About the owner

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“The power of my work is about presence.”

Linda Jurca (she/her)

Modalities of experience:
- sacred lomi
- malie lomi
- warm bamboo
- gua sha
- swedish relaxation
- deep tissue
- neuromuscular therapy
- myofascial release
- trigger point work
- structural integration
- sports massage
- injury treatment
- orthopedic massage
- restorative Yoga
- prenatal massage
- craniosacral therapy
- shiatsu
- meditation
- breathwork
- muscle testing
- energywork
- chakra/meridian balancing

Training In Progress:
- integrative trauma training
- shiatsu mentoring

Creations In Progress:
- restorative Yoga classes
- trauma informed Yoga classes

Education:

  1. Prenatal Bodywork Certification with Swans Perinatal Services indicating advanced knowledge and skill, Woodinville, WA

  2. Somatic Abolitionism 12-Month Study Group with Karine Bell and author of My Grandmother’s Hands Resmaa Menakem at Rooted

  3. Certified Gravity Yoga Teacher with Yoga Teacher’s College

  4. Certified Breath Coach, with Yoga Teacher’s College

  5. Advanced Sacred Lomi (Hawaiian Temple Bodywork) with Tom Cochran, Seattle, WA

  6. Warm Bamboo with Abby Cicirelli, Edmonds, WA

  7. Malie Lomi with Abby Cicirelli, Edmonds, WA

  8. Ayurvedic Abhyanga Massage with Nickole Thornton, Seattle, WA

  9. Reiki Master with Mitra Politi, Seattle, WA

  10. Yoga Teacher Training, with Monica Anglucci, Prague, CZ

  11. Touch for Health Level IV with Richard Ahrens, Seattle, WA

  12. Orthopedic Massage Certification with Whitney Low, Seattle, WA

  13. Massage Therapy Extended 1,000 Hour Program, Cortiva Institute, Seattle, WA

WA LMP License MA60284682

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I’ve been a massage therapist since 2012, a Yoga Instructor since 2009, a Reiki healer since 2000 and a certified breath coach since 2019. I focus on unraveling the overstimulated nervous system to promote safety and trust in the body. Your body is a map and storage house of every experience you have ever had. It carries deep ancestral memories and DNA potential. It’s your way of navigating the world; like experiencing a sunset, holding your child or eating your favorite meal. So many of us carry repressed and trapped emotions within multiple areas of our bodies, without even knowing it. In fact, we can go for years, even decades, completely oblivious to the blocked energy our muscles are holding on to. This repressed energy is responsible for countless ailments, postural deviations, and chronic health conditions that cause us great suffering.

Sensations in the body give rise to context which give rise to emotions. I would like to shed light on becoming aware of the initial stages of sensation in the body and create a safe space to feel without resistance or to relax around the state of resistance for integration rather than suppression/repression. Consciousness is not separate from the body. We feel the extension of this when we experience stress from negative thoughts and forget to fully breathe. Our bodies are adapting and evolving at the rate which we surrender into them. I approach the body with reverence for inside is a whole universe in constant evolution and connection to source. In an unconditionally loving, safe, intentional environment with flowing nurturing movements, the body and soul are supported to release, transform and allow the infusion of divine energy. To be present with ourselves and our environment activates the light within all.

The power of my work is about presence. Yes I have a wide range of technical training I pull from, but my intention with that is to be present or bare witness to each unique and sensory oriented human on a communal journey of processing an interconnected world. My goal is to assist in regulating your nervous system to help recover authenticity to self. If authenticity has ever threatened attachment/survival; you’ve most likely had to unknowingly disconnect from yourself and on some level even replaced this with hypervigilance. My presence simply reminds you of your divinity through the embodying of Aloha (unconditional acceptance). Sacred Lomi (one of my favorite offerings), especially awakens spirit within the body by unraveling deep ancestral and childhood patterning, dislodging detrimental cellular memories and replacing with pure light and Aloha. Through this sacred Hawaiian passed down lineage, I focus on embracing the whole being (physical, emotional, energetic) into integration through the sacred touch of the ancient healing art of lomilomi and my intuitive sensitivities in the realm of energy healing. One gift in this work lies in nonverbal processing and the entrance into a trance like meditative state bypassing the thinking mind and entering the heart space. It can mimic a floating in water sensation. Our sessions act like a homecoming to your higher self. In the shamanic sense, a calling back of all that is yours and releasing what no longer serves. This process allows for the authentic self and soul energy to return to ‘pono’, full alignment. 

A little about your practitioner… my family and I escaped from Prague, Czech Republic when I was only 5yrs old and arrived in the US to start from scratch.  It allowed me to grow up with 2 cultures and revealed how important it is to not exclude people based on differences. We are already so connected by the air we breathe and the Earth we walk on. Making space for all cultures and ethnicities has always been a value I hold dear. We all have a story to share and a body, heart and soul to listen curiously with. When we fully realize our true interconnectedness, our somatic approach can soften. I know it’s a journey of heart-oriented ongoing evolution, but one I am dedicated to uphold and continuously be held responsible for.

I am proud to spread the rich lineage of Hawaii. I welcome all ages and diverse backgrounds and look forward to holding sacred space for you. Together we can guide the body into its natural harmonic state.

“The way we hold and move our bodies reflects a history of perception patterns, thoughts about the world, mental maps charting territory inside and outside the body, as well as movement patterns and the reactions we received from them. The flesh has embodied our mental and emotional history, and as long as it is alive it provides lessons and even opportunities to find freedom and understanding from mental confusion.” Richard Freeman