As an adult, and as a second generation Massage Therapist, following in my mother’s footsteps, I have hungered to learn about the science of deep relaxation. My heart and mind find a lot of joy in learning about the brain’s need for “rest” so that it can resume cycles of creativity and expedited energy expenditures! I find it fascinating to study the science of “Relaxation Therapy” and love teaching it to my clients as well as indulging them in sessions where achieving pure comfort is my intention for them. I have also learned to combine with science, the need for the spirituality of guided visualization and deep meditation periods.
Carol: It seems you have learned quite a bit via the special relationship, actions and love that are of and from your mother.
Karyn: I have learned since my mother’s night-time-nurturing sessions with me as a little girl, that the science behind Rest and Relaxation is important to understand. RESTING for ten to twenty minutes every 90 minutes to 2 hours can provide regular intervals of sustained energy out-put. It is “mindful resting” though. it is not enough to simply “take a nap.” It is resting with a gentle focus on awakening refreshed and rejuvenated emotionally, spiritually and mentally…. not just physically.
Carol: What else is necessary?
Karyn: My mother also taught me the deep importance of spiritual rest. We can find greater solace in our rest periods, as we continue “Resting in the Lord”. My mother taught me the scripture: “Be Still and Know that I am God.” Through her influence, I learned to love the Finnish national anthem, “Be Still My Soul.” Because of her tenderness, I learned how to “lie down in green pastures”. I learned that if I would prayerfully do so, that it was the Divine Creator who “restoreth my soul.”
As a teen, my first solo in church at age sixteen was, “Beside Still Waters”… the words to that song still run through my mind to this day,
“Lost in the darkness,
far from thy goal,
no voice to cheer thee-
none to console-
broken in spirit,
hope seems in vain, t
hen in Thy hour of need,
Joy comes again!
Jesu Kind Shepherd,
this be thy prayer –
press on and faint not –
soon comes the day !
Lead on Kind Shepherd
this be my prayer
Jesus will guide thee
to pastures fair!”
Beside Still Watars
He leadeth Me
His Love will guard thee
Tenderly!
Thy grief shall pass!
Thy doubt shall flee!
Beside Still Waters
He Leadeth Thee!
Carol: How wonderfully shared and some of the verses you mentioned have been mainstays in my life as well, especially: “Be still and know that I am God.”
Karyn, I’d like to continue now with some questions regarding Joy Coaching® America and Joy Coaching® Academy, a company of which you are the founder. Joy Coaching® America has been experiencing beautiful growth I understand especially now with more becoming “Joy Coaches”, those who are now servicing across the globe, thanks to you and your training, combined vision and talents.
How did Joy Coaching® and “Joy Coaches” come to be?
Karyn: From 2001 to present, I have worked on clients in my own home. My in-home business is called, The Cherishing Place™. My clients spread the word! Quite honestly, as people experienced my personalized method, The Healer’s Touch™ (Relaxation Therapy with Song & Scent) they began asking me to make this a “duplicatable system” so that they could offer sessions in their respective states, to their own families, clients and communities. Hence, Joy Coaching® came to be.
Carol: How did Joy Coaching® Academy begin? What inspired you or what events led up to Joy Coaching® Academy?
Karyn: As I continued seeing clients in my home, I developed the “Joy Coaching® System” which includes twenty modules. As (primarily) women (and a few men) began to enroll, it became apparent that there was a natural evolution into what I later termed as Joy Coaching® Academy. It’s an online educational system with a platform for “Faith-Based-Relaxation Therapy”, at its core and Grief Coaching as it’s underlying essence. This work is wonderful for the broken hearted!
Carol: Let’s continue with your Why and your purpose as to what you do and offer via Joy Coaching® America and Joy Coaching® Academy.
Karyn: My why. I wanted a system that flowed from experiencing broken-heartedness (after any kind of grief) to renewing one’s passion for their own purpose, calling and mission. It’s not enough just to comfort the grieving. I believe we must assist them in renewing their passion for life!
My purpose is to assist those whose hearts are breaking or broken and bring them the assurance that that there is hope for healing a broken life and a broken heart.
Carol: And your vision Karyn for now and the continuing work of Joy Coaching® America and Joy Coaching® Academy?
Karyn: My vision would be to find other like-minded people who believe that there is a Divine Creator who cares about mending broken hearts and wounded lives. As we join together with our faith, united in that common premise, using our individual gifts, talents, skills and life experience, it is my hope and prayer that we can spread love, joy and peace to a wounded and hurting world, one soul at a time.
