What are the benefits of Reiki healing for cancer patients?

Reiki energy healing has many benefits as a complementary practice for cancer patients. It calms the body's parasympathetic nervous system, fosters deep relaxation, relieves stress and anxiety, and promotes a profound sense of emotional peace and wellbeing.

What should I expect during a Reiki healing session?

During a Reiki session you'll lay fully clothed on a treatment table. Catherine gently places her hands on or just above you to channel free-flowing life force energy to your body, clearing energy imbalances or blockages. As your body enters a deep state of relaxation, your parasympathetic nervous system is activated, allowing your body's natural healing processes to function at their best, producing both physical and emotional benefits.

Do you offer in-person Reiki and health and wellness coaching in Sausalito?

Yes. In-person Reiki energy healing and integrative coaching sessions are available at the Sausalito office, located at 3030 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965. This central location easily serves clients driving from nearby Marin County cities, including Mill Valley, Tiburon, Corte Madera, and San Rafael.

How can Reiki benefit athletic performance?

Many athletes practice Reiki to enhance athletic performance by reducing pre-competition anxiety, fostering inner peace and calm throughout the body, relieving stress and muscle tension, and promoting clear mental focus. Reiki also supports the body's natural healing process, bringing faster recovery between workouts and calming the nervous system following intense training.

How does Reiki help with chemotherapy and cancer support?

Reiki is a safe, non-invasive complementary therapy that helps cancer patients manage anxiety, fatigue, and pain. It promotes deep relaxation, helping the body manage the physical and emotional stress of chemotherapy treatments.

What should I expect during a Reiki session in Sausalito?

During a session at our Sausalito studio, you remain fully clothed while relaxing on a comfortable massage table. The Usui Reiki Master uses gentle, non-invasive hand placements on or just above the body to facilitate deep relaxation, stress relief, and natural healing.

Who provides the Reiki services at Catherine Goodman Wellness For Life?

All sessions are conducted by Catherine Goodman, a certified Health & Wellness Coach and Usui Reiki Master practitioner who completed her lineage training in 2024, specializing in behavioral change and oncology support.

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Meet Catherine Goodman

Welcome and thank you for visiting my webpage! I am the owner and founder of Catherine Goodman Wellness For Life located in beautiful Sausalito, CA, serving clients throughout Marin County.

Whether you’re looking to experience deep relaxation following a long work week, relieve muscle tension from physical training, enhance focus for an upcoming presentation, or simply want to add inner peace and calm to your wellness regimen, I’d love the opportunity to explore with you how the practice of Reiki can enrich your life and your wellbeing.

Catherine Goodman, Reiki Master practitioner & Cancer Coach

What is Energy Healing?

Energy healing is a complementary and alternative therapy based on the belief that life-force energy flows through and surrounds the human body; that physical, mental, or emotional stress and illness result from blockages or imbalances in this energy field, and that rebalancing the flow can restore health and wellbeing. The practice of Reiki is one form of energy healing, which has gained significant popularity over the last decade for its rejuvenating and restorative properties.

A client receiving the restorative benefits of Reiki energy healing at Catherine Goodman Wellness For Life in Sausalito, CA.

Originating in Japan in the early 1900s, Reiki energy healing is known for being a gentle and noninvasive practice. The word Reiki means universal life energy, the free-flowing life force that loosens stagnation and encourages the body’s own natural ability to dissolve and clear energy imbalances and blockages fostering a state of optimal wellbeing.

Reiki guides the body into its parasympathetic "rest and digest" mode, gently quieting the nervous system's "fight-or-flight" stress responses, creating a profound shift in physical and emotional wellbeing through deep calm and relaxation.

“I’ll be honest, I went in not really knowing what to expect from Reiki. The session itself was deeply relaxing in a way I wasn’t prepared for. But what really caught my attention was that night: I slept more deeply than I have in a long time. Not a subtle difference. Noticeably, remarkably better. As the parent of a toddler, it was a breath of fresh air.
Catherine is warm and professional, and the experience felt genuinely restorative.
If you’re curious but skeptical, I’d say just go. The results spoke for themselves.”‍ ‍

—Ian Carr

Overall Benefits of Reiki

The deep physical and emotional calm that takes place during a Reiki session creates a ripple effect throughout your entire wellbeing. Clients frequently experience:

Physical Relief

Lowered blood pressure and relaxed pulse rate;
Release of muscular tension and physical stiffness
Noticeable reduction in acute or chronic pain.

Mental Clarity

Quieting of stress, worry, and racing thoughts;
Sharper focus and mental presence;
Strengthened cognitive resilience and daily coping skills.

Restorative Renewal

Smooth, emotional de-escalation from a state of high alert;
Restored energy levels and reduced fatigue;
Transitioned state of deep, restorative sleep.

While a single Reiki session can trigger an acute parasympathetic shift, the cumulative effect of regular sessions can gradually recalibrate the nervous system's default setting. Over time, the threshold at which daily stressors trigger a 'fight-or-flight' response rises, helping the body maintain its baseline calm.

Catherine Goodman is a certified Reiki Master practitioner, having completed the highest level of training in the Usui Reiki Master lineage, and received certification in 2024.