Healing Arts Center
The Healing Arts Center is a health and wellness center connected to the shop on the ground floor below the studio on 418 North Main Street. Services are currently offered in a variety of healing arts.
Healing Arts Practitioners
Tonya Keach BS, CBP, RYT, KYTA
Tonya graduated Magna Cum Laude from Illinois State University in 1999 with additional honors in psychology. After working in the field she soon discovered that her passion for empowering clients would take her beyond the scope of traditional social service. She began to seek out other opportunities within the community to help people find inner harmony and wellbeing.
Through her own explorations of alternative health Tonya came to the practice of yoga. Though she had been working with the practice at home for some time, it was not until she started formal study with a teacher did she see how profoundly yoga could affect people’s lives. After only a short while, she realized that her love for yoga was one that she needed to share with others. She completed certification in Prenatal yoga and became a Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher in 2002. Over the years she has developed many classes that assist students in connecting with and honoring their own inner wisdom.
It was also in 2002 that Tonya was first introduced to The BodyTalk System while attending a yoga retreat in Costa Rica. She chose BodyTalk as the one healing arts session that she would indulge in while there because it was a modality she was unfamiliar with, and it was noted, that “profound results can be realized in one session”. Without any major ailments, BodyTalk still changed her life. After years of excitedly telling everyone about her experience, Tonya finally decided to become a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner.
Tonya’s clients have seen improvements in the areas of: arthritis, chronic pain, sleep disturbances, shallow breathing, viruses, scars, and many more. She has taken Modules 1 & 2, Advanced Practical 1 & 2, and Mindscape.
“It is so satisfying to see how BodyTalk has brought together my educational background and passions in life. Through The BodyTalk System I am able to utilize my skills in the most profound ways to help people realize and connect with the healing energy that already resides within themselves.”
For further information or to schedule an appointment contact Tonya at: (309) 830-9341
E-mail: tonyakeach@yahoo.com
Debra Risberg KYTA, RYT, MFA
As well as being the owner and a yoga teacher at Main Street Yoga, Debra is currently offering Yoga Therapy, Ayurvedic counseling, and private yoga instruction. Her Yoga Therapy practice is based on ancient healing systems that include the physical aspects of yoga and Thai Yoga massage, Eastern philosophies and Ayurvedic Medicine. The purpose of which is to open the flow of life energy through the energy meridians and restore health. The sessions are done on a mat on the floor or in a chair and we also often use the wall for support. The 1 to 1.5 hour session is gentle to dynamic flow of stretching, twisting, massaging and supported yoga poses that will relieve tension, increase flexibility and bring about a state of deep relaxation.
Debra has received training from Kam Thye Chow, founder of the Lotus Palm School of Thai Yoga Massage in Montréal, and Paul Weitz of Chicago, a yoga teacher and well known Thai Yoga Therapist. She is a student of Ayurveda and offers consultations.
Debra, a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and former Stress Management Specialist for the Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease, also teaches classes for chronic pain including fibromyalgia and arthritis and works with clients on an individual basis to develop a yoga practice that is tailored to their specific medical and emotional needs. She can be reached by calling Main street Yoga at 309-829-9618 or debra@mainstreetyoga.com
Jeffrey Shoaf NCTMB, NMT
A Nationally Certified Massage Therapist and Body Worker (NCTMB), Jeffrey studied wellness massage and pain management at the North Carolina School of Natural Healing in Asheville, NC. His program included extensive training in Sweedish and deep Tissue Massage, Myofascial Release and Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT). Jeff also received additional instruction in advanced NMT training. Also known as trigger point release, NMT is one of Jeff’s specialities. Trigger points are those contraction knots in the muscle tissue where chronic tension is held, often referring pain to other nearby muscles and joints.
Jeff is also an experienced yoga pratitioner who can help his clients find the appropriate postures and movements to increase the effectiveness and long-term benefits of the bodywork they are receiving. He can be reached by calling (309) 287-0576 or email at jbshoaf@earthlink.net