Your body is telling you something.

Chances are you’re too busy (overworked, underpaid, hungover) to actually listen.

But Vanessa Gonzalez Ruiz is all ears. The young, beautiful, Shamanistic healer is in town from Mexico for a few weeks. And she’s ready to tap into energy forces and upgrade your quality of life.

The artfully tattooed Reiki master (initiated by a Cherokee medicine woman, of all things) uses touch, song, Aztec elixirs, and intuitive guidance to determine which parts of your body are manifesting stress, anxiety, and deep-seated emotions. And then she (somehow) makes it all better.

Pinpoint a specific physical or emotional ailment. Or let her tell you what needs attention (that magic and energy stuff better be good for something).

Nope, it’s no quick fix. But Ruiz just might help you actualize your body/mind potential. In the last ten years she’s performed wedding and unification ceremonies, built sweat lodges, and led meditative healing circles (with addicts, cancer patients, and the emotionally distressed).

If nothing else, it’ll make for an introspective evening and great party conversation. But much as you love talking about yourself, she’s got an interesting story of her own to tell.

Just remember to listen.

Vanessa Gonzalez Ruiz (917-685-3053 or beansoctopus@hotmail.com). By appointment only.