💢Creating a clear heart-centered vision for the journey ahead is essential. And magical!
💢A guide and mentor can ease the way. The right person grounds and stabilizes us, gently nudges us inward and forward, ideally with love.
💢It is so important to connect with peers and colleagues! It’s odd to say that being a healer is a lonely profession since we work with people all day long. But our clients are not our peers or colleagues; we nourish and give to them, but it is not reciprocal (nor should it be). And since I am an introvert, I did not naturally seek out other healers to connect with. I mostly stayed in my own world, and I was lonely.
💢My highly sensitive and open nature was draining me dry! I did not know that I was merging energetically with my patients and clients with no thought of boundaries. I gave them my best energy and took on their pain. So many times, clients came in with an ache or pain; they would leave refreshed and feeling great, but I felt drained and achy!
💢I was denying my own needs for the benefit of my clients. Whatever the client wanted was what I gave. Want more pressure? You got it, I’ll strain my forearms for you. Want the room warmer? No problem, I’ll sweat til I swoon. Want a little bit extra on your neck even though I’ve said our time is up? Okay, I'll give you some of my precious break time. Who needs to use the bathroom anyway?
💢Managing the dynamics of the therapist--client relationship is foundational to the wellbeing of both.
If only I’d known all of this 30 years ago.◈Feel chronically stuck--frustrated and dissatisfied in some area of your life—career, relationships, money, health, or (you fill in the blank).
◈Drift through life without ever giving time and attention to your dreams and
passions, the things that light you up.
◈Often compare yourself to others and feel ‘less than’.
◈Negate your own needs for the benefit of others.
◈Curse and belittle yourself on a regular basis.
◈Find yourself stuck in the past, rehashing & recycling mistakes that you’ve made, and wrongs done to you.
•Gain clarity about the circumstances of your life~why things are the way that they are.
•Take responsibility for those circumstances and begin to change them. This may seem daunting, but it's actually freeing when done with Quantum Kindness.
•Get unstuck, as you gain new perspectives on old habits & patterns, the things that hold you back.
•Create a vision for life that you would love.
•Implement structure, accountability, and an inspired action plan to realize your vision.
•Generate more money, as you open to the flow of your authentic gifts and share them with the world.
•Improve your relationships, as you create a deeper connection with yourself.
•Find your tribe, a safe and sacred community of like-minded souls.
•Increase your level of heartfelt joy & inner peace, as you learn to accept your suffering.
•Heal physical ailments, as your natural flow of energy is restored.
•Find your power! You are more powerful than you could possibly imagine. See the quote from Marianne Williamson at the bottom of this page.
In this group, you will have the opportunity to see yourself and your “problems” in a new light; to approach them with kindness, perhaps for the first time. And to feel the support of other like-minded souls who also struggle in their own way. The goal of all of this? To live a happier, more prosperous and productive life! It is sacred work, and it would be my honor to have you join us in the next cohort. Keep reading for details.❤Self-inquiry—I will facilitate deep group discussion and ask powerful questions to bring us to new levels of awareness.
❤Checking in with your body. Our bodies are powerful guidance systems for our lives. Our bodies are where our lives happen, right here, right now! Learning to listen to your body is an essential and very powerful tool. Thus, throughout our meetings, I will regularly ask us to notice what we are feeling in our bodies.
❤Creating Your Life Vision. This is a step-by-step practice grounded in ‘reality’, starting with the question, "What would you love in your life right now?" As a group, we will work together to refine our visions.
❤Exploring the shadow—the parts of us that we hide, deny or resist. Especially the root cause of why we ignore our needs for the benefit of others, what I have come to know as a desire to rescue others. This includes generational patterns in our family lines. There is great power hidden in the shadow.
❤Breathing with intention.
❤Quantum Jumping: Going backward in time to bless our past selves and/or forward in time to learn from our future selves.
❤Using sacred geometry to activate our light bodies (spiritual aspects of us), balance our chakras (energy centers in the body), and raise our vibration.
❤Leading us through meditations and activities to explore other aspects of our multi-dimensional life.
❤Meeting us all with kindness.
❤Gently challenging us inward and forward.
❤Respecting each person as the highest authority of their life.
As a Quantum Kindness Transformational Healer and Inspirational Teacher, I believe that:
✦Your life is meant to be a wayward & winding journey; a spiral filled with joy and blessing, questions and challenges.
✦Thus, your challenges are not nuisances to be expunged from your life. They are part of the oneness of existence--light & shadow, Yin & Yang, suffering and joy. It's all part of the wholeness of life, and we cannot have one without the other.
✦Seen in this way, your challenges are really opportunities, for learning and growth.
✦Nothing outside of you is real. Our lives begin within, then emanate outward into our external world.
✦In truth, the answers to all your questions already live inside you, and you have the power within to transform any challenge into an opportunity.
✦YOU are responsible for the circumstances of your life. When you really get this, it is so empowering and can lead to the freedom that you seek.
✦Quantum Kindness and spiritual grace are all around and within us, holding us and our challenges with unconditional love, acceptance, and support.
I also believe that you are a multi-dimensional being, which means that:
1) As a human being, you are subject to the laws of the physical world, and impacted by your environment, physical condition, thoughts and belief systems (conscious and subconscious), identity, emotions, ancestors, breathing patterns, nervous system, and much more. Tending to your humanity with Quantum Kindness is essential to healing and transformation.
2) You are so much more than your humanity. You are a soul, powerful beyond measure and made of Love. You are a brilliant light with nearly unlimited creative potential.
3) Healing and transformation happen when you explore your humanity and your soul and blend them together. When you see, accept, and create a relationship between all aspects of yourself. All with Love, with Quantum Kindness, as a foundation.
As your healer and coach, my role is to accompany you on your journey, as you uncover your own answers, find your authentic heart, and begin to see yourself and your life anew.
The things you're teaching us will come back to us over and over when we're working with clients, and just in life in general, and will make us better MTs and better humans. You're doing really good, important, life-shifting work. How lucky we all are! Thank you. And congratulations on the (well-deserved) Teacher of the Year award!
Lisa, MinneapolisStudent
Thanks so much for being an excellent mentor. I have felt much support from you as I’ve navigated through many personal fears to pursue my education and career as a massage therapist. Thank you so much for all of your words of wisdom, compassion, and encouragement. Thank you, too, for your gentle spirit! Thanks for all you do to guide students in their personal and professional journeys of growth.
Jen, MinneapolisStudent
I enjoyed being here, I really did! This was the best journey into self I have ever had, and a fire is ignited. I hope you have more classes like this 😊❤.
Mirael, MinneapolisStudent
I will always be touched by you helping me during a stressful time. You are a gift to this world, and I hope I can become more like you as time goes on. Thank you for everything, I've learned so much from you. I am more grateful than I could put into words.
Hannah, MinneapolisStudent
Just wanted to say thank you. After coming from a life of being corrected and instructed and condemned, your kindness and feedback just leaves me feeling so affirmed in who I am. And thank you especially for your mercy today; that alone is healing. Thank you for listening, and letting me just talk. It’s hard to find someone who will let me stumble through finding the words for things, and let me be squirmy and agitated and awkward while I figure out how to say them—because they bring up a lot, and it’s hard. The questions you asked and the feedback you gave actually gave me a lot to work with.
Bethany, MinneapolisStudent
For years I have been searching for someone who can hear my story without trying to fix me. To be truly present to someone who is in great pain is not easy, but Martin has been able to do that for me. The result is I have been able to go deeper into my grief and feel what I could only hide for years. The pain is still great, but now I have had the experience of being accepted for who I truly am. More and more I have been able to give that gift of compassion and kindness to myself.
Kathy, MinneapolisHealing Client
Martin's way of psycho/spiritual healing has been an ideal match for me. Martin's capacity to listen deeply and ask simple and yet provocative questions has lead me toward healing, and toward healing myself. While not being "confrontational", he opens me to my own awareness by creating a non-judging clearing that encourages my own Self to explore what lies inside me. So I never feel that it is his agenda we are following, but rather, always mine. I would recommend him to anyone who wants their deepest soul-aspects to flourish and come forward.
Larry, MinneapolisHealing Client
Thank you for being such a kind, patient teacher. You have been a positive influence on me. I will never forget you ❤️.
Rachel, MinneapolisStudent
Thank you for making my (education) so much fun and eye-opening. I just want to express my gratitude towards you for being such a great mentor to me.
Lexi, MinneapolisStudent
Thank you, Martin, for being you! You are one special teacher and I think it was divine order that brought me to this massage program. You have made more of a difference in my little world than you’ll ever understand! Thank you for believing in me, encouraging me, greeting me, and taking interest in my journey. Thank you for listening to me, being there for me, and guiding me to the answers within me. I have learned so much from you and hope to have many opportunities to learn more!
Bethany, MinneapolisStudent
Thanks so much for being an excellent mentor. I have felt much support from you as I’ve navigated through many personal fears to pursue my education and career as a massage therapist. Thank you so much for all of your words of wisdom, compassion, and encouragement. Thank you, too, for your gentle spirit! Thanks for all you do to guide students in their personal and professional journeys of growth.
Jen, Minneapolis
Jen, MinneapolisMassage Therapy Student