I came to Mai for an Initial Consult for Cranial Sacral, Visceral and Myofacial Massage Therapy in Mar 2026 when I was working through the last 4 years of back pain, particularly on my L lower lumbar back/paraspinal and L quadratus lumborum. I had a few falls from snowboarding on my L glute and sacrum that perhaps triggered the back pain initially. Since 2021, I have been using acupuncture/massage therapy/physiotherapy and other modalities to help with treating muscle tightness. The issue is that, I would get short-term relief when I needed it in my lower back, but it would arise again after a week due to stressors, such as work tightening my psoas muscles, sitting way too long at work with sedentary typing/office work, as well as growing older in life with more emotional stress/life stressors. In January 2026, my back pain and L side became really tight and I had to take time off work to relax my nervous system, and rehab myself with a vagus nerve reset. I also knew there was a spiritual component as to why my body is holding energy/stress and manifesting as back pain - after 4 years of dealing with this and not improving, but getting worse with stress. I felt the whole of the L side was not moving well; feeling very compressed in my L hip/lower back/obliques and R chest/pec getting tight to compensate for the L side tightness. Mai assessed me in Mar 2026 and what a great initial assessment. She provided such an informative and spiritually moving session in terms of really knowing why my L side was holding all this energy/tightness. She is a great assessor - she noted a ligament that I have never heard of (Ligament of Treitz), which was very tight and pulled the fascia/viscera on the L side. She worked on it to release it with a very long hold. What a patient and kind therapist! Her release made a massive shift to my L side to release and for me to receive space to recover. It was an immediate shift after the session. Mai is also in tune to energy/spirit and body work. She also explained how my L side may be holding on to trauma from the past or emotional things that were put onto me from a young age or during a pivotal time around age 29 years old. She gave me things to reflect on and how my relationships are affecting how I am holding energy/emotions, which ultimately my body will hold the score. Her insight helps me put things together that I didn't realize I was holding onto and creating a trauma loop in my body. And then with intention and reflection, I consciously let things go. It has helped in my life journey of letting things go to open up my L side. Mai has spoken to me that it is because I am open and willing to look at myself that it makes her job in assisting my body to open up so much easier. I go to Mai every month, whenever I can get in with her, as she's so popular! Every session is just full of collaborative work with her to unearth what my body is trying to tell me in terms of why it's holding on to trauma/energy. I can feel where she is pulling when she works on my energy field, this is without her touching that area of my body! The benefit is that Mai will tell me what she finds from an energetic level, fascia/muscle work, if you are open to it and ask her. I take what she says, reflect/meditate on it during my own Yin Yoga sessions. I have epiphanies as to why my body is holding onto things and what I need to release subconsciously that I am holding on to or to make changes day to day. I found out from my sessions with Mai, I have a lot of generational and ancestral trauma that was placed on me at a very young age. It is holding on my L side, the feminine side of the body. It's up to me to notice it when my L muscles/fascia act up, to reflect what is going on to let go and not let it take over my L side of the body anymore. I have realized the L side tightness has become more of a warning system/indicator of stress to emotions/stress of doing too much for others, not having good boundaries, and not speaking up for myself and ignoring myself. This will be a lifelong work for me to learn, but I now know and can equip myself to change, have better boundaries and self-care so my body doesn't take the score anymore on my L side. Ultimately, Mai's sessions are just full of impact and change on a physical body, energy and spiritual level. She is such an intuitive healer on all 3 aspects, and she is continuing to grow in her modalities in healing and to continue to explore to add to her healer toolbelt with mediumship and shaman work. It is a mark of a great healer when they are continually evolving and adding skills to their tool belt. This is Mai through and through. It is truly wonderful to work with someone who also works on a spiritual level and collaborates. I am always honored to attend Mai's sessions and get insight to walk away with per session that I need to work on or listen to. If you are willing to be released from a muscular/ligament/fascia level and open to getting insight on spiritual/energy level what may be impacting you too, Mai is your therapist :) Thank you Mai! Looking forward to our next session! Teresa