Welcome to Healing Spaces! I am excited to embark on this journey of healing with you by offering a variety of services designed with a holistic approach to your health and well-being. Homeostasis of the mind, body and spirit is the ultimate goal.
All sessions are conducted with the upmost professionalism. Healing Spaces offers a sacred space of mutual respect, working together to co-create the healing within.
My name is Kristan Banks, though many recognize me by my nickname, “PeaceBird”. I have been a lifelong observer and learner of all things energy related, particularly as it relates to the mind, body, and spirit connections.
In 2012, I was gifted with the opportunity to explore a community-based lifestyle with the Central Oregon non-profit, OMfield; a sustainable eco-village and healing community. My time with OMfield provided a platform for personal and spiritual growth which jump started my passion to fulfill a lifelong dream of connecting with others in the most beneficial way.
It was from this passion that I was inspired to begin offering my intuitive services and alternative healing modalities, thus the creation of my practice Healing Spaces, which until 2018 had been largely grassroots as a “pop-up healing space” found mostly at festivals and backwoods barter fairs. Drawing from my interests in psychology, biology, and the spirit that connects us all, I discovered a way to blend my unique qualities and talents, and eventually massage therapy, into a healing opportunity that goes beyond the surface of the physical.
I received my massage therapy education through COCC in 2019 and was invited into their program as a Teaching Assistant. In 2023, I became one of their Adjunct Instructors, a role I am honored to be in, as it allows me to stay current with the pulse of massage therapy as an industry as well as providing a space to help grow the curiosities of the next generation of massage therapists!
I have a personal passion for helping individuals identify the source of their “dis-ease”, and am continually practicing the arts of self-care, fine tuning the inner and outer layers of releasing that which no longer serves us, both individually and collectively. I am convinced that the philosophy of “as one heals, we all heal” holds as much truth as “everything happens for a reason”, which further inspires me to reach out as a facilitator of healing the spaces within each of us.
With my roots in spiritual cleansing and alignment, I enjoy the creative blend of energy balancing and hands on massage techniques to aid in the clearing of tension, stagnation, grief, and anything else that needs to be moved forward.
I look forward to the opportunity to work with you!