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Cypress Pillar Healing Arts Cypress Pillar Healing Arts approaches a rebuilding of self using a multi-modal approach: Body, Mind, & Spirit are all nurtured.

Heal yourself using medicinal techniques, diet, meditation, martial arts & tai chi, dance, visual art, music, and more! Somewhere along the line, Cypress Pillar founders Brian and Misha decided life could be about joy and love. This decision was made, when all good things happen, riding together on a bus bumping along and dreaming. But, really, wouldn't it be amazing to wake up every morning pain free, strong, loving your *self?* How incredible to look forward to a long life filled with wonder and adventure, to know what to eat, to laugh, and to be stress free. Well, why couldn't we all live like that? We all have a bit of healing to do, and we can work together to move through it. Whether you're suffering from pain, stress, or body image issues, Cypress Pillar Healing Arts is passionate about creating a healing journey that is right for YOU. Misha and Brian believe that health should be accessible to all and offer our services at affordable prices. At our healing arts center you can enjoy acupuncture, massage, herbalism, Reiki and traditional Shamanic healing. Dr. Brian and Misha are the core of Cypress Pillar, and partner with a variety of skilled healers to bring these services to the community. We also offer small, intimate classes with one on one attention from our experienced facilitators and empower you to continue learning when you leave the classroom, too. Sensei Brian - Dr. Brian Nell holds a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and offers acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion, and traditional Chinese massage. He specializes in injury recovery, sports injury, stress, anxiety, and depression as well as elder care. He is a fourth degree blackbelt in Pangai Noon kung fu, certified Tai Chi instructor, tea master, graphic designer, woodworker, computer animator, and generally adventuresome guy. Dr. Brian offers courses in a number of different healing arts and is known for his gentle yet charismatic teaching style. Misha - Misha Nell is a Clinical Herbalist, Reiki Master, Shaman and Intuitive Tarot Reader. She believes in helping people become healthy through a balancing of both the physical and spirit and is honored to assist folks seeking to work on this goal. Misha is a Master Teacher for Global Caravan Tribal Bellydance, a certified Master Naturalist and nature guide, reptile wrangler, mermaid, and founder of the dance troupes ShimmyBOOM, Caravan Project Sarasota, and PURE Sarasota. With over 20 years of teaching experience and a Master's degree in education, this award-winning instructor delights in creating dynamic programming to suit her audience's interests and needs.

10/02/2026

Celebrating 23 years of Karate…and counting!

Today marks the anniversary of Dr. BNell receiving his black belt in Pangai-noon Karate.

His journey and exploring this martial art has taken him all around the world, to study and teach with an amazing array of practitioners. Here’s to the next 23 years…and more!

09/28/2026

🍁October 🍁2026 🍁

Fall is here in Florida and we have fantastic opportunities to move, learn, and grow healthier as we move into the cooler season.

Check out our special Oct events including
🍁Working with your Ancestors as Spirit Guides and the tarot with Misha Nell
🍁Zar bellydance workshop with Ansuya | Bellydance Superstar
🍁October full moon ceremony with Rising Phoenix Metaphysics
🍁Special Fall Themed Ikebana arrangement class with Leslie

We have so many wonderful ways for you to grow a healthier you! DM teachers to register.

Our August Tea & Tarot with Misha Nell was a night full of learning all about love! This month, Misha brought her studen...
09/13/2026

Our August Tea & Tarot with Misha Nell was a night full of learning all about love! This month, Misha brought her students’ attention to the idea of working with the cards to discover how to read for relationships, which is one of the most sought after questions in the cards.

Misha walked us through the different ways the cards can be utilized for relationship readings, including sharing common scenarios and how to adjust your reading to address them. We explored many different cards that can speak to relationships as well, discovering how various types of connections can appear in the cards too. We also talked about the ethics of reading for third parties and how to help shift the energy back to the Querant when this happened. This was such a great offering for new readers and veterans, and of course we had delicious tea in house by Dr. Dr. BNell too!

Our next Tea & Tarot will take place Fri Sept 25 and we will focus on “Telling Your 3 Card Story.” And in particular work with Oracle cards. This is a marvelous way to do a quick reading for your Self or others and actually get quite a bit of depth from it too. If you’d like to join us in person or virtually the link is in our bio. Come discover how to work with the cards to transform your life!

Photos by Elizabeth Hall and James Edward Smith thank you 🙏

09/12/2026

Due to unforeseen issues Saturday Tai Chi will be cancelled tomorrow 9/12 but will return to its regularly scheduled time next Sat 9/19. Thank you for understanding.

Dr. Brian and Misha Nell are BACK! They’ve returned from their four country adventure and are ready to teach & heal!You ...
09/04/2026

Dr. Brian and Misha Nell are BACK!

They’ve returned from their four country adventure and are ready to teach & heal!

You can learn from Misha Nell tonight in her monthly Tea & Tarot class, where we will be talking all about relationships! From romantic to friendship, Misha will break down everything you need to know to be able to get support from the cards.

You can move with Dr. BNell tomorrow during his 10 am Tai Chi class at Cypress or virtually Tuesdays at 6 pm est.

And of course you can dance with Misha Wednesdays (int and adv) or Thursdays (intro).

Both of these powerful souls are accepting clients again. So if you’d like acupuncture, reiki, shamanic healing, or a tarot session reach out & we will get you scheduled!

We are so happy to have these two back in action! Huge thanks to fabulous James for holding down the fort while they went walkabout.

Huge thanks to Saskia Lang | MODERN MEDICINE WOMEN FOR MIND AND SOUL for this beautiful photo, taken after she did an incredible healing & ceremony for them both in Germany! 😱😱

08/20/2026

August apparently decided to happen **very quickly** this year 😂 so yes…we are posting our August Special Events calendar a little later than intended.

Some of these lovely things have already happened, but we still have a few more gatherings waiting for you before we say goodbye to the month:

🌿 **Sunday, August 23** — Intro to Ikebana + Ikebana Sogetsu Study w Leslie
🌕 **Saturday, August 29** — Full Moon Ceremony w Rising Phoenix Metaphysics
🫖 **Friday, September 4** — our August Tea & Tarot w Misha Nell making a fashionably late appearance in September

If you’ve been meaning to come spend some time with us, learn something beautiful, sit in circle, make flowers do impossible-looking things, or just get out of the house and be around good humans…here’s your sign. ❤️

Message us if you’d like details or help figuring out which event is right for you.

And thank you to everyone who has already joined us this month. We really do love the wonderfully eclectic little community that gathers under this roof. 🌿✨

✨ TEN YEARS! ✨Today marks 10 years since Dr. Brian graduated from East West College of Natural Medicine!And today he beg...
08/13/2026

✨ TEN YEARS! ✨

Today marks 10 years since Dr. Brian graduated from East West College of Natural Medicine!

And today he began a chapter that would eventually lead to the founding of Cypress Pillar Healing Arts. ❤️

Of course, graduation was only the beginning.
Over the last decade, Brian has spent countless hours continuing to study, learn, listen, and deepen his understanding of Chinese medicine and the human body. He has treated aching backs and stubborn shoulders, migraines and stress, injuries and chronic conditions…and so many of those mysterious “I just don’t feel right” things that bring people through our doors. So often he is the guy people come to when they’ve “tried everything” and he meets each patient with compassion, kindness, and an incredibly supportive bedside manner.

We truly think this is what makes him truly special. It isn’t just how much he knows…It’s how much he cares.

Brian has an incredible ability to meet people exactly where they are. He listens. He thinks. He problem-solves. He celebrates your wins. And he genuinely wants every person who walks into his treatment room to leave feeling a little better than when they came in.

Ten years ago, he walked across that graduation stage. Today, there are hundreds of people who have felt better, moved better, hurt less, breathed easier, or simply felt cared for because he did.

Happy 10-year graduation anniversary, Dr. Brian.

We are so incredibly proud of you.

Here’s to the next ten years of learning, healing, growing…and probably telling people they need to drink more water. 😂

Please help us celebrate Brian today! If he has ever helped you along the way, we would LOVE to hear about it in the comments. ❤️

The Limpia is one of Misha Cain Nell’s favorite ways to help remove Hucha (heavy energy) from her beloved clients and fr...
07/30/2026

The Limpia is one of Misha Cain Nell’s favorite ways to help remove Hucha (heavy energy) from her beloved clients and friends.

A Limpia is a traditional Indigenous Latin American and Andean spiritual cleansing ritual designed to clear negative energy, emotional blocks, and physical ailments

There are many different types of Limpia, and Misha has trained in many with indigenous and western teachers. This plant bundle based cleansing (Plantas) is one that Misha loves to deploy when clients need support removing the heaviness of life. For this tool Misha personally chooses plants that wish to support the Client and then bundles them together as a tool. She then takes the Client outside and gently sweeps them with the bundle while praying for their support.

This is a beautiful practice that is so transformative - often clients feel better immediately. Coupled with other energy practices, this tradition helps tremendously with dealing with all the roughness we can encounter in life.

Feeling heavy? Consider contacting Misha for a good cleansing!

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1940 Northgate Boulevard Suite B2
Sarasota, FL
34234

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Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 9pm
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