Reiki and Healing Touch changed my life and continue to do so on a daily basis! I am the only RN in the Orlando area who offers Integrative Energy Healing in my private practice. Let me show you how to connect with your inner wisdom and heal your body, mind, and spirit.
RN, BSN, Reiki Master Teacher, Healing Touch Practitioner
My spiritual journey began in childhood. When I was five, I would read the adults in my life and tell them what I thought and what I saw. The response I got back was usually a form of, "you're too sensitive", "you don't know what you're talking about, you're just a kid", or "how could you know that?". I learned early on that my intuitive senses were a gift but my readings weren't exactly welcome in my family's eyes.
I soon started praying for the whole world. In Kindergarten Religion class I would pray for all the people in my family and all the people of the world. I developed a close relationship with Jesus and God and they became my spiritual teachers. Jesus showed me how to love all people and how to love other people as you would love yourself. As a small child, I took these messages to heart and followed them with all my might.
I continued to read my family, much to their distress. I became the truthteller, someone whose words weren't always welcome, but were often needed. I cried when my words weren't believed or I was told I was too sensitive. I knew my sensitivities were needed, though, because my spiritual teachers told me they would be.
As an empathic child, I was drawn to animals and children smaller than me. I became the emotional caregiver for my parents when they split. My father suffered from mental illness and I became the calm presence they both needed. I went to school to become a vet, but after interning and working with suffering animals, I decided to work with humans. I graduated from nursing school in 1998 and became a cardiac nurse.
In the following years I worked with cancer patients, heart patients, and surgical patients. I loved my work, as it was more of a calling than a career. When my first baby was born she had respiratory difficulties and spent time in the NICU. She was at one of the first hospitals to use breastmilk for preemies, and I became a breastfeeding advocate overnight. I stayed at home to care for her and moved my career toward mother-baby. I became a La Leche League Leader in 2006 and continue to serve our community by volunteering to work with breastfeeding mothers and their babies.
After my third baby was born, I discovered Healing Touch and Reiki. My mentor's sessions helped me start the road to emotional recovery from my growing-up time, and once she introduced me to Healing Touch classes, I knew I had found my new path. Then I met quite a few Reiki Masters in an online meditation group, many of which I can call my friends, and one of which became my amazing spiritual mentor.
My yoga instructor introduced me to two real-life Reiki Masters who taught at his studio. Being around them gave me the confidence to take all three levels of Reiki, before I completed the five levels of Healing Touch. One of the requirements of Healing Touch Level 4 is beginning a practice. I was offered four spaces to practice before I found Plant Street Wellness Center, where I offered private sessions. I am now practicing in Winter Garden and the Greater Orlando area.
In 2014 I began teaching Reiki at CommUnity Center 729, a place where spiritual people meet. I have loved learning about spirituality and the religions of the world since I was a child. I am currently studying Vajarayana Buddhism, Taoism, Earth based spirituality, Kabbalah, the Yoga Sutras, and Tantra. Teaching Reiki gives me the opportunity to share Universal Love energy with my students, while honoring their spiritual path and beliefs. I am currently teaching at CommUnity Center 729, in the Mills and 50 District.
As my children grow up, it becomes more and more apparent that all of them have sensitivities similar to mine. I offer Energy Integration Therapy to honor them and all the kids who are sensitive and to provide the support they need in their growing up years.
Healing Touch and Reiki changed the course of my life and put it on a positive path. I'd love help you journey to your inner wisdom and find the peace I have discovered.
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Please note as a Holistic Nurse I do not diagnose medical conditions or prescribe medicine. Integrative Energy Healing is a complementary therapy and is not meant to replace medical care.