Tamara Felix

Tamara Felix, PhD CMHt LMT
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Tamara first received the healing services of Massage Therapy, Reiki and HypnoTherapy in the early 1990s, during a time she was faced with a life-threatening illness.She passionately believes these therapies "literally saved my life!"She was so intrigued with the work and its miraculous healing nature, she had to know more.She took her First Degree Reiki class in 1993 when her massage therapist earned his Reiki Master, and her life began to change.She was intrigued with her massage therapist's lifestyle and independence as a business owner in private practice.She relished the idea of how wonderful life would be if she could dedicate hers to making people feel as wonderful as she felt after treatments, and in assisting people in their natural healing abilities to recover from illness and injuries.

Enjoying a much healthier and comfortable body (and full recovery), she was convinced the life change from stressful paralegal to massage therapist was the right path for her.She received her massage therapy training at East--West College of the Healing Arts in Portland, Oregon, passed the Oregon State Board examinations as a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) in the summer of 1995, and graduated from East--West in December 1995.She continued her post-graduate education in a variety of specialized bodywork and hypnotherapy.She continued her hypnotherapy education at the American Academy of Clinical Hypnosis, earning her Master of Arts degree in 1997.

By the time she had graduated from massage school in 1995, she already had a great clientele base as the official massage therapist for the Portland Opera, providing seated massage at rehearsals to outcall services for the traveling singers and staff.In February of 1996, she began renting space in a medical office, and added medical massage to her services, which began a whole new focus in her career and continuing education.Within months, her medical massage practice grew to full time.

In 1999 a life-long dream was realized due to her success-she flew to China to study at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and interned at a Shanghai hospital in the pediatric department providing massage therapy to infants and children.The following year, she studied Traditional Mayan Medicine in the Yucatan with a doctor she met and befriended while studying in China.

Tamara is in private practice in Hillsboro, Oregon, offering hypnotherapy, medical massage and a variety of specialized cash discount services; and currently working on her doctorate in theology.

Approved by OBMT, AMTA and NCBTMB, and taught by the author, Tamara Felix, PhD, LMT 5352, NCBTMB 450220-06.