In this episode of Where Science Meets Self-Care, I sit down with Karen Egoff, co-founder of My Soul Balance and a wellness practitioner with nearly 30 years of experience. We explore a perspective that is often lost in the modern wellness world: Supporting your well-being doesn't have to feel forceful to be meaningful.
We dive into the concept of holistic balance, exploring how everyday stress and life transitions affect our sense of vitality, and how gentle, relaxation-focused practices like Reiki and Sound Therapy can support personal comfort and stress management.
What We Explore in This Episode:
The "Soul Balance" Concept: Moving beyond the buzzwords to support everyday personal alignment.
Mind-Body Awareness: How physical comfort and daily stress interact, and how to better listen to your body’s signals.
Ethics in Wellness: Why consent and emotional readiness are essential components of any self-care session.
Personal Vitality: Understanding inner radiance as a subjective sense of health and well-being.
Complementary Self-Care Practices: How red-light therapy for cosmetic/relaxation support and nutritional awareness can fit into a holistic lifestyle routine.
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Important Notice
Disclaimer: The information provided in this episode and promotional material is for general educational, personal well-being, and cosmetic purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition or disease, nor should it replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified health care practitioner registered with your provincial regulatory body for any medical concerns or conditions.
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00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 Welcome to Where Science Meets Self -Care with
00:00:03 --> 00:00:06 Ida Fanelli. With over 30 years in beauty and
00:00:06 --> 00:00:09 wellness and a background in medical science,
00:00:09 --> 00:00:12 Ida blends clinical knowledge with holistic care.
00:00:13 --> 00:00:16 Each week, she and her guests share insights
00:00:16 --> 00:00:19 to help you achieve healthier skin, balanced
00:00:19 --> 00:00:23 energy, and empowered self -care. Now, here's
00:00:23 --> 00:00:32 your host, Ida Finelli. Today, I'm truly honored
00:00:32 --> 00:00:36 to welcome Karen Egoff, co -founder of My Soul
00:00:36 --> 00:00:39 Balance. Karen's journey is one of courage and
00:00:39 --> 00:00:42 transformation. As a single mother, she built
00:00:42 --> 00:00:45 a successful and lucrative career in promotional
00:00:45 --> 00:00:48 business before feeling a deep calling to shift
00:00:48 --> 00:00:51 paths and step into the world of holistic wellness.
00:00:52 --> 00:00:55 Since 2008, she has been running her own lifelong
00:00:55 --> 00:00:59 wellness practice, bringing nearly 30 years of
00:00:59 --> 00:01:01 experience supporting mind, body and spirit.
00:01:01 --> 00:01:04 She lives and practices in Cambridge, Ontario,
00:01:05 --> 00:01:08 and while some aspects of her work may feel out
00:01:08 --> 00:01:11 of the box to newcomers, her approach is deeply
00:01:11 --> 00:01:14 rooted in compassion, ethics and lived experience.
00:01:15 --> 00:01:19 Karen is a vitality coach, Reiki master, teacher,
00:01:19 --> 00:01:22 yoga educator, grief relief guide, and intuitive
00:01:22 --> 00:01:26 practitioner. She brings a rare balance of intuition
00:01:26 --> 00:01:30 and clarity to her work. With Toastmasters communication
00:01:30 --> 00:01:33 training, she is deeply committed to explaining
00:01:33 --> 00:01:36 holistic concepts in ways that are accessible,
00:01:36 --> 00:01:40 grounded, and easy to understand. Her offerings
00:01:40 --> 00:01:43 include affirmations, guided meditations, and
00:01:43 --> 00:01:47 foundational coaching workshops. She has been
00:01:47 --> 00:01:51 leading online since 2013. Karen works alongside
00:01:51 --> 00:01:56 her husband Brian Egoff, a Reiki master and Bowen
00:01:56 --> 00:02:00 practitioner. Together, they've created an integrative
00:02:00 --> 00:02:03 healing practice rooted in balance, trust, conscious
00:02:03 --> 00:02:07 living, and ethical care. Her work focuses on
00:02:07 --> 00:02:09 helping people restore balance, reconnect with
00:02:09 --> 00:02:12 their inner radiance, and gently shift towards
00:02:12 --> 00:02:16 greater joy, resilience, and vitality. Whether
00:02:16 --> 00:02:19 they are navigating grief, chronic stress, health
00:02:19 --> 00:02:23 challenges, or simply feeling disconnected, through
00:02:23 --> 00:02:27 Reiki, sound therapy, craniosacral therapy, chair
00:02:27 --> 00:02:31 yoga workshops, retreats, angel car readings,
00:02:31 --> 00:02:35 and vitality coaching, Karen has supported thousands
00:02:35 --> 00:02:39 of individuals across Ontario and beyond, both
00:02:39 --> 00:02:43 in person and virtually. She also holds formal
00:02:43 --> 00:02:46 education and business administration and wellness
00:02:46 --> 00:02:49 studies, including certification through Alive
00:02:49 --> 00:02:51 Academy, a Canadian natural health fundamentals
00:02:51 --> 00:02:55 program, allowing her to responsibly integrate
00:02:55 --> 00:02:59 nutritional guidance when appropriate. More recently,
00:02:59 --> 00:03:03 she has expanded her toolkit to include red light
00:03:03 --> 00:03:05 therapies supporting nervous system regulation,
00:03:05 --> 00:03:10 balance, pain relief, and overall vitality, always
00:03:10 --> 00:03:14 with a grounded, people -first approach. At the
00:03:14 --> 00:03:17 heart of Karen's work is simple belief. Healing
00:03:17 --> 00:03:20 does not need to be forceful. It can be gentle,
00:03:21 --> 00:03:25 accessible, and deeply empowering. Karen, welcome.
00:03:25 --> 00:03:29 I'm so grateful to have you here. Thanks, Ida.
00:03:29 --> 00:03:33 Great to be here. Okay, so first I'd like to
00:03:33 --> 00:03:35 talk about Toastmasters. How long were you in
00:03:35 --> 00:03:40 Toastmasters? Oh my gosh, Toastmasters, I started
00:03:40 --> 00:03:46 in 2006 and I was in it for over 10 years. Well,
00:03:47 --> 00:03:49 actually, you know what? I just finished around
00:03:49 --> 00:03:52 three years ago, so I was in it for about 12,
00:03:53 --> 00:03:57 13 years. Yeah, so I know the format. I've been
00:03:57 --> 00:04:01 to a couple Toastmasters sessions. I never stuck
00:04:01 --> 00:04:04 with it. I know it's like you sit on a table
00:04:04 --> 00:04:06 and they give you a piece of paper with something
00:04:06 --> 00:04:09 to talk about, and you just have to talk about
00:04:09 --> 00:04:13 it on the spot. And that sort of exercises your
00:04:13 --> 00:04:18 brain to be quicker with speech. Is there more
00:04:18 --> 00:04:20 to it than that? Because I've only been to a
00:04:20 --> 00:04:24 couple sessions. So Toastmasters. and i'm just
00:04:24 --> 00:04:27 regressing i just looked at my time 2006 to about
00:04:27 --> 00:04:34 2024 i was in it so more than i you don't realize
00:04:34 --> 00:04:37 how long because once you're in it you just don't
00:04:37 --> 00:04:38 want to leave because it became the toastmaster
00:04:38 --> 00:04:43 family they teach you so many life skills of
00:04:43 --> 00:04:47 how to communicate not just on stage but in person
00:04:47 --> 00:04:51 with other people and how to work through disagreements
00:04:51 --> 00:04:56 with family and colleagues. Toastmasters, what
00:04:56 --> 00:04:59 you're talking about is the one minute Toastmaster
00:04:59 --> 00:05:01 table topics where you'll speak for one minute.
00:05:01 --> 00:05:05 You get so good at teaching someone in one minute
00:05:05 --> 00:05:08 what they need to hear about a subject and they
00:05:08 --> 00:05:09 just give you a subject and you got to speak
00:05:09 --> 00:05:12 about it. If you don't know anything about the
00:05:12 --> 00:05:15 subject, you can segue to something new. It teaches
00:05:15 --> 00:05:19 you to be on the spot in your mind and rate.
00:05:19 --> 00:05:22 clear about what you want to say. It is the most
00:05:22 --> 00:05:26 amazing course that just never stopped. And still,
00:05:26 --> 00:05:29 I help people today that are in Toastmasters
00:05:29 --> 00:05:32 and give them spots in different networking events
00:05:32 --> 00:05:37 just because it's nice to get their information
00:05:37 --> 00:05:40 out there and share with community. When you
00:05:40 --> 00:05:42 learn the speeches, the speeches just become
00:05:42 --> 00:05:47 so amazing and you get mentor to help you improve
00:05:47 --> 00:05:52 on your um speech and and your gestures there's
00:05:52 --> 00:05:56 a whole thing it is the best thing i ever did
00:05:56 --> 00:05:59 i know i took the dale i took a dale carnegie
00:05:59 --> 00:06:02 course a long time ago so but the dale carnegie
00:06:02 --> 00:06:05 course is a little bit different because uh it's
00:06:05 --> 00:06:08 only set for maybe 10 sessions i think And they
00:06:08 --> 00:06:11 get you to read books and you do talk up front
00:06:11 --> 00:06:14 and it teaches you how to remember people's names
00:06:14 --> 00:06:17 and things like that. You know, you have to think
00:06:17 --> 00:06:19 of something that reminds you about that person
00:06:19 --> 00:06:22 or something that sounds like their name. And
00:06:22 --> 00:06:26 I have gone through that. But yeah, Toastmasters
00:06:26 --> 00:06:29 would definitely give you a lot more practice
00:06:29 --> 00:06:32 on the spot because you go weekly, right? It's
00:06:32 --> 00:06:35 the same day every week. Yes, and it's online
00:06:35 --> 00:06:40 options now too. oh that's good to know so you
00:06:40 --> 00:06:43 don't even have to leave the room no they do
00:06:43 --> 00:06:46 suggest you come out when you can if it's a local
00:06:46 --> 00:06:50 group but it does help those that can't leave
00:06:50 --> 00:06:53 the house or they have maybe you know they have
00:06:53 --> 00:06:57 to watch for the mailman or they they have deliveries
00:06:57 --> 00:06:59 coming to their home and they don't want to be
00:06:59 --> 00:07:01 you know away from their house so it gives you
00:07:01 --> 00:07:04 options but it's nice to plan once a month to
00:07:04 --> 00:07:08 really get that toastmaster feel So you achieved
00:07:08 --> 00:07:10 the gold status. Is that the highest you can
00:07:10 --> 00:07:17 get? Well, yes. For communication skills, I received
00:07:17 --> 00:07:21 my gold. And during 2020, I had to present online
00:07:21 --> 00:07:27 for the first time ever for an hour. Wow. And
00:07:27 --> 00:07:31 it was to receive my last. I needed to get that
00:07:31 --> 00:07:34 to get my goal. And I said, can they extend it?
00:07:34 --> 00:07:36 And they're like, no, time's running out. You
00:07:36 --> 00:07:40 got to get this in. And I'm like, but it's online.
00:07:40 --> 00:07:42 Can I not meet people and they can sit at a distance?
00:07:43 --> 00:07:46 Well, of course, in June 2020, we were not allowed
00:07:46 --> 00:07:49 to be in the same room. So that's where we started
00:07:49 --> 00:07:53 online. And I presented and I had all my notes
00:07:53 --> 00:07:55 on the papers because I was so used to handing
00:07:55 --> 00:07:58 things out. people weren't there you had to send
00:07:58 --> 00:08:02 them the files it was so different so i i had
00:08:02 --> 00:08:05 them laughing and i had them joking and and one
00:08:05 --> 00:08:08 of our our district managers was there to listen
00:08:08 --> 00:08:11 to and and and i i got good reviews and they
00:08:11 --> 00:08:13 said you made a subject that was boring a little
00:08:13 --> 00:08:17 bit actually more exciting so it's about putting
00:08:17 --> 00:08:20 some energy into it and as i learned to do that
00:08:20 --> 00:08:24 that was a big step going online for an hour
00:08:24 --> 00:08:27 or an hour and a half like it was it was a huge
00:08:27 --> 00:08:33 endeavor for me well that's great okay so you
00:08:33 --> 00:08:36 had a lucrative career selling promotional products
00:08:36 --> 00:08:39 to large companies what first called you onto
00:08:39 --> 00:08:42 this path and what has kept you devoted to it
00:08:42 --> 00:08:46 all these years well i really don't do much with
00:08:46 --> 00:08:50 it anymore i've since the reiki became stronger
00:08:50 --> 00:08:55 and stronger from 2004 onwards I realized I would
00:08:55 --> 00:08:58 slowly remove the promo. But I'll do things for
00:08:58 --> 00:09:02 charity. And I can give people discounts if it's
00:09:02 --> 00:09:05 for something for charity. And I can do the odd
00:09:05 --> 00:09:08 project. It's so nice to see like a shirt with
00:09:08 --> 00:09:12 a beautiful logo on it or a hat with the most
00:09:12 --> 00:09:15 amazing embroidery. And I had some really key
00:09:15 --> 00:09:18 people that did that work for me. And then I
00:09:18 --> 00:09:21 would present the hat or the shirt, etc. to people.
00:09:21 --> 00:09:24 And sometimes it was simple as a pen. And oh,
00:09:24 --> 00:09:27 you'd have to buy 500. you know we would we would
00:09:27 --> 00:09:29 get their pens i remember one time i had 500
00:09:29 --> 00:09:32 t -shirts in my car and i said to the the guy
00:09:32 --> 00:09:34 that was packing me i said can you get them all
00:09:34 --> 00:09:38 in my station wagon at the time and he said let
00:09:38 --> 00:09:42 me do it and he got all 500 in my wagon i didn't
00:09:42 --> 00:09:45 have to go back twice to get it so i did orders
00:09:45 --> 00:09:49 for swiss chalet i did orders for toyota lots
00:09:49 --> 00:09:51 of companies that most people unless they're
00:09:51 --> 00:09:54 in cambridge and ontario wouldn't know but I
00:09:54 --> 00:09:58 really enjoyed what I did and I'll never look
00:09:58 --> 00:10:02 back at wasting any moments because it was something
00:10:02 --> 00:10:05 so nice to see a finished product and someone
00:10:05 --> 00:10:09 so happy. Yeah, but you switched to a more holistic
00:10:09 --> 00:10:13 field. What got you interested in that? I was
00:10:13 --> 00:10:17 pushed by divine really. I tried to stay in promo
00:10:17 --> 00:10:20 a little bit longer because it was a nice regular
00:10:20 --> 00:10:23 paycheck. I knew my customers. I knew what they
00:10:23 --> 00:10:27 needed. And I was great at it. I really loved
00:10:27 --> 00:10:31 my customers. But slowly, when there was a big
00:10:31 --> 00:10:34 change in the world, when the tower burnt down,
00:10:34 --> 00:10:38 towers burnt down in New York, all of a sudden,
00:10:38 --> 00:10:41 I felt the switch. And I just wasn't as inspired
00:10:41 --> 00:10:44 to continue that area. And some customers, the
00:10:44 --> 00:10:47 big ones, were starting to Change how they bought
00:10:47 --> 00:10:50 they slowed down too. So I thought this is they
00:10:50 --> 00:10:53 were pushing divinely in meditation You're going
00:10:53 --> 00:10:56 to change I am how can I do that? So they closed
00:10:56 --> 00:11:00 the door so I could open up more into not part
00:11:00 --> 00:11:03 -time Reiki and yoga, but full -time Reiki and
00:11:03 --> 00:11:08 yoga Okay, so you've been in the holistic wellness
00:11:08 --> 00:11:14 space for nearly 30 years now Was there a personal
00:11:14 --> 00:11:16 healing experience that truly changed everything
00:11:16 --> 00:11:22 for you? How many times have I had experiences
00:11:22 --> 00:11:25 that have changed my life? So in this field,
00:11:25 --> 00:11:27 it's nice if you can meet like -minded people
00:11:27 --> 00:11:31 that will also help each other. So I've had people
00:11:31 --> 00:11:34 where we've done a session for each other and
00:11:34 --> 00:11:39 online or in person. I recently had one that
00:11:39 --> 00:11:44 was very profound and really, If you support
00:11:44 --> 00:11:47 each other, then you can share good comments
00:11:47 --> 00:11:51 for them and you help the community grow. It's
00:11:51 --> 00:11:54 not just for you. It's for sharing with others.
00:11:54 --> 00:11:59 But yes, I had a truly amazing experience. A
00:11:59 --> 00:12:03 few times, one of them was in Hawaii, and I was
00:12:03 --> 00:12:05 doing some energy work, and then I was receiving,
00:12:05 --> 00:12:08 and the energy there was so beautiful, and it
00:12:08 --> 00:12:11 really lifted me up, and I felt like I left a
00:12:11 --> 00:12:17 shell of the old person on the beach when I got
00:12:17 --> 00:12:21 up. I just, I felt different. And yeah, energy
00:12:21 --> 00:12:25 goes where you're ready to receive, and if you
00:12:25 --> 00:12:28 block. I've seen people block and not receive
00:12:28 --> 00:12:31 very much at all. It's because if you're not
00:12:31 --> 00:12:34 ready and you still want to hang on to that negative
00:12:34 --> 00:12:39 energy about, oh, I lost my mother or, oh, he
00:12:39 --> 00:12:42 left me or that job. Oh, that boss was so mean.
00:12:43 --> 00:12:45 If you hang on to that nugget and keep wanting
00:12:45 --> 00:12:48 to look at it, yeah, you can keep that on your
00:12:48 --> 00:12:51 shoulder all your life. Or you can make a decision.
00:12:51 --> 00:12:53 You know what? I'm tired of being angry about
00:12:53 --> 00:12:56 that or I've got it. I've got to let go of that
00:12:56 --> 00:12:58 and stop, you know, beating ourself up about
00:12:58 --> 00:13:03 things. So as we let go of our holding on to,
00:13:03 --> 00:13:07 then we make space we can fill it with love.
00:13:07 --> 00:13:10 So I had a lot of love just flowing me in and
00:13:10 --> 00:13:14 just really was one of the biggest, one of the
00:13:14 --> 00:13:18 biggest moments in my healing. And now we'll
00:13:18 --> 00:13:21 take time for a commercial break. Welcome back.
00:13:21 --> 00:13:24 You and Brian not only share a life together,
00:13:24 --> 00:13:27 but also a, deeply holistic and spiritual approach
00:13:27 --> 00:13:30 to living and working how did your paths first
00:13:30 --> 00:13:34 align and how long have you been together well
00:13:34 --> 00:13:38 we had a naturopath that paper clipped us so
00:13:38 --> 00:13:41 she she had a file on me and a file on brian
00:13:41 --> 00:13:44 and she put a paper clip together and said these
00:13:44 --> 00:13:47 two are going to be a good match then one day
00:13:47 --> 00:13:50 i stood organized social events so let's go for
00:13:50 --> 00:13:53 hikes let's go for a dance and one day she said
00:13:53 --> 00:13:56 oh i've got another person to add to your list
00:13:56 --> 00:13:59 you might like to go dancing okay sure so we
00:13:59 --> 00:14:01 started to talk on the phone and it just the
00:14:01 --> 00:14:04 conversation just didn't stop because we got
00:14:04 --> 00:14:07 into beeswax candles which i used to sell some
00:14:07 --> 00:14:12 of those and and energy things crystals and before
00:14:12 --> 00:14:16 you knew it we were meeting for a coffee down
00:14:16 --> 00:14:20 at downtown at a nice little restaurant and that
00:14:20 --> 00:14:25 was it how has your partnership supported your
00:14:25 --> 00:14:29 personal growth and your work with clients well
00:14:29 --> 00:14:31 he's given me challenges and i've probably given
00:14:31 --> 00:14:34 him some so you know what when you work through
00:14:34 --> 00:14:38 the things if you truly truly love someone and
00:14:38 --> 00:14:41 you can work through the negatives and the positives
00:14:41 --> 00:14:44 because everything has balance right yin yang
00:14:44 --> 00:14:47 And as we worked through the changes that he
00:14:47 --> 00:14:52 needed, my biggest thing was to not take on responsibility
00:14:52 --> 00:14:55 for the other person when they were down. Give
00:14:55 --> 00:14:58 them positive or leave them alone if they needed
00:14:58 --> 00:15:01 it. But send them prayer. Send them a blessing.
00:15:01 --> 00:15:04 And sometimes I would just send him Reiki energy.
00:15:04 --> 00:15:07 And before you knew it, he would get up and down.
00:15:07 --> 00:15:11 And finally, he had to make his own choice. you
00:15:11 --> 00:15:15 let go of the responsibility of the person and
00:15:15 --> 00:15:18 ask for a higher power to do the work things
00:15:18 --> 00:15:24 shift for people who feel unsupported in their
00:15:24 --> 00:15:27 healing journey how important is it to have a
00:15:27 --> 00:15:30 partner or community who truly understands holistic
00:15:30 --> 00:15:36 living oh yeah like you know we can't do it alone
00:15:36 --> 00:15:38 i've seen women say i can heal anything i can
00:15:38 --> 00:15:41 do anything different people around the world
00:15:41 --> 00:15:45 and I say you know it's all from a higher power
00:15:45 --> 00:15:49 we're a good vessel so if you don't learn to
00:15:49 --> 00:15:55 trust someone else and give up that stress or
00:15:55 --> 00:15:58 that energy that makes you feel I'm alone like
00:15:58 --> 00:16:01 how can I do this anybody can be a healer I've
00:16:01 --> 00:16:04 taught people online I've had people up north
00:16:04 --> 00:16:08 18 hours up north, so they weren't coming to
00:16:08 --> 00:16:11 a Reiki class, so I had a hybrid class, and they
00:16:11 --> 00:16:13 felt the energy, they just brought someone in
00:16:13 --> 00:16:16 to do the practice, and you know, it doesn't
00:16:16 --> 00:16:19 matter where you are, you're never alone, if
00:16:19 --> 00:16:22 my soul balance can help you, then I am here
00:16:22 --> 00:16:25 to say, I can support a one -on -one class if
00:16:25 --> 00:16:29 you're shy. There's no reason to not move forward.
00:16:29 --> 00:16:33 We can be our own healer, but you need a guide
00:16:33 --> 00:16:36 or a coach, and that's where I like to be helpful.
00:16:36 --> 00:16:39 So there is so much support in this industry,
00:16:40 --> 00:16:43 and never, never feel alone. We always have the
00:16:43 --> 00:16:46 support. But remember, you've got to believe
00:16:46 --> 00:16:49 in something as a higher power beyond yourself,
00:16:49 --> 00:16:52 and know that you can harness that higher power.
00:16:52 --> 00:16:55 And we all have a God force within us. But know
00:16:55 --> 00:16:59 that you are not alone. We have angels and guides
00:16:59 --> 00:17:02 with us every day. Say good morning to them.
00:17:02 --> 00:17:05 How are you? It's a beautiful day. Thanks for
00:17:05 --> 00:17:07 being here. Hey, can you help me with this? We
00:17:07 --> 00:17:13 can always receive, but we have to ask. That's
00:17:13 --> 00:17:18 true. You have to ask. The name My Soul Balance
00:17:18 --> 00:17:22 is beautiful. What does soul balance truly mean
00:17:22 --> 00:17:25 to you? And how does that philosophy show up
00:17:25 --> 00:17:29 in your work with clients? Well, the other day
00:17:29 --> 00:17:32 I had someone come in and they said, you know,
00:17:32 --> 00:17:35 they had things to deal with. And when they were
00:17:35 --> 00:17:38 done, their whole body was like, they said, like
00:17:38 --> 00:17:41 energy moving and tingles in their head and their
00:17:41 --> 00:17:45 hands and feet. It just felt so light. And so
00:17:45 --> 00:17:51 really, it's about energy shifting within the
00:17:51 --> 00:17:58 person. And allowing that you are never going
00:17:58 --> 00:18:01 to get everything perfect. And you might make
00:18:01 --> 00:18:06 mistakes. But as you give with the highest intent,
00:18:06 --> 00:18:11 people will decide what to do with that energy.
00:18:11 --> 00:18:15 I can never decide. I can be so surprised by
00:18:15 --> 00:18:16 some people coming in and saying, well, they're
00:18:16 --> 00:18:19 not. I don't even know. Don't judge the cover
00:18:19 --> 00:18:23 of the book, right? Don't judge, because people
00:18:23 --> 00:18:26 come in, I'm getting angel chills or God chills
00:18:26 --> 00:18:30 just telling you this. When people come in, they
00:18:30 --> 00:18:33 could be so down from something you have no idea
00:18:33 --> 00:18:36 what they've been through. Lost a best friend,
00:18:36 --> 00:18:39 had something happen in the family, a relationship,
00:18:39 --> 00:18:42 a job, you don't know. And they just need to
00:18:42 --> 00:18:45 have some hope that there's a future. So soul
00:18:45 --> 00:18:50 balance means bringing back their soul. To lifting
00:18:50 --> 00:18:52 up their energy and their frequency. So they
00:18:52 --> 00:18:56 can receive more. And when they're low, you can't
00:18:56 --> 00:18:59 receive as easy. So lifting their energy up with
00:18:59 --> 00:19:02 Reiki and my energy work and cranial sacral.
00:19:03 --> 00:19:06 Your flow is better. And I flow for your soul's
00:19:06 --> 00:19:09 purpose. And your soul decides what it wants.
00:19:10 --> 00:19:13 I'm just a vessel to assist with the change.
00:19:13 --> 00:19:16 But the energy will go where the soul chooses.
00:19:17 --> 00:19:19 How do you help clients recognize when their
00:19:19 --> 00:19:22 soul is out of balance before the body starts
00:19:22 --> 00:19:28 speaking loudly? How do I let clients know? I
00:19:28 --> 00:19:31 more talk about the feelings of how the person
00:19:31 --> 00:19:34 feels and is there a feeling you want to work
00:19:34 --> 00:19:37 on because the soul will speak through the voice
00:19:37 --> 00:19:41 quite quickly. Then I'll say can I you know?
00:19:41 --> 00:19:44 Can I touch on here your hip or where your solar
00:19:44 --> 00:19:47 plexus is a great place to go just below the
00:19:47 --> 00:19:52 chest? And and if I can hold there and then ask
00:19:52 --> 00:19:56 the question It's really easy to get the answer
00:19:56 --> 00:19:59 come up because the soul just wants to talk about
00:19:59 --> 00:20:02 oh Yeah, I need to say this is the problem right
00:20:02 --> 00:20:08 that is souls will start feeling because The
00:20:08 --> 00:20:11 energy in my home, many reasons, we have frequencies
00:20:11 --> 00:20:12 running, which we'll probably talk to later.
00:20:13 --> 00:20:16 But most of the energy in this, all the energy
00:20:16 --> 00:20:19 in the house is excellent because we're always
00:20:19 --> 00:20:21 removing the negatives so the positives stay.
00:20:22 --> 00:20:25 So in the Reiki room, there's so much energy
00:20:25 --> 00:20:28 from healing when I do a session in there, online
00:20:28 --> 00:20:33 or in person. That flow is so readily available
00:20:33 --> 00:20:36 for me because I've built it up over me. well
00:20:36 --> 00:20:39 in this house alone 20 years and five years in
00:20:39 --> 00:20:44 my last house so i really worked at keeping the
00:20:44 --> 00:20:47 energy high so that they can transform and their
00:20:47 --> 00:20:51 soul will speak to what they need you often speak
00:20:51 --> 00:20:55 about vitality frequency and inner radiance how
00:20:55 --> 00:20:58 do you explain the concept of frequency in a
00:20:58 --> 00:21:00 grounded practical way for people who are new
00:21:00 --> 00:21:07 to it you know frequency is just It's so much.
00:21:09 --> 00:21:12 Energy goes through our body. We're 70 % water,
00:21:12 --> 00:21:16 and we're always vibing. Our energy is always
00:21:16 --> 00:21:20 flowing. When we're running EMFs and YFIs through
00:21:20 --> 00:21:23 our energy and all the things out there in the
00:21:23 --> 00:21:27 world, all these energies get stuck, and we have
00:21:27 --> 00:21:29 to clean it up. Our body has to do the work.
00:21:30 --> 00:21:35 But with quantum energy and energy in... around
00:21:35 --> 00:21:39 us i have frequency machines actually that cleanse
00:21:39 --> 00:21:44 the air scalar and quantum so that my body doesn't
00:21:44 --> 00:21:48 have to fight just to stay in homeostasis it
00:21:48 --> 00:21:51 actually i wake up and i'm refreshed because
00:21:51 --> 00:21:54 i've had a flow all night while i'm sleeping
00:21:54 --> 00:21:57 of frequencies that are cleansing me now a way
00:21:57 --> 00:22:00 that you can do small parts of say quantum or
00:22:00 --> 00:22:05 or somatic breath work things like this you can
00:22:05 --> 00:22:09 change your energy by taking the focus and your
00:22:09 --> 00:22:12 intent upon your breath so just if we just inhale
00:22:12 --> 00:22:21 here that pause holding and exhale you're actually
00:22:21 --> 00:22:27 healing or gaining quantum source energy by pausing
00:22:27 --> 00:22:31 your body gets a moment to rest And when you
00:22:31 --> 00:22:34 take that state to a deeper level and inhale
00:22:34 --> 00:22:41 for five seconds, hold for five seconds, and
00:22:41 --> 00:22:47 exhale for five, I'm inhaling energy of universal
00:22:47 --> 00:22:52 life force and I flow with the beautiful energy
00:22:52 --> 00:22:56 of the world or whatever you want. As long as
00:22:56 --> 00:22:58 you give an intent of I'm flowing with happiness,
00:22:59 --> 00:23:02 Whatever you're trying to achieve, you can have
00:23:02 --> 00:23:05 that pause be the change you're looking for.
00:23:06 --> 00:23:09 Yeah, the power of breath, I know I use it in
00:23:09 --> 00:23:12 other therapies. And, you know, Wim Hof, I've
00:23:12 --> 00:23:15 tried that. And people see excellent results
00:23:15 --> 00:23:19 with it. And other meditations, you know, any
00:23:19 --> 00:23:22 meditation you do, they always focus on doing
00:23:22 --> 00:23:25 the cleanse with the breath before. And it's
00:23:25 --> 00:23:31 very effective. Yeah, what are some Pardon I
00:23:31 --> 00:23:33 have people on the table if I feel their energy
00:23:33 --> 00:23:36 just needs to have some pauses because they've
00:23:36 --> 00:23:38 been busy They come in the running, you know,
00:23:38 --> 00:23:40 they feel a little stressed. So I say well, let's
00:23:40 --> 00:23:46 pause and slow Stop and exhale and then repeat
00:23:46 --> 00:23:49 with a pause and next up and as they do that
00:23:49 --> 00:23:53 They get into their body and I can work with
00:23:53 --> 00:23:56 them. So they'll get much more success. Mm -hmm
00:23:57 --> 00:24:00 What are some everyday signs that someone's frequency
00:24:00 --> 00:24:04 is depleted or thriving? So for depleted that
00:24:04 --> 00:24:08 would be They're yawning a lot or they're always
00:24:08 --> 00:24:13 needing a coffee just to spruce himself up They're
00:24:13 --> 00:24:16 anxious and a little bit, you know angry maybe
00:24:16 --> 00:24:19 not sleeping as good so all these things but
00:24:19 --> 00:24:22 if they're positive they come in I've heard so
00:24:22 --> 00:24:25 much about you I'm so happy to be here like their
00:24:25 --> 00:24:28 vibe is is up there and you can feel it like
00:24:28 --> 00:24:31 you just want to be around that person there's
00:24:31 --> 00:24:33 some people you know you kind of in a room and
00:24:33 --> 00:24:35 you kind of shy away and walk to the other side
00:24:35 --> 00:24:39 of the room it's because their energy is either
00:24:39 --> 00:24:43 dwelling on something from the past or it's just
00:24:43 --> 00:24:47 working on I gotta push through I gotta get this
00:24:47 --> 00:24:50 done if you just push through life then that's
00:24:50 --> 00:24:52 the result you're going to get, push through
00:24:52 --> 00:24:56 results. Grief is something every human experiences,
00:24:56 --> 00:24:59 yet it's often rushed, minimized, or avoided.
00:24:59 --> 00:25:02 How do you support people in moving through grief
00:25:02 --> 00:25:08 without bypassing it? You know, grief has really
00:25:08 --> 00:25:14 evolved over the, I guess it's 35, 38 years I've
00:25:14 --> 00:25:19 been working with grief. Part time part of all
00:25:19 --> 00:25:23 I do grief and anger things so my training was
00:25:23 --> 00:25:28 from a Gentleman from California many years ago
00:25:28 --> 00:25:31 like over three decades. I can't believe all
00:25:31 --> 00:25:35 five cycles and he taught us that when you work
00:25:35 --> 00:25:40 on the intention of healing and releasing you
00:25:40 --> 00:25:43 you've got a be able to listen to the person,
00:25:43 --> 00:25:47 and sometimes hardly comment at all. So it was
00:25:47 --> 00:25:50 more like just being a sounding board. And then
00:25:50 --> 00:25:52 there's different things that people can do,
00:25:52 --> 00:25:55 and I get them through these different exercises
00:25:55 --> 00:25:59 so that they can feel validated. And one of the
00:25:59 --> 00:26:02 biggest things is the listening and having a
00:26:02 --> 00:26:05 cup of coffee and saying, I hear you. I hear
00:26:05 --> 00:26:08 you. That's number one with grief. And so my
00:26:08 --> 00:26:12 second stage is the energy. Where is the grief
00:26:12 --> 00:26:14 holding? Where is it hiding out? For some people,
00:26:15 --> 00:26:18 oh, my shoulder, since my mom died or my dad
00:26:18 --> 00:26:21 died, I just got this pain in my shoulder. Or
00:26:21 --> 00:26:23 I don't know what happened to my elbow. They're
00:26:23 --> 00:26:27 caring for that grief in their body. As you let
00:26:27 --> 00:26:31 go of the grief with... the work and we do some
00:26:31 --> 00:26:35 positive statements and energy work and there's
00:26:35 --> 00:26:38 some homework with my i coach but i tell people
00:26:38 --> 00:26:40 are you ready for some homework so as people
00:26:40 --> 00:26:44 move through these changes and allow me i will
00:26:44 --> 00:26:48 energetically actually pull out i'm just going
00:26:48 --> 00:26:50 to let that out the window because as i'm doing
00:26:50 --> 00:26:52 that things will change for anybody i'm talking
00:26:52 --> 00:26:57 to um so i can release where the energy is and
00:26:57 --> 00:27:00 i have a couple things i do energetically and
00:27:00 --> 00:27:04 that person will have to now soothe that elbow
00:27:04 --> 00:27:07 or soothe that shoulder and say i love you i
00:27:07 --> 00:27:10 know you're fine and let go and start saying
00:27:10 --> 00:27:14 i'm okay now i'm i'm not resolved but i'm working
00:27:14 --> 00:27:18 through the loss now and it's okay because they're
00:27:18 --> 00:27:20 in a good place and i'm going to move forward
00:27:20 --> 00:27:24 knowing that their soul is always moved on just
00:27:24 --> 00:27:27 to another plane They're always available. I
00:27:27 --> 00:27:30 can talk to them 24 hours a day or write them
00:27:30 --> 00:27:35 a note. So if I let people can feel and grasp
00:27:35 --> 00:27:38 that, now not everybody can, then I go where
00:27:38 --> 00:27:41 they can grasp and that's where I go. As much
00:27:41 --> 00:27:44 as they can change to what their belief system
00:27:44 --> 00:27:46 is now, because next year it could be different.
00:27:47 --> 00:27:49 And now we'll take time for a commercial break.
00:27:50 --> 00:27:53 Welcome back. Where is grief usually held in
00:27:53 --> 00:27:59 the body? Grief is usually held in the lungs.
00:27:59 --> 00:28:02 So that's the Chinese philosophy. Like I said
00:28:02 --> 00:28:05 earlier, we can put it also on our shoulders,
00:28:05 --> 00:28:08 lots of air, especially closer to the lungs.
00:28:08 --> 00:28:12 I find most people will hold in the arms. But
00:28:12 --> 00:28:15 the base is the lungs, and that's where a lot
00:28:15 --> 00:28:17 of energy, where people are, I don't know, I
00:28:17 --> 00:28:20 just can't seem to catch a breath, or, oh, I
00:28:20 --> 00:28:23 don't know, I just... I don't know. I just don't
00:28:23 --> 00:28:24 seem to have the energy. Well, if you're not
00:28:24 --> 00:28:29 breathing fully every day or taking that moment
00:28:29 --> 00:28:33 to pause with that pause and exhale breath, the
00:28:33 --> 00:28:36 body's always in, you know, state of fight or
00:28:36 --> 00:28:38 flight, right? You're always moving. So the lungs
00:28:38 --> 00:28:41 are saying, can you slow down? Can you just take
00:28:41 --> 00:28:45 a breath for me? And the grief will feel less
00:28:45 --> 00:28:48 stressful and you'll have more energy. So breathing
00:28:48 --> 00:28:52 helps grief. Just deep breathing. a deep breath
00:28:52 --> 00:28:56 and and some music yeah you can tons of energy
00:28:56 --> 00:28:59 can happen that way that's a good cheap trip
00:28:59 --> 00:29:03 okay your work supports emotional healing how
00:29:03 --> 00:29:06 do you stay within ethical scope while honoring
00:29:06 --> 00:29:11 the emotional side of wellness you know you don't
00:29:11 --> 00:29:15 need to say the words you can know them know
00:29:15 --> 00:29:18 the feeling that's coming and not get involved
00:29:18 --> 00:29:23 deeply into saying the emotional things you can
00:29:23 --> 00:29:27 ask the question do you find blank blank bothers
00:29:27 --> 00:29:32 you or are you feeling some anxiety over something
00:29:32 --> 00:29:35 in your past you don't have to tell me the situation
00:29:35 --> 00:29:39 but you can ask that question and if they say
00:29:39 --> 00:29:41 I don't want to talk about what rarely happens
00:29:41 --> 00:29:44 you say okay But if they say, yeah, I'd like
00:29:44 --> 00:29:47 to speak a little bit on that. I have blank,
00:29:47 --> 00:29:49 blank, blank happened about that. And that was
00:29:49 --> 00:29:52 five years ago. And, you know, maybe they were
00:29:52 --> 00:29:54 in a car accident. Maybe they had a life change.
00:29:55 --> 00:29:58 You don't know. So when they say that, then the
00:29:58 --> 00:30:01 emotions can be explored a little bit. Do you
00:30:01 --> 00:30:04 mind if I work on releasing that emotion? And
00:30:04 --> 00:30:08 at that point, I will get in a pendulum. Okay.
00:30:08 --> 00:30:10 Yeah. Oh, sorry. So your energy dowsing can be
00:30:10 --> 00:30:16 done with a pendulum or it can be done with even
00:30:16 --> 00:30:19 just a certain shape usually works or something
00:30:19 --> 00:30:22 very light. And then I can get into the yes,
00:30:22 --> 00:30:26 no and maybes of this energy. I'll say, do you
00:30:26 --> 00:30:30 mind if I use some working through divine energy
00:30:30 --> 00:30:33 or Mother Earth, wherever they're at? And I will
00:30:33 --> 00:30:36 ask to release a little more if I feel it's being
00:30:36 --> 00:30:39 stubborn. Then they see, oh, she's serious. She's
00:30:39 --> 00:30:42 really doing this. And they'll say, well, you're
00:30:42 --> 00:30:46 not moving that pendulum. I'm like, no. Energy,
00:30:46 --> 00:30:50 divine is, or Mother Earth energy is. And I'll
00:30:50 --> 00:30:53 say, please stop, and the pendulum will stop.
00:30:54 --> 00:30:58 So I teach people that there's many ways to release.
00:30:58 --> 00:31:00 You just got to decide how much do you want.
00:31:01 --> 00:31:04 achieve today you just demonstrated the practice
00:31:04 --> 00:31:08 of dowsing that's how people find wells is with
00:31:08 --> 00:31:10 dowsing right because that's based on the energy
00:31:10 --> 00:31:14 of the earth i i help people find where to dig
00:31:14 --> 00:31:20 for water like yeah dowsing's so multifaceted
00:31:20 --> 00:31:24 yeah and i teach people how to do that so that
00:31:24 --> 00:31:28 they can also feel empowered i bet some of you
00:31:28 --> 00:31:31 go i can go around my house and i can empower
00:31:31 --> 00:31:35 my plants and and this and that and my water
00:31:35 --> 00:31:39 i said you can do all that now and they're just
00:31:39 --> 00:31:41 like oh and i can find the ley lines so i can
00:31:41 --> 00:31:44 know where not to sleep in like you know what
00:31:44 --> 00:31:46 room do i need to change the energy or change
00:31:46 --> 00:31:49 the bed position i had a guy that couldn't sleep
00:31:49 --> 00:31:53 at night in england and this is before like i
00:31:53 --> 00:31:55 don't know i may have had a pager i don't think
00:31:55 --> 00:31:58 i had a cell phone and he said can you help me
00:31:58 --> 00:32:00 with this i can't sleep at night and i was getting
00:32:00 --> 00:32:03 your name from a friend and i'm like in england
00:32:03 --> 00:32:06 interesting how time travels but anyway so i
00:32:06 --> 00:32:09 said yes so we did skype back then i think it
00:32:09 --> 00:32:12 was and he showed me he took a picture of his
00:32:12 --> 00:32:16 room and then i said okay let's do this and we
00:32:16 --> 00:32:19 moved the ley line i there's a lot to that but
00:32:19 --> 00:32:25 that's a extra course um and guide and earth
00:32:25 --> 00:32:28 said yes and we moved the ley line to the outside
00:32:28 --> 00:32:31 wall and he said the next day i slept like a
00:32:31 --> 00:32:35 baby and he hasn't had trouble since so ley lines
00:32:35 --> 00:32:38 running through your bedroom is a not through
00:32:38 --> 00:32:41 your bed he had it he couldn't shift the bed
00:32:41 --> 00:32:43 because in england i guess he had a flat very
00:32:43 --> 00:32:47 small so long story short i moved the ley line
00:32:47 --> 00:32:52 with divine help and uh approval you always have
00:32:52 --> 00:32:54 to get approval So I help people have a better
00:32:54 --> 00:32:59 life with energy. Yeah, that's great. You became
00:32:59 --> 00:33:03 a Reiki master in 2004 and received your Reiki
00:33:03 --> 00:33:07 teaching certificate in 2008. How do you personalize
00:33:07 --> 00:33:11 Reiki sessions for each student? Each student
00:33:11 --> 00:33:14 is individual. Some of them need to talk a lot
00:33:14 --> 00:33:17 and ask a lot of questions, and that's great.
00:33:17 --> 00:33:20 Others just want to sit there and take it all
00:33:20 --> 00:33:26 in energetically. Just internalize. Either way
00:33:26 --> 00:33:29 is fine. I like when there's a few people in
00:33:29 --> 00:33:32 the class with different ways of dealing with
00:33:32 --> 00:33:34 the world so that the other person might feel
00:33:34 --> 00:33:37 a little less shy to be a little more asking
00:33:37 --> 00:33:42 questions. I like to ask if they're not asking
00:33:42 --> 00:33:44 enough. Is there something? How are you feeling
00:33:44 --> 00:33:47 about that? But as soon as we get into the hand
00:33:47 --> 00:33:49 movement where we're rubbing our hands together
00:33:49 --> 00:33:52 and doing energy work, they're like, ooh, my
00:33:52 --> 00:33:55 hands just got tingly and hot. Or, oh, and then
00:33:55 --> 00:33:57 when they practice it on the other lady or gentleman
00:33:57 --> 00:33:59 in the room, they're like, the other person's
00:33:59 --> 00:34:02 like, yes, I feel that. Well, it just gives them
00:34:02 --> 00:34:07 such a joy to have that feeling of accomplishment
00:34:07 --> 00:34:11 in a day course. like in a day they're like i
00:34:11 --> 00:34:13 can't believe what you've taught me in a day
00:34:13 --> 00:34:16 and i teach them extra things beyond the reiki
00:34:16 --> 00:34:19 because that's how i was taught you give a little
00:34:19 --> 00:34:22 extra and people they do they appreciate it so
00:34:22 --> 00:34:26 that's how i balance the people um sometimes
00:34:26 --> 00:34:29 i've had i've had people that just came in and
00:34:29 --> 00:34:31 learned they didn't want to talk about anything
00:34:31 --> 00:34:35 they just wanted to do a quick session and get
00:34:35 --> 00:34:37 out get their certificate but you know they didn't
00:34:37 --> 00:34:40 take it to the next level because their heart
00:34:40 --> 00:34:43 wasn't really into it and that's okay they got
00:34:43 --> 00:34:46 their certificate they had to choose to either
00:34:46 --> 00:34:49 move forward or stay where they were and maybe
00:34:49 --> 00:34:52 they went on to someone else i don't know but
00:34:52 --> 00:34:55 for me they need to come and practice and do
00:34:55 --> 00:34:59 the work and move forward and ask me questions
00:34:59 --> 00:35:02 because that's why i'm here how do your sessions
00:35:02 --> 00:35:07 differ when offered in person versus online you
00:35:07 --> 00:35:10 know there is a big difference when the conscious
00:35:10 --> 00:35:15 person physically isn't here and they're online
00:35:15 --> 00:35:18 as you are i don't have to go through as much
00:35:18 --> 00:35:20 because the physical body is not in front of
00:35:20 --> 00:35:24 me it's across the world or in a screen I've
00:35:24 --> 00:35:27 got a customer in Thailand and I can move him
00:35:27 --> 00:35:33 like beyond belief so I can move quicker in half
00:35:33 --> 00:35:36 the time because I don't have to get through
00:35:36 --> 00:35:40 all the organs and physical body and the emotional
00:35:40 --> 00:35:43 releases that I get I mean some people cry for
00:35:43 --> 00:35:46 hours after my session online they don't they
00:35:46 --> 00:35:49 tell me later I said good because the powerful
00:35:49 --> 00:35:53 as much as you want you'll get And sometimes
00:35:53 --> 00:35:57 they have a deep, deep blessing. I don't know
00:35:57 --> 00:36:00 until they respond. I felt they did, but they
00:36:00 --> 00:36:02 may never share that. But when they do, they
00:36:02 --> 00:36:06 say, that was great. I felt this, that. Nobody
00:36:06 --> 00:36:08 knew about that. How could you know? I say, I
00:36:08 --> 00:36:11 don't know. I just have a very clear path to
00:36:11 --> 00:36:16 divine, and I allow myself to become like a funnel,
00:36:16 --> 00:36:19 a big open funnel, ready to just... download
00:36:19 --> 00:36:24 whatever has to come through or needs to come
00:36:24 --> 00:36:27 through and i don't judge i've learned that i
00:36:27 --> 00:36:29 can't judge what they're at but just let it go
00:36:29 --> 00:36:32 and let them be where they are what makes working
00:36:32 --> 00:36:34 with a practitioner like you different from simply
00:36:34 --> 00:36:38 watching reiki or energy work on social media
00:36:38 --> 00:36:41 when they're working with me and one -on -one
00:36:44 --> 00:36:47 It's just a clear path for them to receive. I
00:36:47 --> 00:36:51 have done group meditations online where everybody
00:36:51 --> 00:36:54 did receive something. So that is also good.
00:36:54 --> 00:37:01 But one on one, it's more focused and more energy
00:37:01 --> 00:37:07 connection on a one on one basis. How long are
00:37:07 --> 00:37:12 your sessions typically? Online, usually 30 to
00:37:12 --> 00:37:18 40, 45 minutes are good. And that usually does
00:37:18 --> 00:37:21 everything. In person, it's 45 to an hour. If
00:37:21 --> 00:37:25 they feel like they have never been to a session
00:37:25 --> 00:37:27 or they feel like they really need to do a lot
00:37:27 --> 00:37:29 of work, I'd like the first session to be an
00:37:29 --> 00:37:34 hour in person. But online, 45 minutes is more
00:37:34 --> 00:37:39 than enough. Things just flow so fast if they're
00:37:39 --> 00:37:44 really ready. I have to hold on to my chair because
00:37:44 --> 00:37:47 I can't believe sometimes I'll get so warm. My
00:37:47 --> 00:37:52 hands will be hot, my arms, my feet. I just feel
00:37:52 --> 00:37:54 like I'm a burning bush sometimes. I'm like,
00:37:54 --> 00:37:57 wait a minute, I have to take a drink of water
00:37:57 --> 00:38:01 just to cool myself down. So the energy can be
00:38:01 --> 00:38:04 quite amazing. And now we'll take time for a
00:38:04 --> 00:38:08 commercial break. welcome back how does intuition
00:38:08 --> 00:38:13 guide your work in real time so just in my really
00:38:13 --> 00:38:19 daily uh ongoings it's easy just to get caught
00:38:19 --> 00:38:21 up when you're married to someone or you're in
00:38:21 --> 00:38:24 family and they don't really want to hear about
00:38:24 --> 00:38:27 your intuition or energy because you're in a
00:38:27 --> 00:38:32 moment or you know whatever um So it guides me,
00:38:32 --> 00:38:35 cover my mouth and say, I shouldn't say anything
00:38:35 --> 00:38:39 right now. I say to myself, just listen. Sometimes
00:38:39 --> 00:38:42 they just need to be heard even though they don't
00:38:42 --> 00:38:46 understand or appreciate a lot of things that
00:38:46 --> 00:38:50 I do. I learn to stop to say anything. And in
00:38:50 --> 00:38:54 any class, in any workplace, someone has a feeling,
00:38:54 --> 00:38:57 I can feel they've got the block, but they're
00:38:57 --> 00:39:00 not asking me to be unblocked. So I just... okay
00:39:00 --> 00:39:03 I gotta go and I just move on like if it's in
00:39:03 --> 00:39:06 a room you know you're networking which I love
00:39:06 --> 00:39:09 doing sometimes you just gotta open the door
00:39:09 --> 00:39:14 and move on right so I've learned to listen to
00:39:14 --> 00:39:16 my intuition but not always share it because
00:39:16 --> 00:39:20 a lot of people do not want to hear what's the
00:39:20 --> 00:39:22 difference between Reiki and therapeutic touch
00:39:22 --> 00:39:29 not a lot Reiki uses universal life force through
00:39:29 --> 00:39:32 the hands of a practitioner and divine, and works
00:39:32 --> 00:39:36 it through the endocrine system and the whole
00:39:36 --> 00:39:41 body and chakras. Therapeutic touch, it seems
00:39:41 --> 00:39:44 to be a little bit more of a vibration when I've
00:39:44 --> 00:39:48 had it done. Now, I don't teach therapeutic touch.
00:39:48 --> 00:39:50 I've had it done by one of my good friends that's
00:39:50 --> 00:39:56 an osteopath who travels a lot. She did it on
00:39:56 --> 00:39:58 me, and I did. It was more like, when I go back
00:39:58 --> 00:40:02 to that moment, it was more like a focused vibration
00:40:02 --> 00:40:07 just on that spot. Whatever, like she wanted
00:40:07 --> 00:40:10 to work on the hip or the hand. It was more like
00:40:10 --> 00:40:13 I could feel the vibration a little bit different.
00:40:15 --> 00:40:17 Yeah, well, I trained in it, and we do work on
00:40:17 --> 00:40:20 the whole body, but you do focus on what you
00:40:20 --> 00:40:24 do sense is an area of concern for the person.
00:40:24 --> 00:40:27 You also teach Reiki alongside Brian and your
00:40:27 --> 00:40:30 intuitive energy work is the result of decades
00:40:30 --> 00:40:33 of training and personal development. The work
00:40:33 --> 00:40:36 that you do, would you describe it as quantum
00:40:36 --> 00:40:38 healing? I would say yes. There's definitely
00:40:38 --> 00:40:41 some quantum involved. Can you explain to people
00:40:41 --> 00:40:46 what quantum is? Sure. So quantum, like I said,
00:40:46 --> 00:40:48 it's when we talked about that breath and when
00:40:48 --> 00:40:50 you pause, that's where things can change. That's
00:40:50 --> 00:40:55 also where quantum energy can happen. so it's
00:40:55 --> 00:40:58 when you pause and let the life force frequencies
00:40:58 --> 00:41:01 come through you and it helps deter the negatives
00:41:01 --> 00:41:06 that are in our world emfs and wi -fi's so quantum
00:41:06 --> 00:41:10 is we all have that flow we're 70 water things
00:41:10 --> 00:41:14 are flowing energy through us all the time so
00:41:14 --> 00:41:17 if you can take a moment and just imagine on
00:41:17 --> 00:41:20 shifting your perspective of i have to always
00:41:20 --> 00:41:25 move but if you slow down and let a breath and
00:41:25 --> 00:41:27 a pause for a few seconds, the energy will flow
00:41:27 --> 00:41:32 through you. Quantum energy can be enhanced by
00:41:32 --> 00:41:35 frequency machine. So we have one where it's
00:41:35 --> 00:41:39 dialed up to, we'll just say it has 528 hertz,
00:41:39 --> 00:41:43 which is miracle or love. So if I chose that
00:41:43 --> 00:41:46 today, then I would get more of that love frequency.
00:41:46 --> 00:41:50 So it changes. the dynamics within your frequency
00:41:50 --> 00:41:55 to a more stable and positive life force you
00:41:55 --> 00:41:58 can run on stress and eat coffee and sugar and
00:41:58 --> 00:42:02 donuts and all these negative things that's not
00:42:02 --> 00:42:04 going to help the frequency as much it's going
00:42:04 --> 00:42:07 to take longer to get through if you're already
00:42:07 --> 00:42:10 giving yourself the wrong type of nourishment
00:42:10 --> 00:42:14 so it's about balancing food as well because
00:42:14 --> 00:42:16 what you're eating It's also going to affect
00:42:16 --> 00:42:21 your quantum energy. So your quantum energy needs
00:42:21 --> 00:42:25 to feed on positive vibes by an herbal black
00:42:25 --> 00:42:28 or green tea, which I'm having, which can really
00:42:28 --> 00:42:32 bring in cleansing for the body. So what you
00:42:32 --> 00:42:35 put in your body and the quantum energy flowing,
00:42:35 --> 00:42:39 everything needs to be in sync. And if you get
00:42:39 --> 00:42:42 off balance, just remember, come back to a herbal
00:42:42 --> 00:42:46 tea or come back to an oatmeal breakfast or fruit
00:42:46 --> 00:42:50 or whatever sounds right for your body. So that
00:42:50 --> 00:42:54 quantum energy is in everything. We touched in
00:42:54 --> 00:42:59 a shaker to a magic marker. I mean, energy, everything
00:42:59 --> 00:43:03 is moving. So if we can take the time to give
00:43:03 --> 00:43:06 ourselves the moving energy of good quality water,
00:43:06 --> 00:43:09 good quality food. then we're going to balance
00:43:09 --> 00:43:13 ourselves. They say that if you bless even something,
00:43:13 --> 00:43:16 junk food, you're raising the frequency of it.
00:43:16 --> 00:43:20 Yes. Do you do that? Yes. It's true. If I'm out
00:43:20 --> 00:43:23 and I have to eat something at a fast food joint
00:43:23 --> 00:43:26 and I have to pick the best thing I can on the
00:43:26 --> 00:43:32 menu, it's observing a little energy onto that
00:43:32 --> 00:43:37 and making that choice and intention by observing.
00:43:38 --> 00:43:40 By just observing, oh, this frequency of this
00:43:40 --> 00:43:44 food is great. By making that cognitive choice,
00:43:44 --> 00:43:47 I'm going to make a change here. I'm going to
00:43:47 --> 00:43:49 ask for a blessing. You're observing and the
00:43:49 --> 00:43:52 energy goes, oh, as I say, it's a bowl of chili
00:43:52 --> 00:43:54 because that's the best choice I found at a fast
00:43:54 --> 00:43:57 food restaurant one day. I was like, thank you.
00:43:57 --> 00:44:02 Please make this more beneficial for my body
00:44:02 --> 00:44:05 and let the energy balance so I'm going to feel
00:44:05 --> 00:44:09 healthy after eating this. so anything maybe
00:44:09 --> 00:44:11 the person making the chili was angry that day
00:44:11 --> 00:44:14 and they're like i gotta work another hour i
00:44:14 --> 00:44:18 can't wait to get out of here that feeling or
00:44:18 --> 00:44:21 that frequency goes into that product and you
00:44:21 --> 00:44:25 are eating their energy of negative so clear
00:44:25 --> 00:44:27 please clear clear clear if you don't know who
00:44:27 --> 00:44:30 made it clear the food clear the tea and say
00:44:30 --> 00:44:33 i don't know how that person was i made this
00:44:33 --> 00:44:35 but i feel there's some stress and some of us
00:44:35 --> 00:44:39 do feel that Thank you for this tea. I'm going
00:44:39 --> 00:44:41 to really release the stress from it. And can
00:44:41 --> 00:44:44 we just balance that? And take a minute, one
00:44:44 --> 00:44:48 minute, and let the energy shift. By your observation,
00:44:48 --> 00:44:53 quantum energy can change. Has Reiki been scientifically
00:44:53 --> 00:44:56 proven? I'm just looking at the science. Psychological
00:44:56 --> 00:45:00 changes have been monitored, and the nervous
00:45:00 --> 00:45:04 system has been shown that there has been a heart
00:45:04 --> 00:45:08 rate variability. So they put on, you know, different
00:45:08 --> 00:45:11 monitors and the biofield and your body does
00:45:11 --> 00:45:15 change. Yeah. So they've tested it energetically
00:45:15 --> 00:45:17 when the treatments have been done is what you're
00:45:17 --> 00:45:21 saying. Yep. A recent meta analysis of controlled
00:45:21 --> 00:45:24 trials that Reiki is more effective than a placebo
00:45:24 --> 00:45:29 for reducing acute pain, anxiety, and stress.
00:45:29 --> 00:45:32 So yes, it has helped. And they've done a study
00:45:32 --> 00:45:37 2025 to 26 on this. Well, that's good to know.
00:45:38 --> 00:45:41 Because they did a placebo and they found that
00:45:41 --> 00:45:43 the person done doing the Reiki had changed them.
00:45:44 --> 00:45:48 That's good. You received a rare early certification
00:45:48 --> 00:45:52 in intuitive energy work over 22 years ago following
00:45:52 --> 00:45:55 many years of dedicated self -development and
00:45:55 --> 00:45:59 training. How did that level of inner work prepare
00:45:59 --> 00:46:03 you to hold space for others? I'll tell you how
00:46:03 --> 00:46:09 it happened and what the work was. I've taken
00:46:09 --> 00:46:11 at least 100 courses. And I've taken them online,
00:46:11 --> 00:46:16 in person, everything. And the one time I was
00:46:16 --> 00:46:19 training with one of my friends who did Atlantean
00:46:19 --> 00:46:23 healing. He had the Atlantean light machine.
00:46:23 --> 00:46:26 And then we became Atlantean healers through
00:46:26 --> 00:46:30 this machine. So it was a light machine that,
00:46:30 --> 00:46:34 you know, spirit like a little box. and there
00:46:34 --> 00:46:36 was different crystals in there, and he'd turn
00:46:36 --> 00:46:38 it until he said, which colored crystal do you
00:46:38 --> 00:46:41 want? And I'd choose purple or blue usually.
00:46:41 --> 00:46:44 So I would focus on this light, and it was a
00:46:44 --> 00:46:48 photon machine, and the photons got my energy
00:46:48 --> 00:46:52 up. Like, it was, like, pretty dizzy for the
00:46:52 --> 00:46:55 first few times that I used it. I had to drink
00:46:55 --> 00:46:58 a lot of healthy, clear water and, you know,
00:46:58 --> 00:47:01 even some energy drink after that, healthy ones.
00:47:02 --> 00:47:07 So my energy and my level of dealing with photons
00:47:07 --> 00:47:11 became so high that I was able to eventually
00:47:11 --> 00:47:15 not use the machine to become that giver of that
00:47:15 --> 00:47:19 energy from the Lanteans and Lemurians that we
00:47:19 --> 00:47:22 worked with. So I opened up a whole field of
00:47:22 --> 00:47:27 Lantean Lemurian energy because I was able to
00:47:27 --> 00:47:31 see. in the machine it's like i see things about
00:47:31 --> 00:47:35 me and in front of me in my mind so the energy
00:47:35 --> 00:47:38 of the people that said here's the healing table
00:47:38 --> 00:47:41 who do you want to bring today and i said to
00:47:41 --> 00:47:44 my friend sean sean they they want me to bring
00:47:44 --> 00:47:48 some people and he's like okay so we sent a friend
00:47:48 --> 00:47:51 send someone else that could use it okay so all
00:47:51 --> 00:47:52 these people even though i didn't know what their
00:47:52 --> 00:47:55 problem was they identified it and they did some
00:47:55 --> 00:47:58 healing on it later he talked to these few people
00:47:58 --> 00:48:01 that we did that day and all of a sudden those
00:48:01 --> 00:48:04 people felt great so we're like oh well that
00:48:04 --> 00:48:08 works so we just he was like i've never met anybody
00:48:08 --> 00:48:10 that saw people in the machine i'm like i don't
00:48:10 --> 00:48:12 know they just showed up and said we're healers
00:48:12 --> 00:48:15 we're going to help so i was able to raise my
00:48:15 --> 00:48:20 photon ability to deal with i mean like huge
00:48:20 --> 00:48:24 energy So that helped me with many people since
00:48:24 --> 00:48:27 then. And I can just close my eyes and I can
00:48:27 --> 00:48:30 go there. Karen has just discussed the Lantian
00:48:30 --> 00:48:33 group of seven, which is a higher source of wisdom.
00:48:34 --> 00:48:38 You've also studied with teachers in Hawaii outside
00:48:38 --> 00:48:41 of formal certification programs, including experimental
00:48:41 --> 00:48:44 training that focused on releasing energetic
00:48:44 --> 00:48:48 disturbances held in the body. work that can
00:48:48 --> 00:48:51 be deeply felt on a physical and emotional level.
00:48:52 --> 00:48:56 How did learning in that way shape your respect
00:48:56 --> 00:48:59 for the body's responses and your emphasis on
00:48:59 --> 00:49:01 consent? Well, you do have to ask people, are
00:49:01 --> 00:49:06 you allowing me to hands -on? And then are you
00:49:06 --> 00:49:09 able to allow me to release blockages that may
00:49:09 --> 00:49:13 be a different source, not just emotions, beyond?
00:49:14 --> 00:49:18 So I do parasites, we'll say, and things like
00:49:18 --> 00:49:22 this. Sometimes they're disturbing the body.
00:49:22 --> 00:49:27 I had someone that couldn't work full time because
00:49:27 --> 00:49:31 they were sick all the time and they knew where
00:49:31 --> 00:49:34 it was in the body. And I said, yeah, you've
00:49:34 --> 00:49:39 got disturbances that are definitely beyond just
00:49:39 --> 00:49:43 an emotion, like bacteria, we'll say, like this.
00:49:43 --> 00:49:48 So I would remove these unwanted energies and
00:49:48 --> 00:49:53 bacterial and this person was able to work for
00:49:53 --> 00:49:56 a couple more hours the next week. Okay, let's
00:49:56 --> 00:49:58 see you again. So every week I would see this
00:49:58 --> 00:50:01 person and they could work a little more and
00:50:01 --> 00:50:03 a little more and a little more. And eventually
00:50:03 --> 00:50:08 I removed, it took a lot of work because also
00:50:08 --> 00:50:09 this person had to watch what they were eating
00:50:09 --> 00:50:12 and they liked certain things that were feeding
00:50:12 --> 00:50:19 this. negative bacteria or energy and they were
00:50:19 --> 00:50:22 able to eventually work full time after a couple
00:50:22 --> 00:50:26 months I think or five weeks or six weeks I think
00:50:26 --> 00:50:29 it was and then we just saw each other once a
00:50:29 --> 00:50:32 month for a while so yes things that I learned
00:50:32 --> 00:50:36 in Hawaii I didn't want to know about some of
00:50:36 --> 00:50:38 these things because I don't like thinking about
00:50:38 --> 00:50:45 entities or bugs or bacteria like because I had
00:50:45 --> 00:50:48 to really get into that and you know to me that
00:50:48 --> 00:50:52 was I don't really like that but I learned it
00:50:52 --> 00:50:54 it changed it took me a while my friend and I
00:50:54 --> 00:50:56 both learned it we're like oh we didn't think
00:50:56 --> 00:51:00 we're gonna learn that but the joy is I have
00:51:00 --> 00:51:02 a lot of people walking around this planet now
00:51:02 --> 00:51:06 that know if they get that feeling again come
00:51:06 --> 00:51:09 and see me because something's come back that's
00:51:09 --> 00:51:13 unwanted You have over 20 years of training in
00:51:13 --> 00:51:16 sound and recently began offering sound bath
00:51:16 --> 00:51:20 meditations both online and outdoors. What happens
00:51:20 --> 00:51:22 emotionally and energetically for people during
00:51:22 --> 00:51:27 sound therapy? During sound therapy, people release
00:51:27 --> 00:51:30 and some of them quietly, some of them with tears,
00:51:30 --> 00:51:34 some of them just emotions inside. They release.
00:51:34 --> 00:51:40 The vibration works through so that their water
00:51:40 --> 00:51:43 you know all their body all their frequency comes
00:51:43 --> 00:51:47 into harmony but to come into harmony you got
00:51:47 --> 00:51:49 to let go of what's not needed as much as you
00:51:49 --> 00:51:54 want and by doing that the frequency changes
00:51:54 --> 00:51:57 your frequency because we are all frequency and
00:51:57 --> 00:52:03 energy and quantum so sound can change us Just
00:52:03 --> 00:52:05 like listening to a band that you just like,
00:52:05 --> 00:52:08 oh, that's too loud and I don't like that because
00:52:08 --> 00:52:11 they're off tune or just not into that kind of
00:52:11 --> 00:52:14 music. But when you play something that actually
00:52:14 --> 00:52:17 resonates, something that's meant to heal, your
00:52:17 --> 00:52:20 body will be like, oh, hungry. Let me eat some
00:52:20 --> 00:52:23 of that. Let me get that all over. And your body,
00:52:23 --> 00:52:26 as you breathe in, you're breathing in the frequencies
00:52:26 --> 00:52:30 and your skin is taking it in. It's very enlightening.
00:52:31 --> 00:52:34 I was surprised how much. It actually does for
00:52:34 --> 00:52:38 people. I didn't know, can I do this? I studied
00:52:38 --> 00:52:42 for 20 years. I go to different drum camps and
00:52:42 --> 00:52:47 drum energy workshops. And I even helped facilitate
00:52:47 --> 00:52:52 a little bit. Someone else is also leading. So
00:52:52 --> 00:52:56 I'm good with the djembe and percussion and things.
00:52:56 --> 00:52:58 But the crystal bowls, I was kind of a little
00:52:58 --> 00:53:01 nervous of. So it took me a while to kind of.
00:53:02 --> 00:53:07 okay i finally after 20 years decided yeah i'm
00:53:07 --> 00:53:09 going to move on from not just regular drugs
00:53:09 --> 00:53:14 and then i also brought in this little guy here
00:53:14 --> 00:53:18 which is a thumb drum so it's metal so this i
00:53:18 --> 00:53:24 play with some drumsticks and if i had nothing
00:53:24 --> 00:53:28 else that one alone is one of the best things
00:53:28 --> 00:53:32 i ever brought in great You were recognized by
00:53:32 --> 00:53:35 the YMCA for offering yoga -based fitness sessions
00:53:35 --> 00:53:38 for over 25 years. What style or approach to
00:53:38 --> 00:53:41 yoga do you practice? And for listeners who may
00:53:41 --> 00:53:43 feel hesitant, perhaps due to concerns about
00:53:43 --> 00:53:46 spiritual or religious associations, how would
00:53:46 --> 00:53:49 you gently explain yoga as a wellness practice?
00:53:49 --> 00:53:51 If I need to go back to any of the tiers, we'll
00:53:51 --> 00:53:56 start with... Okay, so yoga is a spiritual practice
00:53:56 --> 00:54:00 for many, but yoga can also be... Hatha, which
00:54:00 --> 00:54:04 is health and that's my base. Hatha. Hatha is
00:54:04 --> 00:54:06 sun and moon. We're balancing both parts of your
00:54:06 --> 00:54:09 body. By doing just certain stretches, by lifting
00:54:09 --> 00:54:12 the arms and letting things down, like just letting
00:54:12 --> 00:54:16 go sometimes, things will move within us in our
00:54:16 --> 00:54:19 shoulders and we'll feel lighter. With yoga,
00:54:21 --> 00:54:24 I don't teach the spiritual practice of it. I
00:54:24 --> 00:54:28 teach the physical practice at the Y. But if
00:54:28 --> 00:54:30 I'm at an event where I can talk a little bit
00:54:30 --> 00:54:33 about the meditative side, we might go into some
00:54:33 --> 00:54:36 of that too. I do teach Shavasana, so corpse
00:54:36 --> 00:54:40 posture at the end. when I'm doing a mat yoga
00:54:40 --> 00:54:43 where we lay down. When I'm doing now chair yoga,
00:54:43 --> 00:54:45 which is more common because I teach mainly the
00:54:45 --> 00:54:48 55 plus, although I love my yoga in the park
00:54:48 --> 00:54:51 or someone that wants me to teach yoga with a
00:54:51 --> 00:54:54 mat, I did that this summer for the YWCA. And
00:54:54 --> 00:54:56 yes, I will volunteer if there's some groups
00:54:56 --> 00:55:01 that are looking for funding. But then I can
00:55:01 --> 00:55:04 really get into the motivationals and then someone
00:55:04 --> 00:55:07 else will come in too. oh it's their turn they
00:55:07 --> 00:55:09 want to do the meditation even though i love
00:55:09 --> 00:55:12 doing that part we kind of share that this volunteer
00:55:12 --> 00:55:16 thing so i love a meditative time a little bit
00:55:16 --> 00:55:19 at the end to finish but when i do yoga with
00:55:19 --> 00:55:21 the chair we're just seated so i get them to
00:55:21 --> 00:55:24 relax their palms up and let them sit relaxed
00:55:24 --> 00:55:27 let the mind and their breath just come into
00:55:27 --> 00:55:32 sync with slowing down pausing and exhaling and
00:55:32 --> 00:55:35 then we'll do some visualization so as i do that
00:55:36 --> 00:55:38 They come into a new space, and I don't think
00:55:38 --> 00:55:41 they're expected as much about the spiritual
00:55:41 --> 00:55:45 side because when they do this, their soul and
00:55:45 --> 00:55:48 body and mind do become one, and they really
00:55:48 --> 00:55:51 appreciate it. I get handshakes, and they clap
00:55:51 --> 00:55:54 for me, and they said some of the centers, I
00:55:54 --> 00:55:58 get more students than other teachers because
00:55:58 --> 00:56:02 I listen to what they want. I hear them physically
00:56:02 --> 00:56:06 and emotionally. And I work through because they
00:56:06 --> 00:56:08 all have pain. Everybody has something to deal
00:56:08 --> 00:56:11 with when you're over, you know, 75 probably,
00:56:12 --> 00:56:15 or most of them are over 75. So I listen and
00:56:15 --> 00:56:18 talk to the ladies and I make them feel comfortable
00:56:18 --> 00:56:21 about doing what they can, not pushing through.
00:56:22 --> 00:56:25 Karen, before we end, is there a message or gentle
00:56:25 --> 00:56:27 offering you'd like to share with our viewers
00:56:27 --> 00:56:31 today? Certainly. I'd like to offer a 50 % off.
00:56:31 --> 00:56:35 of a Reiki online or in person. The online could
00:56:35 --> 00:56:40 be as easy as a 30 or 45 minute session. And
00:56:40 --> 00:56:43 the in person would be 45 to an hour. And that
00:56:43 --> 00:56:47 could be given to you on email. Ida will be sharing
00:56:47 --> 00:56:51 my karen .soulbalance at gmail .com email address.
00:56:51 --> 00:56:55 And you can also use my phone number 519 -496
00:56:55 --> 00:56:59 -1888. I am on WhatsApp. I'll definitely include
00:56:59 --> 00:57:02 your contact information in the description section
00:57:02 --> 00:57:06 below. Karen, thank you so much for sharing your
00:57:06 --> 00:57:10 wisdom, experience, and heart. And this episode
00:57:10 --> 00:57:13 will be visible on many platforms. Thank you
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