Links and Resources
Complementary Providers:
In My Building:
Rebecca Herrin, LAc~Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine
Inner Balance Chiropractic ~Chiropractic Care
Gresham Balance BodyWorks ~Swedish & Barefoot Massage
Paeonia Wellness LLC ~ Acupuncture and Massage Therapy
Mt. Hood Family Medicine & Midwifery ~Primary Care Naturopathic Doctors & Midwives:
Downtown Gresham:
Metro Area:
Gather- Professional Counseling Services with Melissa Harbert
Montavilla Community Acupuncture ~ community & private appointments with excellent providers.
Tom Takehuchi, DC: 503-255-5011 - Gateway area, Portland
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Metro Area Thai Bodywork Providers 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.
Thai Bodywork Providers and Teachers located outside Portland:
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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Thai Medicine Resources:
Traditional Thai Medical Theory for Bodyworkers
Available at Powell's Books or online at Amazon.com.
A Thai Herbal:
Updated edition 2014.
Available online or in store at Powells Books or online at Amazon.com.
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.
Lanna and Traditional Thai Medicine Society:
Learn a little more about the foundations of the tradition and support traditional healers.
Other Health Resources:
Pregnancy & Postpartum Topics:
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
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).
A very incomplete list, but it will get a person started.
A Buddhist version of AA. A nice alternative for anyone wanting a different approach to a similar process.
Community Resources:
Thailand Community:
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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Local Community:
Helping individuals, couples, and service-based businesses confidently manage their money.
Animal tracking and naturalist skills
Oregon Metro Nature Education -
For adults & children
distributing the wealth of area fruit from participating private properties
Snow Cap -
Feeding the hungry just down the street from our office.
Photography on this site by:
Django Boletus Photography Dave Herbertson Photography. Sarah Carl & Friends
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