Jo’s Journey
“Laughter is the language of the soul.”
Hi, I'm Jo Carter ✨
My journey into the world of Reiki began in 1999 with my first attunement into the Usui Shiki Ryoho System, founded by Dr Mikao Usui. Fast forward to today, I am now a 3rd Degree Reiki Practitioner. Additionally, since 2022, I have been practicing the Tong Ren Healing System developed by Tom Tam and Soul Energy Clearing (SEC) developed by Barbara Ann Guiney. These modalities are highly complementary and have captivated my full attention. I am constantly being amazed with the results and it makes my heart sing when I hear feedback and see the relief that it has given my clients and the positive changes that are occurring in their lives. I am now offering Personal, House & Property Clearings.
Outside of my healing practices, I am deeply involved in family life and continually explore holistic healing modalities to fuel my passion. My interests span a wide range of creative endeavours including character art dolls, costuming, painting, sculpting and more. Infused with a touch of fantasy and glitter, these pursuits bring immense joy to my inner fairy child. Those who step into my Reiki hut, The Holistic Shebang, will experience a glimmer of my creative spirit. Creativity is a cornerstone of my life, providing balance and nurturing my soul, while humour is what keeps me bouncing along.
My little hut found her new home a few years ago and I lovingly renovated her with great passion and vision, creating an earthy, serene and enchanted space. Surrounded by nature and offering a peaceful view of the Bay of Plenty, it serves as the perfect sanctuary for my clients to unwind and relax.
I look forward to meeting you, walking alongside you on your unique journey, and facilitating your healing experience. It is a true honour.✨
✨ Honouring my Masters ✨
“When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready. The teacher will Disappear.”
Mikao Usui
Mikao Usui - Founder of Reiki (1865-1926) Master/Teacher
Dr. Mikao Usui was born on August 15, 1865 in the village of Yago in Yamagata region, in Japan, where his family had lived for 11 generations. His family was of Buddhist tradition, so when the boy was 4, his family sent him to a Buddhist monastery to get his primary education. Mikao Usui grew up in an age of turmoil for the Japanese society. Christianity was banned and Japan closed its doors to the Western world until the 1850's and it became legal again only in 1873. But before that, it is known that Usui travelled to China, America and Europe for a few times to learn about the Western culture and civilization. This exchange of ideas was possible during the Meiji era as the Emperor installed a new regime that defeated the Shoguns and so Japan started its modernization process.
Usui's education: Young Mikao Usui pursued higher education and became a doctor in Japanese literature. He was fluent in Chinese, English and Sanskrit and took a keen interest in western medicine, theology and philosophy. Like many scholars of that time, he was fascinated by the new science coming from the West. The times of change made people want to cling on to their ancient traditions, while also adopting the new. This is what he did when he founded Usui Reiki. Life threatening illness: Around the year 1900, Mikao Usui became extremely ill and nearly died during an epidemic, when he had some visions of Buddha. It was a life-changing event that made him reassess his life. He became highly interest in the teachings of spiritual healers and esoteric Buddhist holistic healing and after his recovery he started to share his experiences with his family and priest. But they were furious when he told them about having visions of Enlightened Deities and they made him leave the temple. Eager to solve his problems and explain his vision with Buddha, he met a Buddhist priest who eventually recognized his immense capabilities and accepted him as a student. He later became a devoted Shingon Buddhist, which infuriated his family even more and they excluded him from the family.
The self - attunement: Mikao Usui had ideas ahead of his time, as he looked for a way to make these Buddhist healing methods available to everyone, without the need for such long and tedious practices. In 1914, he went on a meditation camp to find the answers he was looking for. The legend says that he went to a meditation place on Mount Kurama and pursued an intensive fast for 21 days. During his "satori" (enlightenment), he understood how working with reiki energy might help him in some of his problems. And ultimately, after many years of study and practice he found a way to combine the basics of these Buddhist techniques, which later became known as the Reiki system. After the attunement: He first tested the newly discovered techniques on himself and then his friends. At the same time, he continued to meet regularly with his Buddhist disciples and began to develop and improve the Usui reiki system. In 1922, he built a Usui Reiki treatment house in Harajuku, near Tokyo. He became extremely famous all over Japan and started to receive more and more invitations from all over the country to come and teach his healing methods. After the Kanto Earthquake in 1923, he offered his help with the victims. Because of the high demand for unlimited reiki system natural healing, he opened a larger Usui reiki clinic in Nakano, Tokio, in 1925. He received an award from the Emperor (like an honorary doctorate), for having done extremely honorable work for the community. The end and his legacy: Mikao Usui's intense schedule started to affect his health and on March 9, 1926, while he was in Fukuyama, he died of a stroke at 62. His body was burnt and his ashes lie in a Temple in Tokyo. Shortly after his death, the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai (Usui Reiki Healing Method Learning Society) was created and was led by some of Mikao Usui's senior students. Current membership of the reiki university is limited and is only invitation-based.
Tom Tam
Master Tom Tam is a gifted healer, acupuncturist and innovator based in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the developer of the Tom Tam Healing System which utilizes acupuncture, energy healing and tuina for treating conditions which have proven to be difficult to treat by other methods. As part of his healing system, Master Tam has popularized a form of energy healing, Tong Ren Therapy, which is now offered in classes world-wide. His techniques have led to the successful treatment of a very wide range of medical conditions. He has authored numerous books which explain his theories and techniques and has many students who utilize his techniques around the world. Master Tam's Formal Biography: Master Tam is a writer, poet, and healer. Born in Tai Shan, China, he came to the United States in 1975 as a political refugee. Since 1982, he has been practicing acupuncture, Tai Chi, and Chi Gong healing with great success. For the last 20 years, Tom has been one of the foremost students of Master Gin Soon Chu, the fifth generation master of traditional Yang family Tai Chi Chuan. In 1987, Tom founded the Boston Chi Gong Center and began training students. The following year, he founded the Oriental Culture Institute, and organized the Boston Chi Gong Delegation to China. Tom was awarded the highest honor of The Chinese Medical Research Association, the diamond pin and medal. He was also made Honorary President of the Taipei Acupuncture Society.
Over the years, Tom has written many books on Chi Gong, healing, and philosophy: Tai Chi Dao Yin (1993); Yi Jin Jing (1994); a translation of Lao Tzu's Dao De Jing (1994); Tom Tam's Healing System (1995); Pi Gu: The Way of Chi Gong Fasting (1st edition) (1996). He has also written several books of poetry, including For the Love of Nature (1997). Some of his books have been translated into Russian, Chinese and other languages. In 1997, Tom finished a book on his approach to past-life therapy, the Unfinished Life, and in 1998 completed two new books on his experiences healing patients with cancer: New Hope on the Horizon and Metamorphosis: Emerging from Darkness. In 2000, Tom developed the new style of Chi Gong, Da Peng Gong and finished the book of Da Peng Gong. In 2001, he finished Tong Ren for Cancer and his latest book, printed in 2006, is Chi and Libido.
Tom Tam continues to practice, teach students, and travel around the world to share his dreams. [sic] - Tong Ren Healing CA
Kevin Reed
Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Master/Teacher
My Teacher for Reiki 1 was Gwynna Whiteowl, who learnt direct from one of the 22 masters that Mrs Takata made; being Bev Grey. Because my Reiki 1 has such a ‘clean’ line to Mrs Takata, you can rest assured that the teaching of hand positions are, as was passed onto me, without variation and hence very reliably traditional and pure.
I began my journey into Metaphysics when I was 13 years old; that was over 45 years ago. I am an entertaining speaker with a clever sense of humour, who is passionate about Spiritual Study, Psychic Craft and bringing Enlightenment into the 21st century!
Just some of my achievements include:
· Founded the New Zealand College of Metaphysical Studies,
· Headed overseas trips to Bali, taking groups of people on a Spiritual Journey for the Soul.
· Brought to New Zealand an Ancient massage energy technique called Kundalini Massage.
· Co-developed a form of Mind Healing called ‘Soul Trekking’.
· Is a Reiki Master Teacher under the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition, with over 3,000 students.
· Has been initiated with Shaktipat, a ceremony delivered from Master to Student in Tantra yoga.
· Has been the Resident Radio Psychic with his weekly show on More FM Kapiti Coast.
· Past President The Tauranga Spiritual Society.
· Founded ‘The Psychic Café Tauranga, a meeting place for Spiritual fellowship.
There are many accolades in my life, such as promoting and fronting a travelling Meet the Mediums Show Spectacular, Newspaper coming year predictions, Spiritual events and others. I am a professional medium, psychic, healer, tantrika, Taoist, mystic and tutor of metaphysics, but most of all, I am real. [sic] - Kevin Reed
Barbara Ann Guiney
Barbara Ann Guiney is the author of ‘Natural Options’, a corporate motivational speaker, consultant, and researcher in natural healthcare for more than 30 years. She has incorporated her extensive experience, training, and knowledge to inspire and empower people to enjoy better wellbeing. Barbara has been trained by many of the greatest teachers in the field of Mind/Body/Soul Healing and among them are:
By Dr. Deepak Chopra as a Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor
By Dr. Doreen Virtue and the American Hypnotherapy Board as a Certified Spiritual Counselor
By Dr. James D'Adamo in Living Life according to your Blood Type
By Dr. Ann Wigmore in Raw Food Nutrition
She is a Certified NLP practitioner with Eriksonian Hypnotherapy. Barbara is the creator of Soul Energy Clearing and co-creator of Universal Balancing and Link.
Barbara is also a former radio talk show host and international lecturer. For decades, she has incorporated her extensive experience, training, and knowledge as she travels the world inspiring and empowering people to enjoy better wellbeing. Some of the highlights of her travels were leading meditation classes at sunrise and sunset on the Ganges River and the Taj Mahal in India as well in the Great Pyramid of Egypt. Barbara believes people need to learn how to take care of their inner needs to find peace within themselves rather than rely on others . [sic] - Barbara Ann Guiney