Lineage Of My Medicine
Through my own self healing journey….
…. I am continuously reminded of the deep origins and teachings of my medicine. The depth and wisdom of these teachings has put me on a path of connection to purpose and honoring this medicine’s place here on Earth.
I open every session by acknowledging the teachers of this medicine and calling in the ancestral wisdom that lies within me and the lineages which flow into this work.
This powerful container of wisdom and connection has held me through this journey, I will always give honor to and acknowledge its lineage, teachers and guides.
Mesoamerican Lineage.
My Mesoamerican lineage flows through my bloodline and the ancestors of my people.
Their ancient practices of living life as ceremony, has been integral in my journey as a healer. These practices encompass living life in harmony, connecting to the heart and listening to Mother Earth, The four Corners and all past and present ancestors.
This powerful connection has helped heal and guide every part of my life, and brought the journey of massage and bodywork to me as well as gifting my life with my teachers and guides. The deep internal connection has taught me to have a humble open heart, to connect to the joy of my lineage and to allow the childlike playfulness and innocence to dance through me and into my medicine. As I continue to connect to my ancestors I feel their happiness. Their medicine is bringing healing to the world.
‘… healing the female root is a healing for humanity.’
Master Lek Chaya. (Mama Lek)
Lek Chaya was a Mother, Herbalist and a Master within her own right. She brought this matriarchal oral tradition founded in Buddhism, to the world of body healing. She understood the importance of female healing, its strength and power and the deep knowing that if the female is not ok in her root, humanity will not survive.
Her strength and conviction in a female oppressed society paved the way for this work to be documented and acknowledged within the modern Thai medicine community. Proving healing can go beyond medications and surgeries, healing patients who have been wheelchair bound or in chronic pain.
Mama Lek is a grounding and inspiring force in my life, as she continues to be a reflection of structure for my medicine and a powerful reflection of truth and strength. The precision in the medicine, the clarity of her channel and the way she has paved the way for female healers has earned the respect of Being The Master.
Janice Gagnon, Linage keeper of Jep Sen, Healer, Teacher & Guide.
Janice brings her own medicine of grounding, gentleness, clarity and loving transformative nurture through her teaching and wisdom. This combination has been a powerful reflection and connection for both my personal and professional healing journeys, which over time, I have brought into client sessions.
My path crossed with Janice when I was faced with my own childhood trauma’s on both a spiritual and emotional level. With her loving guidance and touch I was able to overcome and release these traumatic blocks in the body. So inspired by what had occurred for me, I delved deeper into this healing, and truly felt the depth and the importance of feeling safe in the body through Janice’s presence and loving nature. This learning and remembering gave me permission to bring it forward into my own work. I establish a space for every client to feel as safe as possible in their sessions so the deeper healing can happen.
In every teaching moment with Janice I witnessed and experienced her grounded-ness and clarity, saw her medicine dancing through her and into her students, beautifully showing and guiding me to root deep into the earth as well as connect to my own higher medicine in every session space. She is the perfect reflection of spiritual gentleness.
Janice’s teachings and own learnings have come from Master Lek Chiya, who she studied directly with. She embodies this powerful medicine and has become the lineage keeper of Jap Sen.
Over her years of study and guidance from Master Lek Chiya she transferred Jap Sen from oral medicine to documented, opening the door for it to be used widely across the world and showing how the lineage of this medicine can flow through all who seek its healing.
Janice truly embodies and continues to uplift the Jap Sen medicine lineage, the medicine of open heart and supporting female lead businesses in Thailand. Spirit Winds School of Thai Massage.
