Sara Burns, MSW, Wellness Coach, Reiki (Master) Teacher
Sara Burns has been a Reiki Master since 1997. She also has been initiated into the Sirius energy system, which further allows her to effectively do extreme cases of psychic extraction work. Sara has extensively studied various healing traditions which she incorporates in her services and classes. Her primary emphasis has been to incorporate and Shamanism and the Five Element Theory into her energy healing practice. This is a similar theoretical foundation which is found in some forms of acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Sara has been trained in Shamanic practices through the Foundation of Shamanic Studies. Sara spent many years training and researching various ailments, disorders, and diseases to reach those who could make the most of energy healing in a more in-depth manner. She also studied under Sandra Ingerman learning to perform Soul Retrievals. Upon review of her work Sara became listed as a Shamanic Practitioner on Sandra's website.
Life Altering Experience...
At the age of 27, Sara had a near death experience. Sara believes this was a shamanic initiatory experience, which ultimately transformed her spiritual life and work. During this time, she experienced other dimensions and time. As an outcome, she acquired her empathic and healing abilities. Her experienced exposed her to an energy she did not realize she had and more importantly this exposure led her to a career where she could help others. Since then she has dedicated herself to the craft and practice of energy healing.
Early Career Professional Background
Early in her career, Sara was a nurse. She then went on to obtain a Masters degree in Social Work from San Diego State University. Her educational emphasis included issues of various forms of abuse, trauma and Post-Traumatic Syndrome. Sara draws from her professional counseling training to provide caring, practical guidance in her healing work. However, Sara strives to integrate the spiritual aspects of healing into each of her client's lives. Sara has aided people who acquired AIDS, Hepatitis C, various forms of cancer, people who have experienced domestic violence, rape, childhood sexual abuse and war. She has also worked with people suffering from depression, anxiety disorders and substance abuse.
Alex Shpigel, L.Ac.
“I have never pursued health hoping for immortality, no, good health is about being able to fully enjoy the time we do have. It is about being as functional as possible throughout our entire lives and avoiding crippling, painful and lengthy battles with disease. There are many better ways to die and to live. “
This quote by T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D who is a professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University from his book The China Study very eloquently describes the approach I take to health at . Many patients come to my clinic seeking help with pain, dysfunction or other symptoms. My main focus is to get rid of the symptoms but also find the underlying cause so the symptoms do not return. The goal is to provide you with the knowledge and tools to not only regain your health but also maintain your body at optimal levels. We do not want to avoid disease, because then you are constantly looking for symptoms. Rather we want to pursue optimal health and live life to its fullest.
Alex Shpigel has been practicing acupuncture for over 9 years on both the east and west coasts. While attending the University of California San Diego, he sustained an injury while training for a mixed martial arts competition. After a visit to the doctor, his only option was pain medication and rehab with no use of the arm for several weeks. He was training for a fight in under a month and rest was not an option. He took the advice to try acupuncture and went on to take first place at the World Kuoshu competition in Taiwan. The results he saw led him to follow the path of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Holistic health. After getting his B.S. at UCSD he went on to get his Masters in TCM at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. Alex attended both the San Diego and New York campuses to get a deeper understanding of the medicine and work with a wide variety of patients. After 3 years of practice focusing on pain and Orthopedic dysfunctions, he moved back to San Diego to continue his practice.
Alex first got introduced to Chinese Medicine from his Kung Fu teacher Shrfu Mike Patterson at the Hsing-I Institute in San Diego, Ca. He began his study of the Taoist arts of Hsing-I, Pa-Kua and Tai Chi when he was 14 and continues his training today. During his training he was exposed to many uses of herbs and tui na (Chinese medical massage) by his teacher. These have been used by martial arts schools and teachers for generations to maintain student health and keep them injury free.
This passion for the Martial Arts and health still holds true today and because of this background, Alex has specialized in pain and Orthopedic disorders. Alex has gone on to do further study and received his Diplomat in Acupuncture Orthopedics from Cedar Sinai in Los Angeles and regularly attends classes to study the latest most innovative and effective methods to help his patients.
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