LearningSpirit Emotional Freedom and Wellness with Shirley Mather
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    • Trauma, loss, change, past events
    • Overwhelmed by the needs of others
    • Fears and phobias
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  • About Shirley
    • About Shirley
    • Vision and Passion
    • How I found this work
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Emotional Freedom and Wellness training
  • Emotional Freedom Techniques                                                 AAMET International, EFT Advanced Practitioner                              EFT Universe                                                                            (Trainers: Nancy Forrester and Dawson Church)
  • Matrix Reimprinting - http://www.matrixreimprinting.com  (Trainer: Claudia Schecter)
  • Soul Reconnection - Karin Davidson
  • Chakra Balancing - Debra Jones-Natural Healing.
  • Reiki - Helena Woodland (Tera-Mai™ Reiki  Master)
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Member of
  • Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology
  • Canadian Association for Integrative and Energy Therapies
How I found this work (or how it found me)
Like many who find themselves drawn to transformational work, the route getting here was not the standard career path.  Life often has a way of handing us situations that cause us to search out a new way and a new perspective.

A life-long educator (HBOR,BA,BEd.), I have taught with the TDSB in Outdoor  Education, the UGDSB in French as a Second Language and presently also run a curriculum based resource business to support FSL teachers.

In the mid-nineties I lost a family member to suicide.  The years that followed were an intense internal and sometimes external struggle as I battled a large range of negative emotions as I tried to come to terms with this tragic event and all that came before it and the sad aftermath. I am also the proud Mom of an amazing young man who happens to have Down syndrome.  During his early years however, being in the sandwich generation I often felt pulled in more directions than there were available. In searching for emotional peace, the modalities, techniques and processes that I now offer are the ones that I found most effective.

Although having a personal touch or version of using a technique does make each practitioner unique, I pursued certification training in these modalities to ensure my knowledge and practical application of each was correct.  And an eye opening experience that was!

All EFT practitioner candidates are required to do many practice sessions before certification.  It was during one of my first practice client sessions that I first witnessed the melting away of a phobia. The client had had this phobia for over forty years and had tried to deal with it in numerous ways without success.  Although I had learned and understood the theory behind why EFT was effective on phobias, I had never actually seen a phobia disappear so I accepted the possibility that this might be a good lesson in failure for me.  I don’t know which one of us was more amazed, as the two of us watched the evidence of the fear fade away.  As time has passed, I keep in touch with this person to check that it is still gone, and she assures me it is.

As my practice builds, I find many clients are seeking answers for how to deal with conflicts they sense in their life direction. Often trauma or significant changes in our lives can throw us off track.  Overwhelm can keep us paralyzed in one spot.  In this time of change around the world, their concerns really resonate with me. Looking at our lives through the lens of the chakras, and using EFT and Matrix Reimprinting as the clearing and resolution tool is an effective and gentle way to get back on track.

Throughout this whole process my original direction as a teacher is never far from the surface.  All of these techniques have self-help versions and I always ensure that my clients have the tools to continue this work on their own.  The fact that I give homework should not be a surprise either.  The homework is always unique to each client and I am always impressed by the transformation that takes place with those who are committed to doing their own work in between and after sessions.

When you feel you are following your heart in what you do, then you are doing what you are meant to do.  For me, this is it.  I look forward to meeting you.



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