Sonya C Barriere

For over a decade I've been practicing the energy work known as Reiki, and am certified as both a Massage and WRT Water Release Therapy® Practitioner. This combination has set me apart by offering a much needed mix of energetic work and physical work. By using this combination and talking through what's alive in your body, we can get closer to the root of what's imbalanced, physically, mentally and emotionally. For those unfamiliar, Water Release Therapy is a therapy performed in body temperature water, where receivers are floated, moved and massaged in weightlessness; an incredible gift to the repertoire of a lifelong water baby. I've been working with families for 15 years, and feel affinity working with pregnant mommas. My practice extends to all people who feel the need for care and wellness, and who appreciate the subtler work of energetic flow, including the elderly and those working through trauma.

I've always been inspired to work with families, and it started with being an older sister by 12 years to my youngest sibling, which evolved into caring for families over the last couple decades. Touch is my love language its no surprise I found my way into massage therapy. Giving healing touch to others to help move stagnancy and create flow within the heart, mind and body is a powerful tool to assist humanity in treating ourselves, each other and the planet better. For about a decade I've been been practicing yoga and body awareness. Its over the last 5 years that I formally began certification processes for Massage Therapy, Yoga Instruction and Water Release Therapy to pair education with intuition in order to provide a well rounded approach to self care and wellness.

One would be received as if they are being held in highest regard and finally given a chance to rest. In doing so the defenses can crack open and allow healing to happen from within. The receiver will likely experience emotions, or memories, or sensations as their body begins to relax and let go. Afterward the receiver can expect to feel much lighter and calmer.

Discovering how gentleness can be a profound catalyst for healing. Everything is energy; our nervous system is made of electric synapses. When the body is able to relax, you can release the charge that can be built up as nervous energy in different places in the body. The world would be such a sweeter place if everyone had access to care that could meet them where they are.