I have learned the importance of humor, integrity, and loving-kindness towards oneself. These cultivate some of the best feelings about oneself that exist in the human experience. I bring them into the healing work and encourage my clients to cultivate these qualities. Each of us can learn how to treat ourselves with loving-kindness and deserves to let go of the outdated punitive self-treatment. It is not necessary to be judgmental and harsh on ourselves and it often creates an ugly feedback loop that constantly bombards us with an idea that there is something fundamentally wrong with us. The real problem is that we often aren't even aware of how we internally beat up on ourselves. Reiki brings awareness to what we already do to ourselves and how we are already holding our bodies so that we can notice it and change it. Reiki harmonizes the conscious and unconscious in a loving, gentle, non-judgmental way. We all deserve this.

I have learned through my healing to trust my own wisdom above anyone else's. I am the only one that knows what's best for me. I am the only one that has the power to do what's necessary to keep my body in health and balance. I honor this in each of my clients too. I will give suggestions and encourage them to follow through with what they know is best for them, but try to never push my will on them. 

I strive to bring presence of mind to each session. This is the highest valued quality I look for in any therapist or bodyworker I may choose to work with. Therefore, it is this quality I want to bring to each and every session for my clients. Often some of the deepest healing occurs in knowing you are truly heard by another person and in knowing a person is able to create the space for any emotion that may arise. I recall my therapist being able to sit very calm as my anger and hatred arose, it was very healing to know I could have any experience of my intense emotions without fearing I'd cause a reaction in the therapist. To know that it was absolutely okay to have any emotion of the human experience.

I know I have a gift and want deeply to share it with as many people as I am capable, so that I can facilitate others towards manifesting their gifts. I want everyone to be able to experience the health and beauty of their being. I want everyone to feel the beauty of the world around them. It is time that we all recognize the importance of putting our bodies needs as priority because this is what determines how we manifest in and experience life.