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While in a recent class on spiritual growth I had the opportunity to witness the bravery of new students as well as more parts of myself that were, not quite knowing how to open, to trust, to surrender to the beauty that is who we truly are. When I recevied this beautiful poem from a teacher in California,   Chameli Ardagh, Founder of Awakening Women Institute

I hope it inspires and moves you just like it did for me!

"Even when every inch of you wants to run the other way,

when the pain seems too deep to bear,
even when the the jungle of entanglement seems way to thick.

You stay.

Even when you fail,
when you find yourself crawling knee-deep in rancid stories,
even when you betray yourself, again.
Your being keeps opening through it all.

Your holy being unfurls like a flower,
through the unbearable,
through the longing,

through the doubt,
through the silence,
through the fear,
through the stunning simplicity of each breath.

Your roots are no longer clinging to mirages of certainty,
they now draw their nectar from deep within the movement of life,

from within the magnificent pulse of Shakti.
A new breath, A new moment,"

Chameli & The Awakening Women Team.

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The Pittsburgh Center for Complementary Health and Healing is launching our NEW "Mommy & Me" Spa Services to celebrate Mother's Day!

This year Moms in Pittsburgh can celebrate Mother's Day relaxing by herself or with a Tranquil "Mommy & Me" Spa Treatment!  Designed for Moms and Kids to enjoy side by side because the health benefits of massage and reflexology aren't just for grown ups! 

While we can always customize a session from any of our existing award winning services here are a few new ideas sure to please moms & kids:
 

Chocolate Mint Indulgence

Orange Vanilla Dreamsicle

Lavender & Chamomile Sweet Dreams

All Mommy & Me sessions are designed to be 45 minutes and include an aromatherapy foot soak & scrub, calming scalp massage, and relaxing hand and foot massage incorporating health boosting reflexology. $120 (price includes treatment for Mom & Child)

*Sessions can be lengthened if age appropriate.

Call Now to Schedule (412)242-4220

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I'd like to introduce everyone to a wonderful new blog that I am part of that has inspirational posts about Fertility and Women's Health, Without Child

"Just because you are without child does not mean that you are without choice, without love, or without hope.

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PART I.

As some of you know I recently had surgery, and have been out of the office for a few weeks.  It has been a challenging journey of ups and downs, surrendering to being human, and learning about my needs from the literal inside out. 

I debated including any part of this journey in the email, but trusting in my heart that what I consciously learn during times like these will help others I've decided to share.  
To be open to the ups and downs of being human and the self-forgiveness of imperfection along the way will hopefully touch someone else just as each of your generosity of sharing in the office does for me.

So, before I talk about now, let me side bar and say, for those of you who don’t already know I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 1999 after an emergency bowel resection that happened after my colon ruptured.  Yup, ruptured.  Leaving me paralyzed from the sepsis in my body until skilled surgeons were able to clean up the mess of years of undiagnosed symptoms and pain.

During the month that I was in the hospital with complication after complication I had one of my most spiritual experiences that has led me to where I am today.  At that point in life I can humbly say that I was on, to say it lightly, not such a great path.  While I knew that I wanted to be a Massage Therapist, my life was definitely more on the path of drowning my emotions and numbing my experiences than opening my heart and consciously exploring the true experience of joy that this life has to offer.  And, it was during this 30 days that everything first changed.  I have the conscious memory of choosing to live.  I knew with every fiber in my being that if I decided that I wanted to be done with this life that that was certainly an option.  Luckily for me “something” gave me a glimpse of two other options, and needless to say I chose the more positive of the two that included opening this very center, and all of the joy and ease of life that I could open to.  This being the reason why I share this part of the story with you.  Often I am asked about the fact that I opened PCCHH at only 26, and this story is the raw, real, unedited truth.  I had such a fuel, a gift of knowing from within what I wanted to do with this life, and I thank you all for helping me come so far.

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Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the Trib Total Media Reader's Poll for Voting the Pittsburgh Center for Complementary Health and Healing the BEST DAY SPA IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH!  We LOVE bringing more health and vitality into your lives!

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