About
Barbara was drawn to alternative ways of healing as a teen through a collection of books on eastern religion and spiritual healing. She read most of the books back then but didn’t do much with the knowledge because she wasn’t really sure where to take it. She had her WOW moment during her first sociology class in college and although couldn’t describe it then she knew she was meant to be in the healing / wellness space.
Barbara went on to study organizational behaviour and spent a business career in this area until finding yoga and learning about and working with a variety of healing modalities initially for herself. These include chakra balancing, essential oils, healing crystals, reiki and the power of endorphins truly finding the happy in endorphin-releasing! [On endorphins - with her kids EndorphinGirl® came to life - www.endorphingirl.org]
She hold a masters in social-organizational psychology from Columbia University’s Teachers College and loves supporting people (especially women) on their healing/life journey. During her corporate career she lived and worked in numerous countries allowing her to do cross-cultural development work with people from many cultures. Learning a ton that naturally has been weaved into her holistic work. Her initial shift to yoga instructor has been the most natural complement to her corporate organizational behaviour / mindset / coaching work. The introduction to yoga has propelled her to learn about and thus incorporate additional holistic tools into her business coaching.
Barbara is a registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-500hrs) focusing primarily on Hatha and Vinyasa. Her classes focus on breath work (Pranayama), gentle and intermediate movement (Asanas) and Meditation. [Her students range in age from 4 onwards.]
She is a Lightarian Reiki (Usui Master) Practitioner. She has completed the Lightarian Institute AngelLink and AngelLink Extension Attunements and is ‘registered’ to pass those Attunements on to others as well as to attune Master Reiki practitioners to Lightarian Reiki. Barbara is a Chakra Activation Method™(CAM) practitioner; and she recently became a certified Crystal Practitioner through the Hibiscus Moon Crystal Practitioner Course.
Barbara loves sharing her knowledge of all these healing tools with those interested in this amazing area - to help them find a happier, healthier, more joyful way of living!