Totally Connected
Community Development & Therapeutic Clinic
I am a Reiki Master, Narrative Therapist, and Advanced Mindscape Practitioner with a Masters in Community Development and Mental Health
Therapeutic Clinic:
I am a holistic therapist who works with your body, mind, heart and soul to produce a safe, nurturing and creative space for you to heal and feel fantastic. I work with the narrative your body is storing, your emotions are holding, and your mind is telling you - to get ‘un-stuck’, to move out of old beliefs and stories, to nurture and empower a way forward that is filled with love and peace. This is gentle and powerful work that supports you for real and lasting change – meeting our human needs for survival, love and belonging, personal freedom, empowerment, and joy. Kristi and Reiki
Reiki is so powerful and gentle at the same time, with the healing energy going where it is needed most, creating profound peace and harmony in your whole being. Each session is unique and tailor-made to what you are needing. I place my hands on or above you, and you will often go into a very deep state of relaxation as we work on your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. Your body naturally wants to heal itself, and it can do so safely and powerfully with the help of Reiki. I work with Love. Love is the master healer. Kristi and Intuitive Readings
Mindscape is a consciousness-based health care system that is founded in Quantum Physics. It holds the understanding that the universe and everything in it contains the information of the whole. Everything is dynamically interconnected within our body mind and with everything and everyone in our environment. This interconnection holds information and possibilities for increased awareness, growth and healing. I do these readings before you arrive for your session. We share the learning from them and use the learning with intention for the Reiki healing. Kristi and The Community
My meaning making is to create better opportunities and meaningful connection in our families and communities to make life better in and around us. I have recently completed two successful Masters research projects: A+ Thesis - Creating appreciation and community support for mothers caring for a child with anxiety disorder, and A+ Thesis Proposal - Intuition as a Resource: describing & interpreting the challenges and supports young women experience when using this guidance system for safer, more empowered relationships and sexual assault prevention. My aim is to both empower individuals and groups, and to influence social change in the collective 'we'. I have just been awarded the Bold Innovators Scholarship for my Masters project (a social approach to anxiety disorder)! Thank you Unitec ((:D))! I am embarking on developing this project in 2022 - watch this space! I specialise in Team and Programme Development, Project Coordination and Group Facilitation. Some of the things I have done:
Community Facilitator: assisting ACC clients with brain injuries, creating connection back into community socially, with work and volunteer experience, and education
Project Leader (Violence Free Communities): established, trained and developed high school student leadership teams to co-create pro-social initiatives that address bullying and online harm in high schools and the community
Community Coordinator (Albany CoCo): established and facilitated community networks for active collaboration on community projects, events, and programmes
Manager (two Council recreation & leisure teams): re-ignited two organisations from survival to thriving through team, programme, and community development
Change Agent for SafeTeen: taught sexual assault prevention workshops in high schools, universities, community education, and in businesses. Some Testimonials -
Therapeutic Clinic:
""I was stunned by the wisdom that my body holds, that I had successfully managed to ignore for so many years. In the sessions with Kristi she was able to interpret what was going on in my life, get straight to the emotional issues that were holding me back and dissolve them easily. This is such a gentle process yet very powerful - I would highly recommend this" Angela
“…The session was immensely relaxing – so much so that I could not move for a while afterwards. My body and mind were in a state of semi-hypnotic relaxation. For me, the power of Reiki was most apparent in discussion with Kristi afterwards. She could feel the same energies – or lack of them – at the same times and places as I could feel them during the session. In the days following the session, I felt more relaxed and empowered. The Reiki session with Kristi was one of the tools which helped me through a difficult time in my life.” Dr. Alastair Senior
“I've had many Reiki and healing sessions before, but none quite so confronting- in a wonderful loving way. Kristi is a channel for light/God she promotes love, grace and growth.” J
“I feel like my healing is working. I know what I need to focus on and it's all becoming clear. Your visualisation is extraordinary, you have a magic gift to heal.” Namaste, Janine
“Thank you so much for the (Body Talk) session this morning - I have never felt so connected between heart, mind and body. Such realisation in such a short space of time - amazing! and thank you for your safe and gentle presence I really enjoyed it.” A M
"... All of what you came up with was spot on. I am a star trying to hide my shine for fear people will notice me and I am/was afraid of the recognition. The animal totems resonated with me completely...At the beginning I was hoping that the session with you will help me come to my centre much more - and it did. I am on a journey of returning my scattered pieces of soul, and also heading towards total acceptance of myself, the good, the bad and the ugly, and today’s session with you helped me tremendously to achieve some of that. Many thanks!" MGA
“Thank you so much for the session! I liked your space, felt very safe and relaxed. I had never done Body Talk before, so was quite surprised with what came up. I have felt changes since. Would definitely recommend! Thank you.” Birgitta
“Highly recommend having a session with the awesome Kristi, the Body Talk healing is amazing. Brought up stuff I really didn't even know I had but what a release & have real sense of calm now. Will be back for more!” Lisa
“I didn't know what Body Talk was but am glad I did it as my energies feel restored!! I had been feeling quite deflated for some time and my knee was giving me quite a bit of pain. As I went through the treatment, with an open mind, I felt a whole rush of emotions which culminated in a total release of laughter and happiness. Since then my sore knee has gone and I am much more positive and back to my usual happy outlook on life. I didn't feel embarrassed or worried throughout the whole process and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who feels that they have slipped into a rut or aren't as happy as they used to be. I felt very comfortable with Kristi who is down to earth and explained the whole process as we went through it together. Kristi was accepting and non-judgmental, she was reassuring the whole time and we both had a great laugh at the end!!!” Jo
The Community:
“Working with Kristi over the last two years has meant we were able to accomplish so much in getting the Bullying: Not Our Future project off the ground – particularly due to Kristi’s fantastic ability to actively collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders. Kristi’s ability to work with youth in a co-creative way has been the cornerstone of our success. Kristi’s empowering approach supported youth in a positive and uplifting way. As well, Kristi is incredibly competent in working collaboratively with schools, staff, and student teams. This has resulted in creating strong relationships across all parties. Kristi also contributed significantly at a strategic level, building the project from the grassroots level to a point that will ensure the ongoing sustainability of the project. It was an absolute pleasure to work alongside Kristi, whose openness to working authentically has been refreshing and a very meaningful and positive experience for me.” Lyn Amos, General Manager, Violence Free Communities.
“Kristi was an effective and successful Manager, a delight to work with and must rank as one of the more successful appointments I have made” Adrian Burns, Manager, North Shore Leisure
“Kristi coordinated over 500 volunteers in her last year of work here. She showed excellent networking and organisational skills liaising with corporate groups, individual volunteers, and key community members to get more trees in the ground and maintain Kaipatiki’s high profile in the community.” Tabitha Becroft, Chair, Kaipatiki Project
“Anyone who has the opportunity of working with Kristi will be very impressed with her commitment, determination and her natural skill as a teacher. She incites enthusiasm and self-value in the people she works with. She is sensitive and has excellent communication skills. Kristi’s confidence and inner strength make her an effective facilitator and role model who can be trusted and respected by all age groups.” Anita Roberts, Director, SafeTeen
Group Facilitation:
Women's Self Defense:
“Thanks for helping me find my power” (Brenda). “We would like to thank you for a superb job you’ve done teaching our class. Your enthusiasm and terrific role-modelling has helped inspire us. Thanks for assisting us to empower ourselves!” (Cheryl). “Thanks a lot for everything you’ve taught me. You’re certainly an inspiration to me to assert myself physically as well as in the spoken word.” (Dorit)
Teen Girls Programme:
“…You’re really kind and caring and you appreciate a person for who they are and not what the world makes of them…You’re funny and tell us true stories and are full of facts…Good teacher and I am not afraid to ask her anything…She’s not afraid to admit she’s made mistakes…You’re so funny, kind and fabulous! You have a great personality and I will miss you heaps – you’re so wonderful!...never judges…You are lovely and really opened my eyes to a lot of things…you are an awesome loving kind teacher that is understanding and beautiful…You’re so amazing and you’ve made me so happy, I’ve made heaps of friends here…You are very nice and funny and I like how you help women…I wanna come again! …Thanks so much for this amazing experience! Love the way you explain things…”
