TAP INTo your inner knowing and re-write your story
MY STORY
As a career massage therapist, I never, ever would have imagined myself saying what I’m about to: pain can be a gift. If I’d been told this when I was at the peak of my most tumultuous life experiences, I’d have had no words for how unbelievably discompassionate of a perspective that was.
Living through pain, whether it is physical, emotional, or psychological can be anything from frustrating to disillusioning, to devastating.
I’d been battling through some significant life challenges that had brought on an extraordinarily high level of emotional stress, when I began experiencing some serious and perplexing health challenges; auto-immune deficiencies, neurological issues, and thyroid disease. I sought answers and treatment and diagnoses, all the while still steeped in trauma, and in such pain.
I was desperate for escape from these emotions so I began to meditate, and honestly, I almost immediately felt a lifting, an opening. I had not known I had been stuck in fight or flight “survival mode.” I had actually, and finally, halted the dizzying internal loop which then gifted me new perspective to reflect back on the state in which I had been living. Once I interrupted that cycle, I was able to tap into myself in an entirely new way.
What happened was this: my nervous system (that had been operating on extreme overdrive) calmed. And then what happened was this: I began to hear my thoughts and feelings calmly. I began to practice affirmations and turned my limiting self-beliefs into messages of self-worth.
And I began to heal.
Step-by-step, with the support of sage teachers along my path, I also looked deeply at my pain and began cultivating a connection of love and light with myself I’d never known, or had long since forgotten. I was awakening to my own inner voice, my own intuition. It was transformation, and for me, it was undeniable.
It’s always been a calling to help relieve others’ pain, so I pursued a deeper understanding of my intuition and began to clearly receive what I can only describe as divine insight, or connection with source, or spirit. And while I grew and honed my skills as a massage therapist, reiki master, and cranio-sacral practitioner, I recognized that all the while I’d actually been ‘listening’ to this guidance. In holistic therapy, honoring the guidance received through energetic connection is sometimes called ‘channeling.’ With deepened and clarified awareness of this channeling, I found myself being called to all kinds of incredible, expansive healing modalities I’ve now integrated into my practice.
If this sounds other-worldly or ‘woo-woo’ to you, I get it! It certainly feels like that at times, but again, for me—and my clients—it’s been undeniable. We’ve often discussed…how do you explain this to others? How do you explain something unexplainable? Well, here on my website I’m giving it a ‘go’…but my simple hope is, if my story resonates with you, together let’s look at how you want to re-write yours.
The light in me sees the light in you,
Karen
“I had a distant phone session with Karen several weeks ago. I highly recommend the experience I had with her! Karen is very thorough and was able to target areas that needed attention too. I’ve had neuropathy in my toes on both feet for years and after our hour-long session, suddenly the numbness disappeared.”
-M.G.