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massage & bodywork
general info, associations, practitioners,
research, schools (no. calif.), peer groups |
healing arts
practitioners, self-care, meditation, yoga,
retreats, workshops, spiritual teachers,
urban hot springs, spas,
psycho-therapy, floatation |
food and nutrition
nutrition resources, politics of food,
vegetarianism/veganism,
dining out, groceries/sundries,
community supported agriculture (csa) |
animals
holistic veterinarians, pet food,
animal rights
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current events
alternative news, individual voices |
activist organizations
political, environmental, social,
corporate watch groups, other |
community
venues, co-housing, online communities,
intentional communities, resource sharing |
arts
performance art, music, film,
literature and poetry, fine art, venues,
other |
shopping
clothing and accessories,
affiliates (help support this site),
real estate, suggested books |
other
other sites of interest |
(In this category, you will find web sites for other independent holistic practitioners. Some of them I have experience with, while others I don't. Please use your own best judgment when selecting a therapist from this list, and let me know how it goes!)
 Berkeley Massage and Self-Healing Center: "a healing oasis since 1969," Berkeley
Hands of Peace Massage: Bud Brett practices bodywork for physical and spirtitual health, Castro Valley, CA
On the Spot Massage: On the Spot Massage offers chair massage stations at retail locations in the East Bay and provides corporate on-site services in the San Francisco Bay Area
Therapeutic Hands ~ Car Insurance Accepted: Therapist Angela Lind, FL Licensed MA45645, NMT, NCTMB. Her service includes the Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT), Swedish Massage and Deep Tissue. Serving the cities of Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Las Olas, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Delray Beach and surrounding areas.
Traveling Massage: Paul Smith offers massage anywhere in the Bay Area, at your home, their office, or at your company, San Francisco Bay Area
Vika Teicher: Vika Teicher is a certified massage therapist and yoga instructor practicing Thai Massage, San Francisco Bay Area
The Acupressure Institute, Berkeley
Alive & Well: Institute of Conscious Bodywork, San Anselmo
Body Therapy Center, Palo Alto
The Breema Center, Oakland
California Institute of the Healing Arts and Sciences, Sacramento
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Diamond Light School of Massage and Healing Arts, Mill Valley
Esalen, Big Sur
The Heartwood Institute, Garberville
LifeStream Massage School, Napa
McKinnon Institute, Oakland
The Milne Institute, Big Sur
Moving On Center, Oakland
National Holistic Institute, Emeryville
The San Francisco School of Massage, San Francisco
The WATSU Institute: School of Healing Arts, Middletown
World School of Massage & Holistic Healing Arts, San Francisco
Bliss: San Francisco Bay Area -- "Bliss is many things to many people, with a common thread of love for the holistic arts. Holistic practitioners, students, and enthusiastic seekers are welcome to this community." To be included, just drop the founder, Paul, an email, telling him about your background, holisticly speaking. If you ever want off the list, just say so. Bliss hosts monthly gatherings locally (trades and classes), retreats twice a year near, Bliss List (email newsletter), and the Bliss Trades list.
Body_Work (Yahoo! Groups)
Massage Therapy & Bodywork Tribe (Tribe.net): my tribe on tribe.net for massage therapists
Creating The Vision: Linda Shanti McCabe offers "visionary artwork (paintings, mandalas, sacred art) and classes, presentations, and workshops in Creative Recovery and Art-as-Meditation," San Francisco Bay Area
Los Angeles Massage Therapy: Whole Person Healings provides alternative health services for the body, mind and spirit in the Los Angeles area. Healing services include: Massage Therapy, Hypnosis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Reiki, Sound Healing, Life Coaching, Healing Rituals and Tantra. Relax and be healed by a certified professional, Los Angeles Area, CA
InnerAdventures: "Inner Adventures is a place where like-minded people who crave to understand life can meet others with the same passion and find a community to support them to live consciously in these wild times. We combine Eastern spirituality with the powerful tools of Western psychology and base it all within a joyful celebration of life and it's many wonders," San Francisco
Angeles Arrien: teaches universal components of leadership skills, communication, healthcare, and education; buy...
"The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary," and other books by Angeles Arrien at Powells.com
The Artist's Way, buy...
"The Artist's Way," and other books by Julia Cameron at Powells.com
Center for Non-Violent Communication, buy...
"Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life," and other books by Marshall B. Rosenberg at Powells.com
Challenge Day: creates day long workshops for middle and high school students around descrimination, teasing, and how we learn to separate and divide
The Esalen Institute, offers workshops in various fields in Big Sur, CA
Caroline Myss: teaches holistic methods for achieving good health; buy...
"Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing," and other books by Caroline Myss at Powells.com
Landmark Education: empowers and enables people and organizations to genearte and fulfill new possibilities
Pema Chodron is a Western Buddhist nun and "a leading exponent of teachings on meditation and how they apply to everyday life"; buy...
"The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times,"
"When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times," and other books by Pema Chodron at Powells.com
Float: the San Francisco Bay Area's only floatation center and art gallery
FloatNation: a floatation center in the Lower Haight district of San Francisco
Omizusf: floatation and massage, San Francisco
"Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal," by Eric Schlosser, buy at Powells.com
Manzanita Restaurant: Oakland, CA
Millennium: a vegetarian restaurant, dedicated to supporting the essential earthly concepts of organic food production, small farms, sustainable agriculture, recycling and composting, located in San Francisco
Razan's Organic Kitchen: 2119 Kittredge Street; Berkeley, CA; 510.486.0449
Riverdog Farms: contact Traci Campbell and Tim Mueller at 530.796.3802 or email riverdog@yolo.com
Lifes Abundance Natural Pet Food: by Dr. Jane Bricks DVM; "Holistic Pet food formulated to help your pet live the healthiest and longest life possible. All protein, natural, delivered fresh to your door. Feed less, cost less, less pet waste to clean up!
Primal Pet Foods: "Living Foods. Thriving Dogs."
Al Franken: check out his website and his very funny and insightful critique of the Bush administration and of the conservative media...
"Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right," buy at Powells.com
"Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed is Undermining America," buy at Powells.com
Michael Moore: the academy award winning filmmaker has a great web site with a lot of useful information, as well as a couple of excellent books, including...
"Dude, Where's My Country?: One Man's Ode to the Last Days of W.," buy at Powells.com
"Stupid White Men: And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!," buy at Powells.com
Greg Palast: check out his website and his excellent book...
True Majority: "give us two minutes a month. we'll give you a better world"
Behindthelabel.org: "multimedia news magazine and on-line community covering the stories and people of the global clothing industry"
CorpWatch: "holding corporations accountable"
Responsible Shopper: "discover the good, the bad and the ugly behind the products you buy everyday"
Epic Arts: "Epic Arts is a grassroots non-profit organization that promotes collaboration and community development through the arts. Since 1997, we have been working to build community partnerships, mobilize local artists, produce cultural events, and develop resources and facilities that ensure accessibility for artists, performers and audience" Berkeley, CA
Craigslist.org
Tribe.net: social networking tool for meeting friends, organizing under interest groups or tribes, finding a job, and buying and selling goods and services
Capacitor: A performance group based in San Francisco, CA
I Said Theatre: A group of aspiring actors, directors, writers, and backstage people who just wanted to get on with it, based in San Francisco, CA
OTSU: a vegan boutique in San Francisco's Mission District
Rawganique.com: organic clothing and accessories
SwirlSpace: combines abstract, consciously-driven art with comfortable, casual Hemp Clothing for men and women (with a retail shop in San Francisco)
if it's books your after, I encourage you to search for and make purchases at the "legendary, independent bookstore" Powells.com (I will receive a small percentage of any purchase you make when you use the links on this page to enter their site):
if your looking for natural products that make a difference, visit Gaiam.com, whom you may know from their popular series of yoga videos (I will receive a small percentage of any purchase you make when you use the links on this page to enter their site).
if you choose to shop at Amazon.com, I invite you to use enter their site through the links on this page the next time you shop (I will receive a small percentage of any purchase you make).
Rick and Ernie: "down-to-earth, cool realestate agents in the east bay"
Shalene Rose, REALTOR: Shalene Rose is a generous, reliable, and loving realtor with the commitment that her clients are totally taken care of, love their home, and have fun in all parts of the process.
Astrodienst: astrological charting
Borg2: "Massively Collaborative, Radically Democratic Art at Burning Man 2005. Democratize the art selection/funding process. Its the Art Stupid!"
Burning Man
Care2: "the #1 environmental network for healthy living and a healthy planet"
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