Step into the world of energy healing with Linda Ducharme from Noetic Essence, an intuitive and compassionate energy practitioner. Through her own personal journey of healing from mental health challenges, Linda discovered the profound benefits of alternative remedies and the power of connecting with nature. With a deep understanding of emotions and energy, Linda uses modalities like Flower Essences, Gem Essences, Reiki, and sound healing to guide individuals on their healing paths. MysticMag has the pleasure.
Can you share a few details about your journey and what led you to become an energy practitioner?
All things spiritual have always fascinated me and resonated deeply with me, but it was particularly the journey of losing my mental health, suffering from depression and anxiety, and dealing with burnout and chronic fatigue that really began my initiation into a spiritual journey of self-healing, of connecting and collaborating with Nature in a meaningful way, and of waking up to my spiritual gifts of intuition and healing.
When allopathic medicine didn’t bring relief, I turned to alternative remedies and sought the answers within. I came across the book ‘The Emotion Code’ by Dr. Bradley Nelson, and immediately went to work to clear the emotional energies that were stuck in my body. At first, it just felt good to be doing something towards my wellbeing, something that I could do for myself, and that could be incorporated into my meditative practice. It took some time, but I began to notice a shift. I felt more grounded and present. I felt as though my stress response got rebooted, so I could respond better to situations and be less reactive. Joy and peace returned. It made such a positive impact in my life, that I decided to get certified in this modality, as well as the next level of Body Code, which delves much deeper into six categories of imbalances (energies, pathogens, misalignments, circuits/systems, toxins, and nutrition/lifestyle).
What can you tell us about your Flower Essences and Gem Essences work?
A lot of people have heard of Bach Flower Remedies, which were created by Dr Bach in the 1930s, to help people suffering from mental and emotional symptoms, including soldiers who were suffering from PTSD. The premise behind these vibrational remedies was to help to restore balance to the emotional and mental bodies. A vibrational remedy can be made from flowers, gems, or special places by placing a bowl of spring water in the sunshine with the intention of infusing the water with the vibrational frequencies or virtues of that flower, gem, or place. As a part of my healing journey, I intuitively created many flower and gem essences (and combinations of the two), which I believe played a key part in restructuring my subtle bodies and re-balancing my system. I now use my essences in my energy work by muscle testing which essence would be most supportive to the client at the beginning and at the end of a session. I offer the essence energetically to their field, and I find this helps in holding sacred space during sessions, as well as supporting the integration and grounding of the energetic shifts after a session, thus reducing the processing symptoms or healing crisis that some people can experience after energy work.
How can Reiki help a person’s well-being?
Reiki, or any energy work for that matter, is about helping restore the proper flow of qi or energy to the system. When energy is flowing well through the chakras, the meridians, and the auric field, a person’s own unique energy is enhanced, bringing about a sense of ‘coming home to oneself’. Many people describe the benefits of energy work as feeling lighter, more grounded, and calmer afterwards.
Energy medicine can also help relieve stress and support the body’s natural ability to heal itself and is recognized as a valuable and effective complement to conventional medical care. It is an alternative wellness practice founded on the belief that physical, mental, and emotional ailments can be eased by using the mind-body connection. This connection may be used to identify, access, channel, balance, and manipulate the energies that promote health and wellbeing.
What other services do you offer?
I offer home and land clearings, as I believe the energies held in spaces can greatly affect a person’s wellbeing. Proper energy flow is equally important in our spaces, as it is in our body systems. There should be a healthy flow of energy coming into and circulating within the home, so that the space is replenishing and nourishing to your personal energy reserves.
I have also recently become certified as a sound healer, and look forward to offering drumming and crystal bowl sound baths. The healing benefits of sound have been used since the dawn of time, with roots in Shamanism and other ancient cultures, and it is gaining popularity as a calming and re-centering practice. Personally, I love the effects of sound bathing, and my bowls have become an integral part of my personal meditation practice. I use them before and after energy sessions to help bring my own energy into harmony.
How do you customize your services for individual clients?
When booking on my website, there is an intake form where clients can list their concerns and issues. This helps direct the intention, and I approach the session as subconsciously guided around these issues. I connect with the client’s energy signature by proxy, as energy is not confined by time or space. I then use muscle-testing and flow-charts from the Body Code to help identify the imbalances that are ready to be released. I also remain open to intuitive guidance that goes beyond these charts, and I use prayerful intention to help the client release these energetic imbalances.
I muscle-test for vibrational remedies that would be most supportive for the client at that particular time – such as flower or gem essences, essential oils, or color frequencies – which I offer energetically to the client’s energy field.
Finally, the client then receives an e-mail with their customized report of the session, listing the imbalances that were ready to be released at that time. It is important to note that energy work is done in layers. Many imbalances are created as protective mechanisms, such as the Heart-Wall, which is created to protect oneself against emotional pain, and so each session is respectfully approached to tend only to the energies and imbalances that the client is ready to release.
It brings me great joy and satisfaction to assist others with the sacred process of shedding what no longer serves their highest good, and to mirror back to them their own pure essence. That’s why I created Noetic Essence, with a mission to help empower others on their healing paths and rekindle hope where it may be waning.
