Monica is a Massage Therapist, Teacher, Spiritual Director, Myofascial Therapist, Reiki Master, and Mitsuki-do Master. She has studied, practised, and taught integrative healing for more than twenty years. She creates individualized treatments, blending emotional and spiritual awareness with Eastern and Western approaches. Monica is a compassionate healer who believes that her role is to facilitate clients’ abilities to heal themselves.

Monica studied Anthropology and Theology at University of Western Ontario in London. Her massage therapy training was at the then-sole campus of Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy. She had a practice in Haliburton County and taught at CMMH. Moving to Halifax in 1998, Monica taught at Northumberland College until 2024. Since 2007, she has been creating and teaching graduate level continuing education courses for Massage Therapists.

Monica is a cat lover (aka crazy cat lady)! She has two cats: Jayne and Shadow. Her favourite form of relaxation is to curl up with kitties, tea, and a good book. She favours cosy mysteries, fantasy, and scifi.

Spiritual Guidance and Companionship

Monica practises a style of spiritual help that is rooted in the Celtic tradition of Anam Cara which means soul friend. She is not an authority figure or intermediary; she is a fellow seeker and traveller. She listens and creates space for you to explore the questions of your spirit. She does not give answers, but will support you in finding some. Monica can offer wisdom and spiritual practices from many different cultures and traditions, while helping you to find the ones which resonate with you. She embraces the sacred spiral from Celtic and Native traditions; meaning that each person is moving through the spiral vortex of learning and growth in her/his/their own way. Each deserves compassion and support, not judgment or pity.

She would be honoured to offer you support, space, and compassion on your spiral journey of growth, meaning, and deep spiritual connection.

Distance Reiki

Imagine your car is in need of a wash. You could just leave it out in the rain. That usually does the trick. Gets the most obvious dirt. But then you go through some rough roads and get visited by some angry birds and now the car is really a mess.

So you go to someone who carefully takes a power washer to every part of the car and gets every bit clean; even uses a special engine wash. Now the car is sparkling and running smoothly.

This is a good analogy for what a Reiki treatment can be like. Most of the time you can keep healthy (clean) with the energy (ki, chi, prana) that you take in naturally from the environment. Sometimes you experience illness, injury, or emotional trauma (rough roads, angry birds). Reiki treatments give you lots of ki in a very focused way to help and support you to heal yourself.