My Soul chose a life in which I am passionate about helping others learn to tune into and understand the messages constantly guiding them to align with the YOU-niqueness of who they are at their core. This ultimately awakens and gives momentum to the potential for them to live a deeply meaningful, passionate life and experience the joy of expressing their fullest potential, i.e."letting their Inner Light shine".
Like many of my clients, I once felt conventional approaches to my stress and discomfort were not the right fit, or didn't work. In my early 30's, I experienced job-related pain, tension, and sensations that didn't fit into any "diagnostic box". Medical tests weren't helpful, and showed nothing. Ergonomic intervention didn't provide lasting relief. Chiropractic care didn't "work". Physical and occupational therapy gave inconsistent minimal relief.
I was getting no better, and afraid of becoming unable to work. Additionally, times were uncertain. My job was at risk due to corporate changes. Eventually, it was eliminated. More stress...
My commitment to creating a promising, vital, healthy future kept me searching for answers.
I was referred for massage by my Occupational Therapist. It helped short term more than anything to date, but still was not quite "right".
My OT also suggested I see treatment with another physical therapist who was known for helping people no one else could. She didn't know what this therapist did exactly, but knew that she sometimes assisted the body in returning to the position it was in at the time of the injury/trauma so it could heal itself. Little did I know, this was a component of craniosacral therapy and related bodywork.....
I later learned this approach was focused around releasing even long-held patterns of tension and facilitating the body's own self-corrective mechanisms. I had no idea how capable we were of self-healing, but I was soon to find out!
I eventually found myself in the loving hands and heart of this therapist. My body loved the work, and my whole life changed dramatically. How? As this work maximized my body's inner healing wisdom, I learned to decode the messages stress and tension were bringing me. I began to relate to myself and my life differently as I experienced thoughts and took actions aligned with a life of purpose, meaning, and ease. I had a whole new perspective, and my body reflected that. I began to feel great - Finally....!!!
That is how I came to know, first hand:
- our body is the outward expression of our mind, emotions, experiences, Spirit
- symptoms are not to be eliminated - they are messages telling us something needs attention, we are out of alignment with who we are at our very core
- those messages will appear whenever, however long, we need to hear them
- we must listen to those messages, i.e. get to the heart of the problem, or we will continue to have trouble
- we are incredibly capable of self-healing and self-correcting when properly resourced
After the very sacred honor of connecting with another person in this way for the first time (as a lay practitioner in my first craniosacral therapy class), I knew I would feel a tremendous loss if I never had the chance to do that again. That compelled me to find a way to share this gift with others. That was my mission.
Fate stepped in, took away my job again, and I found myself in massage school. The magic of synchronicity was at work! The rest is history, as they say.
I have received craniosacral therapy integrated with, and complemented by, massage therapy at least 48/52 weeks/year since 1998. I use the same tools I share with my Transformational Coaching clients to choose and direct my life from a place of knowing. This IS my health care.
I am dedicated to helping others see their Value, connect with their Purpose, master connecting to their inner knowing, deepen their sense of trust in their heart’s truth and bring their YOU-nique gifts to the world. At the end of the day, they too can say they lived full-out. AND, we all benefit!
I am committed to providing natural, gentle support for your personal journey to self-actualization, health, and well-being without imposing change, or an agenda.
It is your birthright to awaken to the magic of who you were born to BE and live it. And, it is a healthy, rewarding, and happy way to live!
My Vision:
I live in alignment with my Authentic Self, which results in a life of peace, harmony, and joy. I am committed to bringing my gifts to the world, helping, teaching and empowering others to do the same by aligning with their Authentic Selves. We each fit perfectly into place like a puzzle piece into the big picture when we follow our hearts.
My Mission:
To bring my best self forward, freely sharing my gifts and talents with others so that we all may live in alignment with our Authentic Selves, easily, gracefully, and joyfully.
Life can be better, even when it seems impossible..... I can help you improve your quality of life in very manageable steps.
You have to have faith, be aware of who you Truly are, and have the courage to live that Truth. The rest will come.
As I renewed my innate ability to heal, I alleviated physical and emotional limitations. I increased my nervous system's capacity for health, harmony, and well-being. My body changed its priority from surviving, to self-actualization. My world became brighter.
A new path was revealed to me..... one showing me the value of treating us as a whole being, with different aspects that are interrelated, as if continuous with one another: Mind-Body-Spirit.
My Education:
Life's been my greatest teacher. Learning to look for the lessons in a situation, and attend to my inner world from a higher perspective, has taught me more than I can convey. I am grateful to all of the special Beings in my life, and the experiences they have brought to me, without which none of this would be possible.
I have learned to question until there is nothing left within my consciousness to ask, allowing the answers to come, move me forward and expand me to my bigger self.
I see your Light! I see your Greatness!!! Love and Peace, Kelly
Formal Study, Continuing Education, Experience:
- Featured guest on BlogTalk Radio - I Am A Success Story
- Lifestyles Columnist, sacandagadigest.com
- Published articles - "Healing Springs Journal", "NorthEast Holistic Resource" magazine, "Little Falls Times" newspaper,
- Speaker and workshop facilitator
- NY State Licensed Massage Therapist - 2001-present.
- Certified Guided Imagery Consultant -Life Transformation Co., Ctr. for Hypnotherapy, Oakland, CA
- Certified Transformational Coach - Life Transformation Co., Ctr. for Hypnotherapy, Oakland, CA
- Board Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (BCTMB) - 2001-present
- Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist - Certified - Turtle Back Craniosacral Education, recognized by the International School of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy.
- Facilitator - Certified Transformational Coach's Master Mind Jumpstart Group - 2013- 2014
- Assistant - Certified Transformational Coach training program - Sarah Horton and Associates thru the Life Transformation Company - 2013
- Teaching Assistant at Turtle Back Craniosacral Education - 2011-2013
- Craniosacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release with the Upledger Institute
- Myofascial Release with John Barnes
- Shiatsu Pregnancy Massage with Marcia Tompkins
- Treating Headaches and Migraines
- Reiki I
- Energetic Healing
- Healing Touch
- Ethics
- Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy, Albany, NY
- Commercial insurance loss control - specialty in ergonomic assessment and intervention
- B.A., Chemistry - Hartwick College, in Oneonta, NY. Additional course concentrations included psychology.
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