Today we’d like to introduce you to Nors Beatriz.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Nors. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
If you asked me if I had ever thought I would be a “healer” as a child, I would have said no. It never occurred to me. I grew up in Chicago, born in the City’s Bucktown area and Graduated from DePaul University in the 80’s with a Degree in Communications and Journalism. I thought maybe, I’d be in PR at that time. My first job out of college was working at Driehaus Securities. I became a glorified assistant to some interesting Chicago Characters for a while. I traveled in a private plane with my bosses and as I like to say “kept their lives running smoothly, like the elf who fixed the cobbler’s shoes” I loved it for a while but I was starting to get unhappy because I had no life other than taking care of the people I worked for, keeping their lives perfect and mine was falling apart. One night, I got into an argument, fighting with a boyfriend about driving to his place in the burbs and I said “fine, I’ll drive out, but if I get into a car accident and die, it will be your fault” about 15 minutes later, I was out on the Kennedy and unknowingly on the path of an oncoming car that had gotten on from an off ramp. The highways were super crowded for that January night and it was unusually warm, so there was no snow and I was actually wearing my pajamas and a light coat when the car struck me head on. It was happening so fast, but I could see the headlights in front of me and with all the traffic I just couldn’t get out of the way, I would have hit other cars and just put my foot on my brake and I crossed myself and said a quick prayer in my head and hoped for the best. He literally drove right over my car and I blacked out. When I came too, I was still in the car and I was having a lot of trouble breathing and I was in a lot of pain and I realized that the whole car was crushed around me. When they took me to the hospital, they had a priest come to read me the last rites and he took my had, but I remember I said, “it’s okay, I already talked to God and he said, I was going to be okay. It wasn’t my time yet” That is pretty much the start of where I wound up today. Before then, I really didn’t know a lot about energy or healing or anything holistic. My journey started that night and because I had to heal myself from all the injuries that I suffered. I spent more than 6 months flat on my back and I was told I would have to have surgery if I wanted to walk, then I was walking with a lot of pain and I was told that unless I had the surgery, I’d always have pain. I’ve had any back surgery and I’ve only treated my own pain with natural alternative methods. I went on a serious journey for years and met with many other types of healers and that was at a time when there was almost no one in Chicago that did healing work. I met an osteopath who had just come back from China and had learned about acupuncture and he did some needle work on me that helped me. Then I started meeting all these other people. It’s true about people coming into your life when you need them. about 2 years after the car accident, I started working at an art gallery called Primitive artworks and I learned about gems and crystals and the stories of what people did with them all over the world. I decided that I wanted to help heal people, so I went to massage school and for a while I did a traditional massage but one day, I started telling my client stuff and I didn’t know where that came from, but my clients loved it. not all but most like it and I then knew that I didn’t want to do a traditional massage. I learned reflexology and craniosacral therapy. Those modalities helped me heal and I started incorporating that into my work. I opened my own study and called it NowStudio because I wanted the name to be about being present. Being right Now. I think I was a little bit ahead of my time at the time (this was before the book “The Power of Now) I’ve studied with so many great teachers and healers and I draw upon all that to create what I do. The accident made me more intuitive and to not take life for granted. The accident changed my life and I now try to help people connect with their own intuition, what their body or spirit is telling them. I tell people that they need to learn to connect with themselves and really listen to what their body is telling them. NowStudio is my journey towards becoming present and what I do to help others get started. I use Craniosacral Therapy, Reflexology and Intuitive Counseling. I also happen to be a reiki master so I put lots of positive energy into everything I do. I recently separated my Crystal and gem jewelry into its own business called MojoOwl.
Has it been a smooth road?
Being a healer is not an easy path. I was one of the first in Chicago to offer a non-traditional practice. I have watched over the years and have seen the Holistic healing community grow over time here in the city. When I first opened, I really started out doing massage on anyone because I needed the money. I offered a sports massage, but I hated that and that attracted the wrong kind of people to me. The kind of clients that I really had no business working on. When I finally got clear and started telling people that I probably was not the right fit for their needs, that’s when things became better. People appreciated that and some people then really wanted to see me. Being intuitive is a blessing and a curse. I mean, it’s wonderful to have insight and tell people stuff but it’s also painful because it’s hard telling people hard things about themselves or maybe they just don’t like hearing it. It’s taken me years to not let criticisms bother me. I have toughened up a bit, but I am still pretty vulnerable so I can have a lot of empathy for others in my work.
I get a lot of calls from people who say “I want to become a healer” I tell them it’s not an easy path and that it’s also possible to be a healer in any job you do. When you are happy and you do a good job, you are doing healing work. If you a baker and you love what you do, you are putting good mojo into your baking products and that is healing. You don’t have to become a “healer” to do healing work.
So, let’s switch gears a bit and go into the NowStudio and MojoOwl story. Tell us more about the business.
NowStudio provides a safe place for people seeking healing to relax, to let go. I’m known for my intuitiveness, which I use to help guide me when I do any modalities, such as CranioSacral Therapy (CST) or Reflexology. When I do CST, I connect with the body through the nervous system and help it release the tension it’s been holding onto. I feel things about people when I work on them. The main tools I use are my hands when I work on people. I think it’s important to relax the nervous system, which in turns helps to heal everything else within the body. It’s restorative to the brain to relax and everyone needs a safe place to let go. That’s what NowStudio provides.
I’m also known for doing Intuitive counseling sessions. Things I pick up about people and using knowledge about their astrological sign can help open conversation into insights about themselves to use to become the best version of themselves or maybe to let go of their negative tendencies. I find when you face what is most negative about yourself, you can let that go and feel freer to move forward.
I also recently started a new company called MojoOwl. I started years ago by making things for friends and I often do some of the lapidary work myself, drilling into raw gems to turn into necklaces. I thought because I am getting older that this would be a good replacement for me not doing massage work anymore and it’s really taken off. I enjoy creating small beautiful objects to wear as I say for “luck, love and fortune” I love the tiny crystal and beautiful color combinations. As if tiny fairies guided my hands. I call my showroom “FairyLand”. People tell me they love the window displays so watch out as they will get crazier.
I’m not like other people because I didn’t start out as a healer. I didn’t even believe in it under things happened to me. Things that I can never explain away. Miracles have occurred in my life and I am a believer but I also believe in science. I appreciate science and nature but I also appreciate everyday magic now. I find have a knack for finding 4 leaf clovers. I believe that what you think can happen, so I’m careful to manifest good things. I don’t let myself dwell on negative things that I can’t control. I feel that everything that happened to me has made me into a healer. Even all the bad stuff, has taught me, many lessons of which while I would not want to go through some of it, I am grateful to have become the person that I am.
How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
I think holistic therapies are going to be even more popular and hopefully start being more mainstream and be offered by insurance companies for reimbursement. In England, Reflexology has been a treatment in many hospitals for years now. I would love to see that happen here in the U.S.
Pricing:
- 1 hr Intutive Reading/ Counseling $120
- 1 hr Craniosacral Therapy Session $110
- 1 hr Reflexology $110
Contact Info:
- Address: MojoOwl Showroom 3323 W. Diversey, Chicago, IL by appt.
NowStudio, 2515 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL by appt. - Website: www.nowstudio.co / www.mojoowl.com
- Phone: 773.413.0749
- Email: themojoowl@gmail.com
- Instagram: @mojoowl
- Facebook: TheMojoOwl
- Twitter: @mojoowl
Image Credit:
Headshots – Thomas of TK Photography
Nors Beatriz – MojoOwl showroom
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