Therapeutic Massage

& Energy Healing in Asheville, NC

When the pain feels unbearable, I will bear it with you.

We can share holding it, witnessing it, making space for it, asking it questions. I will feel it with you. I will guide your body to notice, to question its patterns, to plant seeds for new ones with tenderness and compassion.

Nelly Bablumian LMBT holds client's arms in massage and energy healing session
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I think of myself as a Pain Doula.

Kindness and love are at the heart of this process. Not force, not getting through with gritted teeth, certainly not denial or “focusing on the positive,” not moving on, not even turning it into something creative. Some of those might be helpful later. 

But first, we see it.

We meet the pain exactly where it is as if we are looking at a three hour-old baby. We cradle it as though it were sacred.

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I say “we” because I am not interested in doing this work TO you while you check out.

If that is what you would like, please take yourself to a relaxing spa and get pampered. Nothing wrong with that. The work with me will hopefully be relaxing, but it will not be easy.

When we light those intention candles at the beginning of each session, we enter a commitment to face whatever comes up in the ways that we are capable. We step up to it, dive into it, we don’t turn away if it is uncomfortable, we don’t shut down when it asks us to stretch past where we’ve gone before. This is life affirming work, so we face the darkness in order to come to the light.

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meet Nelly

I’m queer, a single mother, bodyworker, immigrant, artist, and community member who is working to heal and restore balance in myself and others every day.

I use my hands to help unlock the healing powers of the incredible human body, listening fiercely and without judgment, creating a quiet, cocooned space where the body can relax and remember how to heal itself.

My work is rooted in creativity, ritual, and deep presence—each session uniquely crafted to draw out the sacred, transformative potential already living within you.

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All of the tools of my practice

are available to you

Sessions may include a blend of supportive approaches such as:

  • Energy balancing

  • Therapeutic massage

  • Guided meditation

  • Sacred ritual elements

  • Distance healing sessions

Each session is designed to support regulation, relaxation, and overall balance.

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A Different

Healing Philosophy

“The healer” has never been the one to save you…or even heal you.

They are the ones who have opened themselves to the unspeakable depths of collective pain through their own trauma and shadow work. Through that somatic understanding they can help guide you to work through the pain with your own inner knowing, because they know how to hold space for it and because you already have everything it takes.

"Abbondanza" is the word for abundance in Italian. 

I am drawn to this word for its joy, its fullness - because I can't say it without singing a little. It has DANZA in it right there for our dancing pleasure! It is radiant and full of hope and color. It is endless. It is present. 

The world we live in is abundant. When we choose to focus on gratitude instead of fear, we realize there is a whole universe full of wonder and abundance––abbondanza!

There are everyday people doing good deeds every day.  The human spirit longs for and aches towards connection, towards kindness, towards wholeness.

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Why Abbondanza?

We can no longer afford to carry the generational trauma we have inherited forward to our children. 

It is time to shed old tired ways, to work through and grieve, and to intentionally carve new patterns that embrace healing available to us when we tap in.

There is abundance in the universe. Reach out and live it, breathe it in, see it.  

Ask for it.    

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Clients say that Nelly is…

  • Tender, Attuned, & Insightful

    “Working with Nelly was a really helpful and beautiful experience. From the personalized altar they created before our session, to the tender care and attunement during it, everything felt deeply connected and open to me and my spirit guides. I truly didn't know what to expect, as I have had many massages and some reiki sessions in the past. This was a combination of modalities, and I was surprised by the insights that came through. Nelly is a very open person and stays present with the energies in and around us during the session, sometimes explaining what they could feel or sense, and sometimes just feeling deeply with me. My time with them brought me a new connection to my ancestors (specifically my grandmother) and deeper healing within myself.”

    — Tracy G.

  • Grounded & Caring

    “I feel really blessed to have had the opportunity to receive the gift of Nelly’s grounded touch. They instantaneously found the places my body wanted attention, and relieved so much tension in my body. They navigated different areas with care and intuition. It felt like all my circuits started to open up and my body was able to flow. It feels like more than just body work, it has an almost spiritual component. Nelly’s skill is a powerful tool to any who has the opportunity to receive this healing.”

    — April W.

  • Supportive through Crisis

    "Working with Nelly has been a transformative experience for me. My first time receiving from Nelly I was in the ER experiencing a medical crisis, and their energy and touch was the anchor that brought me the first peace and relief I felt in that room. Every session I've had from Nelly has been so deeply attuned, gentle and supportive, and I come out the other side feeling whole again. They are tapped into something vast, and it comes through in the steady way they hold whatever wild things are happening my body. I'm so grateful for their gift."

    — Francis C.

  • A True Energetic Healer

    “Nelly gave me the most healing massage I’ve ever had in my life! It was surprising and energetic. I hope to receive another one in the next few weeks. It was exactly what I needed. It changed my whole day for the better!”

    — Carol M.

  • Uniquely Intuitive

    "I had the wonderful opportunity to have had a couple sessions with Nelly and will definitely return. Each session was unique and special, with a sense of depth, capacity and intuitive flow that truly met me. A rich bodywork with very intentional energy movement.  The warmth of the space and the ability to be at ease was another valuable part of my experience for me to receive."

    — Reuel A.

  • Guided by Connection

    "Nelly is a highly skilled massage therapist and gifted intuitive. Her hands seem to ‘see’ beneath the surface. With extraordinary sensitivity, she intuitively detects where energy is stagnant or blocked — issue that often manifest as pain, discomfort, or misalignment. Guided by a deep connection to her spiritual guides, Nelly attunes to their wisdom and channels their healing energy, allowing it to flow through her and restore balance and harmony to the body.”

    — Regina O