09.10.10
Urbaca Salon has joined forced with California-based Diamond Way Ayurveda and Warrior Water
Center Project (conceived and directed by Brig.
General James Cook of the U.S. Army Reserves)
to announce a community-based initiative
to help the soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Soldiers are
a real and necessary part of society, committed to defend what is cherished in
daily life and the world. The stress, wear and tear on the women and men returning
from Iraq and Afghanistan is immense. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and
the more visible wounds of warfare changes these men and women forever. No one goes back to the way things were. We need to integrate these new life
experiences in a healthy and meaningful way so that they can emerge as productive,
happy and engaged citizens in everyday life.
What has been
learned by health care 
providers, including those in the Veterans Administration
treating PTSD, three of the most effective therapies to help these men and
women are massage, yoga and meditation. Community-based follow-up services are
vital and essential to make a difference. This is especially true for U.S.
Army reservists who are sent back to their home communities where they often
find their work and family life radically changed with few or no Veterans
Affairs services available.
In support of armed
service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Urbaca Esthetician Sherry
Okamura Leonard has created the Tranquil
Warrior Treatment. This balancing and regenerative treatment
incorporates Urbaca's signature massage-heavy facial treatments with
hands on energetic healing to calm and integrate the overstressed and fatigued.
Though a self-described typical liberal Portlander, Mrs. Okamura Leonard has very
close ties to the United States military. Her youngest sister is a retired Army Captain
and her brother-in-law is an active Army
Major who has done two tours of duty in Iraq, in addition to sustaining
injury from attack.
Urbaca is proud to donate at least one complimentary Tranquil
Warrior Treatment per month (based on availability) to support service
men/women returning from duty.
This initiative is intended to support the warriors, even if one does
not support the war.
Please call 503.241.5030 for more
information.
