Wellness Services
Connect-Balance-Thrive Wellness ™ works to support personal, professional and organizational health and wellness. Gayla Meredith is a retired educator and long time education advocate who is now a Certified Practitioner in Healing Touch™; Sound Therapy; ThetaHealing; Compassion Fatigue Education and HeartMath®. She offers online integrative wellness sessions that support heart-centred connection within her trauma-informed practice. Her offerings to support wellness for all stem from her lived-experience of survival in a fast-paced, high-pressure work environment and her post-retirement journey from burnout and to thriving in a new world of possibilities.
WELLNESS SESSION OPTIONS;
Rest and Restore (Relaxation for 1) – 30 minutes · $50 – Online via Zoom Relaxation session using sound tools, intention and voice guided meditation. Information package provided via email (including Informed Consent details); session booked upon receipt of advance payment via etransfer (as such, sessions currently limited to residents of Canada). In-person Option – Outdoor session set within a Cedar and Fir forest area. Sound tools used – tuning forks and bowls. Strict COVID protocols, including intake questionnaire.
Rest and Restore (Relaxation for a Group of 3 or more) – 30 minutes – Starting at $20/person – Online via Zoom Relaxation session using sound tools, intention and voice guided meditation. Information package provided via email (including Informed Consent details); session booked upon receipt of advance payment via etransfer (as such, sessions currently limited to residents of Canada). Prices vary with group size, starting at $20 each for 3-4 people.
Wellness Session – Deeper Work – 1 hour · $100 ONLINE /Connect-Balance-Thrive Wellness Session supports wellness work beyond the 30-minute relaxation Rest and Restore experience. Session includes more robust intake information to help the practitioner understand individual client needs to better support choice of modalities, tools and techniques. Discount offered for 3-pack session bookings, which support cumulative effects of the work. Also – WHEN AVAILABLE – In-Person options include snuggling onto a cozy treatment table warmed by a Healthyline gem-infused infra-red warming mat (no additional cost; value $40+)
HeartsRising Family/Friends Circle – 30 minutes · $50 (or donation) Via online Zoom platform: Heart-centred Intention work to hold loved ones with a loving energetic embrace across the miles. Support for loved ones in need and their families and friends during these times when in-person presence is not an option. Session includes voice guided meditation, wellness intention, heart-centred breath work, sound and visualization. Based on Lynne McTaggart’s Power of 8; aligned with Healing Touch & Sound Therapy practice/principles. Information emailed prior to booking (includes Informed Consent details). Advance booking and payment/donation (via e-transfer).
Self-Care in Unprecedented Times – 1 hour (and up) Online Small-group Workshops for personal health and wellness in these unprecedented times of uncertainty and emotional/nervous system dis-regulation. Based on Gayla’s lived experience together with certification as a Compassion Fatigue Educator and training in Trauma-Informed Practice, Vicarious Trauma, the impact of trauma on the nervous system and a variety of self-regulation strategies – Gayla offers real-life experience, compassion & effective strategies to support personal health and wellbeing. Its important to note self-regulation supports co-regulation and enhanced work environments.