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Not to sound like a broken record, but I'm going to echo the resounding response of "everyone"! The beauty of nutrition counseling is that the approach is tailored to each individual's specific needs, goals and concerns. Even if someone has a "healthy" diet nailed down, they could benefit in other ways as well. Personally I look at my clients' overall lifestyles, since everything is connected. For example, a stressed body may not reap as many nutrients from food, so stress management techniques and activities may be recommended.

You can loosen the grip of stress by listening to your body. Much of our lives are spent on autopilot. The Feldenkrais Method combines mindfulness and movement.

Your body amplifies emotions and your organization. How you organize yourself reflects what you feel. Imagine anger or fear, and how your body changes organization. Private Feldenkrais sessions create a safe, positive, integrated experience of self, using gentle touch and movement. It feels amazing to be touched this way. I hope that I can facilitate your ability to calm down, unblock areas of the body, and make it ok to sense pleasure and love yourself.

The Feldenkrais Method helps you reconnect with your body and learn ways to move with greater efficiency, ease. Many people find that this Method helps them reduce pain.

It's common not to feel anything. Everyone has different levels of sensitivity. Just because you didn't feel anything does not mean nothing is happening. Often times, energetic healing is very subtle, we integrate the work in different ways. And, often times, what we want isn't what we need. Reiki energy can be directed to certain areas but what you need may be what the universal life energy may be directed to. Check in with yourself a week later, a month later, you may be surprised at what you notice.

Why are you seeking healing work?
What is making you uncomfortable?
What do you want to change?
What are you goals?
How do you want to feel?

Get to know your practitioner, seek out a few and ask questions about their work, read testimonials and why not try both!

Speaking from a Shamanic perspective, distance healing is outside time and space. Since we are energetic beings we can address issues of the soul from anywhere in the world. Some practitioners work over zoom, some on the phone and still others work remotely with only a name and an address. The key is that there is permission, and intention from both the practitioner and the client. Healing only works if the client is open to receive.

Reiki naturally provides healing and balance mentally, physically and spiritually. When we are out of balance, that is how diseases occur, pain in the body, stress in the mind, and more. We are actually designed to live 120 plus years! Imbalance causes the much earlier death in too many. The mental, physical and spiritual aspects of us are all connected. Reiki is omniscient, knowing where to go and how much is needed. So with every area receiving the proper amount of healing, everything naturally finds balance. And you leave with your mind clear, your thoughts calm, feeling peace and well.

Reiki is a traditional holistic mind-body wellness method from Japan. While at present time, science is not able to explain how Reiki works, people who receive Reiki report remarkable improvements in their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Personally, as a medical doctor, I was quite skeptical about all the "unproven" healing arts including Reiki, but after nearly two decades of observational evidence, I am completely amazed by the vast benefits of Reiki. I've seen Reiki clients with incurable conditions and illnesses that are known to be difficult to treat improve beyond what I thought was medically possible - full resolution of severe neuropathy, elimination of severe physical pain in just one session, rapid and sustained healing from heroin and other addictions, quick improvement of vertigo, dramatic improvement of long COVID symptoms, healing from deep-seated anger and long-term depression, complete stress relief, permanent resolution of severe panic attacks, getting "unstuck" and finding clarity and purpose, and so much more!

In addition to Reiki and my medical practice, I am also directly involved in clinical research. As a research physician, I can attest that studying Reiki is not an easy task. It is very difficult to create, fund, and conduct high-quality clinical trials in Reiki. In spite of numerous publications on the effectiveness of Reiki, because of many methodological challenges in Reiki research, it proves difficult to analyze all the published scientific data and to come to clear and cohesive conclusions about its effectiveness. While there are not too many doctors and research scientists who have a deep interest in Reiki, the time will come, when the body of collected evidence will prove the remarkable positive effects of this holistic Japanese practice. We are not there yet, but I hope that by sharing my experience more people would look into Reiki for their health as well as more researchers would consider taking the time to properly study this remarkable phenomenon.

The benefits of Reiki that I have observed have been so impressive, that I feel that it would be unethical for me to only practice Western medicine, knowing just how much Reiki can help people self-heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Reiki is offered through a light touch, with the practitioner’s hands placed on or
above a series of locations on the head and body. Part of what makes Reiki so deeply
relaxing is you’re required to do absolutely nothing but lie down and receive.

The practitioner channels the energy through their hands, and this positive energy
begins to flow through your energy field. As you welcome this energy, you may feel a
surprising warmth from the practitioner’s palms or awareness of energy gently washing over you. Negative energy is released, a sensation which many people describe as feeling noticeably “lighter.” Each individual will experience Reiki differently, though it’s most common to feel immediate stress release and a sense of peace. Many report a refreshing mental clarity and wonderful feeling of radiance. It’s not unusual to sleep better than usual after a session.

Hypnosis helps people improve their lives by looking at and understanding the root of their issues/problems. Looking at and understanding the root of why they are not living the life they would ideally want to live. We do that by connecting with the subconscious that has stored everything we ever experienced and is giving us the answers to all our questions without censoring, non differentiated. So we find out the answers as to why we don't live the life we would like to live, we understand, we express what we need to express to overcome that, we reframe and transform. The last part of the session, we record the transformation and my clients get that recording (15-20 minutes) to listen to and to keep.

Did you know that in childhood you are always in hypnosis? The mind absorbs experiences and learns new behaviors all at once. That unity breaks down about the time we turn eight as conflicts arise between our private and public behaviors. For example: "I didn't finish my book report, but it is bedtime!" To protect our role in the family, our mind breaks into two parts: the larger part - the subconscious - sends the conscious mind out to figure out how to survive in society.

While intended to protect us, this is the universal wound that festers as conflict between our physical well-being (managed by the subconscious) and our social ambitions. The side-effects include a host of physical, mental, and spiritual ills. Hypnotherapy starts with a dialog that reveals the underlying conflicts. Those insights are then shared with the subconscious in hypnosis.

This process usually takes advantage of the transition to sleep, which is when the conscious mind downloads daily social experience for evaluation by the subconscious. At Hypnosis Rising, I emphasize the state known to children and rediscovered by master meditators: the gamma state. The ultimate goal is not to punish and over-rule the subconscious, but to soften the barriers created in our minds by the original wound. That effort heals the past, empowers the present, and opens the door to unanticipated futures.

Guided imagery is form of focused relaxation or meditation. Some people have difficulty stopping/slowing a noisy mind or spiraling thoughts that lead to difficulty sleeping, anxiety, and stress. Guided imagery focuses on a positive and relaxing image that is intended to calm the listener down. The guide should be pulling all the listener's senses into the image for the best results so that the listener can almost feel they are a part of the image and they are fully focused on the image. The listener becomes so enveloped in the image that the previous disturbing/stressful thoughts are quieted.

Some practiced people can guide themselves to an image, but there are many options where you can buy or listen to guided imagery for free (ie youtube) if you need assistance.

Studies have shown that people who practiced guided imagery have decreased stress, anxiety, and even depression. The focused image can also take the mind off of pain and decrease stress that often triggers more pain (such as headaches). Those who have issues sleeping from a busy mind often become so focused on the peaceful image they find it easier to sleep.

The advantage of having a safe space to talk without judgment can be invaluable. In
our interactions with loved ones, it’s natural to filter our feelings or even feel regretful
about “unloading” negative thoughts. The help of a counselor to welcome your thoughts and help you work through challenges with compassion, integrity, and respect can provide remarkable mental and emotional clarity, among other benefits. When we have a strong foundation, we’re in a much better place to reach for our dreams and desires (self-actualization).

Guided imagery is used by many practitioners to help you relax or make other positive changes using the mind/body connection. As a hypnotherapist, I use guided imagery and related tools to help you reduce stress, gain confidence, overcome trauma, and make other positive changes at a subconscious level, which is often permanent. Schedule your free consultation with me today to find out what hypnotherapy can do for you. Talk soon!

Bach flower remedies have many benefits!

Dr. Edward Bach studied medicine at the University College Hospital, London, and was a House Surgeon there.

He worked in general practice, having a set of consulting rooms in Harley Street, as a bacteriologist and later a pathologist.

Despite the success of his work with orthodox medicine, he felt dissatisfied with the way doctors were expected to concentrate on diseases and ignore the people who were suffering from them.

He was inspired by his work with homeopathy but wanted to find remedies that would be purer and less reliant on the products of disease.

He found that the energy of certain flowers can change negative or incorrect emotions into positive ones. For example, if you are afraid, certain flowers can give you courage.

Bach Flowers do not work directly on the physical body. They help on an emotional level and when the imbalance or cause is changed, the physical symptom or discomfort will improve.

The remedies are designed to help the body heal itself by restoring emotional balance in the body.

The remedies come as a liquid, preserved in brandy, called the stock bottle. To take them, you dilute two drops of each remedy that you need (not exceeding 7 different remedies) into a 30ml dropper bottle, top up with mineral water, and take four drops four times a day. Alternatively, you can put the two drops into a glass of water, and sip from that at intervals.

Possible side effects: The Bach Flower Remedies work by flooding out negative feelings and emotions. Sometimes the emotions that are dealt with have been repressed for some time and in order to clear them, they have to be cleansed from the system. On very rare occasions this can take the form of a rash, or unexpected feelings may be stirred up. Where such things do occur, they can be disregarded and there is no reason to stop taking the remedies.

Diluting a remedy does not reduce its potency. There is no difference in potency or speed of effect between taking the four drops from a treatment bottle and taking a stock remedy.

Rescue Remedy: The only ready-mixed remedy is the Rescue Remedy, which was prepared by Dr. Bach to cover all the usual reactions people would have to crises and emergencies. It was intended as an emotional first-aid kit and not as a quick replacement for the 38 individual remedies. Therefore, after the immediate crisis is over the correct thing to do is to look at the individual response rather than go on giving Rescue Remedy indefinitely.

Reducing the alcohol in a remedy: You can put the drops of a remedy into boiling water, tea, etc. and this should evaporate most of the alcohol. It will not affect the potency of the remedies.

Stopping a remedy: When the problem that is being addressed has gone, there is no need to continue taking the remedy in case it comes back. There is no need to wean off the remedies gradually, as you have to do with some conventional drugs.

Here is a list of the 38 remedies and their indications. Choosing a remedy is not based on physical symptoms, but rather on a person’s negative emotions.

For more information on the remedies and what they are for, please refer to a Bach Flower book reference or check out the Bach Flower website at www.bachcentre.com.

• Agrimony - mental torture behind a cheerful face
• Aspen - fear of unknown things
• Beech - intolerance
• Centaury - the inability to say 'no'
• Cerato - lack of trust in one's own decisions
• Cherry Plum - fear of the mind giving way
• Chestnut Bud - failure to learn from mistakes
• Chicory - selfish, possessive love
• Clematis - dreaming of the future without working in the present
• Crab Apple - the cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred
• Elm - overwhelmed by responsibility
• Gentian - discouragement after a setback
• Gorse - hopelessness and despair
• Heather - self-centredness and self-concern
• Holly - hatred, envy and jealousy
• Honeysuckle - living in the past
• Hornbeam - procrastination, tiredness at the thought of doing something
• Impatiens - impatience
• Larch - lack of confidence
• Mimulus - fear of known things
• Mustard - deep gloom for no reason
• Oak - the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion
• Olive - exhaustion following mental or physical effort
• Pine - guilt
• Red Chestnut - over-concern for the welfare of loved ones
• Rock Rose - terror and fright
• Rock Water - self-denial, rigidity and self-repression
• Scleranthus - inability to choose between alternatives
• Star of Bethlehem - shock
• Sweet Chestnut - Extreme mental anguish, when everything has been tried and there’s no light left
• Vervain - over-enthusiasm
• Vine - dominance and inflexibility
• Walnut - protection from change and unwanted influences
• Water Violet - pride and aloofness
• White Chestnut - unwanted thoughts and mental arguments
• Wild Oat - uncertainty over one's direction in life
• Wild Rose - drifting, resignation, apathy
• Willow - self-pity and resentment

Dr. Edward Bach studied medicine at the University College Hospital, London, and was a House Surgeon there.

He worked in general practice, having a set of consulting rooms in Harley Street, as a bacteriologist and later a pathologist.

Despite the success of his work with orthodox medicine, he felt dissatisfied with the way doctors were expected to concentrate on diseases and ignore the people who were suffering from them.

He was inspired by his work with homeopathy but wanted to find remedies that would be purer and less reliant on the products of disease.

He found that the energy of certain flowers can change negative or incorrect emotions into positive ones. For example, if you are afraid, certain flowers can give you courage.

Bach Flowers do not work directly on the physical body. They help on an emotional level and when the imbalance or cause is changed, the physical symptom or discomfort will improve.

The remedies are designed to help the body heal itself by restoring emotional balance in the body.

The remedies come as a liquid, preserved in brandy, called the stock bottle. To take them, you dilute two drops of each remedy that you need (not exceeding 7 different remedies) into a 30ml dropper bottle, top up with mineral water, and take four drops four times a day. Alternatively, you can put the two drops into a glass of water, and sip from that at intervals.

Possible side effects: The Bach Flower Remedies work by flooding out negative feelings and emotions. Sometimes the emotions that are dealt with have been repressed for some time and in order to clear them, they have to be cleansed from the system. On very rare occasions this can take the form of a rash, or unexpected feelings may be stirred up. Where such things do occur, they can be disregarded and there is no reason to stop taking the remedies.

Diluting a remedy does not reduce its potency. There is no difference in potency or speed of effect between taking the four drops from a treatment bottle and taking a stock remedy.

Rescue Remedy: The only ready-mixed remedy is the Rescue Remedy, which was prepared by Dr. Bach to cover all the usual reactions people would have to crises and emergencies. It was intended as an emotional first-aid kit and not as a quick replacement for the 38 individual remedies. Therefore, after the immediate crisis is over the correct thing to do is to look at the individual response rather than go on giving Rescue Remedy indefinitely.

Reducing the alcohol in a remedy: You can put the drops of a remedy into boiling water, tea, etc. and this should evaporate most of the alcohol. It will not affect the potency of the remedies.

Stopping a remedy: When the problem that is being addressed has gone, there is no need to continue taking the remedy in case it comes back. There is no need to wean off the remedies gradually, as you have to do with some conventional drugs.

Here is a list of the 38 remedies and their indications. Choosing a remedy is not based on physical symptoms, but rather on a person’s negative emotions. For more information on the remedies and what they are for, please refer to a Bach Flower book reference or check out the Bach Flower website at www.bachcentre.com.

• Agrimony - mental torture behind a cheerful face
• Aspen - fear of unknown things
• Beech - intolerance
• Centaury - the inability to say 'no'
• Cerato - lack of trust in one's own decisions
• Cherry Plum - fear of the mind giving way
• Chestnut Bud - failure to learn from mistakes
• Chicory - selfish, possessive love
• Clematis - dreaming of the future without working in the present
• Crab Apple - the cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred
• Elm - overwhelmed by responsibility
• Gentian - discouragement after a setback
• Gorse - hopelessness and despair
• Heather - self-centredness and self-concern
• Holly - hatred, envy and jealousy
• Honeysuckle - living in the past
• Hornbeam - procrastination, tiredness at the thought of doing something
• Impatiens - impatience
• Larch - lack of confidence
• Mimulus - fear of known things
• Mustard - deep gloom for no reason
• Oak - the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion
• Olive - exhaustion following mental or physical effort
• Pine - guilt
• Red Chestnut - over-concern for the welfare of loved ones
• Rock Rose - terror and fright
• Rock Water - self-denial, rigidity and self-repression
• Scleranthus - inability to choose between alternatives
• Star of Bethlehem - shock
• Sweet Chestnut - Extreme mental anguish, when everything has been tried and there’s no light left
• Vervain - over-enthusiasm
• Vine - dominance and inflexibility
• Walnut - protection from change and unwanted influences
• Water Violet - pride and aloofness
• White Chestnut - unwanted thoughts and mental arguments
• Wild Oat - uncertainty over one's direction in life
• Wild Rose - drifting, resignation, apathy
• Willow - self-pity and resentment

Humans, animals, situations, and environments alike can benefit from this gentle yet
powerful form of energy work, which provides a new, broader perspective or resolution and a feeling of lightness and calm.

Regardless of the type of issue you’re dealing with, AshWork helps to support greater
acceptance of yourself, in turn helping you to accept others too. This technique has been successful in addressing everything ranging from pets’ thunderstorm anxieties to human fears of public speaking to transforming a room or house with negative, ‘stuck’ energy.

Created in 2001 by renowned energy worker Rudy Hunter, AshWork encourages a
sense of greater ease in your body, supporting a sense of increased wellbeing. It’s a non- invasive modality that helps bring relief and resolution to issues or concerns with minimal talking involved.

A session begins with identifying the issue at hand (if the session is for an animal, the
owner will speak on their behalf). Then, multiple rounds take place where the
practitioner will conduct energy work on different facets of the issue, and make time for quiet reflection. Your only job is to relax and receive. After each round, you’ll take
inventory to rate how much the problem is impacting your life; the intensity will likely
decrease throughout the session.

The act of “noticing” after each round helps the energy work integrate into the nervous system. You’re looking for things that are lighter; a new arrival of a sensation or awareness, perhaps a lifting of something that felt pressing or heavy in some way.
Sometimes, the environment you’re in even seems to change. That’s because when the energy field gets cleared, the air, lights, and your perception really does change.

This form of energy work calms the parasympathetic nervous system, taking us out of fight-or-flight mode to gently shift patterns. This in turn helps to support healing, making it a wonderful shortcut to change and improvement that releases stuck patterns and restores harmony.

I love acupuncture & have received a lot of relief from getting it done - from regulating my cycle & helping with the symptoms of menopause, to getting rid of my tinnitus, anxiety, and trouble sleeping.

For folks that may be weary of needles, I’ve found EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques, aka: tapping) to also be a very practical solution to anxiety and other negative emotions as well as offer relief for physical pain.

Qi (a Chinese word that roughly translates to energy) plays a vital role in the practice.
Just like a river, Qi flows through the meridian energy channels in the body. By
inserting tiny needles into various points in the skin, the healthy movement of Qi is
facilitated and the organ that is linked to that point is stimulated. The meridian
channels interconnect just like bodies of water, which is why a positive ripple effect
ensues to help the body function in harmony.