Wellness Center
Akasha hosts additional services to help you achieve a balanced, healthy life.
In addition to regular sessions you may schedule with our wellness practitioners, we offer opportunities throughout the year to learn some of these techniques to facilitate your own healing. Check our Event Schedule for upcoming BodyTalk Access and Reiki training.
We also offer “class time” child care to keep your children safe while you take time out for yourself. Please request availability.
Services
BodyTalk
Craniosacral Therapy
Life Coaching
Massage Therapy
Reflexology
Reiki and Crystal Therapy
BodyTalk
BodyTalk is a process that accesses your own body’s innate wisdom to restore well-being. In a session, the practitioner uses biofeedback by touching your arm, sensing which parts of your body are out of synch. A light tapping technique then restores communication and balance between your body’s systems.
BodyTalk has proven effective in counteracting the detrimental effects of physical, emotional and environmental stress. It can be used alone or in conjunction with other forms of healthcare for conditions such as:
- Allergies
- Headaches/Migraines
- Back Pain
- Depression/Stress relief
Practitioner: Kris Freeman
Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral therapy is an energy based on the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal column. The system produces and pumps the cerebrospinal fluid around and allowing for balance of all the body’s functional systems. Our bodies become overloaded with too much stress, trauma or disease ("dis-ease") and this trapped energy can create negative effects on the central nervous system of the body. The therapy is a gentle, hands-on method used to detect these restrictions and encourage the body to self-correct these negative stresses.
Practitioner: Vivian Hubbard
Life Coaching
Life coaching is a partnership designed to assist you in reaching your fullest potential.
In a coaching relationship, you can expect these benefits:
- To enter a safe haven where your dreams can be spoken, explored, honored and realized
- To uncover your core values and live them more deeply
- To shed roles, facades, and masks that no longer serve you
- To more fully express your authentic self
- To achieve focus
- To experience the gift of yourself
- And more....
Practitioner: Maripat Abbott
Massage Therapy
In addition to muscles, massage therapy works circulatory, nervous and lymphatic systems.
Blending massage with additional energy techniques results in total relaxation and re-energizing of mind and body.
Our massage therapists incorporate a variety of techniques in each massage, depending on the individual’s needs.
Practitioners: Kathy Hartjes, Vivian Hubbard
Reflexology
Reflexology is a therapeutic method based on the principle that the feet and hands have reflex areas that correspond to all the organs, glands and parts of the body. Pressure, movement and stretching are used to stimulate these points. Reflexology brings the body back into balance by restoring it to its natural state of well-being, with harmony between the flow of energy, circulation and muscle tension.
Practitioner: Deborah Berg
Reiki and Crystal Therapy
Reiki is a Japanese method of natural healing performed by “laying of the hands” that creates a feeling of glowing radiance flowing through and around you. It is a technique that increases and balances your life energy, promoting physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing.
Crystals are said to powerfully amplify, hold and transmit energy. During the reiki session, crystals are applied to the individual chakras to magnify the effects. The combination of these techniques has been shown to have long-term benefits for pain management and healing.
Practitioner: Lori Hanson
Practitioners
Maripat Abbott
Deborah Berg
Kris Freeman
Lori Hanson
Kathy Hartjes
Vivian Hubbard
Maripat Abbott—Life Coach
Maripat earned both life coach credentials and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach designation from The Coaches Training Institute. As a member of The International Coach Federation, she stays up-to-date with the latest developments in the profession and follows the industry-wide Code of Professional Standards—offering you the full benefits of working with someone who always has your best interests at heart.
“My mission as a life coach is to assist you in expanding your belief for what is possible in your life. Miracles happen when we’re able to embrace new ways of thinking and being. It gives me great joy to partner with you as you manifest possibilities.”
For more information, please visit Maripat’s website: www.ManifestingPossibilities.com
Maripat is available at Akasha on Tuesdays and for phone appointments Monday through Friday. Please call Maripat directly to schedule an appointment at (847) 381-9996.
Deborah Berg—Reflexologist
Deborah is a reflexologist certified by the International Institute of Reflexology. She is also trained in Reiki and Healing Touch and draws on her holistic experiences to restore balance to the body on all levels. She tailors her treatment to each individual’s needs.
For more information, please visit Deborah’s website: http://www.dbreflexology.com/
Deborah is available Monday evenings from 5–8 and Thursdays from 9–1. Please call Akasha to schedule an appointment.
Kris Freeman—BodyTalk Practitioner
Kris Freeman is a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner and Reiki Master. Her business, Freedom Therapies, LLC, incorporates a mix of BodyTalk and other energy-based practices.
Kris stumbled onto these amazing therapies through her personal healing journey. She believes that health must be addressed on all levels of being (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) to effect real change and that because these energy therapies are truly holistic, they can have profound results. Kris asserts, “Leaving out energy-based therapies to balance out your overall health is like buying a car without tires.”
For more information, please visit Kris’s website: www.freedomtherapiesonline.com.
Kris is available Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Please call Kris directly to schedule an appointment at (847) 975-9406.
Lori Hanson—Reiki and Crystal Therapist
Lori Hanson is a Fourth Degree Reiki Master/Teacher certified through the Usui lineage. After Western medicine failed to relieve her pain and suffering from a car accident, she began to research Alternative Medicine. At the same time, she began to find quartz crystals in her yard, leading her to investigate Vibrational Medicine.
During a treatment, you will focus on intent, whether for a specific healing or to maintain health. Additional tools such as sound, color, aroma, pendulum, breath work, yoga and healing touch may also be incorporated.
For more information, please visit Lori’s website: www.reikitransformsu.com.
Lori is available most days. Please call her directly to schedule an appointment at (815) 600-1407.
Kathy Hartjes—Massage Therapist
Kathy graduated from the Wellness Massage Training Institutes’ 770-hour Massage Program and 750-hour Acupressure Program in 2004. She is licensed in Illinois and certified with the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB). She maintains professional membership with the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) and is designated a Diplomat in Asian Bodywork with the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). In addition, she is a 3rd degree Reiki Master of the Usui Shiki Ryoho lineage.
Kathy offers various types of massages, including Full Body, Swedish, Relaxation, Deep Tissue, Medical and Acupressure. She believes in the body’s innate wisdom and ability to heal itself. “As a massage therapist/healer I aid people on their journey to health and wellness. I feel that any day I can help in this way is a great day!”
Kathy is available Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Please call Akasha to schedule an appointment.
Vivian Hubbard—Craniosacral and Massage Therapist
Vivian Hubbard is a Certified Craniosacral Therapist, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Master. She is licensed in Illinois and certified with the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).
Her mission is to create a healing environment with a relaxed, holistic approach to treatment that empowers clients to help themselves. “Since our bodies are a combination of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual energies, it's important for all aspects to have their voice to truly balance and heal the whole."
Vivian is available Friday and Saturday afternoons. To schedule an appointment, please contact Akasha or call Vivian directly at (815) 355-2395.
