Prior to becoming a massage therapist, I worked with children first as a preschool teacher, then as a nanny for six years. When the child I cared for began school full time I went to massage school and have been an ABMP certified massage therapist since 1998. In 1999 I began working with a chiropractor, Dr Trish Coughlin-Baitinger of Radiance Chiropractic Healing Center; who helped me to identify what I unconsciously did during sessions with clients--intuitive energy work.
Discovering that massage therapy alone is inadequate to comprehensively address the causative factors leading to the conditions which brought clients to see me, I began to study alternative holistic approaches to meet the needs of clients on more than just the physical level. I have studied and include the following modalities in my bodywork practice:
My healing sessions are nurturing and unique, combining intuitive guidance, energy work and advanced massage therapy techniques. It is this combination that sets my work apart, allowing the client the opportunity for complete healing.
In 2003 I became a Tera Mai(TM) Reiki and Seichem Master and began utilizing my degree in Early Childhood Education and understanding of how people learn to teach classes in Reiki and Seichem. Classes with me are fun and informative incorporating different activities to help students of different learning styles comprehend the material in a fun way that is easy to understand and implement.
A few years ago I began creating Susan's Serenity Sprays. They are a quick and easy way to use herbs, crystals and aromatherapy to shift energy in a room. http://serenityachieved.startlogic.com/page3.html Think Smokeless Smudge. Great for people with asthma who can't be around smoke, or in an office where the smoke would be inappropriate. Each spray is a combination of crystal, herb and essensial oil infused during a certain astrological or lunar event to round out the energy. They can be sprayed in a room, on an object or even your body and happen to smell divine!