Testimonials

" My treatment with Collyn was incredibly effective - I was delighted and surprised that my pain and swelling was completely gone the next day! I had never had such powerful results with acupuncture until I went to see Collyn. "

-Sarah Manolson, Montreal, QC, Canada

"I've had lots of acupuncture and stopped it years ago because it was so painful. Now I've changed my mind. Collyn's touch is so light and sure that I receive all the benefit without pain. She's amazing!"

-Asha Clinton, MSW, PhD

"Collyn is a practitioner of tremendous skill and intuition. I trusted her immediately and felt that she was able to go deeply into the places in me that needed healing, but cared for me so tenderly that I was not left feeling too raw. The work she does is a brilliant combination of skill and intuition and guidance. She knows how to listen to my words but also to my body. In turn, I always feel extremely cared for and set right again after my sessions with her."

-Arianne Shaffer, Toronto ON

"Collyn has a very subtle and powerful way of healing. I have always liked deep, intense body work, shying away from anything too gentle, but even when she hardly touched me, collyn had such a deep healing force and presence that I felt transformed. I don't know exactly what it is she does, but she's amazing!"

- Batinah Dawdy, Portland OR

"I went to the ER after days of debilitating foot pain, they assured me that is was not broken; but there was nothing else that they could do to help. I then went to Collyn for a treatment, my pain was completely gone by the next morning. Since then I've been telling my friends that I am a believer!"

- Mark Lively, NYC

“Every once is a while on this planet you meet someone who has discovered their higher purpose, Collyn is truly one of these Souls. Her inner gifts have restored my peace and health.”

- Dee Mayers, Denver CO

"Collyn has been a great support in increasing my quality of life, and I feel that everyone would greatly benefit from her treatments."

-Dana Epstein, Burlington VT

“I have been to healers from all over the planet, and the treatments I get from Collyn are simply amazing. She is very good.”

- Deepa Patel, UK

“Collyn Brown was integral in my survival, helping me through a near-fatal blood clot and then surgery for a benign tumor in my pancreas. I had been extremely ill for some time, couldn't travel, and she came to the house with her box of needles and Chinese medicine. I didn't really know what to expect - I'd just heard marvelous things about her. She was magnificent; her outlook, her questions that directed my attention to healing, her gentle and positive nature, her mind-boggling knowledge of her subject and also of people, gave me confidence that I could heal. I had an extremely long and complicated surgery, and she was a crucial part of the healing team; she came to my surgery and stayed until she knew I was okay. She talked with the surgeons so that she could…”

Diane Huling Reed, NEK, VT

“Collyn is a source of incredible light and positivity. I spent most of my adolescence struggling with my weight. This continued into adulthood. I was no stranger to exercise or a healthy diet. I got to the point, however, where what I was used to doing wasn't effective anymore. That's where Collyn came into the picture. She opened my eyes to a whole new world of medicine and nutrition. Collyn approaches her work with a healing love and energy that I had not experienced. She listens attentively to every need, every concern, every question and puts 100% of herself in every minute she spends with you. I found great success with my weight loss through Collyn's guidance.…”

Jen Cardoni, NYC

The Emotional Meditator

By Kristen Lavigne

I once believed that as I moved along my spiritual path I would become a less emotional Being.  It was my belief that as I moved towards enlightenment I would not be negatively affected by the human world.  The days of sadness, anxiety, and fear would be behind me, and I would be in a constant state of calmness and bliss.  In my mind the path to spiritual mastery was all rainbows and sunshine.  Well, meditation has taught me one valuable tool.  You can never have expectations, and there are no rainbows without rain showers.  What I have learned through my meditation practice is to sit, to experience, and to let go.  When I go into meditation I have no expectations.  Experiences come in all shapes and sizes and one is no better then the other.  It is the same with my emotions.  They are all different and all have a purpose in my life.  Joy and bliss make my life bright and bring me laughter and smiles.  Fear, anxiety, and sadness are my teachers.  These emotions expose the traumas I need to heal so I can become a more whole individual.


Not too long ago I had a surprising lesson in the power of the more “uncomfortable” emotions.  I was away with some of my girlfriends.  The ladies were all going out to the big city, and we had all been looking forward to it.  On the day before we were to return home I was feeling very anxious and a little on edge.  At first I blamed it on the morning coffee, but as the day wore on I knew that it was something deeper because the edginess was not ebbing.  By evening the anxiety turned to sadness.  I was very gentle with myself, not trying to force the emotion away.  I knew the emotions I was experiencing, though uncomfortable, where there for a reason, and I had to let them run their course.  As the sadness grew the deep rooted issue came to the surface, and I saw where the emotions where coming from.  I looked at the trauma and saw that it was just a part of me that needed to be healed.  Now I have to admit it was not the best timing for this trauma to come out and reveal itself.  I was on vacation with my girlfriends.  I wanted days of laughter and late nights filled with music and dancing.  I was not expecting this trip to involve emotional processing too, but in life we can have no expectations.  When wounds want to heal all we can do is just give them the room to do so.  I gave myself the space I needed and let the natural process just happen without holding onto any feelings or judging any moments of the experience.  By the next morning I felt like my old self, but with a much greater awareness.  I came back home a little more whole.


Meditation has made me a Witness.  I see myself for who I truly am.  I am a spiritual Being having a human experience.  There are dark parts to my nature that are sometimes suppressed.  My emotions are valuable tools to help me see the dark parts so I can bring them to light.  My emotions flow through me, and I watch my emotions without interpreting, interfering or analyzing them.  Emotions can be expressions of the experience I am having, or they can be the key to opening the blockages in my soul.  I am not my emotions; they are just a part of this experience.  Now as I grow as a spiritual Being I know that there will always be a place for emotions in my life.  Joy, bliss, sadness, fear, and anxiety will all pass through me, and with every moment I witness this I become a little more complete.

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