Cielo is a dedicated practitioner and teacher of Tai Chi, Qigong, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), with a deep passion for integrating movement, energy cultivation, and holistic healing.

Her journey into internal martial arts began in 2008, after years of yoga practice when she sought to explore healing modalities rooted in her own tradition. She trained intensively in Chen-style Tai Chi in its birthplace, Chen Village, and later studied Taichi and Health Qigong in Shanghai Sports University under a national champion. Her studies continued in Wudang Mountain, where she delved into Taoist practices and energy cultivation.

Recognizing the profound connection between Qigong, Tai Chi, and TCM, Cielo pursued formal studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She completed her TCM program in 2023 and became a Registered TCM Practitioner in 2025. Her understanding of Yin-Yang theory, meridian systems, and energy flow deeply informs her teaching, allowing her to guide students in both movement and self-healing practices.

With over 15 years of experience teaching mind-body practices, Cielo offers gentle, accessible, and therapeutic Qigong classes, particularly suited for those seeking to improve balance, flexibility, and overall vitality.

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Maggie Calder’s life commitment is to be courageous in embracing the unknown. It is in the unknown that we can fast track change in our lives. Maggie’s world pilgrimage afforded her the privilege of working with and learning from spiritual masters like Eckhart Tolle, Mooji and Monk Bhasakorn. Maggie was a private assistant to Eckhart, a consultant with Mooji and trained as a monk under Master monk Bhasakorn in Thailand. She co-owned two retreat centers, one in Chicago USA and the other in Kelowna Canada. In her earlier years she raced motorcycles, worked as a trained chef, and was co-owner of a renovation company in Chicago. Today in Victoria BC she is a writer, healer, and inspirational speaker. All that she has learned contributes to all that she offers.

Maggie’s commitment to you. Happiness is found in the Here and Now. Discover how magnificent you are!

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Tanya Fowler practiced as a Registered Massage Therapist in her hometown of Saint John, N.B. for 14 years.

Starting her own business, Tanya gained experience working with all types of injuries by using deep tissue massage techniques. Another frequent treatment scenario was working on stress management with relaxation massage modalities.

Tanya’s education began at Kikkawa College in Toronto where her athletic training would be at its peak. Changing campuses in her last year of school brought her back to the East Coast, to Halifax N.S. where she graduated from Northumberland College in 2003.

In 2015 she decided to retire from her fulfilling career as an RMT to pursue a new adventure on the West Coast which landed her on Vancouver Island.

Having missed the huge reward of healing people, she is now ready to jump back into the field that she feels was/is a gift :)

Although not currently registered in the province of B.C., Tanya looks forward to promoting accessibility by lowering her fees so that everyone can have access to the healthcare they deserve. This unique opportunity also gives clients access to the knowledge and skill-set of 14 years of RMT practice.

Tanya looks forward to meeting you….

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Jacqueline was born in Calgary, Alberta. Growing up in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, life was full of athletics, outdoor adventure and the arts – particularly classical piano. Jacqueline spent 5 years on the Junior Canadian Whitewater Kayaking team, with a top placing of 19th in the World Championships. In her off time, Jacqueline enjoys hiking with her labradoodle, Sadie, kayaking, surfing and yoga.

Jacqueline received a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Alberta, and prior to that a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from the University of Lethbridge. She has completed a Diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Acupuncture at Pacific Rim College, Medical Acupuncture through Acupuncture Canada, post-graduate orthopaedic training, a University of Alberta Graduate course in Diagnostic Imaging, Maternity Acupuncture, R2P Concussion Assessment and Treament, and Vestibular therapy.

Jacqueline is a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist and particularly enjoys helping clients through their pregnancy and the post-partum period. Jacqueline has a whole-person, partnered approach, where she works with her clients on their self-identified needs and goals from daily function to high level performance. She has training in pelvic floor assessment and treatment, Labour and Delivery mechanics and support measures, and Pelvic Girdle Pain. Having assisted women throughout pregnancies and the post-partum period Jacqueline is well versed in Pelvic Floor and core re-training including Diastasis Recti (gap in the abdominal muscles), C-section scar management, as well as guiding return to activity.

Studies in medical acupuncture provided a ‘taste sample’ of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Jacqueline was intrigued by the consistent and fast relief acupuncture gave people. This eventually lead to taking a full training in Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture. It has been shown to be helpful for pain, sleep, nausea, stress relief, digestion and so much more. She is currently studying Kiiko Matsumoto’s work, which is amazing for fast results. Drawing from over 15 years of self-development studies and practices in yoga, meditation and mindfulness round out her whole-person, client centred approach.

Jacqueline is particularly interested in finding ways to practice Integrative Health, gleaning the strengths from Western and Eastern medical paradigms, as well as traditional knowledge to create unique approaches to relieve suffering, create more ease, and reconnect with one’s wellness.

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After many years of exploring other interests, Michelle discovered her passion in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Her upbringing was built upon a strong foundation in natural healing modalities and she adores Acupuncture and TCM. She is interested in supporting individuals through various techniques including acupuncture, moxibustion, gua sha, cupping and bodywork.

Michelle completed her Diploma of Acupuncture Summa Cum Laude at Pacific Rim College in 2023, and is a Registered Acupuncturist with the College of Complementary Health Professionals of British Columbia (CCHPBC). She is certified in Acusculpting®, Prenatal Acupuncture, Facial Gua Sha, and Ontake Moxibustion which is a technique using bamboo and moxibustion to treat pain. Michelle also has a Business Diploma and a Baking and Pastry Arts Diploma, which she accomplished while playing five years of post-secondary volleyball. After college, she then moved to the Czech Republic to play a year of professional volleyball. Later on she received a Natural Chef Diploma from the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London, England which compliments TCM nutrition and diet therapy recommendations for her patients. Michelle is currently working on completing her studies to become a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine which will allow her to integrate the powerful benefits of Chinese Herbal Medicine into treatments.

Professionally, Michelle is interested in treating pain, MSK (musculoskeletal), sports injuries, gynecology and general practice.

She is determined to help patients through connection and listening; seeking to understand each person on an individual level and provide a safe environment for care and comfort. When she’s not in the clinic, Michelle enjoys baking and cooking, brewing kombucha, hiking, knitting, beach walks and playing volleyball.

Please note, Michelle is not taking ICBC clients at this time

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Marisa was born and raised in Mexico City. She studied Veterinary Medicine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. After graduation she spent 15 years as a Veterinarian, working in Mexico, Nicaragua, New Zealand and Australia.

Before attending university, Marisa worked as a volunteer, teaching literacy to adults living in small, poor, rural Mexican villages. She discovered that many of the elders in these villages used herbs and traditional remedies for addressing health issues, in an environment which often lacked access to conventional mainstream medicine. It was apparent that these traditional methods were very effective in the healing process. Marisa became interested in human health issues, and holistic ways of healing as well.

After have been working at an acupuncture clinic in Mexico City, she became interested in Chinese Medicine. While still at university she attended a 2 week workshop on veterinary acupuncture. She decided to come to Canada in 2008 and study Traditional Chinese Medicine. She graduated in 2014 from her diploma in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, from Pacific Rim College.

Marisa finds Traditional Chinese Medicine as one of the most complete methods of healing. It combines acupuncture, massage, herbs, cupping, gua sha (skin scrapping), food therapy and lifestyle advice.

On May 2019, Marisa became a Certified Qi Beauty Practitioner. A technique for face and neck lifting through the use of micro-magnets to bring vitality and nourishment to the skin and subcutaneous tissues reducing aging marks.

Marisa also combines acupuncture and Qi beauty treatments to treat some disorders like bell’s palsy and trigeminal neuralgia.

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Bryan will effectively assist you to restore and maintain your health. He is trained and experienced in successfully treating musculoskeletal, digestive, ciculatory, neurological and hormonal conditions. He is particularly trained and experienced in working with psychological conditions, assisting clients to establish mental/emotional well being, using classical 5 elements and channel systems. Addressing acute and chronic stress and trauma related disorders, sleep issues, anxiety, depression and substance abuse conditions.

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Using a holistic and heart-led approach to counselling, I integrate self-compassion, mindfulness, and somatic movement to explore the parts of you that make up Self. Through this approach, we lovingly challenge the shadow side of Self to connect with the heart and allow more space to live authentically. Informed by my intuition and anchoring into the present moment, I take a relational approach to navigate challenges and move through suffering alongside you. In our work together you can expect to tap into your body’s wisdom to access the hidden points of stress and call on your innate ability to heal.

I have over 12 years of experience working in the human services field and with my background of working with individuals in crisis, I integrate a trauma informed framework to help stabilize and provide safety. My experiences of working with demographics of all kinds helps me attune to the needs of the client and co-create a plan tailored to their needs. I’m here to meet you where you are at and begin exploring what change means for you and how you would like to get there. Together we will tune into your innate way of being and tap into what is missing and how to move forward.

I hold a Masters degree in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and a Bachelor degree in Child and Youth Care from University of Victoria. My education and professional background helps me understand the pressures and uniqueness that comes with working on the front line in social service sectors and navigating systems of care. I currently am offering services to individuals 15 years of age and up.

Areas of practice include: anxiety & depression; relationship challenges; self-love & self-esteem development; addiction; grief & loss ; trauma processing; life transitions; spiritual growth

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Noah provides a warm space for patients to be heard and to heal, placing importance on patients’ understanding of acupuncture treatments and encouraging participation in their own healing process. Along with many other health issues, Noah often treats acute and chronic pain, children and moms, digestive and genito-urinary disorders, and stress/emotional health.

Noah’s passion for acupuncture began fifteen years ago with experiencing its therapeutic successes first hand while studying in Asia. He returned to live in China and study Mandarin, Chinese massage, and qigong. Later he completed graduate studies in human geography, researching environmental health in indigenous communities, and went on to study Chinese medicine at Pacific Rim College. He remains amazed by the ways that different understandings of people and place support deeper insights into medicine and health.

He loves hiking, gardening, and raising a family, and feels honoured to have the opportunity to help you and your health.

Noah Schillo, one of our fabulous acupuncturists is offering a Healthy Autumn Transition Sale. Now until Sept 22nd 2023, take 23% off treatments. He is working Thurs 9-5:30 & Sat. 2:30-5:30. You can check him out in our online booking system!

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Yul Hill, R.TCM.P. At Copper Mountain Centre, Yul Hill offers a holistic and gentle approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine, integrating decades of experience in Medical Qigong, acupuncture, and Chinese herbal therapy. He is a Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (R.TCM.P.) with the CCHPBC of British Columbia and a graduate of the five-year Doctor of TCM program at Royal Pacific Institute (formerly Oshio College).

Yul specializes in non-invasive acupuncture techniques, including laser acupuncture and electro-acupuncture (Estim), utilizing devices such as the Pointoselect, which is designed to locate, assess, and treat both body and auricular acupuncture points without the use of needles. These gentle and effective methods are ideal for sensitive patients, children, or individuals seeking alternatives to traditional acupuncture needle insertion.

His clinical offerings include:

• Medical Qigong therapy and remote energy healing
• Customized herbal prescriptions and internal medicine support
• Auricular and body point therapy using modern non-invasive tools
• Tui Na massage and acupressure for pain, circulation, and stress relief
• Personalized Qigong exercise programs for self-regulation and vitality

Yul’s practice is rooted in the principles of classical Chinese medicine while embracing modern technology and patient comfort. His treatments support the body’s natural healing abilities, emphasizing balance, prevention, and sustainable wellness.

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From an early age, Nicole Brown has always had a keen interested in Eastern Philosophy. As a young child, she trained in Tae Kwon Do and receive her black belt before graduating High School in Northern BC. After a few years of post-secondary studies, Nicole found herself traveling to India and immersing herself in the study of yoga and Buddhism. She spent the majority of her time in Tiruvannamalai, a small southern town in India, home to the renown Annamalaiyar temple.

While living in Victoria, Nicole sought out acupuncture for a reoccurring shoulder injury due to her time as a tree planter. After experiencing the benefits of acupuncture and studying more about this practice, she applied to Pacific Rim College to become an acupuncturist.

Nicole graduated in 2014 and is registered with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturist of British Columbia. Her mentors include Jeffrey Yuen and Anne Cecil-Sterman, both strong practitioner in treating difficult diseases through the Divergent, Lou and sinew channels.

Keenly interested in how Classical Chinese medicine has the capacity to change the course of a disease or an injury, Nicole employs a range of modalities to her acupuncture experience: tuina (massage), gua sha, cupping or moxa in almost every treatment.

Nicole has a long-standing love for the outdoors and being active. As a seasoned tree planter, she is keenly interested in muscular skeletal treatments, chronic pain, and recharging the body from times of overuse. A strong believer in Acupuncture, Nicole makes it her goal to help each client find relief and a better connection with their body.

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Chinese Medicine came as a surprise to Maggie through her curiosity and research about her own health. After studying Chinese history, art and design. Maggie found Chinese Medicine to be the perfect synthesis of Taoist wisdom and direct practical application that nourishes her love of Chinese metaphysics and the innate drive to use touch as a form of communication with people. Along the way it became clear that Chinese Medicine was not only a study but her vocation.

To learn more about Maggie, please go to our website at www.CopperMountainCentre.com

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MEL CURRENTLY ACCEPTING ONE MORE ICBC PATIENT. 🙏 Hello everyone, my name is Melanie Branton, and I love all things healing.

I am originally from NL, and completed my 2200 hr massage therapy program from Eastern College in St. John’s in 2012.

I worked over the years as an RMT in NL, ON and now BC, and I have lived and worked here for 3 years. I really love the west coast lifestyle and getting to know all of you!

I happily live by the ocean and have befriended the great Pacific, of course!

I have experience different types of atmospheres, from clinical settings with a strong physiotherapy influence, to myofascial release , spa and holistic environments. As well, I feel I have treated almost everything along the way. I don’t have a favourite thing, but really enjoy diversity and just being able to approach unique situations and go with the flow.

My favourite way to approach health and the body, is with an open mind and heart, and I love to draw on all the great working experiences I’ve had from St. John’s, Toronto and Victoria, but also throughout life.

The body awareness gained from being a gymnast, doing yoga, and experiencing great work from all the other fabulous healing forms, has given me a strong sense of direction and ability to appreciate and acknowledge the body.

The universe and nature is a wonderful thing, and becoming more clear, accepting, committed and happy is what I like to see, encourage and inspire. It is what I aim for in my own life. The peace that settles in physically is such a gift.

I love that I have found this gem space, clinic and team and would love to design a treatment, and experience just for you.

I would be grateful to assist you to become more relaxed, comfortable and happy in your own skin.

I also adore animals, love music of many forms and spend lots of time in the ocean. Oh, and I really want to own a horse 🙏♥️

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Jim has been working to join the spiritual and ordinary paths of healing for over forty years. He is a senior teacher in both the Vajradhatu and Shambhala Buddhist traditions. Shortly after finishing medical school in 1969, he met his primary teacher, The Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, founder of Vajradhatu Buddhist church, Shambhala Training and Naropa University. He attended the first Vajradhatu Seminary in 1973 and then spent one year in residential study of the Five Wisdoms at the Maitri Therapeutic Community in Wingdale, New York. He later served for three years as Trungpa Rinpoche’s representative to his students in Berkley, California. He and his family then moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia where he served as representative for Trungpa’s students in Nova Scotia and all of Canada.

He practiced family and emergency medicine for the first half of his medical career and then began the study and practice of psychiatry and psychotherapy, which he still does today. He was one of the first to teach mindfulness for health and mind-body medicine in Victoria, BC. He has a great interest in various forms of healing and psychotherapy and is known for his health-based approach to working with others.

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ALEXIA CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING NEW ICBC PATIENTS.

I am a graduate from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy and have been practicing as an RMT since the Fall of 2018. I have many years experience working with people of diverse abilities and enjoy working with children. I joined the beautiful team at Copper Mountain Centre in January 2023.

I can offer both deep rehabilitative therapy or a relaxation massage to create a treatment that is specific to your needs, helping you to feel more connection and freedom within your body.

I am honoured to be part of your journey of self-healing. I am most curious about holistic healing and I am committed from the heart to support you towards balance, harmony and joy.

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Bodies are our sacred vessels, they are the containers for our spirits and whole body wellness. Taking care of them is essential to our complete health, when we nourish them we augment our vitality. Vitality is what brings us joy and assists us to clarity. Therefore, love the body. We are resilient, and we can transform. All things change. Sometimes it takes time, but traumas can heal, rigid postures can release, vitality can be renewed. We have the capacity for whatever we want.

Kitti extends a safe space that will offer you to tune into your own body; to be present with your experiences and sensations, and open to the nuances of your nervous system. She will work with you to let the tensions go using both gentle touch and firm pressure, as well as breath, stretch, and relax. Sometimes she will use a neurodynamic approach, and sometimes the gentle nature of craniosacral therapy. It willl depend of the state of the tissues presented.

She has experience with transformation in her own life. Having come back from a deadly horse injury, Kitti understands the dedication it takes to recover from trauma. Trauma itself can have many layers. Unwinding these layers takes consistency and trust. She will work to help you understand your own body and motivate you to optimize your experience of it. Her interests have led her to furthering her education in cranial sacral rhythms, myofascial releases, visceral massage, bone bending and nerve functioning. These modalities stimulate the health of tissue function within the body. Her skill set ranges from light to deep tissue releases, from therapeutic to deep relax.

Cranialsacral therapy is a modality that informs the nervous system through patience, gentle touch, trust. The body has an intelligence of its own, and responds to the emotional content of the mind. This modality can be powerful in redirecting poor postures and unwanted holding patterns. Freeing the body, lightening its presence, and offering the space to let go of trauma. It contains specific manipulations to the skeletal system and the cranium the are designed to create more openness in the relationship of the structures. This increases circulation and improves the rhythm of the parts within the whole, that they might function better together.

Some of her treatments use a combination of stretch and resistance, as they have the potential to unwind the force of trauma, or painful chronic poor postures in bodies that are stiff and needing more pressure to let of their tensions. She will offer remedial exercises specifically designed for restrengthening and realigning the body’s symmetry. Kitti will assist you toward your own goals.

If you are having troubles with pain; by way of motor vehicle accidents, repetitive strains, all kinds of trauma, surgical scarring, digestive issues, neurological issues, migraines and the experience of every day stressors, there is something within Kitti’s practice that she can help you with. Correcting postures now can prevent injuries from happening in the future.

Kitti has spent her lifetime being active; she grew up competing as a gymnast, and taking in all that nature could afford her. She loves the ocean, mountains, earth and sky. Bikes, Hikes, people and fun. Yoga and Calisthenics are in her daily mantras. For solo adventure she plays piano, draws, paints, and reads. She loves the arts and enjoying local venues around town.

*** These treatments are not based in Swedish massage and offer little oil Myofacial work needs to be able to hold the tissues in place in order to correct inefficient postures that cause pain and possible future injuries. This modality utiises the ability to gently grip the tissues. Using oil prompts a heavier grip and addresses the muscles rather than the fascia. Treating fascia treats the muscles indirectly and more often offers a longer effect. It offers steps to a complete transformation alongside proactive initiatives from the client.

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