Soulskin Therapies
About Soulskin Therapies
At some point in our life, we all experience changes which make us question our direction, the things that are important to us and where our life is heading. This can come in the form of grief, trauma, upheaval or injury to name just a few. It can be caused by changing schools, moving house, losing grandparents or parents. It comes from divorce. Your own or that of others -of parents, siblings or friends, where the way of life you had grown to be comfortable in, changes. You might lose contact with in laws, nieces & nephews, extended family.
When people move away, a pet dies or jobs end all these things force our inner compass to need recalibration. It can be emotional and often difficult to process. It changes us at our core.
Leanne’s experiences with grief combined with her qualifications aim to help lead you out of these often-difficult times into a relief or rest or relaxation that gives you a moment to notice the light at the end of the tunnel, the peace in the chaos, a breathe of pain free living or just the spark to face life again with some joy and positivity.
Leanne started her path as a healer when she commenced her Bachelor of Nursing at the age of 18. Since her teenage years, Leanne had been interested in Eastern philosophies and read extensively and studied many different healing, medicine and lifestyle philosophies outside the societal norm of her youth.
Although her meditation and yoga learning had started years earlier, her first formal introduction to eastern philosophies was a massage course followed by Reiki training.
Subsequently, Soulskin Therapies started servicing the northern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne in 1997.
While at a Reiki course she heard about Bowen Therapy and later after receiving a Bowen treatment, in a conversation with her father, Leanne discovered that he and her grandparents had experienced Tom Bowens (the creator of Bowen Therapy) touch in the 50s & 60s in Geelong.
It was then that she realised the ability of natural therapies to touch the lives of so many was endless. From babies to the elderly, all genders, nationalities, backgrounds and employment types. Natural therapies could touch and help everyone.
Leanne learned very quickly that hands on approaches worked extremely well with her background in nursing.
It was during experiences such as the honour of holding space for those transitioning from the physical world, that she saw how important the sense of touch combined with emotional support was. Holding a safe sacred space, was essential to the process, for both the dying patient and their family.
This deep respect and ability to hold a calm space remains today.
In 1993, Leanne was given the book “Women Who Run With the Wolves” by Dr ClarissaPinkola Estes. This book showed the power of story in healing wounds. And the Soulskin name was born from a story in that book.
Sealskin / Soulskin as written by Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes speaks of the Selkies ability to remove her Sealskin and turn into a woman. It is in this process, if her sealskin is kept from her that she loses all her intuition, health and wisdom. In the story the Selkies son finds her skin hidden in rocks, and “ He could smell her all through it and as he inhaled, her soul slammed through him like a summer wind.“ Our true essence, our Soulskin encapsulates our truth. It is what signifies who we are, is an authentic representation of our truth and losing it can cause us to lose our true north, our direction.
On our journey through this human experience, we sometimes give up part of ourselves, our lives or our dreams for a variety of reasons; commitments to others, finances, security, responsibilities, sacrifice, guilt…. The list goes on.
It is Leanne’s firm belief that by nurturing our authentic self, our Souls true skin, even in a small way, helps us to live in our true nature. This then leads us to reconnect to our truth and ultimately heal our self. Soulskin Therapies encourages the idea that we all have a holisitic ability to individually heal ourselves, fulfil our dreams and live true to our inherent authenticity.
For this reason, Leanne’s mantra is “Speak your Truth, Live Your Dreams”.
Over the years, Leanne completed courses and achieved qualifications in Aromatherapy, various forms of massage, including being a Remedial Massage Therapist. Leanne is a Reiki Master, she has Bowen Therapy qualifications from Bowtech and Smart Bowen, Chi Activation Master level & Holistic Counselling.
It was her first attunement to Reiki that connected her to energy work and opened up the awareness of her channel connection to source.
This was the foundation for her work, aiming for all clients to become aware of their ability. “Ultimately, we can all trigger a deeper release and raise our awareness to the link between our subconscious emotions, the physical response in the body and thus your own innate healing ability to shift the wound out of your physical body.”
Soulskin Therapies allows each person the power to balance their own body and let their system prioritise what needs to be healed.
We all have this innate ability yet societal expectations, ancestral patterns and everyday life block the connection like mud in a hose.
The individual consultations and courses you can undertake with her can turn the tap on, flush the line with pure unconditional love energy channelled direct from source through us and allow the energetic connection to flow.
This experience can bring a change in the flow of your life. It can bring a higher awareness level and it can bring peace to the chaos.
A Soulskin experience can be the start of you learning to heal yourself. It can also spark a yearning for more knowledge and growth.
With the depth of passion that has burned slowly since she was 15, Leanne, beyond everything else, desires for others to bring awareness to the forefront of their mind.
What would you choose from a magical golden platter of life?
Are you truly happy? What will make you content? If you could do one thing today, what would it be?
Leanne knows intensely that it all starts with an awareness in your heart. It is nurtured and guided by speaking your truth and leads ultimately to your Soulskin shining in the light.
Leanne’s individual healing sessions and courses can be the first step on your journey or it could be an addition to an already existing arsenal of skills you have.
Either way, it can teach you awareness of an energy that often gets over looked… that of unconditional love, channelled purely for the greatest benefit of all involved.