Our Story
Free Spirit Reiki and Wellness is committed to cultivating, assisting, and inspiring each person to grow and heal physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually in order to live life freely. Before I found this way of living, I was trapped in the confines of my own body and mind. Physically, I was disabled from two herniated disks in my neck and from lower back pain that had been with me for over 10 years. I was also always in physical pain from a connective tissue disorder, which caused ongoing and constant joint pain and inflammation. Mentally and emotionally, I was trapped. I had come to believe that this was my lot in life; everyone has something. I believed this was the way my life inevitably was going to be. Spiritually, I had become bankrupt because I could not believe that there was any kind of life force that could allow me to suffer the way I had been suffering for many years.
I tried physical therapy, injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency oblation (burning of the nerves), alternative medicine, and basically anything that anyone suggested to me, without successful results. Finally, I was scheduled to have a double vertebral fusion of C5-C7 at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, with a six month wait. I was not sure how much longer I could take the amount of pain I was in on a daily basis. Then, I found Reiki. Reiki sounded like a nice idea, but I thought it was going to be just another thing that I would try that would not work. The physical freedom was not the first to come. It was the emotional and mental release that I first experienced that kept me coming back to Reiki. After each session, I felt some peace – something I had not felt in a long time. I began to have a sense of hope again, which I had lost years before. A couple months after I began Reiki, I had a profound physical experience that honestly scared me: I had a moment of being pain free. I thought I had lost my mind. I did not understand how this was even possible. I kept going to back to Reiki. It became undeniable that I was pain free.
I canceled my surgery. I started the Couch-2-5k program and six months later, I ran a half marathon. I practiced hot power yoga at least three times a week. Me! The same person who could not lift my arms and could barely move off of the couch for several years prior to this was pain free!!! My life baffled me. I was free. Within that time, my grandmother became ill. I felt so helpless. It suddenly occurred to me that I needed to become a Reiki Master so I could help people experience the same freedom that I had been able to receive. Over the next year and a half, I studied and became a Master Reiki Practitioner and Teacher. I have been a part of beautiful recovery stories, similar to my own. I am grateful to have the ability to help others, as I have been helped, out of darkness and into freedom. I would love to help you to experience these beautiful gifts. If any of this applies to you, please contact me to help you start living again!
