Terms and Conditions
Sessions range from one to two hours. This includes the intake session, bodwork and session feedback. Be prepared to fill out a health history form at your first session. Twenty-four hour notice is required to cancel appointments. Speak with individual practitioners regarding session charges. Missed sessions without prior notification will result in a charge for the therapists' time. Payment is due upon session completion. Please make your check payable to the individual practitioner.
Therapy Services
We provide the following therapy services:
Acupressure: (Jin Shin Do) Acupressure uses principles from Traditional Chinese Medicine to support the healing process by balancing the male and female energies and the five Chinese elements. Many conditions improve with regular treatments which include bodywork, acu-yoga and dietary awareness. (Moksha Kolman, Miaoyi Lin) Acupuncture: Originating in China 3,000 years ago, acupuncture is a system of healing based on balancing the body’s life force energy known as Qi. Qi flows along channels throughout the body, similar to the nervous and circulatory systems. An imbalance in the body’s energy may result in distress signals in the form of symptoms, physical, emotional or mental. An acupuncturist is trained to evaluate the underlying cause of a client’s problems or symptoms. Treating the person’s basic constitution as well as alleviating the symptoms is part of the treatment plan.Using thin, sterile, disposable needles, the acupuncturist inserts the needles along specific points of the meridian pathways to help balance and unblock the Qi. (Judith Brooks, Lilan Hsiang-Weiss, Miaoyi Lin) Advaned Inner Development: This program nurtures an understanding of who you are and encourages you along your spiritual path by exploring the quality of your spiritual development and your spiritual goals. Through an astrological reading you will discover your life's true purpose and by looking at your chakra development, you will find ways to imporve your character. By facilitating powerful opportunities for growth and healing, you will learn how to trasform personal issues and meet your spiritual goals. (Barbara-Lynn Freed) Aromatherapy: Aroma Celebrations! Consultations and Products: Aromatherapy consultations help clients by reviewing and discussing current life situations or challenges, and how an aromatherapy product may restore balance and nurture your well-being. All aromatherapy products are made from the finest quality organic or wildcrafter essential oils and whole botanicals.
They are free of synthetics and chemicals derived from plants, and are made in small batches for quality assurance and freshness. Energetic spritzers, chakra oils, therapeutic massage oils and a full line of facial products and more are available. Custom orders are welcomed. (Barbara-Lynn Freed, Christine McNally)Astrology: Mathematically created for the exact day, time and location of your birth, your natal chart is a blueprint of your potential. An interpretation can help you answer questins, find solutions for life's challenges, discover something new about yourslef and explore cycles and trends in the present and future. (Barbara-Lynn Freed) Awakening the Heart! Spiritual Healing: This is an advanced, transformative process fostering personal growth, self-integration and wholeness by releasing old emotional patterns without reliving past trauma. Each session focuses on unblocking, repairing and revitalizing your chakras and energetic pathways, thus restoring a state of balance. A sample of issues addressed are grounding, kundalini, blocked creativity, life direction and purpose, and spiritual emergence, eveolution, and integration. (Barbara-Lynn Freed) BodyTalk: BodyTalk is a form of therapy that allows the body's energy systems to be re-synchronized so they can operate as nature intended. Each system, cell and atom is in constant communication with each other at all times. Through exposure to the stresses of day-to-day life, however, these lines of communication can become compromised, which then leads to a decline in physical, emotional and/or mental well-being. Reconnecting these lines of communication enables the body's mechanisms to function at optimal levels, thus preventing disease and rapidly accelerating the healing process. In this way, BodyTalk stimulates the body's innate ability to balance and heal itself. BodyTalk's major assets are its simplicity, safety and the speed of its results. (Toni Stevens) Cancer Care Massage: Specific massage techniques for people with bone metastasis and vital organ involvement, and modifications for clients undergoing surgery, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy. (Norma Ferrell, Marie Lloyd) Chakra Balancing: Chakra Balancing is a hands-on therapy intended to bring balance and centeredness into the body and its many layers. The practitioner tunes into the energetic qualities of the energy centers and uses touch and sound to enhance well being and balance. (Norma Ferrell, Moksha Kolman, Arianna Witten) Chakra Healing: Chakra Healing repairs damaged layers of chakras, restores their clockwise spin, and reawakens your chakra's vitality. Whenever we have a physical, emotional, mental or spiritual trauma in our lives, a corresponding layer(s) of one or more chakras can be damaged Normally spinning clockwise, these layers gradually slow down and eventually, if not healed, will spin counterclockwise. This damage will also produce emotional patterns based on lack of a lessening of the life force energy. Chakra healing enables our chakras and emotional patterns to return to a state of wellness. (Barbara-Lynn Freed) Chiropractic Care: Light force, gentle techniques (no twisting of the head, neck or back) that help the body better adapt to stressors. Dr. Jeanne and Dr. John use state-of-the-art technology for accurate evaluation of each person’s functional health needs.Her holistic approach creates a customized experience to meet your health needs while guiding you toward optimal health.A gentle approach with powerful healing results! (Dr. Jeanne LaPointe, Dr. John Benedetto) Child Psychotherapy: Child Psychotherapy offers a range of intervention strategies to facilitate a child’s emotional and social development. Children may experience a disruption in their usual development through experiences of change, loss or trauma. Examples include life events such as the death of a pet, divorce, starting school, or psychical and/or emotional trauma. Psychotherapy for children offers strategies to assist the child in dealing with the outcome of the experience while improving understanding and gaining coping strategies. (Grace Hubbard) Childbirth Education Classes: Unbiased, evidenced based course lead by a certified educator. Learn to recognize and flow with each stage of labor. Become informed of your options, rights and responsibilities, and many alternatives whether you are choosing to birth at home, a birthing center, or the hospital. This highly informative course also offers the wisdom of past generations of birthing women who knew many things within their control to increase the likelihood of a smooth birth. One Intensive Weekend format for your convenience. (Sheryl Mika) Chinese Herbology: Chinese herbal medicine is used in conjunction with acupuncture to support the healing process. The herbs are based on classical Chinese formulas and are dispensed in pill or tincture form. (Judith Brooks, Lilan Hsiang-Weiss, Miaoyi Lin) Chinese Pediatric Massage: Chinese Pediatrics Massage or “xiao er tui na” is a safe, non-invasive, and effective therapy for the treatment of a wide variety of common childhood ailments. Chinese pediatrics massage uses very specific protocols or treatments for specific ailments. (Miaoyi Lin) Clinical Supervision: Clinical Supervision is available for therapists wishing to acquire additional skills with the modality of play therapy. (Grace Hubbard) Color Puncture: Color Puncture is the use of color in a viariety of ways to promote health and healing. Our cells communicate with each other via light energy and t hus we can enhance our healing through the use of color. Remember how good you felt wearing your favorite color? This non-invasive session consists of directing colored light to acupuncture points, meridians, reflex zones and the chakra system. (Denise Weber) Complete Decongetive Therapy: Once the diagnosis of lymphedema is confirmed, certain treatment procedures are indicated. Since there is no cure for lymphedema, the overarching goal of treatment is to reduce the swelling and to sustain the reduction over time. For a majority of patients, this is achieved by the skilled application of Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) which is safe, reliable, and non-invasive treatment protocol. CDT is proven to provide positive long-term results for both primary and secondary lymphedema. (Theresa Gilliam)
Conscious Core: Release limiting beliefs, anxiety and pain through energy work, dialogue and guided meditation. Through non-leading questions, a pattern you have been going through for years will be mapped out on paper for you to gain perspective. A guided meditation with your younger self who took on the pattern will enable you to find out what you need to release the pattern. You will be offered techniques to work with your new positive beliefs, empowering you to be authentic and manifest your visions. See www.consciouscore.org for more information. (Laurece West)
Craniosacral Therapy: Craniosacral Therapy works with the skeletal structure and connective tissues throughout the body. Injuries and trauma cause the body to contract and hood tension resulting in pain and constriction. Craniosacral Therapy locates and reduces or eliminates these tension s bringing relief and freedom. Treatments are powerfully transformational yet gentle and deeply relaxing. (Joanne Dahill, Cynthia Flowers, Moksha Kolman) Deep Tissue Massage: A slow, methodical manipulation directed toward the deeper structures of the muscles and fascia in t he body. Deep Tissue Massage increases flexibility, increases range of motion in muscles, breaks up adhesions in muscles, decreases pain, improves posture, increases circulation, increases client awareness, and flushes waste and toxins from muscle tissues. (Joanne Dahill, Norma Ferrell, Lynette Hanes (Evans), Moksha Kolman, Marie Lloyd, Christine McNally, Sheryl Mika) Doula Services: Skilled support for the birthing experience with attention to incorporating the birth mother’s desires for optimal birth outcome. (Judith Brooks, Joanne Dahill, Sheryl Mika) Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): EFT is a meridian-based healing technique that provides relief from pain, diseases and emotional issues. It is a unique version of acupuncture without the use of needles. Instead, well establised energy meridian points are stimulated on the body by tapping on them with fingertips in conjunction with speaking affirmations. (Joanne Dahill, Arianna Witten) Energy Kinesiology: Through manual muscle testing, kinesiologists can identify the exact nature of blockages in the energy flow. Muscle testing allows one to identify stressors to the body/mind through accessing the body’s wisdom with a kind of body biofeedback. Key imbalances are identified and a variety of techniques are used to release energy blocks, allowing the body’s innate healing processes to unfold. (Denise Weber) Esthetician Services: Using specific techniques, the client’s face is cleansed, toned, and massaged. Stress lines are eased, treatable imperfections are addressed and the client is relaxed and refreshed. Sessions normally last one hour. (Melissa Grcich) Expressive Arts: Visual journaling, movement/balance, handcrafts, storytelling, music/sound and humor are a few of the ways used to help process personal thoughts and feelings that are difficult to verbalize. Process oriented for increasing self-esteem and personal enjoyment. (Ruth Hamilton) Family Therapy: Family Therapy includes a combination of family members working together as a unit for more effective communication, conflict resolution and overall improved mental health. Theories specific to family development and family relationships serve as a guideline to assist with accomplishing mutually agreed upon goals. (Grace Hubbard)
Flower Essences: It has been said that for every imbalance on our planet, the plant kingdom holds a solution. Flower Essences are vibrational allies which can balance and heal the physical, mental and emotional challenges we are facing in our attitudes, habits and interactions with the world. (Barbara-Lynn Freed creates her flower essence blends from Pegasus, Perelandra, Flower Essence Society, and Desert Essence for individual essences. Moksha Sharon Kolman makes many of her own essences from native plants, as well as using Bach and Perelandra Remedies.) Harmonies' Traditional Chinese Medicine: Harmonies' Traditional Chinese Medicine includes acupuncture therapy, magnetic therapy, moxibustion therapy, cupping therapy, pediatrics massage therapy, Chinese herbal therapy and Chinese healthy diet. (Miaoyi Lin) Healing Touch: Healing Touch is an energy-based therapeutic approach to healing. Healing Touch uses touch to influence the energy system thus affecting physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health and healing. The goal of Healing Touch is to restore harmony and balance in the energy system to help the client self-heal. This form of therapy is very useful when massage therapy is contraindicated. The client has the option to remain fully clothed during a Healing Touch session. (Anne Kennedy, Laurece West) HeartMath®:This technology aides in learning internal awareness, self-regulation and emotional management skills. The Freeze-Framer Interactive Learning System is a heart rhythm feedback tool which observes the state of the autonomic an innovative approach to stress reduction based on learning to change heart rhythm patterns and to create physiological coherence. (Arianna Witten) Heated Stone Therapy: Basalt stones are heated, oiled and used to massage away muscle tension and induce relaxation. This method is especially helpful in easing pain and soreness in contracted tissue. Gemstones can also be used to balance, clear and energize the body’s energy centers. This therapy is often used during a Swedish Massage session. (Norma Ferrell, Cynthia Flowers, Lynette Hanes (Evans), Marie Lloyd, Christine McNally, Sheryl Mika, Judith Winston) Hypno-Therapy: Hypno-therapy is used for pain management, addictions (nicotine or food), childbirth, past life regression, anxiety reduction, promoting relaxation, increasing self-esteem. This modality is complimentary to regular medical or mental health care. The client is in charge of the session and may conclude the session at any time. (Susan Freeman) IonCleanse® Detox Therapy: A footbath detox therapy that promotes health and healing. Ionization is used to draw toxins from the body through the feet to neutralize tissue acid wastes. Many people with pain, edema, gout and swollen or deteriorating joints report considerable symptomatic relief from IonCleanse sessions. (Anne Kennedy) Intuitive Counseling: The Intuitive Counseling session assists one in discovering the authentic truth within and guides one through life's challenging experiences. Intuitive Counsleing integrats a number of tools, inclduing the Tarot, Oracle Cards, and energy work. (Karee Powers) Kripalu Body Dialogue: From Kripalu’s “yoga off the mat” wisdom, this guided meditation session enables you to access your own answers to life issues through awareness and listening to your body. You will leave with new tools to continue accessing your body’s wisdom. (Laurece West) Licensed Massage Therapy: A western style of massage that relieves stress, relaxes muscle tissue, and improves blood and lymph circulation. Swedish Massage consists of gliding, kneading, brisk, and tapping strokes to the superficial skin or deeper muscle tissues. Pressure is light to medium. This session may also include Deep Tissue and/or Trigger Point Massage on specific muscles or muscle groups, as needed. (Judith Brooks, Joanne Dahill, Norma Ferrell, Cynthia Flowers, Melissa Grcich, Lynette Hanes (Evans), Moksha Kolman, Lorraine Lewis, Marie Lloyd, Christine McNally, Sheryl Mika, Denise Weber, Judith Winston) Life Coaching: Highly skilled professional life coaches provide the expertise and skill you need to create the life you love. We nurture personal and professional fulfillment, personal excellence, relationships, and personal transformation. Learn tools and strategies to reduce stress, improve performance, relationships and quality of life. (Laurece West) Light Body Integration: This session allows movement between energy modalities to clear the body, open energy channels, and restore liveliness and balance. Guidance is sought from higher sources. (Laurece West) Magnet Therapy and Cupping Therapy: Magnet therapy and Cupping therapy are surface treatments for energy balancing. (Miaoyi Lin) Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD): MLD is a safe, effective, gentle hands-on approach to cleansing the body's tissues. MLD drains excess fluids from the tissues and also has a detoxifying effect. It can benefit a healthy person as well as be applied to more than 60 different conditions. MLD removes wastes, alleviates pain, relieves stress and supports the immune system. MLD helps the body heal more quickly from injuries, surgical trauma, chronic conditions and edema. It helps to minimize scar formation. (Norma Ferrell) Massage for Breast Mastectomy and other Breast Surgeries: This massage technique offers benefits to women who have under-gone breast surgeries. Whether life-saving or cosmetic, breast surgery may cause swelling or edema, as well as contribute tosore, achy muscles. Massage can help increase range of motion and mobility of the shoulder, alleviate post-operative discomforts, and reduce scar tissue. Attentive, caring touch can help to reconnect a woman with her entire body. (Norma Ferrell) Moxibustion Therapy: Moxibustion Therapy uses moxa (Mugwort) to warm surface skin with the intention of stimulating circulation through the acupuncture points and inducing a smoother flow of blood and qi. Moxibustion is especially effective in the treatment of chronic problems, "deficient conditions" (weakness), and gerontology. (Maioyi Lin) Nature Connection: Experience the earth as a healing force through time spent in conversation, walking, sitting, lying, and guided meditation—on the earth, with soil, animals, waterbodies or trees. You will have specific take home exercises, tools, and a plan for balancing and healing yourself in relationship with these amazing life forms. (Laurece West) Play Therapy: Play Therapy requires a specific set of skills and knowledge primarily used with children. This is an experience where toys, games, puppets and/or crafts are used during therapy as a means of facilitating communication and conflict resolution with a child. (Grace Hubbard) Polarity Therapy: Polarity Therapy is a natural health care system that works with the Human Energy Field. The client and practitioner work together to address physical, mental and emotional energy blocks in a safe, supportive environment. The energy session includes physical contact points that address patterns in the client’s energy anatomy using light touch, medium compression and gentle rocking motions. The client generally experiences a deep sense of well-being and relaxation during the session. Additionally, relationships to food and eating, exercise, self-awareness and lifestyle may be discussed. Some of the protocols may include balancing the nervous system, addressing digestion, circulatory, respiratory or other physical issues. This therapy is very useful when massage therapy is contraindicated. The client has the option to remain fully clothed during a Polarity Therapy session. (Susan Freeman, Anne Kennedy, Moksha Kolman, Arianna Witten) Polarity Therapy Training: Based on theory and techniques developed by Dr. Randolph Stone, Polarity Therapy Training is a year long course designed to facilitate optimal health for clients. (See Polarity Therapy explanation above) (Moksha Kolman,Judith Winston, Arianna Witten) Polarity Yoga: Polarity Yoga is an energy-based exercise class that afocuses on our inner experience rather than our outer form to bring balance and health to our mind, body and emotions. These gentle and dynamic exercises increase energy flow and reduce stress in the body. Simple movements, focused breating, gentle stretching, sound and stillness release energy tension and stress blocks, inviting balance. (Arianna Witten) Reflexology: Reflexology is a therapy involving pressure points on the feet and hands. Through these specific points, systems and organs of the body are stimulated to release toxins, create balance and support a healthier mind and body. The treatment also promotes relaxation and restores vitality by releasing tension and blockages, allwoing energy to easily flow and keep the immune system strong. (Alisha Arneth, Moksha Kolman, Marie Lloyd, Christine McNally, Arianna Witten) Reiki: Reiki (Universal Life Force) is an ancient and powerful form of healing which is applied with the hands. Reiki treats the mind, body, emotions and spirit. It brings more life, vitality, clarity, wellness and peace of mind. Reiki aids in the healing process and brings relief from stress and pain. (Judith Brooks, Joanne Dahill, Norma Ferrell,Lilan Hsiang-Weiss, Anne Kennedy, Moksha Kolman, Lorraine Lewis, Laura Lindgren, Marie Lloyd, Christine McNally, Judith Winston) Reiki Training: Empower Yourself With Reiki! Receive the Initiation into Reiki and learn about this ancient form of Natural Healing which has been re-introduced during the last century by Dr. Mikao Usui from Japan. It is a simple yet powerful method of amplifying Ki, the universal life force energy. First, Second, Third (Master) degree levels offered. ( Moksha Kolman, Reiki Master in the Usui Tradition) Shamanic Energy Work: This beautiful and powerful work uses elemental, natural, and man-made tools (stones, crystals, feathers, rattle) as well as earth, Great Spirit and animal archetypes to release and shift major areas of energy and life congestion. Experience this ancient Peruvian tradition that will leave you relaxed, energized and grounded. You will have specific homework utilizing the earth and fire (or candle) ceremonies. (Laurece West) Shamanic Soul Retrieval and Power Animal Guides: Each of these meditations allows you to reclaim power by integrating parts of self and finding animal guides to support and protect you. Come if you are curious or already experienced and understanding these ways. You will be delightfully surprised at the effectiveness of these systems for calming and resolving issues and reorienting you towards a more fulfilling life. (Laurece West) Shiatsu: Shiatsu is a Japanese form of massage that uses finger-and-palm pressure combined with light stretching of the limbs which creates a more balanced and harmonious energy in the body/mind resulting in deep relaxation. It can be done on a table or on the floor. Wear loose clothing or bring a pair of shorts. (Christine McNally) Somatic-Meditative Inquiry: Somatic-meditative inquiry is an exploration of working with difficult emotions, discomfort and pain. Exploring these areas of discomfort with openness and gentleness provides a pathway towards expressions of an inherent health, and doorways to a wider intelligence. (Mike Flowers) Spiritually-based Psychotherapy: Each of us carries a particular aspect of Divinity, and our task is to bring it fully forth, to flower, so to speak, and bless theworld with our being. The circumstances we find ourselves in are perfect for this, but so often we fail to recognize it. This work makes use of the current circumstances, as well as dreams, visions, intimations and what arises between us to support, nurture and assist what is wanting to blossom. (Cynthia Flowers) Sports Massage: Sports Massage strokes are medium to heavy and include compression, pumping, broadening, lengthening and deep friction. Sports Massage consists of three categories: Pre-event, Post-event and Maintenance. (Moksha Kolman, Marie Lloyd, Sheryl Mika) Thai Yoga Massage: Thai Yoga Massage is a wonderful combination of rhythmic massage, acu-pressure, deep stretching, gentle twisting, breathwork and open-eyed meditation all rolled into one to help stimulate the flow of healing energies within the body and open up areas that may have energetic blocks, thus creating a more balanced and harmonious state of being. This modality is offered on a mat on the floor. (Wear loose stretchable clothing) (Christine McNally) The Results System: This comprehensive stress management and healing modality incorporates guided imagery meditation, prayer, acupressure, polarity balancing, energy work, neurolinuistic programming, nutritional and lifestyle counseling. Though the use of applied kinesiology and polarity testing, the subconscious, higher mind, and cellular memory (ie the person’s own wisdom) is accessed. This wisdom will bring to light the source of the challenge and the priority of the most appropriate techniques to use that day to alleviate the issue. The body’s wisdom naturally allows only what feels safe and is within the client’s belief system. The beauty of the Results System is the specificity and flexibility to best suit the needs of each individual. The practitioner has been trained to work non-judgmentally, with appropriate boundaries and a large dose of compassion and care! (Laurece West) Therapeutic Breathwork: Therapeutic Breathwork resotres well being, catalyzing physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing and growth. Together with therapeutic communication, breathwork uses conscious, connected, diaphragmatic breathing. This stimulates chi enabling one's innate body intelligence to direct the healing process. The client and facilitator work together to identify and release blocked or constricted energy to bring the client into greater alignment with their highest good. All sessions are offered in a safe, confidential and professional environment. (Jamie Crockett, Cyndy Kinnecom) Trigger Point Therapy: Triggerpoints are painful nodules located in muscles or tendons. They often refer pain to other parts of the body and can limit movement and range of motion. Sciatica, tennis elbow and headaches are often caused by triggerpoints. Injuries, improper posture and overuse syndromes and stress cause trigger points to form in the musculature. Triggerpoints are gradually released using deep pressure, movement and energy balancing. (Judith Brooks, Joanne Dahill, Norma Ferrell, Lynette Hanes (Evans), Marie Lloyd, Moksha Kolman, Sheryl Mika)
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