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Mindful Living

A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO LIFE

With 30+ years of experience as a Healing Arts Professional and Holistic Educator, plus personal resources from surviving and thriving during four life-threatening health challenges, it’s my pleasure to share skills, strategies, tips ‘n tools that have significantly improved the quality of my life, and the lives of many others.

Modern living, with all of its diversity, has the potential to sweep us off our feet and leave us feeling overwhelmed. Having skills to convert stressful reactions into positive, life-affirming actions to mindfully re-balance is key to healthy living.

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
George Bernard Shaw

MINDFUL LIVING ONLINE

Mindful Living Online is designed for women interested in holistic approaches to daily living. They may be experiencing stress, feeling a lack of balance and calm, a loss of purpose, missing a sense of inner connection, or simply be interested in a well-deserved tune-up.

Taking the time to cultivate lifestyle skills and mindful strategies while navigating family, career, personal interests, and life’s daily demands will create new responses that shift stress and survival reactions to a mindfulness way of living.

Reconnecting with your inner wisdom, re-discovering peace and calm, re-designing your life with purpose and passion are great gifts to give yourself, and those around you.

This service is inclusive to women who are new to mindfulness and self-care, as well as women who have already established a wellness lifestyle.

LIFESTYLE SKILLS

Tips ‘n Tools That Have Enhanced My Life

  • Conscious Breathing

  • Reflective Listening

  • Energy Balancing

  • Chakra Clearing

  • Visualization

  • Joy

  • Nature

  • Toning

  • Tapping

  • Journaling

  • Affirmations

  • Meditation

  • Gratitude

  • Laughter

  • Dancing

LEARN – THRIVE – COME ALIVE!

Conscious Breathing and Meditation reduce stress, tension, and fatigue, calm the mind, and restore energy and focus.

Affirmations and Visualization re-program the brain and the body to provide a fresh perspective, paving the way for success in all areas of life.

Laughter, Toning, Dancing, Gratitude, and Joy instantly shift your energy and light up your life.

Tapping, Chakra Clearing, and Energy Balancing reset your nervous system to be calm, present, energized and, engaged.

Journaling reveals what is known and ready to be shown.

Reflective Listening is the ability to stay in present-time conversation, and not be triggered into reactive patterns.

Nature is one of our greatest teachers and best-ever healers.

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” Dalai Lama XIV

Appointments are scheduled and prepaid online, and take place by phone or on zoom.

Price: $30-$45 sliding scale for 30 minutes.

ENERGY IS THE VITAL FORCE IN THE BODY

For women in the Central Maine area interested in receiving energy-based, therapeutic bodywork, In-Person Energy Healing Sessions are available.

An organic blend of techniques that combine Polarity Therapy, Reiki, Cranial Sacral, Crystal Bowl, and Tuning Forks - each session is unique to every individual. Enjoy feeling relaxed and balanced with greater clarity and renewed vitality.

Polarity Therapy, "one of the most comprehensive healing arts available,” combines a variety of techniques to re-establish the flow of energy we often lose to the stress and tensions of daily living.

Cranial-Sacral Therapy relieves restrictions in the tissues and fluids that surround the brain and spinal cord, allowing the nervous system to self-regulate.

Reiki is a Japanese technique of "laying-on-of-hands" that promotes natural healing.

Sound frequency resonates with the human energy field to relax, calm, balance, and energize.

Contact me for a free, pre-appointment conversation and to schedule your In-Person Energy Healing Session.  Availability is dependent on pandemic conditions.

Price: $60-$75 sliding scale for 75 minutes.

Payment will be made at your In-Person Session.

DISTANCE ENERGY HEALING

Based on ancient principles of energy, vibrational frequencies, and quantum physics, distance healing is a respected technique that’s convenient for modern times.

Since all life is energy, and energy has no boundaries, Reiki, Polarity Therapy, Crystal and Sound Healing Techniques can be shared remotely to engage, reset, and rebalance energy. You can enjoy being relaxed, renewed, and re-energized in the comfort of your home, or wherever you happen to be.

"Everything alive contains and radiates life force. It is the bio-magnetic energy of the earth, planets, and the human aura." Diane Stein

Price: $30-$45 sliding scale for 30 minutes.

REIKI TRAINING

For women in the Central Maine area interested in learning the gentle art of Reiki Energy Healing, all levels of Reiki Training are available for individuals and groups.

Reiki (Ray-key) is an ancient Tibetan healing technique that utilizes the universal life force with a non-invasive "laying on of hands." Reiki Training provides a series of attunements, tune-ups that open energy channels to increase the flow of life force within. Some people use Reiki for self-healing and personal growth. Others choose to give Reiki treatments to their family and pets. And some incorporate it into an existing healing arts practice or develop a new and emerging practice.

Reiki I introduces the history of Reiki and healing with hands-on techniques for giving Reiki treatments to oneself and others.

Reiki II expands and accelerates energy frequencies and the healing process. Distant healing skills are incorporated.

Reiki III, also known as the master attunement, deepens the process.

Reiki Master Level teaches how to facilitate Reiki Trainings and give Reiki Attunements.

"Science is now verifying the presence of subtle energy fields as the primary organizing principles of life and declaring Energy Medicine as the Medicine of the 21st century." J. Ferrara

Contact me for a free, pre-appointment conversation regarding your interest, and to schedule your Reiki Training date.  Availability is dependent on pandemic conditions.

TUNE-IN & TUNE-UP

Informational, educational, transformational, and fun Online Group Meet-Ups based on the interests of your family, friends, colleagues, or favorite hobby club. There are plenty of topics to choose from on this page and throughout this website, or personalize and custom-design your event.

Contact me for a free pre-appointment conversation and to schedule your Tune-In & Tune-Up Online Group Meet-Up.

Price: $10 / person with a minimum of 6 people needed for 60 minutes

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

Not sure how to get started? Contact me for a free, no obligations conversation to get more informed.

Testimonials

"Thanks for your warm, personal, informative professionalism, Barbara.”

"A powerful, life-changing journey in finding harmony and inner peace. The ability to identify the roots of my behavior and create effective change is encouraging and rewarding."

"Barbara, I so enjoyed my last session -- it was just exquisite!"

"Our sessions were a tremendous help to come back into balance."

"Thank you so much, Barbara. I felt wonderfully balanced and relaxed, yet amazingly re-energized. What an incredible gift you have."

"Barbara, you are a remarkable woman and a true teacher"

"Your eloquence and communication skills are extraordinary."

"I so enjoyed your presentation. Your passion, your zest for life and for what you do came shining through.”

"Barbara, you are fun to work with and a wonderful leader to boot! You provide great direction and guidance"

"You find the golden nuggets in people, one of your beautiful gifts. How fortunate for us all"

"Energy, lightness and fun-spiritedness are what Barbara brings to the table. Her ability to articulate is just inspirational. She holds such vision - she brings us all to a higher vibration and frequency"

"Barbara, you are a master presenter and you read people and situations particularly well. Our TEAM is becoming ‘more’ because of your leadership! Thank you so much for all you do and all you give!"

"Barbara is a tremendous mentor, friend and inspiration to me"

"Thank you for offering the gentle, professional presence that you do - you make everyone feel welcome"

"There is just something about you that is so special. I love working with you"

"Thanks so much for your leadership! Your positive energy is always a delight"

"Barbara’s ability to perceive needs and assist in a nurturing fashion is a great gift"

"A heartfelt thank you for all that you did for me today. You are very much appreciated"

"You are wonderful at what you do! Thank you for your friendship"

"Thanks for your warm, personal, informative professionalism, Barbara"

"I feel a significant difference in my attitude and in my life"

"You inspire me. Thank you for being a mentor"

"Barbara, your kindness and generosity never cease to amaze!"

"Barbara, I so enjoyed my last session -- it was just exquisite! I just reveled in your wonderful touch and lovely sequences. I felt deeply cared for."

"A tremendous help to come into my health. Deeply moving sessions that successfully treated many acute physical ailments and chronic emotional problems"

"A powerful, life-changing journey in finding harmony and inner peace. The ability to identify the roots of my behavior and create effective change is encouraging and rewarding"

"Thank you so much, Barbara. I felt wonderfully balanced and relaxed, yet amazingly re-energized. What an incredible gift you have."

"Barbara, what a powerful practitioner you are! Thank you for a lovely treatment. I feel SO much better."

"Barbara, you are a remarkable woman and a true teacher"

"Your eloquence and communication skills are extraordinary."

"Thank you for tonight! The students enjoyed having you. What I so enjoy is that each time you present, you offer new things and sometimes the same thing in new ways."

"I really admire your well-spoken talent in front of crowds."

"The class loved your class."

"I so enjoyed your presentation. Your passion, your zest for life and for what you do came shining through."

"You are terrific!"

"I feel light, intuitive and empowered, I have a whole new outlook on life."

"I am thrilled to have added Reiki Energy to my journey. You are a beautiful person, Barbara. Thank you for touching my life."

"Barbara guided us in a very gentle and loving way. This is truly a class that helps you to grow in many ways."

"It's not often that you meet people who are at peace with themselves, and you are one of those seldom few. The honor was mine. Thanks again."

"Unique and leading-edge work."

"A former polarity student of yours gave me a Polarity session at a Wellness Fair. She was wonderful. You've been both inspirational, and instrumental to many, many people. Thanks for being and sharing your gifts with others."

"What a fabulous modality you taught us. Thank you for everything."

"My time with you studying Polarity was such a huge time of growth for me and your guidance and knowledge were amazing. Thank you so much for everything."

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

Albert Einstein