Candida Maurer, PhD, LMT, CHTP Co-founder of Eastwind Healing Center and Eastwind School. Licensed psychologist, licensed massage therapist, Certified Healing Touch Practitioner. Ph.D., Counseling psychology, 1991.  Adjunct faculty, University of Iowa, Counseling Psychology.  Massage therapist/Asian bodywork therapist, 1996.  Reiki Master (Takata lineage) and Reiki Jin Kei Do Master (Takamori lineage). Hypnotherapist. Advanced Light Language practitioner. Medical Intuitive. Quantum Healing practitioner. Chi Nei Tsang therapist.

Dr. Maurer has integrated psychotherapy and energy work into a powerful combination that has proven to be the healing key for many people. A gifted teacher, she is on the adjunct faculty of The University of Iowa where she has taught dream analysis, Jungian theory, and hypnotherapy. She has published in the area of pain management and hypnosis.

“I became interested in alternative medicine while I was working at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in 1993. A friend of mine had gotten an announcement about a workshop in Healing Touch, a type of energy medicine, and she more or less dragged me to this seminar. On the second day of the workshop I started to develop a migraine headache and was feeling quite sick. One of the instructors was walking around the group and as she passed about six feet behind me, she stopped and asked me if I had a headache, saying that she had felt the pain in my energy field. She then asked if I’d like her help getting rid of it. Of course I said ‘yes.’

As I sat in my chair, the instructor began to wave her hands in the air about 10 feet away from me. Though I thought this was somewhat ridiculous, she gradually started moving closer while continuing to wave her hands in line with my head. As she came toward me, my head began to feel lighter and cooler. At first I thought this was just my imagination, but the pain in my head began to dissipate. By the time she was standing directly behind me, all the pain was gone!

As you might imagine, I thought this was a miracle and totally unexplainable given my way of looking at the world at that time. But the truth was that I felt great when only minutes before I had felt horrible. The workshop immediately took on much deeper meaning and I opened my heart and mind to the idea of energy work.

My experience in this workshop propelled me to become interested in studying extensively in the field of energy medicine and how it intersects with psychology. It also brought me to the study of Reiki which has been a foundation of my energy medicine practice. Additionally, I attained licensure as a massage therapist in order to be able to work with the body more knowledgeably. I came to see that the body is an extension of the mind on the physical plane, and that bodily symptoms have psychological meaning. I believe that bodily symptoms hold the key to our inner processes, and that we can truly trust our own body’s wisdom. I also believe that the energetic level is simply a more subtle layer of  reality that is inextricably bound to the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of Self. In fact, it seems to me that when we talk about ‘energy,’ we are really talking about how the spirit manifests in and around the body.

Since the healing of my migraine, I have been privileged to witness many other ‘miracles’  in my clients through using combinations of hypnosis, Reiki, Healing Touch, dreamwork, body awareness, mindfulness, and other modalities. I have come to understand that we all carry certain life patterns that we are here to heal, and to realize that the ability to heal lies within each of us. It is through practices such as meditation, energy medicine and hypnosis that we become aware of our patterns and our innate healing potential.  I feel that my task is to help others find and activate their own inner wisdom.

I firmly believe that the medicine of the future will include the understanding of the energies in and around our bodies as holding the vital link to our health. When we are consciously in alignment with these energies, we feel balanced and centered. This experience allows us to transcend the patterns of personality that have kept us from finding our true Self and we are led to healing and wholeness.”

Dr. Maurer is also an outstanding spiritual and visionary artist. Her work can be viewed here
Email Candida about her art.