About Denise
- Naturotherapist
- Reiki Master/Teacher — multiple lineages
- Certified Yoga Teacher — 220-hour program; Yin, Laughter, Kundalini for Kids & two Kundalini 220-hour trainings
- Life Coaching certifications
- 5th Degree Black Belt (Karate) — Renshi / Shihan Dai
- Co-owner, Health Within Holistic Centre
Denise grew up in the 60s and 70s outside of Boston in Chelsea, MA, in a family that was no stranger to home remedies. Influenced by a culture that was about getting back to natural health, she frequented many fast-growing health food stores and participated in mini classes such as herbs and teas, colon cleanses, crystal workshops, essential oils, and more.
Her love for working with people displayed itself early as she began working in the dental field as an assistant at the age of 14, and then going on to become a Dental Hygienist.
Throughout her life she suffered with terrible allergies and other health issues. Feeling that several of the treatments she had received had compromised her health, and also seeing her parents' failing health as they started to age, gave her starting points for her quest for optimum health and wellbeing. There were always several courses, techniques, or cleanses being investigated.
Over the years Denise has taken many holistic related courses — Reiki, Electromagnetic Field Balancing, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or Tapping), an allergy elimination technique called Allergy Antidotes, The Attractor Field Technique (AFT), Emotion Codes, Past Life Regression, to name a few — her love being energy or vibrational medicine. At first the studies revolved around being able to help herself and family members. Denise pursued her studies and began martial arts training (Karate — now holding a 5th degree black belt along with the Samurai title of Renshi and the Official title of Shihan Dai) at the same time that she made a career change in the late 80s and opened and operated a high end healthy food business.
By the mid 90s, as others found out that Denise did some of these healing modalities, they began to seek out treatments and also request that she teach Reiki. And as they say, the rest is history!
Denise is a Reiki Master/Teacher in several lineages of Reiki. She is also a certified yoga teacher (220-hour program), with additional training in Yin Yoga, Laughter Yoga, Kundalini Yoga for Kids, two Kundalini Yoga 220-hour teacher trainings, as well as several other short yoga-based trainings.
Denise also designed a new yoga format called Yoga TAP where you'll experience a blend of many aspects of yoga including chant, yoga poses, breath work, relaxation and meditation along with a combination of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Positive Affirmation mantras. These Yoga TAP sessions energize you and leave you with a feeling of peace and calm that will enable you to effectively manage your day.
Denise has also received certification in several different Life Coaching courses.
Time has gone on and so has Denise. She now holds the designation of Naturotherapist and is one of a partnership — the other is Judy Archibald, a Certified Shiatsu Practitioner and Reiki Master — that owns and operates Health Within Holistic Centre in Stratford, PEI.
Denise lives in Stratford, PE with her husband Donald (pronounced Donal). They have three children, Jennifer, Michel and Daniel, a son-in-law Derryl, daughter-in-law Destiny, 10 grandchildren, a few grandchildren-in-law, and 6 great grandchildren.