Pastoral Ministry / Interfaith
Pastoral Services
Interfaith Ministery services work with clients
to mark life’s transitions such as: welcoming and naming a new
child, celebrating a marriage or holy union, blessing a new home or
office, or assisting clients with the passing of their loved ones
and ceremony for this passage.
Past Life Regression
Clients may re-experience previous
incarnations in a conscious way that can help break stubborn physical or emotional behavoir patterns blocking full life potential. Helps people gain valuable insights that impact on their lives in a positive way.
Raindrop Essential Oil Massage
Developed from the research of D. Gary Young and Wallace Black Elk, Raindrop Technique utilizes the power of Therapeutic Grade essential oils and Therapeautic Touch to help bring the body into structural, electrical and emotional balance. It uses a sequence essential oils dispensed like little drops of rain from a height of about six inches above the back and gently manipulated along the vertebrae and back muscles. It may assist in
relieving stress and tention while helping to detoxify the organs and create tranquility for the emotions and psyche.
Shamanic Empowerment Coaching
This unique therapy involving the use of shamnaic journeywork, rattling, sacred power songs, sopla (Amazonian techinque using tobacco and herbs) and transpersonal psychotherapy to balance the psyche and bring one into a state of pure
consciousness. SEC is a method of analysis quite different from traditional therapy which rapidly offers clients deep insight and clarity into their issues and provides a blueprint for liberation from these self sabotaging patterns. It is classical soul retrieval work.
Swedish Massage
Manipulating the muscles, bones and
connective tissues for relaxation, better circulation and health maintenance.
Shamanic Hypnosis
This modality brings together the powerful healing practices of shamanism into the healing work of hypnosis. (See SEC above).
Perfect for those people with long term addictive patterns that are ripe to be released.
Shiatsu & Pre Natal Shiatsu
Shiatsu helps maintain and restore health
by improving the flow of energy along the meridians which are pathways
of chi.
Techniques such as finger pressure, stretching, rocking and holding
help to unblock stagnant energy on special points along the meridians
or channels. Clients feel relaxed, energized and balanced after
a treatment. Prenatal massage/shiatsu focuses on the special needs
of the mother to be as her body goes through the dramatic changes
of pregnancy and birth. It improves circulation,enhances the function
of the muscles and joints, relives fatigue and promotes wellbeing
for both mother and baby.
Reiki
A flow of healing energy to relax and revitalize,
all levels of well being. Without massage or any physical manipulation,
the practitioner accelerates mental, emotional and physical healing
by channeling universal healing energy with this ancient technique.
Price List
Ayurvedic Consultation
first session $120
thereafter $75
Bach Flower Essence Therpay
first session $100
thereafter $65
Crystal Bowl Meditation
$100.
Family, Pre & Post Natal Services
Call for Details
Past Life Regression
$125
Pastoral Ministry/Pastoral Services
Call for Details
Raindrop Essential Oil Massage
$80
Reiki
$75
Shamanic Empowerment Coaching
$170-$200
Shamanic Hypnosis
$95
Shiatsu & Pre-Natal Shiatsu
$85
Structural Integration
$150
Swedish Massage
$85
One Harmonyum session:
$150
WELLNESS PRACTITIONERS
Jyoti Chrystal, RYT
Jyoti is the founder and co-Director of Starseed. While living in Brazil she studied various forms of shamanism as well as the healing methods of both North and South American shamans and founded a yoga center there. Jyoti was initiated into the Peruvian shamanic lineage of the Andes by Don Calderon and has received 2nd degree initiation into Amazonian shamanism by Don Agustin Rivas Vasquez. As a practicing shamanic counselor and healer she uses tools from her unique Shamanic Empowerment Therapy to assist journeyers in their soul retrieval work. Along with her work as a shamanic counsellor, teacher of yoga, and director of the Starseed Yoga Teacher Training Program, Jyoti is also a licensed interfaith minister and serves her community as a celebrant of important life events. Jyoti is currently working with White Wind Weaver and is training in the Art of Life coaching method. For more detailed information, please click here.
Jason Martin, Ph.D.
Jason Martin, co-Director of the Starseed Center for Yoga & Healing, has a background in academia: he was educated at Yale University and the University of Rochester, and his disciplines include European history, medieval studies and French and comparative literature. Jason has a particular interest in the esoteric significance of the Arthurian mythos and the Grail quest. Jason studied Insight Meditation with Sri Gowenka in India and continues to study Shamanism in Peru with Don Agustin Rivas-Vasquez. He is a shamanic hypnosis specialist and Empowerment Therapist trained in Heart Centered Gestalt Therapy. He is certified in the areas of both Gestalt therapy and hypnotherapy, and he maintains a private practice in addition to his work at Starseed. He is the author of Starseed’s signature Level One /Meditation Class and director of Starseed’s meditation and hypnosis training programs.
Dr. Aparna Bapat, B.A.M.S.
Aparna is an ayurvedic physician and a gradute of the University of Pune (India) Faculty of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery. She has been practicing ayurvedic medicine for 11 years and has traveleled to many countries to spread this ancient healing wisdom. She is an expert in pulse diagnosis and Panchakarma therapy and maintains a practice in New York. She also gives trainings, lectures and workshops on ayurvedic medicine throughout the United States.
William ("Bill") Courson, MSNHS,
C.Ayur.
Bill is Starseed's controller and is administrative
director of Starseed's Ayurvedic Practitioner Training Program (known
as the New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda). Bill is a retired corporate
managerial accountant and website designer/developer, and has been
a lifelong student of and writer on the themes of traditional healing,
alternative medicine, spirituality and eastern and western alchemy.
He is a certified ayurvedic practitioner as well as a certified
Western herbalist with special interests in the field of energetic
healing through 'subtle therapies' including the Bach Flower Essences.
Additionally, Bill is a Reiki Master/Teacher in the traditional
Usui lineage and both practices and teaches Usui Reiki at Starseed.
He makes his home in Montclair, New Jersey where he is active in
a number of civic and charitable organizations.
Kelli DeFlora, CMT, RYT
has over ten years experience in holistic
health. She is a certified Shiatsu and Reiki practitioner, and teaches
prenatal and family yoga at Starseed. She is also an ordained minister.
Kelli began her career in health as a college student majoring in
Physical Therapy and entered into the practice and study of holistic
health around 1980. She was trained in Shiatsu by Mairanne Fuenmayor,
of the Mother Hand Society, and affiliated with the New York Open
Center. Kelli began a private practice in NYC in 1992. She trained
in Reiki levels I & II under the tutelage of Pamela Miles, and
completed two yoga teacher training programs at World Yoga Center
in NYC and here at Starseed. Her current focus is pre-natal Shiatsu
because she believes "Women should be empowered throughout
their pregnancy, have a community and have confident bodies and
spirits."
Susan O'Brien
A 2006 graduate of Starseed's 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training program, she is continuing her studies with Jyoti Chrystal in restorative, structural, and therapeutic yoga. Her style of teaching is gentle and compassionate. A second degree Reiki practitioner and certified in holistic prenatal yoga by Wise Woman Birthways, Susan also delights in working with therapeutic-grade essential oils. She is presently immersed in the NJ Institute of Ayurveda's Foundation-Level Certification Course. Inspired by the writings of T.K.V. Desikachar, she continues to explore the yogic path with many great teachers including George Russell and Mark Whitwell.
Alfredo Villela
Alfredo Villela has studied pre-Columbian
music for many years. He has focused his studies on Aztec music.
With the help of Maximino Ibarra, one of the few who has inherited
and mastered the craftsmanship of Aztec instruments, Alfredo has
amassed an impressive collection of Huehuetls (drums) and Teponaztils
(log drums). He has mastered the complex polyrhythms believed to
be employed by pre-Columbian musicians in Tenochtitlan, present
day Mexico City. Huehuetl drum in Nahuatl signifies “wise
old man” and Aztecs believed these drums were gods with great
powers. Alfredo is able to tap into this power and use it for healing.
Sonia Maria Sequeira
Sonia has been teaching yoga since 1997. She is a certified Instructor in Hatha, Kundalini, Naam Yoga and a practitioner of Harmonyum Healing. With a background in Neuroscience, she has found particular joy and meaning in the teachings by Joseph Michael Levry, and the scientific hypothesis that self-healing is the most effective form of medicine through the Yoga of Sound (Mantra) and Light (opening the heart). She has performed extensive research in Brain Cancer as a post-doctoral fellow at Memorial Sloan Cancer Center, in NYC. She was also a Science Editor and author of several scientific papers and books. These experiences have enabled her to see with optimism where conventional and esoteric sciences merge and how best they can serve humankind. Sonia is the Science Director of Universal Force, Inc. |
