Therapeutic Services
Community Healing Days Clinic
a subsidized bimonthly clinic for low income folks offering holistic and traditional therapies
Community Healing Days is a low cost sliding scale healing project offering traditional therapies to low income and marginalized folks who are underserved by the public healthcare system.
We prioritise gender minorities & migrant populations.
Our monthly clinics are offered in our studio in the Plateau, and we partner with different organizations across the city and province to make the clinic accessible to specific communities.
Courtney Kirkby
Tiger Lotus Coop
Massage Therapist, Uterine Specialist
Courtney Kirkby is a co-founder of the studio. She is a massage therapist, doula and holistic uterine practitioner and educator. She is an Abdominal Therapist, Mercier Therapist, Peristeam Facilitor, and Fertility Awareness Method practitioner. She works with folks from menarche to menopause, specializing in fertility, menstrual disorders like endometriosis, PCOS and fibroids and perimenopause. Courtney is dedicated to supporting folks at all stages of menstrual health to achieve hormonal balance.
Kathleen Charles
Creative Arts Therapist | Somatic Practitioner
Kathleen (she/they) is a trained creative arts therapist, certified Canadian counsellor and somatic practitioner that has been practicing a trauma-informed approach to creative arts therapy (e.g. art-making, intuitive writing, storytelling, role-play, music exploration, dance/movement) in community with a focus on supporting marginalized populations. They use a combination of creative arts therapy, somatics and humanistic talk-therapy to support individuals and groups in reconnecting to their vulnerable parts, and remembering their own inherent resiliency or sacred resources for navigating life’s many challenges.
Line Godbout
Massage Therapist, Japanese Moxa, Yoga Instructor
Line is a certified yoga teacher (800h), massage therapist in Tuina (1000h) and Japanese moxibustion (Fukaya style). Line’s personal practice includes Neigong-Qigong, Gongfu, Baguazhang and Yoga.
Her treatments are precise, considering the body as a whole, an intelligent vehicle capable of self-regulation. In teaching, Line invites the student to explore, experiment and receive the language of the body, to feel its vital force and its innate potential. She encourages everyone to establish a personal practice and take concrete actions on a daily basis.
Amanda Deckelbaum
Counsellor | Somatic & Mindfulness-Based Practitioner
Amanda Deckelbaum (she/her) is a counsellor based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal with a Master’s in Clinical Counselling Psychology from Naropa University. Her approach integrates mindfulness, somatic awareness, and transpersonal psychology to support individuals in reconnecting to themselves and cultivating a sense of balance and vitality.
She works primarily with women, queer, and gender-expansive people who are seeking to deepen their self-understanding and navigate life transitions with more ease and clarity. Her practice invites slowing down and listening closely to the wisdom of the body, while exploring emotions, patterns, and creative processes that support healing.
In sessions, she draws from mindfulness and body-based approaches to help clients develop greater emotional resilience, confidence, and self-compassion. Rooted in curiosity and presence, her work focuses on creating a collaborative and supportive space where healing unfolds naturally—at a pace that feels right for each person.
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Izzy Holder
Registered Massage Therapist, Yoga Instructor
Driven by a desire to help people discover as much aliveness, freedom and home in their bodies as possible, Izzy practices the ancient techniques of Thai Yoga Massage with an approach of deep listening, following the subtle communication of the body as it speaks its needs. Originally from Aotearoa/New Zealand, she brings with her a way of seeing human health as being intrinsically intertwined with nature, and seeks to help others cultivate a sense of harmony within, as well as with their environment and community. She integrates her training in trauma-informed yoga to equip clients with tools for their self-care baskets. Endlessly fascinated by the mystery and wisdom of the body, she is ever-learning about how our experiences and environment shape how we feel within ourselves, and the capacity of bodywork to support us in coming home to a state of flow.
