By Ann Ferro / The Samaritan Center

This year as last, CNY Healing Arts has stepped up to become the presenting sponsor of the Samaritan Center’s summer fund raiser, the Beach, Blues & Bar-B-Que, scheduled for August 3rd from 5 p.m to 8 p.m. at the Skaneateles Country Club. The financial support given by the company underscores its attention to the kind of holistic approach to health that recognizes the relevance of caring for those with little material goods and joining in the support of the more than 400 yearly volunteers and 1200 active donors that make the Samaritan Center possible.

The staff at CNY Healing Arts represents a mix of practitioners from a variety of complimentary therapies, now recognized by many in the Western medical community as a helping component for treatment of the whole person.

Located on Intrepid Lane at the top of the rise of the old Seneca Turnpike, Route 173 as it climbs out of the valley of the Onondaga, the facility is close by the offices of its founder and inspiration, Dr. Robert Kiltz. His hand is everywhere from the design of the spaces to the selection and facilitation of the team that offers a variety of services designed to help individuals center their lives, sort through the noise of fear, frustration, illness, etc. to build a clearer vision of themselves and the power that they can tap that lies in their brains. Dr. Kiltz, who lives in Skaneateles, is passionate when he talks about the healing capacity of the human brain. “It’s the strongest, most influential organ in our body. It becomes distracted with the various demands of our lives and we forget how to mobilize its faculty. Eastern medical modalities have known about and capitalized on this knowledge for millennia. We’re just now getting smart.” Kiltz doesn’t diminish the importance of Western medicine; he does point out that there is more to healing than finding the cause, more to getting well than pills and surgeries; that each person is a powerful partner in the wellness prescription.

The center offers the services of a family counselor, Elaine Wolfe Steinberg, an MSW in Marriage and Family therapy from Syracuse University. Donald Clarke, a graduate of the Bastyr University in Seattle, offers patients access to Chinese medicine including acupuncture, herbal medicines, dietary counseling, and other modalities associated with Chinese medicine. John Capozzi, a graduate of the Boulder College of Massage therapy, provides a full range massage therapies from a soothing acoustic massage through those targeted for pregnancy.

A visit to the company website CNYHealingArts.com reveals the breadth of the center’s services, services that include activities such as belly dancing, Yoga, Pilates and Nia, a movement activity that combines the methods of other disciplines to assist with developing a style of movement that fits the individual’s physical and mental needs. Skin care is also available at CNY Healing Arts. Facials, make up sessions, microdermabrasion and other advanced methods of skin care complete the range of
services.