I began my interest in crystals in the summer of 2006. I attended a Crystal Therapy workshop through Heart & Hand of Light formerly of Cambridge, and continued with Soul Connection in Guelph, as well as doing self-studying. As much as I'm interested in what is written about crystals, I also listen to my intuition.

Crystals can be used as a complement to any healing modality or as a stand-alone modality. Crystals transmit and absorb energies and are beneficial in balancing and cleansing our physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional bodies. Crystal grids (placing crystals on and/or around you) also enhance the body’s natural healing abilities. Learning about various crystals is never-ending as there are thousands of different kinds of crystals/gemstones, and their healing potential are endless as well. I find myself overwhelmed at times with all that can be learned with crystals, and I am always reminding myself.. I have time.

When using crystals/gemstones on clients, most will feel its active vibration. Some clients share they feel a temperature change where the crystal has been placed. Some have shared they felt a flutter at first contact.  Not only can the actual crystal provide healing energy, but the colour can as well.

One important thing to keep in mind is that not only do crystals absorb energy, but they should be cleansed. The method I use is placing them in organic brown rice. This ensures they are cleansed and ready to help balance the next person.  Please refer to this document on Cleansing and Programming of Gemstones for more information.

One of my favorite crystal websites: http://crystal-cure.com/gemstone-meanings.html
Have fun with this crystal quiz: http://www.peacefulmind.com/testyourself.htm

Crystal Intro Circles:  If you have a few individuals interested in learning the basics on crystals, I can facilitate a Crystal Intro Circle at my location, or your home depending on location*, or Well Deserved Naturals Inc., Manheim location:

• How and where to buy crystals

• Care and cleansing

• Programming

• Crystal energy

• Storing

• Intro to chakras (hand out)

• Crystal meditation (you keep the crystal depending on package you select)

• Crystal Grid Demo (balances chakras)

• Crystal Chakra kit included with initial cost

Crysl Intro Circles are approximately 2 hours. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or to schedule an Intro Circle. For price per person, please open Prices page.

As of February 2009, I am a certified High Touch Jin Shin Acupressure Practitioner. I completed the Self-Care workshop and Level 1 in 2008, schooled through Cycles of Life, in Kitchener. Fortunately this modality allowed me to strengthen my laterality challenges.

Working with Universal Life Force energy, Jin Shin works with 26 bilateral energy release points. These act like circuit breakers during a treatment to open the body's energy flow by gently touching and holding certain points, using the tip of my finger. I stay on the bilateral energy release points until I feel a pulse on both sides. When the release points are open the energy flows freely. When the release points are blocked, the energy flow stops or slows down, with this part of our body may not functioning properly.  A blockage in the flow of energy results in an energy imbalance and can lead to discomfort on a physical or emotional level.

I find it amazing how our body can hold on to memories we don't remember, or events we thought we have dealt with. Jin Shin releases blocked energy in layers. We can't get to the bottom of the layer until the top layers are cleared. We all react differently when layers are cleared out, and self-care is important after any energy session.

Although we apparently have thousands of chakras, these seven Chakras seem to be the most recognized.  Chakra also means energy centres, or vortex. Each chakra has an important part in balancing our body, mind, and emotions. Our chakras vibrates at seven different frequencies, each sharing information with the others.  When one chakra is not in harmony (spinning in the wrong direction or different speed), it can disrupt our healthy Inner-Self routine. 

Our chakras can be harmonized and activated in various ways through exercise, sound, chanting, colours, environment, visualization, symbols, elements, breathing techniques, crystals, thoughts, just to name a few.

The benefits of our chakras being in harmony are endless! When in harmony, Chakras can strengthen our body's defences and metabolism, alleviate mood swings, fatique, tension, stress. Improve sleep patterns and enhance relaxation.  It also helps us to concentrate and our memory increases.. and so on.

Using intuition, I will either scan a client's chakra energy centres using my hand, or use one of my crystal pendulums to identify which chakra is not in harmony. Energy sessions harmonize and activate chakras.  A client may need to have a quiet evening after an energy session as shifting can continue after a session.  The number of sessions depends on the client.

The 7 Chakras are as follows:

1. Root Chakra (red): our survival instinct, our passion for life, our grounding energy.  Suggested gemstones to help harmonize your root chakra, but not limiting your choices to: hematite, garnet, ruby, smoky quartz, tiger's eye.
2. Sacral Chakra (orange): our health, vitality, sexuality, governs our happiness.  Suggested gemstones to help harmonize your sacral chakra, but not limiting your choices to: carnelian, moonstone, gold topaz, fire opal.
3. Solar Plexus (yellow): our inner clarity, our confidence, rules our will and ego. Manifests our hopes and dreams. Helps us find our inner strength to reach our goal. Suggested gemstones to help harmonize your solar plexus, but not limiting your choices to: citrine, yellow jasper, amber, tiger's eye, topaz, rhodochorosite.
4. Heart Chakra (green/pink): unconditional love/acceptance for ourselves and others; helps us attract ‘like’ people, Suggested gemstones to help harmonize your heart chakra, but not limiting your choices to: rose quartz, aventurine, emerald, jade, green calcite, pink calcite, rhodochrosite, jade.
5. Throat Chakra (blue): communication. Suggested gemstones to help harmonize your throat chakra, but not limiting your choices to: blue lace agate, lapis lazuli, aquamarine, turquoise, angelite, blue topaz, celestite, sodalite.
6. 3^rd Eye: (purple/indigo): Intuition, spiritualism, inner wisdom. Suggested gemstones to help harmonize your 3rd eye, but not limiting your choices to: amethyst, lapis lazuli, rutilated quartz, indigo-blue sapphire, azurite.
7. Crown Chakra (white): our connection to God Source/Universe. Suggested gemstones to help harmonize your crown chakra, but not limiting your choices to: clear quartz, amethyst, clear calcite, rutilated quartz.

For example, if our throat chakra is not in harmony, it may disallow us to communicate what we need, or allow the complete opposite in that we may speak without thinking. Or because our throat chakra is not in harmony, then we may start to feel insecure about ourselves, which can be related to our root chakra. In this case, both chakras could use some TLC.

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Ear Coning

(only available
at my
Kitchener
location)

In June 2008, I attended a workshop through Annie's Apitherapy in Carlisle, that taught me how to perform ear-cone candling.

This modality is intended to remove excess ear wax and toxins by placing a hollow candle in a person’s ear, and lighting it. The practitioner holds the candle. This method creates a vacuum within the hollow of the candle.

This modality can also improve sinus cavities, and remove itching sensation. What the suction extracts is collected in the bottom of the candle, which, once opened, you can see how much has been drawn out from each ear.

I decided to learn how to do this myself after two treatments. I realized taking a workshop would definitely pay for itself and it's a modality i use often during allergy season.

Relaxation technique is used to assist the client to recall events from past life. In return, the client can gain related information to present life’s events.