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| About Michaela | ||
| I am Michaela
Donohue and I’d like to tell you something about the healing work
that I do. My background includes more than twenty-five years in nursing
and nurse-midwifery, including clinical practice as a primary care provider
in women’s health, teaching in graduate nurse-midwifery programs, presenting
at conferences, and conducting research. During that time, I became interested
in techniques outside the mainstream, techniques that could provide pain
relief, reduce stress and lead to enhanced physical, emotional and spiritual
health. I began a daily meditation practice and attended many conferences,
retreats and workshops to enhance my own growth as well as provide a base
of knowledge and techniques useful for others. In 1985, I participated in
my first Therapeutic Touch workshop and began using the techniques with
my midwifery clients and students as well as family and friends. Later I
studied Healing
Touch, a hand-mediated method of healing which balances and harmonizes
the energy field utilizing techniques both ancient and new, and is sponsored
by the American Holistic Nurses Association. I am now certified as a Healing
Touch Practitioner and Instructor. I am also certified as a Dreamweaver
facilitator, a training that completed in April 2003. In 1994, I began to
meet with the other founders of what became in 1997, the Healing Resource
Center. We are presently practicing as a Center
without Walls. What would a session with me look like? Part of the session would be spent with us talking to each other, with me taking a fairly extensive history which would include your medical history as well as other aspects of your health including what you would like from our time spent together. Clients have come for pain relief, relaxation, blood pressure reduction, help with difficult decisions, fear of labor, pre and post operative healing, headaches, energetic clearing after MRIs and x-rays, abnormal pap smears, cancer, infertility and depression. We might talk about what else could help with the issues you’re concerned about: recommended medical care or a consultation with your primary health care provider, nutrition, herbs, exercise, books, tapes, classes, therapy, and other forms of body therapies or other healing work. Then I would begin the energy work portion of the session with you lying, comfortable and fully clothed, on a massage table or in the Dreamweaver. Before doing anything, I would assess your chakras either by using a small pendulum over each of the areas or just placing my hands in the area of the chakras to see whether the energy is flowing easily or has areas of constriction. Often taped music is playing, incense or aromatherapy candles burning and you might hear the sound of me playing a beautiful crystal bowl above your body. Usually your eyes are closed and often you will be in a very relaxed state, that dreamy state before sleep. My hands will continually be assesssing and clearing your fields, sometimes holding various places on your body and sometimes moving above your body. You may or may not be aware of the movement of energy or where my hands are. At the end of the treatment we will spend a few moments talking about what awarenesses each of us had, what new information we received. I will probably make some further recommendations for home practice, such as daily walking outside or giving yourself foot and leg massages or speaking your truth or resting more, etc. and we will discuss the appropriateness of this kind of energy work for you. The number of sessions is very individual; some clients use the work for a single medical problem or issue and some use it as part of a regular stress reduction or energy balancing program. What can you expect from the treatment? Many different effects can result from this work. For example, one young man came with complaints of back pain and stated, My back doesn’t hurt anymore. And I feel so relaxed. Another woman came because she felt numbed out and stated at the end of the treatment, I feel great--transformed. A client who came for neurological problems in her leg stated after the second treatment, I have more sensation than I ever have had in this leg. Now it feels connected to me and I can feel my toes... When you put your hands on my head, I feel you at my feet.... It feels very safe here. She comes for regular sessions and we work on whatever physical or other issues are going on for her. If this sounds like something that could be helpful to you, give me a call. I’m happy to do a free consultation and will refer you to other practitioners if that is more appropriate for you. |
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For More Information or To Make an Appointment Contact: MichaelaDonohue@starpower.net |