NectarHealth

Winter

2011-12-14T10:03:00.000-08:00

Tis' the season of colds and flu. Keep your body warm with clothing covering your mid-drift, neck, head, hands and feet. If you are not prone to being warm bodied and over heat easily-add ginger, chillis and garlic to your meals to warm your system from the inside out. Add root vegetables especially yams and squashes to your diet to increase energy. And enjoy the darkness by sleeping more and catching up on a good novel. We are designed to slow down, eat and rest more in the winter. Release the guilt and enjoy your natural body clock. In return your body will thank you by restoring and refueling for the soon approaching winter solstice and longer days of sunlight.

Enjoy the Holidays and a Beautiful New Year to all.

11.11.11

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On this auspicious day of the Mayan calendar finishing, sound healings, meditations, great pyramid closures... it makes me think how it is also just another day of births, deaths, rites and passages.

Today is new and blessed. We are exceptionally lucky to inhabit this green marble in the universe and we are each a song. Each an individual vibration singing with all creatures seen and unseen.

It is truly a miracle to live and breath and that on this day, 11.11.11, we somehow collectively get a ritualistic opportunity to celebrate life! and see the sound, color and song within everything. Intentionally and with grace. We choose together.

Its obvious I think love is the key. But the love I speak of and invoke is the love that is egoless, kind, inclusive of all life, blade of grass, animal and wind.

Seeing and being life everyday. Embracing the reverence and sharing it freely.
Blessed bee.

Winter Season special

2011-10-10T12:31:00.000-07:00

Nectar Studios
Ratka Mira Popovic
933 Chester Street
Oakland, CA 94607-1900
510-967-7563
ratka@nectarstudios.net
http://nectarhealth.blogspot.com

WINTER
As we approach the cold and rainy season our muscles chill down with all of our body systems, preparing for the Winter.

We need more sleep, warmer foods; soups, root vegetables, and hearty meals, and exercise.
Massage Therapy/ Bodywork is a perfect way to move out toxins and simultaneously restore our body systems; physically, emotionally and mentally, all in one happy healing session!
Come take advantage of good health and restoration as we enter the Winter! You will be happier and more relaxed in all aspects of your life!

SPECIAL
4 sessions for the price of 3! Cost to you $300.00 (a savings of $100.00)
Good until December of 2011.

RESUME

2011-10-10T12:15:00.000-07:00

Ratka Mira Popovic

510-967-7563

ratka@nectarstudios.net
http://nectarhealth.blogspot.com
facebook: NectarHealth

OVERVIEW

Since1991, I have been the sole proprietor of my own massage therapy practicemanaging all facets of a small business from marketing and business developmentto massage therapy, health education, community outreach, teaching andlectures. In my twenty- year career history as a holistic healthcarepractitioner, I have worked with an estimated 6,000 clients.

In2004, I returned back to school for a Masters Degree in Oriental Medicine atthe Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College and completed my degree in2010. My return to the academic environment expanded my knowledge basetremendously (i.e. Eastern Herbal Medicine and Western Medicine) and made megrow personally beyond my own expectations. It made me recognize that the bestuse of my skill set now is to practice the best medicine possible.

PROFESSIONAL

Private Practice,Massage Therapy, Nectar Studios, Oakland, CA. 1991-Present

Nectar Studios, Preand Post Natal Massage/Doula/Midwife Apprentice, Oakland, CA. 1995-2005

Private PracticeOnsite Chair Massage Corporate Contracts

Affymetrix,Emeryville, CA. 1997-Present

Wired Digital,Organic, Big Book, Razorfish, Phoenix Pop, Construct, SF, CA. 1994-2000

Massage Therapist foran Office or Business

Dr. Jan Corwin DC,Oakland, CA. 1991-1993

Club One, Oakland,CA. 1991-1993

Hot Tubs, SanFrancisco, CA. 1991-1992

PRESENTATIONS / LECTURES/ TEACHING/ COMMUNITY OUTREACH

San Francisco Asian Woman’sShelter, San Francisco, CA. 2011

California Instituteof Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA. 2008

US Rowing Olympictrials, Oakland, CA. 2004

The Crossings,Austin, TX. 2003

Kaiser Hospital,Oakland, CA. 2001

University ofCalifornia Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. 1996

Haven House, Oakland,CA. 1994

EDUCATION

Acupuncture andIntegrative Medicine College, MS Oriental Medicine, Berkeley, CA. 2010

Chi Nei TsangInstitute, Berkeley, CA. 1994

Pacific School ofHerbal Medicine, Berkeley, CA. 1992

Scherer Institute,Massage Therapy Certification, Santa Fe, NM. 1991

San Francisco StateUniversity, BA German Studies, San Francisco, CA. 1986

Tubingen University,Study Abroad, Tubingen, Germany. 1984

CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS

Acupuncture IntegrativeMedicine College MC Public Clinic, Berkeley, CA. 2008-2110

AcupunctureIntegrative Medicine College, Community Acupuncture, Berkeley, CA. 2010

Lifelong MedicalPublic Clinic, Herrick Hospital, Berkeley, CA. 2009

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AND ASSOCIATIONS

American Massage TherapyAssociation, July 2012

Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitationand First Aid certification, October 2012

California MassageTherapy Association certification, October 2012

(References, Media and Publications upon request.)

WELCOME!

2011-10-05T13:27:00.001-07:00

I am thrilled to announce my new professional blog site for my holistic medical practice, Nectar Health.

With my completed Master's Degree in Oriental Medicine my work has become deeply informed from Traditional Chinese Medicine, eastern and western herbal medicine, and Ancient Daoist practices.
I have had a healing arts practice since, 1991. (My former company name was Decompress.)
I specialize in woman's health, pregnancy, athletic injuries, rehabilitation and psycho-spiritual transitions that injure the soft tissue of the body, directly or indirectly.

I am having a special offer of 4 sessions for the price of 3 = at only $300.00
This offer has been extended to the end of the calendar year, December 2011.

I know some of you from the past and look forward to new patients.