Before your first session, I will look over your intake information to know where we should start. Wear socks so you can take off your shoes and spend some time on the massage table. You remain fully clothed throughout the 90-minute session that will include muscle energy testing and energy balancing techniques that are generally relaxing. Depending on your needs, I may also incorporate acupressure, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique, or “tapping”), essential oils, or Reiki. You will get tools you can use on your own such as balancing techniques from Eden Energy Medicine, flower essence recommendations, or tools for discerning for yourself the foods that may benefit you.

Before your dog’s first session, I will look over the intake information to know where we should start. The first session is 90 minutes so your dog will have time to get used to a new person in a new place. Just as it’s essential that I have your consent for any touch or technique that involves your body, it’s essential that I have your dog’s consent as the session progresses. For your dog’s comfort and security, they will either be on the sofa, the plush rug, or the orthopedic dog bed while receiving energy assessments and energy balancing techniques that are generally relaxing. Depending on their needs, I may also incorporate animal communication, gentle bodywork such as the Masterson Method or Tellington TTtouch, or energywork such as Reiki or Whole Energy Body Balance. You will gain more understanding of your dog’s behavior. You will get helpful recommendations such as environmental adjustments, balancing techniques you can use on yourself and your dog, safe and comfortable gear for your dog, and foods to benefit your dog’s energy profile.

Absolutely! You and your dog are already in an energetic partnership where you affect them and they affect you all the time. It’s best if your initial session and your dog’s first session are separate. But after that, please come in together! We’ll focus on your dog first so they will be able to relax and hang out with us while we focus on you.

Subsequent sessions are very much like the first session. Plan on a 60-minute session. Your dog probably won’t need more than an hour, but sometimes you might. If you have the time and you need the care, we can go as long as 90 minutes. More time is not necessarily better as your body can only assimilate so much at a time. However, there are times when your body needs the longer version of a balancing technique. No extra charge will be incurred. 

As you practice the techniques I give you to do on your own, you will feel improvement over time. Coming in for follow-up sessions allows us to see the patterns in your energies and follow those clues for deeper healing. I would love to be able to tell you that after six sessions, you will feel fabulous ever after, but I can’t. Not only is everyone an individual, but this type of energywork is cumulative. You improve and maintain that improvement the more you do the practices and receive the care. My goal is to teach you to do a lot of this on your own so you can take charge of your self-care. Six sessions may be perfect for you. Or maybe you’ll be better served by more. Or fewer. Let’s see!

You may not always feel good. If your body is crying out for rest, guess what it’s going to make you do? Yep, make time for rest. If you’re just learning to listen to your body, your education may include some minor aches. Rest. Drink pure water. Spend time with yourself or nature without any other input. Listen to your body and adjust your routine for genuine self-care.

An excellent reason not to push your body with too many techniques in one session is that it can cause a “healing crisis” where you feel worse before you feel better. In my view, this is unnecessary and I strive to attune to what your body needs in the moment and only apply techniques that your body can assimilate. If a “healing crisis” ever happens, let me know right away and I’ll give you some tools to relieve your discomfort. 

If your system has been trained to go numb as a protective maneuver, I have a special note for you. Coming back into your body may be quite unpleasant. I was once where you are. We had a reason to check out of our bodies in the first place, right? While I can offer support through this transition, I also insist that you get the support of a qualified trauma-informed therapist.

Your first session or your dog’s first session is 90 minutes at $167.

I am furthering my Eden Energy Medicine education and I need to practice to be fluent in new techniques. If you’re willing to serve as my practice client for the new stuff, you will get a full session for free!