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P. Leilani Berry,
Licensed
Massage Practitioner
International Certified Massage Therapist
206-914-3885
This picture of Leilani from 1-2011 shows off Leilani's first handknit sweater!
P. Leilani Berry, Licensed Massage Practitioner, has been in private practice since April 1994. She specializes in deep tissue massage, pregnancy & postpartum massage, Hawaiian bodywork, hot stone massage, and reflexology.
In addition to her private practice which began in 1994, she has worked for chiropractors in medical settings, served as a teaching assistant at Brenneke Massage School, and volunteered her services for hospice patients and AIDS patients.
Her training and education specific to counseling and intuitive individual work includes Fluency and Multidimensional Healing, Medical Intuition and Divination, Body Centered Talk Therapy, C. Ford’s Beyond Words working with abuse survivors and post trauma, Lomi Lomi [Hawaiian healing Shamanic bodywork], Energy work, and Medical Divination.
As a massage therapist and a preferred provider for every insurance network that covers massage therapy in Washington, she stays on top of new developments in her field and continues to enhance her technique repertoire with continued education.
Leilani is a certified
pregnancy massage therapist, an ACE
certified personal trainer in addition to belly dancing instructor,
and licensed massage practitioner. For more about Integrative
Transformational
Health Consultations and Programs for
a healthier lifestyle click
here.
Leilani began belly dancing in 1990 and has been teaching beginning to intermediate levels of belly dancing since August 2000. For more about belly dancing click here
Leilani's Healing Center combines conventional, intuitive and integrative forms of massage, exercise, and nutritional programs for healing and to facilitate positive lifestyle changes.
1994 Graduate
of
Brenneke School of
Massage
425 Pontius Avenue North Seattle, WA
Member in Good
Standing with
Associated Bodyworker &
Massage Professionals
since 1994 and
insured
through www.abmp.com
Washington Massage License # MA7037
Certified Pre- and Peri-natal Massage Therapist through Body Therapy
Associates
Certified Personal Trainer through
www.ACEfitness.org and insured through
www.fitnesspack.com
Getting certified and licensed is just the beginning!
Additional training and seminars that Leilani has taken to enrich her technical abilities:
- Beginning Systemic Deep Tissue Treatment
- Advanced Systemic Deep Tissue Treatment
- Pregnancy Massage
- Pre- and Peri-natal Massage
- Foot Reflexology
- Hot Stone Massage for Professionals
- Body Centered Talk Therapy
- Medical Intuition and Medical Divination
- Fluency and Multidimensional Healing
- Beyond Words by C. Ford, DC
- Structural Decompression
- Lomi Lomi (Hawaiian) Bodywork
- Lomi Lomi Hawaiian Stretching
- Seven Hawaiian Strokes
- Shiatsu and Energy-Work
- Aston Patterning
- Connective Tissue Massage
- Manual Lymph Drainage
- AIDS, Medicine & Miracles
- Flo Bodywork Technique
- Paul St. John Neuromuscular Therapy
- Somatic Therapy for the Psoas
- Herbology
- ZY Qi Gong
- Feldenkrais Method
- Aveda Facial Aromatherapy
- HomeAlive Self Defense
- Regence Blue Shield Provider Classes
- Repetitive Injuries in Paddlesports
- Womens Issues in Kayaking
- Efficient Forward Stroke
- Kayaking Stroke Basics
- NW Hoop Gathering 2011
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Leilani took this picture at the Mt. Vernon Orchid Show Feb. 2007.
Hooping:
Leilani started hula hooping in late in 2009 and starting
January 2011 she started a daily practice of hooping every day for 30
minutes! Pictured below:
Leilani is hoopdancing, one of her favorite forms of exercise. Hooping is a
great form of cardio, core strengthening, and strength training! To see
videos of her hooping check our her youtube channel here
and to learn more about hooping click here
Orchids:
Leilani has been an orchid admirer for some time and pictured
below is her windowsill packed with just orchids.
This photo is of one of Leilani's orchids blooming a second or third time. This lovely phalenopsis is a relatively easy orchid to care for. Leilani is delighted to learn more about her orchids needs and help them flourish. Leilani's orchid collection grows every year. She has phalenopsis, cattleyas, miltonia, odontocidium, odontoglossum, oncidium, masdevallias, cymbidium, paphiopedilums, dendrobiums, ludisia discolor, and brassias and more. She is a member of the NW Orchid Society. Leilani took the pictures below at the Mt. Vernon Orchid Show in Feb. 2007.
Leilani enjoys a variety of other activities like a bit of traveling, flat water kayaking, day hikes, and birding. In the picture below, Leilani is kayaking in the Mercer Slough 5-11. To learn more about our birdwatching adventures click here
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Bellydancing:
Leilani Berry began her love affair with belly dancing at 19
when she took her very first class. Through dancing, one can connect the
body and spirit to the Earth and have the opportunity to share this with
others. Belly dancing can help to heal hurts around body image, strengthen a
connection with our bodies and their beauty, and help rehabilitate muscles.
Belly dancing improves flexibility, strength, grace, and rhythm. It is her greatest joy to share this positive affirming dance and connect dancers of all ages and orientations to the greater belly dancing community. Leilani has been teaching beginning to intermediate levels of belly dancing since August 2000. In the last few years she has also become a big fan of percussion - bring out your drums! To find out more about her classes and get connected to the amazing belly dancing community of the Northwest click here.
Our Winged Friends:
Leilani was given a rescued green rumped parrotlet found outside January 29th, 2007. He spent several days at the avian vet (as he was very sick, underweight and more) but has completely recovered is a member of the family. Digit is adorable, cuddly, and great company. To find out more about our backyard birds and our bird watching adventures, you want to go to our bird pages click here. Leilani is also a member of the Seattle Audubon Society.
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Arts and Crafts:
Leilani loves to create! She makes jewelry, wirewraps, paints, does paper art with rubber stamps, does henna art, knits and crochets!
To see more of her handmade jewelry and stitch markers for sale on etsy.com here
This is a stool Leilani painted freehand. After blending many colors, she painted indigenous North American orchids on the seat of the stool.
Pictured below is Leilani's first henna painting on herself. She highly recommends The book Mehndi: The Timeless Art of Henna Painting.
Both the hat and scarf Leilani knitted are from patterns in the Stitch and Bitch Nation book, and the hat features handmade glassbeads of NW bumblebees that Leilani made by hand at Renton's Uptown Glassworks shop. Leilani's favorite knitting shop is Renaissance Yarns where she continues to take classes! For her knitting blog click here.
A crocheted amigurumi bunny! This is Japanese style of crocheting. Leilani finished this project July 27, 2008.
Pets:
Leilani is a huge animal lover and shares her home with several animal companions! She is passionate about animal rights and the quality of their lives. She is a member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Seattle Aquarium and Woodland Park Zoo.
Bella, her beloved chocolate lab,
Sept. 25, 1997-June 27, 2010, pictured above Oct. 2007, is sleeping with her cat,
Rufus, and
snuggly pony in her bed. She has been Leilani's companion since Bella was just 9 weeks
old and sadly she has gone on to her next life. She was in charge of the client welcoming committee. Her favorite
activities were love rubs from her cat, Rufus, pictured below, tug-o-war, catch, squirrel watching and
swimming.
[Jim, one of our African Dwarf Frogs, is pictured left. Go to our frog journal and learn lots more about African Dwarf Frogs.]
We love our aquariums!
They bring us relaxing entertainment and many joyful moments. Our aquatic family includes two African Dwarf frogs, and lots of fancy tailed guppies. To learn more click on the frog image above.