Regeneration Springs

Donna Caire is a Licensed Massage Therapist in Louisiana (LMT #3773) specializing in abdominal and pelvic massage therapy. I am also an approved continuing education provider for the state of Louisiana (LAP#0164). My interest in massage therapy began in 2004 when I first learned about abdominal massage through Dr. Rosita Arvigo's workshops on spiritual healing and self-care. Dr. Arvigo, a student and apprentice to Don Elijio Panti, a Maya shaman in Belize from whom she learned the intricate art of healing through abdominal massage and indigenous herbs, offered a truly different approach toward healing through faith in the body's innate ability to keep us healthy, happy and whole. I was so profoundly transformed by those experiences that I decided to become a massage therapist so I could pursue certification in The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy, receiving my education in Belize and the United States from Dr. Arvigo. Part of my training included instruction in the ancient art of spiritual baths and healing and I advanced to become certified as a Self-Care Teacher for the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy.

To further my understanding of the anatomy of the visceral organs, I completed all 6 levels of visceral manipulation from the Barral Institute in 2008. I continued on with Nerve Manipulation and had the opportunity to study directly with Dr. Barral and Dr. Crobier when they came to New Orleans to present Manual Articular Approach: Spine and Pelvis in July, 2010.

I have taken 2 levels of Craniosacral therapy through the Upledger Institute. I also participated in a profound learning experience when I took a class offered in the Bahamas through the Upledger Institute that combined the healing work of water and dolphins with craniosacral therapy.

In 2009 I began receiving training from the Chi Nei Tsang Institute in Oakland, California - a Chinese abdominal massage that utilizes 5 intelligences of the body to heal. I have continued to study this work and it continues to inform my work.

I have attended three advanced workshops with the Arvigo Institute: 2 Women's Health Intensives which included fertility protocols and advanced training in Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy and a cadaver workshop at the Laboratories of Anatomical Enlightenment in Westminster, Colorado that allowed me to observe and interact with the internal organs and structures of the human body.

I continue to study and bring what I learn back to my practice, visiting and updating my work with Rosita Arvigo, Gilles Marin and Dr. Barral. All four disciplines (including cranial sacral) believe in the innate ability of the body to heal itself and whose focus is to "awaken a little something" so the body can harmonize and come into balance.

Most recently I have been introduced to another organ, the BRAIN! I have taken Levels I-III through the Chickly Institute and it took me to another level with the body. All this attention on the abdominal organs had me ignoring the brain, but it is as important as the rest of our organs in orienting ourselves in the world. I have also taken his lymphatic courses, primovascular and fluid rhythms of the body.

Over the past two years I have had the incredible opportunity to study with Matthew Wood, an herbalist, in an intensive that combined herbal treatment with the viscera (my favorite subject) and with Phyllis Light, a 4th generation Appalachian healer. This year I revisited my studies with Stephen Buhner, author of the expansive book The Secret Teaching of Plants in June. He has developed a new workshop to further open our understanding of plants through the study of their nervous systems and intelligences so that we can more easily perceived their medicinal nature, as well as our own!

As a youngster, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in English(1976) and a Master of Arts in counseling (1980) from The University of Oregon.

Website Address
www.regenerationsprings.com