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Trish's Story
I was initiated
into Reiki in 2000, after learning of this beautiful and gentle healing
system from a holistic veterinarian. I was drawn to learn Reiki to help keep my four-legged
family healthy, but now I share it with my two-legged
friends as well.
My Reiki
training is eclectic, containing
elements of non-traditional independently taught Reiki and traditional Usui Reiki Ryoho.
I became a teacher of an independent, non-traditional Reiki lineage in 2004.
In March 2008, I realized a long-time
dream of studying the traditional Japanese Reiki system with internationally renowned Reiki
teachers, authors and Reiki
researchers Frans and Bronwen Stiene of
the International House of Reiki in Australia. Since that transformative
experience, I have adapted my
Reiki practice and the classes I teach to reflect the beautiful simplicity of the classical Japanese
system of Reiki. Reiki has become much more than a "treatment" practice, but
has become a path of personal spiritual growth.
I have also had
a personal yoga and meditation practice since 1990. I became a certified
Hatha Yoga instructor in 2003 under the instruction of long-time and
much-loved local teacher Chris Lee.
My teaching philosophy focuses on a gentle and meditative approach to
practicing the physical postures. My hope is to preserve the traditional aim
of Hatha Yoga - the integration of body, mind and spirit, and the awakening
of our true nature.
One morning during the period of my yoga teacher training, I suffered a
severe rupture to my
L5-S1 disk - by sitting up in bed! After an out-patient procedure to "clean
up" the rupture, I used Hatha yoga and Reiki to rehabilitate
my back. Within three years I had made remarkable improvement, although
I often suffered from back spasms.
In 2006, I discovered the practice of Yin Yoga as taught by Paul Grilley.
Within three weeks of integrating the Yin poses into my daily practice, the
back spasms had disappeared and I had regained confidence in the strength
and flexibility of my back.
Experience has convinced me of
the healing power of energy medicine, especially in the forms of Hatha Yoga and
Reiki. But don't take my word for it. Try it for yourself.
Peace to you on your healing
journey.
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