Wild Poppy Healing Arts
dedicated to the ancient healing art of Stone Medicine provided by highly trained Licensed Massage Therapists
What to Expect
A Stone Medicine treatment session consists of hot/chilled stone massage, with the client lying on a massage table and draped at all times with a sheet and blanket. Heated and chilled stones are moved and placed on the client, to achieve deep relaxation and balance, improve circulation and lymph flow, reduce pain, soften muscle tissue, release tention & knots and reduce swelling & inflammation.
Also known as geothermal therapy, a session is individualized to address the specific heath issues of the client, and may include aromatherapy with essential oils or the smoke of white sage leaves and sweetgrass, sound healing with drum, water or rattle, and time to reflect together after the treatment.
Healing Hands, a hands-on healing practice similar to Reiki, can be incorporated into a session or be the sole focus of a treatment session.
Each treatment session is individualized to address the specific health needs of the client.
Stone Medicine seeks to treat each client, not as fragmented, but as a whole person with a spirit, body, heart and mind.
Lineage
Stone Medicine, the wellness practice we offer is taught by Jenny Ray, who was trained in her family's traditions. Her family, the Thompson Family, is part of the Bear Clan, and the Stone Walkers Society, of the Santee Dakota Tribe of the Sioux Nation.
Jenny and her father Chas (Charles) Thompson worked tirelessly with Tribal and Inter-tribal councils on Pine Ridge Reservation, to decide what specific parts of this tradition could be shared outside of the Reservation in the modern world and what could be taught to non-Native people.
I have had the privilege of studying with Jenny Ray in her home state of Washington and with those she has trained as teachers of this tradition at Cedar Stone School of Massage in Harrisonburg, VA. The 15 month program I completed in 2019 prepared me to be a Certified Stone Walker in the Stone Medicine tradtion. I later became trained as a teacher as well. See "Classes" to learn more.