Orenda: A mystical force present in all people that can empower them to affect the world, or to affect change in their own lives
Orenda is an Iroquois Indian belief of a spiritual power inherent in people and their environment. Orenda is present, in varying degrees, in all animate and inanimate natural objects as a transmissible spiritual energy capable of being exerted according to the will of it’s possessor. Orenda is the spiritual force of nature and Orenda is the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for. With Orenda one is empowered and able to affect the world around them in positive ways. Orenda is supernatural, divine, extraordinary and inherent- it’s the power within us (and all living things).
Years Of Experience
How our journey began to become Orenda Healing, LLC. Mary and I met in 2012 and immediately felt a wonderful connection a knowing that we would work well together and that there was so much more to offer the world than what we were doing with our traditional careers. This began the lovely process of inspiring and supporting one another on our own personal journeys in energy healing.
My focus being Reiki (Abadiania Healing Technique) and Mary’s Esoteric Healing. Mary completing level 7 in Esoteric Healing and my becoming a Reiki Master (Practitioner and Teacher). As we practiced our learned techniques we were doing so separately and for other organizations of course this made no sense since this all began feeling we were intended to work with one another, thus the creation of Orenda Healing. The name recommended by Mary’s dear sister Nancy, many years ago now but it stuck – so it is. Welcome to Orenda Healing we look forward to working with you in supporting balance and wellbeing in conjunction with your traditional or Western medicine.
National Association for Esoteric Healing
The purpose and mission of the National Association for Esoteric Healing, Inc. is to foster and support an environment of aspiration, integrity and right practices related to the field of Esoteric Healing.
The following link brings you to a list of short videos detailing how Esoteric Healing differs from other energy healing modalities.
Track Record Of Success
Game changer, extremely compassionate, healer, spiritual, devoted practitioner, non-judgmental; these are some the terms that our clients use to describe their experiences with us.
My journey began when I was 16 years old. I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of Myasthenia Gravis. I spent a significant amount of time admitted to the hospital over the course a few years. One time stands out and where this all began. I was preparing for a significant surgery one that gave me a chance of surviving this challenging and at times scary disease. I remember it being very dark and quiet, unusually so for a hospital. I prayed and prayed and prayed for hours repeating, very meaningfully “give me life and I will give you service.” The surgery was a success. As an adult I decided to go into nursing becoming a registered nurse in 1996. The first time I received energy healing was in 2008 following an injury. My session was amazing, absolutely amazing I just knew I had to learn this technique if nothing more than in support of my friends and family. I completed all four levels becoming a Reiki Master/Trainer in 2012. I formed a practice providing Reiki individually as well as teaching all four levels until 2015. I traveled to Brazil in February 2015 specifically to Abadiania which began the initiation into what I am calling Abadiania Healing Technique. I returned in January 2016 having a very profound experience. This was when I knew my Reiki training and practice were the foundation for this new healing energy. It’s like Reiki but different in that it can be given in levels and the technique results in the person being inside an energetic Merkaba. A Merkaba (meaning light-spirit-body) is the energy sphere in which everything exists. I have enjoyed working with this energy with family and friends and am now ready to open this practice up to anyone who feels it would be of benefit to their wellbeing.
I was born #6 of 7 daughters on 17 acres in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. My father got his own bathroom when I was 7yo. My early years were spent very happily picking clover for rabbits, giving lectures to very attentive sheep, and viewing the world from inside the doghouse or high up in the oak tree where I could see everything!
I worked very hard in school and was pleased to graduate at the top of my class in High School.Nature and Biology were always my loves and were areas of study in college. In my Junior year, my advisor recommended that I consider medical school. It was good advice. That’s where I met my husband, and I was able to graduate from MSU-COM in 1991. Next for me was an Internal Medicine Track Internship, followed by working two years in Family Practice, and then becoming a Resident in Psychiatry at the University of Louisville. I’d decided that if people were going to keep telling me things, I should learn how to properly help them.
By the year 2000, I was a Board Certified Psychiatrist and had three children with my husband, James. My Psychiatry practice was thriving, challenging, and fulfilling. There was also a growing sense that there was more – that there was a way to heal beyond the reach of medications. By the year 2010, I told myself I was not going to recertify in 2020 because I “would be doing something different.”
I took my first Reiki class in 2013 and over the next year became a Reiki Master. This was good – I was on the right track. I contacted Dr. Barbara Briner’s office for an appointment in 2014 and ended up in her Esoteric Healing Level 1 class instead. I didn’t even know that Esoteric Healing existed the week before. My calendar assured me, “You are in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing!”
When I told the owner of the Psychiatric practice where I worked what I was doing, he just said, “Cool!” That was very cool. I didn’t have to hide it which was wonderful. I’d finally found a way to use my hands, (that tended to scramble computers and occasionally disable gas pumps), for Good! I just had to learn how. I continued in Esoteric Healing classes and became a Certified Practitioner in 2017.
A patient once said to me, “Sometimes I think it’s the woo-woo that’s the most real…” Yes! Yes, it is! Esoteric Healing has changed my life as well as my professional life – forever. I am thrilled to finally be able to switch gears and devote my time and energy to it. All of my experience up until this point has positioned me beautifully to do just that. I am looking forward to the next 30 years and happy to share what I have learned. It makes me smile to imagine the myriad of ways we will find each other, and people will find themselves in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing. ***
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Orenda?
(n) A mystical force present in all people that can empower them to affect the world, or
to affect change in their own lives
Orenda is an Iroquois Indian belief of a spiritual power inherent in people and their environment. Orenda is present, in varying degrees, in all animate and inanimate natural objects as a transmissible spiritual energy capable of being exerted according to the will of it’s possessor. Orenda is the spiritual force of nature and Orenda is the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for. With Orenda one is empowered and able to affect the world around them in positive ways. Orenda is supernatural, divine, extraordinary and inherent- it’s the power within us (and all living things).
What is Reiki?
Reiki therapy is based on an Eastern belief that vital energy flows through your body. Distant Reiki healing is a way to help guide this energy in a way that promotes balance and healing.
A Japanese man named Mikao Usui developed reiki in the 1920s. The term comes from two Japanese words: “Rei,” which means universal, and “ki,” which loosely translates to a lifeforce of energy.
It is a complementary treatment, which means you use it along with proven traditional medical treatments. It does not cure or get rid of any health conditions by itself.
What is Abadiania Healing Technique?
While traveling to Abadiania in January 2016, my second visit, I had a profound experience. This was when I knew my Reiki training and practice were the foundation for this new healing energy. It’s like Reiki but different in that it can be given in levels and the technique results in the person being inside an energetic Merkaba. A Merkaba (meaning light-spirit-body) is the energy sphere in which everything exists. I have enjoyed working with this energy with family and friends and am now ready to open this practice up to anyone who feels it would be of benefit to their wellbeing.
What is Esoteric Healing?
Esoteric Healing balances your energy and promotes your body’s natural healing abilities.
It helps the energy flow into your chakras. When the chakras are balanced, they influence the nervous system, endocrine system, the blood, glands, and organs. All of this happens without the practitioner touching your body but working instead in the energy field that permeates and surrounds you.
How long will the session last?
Distant energy healing is usually about 50-60 minutes. We will schedule a time and date for your distance energy healing session. By setting up a specific time, you can be in a receptive state (such as lying down or sitting in a quiet space without distraction).
One wonderful aspect of distant energy healing is you can be anywhere to receive it and you never have to leave your home. Having a session in the comfort of your own home can often be more relaxing than spending time driving to and from a treatment space.
How often should I have an energy healing session?
That is entirely up to you.
How do I pay for my session?
We have a PayPal business account for our payment service