Blue Hill Healing

 

Meet Christina Montano, a Healing Arts Therapist, ceremonial guide, and lifelong practitioner of somatic and sacred healing. With over three decades of experience in massage therapy, energy medicine, and holistic living, and a master’s degree in Holistic Health & Healing from Lesley University, Christina supports individuals in reconnecting with their bodies, awakening their inner wisdom, and stepping into a more authentic, aligned life.

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Her work weaves together bodywork, energy healing, cacao ceremony, retreats, and coaching, creating spaces where people can soften, open, and move through what has been holding them back…physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

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Christina’s deepest learning has come from life itself.

She homebirthed and raised four children, and mothering, in all its raw beauty and complexity, has been some of her most powerful and humbling work. It taught her to surrender, to lead with love, to trust the unseen, and to hold space in the truest way.

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She lived and sailed with her children for a year at sea, traveled to India and worked alongside Mother Teresa, and studied with some of the original gurus and swamis who brought Eastern wisdom traditions to the United States in the 1980s and ’90s. She trained in shiatsu, massage, and energy healing long before “holistic” became mainstream.

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In recent years, Christina has spent time in Peru studying Andean traditions with medicine people, deepening her relationship to ceremony and the natural world. For the past several years, she has guided cacao ceremonies, both in intimate one-on-one settings and larger group gatherings, offering a gentle yet powerful pathway into heart connection and inner clarity.

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Her work has also taken creative form. She is the author of The Yellow Coat, creator of the film Birth of a Family, and founder of Infinite Mother, a transformational course supporting women and families through preconception, birth, postpartum, and beyond.

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Through this work, she came to a profound realization:

Birthing a child and birthing a dream are reflections of the same sacred process.
Both require courage, trust, devotion, and a willingness to step into the unknown. Both are initiations.

From this understanding, Portal was born.

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Portal is a space for those who feel the call to create something new in their lives…a shift, a vision, a deeper expression of who they are. Whether through bodywork, ceremony, retreats, or coaching, Christina’s guidance is intuitive, grounded, and deeply personal, meeting each individual exactly where they are.

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Throughout her path, she has been guided by teachers from many traditions…yogis, midwives, artists, healers, and shamans, and brings this rich tapestry of experience into her work today.

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Christina currently lives on the coast of Maine with her partner Nielsen. Together, they are creating spaces for healing, connection, and transformation through retreats, community gatherings, and their shared projects, including BlueHaus.

At home, she can often be found in the garden, by the ocean, or in the kitchen, preparing food with intention, rooted in her belief that nourishment extends far beyond the plate.

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If you’ve found your way here, something in you is already stirring.
You’re invited to follow that call…whether through a session, a ceremony, a course, or simply beginning to listen more deeply to yourself.

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