FARMINGTON – Three downtown Farmington businesses are focusing on healthy living by offering herbal supplements, massage, meditation and other services.
End of the Rainbow herb shop offers supplements, massage and reflexology; Amethyst Health Services provides massage, hypnotherapy, Reiki and aromatherapy; and Source 365 holds classes in yoga, Pilates, meditation and chanting.
Meredith Kendall, who practices Reiki, an ancient healing art designed to help restore energy and balance, brings her services from Amethyst to nursing homes, hospitals and private homes as well as the shop. She said she “wanted a presence downtown” and a way for the group of healers to support one another other.
She named the collaborative center Amethyst because “the color purple and the amethyst crystal represent a search for higher wisdom,” she said Wednesday.
Sharing the space at 161 Front St. are:
• Mick Bransky, marriage and family counselor and professional and life coach, and Betsy Bransky, wellness coach.
• Tim Ketcham, integrative manual therapy massage.
• Joyce Murphy, holistic nurse, healing touch and holistic health planning and education.
• Betsy Robbins, nurse, Reiki and aromatherapy.
• Meredith Kendall, nurse, Reiki.
• Marsha Slaughter, nurse, hypnotherapy.
Starting Sept. 1, Bob Cleveland, licensed massage therapist, will be practicing there.
Several from the group and others also offer classes at the facility in Reiki, holistic self-assessment, journaling and numerology. They will host a western Maine holistic gathering from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the center.
At End of the Rainbow, Sandra Webber rubbed a mud concoction of 62 minerals, 34 herbs and 12 essential oils on a customer’s feet in her shop recently. A licensed massage therapist, Webber provides massage, reflexology, therapeutic tanning, herbs, supplements and personal care products from her new store on Main Street.
She said she moved from Wilton Road for better visibility.
Reflexology, an ancient tradition, is based on the theory that specific pressure points in the feet and hands are paths to healing the body.
Sara Mulvey recently moved into an 1860s farmhouse at 365 Clover Mill Road in Farmington where her business, Source 365, is taking root. A recent graduate from University of Maine at Farmington, she offers classes in yoga, Pilates, meditation, belly dancing and chanting. Licensed massage therapists Erica Connolly and Katie LeBlanc also provide massages in another room.
In back of the house, Mulvey is growing fruits and vegetables and hopes to be able to offer simple salads and juices for clients and students.
She also wants to increase her classroom capacity and eventually take her homestead off the electrical power grid by using sustainable energy technology, she said.
Regarding the business name, Mulvey said, “This is the source for the community to come together” and a place where people can tap their inner source.
She will host a full moon potluck and celebration at the house, 365 Clover Mill Road, Farmington, starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19.
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