ABOUT ME
My name is Deborah D. Ortiz. I graduated from the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts in 2000 and have enjoyed both studying and practicing bodywork since then.
In 2012, after giving birth to my daughter, certain health issues began to manifest including fatigue, low immunity, and head pressure that would sometimes last for weeks. These health challenges took me on a journey of not only receiving a kind of help that I was unfamiliar with but also facilitated a deeper learning of the body and how to help others. I began to receive regular Craniosacral Therapy and Visceral Manipulation and experienced profound relief from my symptoms. I was always blown away at how the practitioner knew where to go, releasing areas like the pancreas, certain neck ligaments that had been pulling, maybe a thoracic restriction.. it was like my body was silently talking to them and releasing in just the way it needed to in order to allow something seemingly unrelated to lift, like my headache. I wanted to learn this deeper way of listening and began classes through the Upledger and Barral Institutes.
My learnings only continue to deepen, especially during treatment time. The body is truly amazing and has vast healing potential when restrictions are given a little attention or “wake up” nudge. Rather than trying to fix someone I find that just being with the tissues, listening and assisting a release allows the body to create changes that are so much more far reaching. This give and take with each soul that comes in is truly enjoyable and profound.