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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Healing arts practice launches
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
Brianna Lattanzi has been
practicing holistic healing for
11 years 4 since she was 14
years old. Now she is launch-
ing the healing arts prac-
tice Legendary Strategies in
Sisters.
<I had been interested in
learning about it early on. My
grandparents had cancer when
I was young and I wanted to
find ways to make life enjoy-
able for them suffering, but
also for those of us taking
care of them,= she said.
Lattanzi9s mission <is to
cut back the pill pandemic and
the way we handle mental and
physical issues that arise with
holistic remedies and showing
my clients that their brain is
the best pharmacy they could
ever use.=
The holistic healing pros-
pect is basically the practice
of traditional Chinese medi-
cine, or Eastern medicine. It
uses a lot of meridian therapy
and acupressure and energy
work. She primarily works
through pressure areas in the
body, as well as through the
feet. According to the Mayo
Clinic, <reflexology is the
application of pressure to
areas on the feet& the theory
behind reflexology is that
areas of the foot correspond
to organs and systems of the
body. Pressure applied to the
foot is believed to bring relax-
ation and healing to corre-
sponding areas of the body.=
That, in combination with
Ayurvedic medicine, which is
a traditional Indian system of
medicine, <aims to preserve
health and wellness by keep-
ing the mind, body, and spirit
in balance, preventing disease
rather than just treating it,=
according to Healthline.
<The feet are a place where
toxins can be released, as well
as you can get in touch with
every part of the body through
the feet,= said Lattanzi. <I
work with the mind and the
body and senses together to
promote pain relief, stress
management, and overall
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relaxation in the body.=
She describes the relax-
ation process of the body as
being in the <ultimate healing
mode. This is when the body
can relax completely, and the
organs heal quicker and work
better and more in harmony.=
Lattanzi works with people
of all ages and backgrounds
and believes that everyone
can benefit from some form
of energy healing because,
she says, it helps with anxiety,
depression, stress, chronic
pain, and gets the body into
a relaxed mindset and more
healed state.
<I try and really work with
the mind, body, and the spirit
through the use of touch and
words. Sometimes an emotion
or thought can manifest dur-
ing a treatment that had been
suppressed and it is healthy to
get that out,= she said.
During her cranial treat-
ments, for example, she is
using touch on the head that
translates into the brain and is
then able to get in touch with
all the other parts of the body.
<A lot of times these sup-
pressed emotions and pain
can manifest in the form of
disease, so we try and elimi-
nate that pain and toxins from
the body to heal,= she said.
Lattanzi basically edu-
cated herself in the practices
of holistic healing. She used
a program called Century of
Excellence, which has 150
hours of credits and classes
and she used their programs
to get diplomas online in dif-
ferent services in reflexology.
<I really wanted to learn
how to do this for myself and
for others. I was kind of learn-
ing it nonchalantly, and when
the pandemic hit, I wanted
to get certified and retain the
information in depth,= she
said.
Lattanzi sees a benefit to
this kind of practice.
<It provides not only relief
in one area of the body, but
across what we call the merid-
ian, which promotes blood
flow and builds better circu-
lation throughout the whole
body,= she said.
Habitat leaders met
with representatives
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Brianna Lattanzi is passionate
about her healing work.
Lattanzi decided to start
her own holistic healing prac-
tice in May of 2020 during
the height of the coronavirus
pandemic.
<I saw a need for it because
we were seeing so many peo-
ple suffering from anxiety and
depression,= she said.
She is also working with
a social worker at Sisters
Family Access Network
(FAN), providing relief
to struggling mothers and
children.
<I have been in those situ-
ations, having to grow up
quickly, having my first child
at 17, so the mission for my
business is to really give back
and help people that might be
suffering from displacement,
mental illness, and depres-
sion,= she said.
Lattanzi sells aromather-
apy jewelry and $10 of the
proceeds goes toward ben-
efitting FAN and she hopes to
work with them more in the
future.
Lattanzi has lived in
Central Oregon for 16 years
and was glad to make it out
here when she did.
<I love it here, it is so
beautiful, and the people are
great,= she said.
She opened Legendary
Strategies inside Three Sisters
Chiropractic located at 270 S.
Spruce St.
For more information
v isit www. v a g a ro . c o m/
legendarystrategies/services.
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Sisters Habitat for
H u m a n i t y 9s
Board
President Ellie Hammond
and Executive Director
Sharlene Weed met virtu-
ally with Representative
Daniel Bonham and Senator
Lynn Findley on Tuesday,
March 9, as part of Habitat
Oregon9s annual lobby
day.
They were joined by
Columbia Gorge Habitat
for Humanity9s Executive
Director Chad Krause,
and Habitat for Humanity
o f O r e g o n 9s D i r e c t o r
of Engagement Megan
Parrott.
<It is fun to connect with
our legislators each year
to promote our good work
at Habitat and express our
support for legislation that
we feel will help promote
our vision of a world where
everyone has a decent place
to live,= Weed said.
More than 40 Habitat
advocates from around the
state met with their legis-
lators virtually to support
policies promoting broader
access to safe, decent, and
affordable homes. Habitat
for Humanity leaders
expressed their concern for
strengthening household
resiliency in Oregon dur-
ing and after the COVID-
19 pandemic, especially as
the state faces compound-
ing crises, such as wildfire
recovery. Even before the
COVID-19 pandemic, one
in six Oregon households
were paying half or more
of their income on a place
to live. With the situation
made even worse by the
pandemic, Habitat leaders
are asking the state to enact
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