To many, BC IS California North. Everything born in Valhalla eventu¬ally migrates up the coast, and Vancouver sometimes sees itself as a Californian lab for the rest of this country. No surprise, then, that all things New Age — particularly that odd and wonderful sector known as bodywork — are huge here. If you don’t believe me, pick up a free copy of the monthly magazines Common Ground (“fitness, culture, creativity”) or Shared Vision (“Improving the Quality of Your Life”) at most health-related stores, libraries, and New Age—friendly outlets. In these publications, you’ll find a dazzling array of specialists and services, ranging — and this is a big, open range — from shiatsu and meditation to ear candling (which sounds ominously like those itinerant street vendors in India who poke around your inner sanctum for accumulated wax).
on it goes: tantra and sex; bio-dentistry; lymphatic drainage; color and sound therapy; acupressure and acupuncture; sacred-circle tarot readings; and, I love this, “core-belief engineering.” There’s also yoga, travel, rentals, restaurants, “looking good,” and lots of articles along the lines of “Iroquois Speaks Out for Mother Earth.”
But back to bodywork. I can report from firsthand experience that Hellerwork a system of “structural integration bodywork,” ideal for people with injuries or severe stress — is a helpful experience. Among its best Vancouver practitioners is Jenny Lou Linley (604-733-0339). Having dug up sizable chunks of glittering crystal with her own hands in the caves of Arkansas, Linley also does crystal consul-tations, although she humbly defers to crystal expert and author Christa Faye Burka (604-552-8486), who works with premium natural quartz crystals.
Connectivity is everything in this realm, and Burka is also a reiki master. Actually, there are lots of dual-gifted reiki healers out there, some of whom also do “chakra balancing.” For names and options, visit the Reiki Alliance at www.reikialliance.com.
For hypnotherapy and past-life regression, Diana Cherry (604-731-2646) comes recommended by those who’ve been back, and forward again.
The Massage Therapy Centre (158 East 11th Avenue, East Vancouver, 604-873-4150), which includes a resident Chinese medicine expert, is nicely ensconced in a heritage building just ofF Main Street.
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