As I write this letter, bells are pealing as a flock of pigeons rises up into the cobalt-blue sky over the St.Francis Cathedral at the heart of Santa Fe. Following a 400 year tradition, a procession of the faithful winds its way out of the cathedral doors and down the narrow streets past the Plaza. Nearby, at the newly-opened, xeriscaped Railyard Park, the international art-destination, Site Santa Fe, is launching its leading-edge, Biennial contemporary art exhibition, attracting crowds and collectors from all over the world. Back at the Plaza, itself, Native American artists display their breathtakingly beautiful handwork-skills passed down through their
generations-in clay and silver and stones.

This is Santa Fe, NM- home of some of the oldest traditions in the country as well as some of the newest expressions of art, music, opera and dance in contemporary America. The New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts is a world within this world, where tradition mirrors technique. The 120- year -old walls of our school echo with the energy of almost three decades of deeply intentional bodywork. Never a massage school, per se, the Academy was founded in 1981 on the premise that bodywork is an amalgam of healing arts- work which can trace its roots back to the ancient practices of India, Tibet, China and Japan, as well as to the European and American scientists of healing. Over these years, the New Mexico Academy of Healing Art has continued to meld the ancient practices with the  newest, innovative massage and bodywork techniques of the west, creating profoundly effective bodywork trainings.

Here at the Academy, the strength of our healing arts training is dependent upon a contemplative way of living, based upon living closely with the natural elements of the ancient, high-desert earth capped by an enormous
sky. It is this limitless landscape which affects our  teaching and our bodywork, and which invites the processes of change and healing to occur.

I invite you to begin the adventure of  healing work here with us, within the heritage of  The New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts and the heritage of this land.

Sincerely,

Genie Weber-Stevens
Executive Director
The New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts