Helping others physically, mentally and spiritually with a holistic approach.
-Massage-Energy Healing-Workouts -Meals -Recipes -Fitness tips, as well as my experiences as someone living with an invisible illness :)
Abit about me and why i want to help others so much. I was born with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome type 3. Though i was not diagnosed until i was 18 years old, when i was working as a trainee Veterinary Nurse. Being diagnosed with the condition stopped my dream job of working with animals in its tracks as i my body couldn't keep up with the work and the doctors told me if i kept going the way i was i would be in a wheel chair within a few years. I got next to no help from the doctors i was told...You are going to end up in a wheel chair, there is no treatment, here have some anti-depressants because if your not now...you will be, and some these painkillers. I refused all drugs, walked away from my job and fell into depression! i felt like i was useless and a burden to everyone around me powerless to change as the doctors told me there was no hope.
Some years later at the age of 23 i had my first child after being told my chances of a successful pregnancy would be unlikely. it was a very traumatic birth and i almost didn't make it. But after surgery, 5 days in intensive care, many blood transfusions and a very long recovery i at least accomplished one dream...i was a mother :) my health however was suffering, with multiple dislocations and sublaxations, severe fatigue, and severe POTS leaving me fainting and struggling to breathe at times. I was very inactive and along with the baby weight was really starting to put the weight on and reached the heaviest weight i had ever been at the time. I decided this can’t be doing my already weak joints any good so i would try the gym. I started with a PT doing VERY light weights and he was great but he didn’t know anything about my condition so i wasn't too confident in his knowledge of what would help me. so i did what most people do when they don’t know what to do or where to go at the gym...i went on the cardio equipment.
My husband at the time was also at the gym with me but he would do the group fitness classes, and i was not going to join him!!! i was too worried about being too different from everyone else... what if i hurt myself in front of everyone, what if i fainted, i don’t look sick so what are people going to think when they see me unable to do a simple thing! it was just too scary so i stayed on the cardio equipment. I did start loosing fat but it was so slow and then i reached a plateau. So my husband got talking to the group fitness trainer at the gym, Anthony Phoenix. (who i didn't know at the time would become a very good friend of mine for years after :)) He didn't know about EDS but he knew enough about hyper extensive joints and what that would do to a persons body. Long story short, he was the first person since my diagnosis to have confidence in me to change my quality of life !! He seemed so confident he could help i couldn't not believe him. I cried with joy that i had someone believing in me and Anthony gave me a hug and said “lets do this” and i did. Now 6 years on i can say without a doubt he was right and i don’t know what i would have done without him!
I slowly got stronger and stronger able to walk without limping (well most of the time) i remember crying (happy tears) the first time i picked up a kettle full of water without it hurting so much my arm would give out and id drop it. It was little things like this that made me feel like i was getting my control back in my life. I kept training, now able to do group fitness classes, lift weights, and martial arts. Anthony and his lovely wife Ammy were about to have their very own instructor training class for their shadow boxing mix martial arts program “Strikezone” and they invited me along. I was a bit taken back...thinking why on earth would i do an instructors course i am never going to get up on stage never mind wear a microphone (too scary for body conscious me!). And how can someone as broken as me teach other people when most of them are so much fitter and stronger than I was. Ammy assured me it didn't matter, as she too had her own issues as an instructor having Fibromyalagia, and i didn't need to instruct if it was for me. But she believed i’d be good at it. So with so much support and encouragement from both Anthony and Ammy i went and completed my Strikezone certification, and to my surprise i didn't just pass i actually did really well. I shocked myself, as someone who was always shy and stayed out the lime light all my life and anxious of my body looking weird because i was hyper extending or limping, or id fall, dislocate or sublux a joint in front of someone. I got up on that stage, i wore a microphone, all eyes were on me and i didn't freak out n run away, i instructed the class, and got nothing but positive and encouraging feedback. It was addictive, and sooo much fun so i kept doing it and doing it and before i knew it i was enrolled in a PT course myself, running group fitness classes of my own and eventually running my own business as a PT, Group Fitness Instructor and Massage Therapist, helping others to feel the benefits of fitness as much as i did. :) and that is the goal of this page “Holistic Zebra”. to keep helping others on their own journey disability or no :) xx
Treatments available are:
Relaxation - Sport rehabilitation - Head ache relief - Sinus relief - Treatments to relieve symptoms of Asthma - Support and advice to relieve stress - Reiki/Energy Healing.
Sessions are 30, 45, and 60 minutes. for any of these treatments listed above. (Reiki treatments are only 30 minute or 45 minute sessions)
Price List:
30 minutes= $45
45 minutes= $60
60 minutes= $75
Many people like to find out more about the Reiki Treatments... here is a brief run down :)
BENEFITS OF REIKI:
- Reduces some of the side effects of drugs and helps the body to recover from drug therapy after surgery and chemotherapy,
- Can help with acute (injuries) and chronic problems (asthma, eczema, headaches, etc.) and aides the breaking of addictions,
- Helps relieve pain,
- Removes energy blockages, adjusts the energy flow of the endocrine system bringing the body into balance and harmony,
- Assists the body in cleaning itself from toxins,
- Supports the immune system,
- Increases vitality and postpones the aging process,
- Raises the vibrational frequency of the body,
- Creates deep relaxation and aids the body to release stress and tension,
- It accelerates the body's self-healing abilities,
- Aids better sleep,
- Reduces blood pressure
- Helps spiritual growth and emotional clearing
WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER:
Reiki is a natural form of healing therapy used by many all over the world for many years. It involves a non invasive gentle laying of the hands upon the body, to bring the body back into balance, emotional, physically, and spiritually.
Reiki typically works with the chakras and the aura of the client, but may also use other healing methods such as,
- Crystals
- Aromatherapy
- Sound Therapy
(all of these methods can also be used with animals)
Treatments are 30 minutes, $45. - 40minutes, $60
For more information or to make a booking please text or e-mail
04 4757 7994
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