Fire Bird Healing

Fire Bird Healing Fire Bird Healing is run by Maria Carvalho Sandoval. Long flowing strokes, as well as deep tissue techniques, help melt the muscles of the body.

Maria offers Hawaiian LomiLomi Shamanic healing with massage, joint rotations & breathwork, CranioSacral Therapy, PreNatal Massage, Reiki, sound healing, guided meditations, workshops & ceremonies. Traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massage is an ancient healing modality that channels the energy of the elements (especially water) to bring healing to the body, mind & Spirit. Gentle, slow joint rotation

s unlock trauma & tension buried within. Lomi Lomi is a rhythmic massage that causes the Lymph system to drain & brings deep relaxation & rejuvenation. Maria adapts these techniques to serve all body types, as well as folks who are pregnant or have recently given birth, had a miscarriage or pregnancy release- to aid in their healing journey. Maria uses Organic Jojoba oil & her homemade Pine & CBD oil, which can be used at no extra charge, for even deeper relaxation & healing. CranioSacral Therapy is a very effective & gentle modality that Maria incorporates into the end of every massage. She also offers full CranioSacral sessions where the receiver remains fully clothed. This practice helps release tension within the fascia of the body, the soft web that connects all of our organs & muscles. These techniques slowly open up the bones of the skull, allowing the CranioSacral fluid to pump more vibrantly into the brain & down through the spinal cord. This brings greater health & vitality to all of the organs & systems of the body, including the immune & nervous systems. CranioSacral Therapy brings the client out of fight, flight or freeze mode & into the beautiful space of rest, repair & restore. Reiki Energy healing is available, with crystal body layouts (the receiver remains fully clothed). Reiki is an ancient Japanese practice of channeling Source energy - which is always beneficial, positive, life-giving & gentle. Combined with the steady vibration of the crystals, Reiki can help one to find deep balance & harmony. In these unique healing journeys Maria drums, chants & works with the elements & her guides. This prayerful focus sets a powerful & safe container for whatever one might need to feel, express or receive. Reiki is flowing during every massage as well. Maria also offers sessions of Breathwork & Kahi Loa. This is a transformative journey of deep breathing & healing with the elements, fully clothed. Kahi Loa (Infinite Oneness) is a Hawaiian Shamanic Lomi practice which includes chanting to invoke the Spirits & elements of nature, guided visualization & hands on touch. Within this safe space of prayerful focus & deep breathing, buried trauma & stagnant emotions rise to be released. Energetic clearing occurs as Guides & Ancestors bring peace & strength to the body & Spirit. There is a sliding scale available to those in financial need, as well as a special price for Black, Indigenous People of Color & Trans folx. Fire Bird Healing is queer friendly, trauma unformed & heart centered.

Our ceremony opens with a freshly brewed, nourishing tea blend that is intuitively chosen for the group. We settle in wi...
05/26/2026

Our ceremony opens with a freshly brewed, nourishing tea blend that is intuitively chosen for the group. We settle in with animal spirit cards pulled around the central altar. Sitting in a circle we ground ourselves & connect with our breath, then share what we’re calling into our lives, our deepest wish. The Lomi Ha breath practice is explained & everyone lays down comfortably to begin the journey. The circle is woven in safety & trust. I drum & lead a meditation to drop us in deeper, calling in our guides & angels. There is a special playlist that starts & everyone breathes in the Lomi way for about an hour. Benj & I tend the energy in the room, tracking & intuiting what is needed. We support each participant through hands on Lomi-style bodywork, making pathways so stuck energy & emotions can find their release.

We’ve been guiding these ceremonies for 3.5 years & there really aren’t words to describe the profound depths of love & healing grace that flow in & around the group. It’s magic. It’s ancient Hawaiian medicine. And after the breath practice is finished, we play the singing bowls & soft music... there is no rushing. It is gentle, resonant, emotional. We are transformed, we are reborn. Watercolor painting helps with integration & food supports our bodies to become more grounded after the big journey. More tea. So much love. Harmony. Connection to the Divine within. A new cycle in your life begins. There is more space inside you - more of YOU, less of all the other stuff.

This is a taste to give you a better sense of the flow - it’s like a mini retreat! A gift to your inner child & future self.
We welcome you to join us & would be honored to hold space for your healing & transformation.

Lomi Ha Breathwork Journey
*This Sunday* May 31, 1-4pm
Kula Vermont
100 Dorset St, Suite 5, South Burlington
Free parking
Handicap accessible building!
Energy exchange: $120
Let us know if you are in need of a payment plan or have any questions. Register at KulaVermont.com

10 years ago! My training with Laughing River Yoga was life changing. I went on to open my healing practice after this, ...
05/13/2026

10 years ago! My training with Laughing River Yoga was life changing. I went on to open my healing practice after this, offering Reiki & crystal healing to clients. The following year I took my first Hawaiian LomiLomi intensive & the next year I stepped into CranioSacral Therapy & an herbalism apprenticeship. The yoga teacher training was a big part of helping me learn how to hold space for people & facilitate transformative healing journeys. Because I also learned how to really hold space for myself & be with my own body & breath. Which was huge for me at that time because my daughter was 18 months when I began the training & I still nursed her, so she had some hard moments over those 9 long weekends. It is so sweet we graduated on Mother’s Day - I was still finding myself as a new mother & anchoring into my power of a woman transformed by birth. I have always had the support of my partner to take many healing trainings over the past decade, I am so grateful. And now I am living my dream of helping others to heal, with the web of support (seen & unseen / human & more than human) continuously lifting me up. Thank you to those family, friends & teachers who have helped me on my path - you know who you are !!!

Join our Lomi circle to call back all of your medicine & power. To let go of whatever isn’t you. To channel your deepest...
05/12/2026

Join our Lomi circle to call back all of your medicine & power. To let go of whatever isn’t you. To channel your deepest wish.

Benj Spound of Vermont Holistic Bodywork & Maria Carvalho Sandoval of Fire Bird Healing invite you to a 3 hour Hawaiian healing ceremony.

There will be tea, drum meditation & a powerful journey using the ‘Lomi Ha’ breath practice. Each person will set an intention and breathe it into reality. This helps with clearing out old patterns & aligning with soul purpose.

Bodywork will be offered during the breath journey, followed by sound healing, watercolor painting & nourishing food.

This is Hawaiian style Breathwork, transformative & full of love.

Register at KulaVermont.com

We are still growing towards the sun. The equinox has passed & the light is stronger every day. Yet winter still holds o...
04/03/2026

We are still growing towards the sun. The equinox has passed & the light is stronger every day. Yet winter still holds on. We have more layers to shed. It’s a good time to be alive ~ heart-breaking & heart-filling. Come to a beautiful warm studio next Saturday to breathe in the Hawaiian way. Find joy again. Settle deeper into your lungs, your belly, your heart. Cry. Laugh. Be held. Be free. Expand. Soften. Break through to find the sun again, like these little brave sprouts.

Tea, breathwork, hands on healing, watercolor painting, drum journey, crystal sound bath… so much beauty to be had.

Come, be welcome in our circle.

Lomi Ha Breathwork Journey
Sat April 11, 2-5, Burlington
$110, payment plans available
The studio is handicap accessible ♥️

Register here: FireBirdHealing.as.me

Thank you so much to Molly Blissful Healing for hosting me & the 11 other magical beings for Lomi Ha breathwork yesterda...
03/08/2026

Thank you so much to Molly Blissful Healing for hosting me & the 11 other magical beings for Lomi Ha breathwork yesterday! We had a powerful journey & moved a lot of energy. Folks are really feeling the heaviness of the world right now & breathwork is such a potent tool for clearing out the muck & channeling PEACE. It starts with each of us & then ripples out to heal the collective. Join us for another round April 11, 2-5pm. Comment below with questions or reflections about Lomi Ha. Register here https://firebirdhealing.as.me/schedule/0c9d8800/appointment/90228176/calendar/2785240 🌺

Coming up on Saturday March 7th I will be co-leading another ceremonial breathwork journey with my Lomi brother Benj Spo...
02/27/2026

Coming up on Saturday March 7th I will be co-leading another ceremonial breathwork journey with my Lomi brother Benj Spound. We have been holding these group healing circles for 3 years & this will be our 15th journey!

Our Hawaiian breathwork teacher Uncle Harry has many sayings that perfectly sum up the paradoxes of life and make us laugh. One of them goes like this ‘I don’t know! You don’t know! Here we go!’. He is referring to the fact that we don’t know what life has in store for us, but we are equipped with what we need to thrive anyway. The Universe is a mystery, healing is a mystery, God/Source is a mystery. Uncle Harry has us repeat this chant after him, before we go into the breathwork journey. We don’t know what will happen - we don’t know what might arise during the experience of breathing deeply. And yet we trust this ancient practice handed down by the elders. We trust that *something* will happen & most often that *something* is more space, openness, & healing grace ~ flowing through our bodies, minds & spirits. We also let go of expectations & control (as much as possible) so we can enter with a beginners mind, in order to fully surrender & receive.

Come to breathwork with all of your burdens, with that ‘thing’ you’ve been carrying around that is eating you up inside, the deep pain you can’t name. Come as you are into a space of non-judgement & deep love. Let it all hang out. Come & breathe into those tight spaces, opening channels of release. And maybe that ‘thing’ won’t completely leave in one session, but you’ll let the steam out a little, release some pressure, gain a new perspective & jumpstart a fresh chapter in your life. We will sit with you as you visit what is hurting inside your bones. We will hold you energetically & with bodywork as you journey. You are invited to dance to your edges & find your power to break free of anything holding you back. And to receive healing in whatever form you need at this time.

I don’t know, you don’t know, here we go 🙂

Lomi Ha Breathwork Journey
Saturday, March 7, 2-5pm
Blissful Healing, 13 E Main St, Richmond VT
$110 - payment plans available - register here https://firebirdhealing.as.me/schedule/0c9d8800/appointment/88964144/calendar/2785240

Our next Lomi Ha Breathwork Journey will be March 7, 2-5pm in Richmond. Benj & Maria are calling in another sacred cer...
02/10/2026

Our next Lomi Ha Breathwork Journey will be March 7, 2-5pm in Richmond.

Benj & Maria are calling in another sacred ceremony of Hawaiian Breathwork. This breathing practice is simple, ancient & life-changing. We will be serving you herbal tea & guiding a heart-beat drum meditation, followed by the Lomi Ha Breathwork journey.

‘Lomi’ (or Lomi Lomi) encompasses many lineages of healing from Hawaii, of which we are initiated into several. ‘Ha’ means ‘breath of life’ in Hawaiian - it is the sound we make when we exhale during the Breathwork & it is the end of the word ‘Aloha’.

During the journey we will offer hands on bodywork as well as energy healing. We will be holding a clear & safe space for you to release, receive & replenish your Spirit. There will be a crystal singing bowl sound bath at the end, then watercolor painting & snacks.

This type of Breathwork changes peoples lives in a myriad of ways. It allows you to go to your edges & break free, expand lung capacity, release buried trauma & emotions, let go of patterns that hold you back, access incredible amounts of energy & vitality, connect with ancestors & guides, heal anxiety, channel your Soul song & find more direction for your life’s purpose. Every journey is different & the medicine comes in its own way & time. Join us to begin a new cycle in your life & see what is possible with your very own breath.

We have been co-leading these ceremonial journeys for 3 years, this is our 15th round! We would love to circle with you. Please help us spread the word & let us know if you have any questions.

Date: Saturday, March 7 from 2-5pm
Location: Blissful Healing Studio, 13 E Main St, Richmond VT
Cost: $110 exchange - please reach out if you need a payment plan, we are happy to do that.
Register: FireBirdHealing.as.me or click the link in my bio!

Early morning meditation on this quiet snowy day … praying for our world as I stitch 🌀🪡 Praying for justice & peace to p...
01/26/2026

Early morning meditation on this quiet snowy day … praying for our world as I stitch 🌀🪡 Praying for justice & peace to prevail. For those terrorizing our precious neighbors to be stopped. We are one family & our liberation is tied together. May the systems that created this madness crumble & fall. Remember: the power of the people is greater than the people in power. Choose love, take action, breathe deeply & know we will get through this together.

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