Reiki

Reiki Precepts:  The Mysterious art of inviting happiness, the spiritual medicine for all diseases.  

     Just for today

      Do Not anger

      Do not worry

      Be thankful

      Be true to your way and your Being

      Be compassionate with yourself and all living things

-Mikao Usui Sensi August 19, 1865- March 9, 1926, Japan

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Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

In practice, a Reiki session looks like lying on a table fully clothed while the practitioner directs universal life energy to various areas of the body to enhance your body’s innate intelligence to heal itself.  It works on all levels - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual spheres.  Recipients leave feeling refreshed, calm, and at ease.  The best healing occurs when our nervous systems are relaxed.

CranioSacral work is also a light touch modality which assumes the body knows where it needs help, and the practitioner follows that lead.  There are some sessions during which emotions which have become fixed in the body can be released, allowing the body to shed the physical restrictions which could cause physical dis-ease.

By freeing the central nervous system to perform at its best, CST has been shown to naturally reduce pain and stress, strengthen your resistance to disease, and enhance your health and well-being.

Massage therapy is more well known and helps drain lymph, relax overused muscles, generally cause a state of relaxation and rejuvenation, and is an excellent opportunity to rest the mind as well.  Leave your session feeling better!!

Each session is unique, as is each person and each need.  I start where you are and go from there, following you and your body’s need.

We are made to be whole, and when we give ourselves the opportunity to stop and listen, the body can respond.  Your session begins with letting your nervous system know it’s safe.  My approach often includes a combination of massage therapy, Reiki, and CranioSacral work according to the need.

Also available:

Cupping, a Traditional Chinese Medicine practice to help manage muscle tension and dispel stagnation and improve life energy.  

Gua Sha, another TCM practice involving scraping along acupuncture meridians to reduce pain, relieve stagnation,  and increase rejuvenation.

Ear Candling is believed to improve your ability to hear by irrigating and cleansing the Eustachian tubes.  It helps by clearing the ear canal of any built-up wax that may be causing pressure around your inner ears.