Pake Nielson

I started in the Health and Wellness industry working as a Medication Technician with additional training in Emotional Healing, a form of somatic healing that focuses on releasing stagnant emotions and settling hyperactive nervous systems. After working in Rehabilitation, End of life, and Residential Care, I settled into Memory Care where I found great use for Emotional Healing with those living with Alzhimers and Dementia. At the beginning of my second year in Memory Care, I began offering Emotional Healing to the general public and started Blue Foot Healing.

I found that Reiki Healing and Tarot Reading blended beautifully with Emotional Healing's approach, and I began integrating them into my sessions. As a Medication Technician, I quickly became discouraged by the pharmacological approaches to treating chronic illness. Especially those of the nervous system. This led me to take on an internship and later an apprenticeship, with The Herb Shoppe on Mississippi Ave here in Portland Oregon. My mentors and friends, Ann Meyers and Amanda Furbee were among the first of many influential herbalists I would come to know and love as I began cultivating my practice with herbal therapies. I graduated from East West College in the spring of 2023 with an emphasis in Spa Therapies, Structural Bodywork, Thai Massage, Swedish Massage, and Craniosacral Therapy.