Welcome to Empowering Awareness!

Empowering Awareness uses Energy Reading to get straight to the heart of underlying energetic patterns preventing you from creating the life you desire.

Energy Reading is a therapy that dialogues with your energy or Higher Self versus relying on what your conscious mind has to say. It brings awareness to the parts of ourselves that we deny or avoid, thereby resolving inner conflict and issues from the past as well as facilitating a shift in the perceptions, beliefs and behaviors that prevent us from living life to the fullest.

Empowering Awareness also offers Reiki treatments and classes.

Namaste, Carol

My journey begins in corporate America, when I was laid off from a director level position in finance. From there, a series of synchronicities led me to discover alternative health, Reiki and the Law of Attraction. I began attending the Brigade of Light church and went on to become an ordained minister. I also studied Energy Reading, read extensively about healing and found it was possible to read my own energy as well as work with others over the phone.

I applied all that I had learned to my own life, working through the dysfunctional patterns, beliefs, feelings and behavior that were the underlying cause of my problems. This enabled me to see things from a different perspective and make better choices. The changes that I made on my inner self were reflected in my outer reality. I was free to be my authentic self, face my fears and stop struggling.

My path has also icluded spiritual journeys to Mount Shasta, Machu Picchu and the Amazon. Of course, life is an ongoing learning process, and there is always more, but that's another story.

Energy is pure intelligence and consciousness. All of life is manifested energy. Our thoughts, feelings, emotions and even the cells of our bodies are energy. The balanced and dynamic flow of energy is the foundation of health. Energy flows into the body through pathways known as chakras, meridians and nadis as well as around the body in a field called the aura. Negative thoughts and feelings (those causing discomfort), disrupt the flow of energy and can cause blockages that may manifest as dis-ease.

Everything in your life is a reflection of what is going on inside of you. Thoughts are good indicators of what you are feeling inside. If you do not know how you feel, look at the quality of your thoughts. There are two primary categories of feelings—positive and negative. Positive feelings are love-based and make you feel good, energized, open, expansive and brings unity (closer together). Fear-based feelings make you feel tight, constricted, uneasy and isolated. Frequently, we respond to negative feelings by ignoring them, avoiding them, pretending they don’t exist, and saying it doesn’t matter. When we deny or suppress our feelings as they occur the outward expression is blocked and they are registered at the cellular level, encoded in our DNA. From there, they gather more energy by resonating with similar feeling vibrations, creating blockages and other disturbing effects. Although we may be unaware or unconscious of charged feelings, they affect our thoughts, our beliefs and our attitudes that in turn determine our emotional reactions and experiences in life.

Charged feelings are the result of denying or suppressing feelings that lead to strong emotional responses as to the rightness, wrongness or appropriateness of the outcome of an event, situation, circumstance or relationship. They create the challenges, discomfort, disease, pain and crisis situations in our lives. Any incident, comment or person that makes you feel uncomfortable is an invitation to look more deeply into what is really going on. It’s not about the person, place or thing. They are only the trigger for something that has been suppressed. The key is to learn to become conscious of your experience. What are you feeling? What are you thinking? What are you saying? What are you doing? Are all of these aspects in harmony with one another? Are you being true to yourself?

During an Energy Reading, while you lie on a massage table, the energy field around your body is scanned on a physical, emotional and spiritual level using dowsing rods and agate crystals.

As a facilitator, I assist you in expanding your awareness and piecing together the energetic information that surfaces during the reading. You also receive a written synthesis of your reading as well as follow-up materials to help keep your energy in harmony.

Here's what Energy Reading can do for you:

Identify your energetic pattern, blockages and leaks and convey their meaning,

Balance and integrate all of the chakras, while providing guidance and information,

Pinpoint suppressed feelings that you are holding inside that influence your experience,

Distinguish between what you think, what you feel and what you believe while resolving issues from the past,

Assist you in understanding and changing perceptions, attitudes and behavior,

Reveal the emotional issues related to physical symptoms that you are experiencing.

Reiki is an ancient healing system that works with the body's innate ability to repair itself. The word Reiki is the derived from two Japanese words - Rei, meaning spiritual or cosmic energy from the universe and Ki - defined as vital life force energy that flows through all living beings. Reiki connects the energy vibration of the universe with individual life force energy to enable the mind to become peaceful, and the body to relax and heal. Reiki treatments are deeply relaxing and comforting. They involve lying on a massage table and receiving universal energy that is channeled through a practitioner's hands. Reiki has its roots in the Sanskrit sutras (dating back 2,500 years) and works on the physical, mental, emotional and/or spiritual level according to where it is needed. It was rediscovered by Mikao Usui, who brought this system to Japan in the late 1800's. Individuals are initiated into Reiki through a series of attunements that activate their ability to pass on universal energy. There are several level of attunements and anyone can learn Reiki. When crystals are placed beneath the massage table, the energy of the crystals and color vibrations of the gemstones are magnified as they combine with the Reiki energy and flow into the chakras. My technique consists of seven grids (one for each chakra) and a combination of crystals for each chakra. These grids, pictured here on the website, are based on the flower of life holographic sphere. The entire universe, including our DNA, RNA and the finest particle of our atomic cell structure, was born through this sacred symbol of unconditional love.

Carol's amazing insight and passion for the highest good allows her to gather very accurate information which enables you to work through your unresolved feelings and emotions quickly and efficiently. Her nature is to be patient, compassionate and respectful and I have always felt extremely comfortable when sensitive information is revealed in my readings. Working with Carol has given me a sense of confidence, peace and joyfulness. I have also experienced an improved state of well-being in my physical body since working with Carol. She is one of the most gifted energy pracitioners I have ever worked with. Thank you, Carol for the work that you do which benefits all of us! Elise

The Energy Reading and Reiki sessions that I experience with Carol are life transforming. These sessions help me to stay clear and integrated on all levels, and they help me to know which areas of my life need more attention. Carol is always gentle and loving, and she creates a climate of partnership so that I am actively participating in the process. Carol is truly a healer's healer.
Janet Dudek, RN, CSLC, CHt, Reiki Master, Holistic Healing

My Reiki sessions with Carol have not only been healing but they have been very comforting as well. Carol's gentle spirit and reassuring approach put me at ease and created an atmosphere of security and peacefulness. I love my sessions with her and look forward to many more.
Imelda Eller

My sessions with Carol have had a profound impact on my personal growth at all levels. I have never felt more focused and integrated as I do after a session, and have found these sessions to have a cumulative effect, creating change in my life that happens almost effortlessly. I am a massage therapist, and not only use Carol regularly, but also recommend her to my clients.
Harry Ryan LMT #1233

Carol is truly a Master Practitioner. Her treatments are superb, allowing the client to access inner peace and well being in an atmosphere of empowering unconditional love. I heartily recommend this heart-felt treatment to anyone who wants to break through previous limitations.
Karen Lee, Master Reiki Practitioner