Biographies

Our Center for Higher Learning & Healing
Practitioner Biographies

Linda Donalds, BCH ~ NGH, Certified Hypnotist
Linda Donalds has been a Member of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH) since January 1998, when she completed their "Certification in Hypnotism" course (a core-curriculum training program consisting of 100 hours of classroom study). Each year since then, she has attended the NGH Annual Convention and taken over 450+ hours of continuing education to maintain her hypnosis certification and to further develop her knowledge and skills. She has also completed two additional advanced training programs – the Basic Practitioner Certification in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), as well as the Certification Course in 5-PATH™ Advanced Transformational Hypnosis and 7th Path Self-Hypnosis® for in-depth training with insight techniques using age regression, forgiveness, and parts mediation work. Linda enjoys working with people using hypnosis techniques to help them dissolve barriers that have stood in the way of them reaching their goals. Clients come to her for help with a wide variety of issues/goals: developing healthier eating habits (weight loss/compulsive eating/dietary restrictions), to stop smoking or overcome other bad habits, to learn stress management & relaxation skills, to improve self-esteem and confidence, overcoming fears & phobias, relief from insomnia, motivation/overcoming procrastination, organization/letting go of clutter, past life & spiritual exploration, etc.

Chris Flisher, Professional Astrologer, radio talk-show host, and accomplished mandala artist
Heavily influenced by the work of Carl Jung, Chris has spent years working with both astrology and mandala to help bring comfort, guidance, and purpose to people. The relevance of numbers has also been a lifelong pursuit and his knowledge of them translates into information for personal enlightenment. Chris has studied under some of the foremost authorities in the astrological sciences and is a long-standing member of the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR). He is the host of the popular Internet radio show, Turning of the Wheel and is the author of Mandalas - Spirit in Art. Some of Chris's mandala artwork, puzzles and Mandala - Spirit in Art can be purchased at Aquarius Sanctuary Bookstore & Gifts.

Kathleen Exar (Lazar)
Trained under Andras Corban, The Athenor Fellowship and EarthSpirit Community in the Scottish/Celtic traditions of indigenouos pagans, mystics and shamans. Having been a High Priestess with the Seven Sisters and Tri-Lune she has been a ritual dancer for international magic festivals and events including World Magic Festival, EarthSpirit's Rites of Spring, Boston's Earth Day Earth Drum Council, collaborations at Omega with singer Shawna Carrol and Salem's own, Gypsy Ravish.
"One of my most enlightening gifts was receiving raining in Kundalini Yoga under MIT's Guruchuran Singh Khalsa through Yogi Bhajan. I embraced the science of breath, sequence, chakra energetics and vibrational healing inherent in this yoga and currently teach it through the Health & Fitness Dept. at Brookline High School. I've been a professional dancer and certified performing arts teacher for 37 years, having a science degree in Human Performance/Fitness as well as Dance Education. I am most interested in creating and guiding radiant performance, inside and out! I study religious history and mysticism of all kinds. In the summer of '09 I was given a scholarship to study at the Kabbalah Center and became a teacher for at risk youth in their affilate program "Spirituality for Kids." I also became a hypnotist that year and dedicated myself as a Lightworker, Energetic Healer and Angelic Channel.

Jessica Frost
Jessica is a certified Angel Healing Practitioner that connects with the Angelic realm to provide guidance with love and compassion. Additionally, she connects with fairies, goddesses, power animals, and others from Spirit by using a variety of oracle card decks. She is a psychic medium, Level ll Usui Reiki practitioner, and intuitive healer. Healings can also be combined with readings in a one hour or ninety minute session.

Laney Goodman
Laney Goodman is a drummer, vocalist and woodwind player from the Boston area. She is also the nationally syndicated radio host of Women in Music with Laney Goodman. Laney has recorded with Terri Rivera Piatt, a Native American singer/songwriter and healer from the Serpent Moundare in Ohio. They have two CDs to date, "In the Arms of the Mother", a guided healing meditation and "Blue Moon", a 14 chant/song CD. CDs are available at www.womenonair.com Laney has performed with Shawna Carol's Goddess Chant in Glastonbury, England at the Goddess Conference. She has studied with Grandmother Twylah Nitsch of the Seneca Wolf Clan and Grandmother Jeorgina Larocque of the Mic'maq Tribe in Canada. Laney has studied drumming with Master Drummers Edwina Lee Tyler, Ubaka Hill and the late Baba Olatunji. As well as leading our drumming circles, she also offers Goddess Divination/Daughters of the Moon tarot readings in our Bookstore & Gifts. See our readers page for more information and dates.

Ina Jubert
Ina Jubert is a shaman, coach, Soul Print Specialist, and Flower Essence practitioner offering an integrated approach to healing and personal growth. She draws on ancient healing practices and contemporary healing arts to support her clients in taking quantum leaps in their movement toward their goals. Ina will help you to liberate yourself from blocks, influences, emotional pain, and experiences that have kept you from creating the life you want. Through the healing process you will come to know, love, and accept yourself for who you truly are and to follow your personal path with inner knowing and confidence. Ina is a certified Shaman in the Peruvian healing tradition, life and family coach, Soul Print (Human Design) Specialist, Herbalist, Energy healer and Flower Essence practitioner.

Charlotte Anne Poulin
Charlotte is a Usui Shiki Ryoho Master Practitioner and has been using the Usui Reiki system of natural healing since 2005. She received her knowledge and initiations of First and Second Degree and Master Practitioner from Rev. Virginia Marie Ferrari at the Heritage Holistic Center in Virginia Beach, VA. Charlotte creates a safe, nurturing space when working with clients with soft lighting, soothing background music and pillows and blankets to optimize the healing and relaxation experience.

Pam Ross
Pam Ross is a Reiki Master and has been utilizing Usui and Karuna Reiki energy for the purpose of healing for the past seventeen years. She has been a Master of the Usui method for over 11 years. Pam gives healing treatments combining Reiki and basic gem layout to relax and balance her clients. For ten years, she has brought Reiki to Western medicine by offering it to patients in her husband's dental practice in Westford, MA every Tuesday. Pam also introduced a 'Holistic Center' to be part of First Church Unitarian's annual Country Fair in Littleton, MA. It has become a continual growing success. She offers classes in Reiki to people of all ages. After realizing her dream of opening Aquarius Sanctuary, a place where like-minded people can congregate, learn and heal in a friendly, supportive atmosphere, and then opened Aquarius Sanctuary Bookstore & Gifts and Center for Higher Learning & Healing, located at 288 Littleton Road, Westford, MA (The Gateway Plaza) where she offers metaphysical supplies, crystals, books, jewelry, holistic healing, massage, classes, readings and more.

Judy Seidl
Judy's gift is her sacred connection to the divine energies of love, compassion & nurturance. She offers Intuititive Goddess Wisdom Readings & Spiritual Healing Sessions with an emphasis on one's personal journey of self-discovery & self-empowerment. Ceremony & ritual may be incorporated during a reading or healing session. As a non-denominational ordained minister, Spiritual Counseling, "WEDDING CEREMONIES" uniquely created for the individual, Vow Renewals, Blessings, and other major life events are some of the services she provides. Inutitive Wisdom of the Goddess Readings & Spiritual Healing Work. At the end of an Intuitive Goddess Wisdom reading Judy creates a personal power symbol in the form of a sigil to assist you on your process of self-empowerment. Modern users of traditional sigils often create them entirely themselves and devise individual means of "charging" them with metaphysical power. The word of intent she is given is reduced into an abstract design; the sigil is then charged with a Blessing.The Divine Mother Deck as well as supporting products are sold at Aquarius Sanctuary Bookstore & Gifts.

Kat Tringo
Kat Tringo is an intuitive coach, angel communicator, and energy worker. Born gifted, she sees, hears, feels and just knows thing. She is very connected to our friends on the other side and higher realms. Empathic, loving, kind and compassionate, she works in the Light to empower her clients and bring hope to her clients lives. Kat uses her intuition and a variety of cards to do empowered readings for those who want assistance from their spirit guides and angels.

Cate Samuels
Cate is a Reiki Master/Teacher in the Usui tradition. She is also studying Shamanism under the direction of Rev. Steve Wilson. Cate brings her intuitive abilities as well as her background in spiritual theology to assist her clients in healing body, mind and soul.

Shari Wall, Energy Practitioner
I am a Reiki Master/Teacher, Transpersonal Spiritual Counselor, Vortex Healing Practitioner and Ordained Minister. My mission is to serve in a manner that is respectful and honoring to all individuals in their own process of growth and healing and to support learning and awareness with openness and trust.

Beth Washington
Beth is an ecclectic spiritualist, Pagan High Priestess, witch, shaman and a ministerial member of the Temple of Witchcraft. She studied paganism and witchcraft under Christopher Penczak and is currently studying shamanism with Rev. Steve Wilson. Her studies have been mostly pagan based and magical in nature, and have included pagan history, holidays and theory with a concentration in the Celtic pantheon, meditation techniques, divination using various tools, spell craft, ritual craft, dream work and interpretation and mediumship. She has also studied various forms of healing such as light work, shamanic journeying, aura cleansing, chakra alignment, past-life regression, psychic surgery and she is a Reiki II practitioner in the Usui tradition. When she isn't teaching, Beth can be found making things from capes, cloaks and ritual robes to brooms, black mirrors, wands, jewelry and more. Some of her jewelry and beaded pentacle suncatchers can be purchased at Aquarius Sanctuary Bookstore & Gifts.