Helping Your Body Remember: Reconnective Healing with Algernon Williams

You may already know Algernon Williams as a great massage therapist, energy healer and coach. But he also offers a form of energy work known as Reconnective Healing. Here, in Al's words, is a taste of what it has to offer.


Your body knows how to thrive. It knows how to heal and how to be at peace. However, it's all too easy to override this innate knowledge with the hustle and bustle of modern life. The deadlines, long hours and often competitive nature of our lives all tell us, deep inside, that the world around us is not safe and that we must be on guard.

When the body is in this fight-or-flight state, our survival instinct takes over and directs what the body needs and does. When this situation becomes chronic, when we "live" from this place, there is no energy left for healing, no attention to ease and definitely no peace of mind. Of course, this state is necessary for our survival. It is what stops us from walking in front of a bus. But when it switched on 24 hours hours a day, seven days a week, we begin to suffer for it. For many of us, even our rest times are filled with thoughts of what we've done and what we still have to do; our brain is still working and we are still in survival mode, leaving nothing for recovery and rejuvenation.

Reconnective Healing quickly takes you out of survival mode and puts you into rest-and-digest mode. This is where your body can finally relax, recover, rejuvenate and heal. This is where you thrive. At times, seemingly amazing healings can occur, but this is really a process of reconnecting to your body's natural healing mechanism. It says: "Remember this state, you can let go, there is no need to worry." As the body remembers, you naturally become less stressed about life, you feel healthier and you become more at ease.

"Work has begun to get easier and life has begun to get easier. The trivial things that would have bothered me before have become just that - trivial - and no longer have any effect on my life as I now know it." - Jeff McIntyre

If you'd like to learn more about Reconnective Healing, visit Al at Healium for a chat. He's here 8.30 am to 2 pm, Tuesday through Saturday.

Coaching for Awakening with Algernon Williams

If you finish a series of coaching sessions and say, "I did all the work; he didn't tell me anything I didn't already know," then I've done a good job. And so have you. Making a permanent change in our lives requires only that we release the outdated beliefs we hold in our mind, physical body and energy field.

As a life coach, my job is to create a safe space in which you can find your own answers. If I give you answers they are only stories, and I become yet another person telling you what you should or should not do. When you find them for yourself they become part of you.

Unlike most coaching, which is brain/mind-based, Coaching for Awakening works with the mind, body and spirit together to facilitate the desired changes. This approach encompasses many different aspects of learning, understanding and treatment. As your coach, I create a safe environment where you can feel free enough to dig deep to find the answers you are looking for. I nudge and encourage where needed, and then with energy work we integrate those new ideas, so that they become part of your new reality.

Coaching for Awakening could be for you if you've had

• something in the back of your mind that you knew you should do but somehow never did; or
• a habit that you were unable to break no matter how hard you tried; or
• a memory that kept haunting you or kept you small.

All of these things can change. You can determine who you want to be and, step by step, eliminate the barriers and create new qualities of your choosing; allowing you to cope with all that life throws at you in a calmer, more centered manner. You become more readily proactive rather than reactive, able to make choices that are sound and true to who you really are and who you have chosen to be.

Algernon Williams, founder of Awakening Wellness, is a respected life coach, massage therapist and karate sensei. His Coaching for Awakening is conducted in a series of 4, 6 or 10 sessions. For more information, visit Al's website at www.awakening-wellness.net.

Chi Power

Chances are, you've heard of chi. No doubt you've experienced it, even if you haven't named it.

Whether it's written chi, qi or ki, we're talking about the ancient concept of a life force that flows through us and everything around us. When this internal energy is high and flowing freely, you feel strong, alert, vital and have a terrific sense of well-being. Everything flows.

Many cultures have described this energy and developed specific practices to cultivate it. Yoga, the martial arts, meditation, acupuncture, Reiki and so on - they all offer techniques for developing health and wellness by strengthening and channeling.

Beginning Monday, 2 April, Algernon Williams will be leading a new class at Healium designed to do just that: develop and focus your Chi Power!

Al has drawn on a rich history of healing arts to create a 45-minute class that combines conditioning exercises, martial arts - including tai chi, qi gong and karate - and moving meditation that together strengthen your body, enhance your mobility and develop your internal energy for greater health and vitality. It will help you become

• more flexible
• less stressed
• more alert
• more in tune with your true nature

The class is designed for people of any physical shape or fitness level. It is simply about starting where you are and moving forward step by step. As forms and patterns are learned the class will take on a progressive nature.

Classes run on Monday and Thursday mornings from 11:15 am to 12:00 noon. Be sure to book your class through our Ezybook page. Remember, you can use your concessions (four classes for $40, etc.) for Chi Power as well as yoga and Feldenkrais. And if you have any questions about Chi Power or any of our other offerings, contact us at hi@healium.co.nz!

For more information on Al Williams, visit his website at http://www.awakening-wellness.net.

Coming Soon, Chi Power Is!

Classes start Monday, 2 April!

New Yoga and Movement Classes at Healium!

This week we've been sharing the results of our yoga survey and all the exciting new developments happening at Healium. Today we have a first look at our newly expanded class schedule, which goes into effect Monday, 2 April.

And now - apart from the Group Private Classes - you can use your concession (4 classes for for $40, etc.) for any class on the schedule! Mix and match your classes, times and teachers - have fun and go crazy! Just be sure to book your classes through our Ezybook page.

Over the next week or so we'll be going into more detail on our new classes - stay tuned! For now, here's a quick summary of all our class offerings:

Chi Power. A blend of conditioning exercises, martial arts including tai chi, qi gong and karate, and moving meditation that strengthens your body, enhances your mobility and develops your internal energy for greater health and vitality. With Algernon Williams.

Elemental Yoga. Explore the energetic elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Ether through yoga postures that release, invigorate and rejuvenate the whole person - you! With Elissa Jordan.

Feldenkrais - Awareness Through Movement. A mindful practice that creates new connections between body and brain, facilitating ways to move with greater freedom. With Oli Wiles.

Fertility Yoga. Explore yoga postures and breathwork that support fertility. Postures focus on the endocrine system, and you'll have time to discuss your unique situation and gain insight from other students into the process of supporting fertility naturally. All women welcome! With Jenifer Parker.

Gentle Yoga. Using props and a gentle sequence of yoga postures, this class is designed to release tension and develop deep relaxation. With Valerie Love and Jenifer Parker.

Group Private Class. A private yoga (other other movement) class designed specifically for the needs of your organization. (If you'd like one of these for your group, let us know and we'll work something out!) With Jenifer Parker.

Postnatal Yoga. Bring your babies and enjoy a fun yoga class where we work on realigning and strengthening the hips and pelvic floor, reducing the "mummy tummy" (including healing the diastasis recti) and relieving tension in the neck, shoulders and upper back! Mothers and babies up to one year old are welcome; breastfeeding and laughter encouraged! With Jenifer Parker.

Pregnancy Yoga. While all of our classes are prenatal appropriate, we now offer this special women's-only pregnancy yoga class to facilitate your body's comfort and balance during pregnancy, as well as prepare for labor and birth. With Jenifer Parker.

Power Yoga. A flowing sequence of postures and breathwork to develop physical and mental integrity and agility. With Jenifer Parker.

Power Yoga Basics. This class offers the benefits of power yoga but goes into greater depth on the alignment of postures, breathwork and philosophy. Great for everyone, perfect for beginners! With Jenifer Parker.

And finally our special free "off-the-grid" class, held the second Saturday of every month, starting 14 April:

Power Yoga Exploration. Deepen your practice! A 75-minute class for exploring how yoga works, having fun with your postures and relaxing. Held the second Saturday of every month; available free of charge to any student who has been coming to the studio for six months or more and is on a current concession or is a regular drop-in. With Jenifer Parker.

55 Monkeys!

A great big Thank You to everyone who participated in our yoga survey! The information you provided and your unique insights have given us a wealth of information on how to move forward. Today's post is the first in a series of blogs that we'll publish over this week and next to let you know how we are implementing your suggestions.

For me, the most exciting development is how we are expanding the class schedule. It's not simply expanding into new times, but really responding to a common sentiment: more diversity!

Foremost, everyone wanted more lunchtime offerings. So we are expanding from the current 5 lunchtime sessions up to 12.

I know, right? From 5 to 12? How can that be?

We're adding four classes at 11:15 am and opening two former classes to the pubic. And, our Feldenkrais - Awareness Through Movement class will now be open to you under the current concessions, rather than being a separate course.

Two of those 11:15 classes will be Gentle Yoga, and the two other 11:15 classes will introduce Chi Power - a blend of conditioning techniques and movement exercises from karate, qi gong and tai chi that provide a powerful energetic boost!

To diversify the Power Yoga classes, three of the lunchtime sessions will be Power Yoga Basics. These classes will take our normal all-levels Power Yoga and provide more detail on the practice. It's perfect for beginners, but those of you who have been doing yoga with us for awhile will benefit too!

The remaining four lunchtime yoga classes will be our all-levels Power Yoga classes - adding in more postures, trying new directions and sequences, and essentially providing a more diverse, fun practice!

In addition, we'll be starting our family-focused classes. Monday mornings at 10:15 am, we'll be starting our Antenatal Yoga class for new mothers to come and practice with their babies. Wednesday mornings at 10:15 am we'll hold our Prenatal Yoga class for those mums to be! And finally, on Friday mornings at 10:15 am, we'll hold Fertility Yoga - a class designed to support fertility and a place for those women trying to conceive to come together and share their experiences.

The diversity doesn't end there! We are bringing in new teachers as well! Al, one of our amazing massage therapists and energy workers - as well as a karate sensei - will be teaching Chi Power. Valerie Love will be taking on Gentle Yoga - but because of her extensive travel schedule I will be sharing the class with her until July, when she takes on the class full time. Elissa will continue to teach on Mondays at 5:30, now leading Elemental Yoga, an exploration of the energetic elements of Air, Water, Fire, Earth and Ether through yoga postures that release, invigorate and rejuvenate the whole person!

But, wait! There is one more class we are adding to the schedule!

With a great deal of gratitude, I want to give something back to those of you who have been here and supporting us over the past year. I feel very grateful to have each of you in my life - those new to us and those who have been with us from the beginning.

As a further opportunity for you to explore the yoga practice in more (and intermediate!) ways, I am offering a FREE once-a-month yoga class for students who have been with us for more than six months (if you started coming to us with the the last Groupy deal from October of last year or before) and who are currently on an active class card (or a regular drop-in). It also includes those of you who are corporate clients!

These free classes will be held the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 10:15 am. Classes are one hour and 15 minutes so that we have enough time and space to really explore and have some fun with our postures. We'll also get a longer relaxation time and a bit of time to go deeper into the practice - how yoga works and why we practice!

If the 9:00 class fills (you'll need to let me know that you're coming - we won't be using ezybook since we pay per booking), then we'll hold a second class from 10:30 to 11:45 am on the same day. If the first class doesn't fill, then there's no second class. Just let me know as soon as you know that you want to come!

So when are all of these things starting?

The new schedule begins the first week of April, with the first FREE class on 14 April. Look out for our new printed schedules - as well as the updated timetable on our blog and website (coming soon!), as well as on ezybook so you can make your bookings!

I hope you are as thrilled as I am - and look out for more blogs about our new developments right here . . . based on your suggestions!

WANTED: The Ultimate Nap

DESCRIPTION: Approx. 30 min. long, containing healing, energy, sound and light.

The Nap is on the loose

The Nap is most commonly known for visiting children, idlers, the sick and the elderly.

However, many brilliant minds throughout history haven prey on a daily basis to the power of the Nap. It has secretly aided many acts of greatness by such infamous individuals as John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, Napoleon, Johannes Brahms, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and Lance Armstrong, to name a few.

The Nap has been under investigation for many years but is still on the run.

• NASA, while investigating the Nap, discovered that one 30 minutes long improved cognitive abilities by roughly 40 percent, leading to greater alertness, enhanced memory and clearer thinking.

• The Archives of Internal Medicine concluded that the Nap could in fact be responsible for a 37 percent lowering of heart-related deaths.

• Other agencies have found that levels of stress hormones are lower in those who take Naps.

• Further evidence indicated that Rest and Relaxation caused by this Nap can actually boost one's creativity.

The Nap is most often spotted in the early afternoon, usually appearing for between 10 and 30 minutes. It seems to favor quiet settings with low light.

A REWARD has been offered for any and all who take the time to find the Nap.

1. Less stress
2. Increased alertness
3. Clearer thinking and mental acuity
4. Boost in creativity
5. Increased energy and stamina
6. Protection against heart attack
7. All-around better health

The Ultimate Nap was last seen lurking around Healium.

If you have any leads, would like help finding the Nap, or seek to join forces with bounty hunter Algernon Williams, please contact us. The greatness of the world depends on you.

Following Your Truth

The universe can only support you to the degree and in the direction you believe is most true for you. But it is up to you to define what that truth is.

Here is the secret:

All truths are true.

That's the nature of the infinite, otherwise it wouldn't be infinite. All truths are true, all are equal and valid. Choose which truth is you and live that truth until you change your mind about what is in this moment true for you, until the excitement shifts direction. then follow that excitement, every moment, no matter what form it comes in. Follow it, act on it to the best of your ability, because that's who you are. Even though it may not come to fruition in the way that you think, even though it may not live up to your expectations, follow it because it will put you where you need to be.

Excitement is the thread you need to follow, not how things look on the surface. Because the idea of reality is an illusion, it's the feeling, your emotions. It's the knowing that counts. Follow it, because that's who and what you are, and that's really all there is to it.

Excerpted from Algernon Williams's book, Awakening to Freedom: A Metaphysical Approach to Life Coaching. Earlier installments are available here and here.

Text © Algernon Williams 2011

Befriending Fear

We have been afraid of fear, we live with fear, we try to conquer fear, but how many of us try to befriend fear? If you were to treat fear like a friend, you would begin to understand it and ultimately get more out of it.

Fear is your natural true vibration filtered through a belief system that is out of tune with your true, core self. Love is your natural vibration filtered through a belief system that is in alignment with your natural, true, core self. Your range of emotions - from excitement, love and joy to depression, disempowerment and fear - is there to tell you at any moment how close or far you are from your true, core self.

An analogy would be playing a piano. If you are playing your piano and you are enjoying the music, then suddenly come across a sour note - "plunk" - do you run away in panic, screaming " I shall never touch my piano again"? No. You say, "I need to tune the piano" so that the key becomes harmonious with all the other keys.

Each piano key is like a definition, a belief. When you come across one that gives you the sensation of fear, all that's telling you is to pay attention: you have a belief in this area of your life that is out of alignment with the whole of your life. Fine-tune it, bring it back into harmony, explore it and don't run away. Ask yourself what you would have to do tune it. How would you have to redefine it? How would you have to adjust this string in order to bring the piano back into tune, into alignment? Play with it little by little, until finally it's back.

There is a paradox here, and paradox is a very powerful tool. When you make a friend of your fear, when you know your fear is there to tell you something you want to know, you will invite it in. And miraculously, instantly, your fear will vanish. Because you will have transformed it into, first, curiosity - "What could this mean?" - and then into joy, by being willing to explore what it means for you.

That is how you use fear. Fear is just a knock at the door saying to pay attention here: this is something you want to know about yourself, this is something you need to know to integrate within yourself, to become more of who you are.

And wouldn't that be fun?

Today's blog is an excerpt from Algernon Williams's book, Awakening to Freedom: A Metaphysical Approach to Life Coaching. Earlier installments are available here and here. Algernon will be offering a two-day workshop, Healing With Energy, this weekend at Healium. Click here for details.

Text © Algernon Williams 2011
Photo © Fox Searchlight Pictures, http://twowaysthroughlife.tumblr.com/

Upcoming Happenings @ Healium

Ho there - and happy Friday! We have several exciting events coming up in the next few weeks we'd like to share with you. To wit:

• This coming Wednesday at 6:30 pm (right after the evening power yoga class), energy healer Algernon Williams will be presenting a free talk on The Great Shift: 2012 and Beyond. Find out just what is going on in the world these days, as well as all the big things we can look forward to, if we're aware. For more information, click here.

• Then, on the weekend of 14-16 October, Jenifer Parker will be leading her Advanced Yoga Teacher Training at The Life Centre in beautiful Nelson - just a hop over the ditch. For more information, click here.

• Next, healer Jan Stein will be visiting us from Auckland for a special one-day event on Wednesday, 19 October. Jan will be offering NES Health consultations - assessments based on the human body field. To learn more about Jan and NES Health, please click here.

• Finally, Al will also be holding a workshop on Healing With Energy. Over two days - Friday, 28 October and Saturday, 29 October - you'll learn how to develop your innate capacity with what Al calls "frequency healing." For more information, click here.

So get clicking, have a great weekend, and we'll see you around soon!

Awakening to Freedom: Some Concepts, Pt. 2

Today Algernon Williams takes us through the remaining core concepts from his book Awakening to Freedom: A Metaphysical Approach to Life Coaching.


Belief systems

The next concept is simply that your belief systems or your definitions are nothing more than the stories you tell. As that voice in your head talks to you day in and day out, you learn to believe what it is saying. But that voice can only talk from its story of past, present and future, from its current understanding of the reflection in its mirror. To make a change in your definitions, your beliefs, your motivations, your actions and so your life all you have to do is change the story. Tell the story of what you want, not what you have or what is happening. As you tell the story of what you want and begin to believe that new story, everything in the reflection must change as well.

Knowingness through surrender

This concept is above and beyond the idea of belief. It is simple knowingness, which comes from surrender, of letting go.

Our definitions of the word "surrender" usually include the idea of loss of some sort, or a lack of control or giving up, but this is not what I am talking about.

Surrender is the letting go of the concept of who you think you're supposed to be, and actually being who you are. When you allow yourself to the idea and the experience that you are created in the image of the Infinite, you give yourself access to infinite possibilities. Physical reality, which is only a mirror, can then reflect those unlimited possibilities back to you, in the form of synchronicities as they naturally unfold in your physical day-to-day life.

Surrender is actually the acceptance of your total self, not the forsaking of yourself as society would normally think of it.

Follow your joy

This brings us to our key concept, which puts all the other concepts together, and that has to do with being your sovereign self, which is simply another way of saying "Follow your joy."

Follow your excitement to the best of your ability, because the sensation of joy, excitement or unconditional love is the frequency of the energy that represents your natural, true, core, original self. So when you are acting on circumstances and opportunities that bring the highest level of joy, the highest level of excitement, you are saying you have the faith, the trust, to take the steps to act on your true self; and in so doing your physical reality, the mirror, will support you. It has no choice but to do so.

This is how we manifest our desires, this is how we find freedom; this is how we live the life we choose.

Text © Algernon Williams 2011

Awakening to Freedom: Some Concepts

Life coach, energy healer and massage therapist Algernon Williams has recently published his first book, Awakening to Freedom: A Metaphysical Approach to Life Coaching. Al's words on the healing journey really resonate with us, so we're very pleased to periodically share excerpts of his book as part of an ongoing series. Enjoy!


Let's begin with some groundwork of the primary concepts that will be contained in almost every aspect we'll discuss.

Many of you have heard about or worked with certain concepts and tools that help develop different states of being, certain states of mind that allow you to understand more clearly who and what you are as a person, as a being, as a personality.

Understanding the structure and the nature of yourself as a person and as a being will allow you to make changes, make shifts in your reality in the manner that you desire more effortless, with more joy and less pain.

These concepts are paramount now that we are in the "Age of Transition," the "Age of Awareness." These tools and concepts that I am presenting can hopefully be easily understood and applied, so that you can see the results in yourselves and in your physical reality relatively quickly.

Self-valuation

The first and foremost concept is that of self-valuation. I have come to understand from my personal experiences, as well as the experience of many of my clients, that one of the most difficult things that we have to do is learn to value ourselves. We have forgotten our connection with the infinite, partially because for many years we have been taught to think of ourselves as less than worthy, as undeserving, as possessing little or no value. Without an understanding of our worth, without an understanding of our value, no tool would really be effective.

Only when you begin to learn, behave and hold true that you are a worthwhile aspect of the infinite, that you are a beautiful and unconditionally loved and supported aspect of creation, and hold yourself in the same value that all of creation holds you in, only then will the tools be effective in the strongest way possible.

Physical reality as a mirror

Another concept is that physical reality is really just a mirror, that it can only reflect what you put out. The energy, the vibrational frequency you give off based on your beliefs, your emotions, your behavior, is what determines the kind of reality you experience. Simply put, physical reality doesn't exist except as a reflection of what you most strongly believe is true for you. That's all that physical reality is, just a mirror.

If you're looking in a mirror and you see your face with a frown on it, you know that you don't try to force the reflection to smile. You know that if you want to see the reflection smile you must smile first. When you decide to smile, the reflection has no choice but to return the smile.

Stretching this into our physiological reality, understand that we all have been trained, and taught to insist that we only base our behavior on the things that happen to us, on what is happening, on what is. We say things like "Get real," "Can't you see it's true?", "It's happening right in front of my eyes so how can I do anything about it?"and "I'll be happy if . . . I'll be happy when" - does all this sound familiar?

When you understand the principle you will realize it's more a matter of "I'll be happy because that's what I want to be!" When you choose to be happy simply because you can be, because that's what you want to be, the instant you choose to be that vibration of happiness the reflection in your physical reality has no choice but to reflect a reality that corresponds to the vibration of your joy. Because the universal reflecting mirror doesn't have a mind of its own, it can't contradict you, it's not going to argue with you. It's simply the reflection of what you put there, that's all. So if you are the vibration of happiness, you will get the reflection in all the ways that are reflective of your happiness; to the degree that your happiness vibration is turned on, you'll get that reality.

However, here's the fine print - this is what trips many of us up and gets us into trouble: We're still placing a condition on our happiness even when we think we're not. You might say, "Oh, yes, I'll be happy because I know that if I am happy then I'll get this happy reality, then I'll get what I want, then I'll get what I desire." If . . . then, if . . . then. You are still making it conditional on what happens outside of you and there is no outside. In order for the principle to really work, in order for reality to reflect back to you the true reflection of your happiness, you have to be happy, with no expectation that you will get a reflection back.

That's how it works. That's what makes it effortless. That's what makes it flawless. That's what makes it pristine. That's what makes it beautiful. That's what makes it awesome. You don't even have to think about what will come back, you simply can take it for granted, you can know, you simply can have gratitude towards the infinite, knowing that when you are happy nothing else can happen but happy reflections, and that will automatically bring you all of your desires.

Text © Algernon Williams 2011

How Energy Healing Works

Energy healer and massage therapist Algernon Williams discusses the experience of receiving and processing energy healing. At Healium, Al offers Reconnective Healing, The Reconnection, The Continuation and Intuitive Therapy.

A Hansel and Gretel Story

Let us consider that a loaf of bread is analogous to our being whole, one with spirit finding our true self. What most everybody is searching for.

As we journey through our lives we pick up crumbs of this loaf along the way, little tidbits of knowledge and insight. Every so often we gather enough crumbs to put together into a whole slice. When we form this slice we get an AH-HAA moment, a moment of growth or new understanding.

As we go through life we collect these crumbs and slices, putting them together and trying to complete our loaf of bread, our wholeness, our divinity.

Processing Our Experience

When we are touched by a healing energy we are given a basket of crumbs from which to choose. Sometimes, depending on the healing modality, the connection between the healer and client, and the client's readiness, we may take one crumb, a handful or a whole slice. On very rare occasions some have been known in an instant to see and take the entire loaf, achieving Nirvana, or Enlightenment. Most of us, however, take only a few crumbs at a time, as sudden and massive change often causes much stress.

What's the frequency, Al?

Depending on how many crumbs we already have of a particular slice in our basket at a given time, we may not feel much has changed after a healing session. When we have collected enough crumbs to finish the slice, we say "a miracle, what an amazing healer," negating the many healing sessions and moments during which we collected the individual crumbs. We may not feel much before that tipping point of completing the slice.

At other times we may take a whole slice's worth of crumbs, but then we must take them home to piece together - and it's only then that we get the AH-HAA. We often do not connect or believe that the healing had anything to do with the AH-HAA moment we got a week or a month later.

The point is, every time you have a healing you will get exactly what your body and soul want at that moment. It is YOU who decides how little or how much to take depending on your path and readiness to embrace change.

Be Patient, Be Open, Be Happy

and allow yourself to receive and take all that you desire.

New Offerings at Healium!

Two new practitioners have recently joined us at Healium! Their bios will appear on the next website update, but we wanted to introduce them right away.

Algernon Williams is a Wellington wellness legend whose journey has included roles as seminar leader, massage therapist and karate Sensei. At Healium he'll be focusing on Reconnective Healing and intuitive life coaching, though don't be surprised if one or more of his other modalities make an appearance during a session. Al is currently available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. You can visit his website at Awakening Wellness.

Suzy with new friend Cookie!

Suzy Gallagher came to shiatsu from a background in massage therapy and yoga - and cooking! Suzy originally trained as a chef before discovering shiatsu, and that's when she relocated to Melbourne to study at the Australian Shiatsu College. Now back in Wellington, Suzy still cooks part-time at Deluxe Cafe - and is available at Healium on Fridays.

Stop by to say "hi" to our new people - we'll see you soon!