Courtney Dack-Barnes RMT

Courtney Dack-Barnes RMT Registered Massage Therapist with a special interest in Craniosacral Therapy. Direct billing and onl

Yes! So true! Everyone just worry about staying safe and helping our neighbors! 💚
07/22/2021

Yes! So true! Everyone just worry about staying safe and helping our neighbors! 💚

Our clinic is located in Nakusp, but our Community reaches so much farther than that. Our hearts are aching for our patients who are currently evacuated, or are being threatened by evacuation. Please let your appointment commitments be the last thing on your mind - we understand if you don't arrive or contact us beforehand. Know our entire community is standing with you through this. If you are in need of supplies, help, or direction, there is a Recovery Center set up at the Nakusp arena. A wonderful team of volunteers is available to help in so many ways. 🌿

Canceling Canada Day is NOT cancel culture. It is a day of MOURNING with our indigenous brothers and sisters for the 150...
07/01/2021

Canceling Canada Day is NOT cancel culture. It is a day of MOURNING with our indigenous brothers and sisters for the 1505 grave sites of children at canadian residential schools that have been found so far, and this is only the beginning. It is a day of LISTENING, true listening, listening to understand the pain they went through and the subsequent generational trauma that has resulted. It is a day for REFLECTION about what the meaning of Canada day really is and to stand in SOLIDARITY with our indigenous people. 🧡

We have had several requests for suggestions as to what to do on July 1 if you are looking for alternatives to celebrating a history founded on colonialism and the intentional and organized destruction of Indigenous Peoples and their cultures. Here are several suggestions:

1. Go to the water. As Marilyn James, elder and smum iem Sinixt matriarch, often says: “We are all just big bags of water walking around. When we connect with water, we are connecting with ourselves”. The water is red on the Sinixt map of the təmxÊ·ĂșlaʔxÊ· because water is the blood of all life. Thank the water, spend time with the water, think about the importance of water in sustaining all life and what you can do to protect it for future generations.

2. Spend some time on decolonization. There are multiple lists of materials out there on decolonization. One recommendation: https://www.nahaneecreative.com/products/decolonize-first-a-liberating-guide-and-workbook-for-peeling-back-the-layers-of-neocolonialism. Read, Whose Land is it Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization https://fpse.ca/decolonization_manual_whose_land_is_it_anyway (free & online).

3. Do nothing to celebrate colonialism. Instead, contemplate what actions you can take to come into right relationship with Sinixt təmxÊ·ĂșlaʔxÊ· (territory), water, and other beings in the təmxÊ·ĂșlaʔxÊ·. Spend time with family. Spend time being in gratitude; there is always something to be grateful for. One suggestion is to fill 1 pocket with small items (perhaps those pennies you don’t know what else to do with). Then, every time you feel dissatisfied, move one penny from your pocket. Notice how many times you think about dissatisfaction over gratitude. Decolonization is tough work. Everyone has been colonized, settler and Indigenous alike, so we need to focus on things we can feel grateful for, even while doing the hard work of decolonization.

4. Learn more about Sinixt. Sinixt elder Eva Orr tells an important story of gratitude and Sinixt survival; you can listen to it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FnFH6K4o3s, in the language birthed from this land. Read and listen to the stories in Not Extinct and learn more about the land in which you live. It is alive with stories that have meaning for all of us in the təmxÊ·ĂșlaʔxÊ·. Visit the Blood of Life Collective webpage www.bloodoflifecollective.org. Check out some of the resources on the www.SinixtNation.org website. Check out the map of Sinixt təmxÊ·ĂșlaʔxÊ· and learn more about where you live. Read Paula Pryce’s Keeping the Lakes’ Way (available in most local libraries).

5. Have conversations with friends and family about actions you can take to work towards reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

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Autonomous Sinixt

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412 Broadway Street W
Nakusp, BC
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Tuesday 9am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 7:30pm
Thursday 9am - 6:30pm

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Helping my clients understand what is going on with their body and giving them tools to help themselves is one of my favorite things to do. I love to really hear everything that they want help with and fully address those issues in treatment, but I only see them maybe every few weeks. The real progress happens in teaching them how they got here in the first place and showing them how to get back to their normal.