Her certification as an instructor came in 2003 in Santa Barbara. Burt also learned Thai body work and Thai herbal massage with Lek Chaiya, the “Queen Mama” of Thai massage at the Spirit Winds School of Thai Massage and International Healing Center in Nevada City.
Yomesage
In Yomesage, the point is to help people take charge of self healing in a fun, relaxing, peaceful way. If we have peace within ourselves, it spreads to others. Burt performs an intake, including background information of an individual's health. As a yoga instructor, Burt is trained to look at the positive, and gather information, performing a body assessment. The individual session begins with yoga and meditation, and then moves onto the table for a Thai massage. It is a whole body process.
In some sessions, which Burt said is hard to explain, during the meditative space a remnant of a conversation might surface. “The client might say I wish I could x, y or z, and I maybe remember an affirmation,” she said.
Clients walk away from a Yomesage session with mini meditations to use throughout the day, and the reminder to take a deep breath. She offers basic instructions for meditation, which is a powerful tool to alleviate stress in this crazy world.
Couples Yomesage
It's easy to lose touch, to get buried in the day-to-day busy busy maelstrom. Burt developed Couples Yomesage to re-establish a connection, where couples may be in a space of peace and calm. It's a healthful way to being or close the day with your partner. Couples do a few poses together, learn massage and create positive affirmation to create unity. This practice counters the effects of a stressful lifestyle, and teaches the partners a greater sense of awareness to achieve a state of togetherness.
Yogic birthing
Burt is a birth assistant, or doula. She herself had a home birth, and hit a moment in labor where uncertainty set in. Now, as a mother and instructor, Burt helps other women address their fears about birthing and prepare with prenatal yoga and a soulful interpretation of pregnancy and birth. Birth Art is an expression of your thoughts during meditation. The art is a result of the fears, the questions, the contentment you might feel as an expectant mother. You come out of your meditative state and paint. The colors, the art, set up an outlet for focus during delivery. You also make a clay totem during this class. These items give you something to focus on and “get out of the pain” during labor.
Burt's innovative integration of yoga, meditation and massage can help individuals, partners and soon-to-be-moms find a method of self healing. For information, contact Burt at 448-1354.
“People forget to breath,” said Farida Gipson Burt, massage therapist, yoga instructor and doula. “We have this tool, our breath, it's as simple as that: breathe.”
Burt grew up practicing yoga an hour each morning with her father, a doctor in public health in Indonesia and Egypt. Her father always stressed the most important thing in life is happiness. With a broad world perspective, Burt saw happiness and a sense of calm in the faces of orphan children and refugees.
“They have so little, yet they have a sense of calm,” notes Burt. Her integrative sessions are about the sharing of happiness and peace. When she created the term Yomesage, Burt was thinking of the self as a whole, a return to self, being in charge of our healing and health, and bringing happiness into other people's lives.
“The healer or therapist simply gives tools to facilitate the healing. The tools I have are yoga, meditation and massage,” said Burt.
Her professional journey as a healer began with certification at the Calistoga Massage School in 1997. Burt moved to Tahoe in '99 and wanted “something more” for her practice. She ventured into yoga, with an emphasis on therapeutic practice and back care. Her certification as an instructor came in 2003 in Santa Barbara. Burt also learned Thai body work and Thai herbal massage with Lek Chaiya, the “Queen Mama” of Thai massage at the Spirit Winds School of Thai Massage and International Healing Center in Nevada City.
Yomesage
In Yomesage, the point is to help people take charge of self healing in a fun, relaxing, peaceful way. If we have peace within ourselves, it spreads to others. Burt performs an intake, including background information of an individual's health. As a yoga instructor, Burt is trained to look at the positive, and gather information, performing a body assessment. The individual session begins with yoga and meditation, and then moves onto the table for a Thai massage. It is a whole body process.
In some sessions, which Burt said is hard to explain, during the meditative space a remnant of a conversation might surface. “The client might say I wish I could x, y or z, and I maybe remember an affirmation,” she said.
Clients walk away from a Yomesage session with mini meditations to use throughout the day, and the reminder to take a deep breath. She offers basic instructions for meditation, which is a powerful tool to alleviate stress in this crazy world.
Couples Yomesage
It's easy to lose touch, to get buried in the day-to-day busy busy maelstrom. Burt developed Couples Yomesage to re-establish a connection, where couples may be in a space of peace and calm. It's a healthful way to being or close the day with your partner. Couples do a few poses together, learn massage and create positive affirmation to create unity. This practice counters the effects of a stressful lifestyle, and teaches the partners a greater sense of awareness to achieve a state of togetherness.
Yogic birthing
Burt is a birth assistant, or doula. She herself had a home birth, and hit a moment in labor where uncertainty set in. Now, as a mother and instructor, Burt helps other women address their fears about birthing and prepare with prenatal yoga and a soulful interpretation of pregnancy and birth. Birth Art is an expression of your thoughts during meditation. The art is a result of the fears, the questions, the contentment you might feel as an expectant mother. You come out of your meditative state and paint. The colors, the art, set up an outlet for focus during delivery. You also make a clay totem during this class. These items give you something to focus on and “get out of the pain” during labor.
Burt's innovative integration of yoga, meditation and massage can help individuals, partners and soon-to-be-moms find a method of self healing. For information, contact Burt at 448-1354.
Workshops
A new take on relaxationYogic Birthing: Sept. 18., from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Learn yoga, meditation and breathing techniques to aid in your birth process. Explore Birth Art, and create a birth totem. Class is at Rutley Family Chiropractic's Sanctuary.
Couples Yomesage: Sept. 26, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Experience a serene state of togetherness while enjoying a healthy way to relax. Meet each other in a space of peace and unity. This class incorporates yoga, massage, and affirmations to create unity and counter the effects of a stressful lifestyle.
Facilitated by Farida Gipson Burtt. Call (530) 448-1354 for more info and to register. Classes are held at the Rutley Family Chiropractic Center in Kings Beach.
