Monika Adams ~ Alchemy Wellness

About

Who Am I?

How can I tell you all of who I am--by what I do--or have done?

I am Multi-Faceted. I am a Transformational Life Coach, a Mastery Certified Health Coach. I have studied Distance Healing, and Functional Nutrition. I am a Licensed Manual Therapist & CranioSacral Therapist. I advocate for cellular health, and optimal blood flow. I am an Independent Partner for a couple of wonderful companies that have outstanding products.

I am a Registered Yoga Teacher Trainer, who works with breath and sound and movement. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fiber Art, and a Minor in Women's Studies. I have facilitated workshops, led community design/build projects. I have led classes, and women's circles, and held space for transformation, inquiry, and reflection.

I am woman, girl, cousin, daughter, niece, granddaughter, business owner, advocate, full participator, health nut, science geek, writer, entrepreneur.

I am tuned into the cycles of the seasons and tides. I watch the stars in the night sky. I pray aloud, sing in the car, and speak my truth. I dance, and drum, and tone. I journal. I collage. I dream. I travel. I play. I set intentions, and take empowered actions to get more of what I want. I am in service to the healing of the planet, one action, one intention at a time. I have trained my hands--and my heart to facilitate healings for people, one beautiful soul at a time.

I have been a business owner, marketing developer. I have thrived as an entrepreneur making my way in the world, setting the rhythm of my own hours, and having my sweet dog at my feet while I make a difference. I am a graphic designer and technical writer. I have coached like-minded solo-preneurs to follow their unique callings on their way to making the world a better place.

Meander these pages and in each section I share my story, and my trainings. Nobody wants to read a CV.

Enjoy the Journey. Breathe deep. Read. Listen. Muse.

If you feel so called--book an appointment--Let's Have a Heart to Heart.

I look forward to getting to know you better.

Welcome.

My Mission

I love helping people feel better--in their bodies and their lives. With a Masters in Adult Education, my approach is to start by listening to clients concerns, and to simplify anatomy and nutrition--in a way that is easy to comprehend. I listen with an open heart, and aim to provide exceptional service--with warmth and kindness as my foundation.

My mission is to share Optimal Health information with You. To heal the planet--one person--and their trillions of cells at a time. If we all get to feeling better, maybe our brains will function optimally, and that will help us be kind, loving, compassionate humans--toward each other and the planet.

Most of us only have an 8th grade understanding of our bodies. We are made up of trillions of cells, organ systems, chemical messengers, microbes, and a mind-blowing-barely-comprehensible magnificently complex series of inter-related mechanisms that all work symbiotically--like a living coral reef. There is a staggering amount that we don't know about how our bodies function, and how our organ systems work together.

Many of us have been disconnected from our bodies--for a VERY long time. We have grown up in a culture that advocates ignoring and masking our symptoms, until we get really sick. Most western trained doctors have very little knowledge of nutrition, and our system doesn't advocate for us to take wellness into our own hands. Our food guidelines are built by the corporations that benefit from them, and our health--or lack there of--suffers from corporate desire to profit from our sick-ness.

Honestly, for "the system"--there is no profit in you being well. If you learn to eat right to support your cells, and your body functions better--you might not need to pay them as often. Oh the calamity. It is NOT in "the system's" best interest to train physicians how share with you the things you might be able to do to heal yourself.

Soapbox aside, there is much to learn from other countries that prefer their citizens to remain well. There are scores of published medical papers, and studies that have unlocked the key to good health--by simply consuming essential nutrients, and polyphenols. Just as Nature Intended. We can use quality food, and high quality supplements to help our bodies function better.

I love this.

"I have learned to lean into and sit with

the dynamic tension of where I am,

and be mindful of the contrast of what I want.

I have become a Master of Habit Change, and a Queen of Self Care.

I have taken courses, and done the work.

I have literally walked through the fire

& risen from the ashes.

You Can Too.

Professional Development

Courses I have Taken

Transformational Coaching
NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP)
Healing from the Core / Somatic Experiencing
CranioSacral Therapy
Visceral Manipulation / Motility
SomatoEmotional Release / Dialoging
Therapeutic Massage
Myofascial Release
Trigger Point Therapy
Shiatsu / Acupressure
Polarity / Reciprocal Techniques
Toning / Sound Healing
Reiki I & II / Energy Work
Yoga & Somatic Movement for Repatterning

Licensed Massage Therapist

I am licensed in Oregon #15600, and Washington State #MA 60058291.

I specialize in CranioSacral Therapy (CST), mixed with Myofascial Release, and Visceral Manipulation/Motility. CranioSacral Therapy is my favorite way of working with the body; I believe it is better at resolving issues, and releasing trauma from the tissue.

As a CranioSacral Therapist I tune in and follow the body's wisdom, and work with what your body presents at a session. CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle touch therapy, where I listen with my hands and work gently to release restrictions.

This work enables the central nervous system to do its job more efficiently, and bring the body back to homeostasis. CST calms the body's fight or flight response, and helps the tissue release trauma--without reactivating trauma.

CST is deeply restorative and relaxing.