J C.
Sprowls
Oriental Bodywork
Practitioner
Background
on J C. Sprowls, Doc.
J
C. Sprowls is a trained and certified massage therapist who has
been practicing in the Greater Pittsburgh area as a wholistic
health assistant since 1994. Sprowls's interest in natural
healing grew from his compassion and nurturing desire to be of
asssistance to his friends who were, at the time, debilitating
from the HIV virus. As his studies progressed, the seemingly most
workable and comprehensible systems available to him were
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taoist philosophy. By working
and studying with various local practitioners and traveling to
distant seminars and workshops, J has extended his credentials to
include some of the methods once used by mystic sages and
medicine-men/women from centruies ago.
Sprowls has an extensive history
with metaphysical subjects (tarot, astrology, I Ching, and the
other subtle divine sciences) which began at an early age,
leading him to journey numerous cultures and paths to seek his
spiritiual awareness. While traveling in North Carolina (1991-2),
Sprowls experienced his awakening. At that time, he fell even
deeper "into the mystic" and was introduced to the
works of St. John of the Cross, a 15th century Spanish Mystic who
wrote Dark Night of the Soul. Upon becoming more deeply
acquainted with the concepts contained in St. John's poetry,
Sprowls experienced the "quickening" that is often
referred to in today's spirtual literature. A fire was ignited...
As the fire in Sprowls's belly
grew in intensity, he found himself drawing upon the experiences
of his youth, when he was introduced to Nature and the healing
gifts of the Earth. Ever since his youth, Sprowls saw himself as
a son of the Great Earth Mother and he opened himself to her as
if she were his own, Natal Mother. As time passed, their
relationship grew. J's first garden was a small plot at the rear
of his home which he had tilled and asked the Earth Mother to
bring him plants so the he could learn to identify, keep, and use
them to heal the people. She provided. This magical experience
was both deeply gratifying and motivating. Sprowls saw this
provision as a sign that he was chosen to become a Healer and
that his instruction would come from Mother Earth and Father Sky.
Then, in 1992, Sprowls sought formalized training.
In massage school, Sprowls became
interested in the Shiatsu technique. This ancient Oriental system
teaches how our bodies are a direct reflection of Nature and the
circumstances that are inherent in the creative and destructive
cycles of Nature moving. Shiastu would be the hands-on approach
that Sprowls could use to assist his clients. In addition to
providing the nurturing love that is communicated through touch,
this method would also allow the Shaman access to disharmonies
and illnesses within his clients. Foremost, however, as Sprowls's
experience with his early clients has taught him, the single-most
important role as a practitioner of any healing art is
simply, to be, there, now.
Upon returning to Pittsburgh,
later, in 1993, Sprowls met the acquaintence of Kassandra Sutton,
a local practitioner of various healing arts. She shared the
benefit of her experiences of working in the Earth Medicine field
for over 20 years with Sprowls. In adddition, J was introduced to
Native Northern American philosophies, opened to discussing
herbal theories, and introduced into the Healing Community of
Pittsburgh and its best practitioners. Among the local names were
David Speer, CEP and Patricia Mauro RN, DOB.
Both Speer and Mauro have been
building a school of wholistic techniques, bringing the benefits
of their combined 50 years of experience in those fields which
they have studied and worked. In this school, Speer teaches based
upon his experience of travel and "forgotten"
techniques like crystal healing and reflexology. Mauro, a
registered nurse of 27 years, teaches from the heart, such
advanced systems as OrthoBionomy and various other
bodywork techniques. This school also brings guest instructors
like, Christine Simmons, MAc, Acupuncturist and
developer of the SMILE system of Qi Gong massage, and Gillian
Paolella, LAc, practitioner of Acupuncture and Sei Tai
Shiatsu, a lymphatic drain protocol. The information presented at
this school is an extension to the anatomical and technical
training that Sprowls had formerly attained in his pursuit of
becoming a Massage Therapist.
From there, Sprowls began
introductory training in Taditional Chinese Medicine and
Herbology with Richard Lengyel, LAc. Lengyel teaches TCM
theory and Martial Philosophy at the Community College of
Allegheny County and also at his own school, Taoist Health
and Martial Fitness Center. Close study with Lengyel has
brought Sprowls certification in Chinese Herbal theory and Taoist
Philosophy by the US Martial Congress. Sprowls is still following
components to Lengyel's teachings.
Sprowls also travels to distant
seminars to study components of other professional practitioners,
like Master Mantak Chia, Director of the International Healing
Tao Center, located in Dunmore, PA. This foundatin teaches a
variety of ancient Taoist techniques for wellnes such as healing
meditation and various systems of exercise, massage, and visceral
massage. Sprowls's keen interest and pursuit of healing
modalities is clearly an expression of his desire to be well-informed
and of the utmost service to his clients. Among the modalities
that Sprowls brings to every session are his developed psychic
abilities, Reiki (Master Level Practitioner), and a simple and
devout Love of Spirit and the Human Race.
Having achieved much happiness
and fulfillment by living and working in the Greater Pittsburgh
area, Sprowls is now engaging in a tour to promote awareness of
these systems and services that he has provided, consistently, in
his practice as an Oriental Bodywork Practitioner. Since 1996,
Sprowls has expanded his scope of healing to include teaching
many of his clientele how to mediate and to pull down the
Universal Life Force healing energy. In essence, these techniques
empower the student practititoner to perform self-healing and
reconnect to the Spiritual Force that is within them--thereby
achieving the Buddha/Shaman within. This abbreviated system
combines techniques of Taoist yoga and mediation which, when
coupled, recognize and harness the Univeral Life Force (qi)
to be used for our own personal healing and transformation.
Diligent practice of these and other advanced exercises have not
only brought great solace, strength, and inner power to Sprowls,
but also his clientele. The purpose of this tour is to
demonstrate to the general public just how simple this level of
awarenss is to achieve, and how impacting its presence can be in
our lives.
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