Understanding
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Reiki
What is Reiki Energy Healing and how does it work?
Reiki energy healing is a sacred and noninvasive practice originating in Japan by Mikao Usui in the early 1900s, that fosters peace, calm, and deep relaxation. The word Reiki means universal life energy, the free flowing force that loosens stagnation and encourages the body's own natural ability to dissolve and clear energy imbalances and blockages.
What can I expect during a Reiki healing session with Catherine Goodman?
During a Reiki healing session I’ll have you lay fully clothed on a treatment table. Using intuitive wellness, I’ll gently place my hands on or just above certain areas of your body to channel free-flowing life force energy. Reiki calms the nervous system creating a shift from a stress-driven “fight-or-flight” mode to a restorative “rest-and-digest” state, fostering deep physical and emotional relaxation.
What will I feel during a Reiki session?
During a Reiki session it is common to feel a profound sense of peace and serenity. Some clients have reported a tingly feeling throughout their body, while others report a warming sensation. Clients have also described feelings of calm and harmony, while in a semi-sleep state of relaxation.
How can Reiki benefit athletic performance?
Reiki calms the nervous system creating a shift from a stress-driven “fight-or-flight” mode to a “rest-and-digest” state. This promotes deep relaxation, calm, and restoration throughout the mind and body cultivating a number of benefits for athletes, including:
mental clarity and focus
easing pre-competition anxiety and stress
accelerating the body’s natural healing ability for post work-out recovery, release of muscle tension, maintaining optimal physical condition for athletic performance, and much more.
How can pregnant women benefit from Reiki?
Reiki is a remarkably safe, gentle, and non-invasive practice designed to support women through all stages of pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum care. Because it requires no physical pressure or manipulation, treatments can be easily customized with pillows for maximum comfort.
By soothing the nervous system, Reiki can help with:
relief from pregnancy discomfort by gently easing physical tension, lower back pain, and round ligament strain,
reducing anxiety and fatigue by fostering deep relaxation to lower stress hormones, improve sleep quality, and calm pre-birth nerves,
alleviating nausea by stabilizing the body’s energy to mitigate morning sickness and hormonal shifts,
postpartum healing by accelerating physical recovery, supporting emotional balancing, and reducing postpartum depletion, and much more.
How can Catherine Goodman’s Reiki energy healing help cancer patients?
Reiki is a gentle, deeply restorative complementary therapy used alongside conventional oncological care to enhance comfort and improve quality of life. Many hospitals and cancer care centers across the country offer Reiki to their patients. By calming the nervous system, Reiki fosters a profound state of emotional and physical serenity.
Key benefits for cancer patients include:
Symptom Management: Helps with calming side effects such as nausea, chronic pain, and fatigue,
Emotional Stabilization: Soothes the nervous system to lower acute stress, anxiety, fear, and worry,
Restoration: Triggers a deep state of physiological relaxation, which improves sleep quality, the body’s innate ability to self-heal, and much more.
To ensure comprehensive support, I integrate customized Reiki sessions for all of my clients.
How long does a Reiki session typically last?
A typical Reiki session lasts between 60 and 90 minutes. This total timeframe includes a brief conversation both before and after your hands-on treatment to discuss your intentions and check in on your experience.
Are there any side effects from Reiki?
Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive practice with no harmful side effects. Instead, clients typically experience deeply restorative "aftereffects"—such as heightened mental clarity, physical rejuvenation, and an energized state that can last for several days.
Because Reiki helps release accumulated stress, you may experience a gentle emotional release or notice a sense of profound peace as your energy shifts. It is also common to enjoy a night of exceptionally deep, restorative sleep immediately following your session. To support your body's natural integration and healing process, it is highly recommended to stay well-hydrated and drink plenty of water after your treatment.
Do you offer distance Reiki and how does that work?
Yes, I do! Distance Reiki is highly effective and offers the same therapeutic benefits as an in-person session—including deep stress reduction, anxiety relief, and pain management.
Energy is not limited by distance or time. During a remote session, I use focused intention and sacred Reiki symbols to connect with your energetic field, no matter where you are in the world. To help channel the energy, I may use a photograph or a physical surrogate object to anchor my focus.
For the best experience, we’ll schedule a specific time for your session so you can relax in a quiet, restful space at home, though the healing energy will still reach you even if you are moving about your day.
How often should I receive Reiki treatments?
For General Wellness: If you use Reiki to manage daily stress and support your ongoing well-being, scheduling a session every two to three weeks is ideal for maintaining this goal.
For Active Illness, Injury, Trauma & Recovery: If you’re navigating an acute illness, injury, emotional trauma, or undergoing medical treatment, weekly or every other week sessions can provide the deep relaxation, peace, and calm your emotional and physical wellbeing can benefit from.
What is the difference between Reiki and a medical treatment?
Reiki is a holistic, non-invasive wellness modality that focuses on balancing the body’s subtle energy systems. The State of California does not license practitioners, and considers Reiki a complementary care practice. Certification by a Reiki Master Teacher following attunement is required to practice Reiki.
To practice modern western medicine, a medical license is required by the State of California. While western medicine focuses on diagnosing and treating the physical symptoms of a disease, Reiki supports the whole person by calming the nervous system. It beautifully complements medical procedures, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, by relieving anxiety, easing physical tension, and fostering a deep sense of inner peace.
What training and qualifications do you have as a Reiki practitioner?
I was certified in 2024 as a Reiki Master practitioner, having completed the highest level of training in the Usui Reiki Master lineage.
Do you offer on-site Reiki?
Under certain circumstances, I will accommodate a request for on-site Reiki.
What is your cancellation policy?
A 24-hour cancellation is appreciated.
Where is your Reiki studio located in Marin County?
My studio is located at 3030 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA.
How do I book an appointment for Reiki?
To schedule an appointment, please call, text or email me, and include your preferred dates and times. I look forward to hearing from you!
Tel: (415) 318-6277
Email: Wellness@CatherineGoodman.net
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Health & Wellness Coaching
How does Catherine Goodman help clients with Health & Wellness Coaching?
As a coach, I support clients in achieving their health and wellness goals through behavior modification and habit change. I use science-backed strategic coaching methods and holistic practices to help clients effectiely maximize their potential for life-long well-being.
What does Behavior Modification & Habit Change entail?
For lasting behavior modification and habit change, we’ll move beyond “quick fixes,” and make adjustments through a gentle, steady process based on behavior change science. This entails implementing small manageable steps with the use of daily holistic techniques to foster on-going transformation, while empowering you with patience, focus, and steady resolve in working through challenges. This system is ideal for those seeking a customized wellness plan tailored to their unique bio-individual needs and long-term lifestyle goals.
What are Catherine Goodman's qualifications as a Health & Wellness Coach?
I received my training and certification in 2024, in Life, Health and Wellness Coaching through The Health Coach Institute, an ICF-Accredited Program.
How is your coaching practice different from seeing a psychotherapist?
Coaching is considered a complementary practice that is not licensed in the State of California. Coaches do not diagnose or treat mental health or other conditions. Rather, coaching is future-focused and action-oriented to help and inspire individuals to maximize their potential, and move from where they are now to where they want to be.
How do I know if your coaching program is right for me?
I offer a 20-minute complimentary consultation on Zoom for new client. We’ll discuss your health and wellness goals, my holistic coaching approach, and determine if my program is the right fit for you. To schedule a complimentary consultation, please call, text or email me to provide your preferred date and time to chat.
Mobile: (415) 318-6277
Email: Wellness@CatherineGoodman.net
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Support Services For
Chemotherapy & Recovery
How does Catherine Goodman help cancer patients?
As a survivor of aggressive cancer, I bring deep compassion for your well-being. I am committed to championing your strength, grit, and resiliency, and empowering you every step of the way. My support is tailored to your unique individual needs. I’ll provide you with safe, evidence-based complementary practices to co-exist with traditional western medicine, that can help minimize minimize harsh side effects of chemotherapy, while strengthing optimism and a positive attitude. I’ll focus on lifestyle modifications, stress management techniques, and gentle holistic therapies, including the complementary practice of Reiki, to foster deep relaxation and serenity, to calm worry, stress, and anxiety, and to empower your grit and resilience.
Through recovery, I’ll use strategic coaching methods and behavior modification techniques, as we focus on rebuilding energy and stamina, healing throughout the body, and fueling vitality. We’ll implement positive lifestyle changes to your daily routine for your long-term survivorship and wellness for life. You’re not meant to only survive - you’re meant to thrive!
Catherine Goodman Wellness For Life
How long has Catherine Goodman Wellness For Life been in business?
I opened my business in March of 2024.
How did you get into this line of work?
My survival from aggressive cancer was truly a defining moment in my life. I wanted to help others find healing, peace, and calm by sharing the holistic modalities I used as complementary practices alongside conventional western medicine, that got me through that challenging ordeal. Please click below to read my story:
Where is your studio located?
My studio is located in Marin County at:
3030 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965
Do you have testimonials?
All of my reviews are included on the Testimonals page of this website. To access, please click below:
What topics do you write about in your blog, Just Sayin’ …?
I write about various wellness practices I’ve found to be highly effective for me. I also include my favorite products for living toxic-free. Please click below to access:
Where can I follow Catherine Goodman Wellness for Life online?
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-goodman-1415117b/
Facebook:
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