Ready to feel more like yourself again? Retreats, sessions, or a simple hello.
Hands-on healing
to support your whole being.
From therapeutic massage to somatic integration, our bodywork sessions are designed to restore vitality and bring you back to yourself.
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When I go to Celtic Hearth and see Ailsa for exercise or massage I am always amazed at her knowledge and understanding..I always leave feeling positive and blessed.
Remarkable gem off of the 101, exit 10 on Ridge road , yoga studio , weddings , corporate retreats , family gatherings just phenomenal! Nestled in nature, it’s a remarkable place , drop in or check out their website online
Instructor and massage therapist, Ailsa Keppie is a excellent healer who applies humour, kindness and her extensive knowledge to righting postural body issues. I feel energized within my body like I've had a reset back to childhood. If you've got aches and pains, and I'll bet you do!, check out Our Celtic Hearth.
I've been going to various yoga classes for decades and, all along I was sure I was moving through poses quite well. It turns out I wasn't engaging the right muscles anywhere near like I thought I was! And I'm not alone. Our class with Ailsa is chock full of 'a-ha' moments for everyone. We learn to use muscles we didn't know we had! If you want to learn how to move efficiently, improve your posture, and repair old injuries, Our Celtic Hearth is where you'll find answers.
The intuitiveness and specificity with which Ailsa teaches her clients is obvious, intentional and clear. She has a gift for inspiring each of us to uncover exactly what we need, and is there to help us achieve our goals.
Our Celtic Hearth is a warm and welcoming space where I feel safe to explore my inner world during my yoga practice. Ailsa is knowledgeable and kind, fostering a community of like minded people. Come and join us!
Bodywork
Our massage therapy and somatic bodywork sessions help reduce pain, improve posture, calm the nervous system and restore natural movement.
Therapeutic Massage and Myofascial Release
60, 90 or 120 minutes
Our Celtic Hearth
Your Therapist: Ailsa
Myofascial release is a safe and very effective hands-on technique that involves gentle sustained pressure into the myofascial connective tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion. This is done without oil.
Bodywork can also include Swedish techniques with oil affecting the soft tissues of the body, reducing pain and inflammation, and increasing relaxation.
Working with tight and contracted areas of the body and making connections to your awareness. Navigation of touch, pressure, and types of massage work as well as discussion of what emotions or connection we find in relation to different areas of the body. This is within the usual scope of Registered Massage Therapy and can be billed to a private insurance plan.
Receipts for insurance are given and some insurance companies can be direct billed.
Bioenergetic Analysis based Coaching
75 minutes
Our Celtic Hearth
Your Therapist: Ailsa
Discover more ease of movement and pain relief by learning to listen to your body.
“Bioenergetic Analysis is a specific form of body-psychotherapy – based upon the continuity between body and mind – rooted in the work of Wilhelm Reich and founded by Alexander Lowen. The therapist reads the body, resonates with its energy, feels the emotions, listens, hears and answers the words.”
Ailsa has graduated from a 4 year training program in Bioenergetics Analysis under the IIBA (International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis)
Body Soul Poetry
60 minutes
Our Celtic Hearth
Your Instructor: Ailsa
Create a new way of being using the body as a guide and muse, walk away with a renewed relationship to yourself.
Body Poetry and art is a revolutionary therapeutic tool designed to illuminate unknown and unspoken parts of the self via spontaneously emerging poetry or artwork.
Relationship and Intimacy Somatic Coaching
60, 90 or 120 minutes
Our Celtic Hearth
Your Intimacy Coach: Ailsa
Somatic Sex Education - this work has a broad scope of both relational and hands on bodywork (including genitals) that uses pleasure as a way to work towards more ability to be present and ‘in your body’ to experience life from this place. There is also a lot of work on consent, communication, negotiation of agreements and exploration of what you enjoy in relation to your body and to intimacy and the erotic. This can include some mild kink offerings, erotic massage, breath work, consent and negotiation work etc. this work is mostly uni-directional as regards touch (ie. I touch you and you remain in the receiving role)
2- Sacred Intimacy or Surrogate partner work - this is offered to clients I feel would benefit from this level of relational work that could include two-way touch and more in depth communication practice. Usually I would have to work in one of the other containers with a client before discussing this but it is a possibility. This is always offered as a client led experience and kept within the confines of sessions. (ie I don’t offer texting etc outside sessions)
*ask about half day or full day sessions, weekend retreats or longer intensives.
For more information, please visit www.pleasureforhealth.com or book 'somatic coaching' option using the button below
Special Seasonal Treatments
120 minutes
Our Celtic Hearth
Your Instructor: Ailsa
A full body, hands on session to help you attune to the season according to the lunar cycles.
Sessions may include sound healing, intuitive guidance, theta healing or crystals to enhance the experience
Wellness isn’t something we chase
it’s something we return to, together.
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Our Celtic Hearth is a sanctuary for the soul
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Our Celtic Hearth is a holistic wellness center dedicated to nurturing mind, body, and spirit through movement, healing, and community. Rooted in Celtic tradition and natural living, the center offers yoga, massage therapy, somatic coaching, and creative workshops in a warm, welcoming environment. Each experience is designed to restore balance, foster connection, and support lasting vitality.
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I have attended 4 seasonal retreats at Celtic Hearth this past year. I can only say it is like entering a capsule of body, mind, and sprit with all the movement, creativity, fabulous food, beautiful space indoors and out. What a gift to have The Celtic Hearth in my own back yard!
Over time, Ailsa has helped me to trust more and more how my own body serves as an important source of information. In striving to release painful 'hang-ups', to soften my rough, calloused soul-edges, and to become attuned to ever more gentle nuances of joy and happiness in my life, I have found her skill and her insights to be incredibly supportive and healing. It is an on-going process for which I am increasingly grateful every day, as I see the effects not only in my own life but in the lives of those closest to me also.
Everything went fine at the dance class. I had no problem finding the studio, no problem finding a parking space and no problem accessing the dance floor, itself. The studio was visually beautiful and the dance floor was clean, spacious, uncluttered, and smooth. Ailsa, our dance instructor, was friendly and offered a purposeful series of dance moves throughout the one-hour lesson. It was an enjoyable experience, with beautiful music and much laughter.
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From Scared To Serene
Before the program I was uncentered and scared all the time. I now have a deeper connection with my husband…I am patient and kind with my daughter…and I’m enjoying my work so much more.
Rachel C
Entrepreneur
Boston, MA
I’m Working Fewer Hours and Have More Time With My Son!
Before the program I had lost myself. I sit today with a much better job…work fewer hours and spend more time with my son…it’s been life changing.
Sam H
CEO
Miami, FL
I'm fully present for my family now!
Professionally, this work has changed the way I lead people. Personally, I’m actually fully present with my daughters and my husband tells me I’m actually listening to him now.
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Lawyer
Phoenix, AZ
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Located in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, we welcome visitors from across the Annapolis Valley and beyond seeking holistic wellness and meaningful connection.
1-902-489-5320
2367 Ridge Road, Grand Pré
Nova Scotia, CA
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