IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (WZMQ) – A fresh aura graces downtown Iron Mountain with the opening of the Stardust Healing Center, situated snugly inside the 415 building along Stephenson Avenue. With an array of holistic offerings including an herbal apothecary, massage facilities, and traditional Chinese medicine, the center emerges as a focal point for wellness enthusiasts, complemented by local artistry.
The brainchild of Kira Treloar and Bryan Drewyor, the center is a testament to their shared passion and expertise. Treloar, on the cusp of attaining her Doctor of Chinese Medicine credentials, speaks of their vision: “We felt like bringing together all the local art and a showcase of local music, and dance groups. Every kind of art form you can think of.”
Drewyor, renowned in the community for his musical prowess with the ‘One Human Band’ project, echoes their enthusiasm: “And we’re excited to start to bring the ‘stardust experiment’ here as well. So they’re mini-festivals and little events that bring people together, bring the community together.”
Their venture not only offers therapeutic rooms for massage and acupuncture, but also delves into chi gong classes and sound healing, a specialty Drewyor has cultivated over 15 years.
“Chi gong is an older form of tai chi. It’s a martial art practice that has to do with moving or moving your energy around the body. It’s also a form of meditation and mindfulness,” he explains, mentioning the pair plan to offer a first course soon at Millie Hill. “There’s a really cool cement platform that was poured, and they built a really cool structure up there,” he shared.
Drewyor elaborates on the significance of sound healing: “What they do is it’s opening up through relative tones, different chakras, or you could call them different centers of your body that you could say would be aligned with ‘entraining’ through sound…neurologically there’s been a lot of research done with Daniel Levington, he’s a really good neurologist and musician who just came out with a new sound healing book yesterday, actually.”
The center, a blend of local talent and some imported teas, aims to foster community engagement. Drewyor mentions, “We have local herbs and teas. We have a lady up north who put together a bunch of beautiful South American ones and blends – traditional blends from around the world. Teas that we imported from all over the place, from online, from a lot of local sources as well.”
Reflecting on their journey, Treloar shares her personal transformation with Chinese medicine: “Actually, Western medicine wasn’t helping me at all, and I was bedridden, and then Chinese medicine is what got me out of bed and got things straightened out I would say.”
With plans to integrate farmers markets and pop-up booths, the Stardust Healing Center aspires to be more than just a retail space; it’s a communal haven, fostering well-being and artistic expression, one soul at a time.
Currently, the pair are taking an e-mail list to see who is interested in the chi gong courses and some other community offerings. Those interested can e-mail: stardusthealingcenter@gmail.com
Store hours will be 9-6 Tuesday through Saturday – usually.
“Since we’re going to be the only ones working here, we might have some ‘closed for lunch’ signs on the door at times,” Drewyor mentioned.
“We just wanted to thank the community and the people that have been involved with this. Without you guys, it wouldn’t have come together. A lot of them donated their time and donated their products as consignment without having any kind of real money coming up front, and we really appreciate that,” added the pair.
For more information about the new research and book that Drewyor mentions regarding sound healing, you can see a recent communication from the author about Levington’s new book, the author’s website can be visited here:
https://www.daniellevitin.com/books
Here is a recent communication about the new book release:
