Free Gathering Event
Sunday, June 28
4pm - 5pm
Gather at Duluth Lakewalk
Pedestrian Bridge between 17th and 18th Ave East
Bring stones you wish to thank and return to the Lake

For all who have befriended and collected stones from Lake Superior - for healing, contemplation, or the marking of memories. We will gather to thank these stones for being present in our lives, and to send our good intentions and imprints of love, friendship, and healing for the Lake. Come to share your “stone story”, to meditate, and to bless and thank these stones in community as we return them to Lake Superior.

4pm - Gather and walk down to stone beach
The sharing of “stone stories” in community

4:30pm - Meditation with the stones

4:45pm - Blessing and Returning of stones to Lake Superior

Science is now confirming that our bodies and very cells are made up of particles and waves of energy. From the electro-magnetic energy fields that surround our body, to the forces which propell our blood, nervous system messages, and emotional responses to trauma, stress, or memory - we are just beginning to understand how the body can organize and heal itself at the cellular and quantum level.

I have known for some time now, that at some point in my career as a holisitic practitioner, that I would make the shift from practicing massage, to exclusively offering Energy Healing. And I believe that the time is right now, as it is now more than ever for so much of the world. It’s now time for all of us to begin to honor, explore, and practice our own “deepest intents” and to do these things in service to the world.

A Peaceful Touch Healing Arts will now be focusing exclusively on the Energy Healing Arts.

More specifically, I will be practicing Reiki, Acupressure, and Reflexology. As well, as I continue to learn them through continuing education, I will also give my clients the opportunity to experience sessions of Zero Balancing (which I recommend highly to musicians and singers!) and Polarity Therapy.

I am also gearing up to offer many classes and workshops on Reiki healing this year in Duluth (and possibly one or two classes in Minneapolis).

More and more, I have seen the wonderful healing shifts on all levels (mind, body, and spirit), that my clients are experiencing as a result of energy healing bodywork. I will now be dedicating my time to assisting those who come to me - who are committed to their own physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being and awakening.

It is truly a joy to be honoring this - my deepest intent - and to be stepping into unknown realms of healing and transformation as a practitioner. For all of you who have not yet experienced any of the energy healing therapies, I highly encourage you to try! I offer (as always) a First Reiki Session Special of $30 for a one-hour treatment.

My father often jokes to me that I live in the “frozen north” whenever I speak of my life in Minnesota. Now that I’m in Duluth, he sometimes uses the phrase - “The Arctic Circle” - when referring to the Northland area of Minnesota.

All kidding aside, winter can be very stressful, and there are many more reasons to keep our body, mind, and spirit relaxed and nurtured. We stay inside.. a lot! Bacteria and viruses can thrive in closed-in spaces. We aren’t getting as much Vitamin D from the sun (a vital immune building element). Many of us load up on holiday feasts. Moreover, lots of us have varying degrees of seasonal affective disorder in winter, affecting our moods. Even our aches and pains that we could easily handle in spring or summer can have a greater effect on our well-being and immune systems in winter.

Me personally, I take some time out to receive a few more Reiki treatments in winter. Reiki is a hands-on energy healing technique that is gentle, non-invasive, and at the same time very profound. I liken it to a “massage for the inner organs and the soul” as warm, radiant energy surrounds the body and is channeled through the Reiki practitioner’s hands to vital energy systems of the body.

Reiki has been shown to enhance the immune system and can act as an compliment to the healing of nearly any physical or emotional ailment. For more information on the research conducted on Reiki and it’s healing benefits, visit The International Center for Reiki Studies page on the Healing Research that has been conducted.

If you are interested in trying Reiki, I offer a First Reiki Session discount, where you can enjoy a session for half price. It’s a great way to treat yourself at an affordable price, and treat your mind, body, and spirit to some internal healing. For more information, visit the Reiki Page at A Peaceful Touch Healing Arts.

Give the gift of relaxation to someone you love this holiday season. From now until December 21, 2008, all gift certificates for massage and bodywork are $10 off!

For the serious gift giver, if you purchase a 4-pack of sessions as a gift for someone else, you will receive a FREE 60 minute massage and bodywork gift certificate for yourself!

Gift certificates are available for online purchase, or you may call 218-348-6387 to reserve yours. You may choose to have gifts sent to you via email (print them on your favorite holiday paper), or sent to you via postal mail (or pick them up at your next session!).

For more information and to purchase gift certificates, select your gift on the drop down menu on the right sidebar, or Click Here!

*Offer valid on Gift Certificates purchased by 12/21/2008. Gift Certificates are valid for up to one year.

Duluth has welcomed me with open arms, and so I now welcome you! For the Grand Opening of A Peaceful Touch Healing Arts in Duluth, I am offering these things:

• An Open House on Friday, November 21, from 7-9pm (10 E. Superior St, Suite 209 - Above Electric Fetus) : Come for tea and treats. Enjoy massage and Reiki demonstrations, hands and feet massages, and participate in a Stone Reiki meditation.
• All one-hour sessions and gift certificates are discounted $10 through December 1st!
• Receive a $10 off coupon to use any time when you sign up for my monthly E-Newsletter
• All online newsletter subscribers, as well as open house attendees, are entered into a drawing for one of four(4) FREE half-hour bodywork sessions (drawing on November 21).

It is truly my privilege to be in such a wonderfully vibrant area. The Twin Ports are amazing! I hope to see you at the open house!

From all of my years of working as a massage and bodywork practitioner, I have learned that healing is indeed an ART. When we heal from a body, mind, and spirit perspective, this artfulness is manifested through our very lives. We are more than our aches and pains. We are more than a medical diagnosis. We are more than what we ourselves - as well as others - perceive.

When deciding to move my holistic practice in Duluth, MN, I wanted to create a space that was as unique and heart-felt as the ideals I hold in my personal life. I believe that healing comes about by getting in touch with the core of oneself. Just like emotion, expression, art, and passion, healing comes from a deep place in each one of us. As whole beings, we cannot disconnect our body from our emotions, our mind from our spirit, or our learning from our experience.

My approach to massage, acupressure, and reiki is just like that. It is integrated. It focuses on the whole person, not just a muscle ache, a stressor, or a symptom. As human beings, we experience our life on many levels. Healing should be focused on all of those levels as well. It should be a journey with deep meaning, not just a quick fix.

I hope you enjoy my website, and find it both informative and inspiring. In addition to highlighting my services, I plan to include news, tips, and articles about holistic health and healing through this weblog and sometimes podcast!

Thank you for coming along on this journey with me!

Scott Schumacher

A Peaceful Touch Massage and Bodywork will be moving to Duluth, MN in September of 2008!

From now until August 27, I will be honoring all gift certificates and packages, and will be offering one hour massage sessions for just $45! 90 minute sessions will be only $65! This is my way of saying a tremendous “Thank you” to all of my wonderful clients as I make this move! Prices and schedules are updated with my Online Booking Calendar as well.

Wonderful opportunities have opened for me in Duluth, and I’m very excited for the joys and challenges ahead! Stay tuned to this website for more information as things develop. I will also have a referral list for other massage therapists and Reiki practitioners posted soon!

Peace,
Scott Schumacher, Holistic Practitioner
A Peaceful Touch Massage and Bodywork

I thought I’d share this very inspiring video from India. 14 friends set off on a learning journey on bicycles. The film is part of a film festival and project of Shikshantar: The People’s Institute for Rethinking Education and Development. I hope it inspires you to get on your bike and start an adventure - whatever it may be.

In honor of Earth Day (and the long awaited beautiful Minnesota weather!), for this week only - Earth Week - take an additional $5 off your appointment when you bike, bus, or walk!

Take advantage of this special by booking online, and enjoy a 60 minute session for only $35 - or if you prefer, a 90 minute session for just $55. Break out your bike (if you haven’t already), dust off those bus schedules, or take a great walk. Enjoy savings while your aches and pains are allowed to melt away.

My Minneapolis Uptown office is served by Metrotransit routes 6 (an easy ride from Downtown) and 23 (connects to the Light Rail from the 38th Street Station). As well, I am only six blocks from the Midtown Greenway.

Northfield residents may contact Northfield Transit for weekday curb to curb bus service!

This is my commitment to you - to continually be one of the most Earth-friendly, Earth-and-People conscious bodyworkers in the Twin Cities and Northfield areas! Do yourself and the Earth some good by biking, walking, or taking the bus! I’ll share in that abundance with you, by giving you a great rate!

I truly believe that I have some of the nicest clients and friends in the world! I’m always grateful and humbled when a new client comes to me because a friend recommended me!

Because I am so grateful for this praise, I am changing my discounts for referrals, in order to give back and further “Share in Abundance” with my clients.

Starting now, for all of my existing and previous clients, whenever you refer someone new to me, I’ll send you a coupon for a HALF-PRICE one hour session (a $30 value!). This is my way of saying “thank you” to all of the folks who take the time to tell more people about A Peaceful Touch! I am truly grateful and humbled!