Monday Me Time
We loved “monday me time” so much we turned it into a blog!
Here you will learn about services, tips/tricks, products and more having to do will all things beauty.
Monday Me Time blogs will be written from ideas and knowledge from our various professionals at Salon Patrick! Today we will be featuring our Licensed Massage Therapist Anna.
Energy Healing and Reiki
This form of medicine with ancient roots is finally going mainstream. In the past few years, the field of energy healing has pretty much exploded -- but there’s a ton of confusion around it, too. Let’s start with the definition: Energy healing is the act of channeling and manipulating the energy that course through your body to heal it. Reiki is a form of energy healing in which practitioners place their hands lightly on or just above a person, with the goal of directing energy to help facilitate the person’s own healing response.
Energy healing works off the premise that your body is instilled with a subtle energy which must be in balance for optimal health. By removing blocks in the flow of this energy within a person’s subtle energy field, the body can then be restored to a healthier state and make better use of its own innate healing powers. Scientific research has documented lower heart rate, blood pressure, and stress hormones, and an increase immune response during Reiki treatments.
Reiki is not an alternative to traditional Western medicine but is a complimentary therapy that can be implemented alongside all other medicinal and therapeutic techniques. Over the past two decades, several studies have shown Reiki treatments may help diminish the negative side effects of chemotherapy, improve surgical outcomes, regulate the autonomic nervous system, and dramatically alter people’s experience of physical and emotional pain associated with illness. Because of the growing number of studies citing these benefits, Reiki treatments, training and education are now available at many esteemed hospitals in the United States, including Cleveland Clinic.
Here at Salon Patrick, we offer several different Reiki services to help support your optimal health. Whether you are going through a stressful time, dealing with a surgery or illness, or simply wanting to make more time to relaxation, we have a service to fit your individual needs. Reiki can be added to any massage service with our 30-minute Reiki add-on. Our Chakra Balancing Massage blends both massage and Reiki into a 90-minute service sure to relax and heal your mental, emotional and physical bodies. And of course, if you’re simply wanting to enjoy the benefits of energy healing without massage, we offer 30-minute Reiki appointments.
Anna K Sommers has a Bachelor of Science degree, is a medically licensed and nationally certified massage therapist, a certified yoga instructor, and Reiki master. She has been practicing both massage and Reiki for over a decade in various clinical and wellness settings and is a welcome addition to the Salon Patrick family.
