Some clients appear at my door with problems or health challenges their doctors cannot solve. I am not a doctor. I cannot solve them, either. I became a massage therapist only after wearing many other labels for the work I have been called to in this life, pushed along by enormous pain and inner growth. I truly believe all healing comes from within, not from without. When I am honest, I can point people in the direction of the truth that is within them, by helping them unpeel the layers of what gets in the way of their knowing what they are doing to themselves.

I do believe we create our experience of reality. Rather, we co-create our lives with our Creator. I also believe that I am 100% responsible for everything I have created. To get to that 100%, takes a lifetime of self-examination, self-inquiry, and endless self-compassion.

Louise Hay was one of my early teachers along this path. Not only did I read her books, I listened to her tapes, I sang the songs she wrote and I was blessed to attend a workshop she gave in Portland.

It was at the time that AIDS was first coming to light. Not much was known about transmission and the public was afraid. She invited AIDS sufferers to her workshops at a special rate. She seated them in a section a few feet from where I was sitting. She embraced them openly. They cried at being touched and loved. For me this forever changed the fearful face of AIDS. I will never forget being in the presence of Louise as she radiated unconditional love.

I sometimes hope to radiate a little bit of that light and love as I touch my clients.

All that I have been through, all that I have learned, impacts how I relate to clients. I can only teach what I know. I don’t know much. The best I can do, sometimes, is just to get out of the way, and allow the healing the person is asking for to manifest. Or not. Perhaps to act as an instrument, a facilitator, a coach, or a witness. You are the healer. How can I be of service to you as you wake up to the power that is within you?

Thank you for being on this path with me.