Hola! I’m Alicia and I’m the creator of Chispa Park. I love to create and to solve problems. I am also a massage therapist with a focus on lymphatic health. In my practice, I am surprised that many people have challenges that can be easily remedied by small changes. Unfortunately, changing habits can be very difficult for busy adults. I notice this even within myself!

When researching lymphatic health to better support my clients, Western medicine did not have much to offer as a remedy for lymphatic congestion at the time. On the other hand, Ayurveda (the ancient science of longevity) acknowledged the lymphatic system as the first tissue layer of the body, and had many practices and holistic treatments to maintain it.

I eventually studied Ayurveda because it addressed wellness in ways that included the mind, the body, as well as individual uniqueness. Having experienced a health crises years before, I often found myself wishing I had been introduced to these concepts as an elective course in high school. I began to recognize that many of the components of Ayurveda were familiar, basic and already within early childhood curriculum models, but they are not being seen as integral components of wellness and mind-body awareness development.

Chispa Park is a “continuous wellness education concept” because health needs to be taught and cultivated consistently, just as language arts or mathematics. It is designed to present basic concepts that work together not just to create healthy habits, but to also cultivate the self.

Thank you for your interest this project. Please share any feedback or ideas you may have. It is my ultimate wish that all who enter Chispa Park will discover the transformative daily habits of tending to the self as a wondrous expression of life.