Peter TS Melnychuk

In August 1995 Peter TS Melnychuk received his first Chi Nei Tsang session in upstate New York. It was the most powerful bodywork he had ever experienced. He marveled at how emotionally profound and physically relaxing it was to have his belly and internal organs gently and skilfully massaged. At that point he dedicated himself to finding the best Chi Nei Tsang instructors and schools in North America.

Since then, Peter has tirelessly devoted himself to excellence in the therapies of Chi Nei Tsang and Visceral Manipulation. He is now certified at the Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and most recently, Instructor (2004) levels in Chi Nei Tsang by the Chi Nei Tsang Institute (Berkeley, CA). He teaches Chi Nei Tsang in Western Canada, and serves as a Certified Teaching Assistant for Barral Institute Visceral Manipulation workshops.

Recently, he has added two other complementary therapies to his repertoire — traditional Thai percussive therapy of Tok Sen, as well as the more contemporary Total Body Modification (TBM).

In 2000, after years of study, Peter Melnychuk decided to return to Edmonton, AB and establish a full time practice in Unwinding the Belly (encompassing both Chi Nei Tsang and Visceral Manipulation). He is based in a beautiful office at the very centrally located Edmonton General Hospital. He also spends three days each month with clients in Calgary.

Peter’s primary focus has always been the internal organs. He has a calm empathetic way of being with people that allows them to feel comfortable working through their challenges. His considerable knowledge, remarkable hands, and devotion continuing education gives his clients the assurance that they have entrusted their health concerns to the best.

Particular areas of strength include working with clients who have:

• digestive and elimination complaints
• constipation
• IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
• physical conditions that have a connection with buried emotional charges
• stress incontinence, urinary urgency
• acid reflux, heartburn, GERD, gastritis
• uterine misalignment, painful menstrual periods
• lingering ailments following surgery, accidents, or pregnancy
• chronic or mysterious internal pain in the abdomen or pelvis
• headaches, liver and gall bladder issues
• stress, anxiety attacks
• sleep difficulties
• Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis
• back pain, especially referred symptoms (e.g., sacroiliac problems, hip pain) related to the internal organs
• certain breathing difficulties
• sub-par immune function

Contact Peter in Edmonton at (780) 482-8960 or in Calgary at (403) 240-3161; or at info@unwindthebelly.ca

Laurelle Johnson

Laurelle Johnson arrived at her interest in Unwinding the Belly with a formidable background in energy medicine (most notably Consegrity). She had watched her eldest daughter obviously benefit from Chi Nei Tsang sessions for years before she herself decided to have her first session. It was a revelation.

Laurelle has taken every CNT workshop offered in Western Canada since that pivotal day. She has complemented this training by taking intensives with the Chi Nei Tsang Institute in California in 2006 and 2007. For the last five years she has excelled as a Teaching Assistant for Peter Melnychuk’s Unwinding the Belly Workshops.

She has also trained in Visceral Manipulation, and successfully incorporated this therapy into her practice. Her Barral Institute Instructors & Teaching Assistants have glowingly spoken of her as “a natural” when it comes to this contemporary European therapy.

Another dimension was added to her healing repertoire from 2008 through 2011 when she regularly traveled to South India for several months of intensive study in traditional Womb Healing and Soul Healing.

Laurelle Johnson brings the gifts of acute intuition and remarkable compassion to her clients. Very sensitive hands and a dolphin’s joy in living life make her a truly inspirational therapist.

Laurelle is especially skilled when working with clients who require assistance with:

• digestive, elimination, and constipation issues
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• mysterious internal pain with an emotional root
• soul healing
• stress, anxiety attacks
• womb healing, and issues around sexual abuse

Laurelle works by appointment only. She has recently shifted her practice to Calgary.

Contact her by phone in Calgary at (403) 453-5573, or by e-mail at laurelle13@shaw.ca .

She intends to teach introductory workshops in Womb Healing, as well as Mantra Meditation in both Calgary & Edmonton in 2012. Contact her for more information.