Thank you for visiting our site to learn more about us and the work we do through Oakes Healing Arts. We are Jim and Lisa Marie Oakes and have been a team since 1989. Through our partnership in Oakes Healing Arts we offer Massage, Meditation and Yoga in the Rancho Bernardo area of San Diego. We love this community and are grateful to be able to serve our neighbors and friends with this healing work.
Lisa is a California Licensed Massage Therapist, Reiki Master and Guided Meditation facilitator and has been practicing massage since 1997. Offering healing massage, a listening ear and a full heart to each and every client.
Lisa's training includes : Swedish Massage, Tui Na, Deep Tissue and Sports Massage, Chair Massage, Oncology Massage, Gentle Scar Tissue Release Therapy, Energy Work, Reiki, Trigger Point Therapy, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Senior Massage, iRest® Yoga Nidra and many other modalities to allow her to create a customized healing session for each client.
"I am grateful to have been given a gift to be able to feel very intuitively with my hands. It's a great honor and a lot of fun to listen to my hands and intuitively find the tight muscles or the source of energetic imbalance when working with a client." - Lisa
Touch can awaken the healing power of our own bodies by bringing awareness and energy to areas needing attention. Touch reminds us that we are not alone and massage allows our bodies to be free of daily stresses and just BE. This simple act of being present with ourselves can have great benefits, making room for healing, creativity, peace and calm.
Lisa's work is currently focused on serving the Rancho Bernardo community in North County San Diego. CA. She provides in-home and residential care setting visits serving seniors, those working with a cancer diagnosis, either actively in treatment or after treatment and others looking for a therapeutic touch for pain management and relaxation. She also offers Gentle Scar Tissue Release for clients at least 6 weeks after surgery to assist in releasing scar tissue to reduce adhesions and pain. See the pages to the left for your specific interest.
Lisa also works with children. It's amazing how much stress their growing bodies can hold. Releasing these stresses from the body as they move into adulthood frees them to grow without physical baggage from trauma, stress, or growing pains. See my children's page for more information.
Jim began practicing Hatha yoga in 2010 to deal with health issues related to stress and overtraining and was immeditately impressed by the sense of balance and awareness that this practice brought to his life. Practicing and teaching yoga helps him continually re-commit to his life’s purpose – To live with love, integrity, joy, continuously learning, listening, coaching and teaching. Jim listens to, nurtures, and challenges practitioners to support their overall health, recognizing we practice for many different reasons.
Jim also teaches iRest© Yoga Nidra – based on ancient yogic teachings and adapted for the western mind and culture, iRest® is both an educational process that focuses on physical, psychological and spiritual well-being and a meditative path to awakening. When not at work or on the mat, you may find Jim at the beach surfing and bodysurfing, or running and playing with his family.
Please visit the pages to the left to select your area of interest for more information and contact us with any quetions or to schedule your appointment.
We hope to work with you soon!
Peace,
Jim and Lisa Oakes
Affiliations:
California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC)
Associated Body Work and Massage Professionals (ABMP)
Yoga Alliance
iRest® Institute
Oakes Healing Arts 858-472-0959
oakeshealingarts@gmail.com