Links and Resources

Complementary businesses in the Gresham area

Rebecca Herrin, LAc~Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

Inner Balance Chiropractic ~Chiropractic Care

Gresham Balance BodyWorks ~Swedish & Barefoot Massage

Primary Care Naturopathic Doctors & Midwives:

Mt. Hood Family Medicine & Midwifery 

Jill Turner, ND (Downtown Gresham)

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Other Portland Metro Area Excellent Health Care Providers:

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Gather- Professional Counseling Services with Melissa Harbert

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Montavilla Community Acupuncture ~ community & private appointments with excellent providers.

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Tom Takehuchi, DC: 503-255-5011 

Gateway, Portland​

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Thai Massage Therapists and Teachers:

The Naga Center- Excellent Thai medicine & massage school. Right here in the metro area.

David & Janice Weitzer - Inspiring teachers and massage therapists in Beaverton, OR.

Portland Thai Massage ~Lauren Ferreira, LMT; SE Portland

Ākāsa Thai Healing Arts- SE Portland/Division

Erin Wright, LMT- North Portland/Mississippi

Stephanie Paley - Lake Oswego, OR. 

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Non-Portland Thai Practitioners & Teachers:

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Woven Body Healing Arts - Bodywork, Reusi Dat Ton, Education: Damion Bond, LMT; Eugene, OR

Jim Madras, LMT- Eugene, Oregon

Montana Bodyworks- Jennifer Vanderburg, LMT; Missoula, Montana

Iron Bird Bodywork- Jessica Dafni, LMT; Brunswick, Maine

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Further Thai Medicine Information:

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Seven Peppercorns: 

Traditional Thai Medical Theory for Bodyworkers

Available at Powell's Books or online at Amazon.com.

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A Thai Herbal: 

Updated edition 2014.

Available online or in store at Powells Books or online at Amazon.com. 

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Reusi Dat Ton

Woven Body Healing Arts - Damion Bond, LMT; Eugene, OR

Wells Yoga --David Wells, teacher of Indian Yoga and Reusi Dat Ton and painstaking researcher.

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Lanna and Traditional Thai Medicine Society:

Learn a little more about the foundations of the tradition and support traditional healers. 

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Other Health Resources:

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Pregnancy & Postpartum Topics: 

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Death By Delivery-- Video Newscast Covering Significant Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality 

Black Mamas Matter -- Advancing Black Maternal Health, Rights & Justice​

The First Forty Days -- A Modern Take on Traditional Chinese Postpartum Practices

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​Injury Care

*Ice Delays Recovery by Dr. Gabe Mirkin (the doctor who coined the term R.I.C.E)

Ice Is For Dead Things - Chinese Medicine's View (which tends to agree with Thai medicine's view).

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Meditation Centers 

A very incomplete list, but it will get a person started. 

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Refuge Recovery: 

A Buddhist version of AA. A nice alternative for anyone wanting a different approach to a similar process. 

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Other Resources:

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Soi Dog Foundation: 

Help Animals in Thailand! The word "soi" refers here to an alley. This organization takes stray dogs off the streets, gives them health care and when possible, homes. 

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PDX Money Coaching --

Helping individuals, couples, and service-based businesses confidently manage their money.​​​

Cascadia Wild-

Animal tracking and naturalist skills 

Oregon Metro Nature Education -

For adults & children

Friends of Trees

Portland Fruit Tree Project -

distributing the wealth of area fruit from participating private properties

Snow Cap -

Feeding the hungry just down the street from our office.

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Yelp- Find me and other local businesses. 

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Photography on this site by: 

Django Boletus Photography

Dave Herbertson Photography

Sarah Carl & Friends