Studio of Healing & Illumination 

Karoline Philipp B.N.

Specializing in cutting-edge mind/body and energy medicine healing modalities

MEANINGFUL RESULTS.  FASTER.

Did you know .....

• Leaders in the mental health field indicate we have all experienced some form of emotional wounding and trauma.

• Emotional trauma is now understood to be any event where we didn't have the resources at the time, we needed to cope with an experience -- this OVERWHELMED our nervous system. 

• Chronic stress and unresolved trauma are different and require different approaches.

  • Stress can be managed with self-care, lifestyle support, strategies, etc. 

  • According to Poly Vagal Theory, unresolved emotional trauma imprints on our Vagas Nerve and results in nervous system dysregulation. Trauma is not just in our mind, but it lives in our body. Conventional mental health approaches help with awareness, etc. which is helpful. But it lacks the ability to address the impact of trauma on the nervous system. Somatic (body-based) approaches are essential to addressing the nervous system. Somatics are fully incorporated in the treatments that I offer. 

• A dysregulated nervous system contributes to your body, and your mind, living in survival mode. Living in survival mode (fight, flight, freeze, fawn):

  • creates havoc in your body due to the ongoing release of stress hormones (adrenalin, cortisol, etc.) aka Sympathetic Dominance. Think of it like the "pot is always on simmer" which contributes to chronic inflammation in the body. Scientific research has shown there is a direct dose/response relationship between unresolved childhood trauma (see ACEs Study) and the incidence of autoimmune disease. 

  • keeps us from optimizing our access to the Parasympathetic State. This is when the body RESTS, DIGESTS, DETOXIFIES, and HEALS.  It also zaps you of your lifeforce energy!

• Living in survival mode also leaves your subconscious mind running your life behind the scenes. Can you relate to thinking "why do I do that"?

• The good news is you don't have to remember what happened, or relive a past experience, to heal from it. 

•  I use MUSCLE-TESTING to communicate with your subconscious mind to identify the emotional wounds that are ready to be released!  You are an active participant in that process -- so you will experience evidence of the change in real time!

If what you have been doing is not giving you the results you desire, I invite you to open yourself to trying something different -- something powerful -- and potentially transformative.  

Curious to find out more or to see if I can help you? 

Contact me at 403.635.4542 to set up a complimentary, no obligation call.

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What sets me apart? 

• EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing 

  • Certifications in various mind/body, energy medicine, and holistic therapies

  • 1000s of hours in formal and informal study 

  • I walk with one foot firmly planted in modern science, and the other foot comfortably walks in the metaphysical world 

    • I am proficient in muscle-testing to communicate with your body and get the answers that it holds -- the body's innate wisdom and ability to heal 

    • I also use singing bowls, tuning forks, dowsing, angel cards, etc. if/when indicated to support your healing journey

• MISSION:  to help release and transmute the energy and stuck emotions that lie beneath pain and struggle

• SPECIALTIES:

  • Bio-Energetics has changed my health and my life. I am extremely passionate about the difference I've seen it make with my clients. 

  • All of my work is "trauma-informed". I am not, nor do I pretend to be a mental health professional. But emotional trauma is a field I find fascinating, have studied, and continue to learn about. But, that said, I take the lead from your body. 

  • My passion is helping people heal from emotional wounds and trauma - both known and unknown - including those things which we cannot remember. Muscle-testing facilitate that!

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Everything is ENERGY -- and ENERGY SHAPES MATTER     Albert Einstein

Science shows stress, grief, emotional trauma, or suppressed emotions, can actually distort the body's bio-energetic field and can lead to cell, tissue, and organ dysfunction. Indeed, quantum science shows everything we experience in life has an ENERGETIC SIGNATURE to it -- which impacts our "energetic terrain". 

Deeply rooted subconscious programs, or even ancestral emotional trauma, may be invisible pieces of the puzzle that sabotage your physical health, mental well-being and your life experience. Your subconscious mind, supported by your body's innate intelligence, provide your personal compass for healing the impact of such stressors. 

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ENERGY MEDICINE

Energy medicine is an emerging medical paradigm, where medicine, ancient wisdom and modern physics intersect.

Bioenergetics, as a healing art, is at the leading edge of energy medicine. Various forms of bioenergetics are commonly used in integrative and functional medicine, and clinics. Bioenergetics may be an important component that you may not have considered when dealing with a chronic health condition or dysfunctional life situation.

Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.) was developed in response to scientific inquiry into 

"why do some people heal, and others don't"? 

The answer to that question is due to "Sub-Conscious Emotional Memory Over-ride" (aka unresolved trauma)

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UNRESOLVED EMOTIONAL TRAUMA - often at the core of our pain and suffering

"Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love, 

and the way we make sense of the world." 

"Trauma is what happens inside of us, as a result of what happens to us."     Dr Garbor Mate

Much of our emotional trauma is rooted in our early childhood experiences -- our brains are not developed enough to process the world around us. Stress (chaos, overwhelm, responsibility, etc.) and other emotionally painful life experiences (grief, abandonment, rejection, etc.), traumatize us as well -- often keeping us stuck in a states of survival (fight/flight/freeze/fawn). Not only does such emotional wounding compound, but it has long-term and widespread impacts on our physical, emotional and mental health and our spiritual well-being. While talk therapy (counselling) can improve our cognitive awareness around emotional issues that are within our conscious awareness, it cannot get to the ENERGETIC and EMOTIONAL ROOTS that are buried deep within our subconscious mind and is stored in our body, fascia, and cellular memory. 

Take New Year's resolutions for example, it's not a cognitive thing -- we typically know what to do. What's particularly perplexing is that it is something that we REALLY want, but we DON'T follow through on doing it!!!  We unconsciously sabotage ourselves because our subconscious mind (thoughts, beliefs, programs) governs what we actually do. The #1 job of the subconscious mind is to keep us SAFE (survival) - even at the expense of our deepest heart-felt desires and happiness. But that can be remedied by getting to and addressing the emotional root causes that led to these protective coping mechanisms in the first place, so we can create emotional safety so that the subconscious can actually become our Alie. 

If you are struggling with issues (health, or otherwise), there is a good possibility that you may be wrestling with repressed or unresolved emotional wounding from your past. (By the way, you don't have to know what it is, or have to relive it, in order to heal it.) Indeed, the landmark Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) research study was among the first to explore this relationship. More details in the Stress, Trauma & Disease tab. Since then, hundreds of scientific medical research studies have repeatedly confirmed and validated that unresolved emotional trauma seriously affects our physical health -- not just our mental health. It can even manifest in your life in more benign ways -- such as overwhelm, confusion, burnout or joyless living. 

When I learned about Poly Vagal Theory, and the connection with disease, it finally all began to make sense!! As such, all of my work is now trauma-informed. 

Not surprisingly, there is also a deep connection between trauma and grief -- these sit deep within our psyche. All trauma has grief, but not all grief has trauma. Unaddressed trauma and grief can keep us stuck in a maladaptive stress response. It shows up as physically as nervous system dysregulation, and as friction in your life (relationships, financial, etc.) and costs you in a very personal way. More details in the Rewiring You Brain tab.

Make profound improvements in your health and your life by upgrading the quality of your energy systems!

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WHAT DO I DO -- AND WHY?  

As a health professional (Bachelor of Nursing), and someone who has lived with chronic physical pain, and has experienced acute and chronic auto-immune conditions, injuries that were slow to heal, toxic relationships, and various emotional traumas, I spent much of my adult life seeking relief from the suffering. Perhaps you can relate?? I was (and still am) on a continual quest for wellness -- always curious to learn more about how to achieve more it. Over the decades I've tried dozens of complementary and alternative approaches and worked with many practitioners.  I've invested a great deal of time and money into myself! Although every bit of relief was very appreciated, much of it was either temporary or did not go far enough. Then I discovered bioenergetics -- it was a total game-changer for me (inside and out)! My chronic pain began to disappear -- and my life experiences became more aligned with "responding" to, rather than "reacting" to, life. I had no idea I had been carrying so much emotional pain -- my chronic physical pain ended once I dealt with it energetically. At 65 years of age now, I can honestly say I am in the best health of my life now - physically, mentally and emotionally. 

I did not intend for my healing journey to lead to opening a business. Honestly, I immersed myself in education and training primarily to help myself, my family and friends. However, beautiful synchronicities unfolded, and the right courses that would facilitate my healing, miraculously "landed in my lap" - they found their way to ME! As I began to apply my training, my health and life continued to transform in unexpected and wonderful ways. Many of the processes and treatment protocols I use have a scientific foundation and are practiced in clinical settings. I combine these with various healing arts, as I walk the world bridging science and the metaphysical realm to provide even more powerful healing experiences. I confidently stand behind what I know, and what I do. See Testimonials tab.