To begin our journey together, I'd like to share a bit about myself and how I arrived here. I am not exaggerating when I tell you that energy healing and meditation saved my life. There is no other way to describe it.
Like many families, ours struggled with addiction. At an early age, I learned how these numbing effects made it possible for people to exist in this world, by masking their pain and providing them with a way of carrying on. As a teenager, I was aware that I, too, was holding deep emotional pain but did not understand where it came from.
When I was sixteen, my brother gave me a book about spiritual wisdom and the capacity for human transformation. This book became my portal into the world of meditation and a reality far greater than anything I could have imagined. Sitting in meditation allowed me to confront some of my emotional pain and I began to make friends with myself. I set off on a mission of going deep within. I dove head-first into the world of meditation, healing, and spiritual growth. This led me on my own life-changing path, connecting with teachers who would help me to heal and, ultimately, help me to heal many other people around the world.
I first encountered Reiki in 1985. I felt the energy coursing through my body instantly and kept dreaming about the experience. Each time I connected with Reiki, I traveled deep within myself, as though I was going inwards - into my soul. The healing energy was taking me somewhere safe and calm. Afterwards, I felt lighter, happier, and more at peace. At the time, there were only a few Reiki Masters in Canada. I was fortunate enough to begin my training with a gifted teacher who had studied directly under the granddaughter of Hawayo Takata – bringer of Reiki to the western world.
Around that same time, I was also introduced to crystals and their amazing healing properties by Master Crystal Healer Ross Andaloro (Swami Veetgyan). I was surprised by how quickly crystals impacted my energy body by opening and balancing my chakras, and I started incorporating them into my energy healing too. I went on to earn further certifications in Shiatsu, Wellness Counselling, Psychodynamic Studies, and Mindful Awareness Meditation, and established my own private energy healing practice, providing energy treatments and training to clients both locally and abroad. I'm one of the licensed therapists at Sage Health and Wellness, a multi-disciplinary clinic offering exceptional holistic health care services in Toronto.
In addition to holistic healing, I consult to Roots of Empathy, a Dalai Lama endorsed, award-winning international organization devoted to changing the world, child by child, through empathy-based programming. I believe that empathic people are needed to help transition this world into a more compassionate, peaceful, and spiritual state. As highly sensitive beings, it is imperative for empaths to care for their energy bodies and souls. By healing our deeply held emotional pain and restoring balance to our energy bodies, we can connect to our soul’s light - that part of ourselves where our spiritual qualities of empathy, compassion, and goodness live.
I look forward to supporting you on your healing journey so that you, too, can connect to your deepest self and your divine light – your goodness.
May you be well and happy,
Sheri