Present Moment Course

Present Moment Course Being in the present moment will improve perception and memory skills. History We will touch on this great opening into the present moment. By being in the present, you know the truth. By observing the truth without distortion, the now is perceived, also it can be recalled accurately. Perception is accurate. Memory …

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Classic Blueprint for Success

Classic Blueprint for Success in Business, Life, and Relationships Copyright 2015 by Steve Davis All Rights Reserved 8;42 minutes, seconds Classic Blueprint for Success Classic blueprint for success from ☆ Steve ☼ Davis ☆, RYT, LMT, BCTMB Steve J Davis, RYT, LMT, BCTMB, NCBTMB APCE, CPP, CPP Liaison, FAA Remote Pilot sUAS, DTM Founder and …

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Gravity, You, and the Universe

Gravity, You, and the Universe Steve Davis, RYT, LMT, BCTMB Copyright 2015 by Steve Davis All Rights Reserved 11;22 minutes, seconds Road to Neutral Posture from ☆ Steve ☼ Davis ☆, RYT, LMT, BCTMB Road to Neutral Posture Steve J Davis, RYT, LMT, BCTMB, NCBTMB APCE, CPP, CPP Liaison, FAA Remote Pilot sUAS, DTM Founder …

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alaka’i

Alaka’i, to lead, guide. Gravity, You, and the Universe Steve Davis, RYT, LMT, BCTMB Presentation at Columbia Center Toastmasters 10 October 2015 Copyright 2015 by Steve Davis All Rights Reserved 11;25 minutes, seconds Road to Neutral Posture Steve J Davis, RYT, LMT, BCTMB, NCBTMB APCE, CPP, CPP Liaison, FAA Remote Pilot sUAS, DTM Founder and …

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1 review for Lesson 1 Ethics Course: NCBTMB Code of Ethics Review with Commentary and Case Studies. 1 CE Hour/Ethics/Live Webinar/Interactive Distance Learning or Home Study Rated 5 out of 5 chicacarebear (verified owner) – October 9, 2017 My course was a very enjoyable hour live webinar video with Steve. I was able to see him and hear what he was …

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medical massage therapy yoga

Steve Davis, RYT, LMT, BCTMB Private Yoga Sessions, Massage, Medical Massage Awareness, Alignment 40+ years experience Registered Yoga Teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist Board Certified, Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork composer, musician, singer, actor, writer, artist Healing Light Yoga and Massage By Appointment Only. Phone (503) 724-2755, Fax (503) 200-1276 4036 NE Sandy Blvd., Suite 4, Portland, OR 97212 http://healinglight.info steve.yoga@yahoo.com YA #29243, OBMT #13099, BCTMB #512195-6, NPI #1124359088
Steve J Davis, RYT, LMT, BCTMB, NCBTMB APCE, CPP, CPP Liaison, FAA Remote Pilot sUAS, DTM
Founder and Owner, Healing Light Yoga and Massage
Tune into Life! Supreme Wellness, Power of Performance!Mobile/Text (503) 724-2755. Fax (503) 200-1276. By Appointment Only
Located in the heart of Hollywood, at 4036 NE Sandy Blvd., Suite 204, Portland, OR 97212
·        Registered Yoga Teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist
·        Board Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
·        NCBTMB Approved Provider.
·        40+ years experience.
YA #29243, OBMT #13099, BCTMB #512195-6, NPI #1124359088, NCBTMB Approved Provider #1122.
Here is a quote from me. Remember that you cannot fool a yogi.
Healing Light Yoga and Massage, Private Yoga Sessions, Massage, Medical Massage
Healing Light Yoga and Massage Private Yoga Sessions, Massage, Medical Massage

Healing Light Yoga and Massage

medical massage therapy yoga

Healing Light Yoga and Massage is located in Hollywood at 4036 NE Sandy Blvd., Suite 4, Portland, OR 97212. Hours 9am to 7pm Mon – Fri, Sat, Sun, 9am to 5pm, by appointment only. Call to schedule (503) 724-2755, or schedule online.

Private Yoga Sessions, Massage Therapy, Private Yoga with Focused Massage Therapy, Medical Massage Therapy. Accepted Insurance Plans: Auto Insurance for Motor Vehicle Accidents, Major Medical Insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance, Out of Network Provider.

About Steve Davis and Healing Light Yoga and Massage: 40+ years of experience teaching Yoga and Supreme Ultimate Fist – T’ai Chi Ch’uan. 8+ years of experience teaching and performing Massage Therapy, ten modalities. Healing Light Yoga is an integration of Royal Yoga, Supreme Ultimate Fist, Dance, Climbing, and Posture Alignment. Massage Therapy is an integration of Swedish, Deep Tissue, Structural Alignment, Zen Shiatsu, Traditional Thai, Chinese including Acupressure, Tui Na, Sports, Medical, Hot Stone, Ice.

*Chair only, clothed only
**Table or Mat, clothed or draped only
***Medical Massage Therapy, by Prescription only, download prescription form: Prescription form for your doctor
Motor Vehicle Accident PIP claims accepted. Major Medical, Worker’s Compensation. Out of Network provider.

PRESCRIPTION/LETTER OF REFERRAL

THE FOLLOWING PRESCRIBED TREATMENT IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY

Medical Massage Therapy

Medical Massage Therapy: Any of the following Physician’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) procedures and/or modalities, which are within this Therapist’s scope of practice, training, and/or State, and/or Patient’s Insurance Policy regulations, may be used as Therapist deems necessary during any treatment session. Normally four units are allowed per session. One Unit = 15 minutes. Conditions or prescription may require more units.
Therapist’s Procedures and Modalities
97010 Hot/Cold pack Therapy (Hydrotherapy)
97140 Manual Therapy Techniques
97112 Neuromuscular Reeducation
97124 Massage Therapy
97110 Passive/Active Stretching
97799 Unlisted Physical Medicine Rehab Service or Procedure
(By Report)
_____ _______________________________________
_____ _______________________________________
For Physician’s Diagnostic Codes, see prescription form.

Private Yoga and Massage Therapy Sessions

The primary focus in my clinic is to help you to relieve pain, relax, focus, and find your power. If you are experiencing pain, stress, feeling tired, not sleeping well, these and other symptoms may be caused by a problem with your posture.

Healing Light Yoga and Massage is about you and your awareness of your body, mind, spirit, and the world within and around you.

* Learn natural movement with graceful power, speed, and focus through my fusion of YOGA, T’AI CHI CH’UAN,  AND NEUTRAL POSTURE AWARENESS.

* Realize your power, focus your mind, increase energy, and find your purpose in life.

* Increase balance, stamina, strength, flexibility, awareness, relaxation, internal and external power.


Namaste,Steve

Medical Massage Therapy, Private Yoga Sessions

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Healing Light Yoga and Massage

Healing Light Yoga and Massage is located in Hollywood at 4036 NE Sandy Blvd., Suite 4, Portland, OR 97212. Hours 9am to 7pm Mon – Fri, Sat, Sun, 9am to 5pm, by appointment only. Call to schedule (503) 724-2755, or schedule online.

Private Yoga Sessions, Massage Therapy, Private Yoga with Focused Massage Therapy, Medical Massage Therapy. Accepted Insurance Plans: Auto Insurance for Motor Vehicle Accidents, Major Medical Insurance, Workers Compensation Insurance, Out of Network Provider.

About Steve Davis and Healing Light Yoga and Massage: 40+ years of experience teaching Yoga and Supreme Ultimate Fist – T’ai Chi Ch’uan. 8+ years of experience teaching and performing Massage Therapy, ten modalities. Healing Light Yoga is an integration of Royal Yoga, Supreme Ultimate Fist, Dance, Climbing, and Posture Alignment. Massage Therapy is an integration of Swedish, Deep Tissue, Structural Alignment, Zen Shiatsu, Traditional Thai, Chinese including Acupressure, Tui Na, Sports, Medical, Hot Stone, Ice.

*Chair only, clothed only
**Table or Mat, clothed or draped only
***Medical Massage Therapy, by Prescription only, download prescription form: Prescription form for your doctor
Motor Vehicle Accident PIP claims accepted. Major Medical, Worker’s Compensation. Out of Network provider.

PRESCRIPTION/LETTER OF REFERRAL

THE FOLLOWING PRESCRIBED TREATMENT IS MEDICALLY NECESSARY

Medical Massage Therapy

Medical Massage Therapy: Any of the following Physician’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) procedures and/or modalities, which are within this Therapist’s scope of practice, training, and/or State, and/or Patient’s Insurance Policy regulations, may be used as Therapist deems necessary during any treatment session. Normally four units are allowed per session. One Unit = 15 minutes. Conditions or prescription may require more units.
Therapist’s Procedures and Modalities
97010 Hot/Cold pack Therapy (Hydrotherapy)
97140 Manual Therapy Techniques
97112 Neuromuscular Reeducation
97124 Massage Therapy
97110 Passive/Active Stretching
97799 Unlisted Physical Medicine Rehab Service or Procedure
(By Report)
_____ _______________________________________
_____ _______________________________________
For Physician’s Diagnostic Codes, see prescription form.

Private Yoga and Massage Therapy Sessions

The primary focus in my clinic is to help you to relieve pain, relax, focus, and find your power. If you are experiencing pain, stress, feeling tired, not sleeping well, these and other symptoms may be caused by a problem with your posture.

Healing Light Yoga and Massage is about you and your awareness of your body, mind, spirit, and the world within and around you.

* Learn natural movement with graceful power, speed, and focus through my fusion of YOGA, T’AI CHI CH’UAN,  AND NEUTRAL POSTURE AWARENESS.

* Realize your power, focus your mind, increase energy, and find your purpose in life.

* Increase balance, stamina, strength, flexibility, awareness, relaxation, internal and external power.

Namaste!

Awareness, Alignment

Awareness, Alignment = Performance, Supreme Wellness

The two A‘s. Awareness, and Alignment are equally important, and both reinforce each other into a model of Performance and Supreme Wellness.

Two pillars form the model of Performance and Supreme Wellness at Healing Light Yoga and Massage. One pillar is Alignment, to align with gravity, through alignment with neutral posture. And the other pillar is Awareness, to be aware and in the moment, which helps with accurate perception and memory. Both of these pillars work together to support health, well-being, and performance in life.

This will help you in all aspects of your life, to perform well, and to enjoy life. This includes all activities and job descriptions: athlete, actor, actress, singer, dancer, musician, business executive, military, teacher, employee, housewife, student, etc.

Awareness

We work together to achieve awareness of the present moment, to improve your perception, memory, and awareness of all, especially the gravity line in proper posture alignment.

Alignment

We  work together to achieve improvement in your neutral posture alignment. This is done through posture assessment, and then a structured program will be designed for you to help you achieve neutral posture alignment.

Method of two pillars – Alignment, Awareness

My method is a fusion of many different disciplines with long years of experience into my own proprietary method of achieving results in cognitive improvement of accurate perception, memory, and structural alignment, leading to improved performance in all aspects of your life.

Present Moment Course

Being in the present moment will improve perception and memory skills.

Method of Present Moment Course

Learn to be in the moment, through clearing the mind.  Methods include: sound, music, singing, words, actions, movement, according to the learning needs of each person.

Structural Alignment

First, we will do a posture assessment, then have you stand behind a plumb line and take four photos comparing your posture to the Skeletal System Chart. The photos are optional. They will show a baseline in which to compare your progress as we work together over time. The photos are private, just between you and me. If you don’t want any photos taken, that’s OK.

The Skeletal System, Awareness, Alignment
The Skeletal System, Awareness, Alignment

Here is the plumb line at my studio, for posture assessment through observation, and optional photos taken at intervals.

Healing Light Yoga and Massage Studio, plumb line, posture assessment, awareness, alignment
Healing Light Yoga and Massage Studio, plumb line, posture assessment, awareness, alignment

Healing Light Kata

Next, we will do some movement exercises, which I have developed. I have ten sets of these exercises, which are a fusion of Yoga, Ta’i Chi Ch’uan, and Posture exercises. Each set takes about five to ten minutes to perform, once learned. They are designed to strengthen, align, and balance the musculature around the joints and align the body properly into neutral posture.

Massage Therapy

After that, we can do a focused Massage Therapy Session, based on any restrictions that we have found in your postural balance, to help increase range of motion, reduce and eliminate any pain, and improve your performance.

The Massage Therapy Session may include ten modalities, a fusion of Structural Alignment, Zen Shiatsu, Chinese, including Acupressure and Tui Na, Traditional Thai, Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports, Medical, Hot Stone, and Ice.

Make an appointment, and we can discuss it! No charge to come in and talk!

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Four Sessions

I suggest scheduling four sessions, once per week, and see how your progress is at the end of the four weeks. We will take posture photos at the first session, and again at the fourth session. Of course, the photos are optional. Then we can decide whether the work is done, or keep going.

Does it work? Yes, it does! Check out the many testimonials from my clients.

Testimonials

Here are all the necessary forms, or just make an appointment, and you can fill out the Client Intake form when you arrive, and sign the Studio Policy form. It’s very simple, straightforward, just how I have designed it.

There is also a Physician’s Prescription and Letter of Referral Form for insurance billing.

History

The Present Moment Course is something that I have been working on my entire life, but especially since January 1993, more than 21 years ago.

Here is a photo from that time, when I visited my late friend Abhi Bhattacharya, the famous Indian actor and long-time friend, personal secretary, and worldwide travel companion of our late mutual friend, Sri Dadaji (Amiya Roy Chowdhury).

Steve Davis and Abhi Bhattacharya, at Abhi's flat in Bombay (Mumbai), India, February 1993, with photos of Dadaji. Awareness and Alignment
Steve Davis and Abhi Bhattacharya, at Abhi’s flat in Bombay (Mumbai), India, February 1993, with photos of Dadaji.

At that time, I went to India to study North Indian Classical Music for the voice and bansuri (bamboo flute).

I studied bansuri with Pandit Malhar Kulkarni, one of the finest artists on bansuri, at that time in his late 70’s. He did not speak very much English. He taught Indian Classical Music the way that it has been taught by rote for hundreds of years, with very little of it written down. The student must follow the teacher, and repeat what is being played.

At first I could only repeat seven or eight notes, and this really frustrated me, as I had traveled eight thousand miles, and spent thousands of dollars to be there to learn this music from the bansuri master. After three weeks of daily lessons and practicing five to six hours per day, I was able to remember 30 to 35 notes without error.

Steve Davis playing Bansuri
Steve Davis playing Bansuri

I also had intensive voice lessons in Calcutta (Kolkata) with different teachers, studying both North Indian Classical Music and Rabinadranath Tagore (Rabindrasangeet) songs.

Steve Davis singing with accompaniment on Tanpura
Steve Davis singing with accompaniment on Tanpura

The trip lasted about three months. Upon my return, my business with teaching and outfitting high climbers on radio towers and antennae for the US Government started to take off, and I started more international travel. Over the next seven years, I traveled to 18 countries around the world, and studied ten languages to help me communicate with the climbers and others in the countries I was visiting.

Steve Davis at Voice of America Relay Station, Udorn, Thailand, at the Hammerhead, 450 feet.
Steve Davis at Voice of America Relay Station, Udorn, Thailand, at the Hammerhead, 450 feet.
Steve Davis at Voice of America Relay Station, Udorn, Thailand, Spreader Bar view from the Hammerhead, 450 feet.
Steve Davis at Voice of America Relay Station, Udorn, Thailand, Spreader Bar view from the Hammerhead, 450 feet.

I discovered that I could repeat anything anyone said or did, and that I remembered it later without problems of recall.

Steve Davis in January 1998
Steve Davis in January 1998

What I determined is that the music practice had opened a door in my awareness. This door, once opened, always remains open.

Over time, my skills have steadily increased. When I went back to school to study to become a Licensed Massage Therapist, I ended up with a 4.0 GPA the last two terms. The first term was rough, as I had not been in school for 22 years. I studied advanced courses, Asian track, 801 hours, graduating from East West College of the Healing Arts in March 2006 with a 3.5 GPA.

Over the years, I have been incorporating this knowledge in my yoga classes to help others.

I think you will find that being in the present moment will bring a profound and lasting, positive change to your life.

Namaste,
Steve

Steve Davis in May 2014, Kauai, Banyan Tree.
Steve Davis in May 2014, Kauai, Banyan Tree.

My Dad

Backcountry Exploration and Natural Beauty – a tribute to my dad

My dad was an explorer, back-country adventurer, and he loved the wilderness, wildlife, and nature. He was also a highly skilled doctor who cared very much about all of his patients, a family physician, MD, general practitioner.

My Dad passed away in April, and last weekend we held a memorial in his honor.

I miss him very much, and we were very close.

Exploring the wilderness, mountains, streams, wild rivers, mountain lakes, and back country was very different back in the 50’s and 60’s.

We would usually go out into the back country for about a week. We traveled fast, and very light, much lighter than hikers and backpackers today. We did not have a tent, or stove.  We did sometimes put up a lean-to. We drank water from streams and snow melt.

We often hiked about 10 to 13 miles per day, sometimes more, and climbed the highest mountains in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Sometimes, we traveled cross-country without any trail, fording rivers, and climbing up and down steep ridges that were a couple thousand feet high. And we did traverses of steep glaciers, scree, and climbed steep faces of rock, snow-capped mountains, whatever was necessary to travel to our destination. All this was done without any GPS or cell phone.

We used our natural sense to read the terrain, and we had map and compass. Often, the maps were inaccurate. So we used compass and line of sight to landmarks, followed streams, used celestial navigation if available, and if not, just used our natural sense of direction.

What I learned then has stayed with me, evolved and refined over the years, and it has influenced how I view health, healing, vitality, fitness, and life. I have much to say, but I will let these photos and music tell this story for now.

I produced a film from images – mostly transparencies –  that were mostly shot by him, with some by me, and set it to three of my original songs as a tribute to my dad. It runs just under nine minutes. It should open up without any problem on your computer, tablet, or phone.

A tribute to my Dad – James Elijah Davis, M.D.

It may give a sense of the beauty that we experienced. My hope is that this natural beauty and wildlife must be preserved so that others can experience it, and nature can remain strong, including all of us and wildlife.

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Healing Light Yoga

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This is a post to explain what it is that I do, why I named my business Healing Light Yoga and Massage many years ago, and what it means.
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Healing Light Yoga and Massage

is about you and your awareness of your body, mind, spirit, and the world within and around you.

* Learn natural movement with graceful power, speed, and focus through my fusion of YOGA, T’AI CHI CH’UAN, AND NEUTRAL POSTURE AWARENESS.

* Realize your power, focus your mind, increase energy, and find your purpose in life.

* Increase balance, stamina, strength, flexibility, awareness, relaxation, internal and external power.

Healing Light Yoga refers to the healing power of the sun. It is said that one can gaze at the sun safely when it is touching or below the horizon. This happens at sunrise and sunset. At other times of the day, it is not safe to look directly at the sun for long periods of time.

It is said that gazing at the sun in this manner is safe and it is an ancient healing practice, in Ayurveda, and in my opinion, it was also known in long-forgotten cultures.

My recommendation for healing any disorder is to be outside in the sun, relax, and drink pure water. Keep a peaceful mind. The rays of the sun will purify and heal the body. The water will flush and clean the body. The mind will relax, and the life-giving power of the sun and water will lift the spirit, cleanse the body of impurities, and heal disease processes.

Healing is a lifelong interest of mine and a topic that I will return to later with more comments. I make no guarantees that this will work, of course!

Namaste,

Steve

 

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Assessment of Posture and Musculoskeletal Balance Course, Mod 1
Brief Bio and CV of Steve Davis, Instructor
02;15 minutes, seconds

Test your attention span against the goldfish!

Road to Neutral Posture, Power of Performance, and Supreme Wellness, one step at a time.

Summary:

Call me at (503) 724-2755 or schedule an appointment online. See above. Choose A or B. After B, we can determine your Treatment Plan, and schedule your next session or group of sessions.

What I do is help people to increase accurate perception, memory, straighten their bodies, and come into neutral posture, through my Present Moment Program. This has many benefits. I call these benefits Power of Performance, and Supreme Wellness.

Concepts. Awareness, Alignment, Balance, and Movement, leading to Power of Performance, Supreme Wellness.

Present Moment Program: Posture Assessment, Posture Photos, Gait Analysis, Movement Analysis, Healing Light Kata instruction, Focused Massage Therapy (optional).

Progress is measured by baseline comparison through photos and video of each session, using the plumb line photos as a baseline comparison, and also to see movement documented through the videos of each session. In addition, you can learn the Healing Light Kata much faster by being able to see the videos of each session.

The Healing Light Kata is a form that I have developed over many years of dedicated work. Kata means form in the Japanese language. Healing Light means the light and healing power of the sun.

It is a fusion of yoga, Supreme Ultimate Fist, and posture exercises that I have invented, refined and polished into a diamond state over many years. Supreme Ultimate Fist is also known as T’ai Chi Ch’uan.

The Healing Light Kata is designed to bring a person into neutral posture and awareness of the gravity line, for optimal efficiency in balance, alignment, movement, all functions of performance, wellness, and especially to increase accurate perception and memory, in line with the Present Moment Program goals.

The Focused Massage Therapy is recommended, and it will help you to progress much faster, than without it.

There are 3 Tracks. Track 1 documents each session with photos and video. You will have your own private, password-protected page on my website to view the photos and videos of your sessions.

Track 1. This is the best track. It costs twice as much as Track 2 because it takes me at least twice as long to work with the photos, videos, write up your analysis, create and maintain your private password-protected page. Video especially is very labor-intensive and time-consuming. This information will yield outstanding benefits to you, and help you to attain rapid progress in the program goals.

You have the opportunity to learn the system and progress much faster with the photos, videos, written analysis, and your own private password-protected page.

In addition, if you sign a Model Release, I will give you a 10% discount. This will allow me to include your case history to help others, including health care professionals, to learn more about this important work. The discount will be applied after completion of at least 4 sessions.

Track 2 is the same as Track 1, but with no photos, no video, no written analysis, and no private password-protected page. You will have to learn everything while you are in session. There is no opportunity to view photos or videos of the sessions.

Track 3 is for Medical Massage Therapy, by Physician’s Referral and Prescription Form only, billed to your insurance company. Time of each session: one hour.

GOALS. Attain and maintain Neutral Posture, Power of Performance, and Supreme Wellness.

Here is the road in more detail. Hope to see you soon! Steve