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 Meditation of Movement

by Kristen Lavigne

My morning started out like any other ordinary morning.  My kids had their breakfast, and I was on my yoga mat doing my morning practice.  Gentle music played in the background, the kids were happy and quiet, and one would think I would be in a state of utter bliss.

One look at my face and you would know that it was the complete opposite.  My face was tense as I struggled in Trikonasana (also known as Triangle posture).  I looked up at my hand, grimacing as I tried to hold the posture.  My breath was forced, but I was determined to hold this posture in its full expression.  As I struggled, it dawned on me: why am I doing yoga?  Struggling in a posture is not terribly meditative.  So I stood up, aligned myself properly to go into the posture, and stretched my arms out only as far as they would comfortably go while feeling the stretch of the posture.  I smiled slightly and held the posture.  I felt my body release the tension it was holding onto and in that moment I realized that for me, this was the full expression of this posture.  I felt the strength of my body in the posture with gratitude as I became the posture instead of forcing the posture.  In that moment my practice became my meditation.

This experience made me think about movement.  Why do we move?  How does movement become our meditation?  Osho stated that Meditation is the absence of effort.  In Meditation we let go of our thoughts and we just allow the experience.  That seems so contradictory to movement, which is all about the effort: putting forth something for a result – at least, this is what I have always believed.  Making my movement my meditation made me rethink my old thoughts on movement.   I realized that the whole point of movement should not be about the end result.  Movement should just be about movement, plain and simple.  We should move to experience our physical bodies.  To experience all that they are capable of doing.  We should be rejoicing in the ability to be able to move.  Isn’t that the reason we are here on this planet anyway? To have an experience?

I started to incorporate this thought process in my everyday movements – on my walks outside, in my yoga practice, and in my everyday household chores.  When I walked I walked.  It was not about the end destination, it was about the journey I was taking in every step.  I observed my body and my surroundings, and I breathed in the fresh Mountain air filling my lungs until they were content.  When I did yoga I flowed with my body.  I had no plan on what postures I would be doing.  Instead I just listened to my body and followed suit.  My body told me where it needed to be opened and what needed to be released.  When I did my household chores I did not think about the amount of work I needed to get done.  I just did my chore, staying present in the moment and enjoying my work.  When I was tired I rested.  I allowed my body the time it needed to restore itself, and what I finished in the day was perfect for that day.

In doing this practice I began to notice some things.  I moved so much more during the day.  By not forcing and just enjoying my everyday movements I flowed through my day with perfect ease.  At night I felt the reward of rest.  I went to bed with no regrets about what I did not accomplish because when you surrender to the flow of the Universe you accomplish just what you are suppose to.   With every gesture and every step I am present in that movement.  I let go of the effort of the movement and made movement my meditation.

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