Reggi Norton, M.Ac.,
L.Ac.
 Reggi Norton
, M.Ac., L.Ac., has been a
practicing Five Element Acupuncturist in the Washington
Metropolitan area for over 15 years. After obtaining a Masters
degree in Acupuncture from the Traditional Acupuncture Institute
in
Columbia,
MD, she has utilized this classic
form of treatment to modify the balance of body, mind, and
spirit in her clients, helping them deal with both acute and
chronic issues in their lives.
She has incorporated "Allergy Elimination" protocols
into her practice utilizing NAET, BioSET, JMT, and Core
Energetics techniques. Mastering these techniques has allowed
her to more effectively treat such conditions as chronic
sinusitis, asthma, digestive problems, hormonal imbalances, and
chronic immune disorders. She has a particular interest in
treating children, using these techniques with acupressure to
promote their general health and deal with such issues as
allergies and behavioral and attention problems.
She also utilizes NeuroEmotional Technique (NET), Emotional
Freedom Technique (EFT), and Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT).
Her training and experience in classical "Five
Element" Acupuncture and the development of expertise in
these newer techniques has provided her with the tools for
helping her patients achieve their optimal balance of mind,
body, and spirit.
As her
horizons expanded, she came to realize the need for a
multidisciplinary holistic heath center in this area. Thus, in
2002, she founded Meridians
~ A Center for the Healing Arts.
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Karen DiBlasio
Dr. Karen DiBlasio promotes
spinal health and wellness
with gentle, effective chiropractic care. She utilizes
her traditional training as well as advanced training
in Torque Release Technique (www.torquerelease.com).
The purpose of chiropractic is to optimize health
based on the principle that the body's self-healing
power, your mind-body connection, is integrated
through the nervous system. Dr. DiBlasio educates her
patients not only about how this system works but also
how to restore and maintain its integrity. As a
patient you will be given a thorough evaluation and
program of care which includes a state-of-the-art
computerized spinal screening. This technology
provides an objective measurement of your progress. If
you or your loved ones have been challenged with pain, symptoms,
or dis-ease come experience the benefits of chiropractic care.
If you have been blessed with a
symptom-free life and want to continue on this path,
then chiropractic is the perfect decision for you and
your family.
Dr. DiBlasio is a 1998 summa cum
laude graduate of
Palmer College of Chiropractic West and an active
member of the Chiropractic Leadership Alliance. She
strives to help you surpass your health-care goals,
offering healthy choices for better living today.
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Njemile Carol Jones, L.Ac.
Njemile
Carol Jones, L.Ac., MTOM, is a licensed acupuncturist trained in
Chinese herbology. She graduated with honors from Pacific
College of Oriental Medicine in
San Diego
,
California
in 1999. She is Board Certified in Acupuncture by the National
Certification Commission on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She is licensed to
practice in
Maryland
, the
District of Columbia
and
California
. For more than 20
years, Njemile worked as a public radio producer and now she
brings a deep interest in supporting inner growth, optimum
health and balance to her practice. Chinese Medicine appeals to
her because it is designed to treat the whole person – body,
mind, and spirit – at every stage of life, from birth to
death.
During the four year graduate program, Njemile treated a variety
of patients who wanted help with musculoskeletal pain,
menopausal complaints, insomnia, depression, anxiety, immune
disorders, drug detox and weight loss. She also spent three
afternoons per week at the San Diego Hospice providing
acupuncture treatments to patients and their families.
After she returned to
the metro D.C. area, Njemile chose to focus on treating
gynecological conditions. She
received special training in women’s health in
San Diego with instructors
at Pacific College and the late TCM Gynecologist, Dr. Yitian Ni
. Most recently, Njemile has studied and worked with Randine
Lewis, Ph.D., L.Ac. Dr. Lewis is the author of The Infertility
Cure, and the founder of The Fertile Soul retreats.
Njemile works with Dr. Lewis and her staff to provide ongoing
care to women from the D.C. area who attend the retreats.
Here at Meridians, Njemile specializes in Fertility Enhancement,
treating women who are preparing for IVF or IUI, and women who
want to conceive naturally. Njemile also has experience treating
menstrual disorders, hormonal imbalance, complications
associated with uterine fibroids, and symptoms associated with
menopause.
Treatments typically
include acupuncture, moxibustion (the dried herb mugwort is used
to warm up points in order to stimulate the flow of qi ),
Chinese herbal formulas tailored to individual needs and
constitution, nutritional and lifestyle guidance, and Tui Na
massage.
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Callie
Claire
Callie Claire is a certified Hatha Yoga
Teacher and Past Life Regression Hypnotherapist.
She
is a nationally acclaimed Evidential Medium and
Clairvoyant, author and owner of the
award winning design firm,
Duritsa Interior Design, LLC for the past decade.
You can see Callie on national TV’s ‘Real Psychics’ and
‘Voices From Beyond’ on Comcast ‘On Demand.’
Callie is certified in Advanced Mediumship by James Van
Praagh. She offers private Medium & Clairvoyant readings
for Groups, Individuals and Corporations.
Callie became a Past Life Regression Hypnotherapist as a
result of her own personal success with
the therapy. According to Callie, Past Life Regression
Hypnotherapy "gets to the root of the problem instantly,
teasing our mental and emotional knots to release our
problems.. Whether you need to identify the root of the Fear
or Anxiety that keeps you stuck in a dead-end relationship,
exhibiting ADD/OCD symptoms or obsessive behavior, Smoking,
Drinking, or Gambling, this therapy will work for you."
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Brenda
Marcial
 Brenda Marcial is a member of
the International Reflexology Association and has been trained
in the Ingram Method, which
is the benchmark of all Reflexology practice. Miss Marcial has
lived and was educated in
Madrid
,
Spain
where she experienced
alternative therapy since her youth. She holds a Masters degree
in Marketing from
Johns
Hopkins
University
and has recently
decided to open up her own business as a Certified
Reflexologist. She
offers both 30, 45, 60 and 90 minutes of relaxing hands and feet
reflexology “I want to
give back to the community that has been very generous to me by
helping people reach a state of relaxation and experience a
peaceful existence through reflexology.”
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Rani George
Rani George has been
involved with and practicing energy therapy for over 10 years.
Her awareness of energy and its movement grew spontaneously out
of her meditation practice. In trying to better understand her
growing sensitivity she was led to study and train in various
modalities such as Reiki, Pranic Healing, Polarity, Healing
Touch, Shiatsu, Reflexology and Cranio-Sacral Therapy. She is
certified in advanced bioenergy training with Mietek and
Margaret Wirkus. As a Reiki Master/Teacher she is intuitively
led to incorporate various aspects of all these practices in
sessions and classes with her clients. Her personal spiritual
practices (which include meditation, guided visualizations,
fluid energy movement, sacred dance and yoga) allow for her own
deepening; these practices also add to her sensitivity and
awareness to assist others on their life paths.
She is currently engaged in a year-long training for systemic
family constellation work.
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Amy
Hooper,
MSW
, LGSW
Amy
Hooper ,
MSW
, LGSW, holds a Masters degree in Social Work with a Clinical focus
in Mental Health. Throughout her Master’s degree, she worked with
a variety of individuals with a range of issues to help them find
the paths to happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. Amy is also
certified in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), a
specialized training to help individuals and organizations during
crises.
Amy uses her warm, calming presence with her dynamic style to
engage clients in a collaborative relationship to support their
personal growth. She uses a holistic,
practical, solution focused approach in order to tailor therapy to
meet the specific needs of each individual client.
She has experience working with individuals, couples and
families. Her specialties are stress and anxiety, depression,
women’s wellness issues, difficult life transitions, relationship
issues, and job related concerns. Amy uses an empowerment
perspective to help clients explore their inner selves to find their
personal strengths.
In order to reach out to more individuals in need, she has
decided to open her own private practice, Another Look at Healing,
LLC at Meridians. The focus of this practice is on you, the client,
and what your needs are. For more information, see www.HealingLLC.com
or call 240-274-5680.
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Hilde Groves
Hilde
Groves is a natural health consultant who offers several
services in the holistic health field. Her interest in energy
healing and natural health techniques spans almost twenty
years. She has
practiced
Transcendental Meditation for thirty years, and has taken many
trainings in relaxation techniques. Hilde is a master in both
traditional Usui and in William Rand's Karuna Reiki®, and has
trained in Quantum Touch. She often combines these healing arts
during an energy healing session.
Hilde earned
a Bachelor in Natural Health Studies from Clayton College in
January, 2007, and is currently studying Traditional Naturopathy
in a combined MS/PhD program. This is complementary, not
conventional, medicine, and therefore Hilde does not diagnose,
treat or prescribe. Instead, she educates clients in natural ways
to strengthen their bodies through healthy nutrition and lifestyle
in order to activate their innate self-healing abilities. Topics
for natural health consultation include, but are not limited to:
holisitc nutrition, systemic yeast overgrowth, parasites, food
sensitivities, common allergies, enzyme therapy, gentle
detoxification methods, children's issues, auto-immune disease,
chronic disease, herbal medicine, and homeopathy.
For persistent food, cigarette or other cravings, Hilde gives
instruction in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). This acupressure
technique involves tappping sequentially on acupuncture meridian
end-points while addressing a distressing thought, or craving. EFT
can help with weight-control, anxiety, addictions, phobias,
depression, pain, illness symptoms, AD/HD, PTSD, OCD, and many
other conditions. EFT is especially helpful for food cravings
that threaten the success of a new healthy diet. EFT can
improve work, sports, school and creative arts performance. It
does not involve drugs or special equipment, is easily learned and
often works when nothing else will. It has long-lasting effects
and benefits most people.
As
an adjunct to gentle detoxification, Hilde offers the FootSpa®
which is an innovative machine that draws internal toxins out
through the feet while they rest in a lined, saltwater footbath
with an ionizing machine called an array. She encourages
having a session of energy healing, massage, chiropractic, or
acupuncture before the FootSpa® session to prompt a deeper
release of toxins, and to create a eater sense of well-being.
Hilde's healing techniques help create a wellness plan to benefit
and support mind, body and spirit. Her goal is to empower her
clients with the knowledge to obtain optimal health.
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Kendra
Blatzheim, Licensed Massage
Therapist
 Kendra
graduated from The University of Maryland with a Bachelor of
Kinesiological Science degree and from the Potomac Massage Training
Institute in
Washington
,
DC
. She
has been in practice in
Maryland
since 1998. She is an Internationally Certified Neuromuscular
Therapist American Version and has been on staff of The
Neuromuscular Therapy Center in
St. Petersburg
,
Florida, since 2000.
Kendra
specializes in deep tissue, NeuroMuscular Therapy- American Version,
Fascial release and Lymph Drainage. The focus of her practice is
acute and chronic pain issues and her goal is to improve body
performance and balance of movement to reduce the likelihood of
injuries and decrease pain.
Kendra
presented a paper for the Brain Injury Association of Maryland, Inc.
Educational Conference – "The Role of Massage for Brain
Injury"; 2005
and has had a paper titled "Interdisciplinary
Care Including Massage in Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis"
accepted by the Journal of Bodywork and Movement. She is
working on a second paper at this time. She volunteered her time
this summer and fall as a docent for “BODIES...The
Exhibition” to help educate the public about health choices
and their bodies. While a student at The University of Maryland,
Kendra volunteered as a member of The President’s Commission on
Disability Issues.
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 Helen
McEntee, Spiritual Healer and
Family
Constellation Facilitator
Helen
McEntee has been a healer for 14 years.
She is a certified Reiki Master, a graduate of A Society of
Souls (a four-year training program in Kabbalistic healing), has
advanced certification in Hellinger Family Constellation work, and
Hellinger ScienciaÒ.
“It
is in seeing a person in the context of their family system or
organization that allows me to work with someone on their current
conditions, and to discover the hidden entanglements in their family
or organizational system that prevent them from being healthy and at
peace.”
Kabbalistic Healing
- Spiritual Healing
This spiritual healing is a noninvasive laying on of hands. It
is done with the understanding that there is no place that God is
not. The healer receives the innate divinity of both the client
and the presenting complaint or illness. When a person and their
illness are seen and received as emanations of the Divine, all aspects
of the person and their current medical condition are returned to
wholeness. This healing has a beautiful and relaxing effect on the
client and frequently a very positive effect on illness.
Hellinger Work
This interactive work reaches the depth of one's heart and the
breadth of past and future generations. It works as a change
agent through which systemic family difficulties can be transmuted
into ease among affected members of a family or organization.
This paradigm shifting
work encompasses the vastness of mind, body, and soul to awaken the
individual to what it means to be at peace with the self, at one with
others, at one with life, and at one with fate. It recognizes
both the humility and power of love, and can illuminate ways to find
alignment between an individual and their family or group. A
suggested source of information about this transformative work is the
book, Rising in Love; A Philosophy of Being by Bert Hellinger.
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