From The Light

Holistic Personal Training and Weight Management specialising in:

• Boxing,
  
• Holistic Counselling,
  
• Reiki/Energy/Goddess/Spiritual Healing,
  
• Massage - Relaxation,
  
• Deep Tissue,
  
• Lomi Lomi/Hot Stone Massage,
  
• Cupping (Women Only),
  
• Corporate Massage,
  
• Theta Healing,
  
• Energy Clearings,
  
• Ear Candling,
  
• Past Life Regression,
  
• Spirit Guide Drawings

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On a personal note

Carissa has spent over a decade of her career singing in folk, rock and retro bands around Victoria. She is currently writing songs for her upcoming eclectic album 'Spirit Wisdom'.

Carissa also has a love of martial arts and has studied the art of Kung Fu - Preying Mantis style over the years, Ninjitzu and she also enjoys yoga, pilates, boxing and hiking in the country. She is a personal trainer, weight management holistic counsellor, and group fitness instructor.
She is an avid animal and nature lover. A percentage of all 'From the Light' profits go towards supporting WWF an animal and environmental Charity.

She currently lives in Monbulk with her fiance Rob and their furry feline family, Jade, Xena and Jass. For more details on workshops and group search under schools.

Holistic Personal Training and Weight Management

If you answer yes to any of these questions, then my style of personal training may be for you

Do you;

• Want to learn boxing, kickboxing, martial arts techniques for fitness
  
• Struggle with yo yo dieting, weight management and/or eating disorders
  
• Want to work out in an environment that is supportive and non judgemental
  
• Want to work with a personal trainer who is also a holistic counsellor, massage therapist and who can dispel all of the diet myths and give you a straight answer on how to lose weight successfully and healthily
  
• Want to work out with friends to lessen the cost of a personal trainer
  
• Tone up, lose weight and have fun with it

My approach to Personal Training comes from a very holistic point of view. When we look at being balanced body, mind and spirit, physical fitness and the food we choose to fuel ourselves with plays a big part in keeping us healthy. We need to look after this vehicle that is carrying us through life and housing our spirit.

My experience in this comes from a background in martial arts and my own personal journey into wellness. Many people suffer from eating disorders of varying degrees. I class an eating disorder as anyone who has an unhealthy relationship with food. This is where I can bring in my counselling skills to help uncover and heal the subconscious belief systems that have us repeating the same unhealthy patterns that we want to eliminate.

Prices

1 Hour PT sessions
Mobile sessions may incur additional charge depending on distance to travel
Price per person
1 Person $ 60.00
2 people $ 40.00 each
3 people $ 35.00 each
4 people $ 30.00 each

SPECIAL OFFER - TRAIN WITH YOUR FRIENDS
You and 2 friends for $20 each
(Conditions apply)

Corporate Massage - Sth Eastern Suburbs Melb

Do you have 5 or more people in your office? We come to you!!!

Equipped with our ergonomic massage chair, you will enjoy a fully clothed, head, neck, shoulder and back massage without leaving thte office.

Cash - $10 for 10min (minimum per person)

Receipt - $15 for 10min (minimum per person)

I have spent over a decade working in corporate offices. I know well the headaches, the shoulder, neck and back problems.
Corporate Massage is the perfect solution to the long hours spent on computers these day. It is an ideal preventative measure for lowering your risk of OH&S issues in the workplace.

Insured and qualified member of the 'Massage Association of Australia'

Are you out of balance? - There are signs to look out for:

Physically? Your body will tell you through sickness or injury that you are long overdue for a tune up? Physical symptoms are usually the end result of an imbalance.

Emotionally? Do you repeat the same patterns? Go out with the same men? Recovering from a trauma? Get yourself emotionally healthy and empowered!!!

Spiritually? Do you feel a little left of centre? Do you feel disconnected? A little different? Have you had supernatural experiences and don't know what to do with it? Want to learn more?

Holistic Counselling

Every counsellor is different and has different methods, the best way to find a counsellor is by word of mouth. A certificate does not make someone a great counsellor, so choose carefully, you need to trust your intuition and if something doesn’t feel right then don’t do it. You need to be able to trust your counsellor completely and wholly to be able to relax enough and be open enough to do the work required. This goes for anything you do whether it be choosing a Massage Therapist, Hypnotherapist, Energy Healer, Doctor, etc.

My aim in Holistic Counselling is to guide you and to empower you to be the best you can be and to live life being true to yourself.

What I won’t do is just listen half heartedly to you, tell you what your problem is, tell you what to do about it and send you on your way. This wouldn’t empower you at all. It doesn’t teach you to look at yourself in truth, accept yourself for who you are, it doesn’t teach you what to do next time an issue arises.

What I will do is to provide you with the tools to help yourself, I will guide you into resolving the issues you are ready to face and deal with in a gentle way. I don’t believe it needs to be a traumatic experience for us to deal with our issues. Sure, sometimes we can feel a little raw or emotionally drained after a big session but mostly it’s a feeling of freedom and release and balance, it’s up to you how deeply you want to dig per session. Issues and blocks only weigh us down, so to let go of them can feel amazing. Life can look very different when it’s not so clouded by our own shadows.

My method does require you to be emotionally honest and to take responsibility for yourself, there is no judgment, only guidance. You will need to look in your own personal mirror, if you can do that then you are halfway there already.

What makes it Holistic and not just counselling?

A Holistic Counsellor should be very much in touch with his/her intuition/psychic ability, must have a Holistic Modality behind them, i.e. Reiki, Past Life Regression, Massage etc.
A Holistic Counsellor will use his/her intuition to guide him/her while guiding you to achieve what is for your best and highest good.

We may use Meditation, Energy Healing, Massages, Processes/Exercises. I also use Theta Healing as it works amazingly well with Holistic Counselling when needed, as well as the regular counselling formats i.e. talking/listening.

Who can benefit from Holistic Counselling?

Anyone who chooses to!!!! There are really no limitations as to who can be helped by Holistic Counselling, the only prerequisite is that you choose to help yourself and be honest with yourself. You don’t need to have a major issue or traumatic event to benefit from Holistic Counselling, we all have blocks or belief systems that don’t serve us.

Here is a very short list of things Holistic Counselling can help with;

• Emotional and physical blocks
  
• Stress and related disorders
  
• Unhealthy and repeated patterns in life
  
• Personal and/or spiritual growth
  
• Phobias and addictions
  
• Depression
  
• Or simply because you want to get to know and understand yourself and live without excess emotional baggage.
  
  Initial Consultation $90 for 1 1/2 hours
  Repeat sessions $70 1 hour
  
  

Lomi Lomi/Hot Stone Massage (Women Only)

Treat yourself to this delicious Hawaiin style massage. Enjoy the long flowing strokes of the Lomi Lomi with the therapeutic hot stone massage. While being a very luxurious massage, Lomi Lomi/Hot Stone also works to detoxify the system and benefits you on an energy level also, cleansing and balancing your energy feild.

BOOK NOW to experience this beautiful form of massage

1 1/2 hour Lomi Lomi/Hot Stone Massage $120


Massage - Relaxation, Deep Tissue (Women Only)

I have to say I love everything about massage, I love giving them and I love receiving them. I love the way my muscles feel after I’ve had one.
All forms of massage by themselves are great. Even better is a massage from someone who also does some form of Energy Healing. I can tell if a person is a healer when they massage. I can also tell if they enjoy what they are doing or if they are just doing their job and their mind is elsewhere.
One of the benefits of having a massage from an Energy Healer is that you also get the benefit of some Energy Clearing. Your Energy Centres, along with your muscles, release and flow better. You leave feeling more balanced physically and in yourself personally.

Our muscles carry a lot of our tension and emotional baggage, I know myself that whenever I am overly stressed and/or emotionally upset, my neck, back and shoulders get stiff and I get tension headaches.

What are some of the benefits of massage?

• Releasing tension and stress, emotionally and physically
  
• Helps increase blood circulation
  a) increases blood flow
  b) increases lymph flow
  
• Helps respiratory system
  
• Increases flexibility and restores lost mobility
  
• Eases pressure on skeletal system and joints
  
• Helps prevent muscle and tendon injuries

Cupping and Spooning

To my knowledge, Cupping and Spooning are techniques used primarily in Chinese Medicine.

Many things get trapped in our muscles and can create blocks and pain for us due to lack of blood flow to the area, e.g. emotions, stress, baggage, repetitive strain, over use of the muscle, lack of release etc

In my experience Cupping and Spooning can draw all or some of these things trapped in the blood to the surface. It draws the heat out of the muscle allowing the Energy/Chi to flow freely again and allowing the muscle to release.

The Cupping and Spooning technique can accompany a massage or healing or may be used autonomously. This depends on the individual’s needs and requirements.

How does it work?

Cupping–
Using a suction method, cups are placed on certain points on the back, this draws heat out of the muscle, releasing anything trapped in the blood and allowing Energy/Chi to flow.

Cupping can be tailored to your own personal needs

Spooning -
Using a clearing method, the spoon is used in quick, short strokes, running over muscles, releasing heat in the blood and muscles.


Precautionary note;

Cupping and Spooning DOES leave bruising and marks on the skin.

1 hour Massage $60
1hr Massage including Cupping/Spooning $70
1 1/2hr Massage $80


Reiki/Energy/Spiritual/Goddess Healing

Have you ever suffered an emotional upset and then come down with the flu, or heard bad news and instantly felt nauseous? That is because what happens to us emotionally can manifest itself physically. In fact, many people believe (and science is starting to catch up) that disease and physical illness start as an imbalance in our Meta-Physical body (Energy Field/ Aura) and can be seen Psychically long before it shows us its symptoms physically. It is very easy to become unbalanced in this day and age, we work long hours, are affected by stress, pollution, unhealthy food, suppressed and/or unbalanced emotions.

What can a Reiki/Energy healing do for me?

• Ease or eliminate Physical Pain
  
• Destress and re-energise
  
• Balance and heal suppressed Emotions
  
• Speed healing and recovery time (Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual - it’s great if you are detoxing or suffering withdrawal symptoms)
  
• Energy Healing balances your Meta-Physical body therefore strengthening your Immunity and Physical body
  
• Some people find that it unlocks or clear blocks to their Psychic Abilities
  
• It’s great for creative people to clear blocks and get the juices flowing again
  
• My Favorite Reason - You get to lie down for an hour and do nothing but relax and feel the gorgeous energy moving around you – if you are open to it and don’t try too hard you may see colors or lights or visions - it’s can be a truly amazing experience.

There are so many more reasons to experience Reiki, but it is just that, “An Experience” and what you get out of it is usually as individual as you are.

Reiki/Energy healing brings body, mind and spirit back into harmony and balance.

What to expect?

Reiki/Energy is hands on healing.
You will be surrounded by beautiful music, aromatherapy oils and candles in a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere.
You will be fully clothed on a comfortable massage table covered by blankets.
At the very least you will experience deep meditative relaxation, at the most you may find yourself on a vision quest or journey.

1 1/2 hour Reiki + Counsel $90
1 hour $60


Ear Candling

Many people would consider Ear Candling to be a ‘New Age’ technique, however there are references to its use in ancient cultures all around the world, Asian, Egyptian and The Hopi Indians to name a few.

What are the Candles made of and how does Ear Candling work?

The ear candles ‘From the Light’ use are made from pure Australian beeswax, unbleached cotton and essential oils and are supplied by ‘Allies Therapy’. They work by gently drawing wax and residue out of the ear canal therefore cleaning and clearing the sinus passages.

Ear Candling has been used throughout the ages for many different reasons, these days the most common being for the clearing of the ear, nose and throat. The gentle drawing action has a cleansing effect and as all the passages are connected it benefits all areas.

The feedback I have received from clients has been;

• Release of sinus pressure along passages
  
• Clearer hearing
  
• Eases sinus symptoms; headaches, itchy eyes and nose, runny nose, tiredness
  
• Opening of the Third Eye (the Hopi Indians used it for clearing Spiritual Vision also)
  
• Helps clear ringing in ears

These are just a few, I personally don’t have sinus issues but would still have my ears candled at least every 6 months just to draw out the wax and clear out my passages purely for maintenance reasons.

Ear Candling plus sinus massage = $50


Theta Healing

Blocks (Creative, Business, Personal), Addictions, Phobias, Negative Relationship patterns, Self Esteem Issues, anything that’s holding you back in life or not allowing you to move forward, Theta Healing can help if not heal.

Let me tell you a little about Theta Healing?

I have been using Energy Healing e.g. Reiki, Shamanic, Spiritual for years and have had wonderful results. However, I had noticed that on occasion people seemed to be subconsciously blocking the healing process, so I put it out to the universe that I needed something else to help these people and to remove or resolve these blocks. That is when through a series of unrelated events Theta Healing crossed my path.

Theta Healing is an amazing tool, I love it, it was exactly what I needed to add to my repertoire to help remove blocks and enable people to heal. We all have belief systems, some of them serve our highest good, some don’t. Some are our own that we developed through the birthing process and childhood, some are on a Group Consciousness level, some may be from past lives and yet others are genetic or in our DNA. We all have belief systems but it’s the ones that don’t serve us, that can sometimes get in the way of us reaching our highest potential. These are the belief systems we need to heal, resolve, cancel or change.

Have you ever had the experience of wanting to change a habit or pattern of behavior that you know doesn’t work for you, yet you keep doing it? Consciously you don’t want to repeat these patterns but subconsciously you manage to sabotage yourself and repeat this pattern or continue this habit. This is where I have found Theta Healing to be a God send. Through Theta processes we reach the ‘bottom’ belief system that supports these unhealthy issues and once you have removed or resolved this underlying belief it nullifies the issue, i.e. removes the trigger that helps you to subconsciously sabotage your conscious intentions.

The easiest way I can narrow it down for you is to say that it combines a mixture of Kinesiology, Counseling Techniques, Psychic Ability and Energy.

You don’t actually need to know how or why it works, just know that it does!!!

Theta Healing often produces imediate results and changes

$70 x 1 hour session


Energy Clearing

This is a pretty scary subject to a lot of people, but I find that this is mostly because they don’t understand spirits or energies or the higher and lower vibrations. It’s a “fear of the unknown” kind of a thing. Personally I think humans can be much scarier than what you might call ghosts, I don’t call them ghosts myself because it gives people pictures in their heads of the Hollywood stereotypical “Amityville Horror” violence,which is based on a true story, but there would be a lot of poetic licence involved or the famous “Exorcist” in which you see a little girl spin her head 360 degrees and regurgitate pea soup.
Funnily enough, this is not quite the way it is.!!!
It does sell a lot of movies tickets however. Why? Because it’s supernatural, it’s fascinating, it’s the unknown and it makes you wonder what if? What if the world we know i.e. the Physical World, isn’t all there is? What if???

That question was answered for me a long, long time ago. I don’t know when because I have always seemed to have had a connection with the spiritual realms. I haven’t always understood it but I somehow never questioned its existence either. I have been doing clearings for years now, sometimes on houses, I’ve done a few on people and have found that actual possession is not as common as you might think. It is usually just the effect of being around the energy that impacts the person and makes them act out. I’ve had spirits come to me in my sleep, or in a quiet moment, if I’m busy I tend not to notice unless they make a big fuss. Mostly, they are lost, in need of some guidance, need to tell me their story and find some peace. They may need some help letting go of a loved one or something in their physical life. They may not even know they have passed over, most of the time I’m counseling them in the same way I would a physical being, there are as many stories as there are individuals. I have done clearings from a distance, I have done them in the same room. I have done them in a teaching situation with other people who are usually very surprised at what a touching experience it can be and not at all scary.

FYI – I don’t go around clearing spirits willy nilly, some have a very good reason for being in this realm, they may be waiting for their elderly wife to join them or supporting a loved one and I respect that. It is usually the confused or lost ones that tend to need help and may let their presence be known in a way that is scary to the average person.

Some things to note if are not sure if you have an Energy/Spirit

• Cold spots in the house
  
• Electrical appliances may do weird things i.e. radio stations changing, lights turning off/on by themselves, CD players beginning to play by themselves or refusing to play at all on some days
  
• Your hair may stand on end
  
• That ‘someone just walked over my grave’ chill/feeling
  
• Odd smells ‘sometimes a damp, musty smell’
  
• Things not being where you left them i.e. furniture moving around, curtains/windows opening or closing
  
• Seeing things move out of the corner of your eyes or in reflections
  
• Sounds – bumps, footsteps, mostly noticed at night as that’s when it is quiet and noticeable
  
• Animals acting out of character

Case by case pricing



Past Life Regression

Past Life Regression seems to be the source of much debate, it brings up the issue of reincarnation. Does it exist? Does it not?
Past Life Regression could just be the result of a vivid imagination, it could be memories passed down through your DNA, after all you have your great grandfather’s eyes, why not his memories from the war? It could just be that since we are all connected we also share memories of the group consciousness, I mean, how many people claim they were Cleopatra or were at the crucifixion?

To me it doesn’t really matter whether you believe it’s true or not, it doesn’t matter where it comes from. The point of Past Life Regression to me is to resolve issues that may be affecting you now but you just can’t seem to place the reasons for these issues in this present lifetime.

Let me give you an example;

Just say Jane has a fear of flying, she goes into panic attacks and can’t function just at the thought of it. She’s taken pills, been to counseling, tried many things and nothing seems to work for her. Being regressed back she finds that she had died in a plane crash in the war, she was shot down and they didn’t ever find her body.
The next time she goes to board a plane she may be nervous but she has exorcised the absolute terror, that if she steps on a plane she will die and will never be seen again. Most of the time just having the awareness of this experience is enough to disarm the trigger effect it has on you. Sometimes you may need to keep digging or there may be other issues attached to it also, that’s where Theta Healing, Counseling or Energy Healing can be beneficial.

The point is, if having the Past Life Regression takes Jane’s phobia from a 100% to even 50%, and she’s able to board a plane then success has been achieved? Does it really matter whether Joe Blow believes in reincarnation or whether her mother thinks it hogwash?
What does matter is the result!!! She has a new found freedom from a fear that has crippled her for her entire life… I think that’s pretty impressive and that is why I believe in the benefits of Past Life Regression.

You don’t have to have a phobia to benefit from past life regression, there are as many different reasons as you can think of;

Maybe you have relationship issues with somebody, a child, mother, father, work colleague or partner, maybe they really push your buttons, or you have a special connection with them that you are curious about. Sometimes seeing them in another lifetime you shared helps to put the pieces together for you.

Another reason to regress is to find out about any talents or abilities you may have had in the past, you can bring them back with you to help you in this lifetime. Have you ever tried something and been naturally good at it and just know how to do it? Well regressing can allow you to find the origin of your talent and enhance it.

Sickness or pain also can benefit from past life regression, e.g. a person who has constant headache and neck pain regresses, sees a life time in which he was beaten around the head area and had his neck broken.
After raising his awareness his headache and neck issues lessened considerably and are barely noticeable.

It’s also important to mention that once you have gone back and experienced a past life, it is not advisable to dwell on or obsess over what happened there. We live in the here and now, not in the past. You have been regressed for healing purposes, to learn and to grow, not so that you have excuses for refusing to take responsibility for your own actions in this lifetime.
So please don’t dwell on it. Learn from it, heal from it and move on.

To my knowledge there are 3 levels of experiencing Past Life Regression;

1. Where you are watching yourself as you would in a movie or on television. This is a lighter experience and the level that most people would achieve on their first regression.
   
   
2. Where you are seeing through your own eyes as the person you were back then. If you are very in tune with yourself and relaxed enough you may go to this level.
   
   
3. This is when you are totally living the past life as that person and are unaware of your current surroundings i.e. “Daddy, they are coming!! Where should we hide?” Usually it would take many regressions and holding a very deep meditative state to achieve this depth.

In my experience, Level 1 & 2 are deep enough to achieve the results you need. I wouldn’t usually aim to regress a person to Level 3 as it can become a little too real and depending on whether the life was a pleasant one or not, it may be a little upsetting. If you can get the learning and healing from Level 1 and 2 then that’s as far as you need to go with it. Having said this, your subconscious will only allow you to go to the level you are ready to deal with.

Past life Regression = $60 1 hour


Spirit Guide Drawings

A simple explanation!!! For an amazing thing!!!

Spirit Guides are an Energy on a higher plane of existence that help guide us all through life and perhaps the afterlife.
We can have one or many Spirit Guides at any given time.
We can have several or the same one over the course of a life time.
Some stay throughout our Earth Walk, others have certain tasks to help us with and then move on when they are no longer needed.
There are no hard and fast rules and Spirit Guides come in many forms, shapes and sizes e.g. Angels, Archangels, Ascended Masters, Indians, Animals, Elementals and sometimes they are just swirls of Energy, there are no limits.

Please Feel Welcome To Order Your Spirit Guide Drawing

When your drawing has been completed we will contact you to arrange a time for you to pick it up. At this time you will receive your drawing and any Spirit Guide messages.

$75 for Spirit Guide Drawing and Messages

See above for examples