Studio of Healing & Illumination

Karoline Philipp B.N.

Specializing in the art and science of healing.

Using 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, that we needed to cope with an experience. This would be common for all of us in childhood. See Stress, Trauma and Disease tab above.
- In that moment of helplessness, we are left in a state of SHOCK (emotionally abandoned, betrayed, rejected) which leaves an imprint of OVERWHELM on the nervous system.
- As we grow up it shows up mentally and emotionally as people-pleasing, hypervigilance, perfectionism, etc. (all in an attempt to keep ourselves safe).
According to Poly Vagal Theory, unresolved emotional trauma imprints on our Vagas Nerve and results in nervous system dysregulation. When the nervous system is dysregulated, the body can't fully heal (physically, mentally, or emotionally).
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. It zaps you of your lifeforce energy!
- scientific research has clearly shown there is a direct dose/response relationship between unresolved childhood trauma (see ACEs Study) and the incidence of autoimmune disease.
- hinders the body's ability to access and remain in the Parasympathetic state, which is when the body RESTS, DIGESTS, FILTERS, DETOXIFIES, and HEALS.
- No matter how much you detox, eat clean, supplement, exercise, etc., healing fully can only happen when your nervous system is in a regulated state.
Living in survival mode also leaves your subconscious mind running your life behind the scenes. Self-sabotage is an example of this, especially for things that matter to us deeply, but we can't seem to move forward on consistently. You know what to do -- but you don't. And then you think "why do I do that"? One foot is on the gas pedal and the other is on the brakes.
Unresolved emotional trauma is often at the core of our pain and suffering
- "energetically" it shows up in our health, relationships, finances, vocation and the pursuit of our heart's passions and desires.
Chronic stress and unresolved trauma are very different and require different approaches.
- Although conventional mental health approaches help with awareness (patterns of behavior, limiting beliefs, etc.), it lacks the ability to address the impact of emotional trauma on the nervous system.
- General stress can be managed with self-care, lifestyle support, strategies, etc.
- Chronic stress and unresolved emotional trauma require somatic (body-based) approaches to restore healing in the nervous system. I specialize in and integrate somatic approaches in my healing work.
Emotional trauma is not just in our mind, but it lives in our body. You may not think you have experienced emotional trauma, but YOUR BODY MAY BE TELLING A DIFFERENT STORY. Impacts include:
- pain and/or muscle tension
- sleep and energy levels
- cognition
- impaired immune response or chronic inflammation
- hormones and neurotransmitters
- elimination system (digestive, skin, respiratory, urinary) - e.g. Gut/Brain Axis
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" as a means to communicate with your subconscious mind to identify the emotional wounds that hold you back are ready to be released and healed!
- You are an active participant in the treatment process. You will experience evidence of improvements 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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My unique qualifications

EDUCATION:
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing
- Certifications in numerous 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 confidently walks in the metaphysical world
  - I am highly proficient at muscle-testing which I use to communicate with your body to get the answers that it holds for you -- the body's innate wisdom and ability to heal
  - My intuitive abilities and insights are also used to support treatments and provide guidance
  - I also use singing bowls, tuning forks, dowsing, angel cards, etc. if/when indicated to support your healing journey
SPECIALTIES:
- I integrate somatic (body-based) approaches into all treatments that involved the nervous system
- All of my work is "trauma-informed". I am not, nor do I pretend to be, a mental health professional. But emotional and intergenerational trauma is a subject I find fascinating, have studied, and continue to learn about and apply in my treatments.
- Bio-Energetics has changed my health and my life. I am extremely passionate about the difference I've seen it make with my clients physical and emotional health and overall well-being.
- My passion is helping people heal from emotional wounds and trauma (both known and unknown) that lie beneath their pain and struggle so they move forward in life

Coping skills, essential for survival in childhood, start holding us back from living our best life.

"STUCKNESS" = THE SILENT DREAM KILLER

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)

Most of us, unknowingly, live in a chronic survival state (fight/flight/freeze/fawn), in response to current or past life-experiences. Stress gets stuck in our nervous system and creates an environment where disease can thrive. Dr. Garbor Mate, considered to be one of the world's leading experts on emotional trauma, childhood development, addiction, and the relationship between stress and disease states:

"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."

Harvard School of Public Medicine states that which happens to us emotionally, shows up in us physically. They report "past emotional trauma, no matter how severe, is directly linked to chronic health conditions such as: anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, sleep issues, cardiovascular problems (heart attacks and stroke), cancer, obesity, memory loss, autoimmune diseases, neuro-generative diseases, inflammation and more." Your emotions are directly communicated to your organs and cells.

Chronic inflammation from stress is strongly linked to many of today's most deadly diseases including cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Scientific Epigenetic research has also shown emotional trauma IS handed down through our ancestral bloodlines!

What is the current state of your health and emotional well-being costing you?

Energy medicine can help you optimize your body's innate ability to heal!

It makes everything you already do to support your health and well-being, work even better.

UNRESOLVED EMOTIONAL TRAUMA - is 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!

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted". Albert Einstein

EVIDENCE:

Ancient medical approaches such as Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda have been used for 1000's of years -- and modern science is still in its infancy in its ability to fully appreciate what these and other complementary and alternative health practices have to offer. The reason for this is two-fold. If it can't be patented, there is often no funding to research it, or modern science does not have the tools to adequately measure them yet.

Consider the James Webb Space telescope, which recently revealed evidence of far-away galaxies we have never seen before even with the Hubble Telescope. These galaxies have always existed but we did not have the tools to see them until recently.

I appreciate there are skeptics out there who may hesitate to trust some of the approaches within the healing arts that appear to be more "woo-woo" than scientific. Scientific evidence is very important to me. I spend a great deal of time learning and studying from the most highly regarded experts in their field (PhD's, etc.). Indeed, this has become one of my personal passions - and I am proud of the depth and breadth of both my knowledge based and expertise! Many of the therapeutics I use in my practice are evidence-based and supported by scientific research. But consider, it wasn't that long ago that massage, yoga, meditation, and acupuncture were considered woo-woo. Now they are rather mainstream -- not because of science -- but because they work!

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

The root of ALL transformation is at the energetic level -- when you address that, things begin to change in the physical realm quickly!

I draw upon a unique and highly specialized skill set along with decades of formal and informal study. I have been told my life experience and knowledge has blessed me with wisdom and discernment, yet it is my passion and intuitive abilities that fuel my desire to support others on their healing journey.

I am confident in my skills and abilities to help you too.

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Try my 60-Second Energetic Self-Assessment (beneath the Home tab above)

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I hope you will take a moment to check out testimonials on the next page.

WHAT 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 own 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 currently practiced in clinical settings around the world. 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.

I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation call

Together we can explore:

Your most pressing personal or health issues
What I can offer you - the best fit to meet your goals
Preparation (if required) for your first appointment

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DISCLAIMER: I am not a medical doctor or professional counselor. The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All information contained on, or available through this website, is for education and general information purposes only. The protocols I follow, and the techniques I apply, are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease or psychological disorders, or replace professional medical advice or treatment. Please ensure you see a medical professional if you need help with depression or any acute or chronic illness.

If you are experiencing a MEDICAL EMERGENCY, contact 9-1-1 or your nearest Emergency Medical Services immediately.

This website contains only a small representation of what I have studied and learned.

I invite you to check out my testimonials on the next page and the wealth of content under the other information tabs