July 29, 2025 • 48 mins
Do you feel constantly disconnected from yourself? In this episode, I talk with Lynn Salmon-Easter about energetically clearing away the stress and:
• The benefits of energy healing and therapeutic touch for highly sensitive people
• Daily practices to feel more energized and calm
• Differentiating your emotions from others to reconnect with your intuition
• Finding your authentic self through embodied presence
Lynn is a highly sensitive, empathic and intuitive individual working as a Reiki Master in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She assists others on their own unique path of self-discovery and self-care through in-person and distance Reiki sessions. Lynn believes self-care is an essential form of self-love and self-compassion and she helps individuals reconnect with their authentic selves through energy healing, mindfulness, and creative self-expression.
Keep in touch with Lynn:
• Website: https://www.fullcircleoflove.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullcircleoflove
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fullcircleoflove
Resources Mentioned:
• Distance Reiki Sessions: https://www.fullcircleoflove.com/copy-of-distance-reiki
• Slow Stitching: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6umMO38eWA2ABqbRE6dgqYLKUrL7AhG9
• Yess Yoga Studio: https://www.yessyogastudio.com
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Lynn Salmon-Easter (00:00):
You've taken on a lot of other people's
stories so you don't even knowwho you are anymore, because
these are other people's storiesand we just have to move this
out of the way so that you canbegin to live in your own
authentic self and be able tolive your purpose, rather than
living out of whatever energy'son top of your authentic energy.
April Snow (00:27):
Welcome to Sensitive Stories, the podcast for the
people who live with hearts andeyes wide open.
I'm your host, psychotherapistand author, april Snow.
I invite you to join me as Ideep dive into rich
conversations with fellow highlysensitive people that will
inspire you to live a morefulfilling life as an HSP
(00:49):
without all the overwhelm.
In this episode I talk withLynn Salmon Easter about finding
your authentic self throughenergy healing, the importance
of deep rest to heal yournervous system, and daily
practices to clear otherpeople's emotions and energy
away so you can tune into yourown needs and intuition.
Lynn is a highly sensitive,empathic and intuitive
(01:11):
individual working as a Reikimaster in Minneapolis, minnesota
.
She assists others on their ownunique path of self-discovery
and self-care through in-personand distance Reiki sessions.
Lynn believes self-care is anessential form of self-love and
self-compassion, and she helpsindividuals reconnect with their
authentic selves through energyhealing, mindfulness and
(01:33):
creative expression.
For more HSP resources and tosee behind-the-scenes video from
the podcast, join me onInstagram, tiktok or YouTube at
Sensitive Strengths or sign upfor my email list.
Links are in the show notes andat sensitivestoriescom.
And just a reminder that thisepisode is for educational
(01:53):
purposes only and is notintended as a substitute for
treatment with a mental healthor medical professional.
Let's dive in.
Well, lynn, welcome to thepodcast.
(02:22):
I'm so excited to have you heretoday.
Thank you Excited to be here.
Yes, so good to connect, and soI want to start off by asking
your HSP discovery story how orwhen you've realized that you're
highly sensitive.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (02:37):
Yeah, I really, really enjoy this
question that you ask all ofyour guests that come on the
podcast.
It's so fascinating to hear thedifferent ways that individuals
discovered when they were HSVs.
And for many people there'sother people on your podcast,
but for many people similar tomyself, I came to this very late
(03:00):
in my life.
I was about 45.
I'm 52 now and I worked inadvertising for about 25 years.
So in college and after I leftcollege and when I hit 40, I
knew I really needed to discoverand find a way out of the
industry.
I mean, I had felt it comingbefore then, but the work was
(03:21):
really beginning to becomeunsustainable for me and it was
taking more self care, moreresources, more finances.
I was a freelancer, so I wasalways working jobs, you know,
and I could take time off, but Iwould work a job and then it
would just take me that muchmore time to recover from the
job and I thought, you know,this is not sustainable to do
(03:42):
anymore, and so I really feltlike I needed to find a way at
least out of the industry by thetime I was 50.
And I found my way out around45.
And so, you know, the thing isis that Reiki began to come into
my life when my dad starteddeclining.
Around that age I was about 40.
He started declining with Lewybody and Parkinson's and it was
(04:04):
his death that really broughtReiki to me and I took a class
kind of like.
With my dad's death, like thesubconscious bubbles started to
come up in my life like booksand I had had chronic illness,
probably due to the fact thatyou know, even though I adored
advertising and it was great forme in a lot of ways in my life,
I think it was a big stressoron my body.
(04:26):
So I had a lot of gut issuesand chronic illness and I
remember one of my practitionershad suggested to try Reiki and
I never pursued that forself-care.
And so when my dad started todecline, that subconscious
bubble kind of floated up in mybrain and I thought, oh, I'm
going to go and do this.
(04:47):
So I did a Reiki training,level one for my own benefit and
self-care.
And during those trainings youwork on other individuals, you
trade, you know practice and Icould feel that my body was
really happy.
But people that I was working, Iwas like they're like your body
is so happy and it was so happyand so then I just really
(05:09):
started having this overwhelmingsense that I was supposed to be
doing something with this.
And yes, I mean I didn't knowthat I was going to become a
practitioner but and so reallymy father's death brought the
Reiki to me and then I feltcalled into becoming a
practitioner and my dad wasalways this individual who
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really encouraged people tobecome their authentic self and
wanted them to really live intheir authenticity and I felt
like so really I do this workout of a way to live my dad's
legacy and to really be able tospread the gifts of Reiki to the
wider world, because I feltreally called to do that and
that has brought a lot ofpurpose and meaning to my life,
(05:49):
which, you know, working withhighly sensitive people is like
one of the top things.
Like I find working with highlysensitive individuals that if
they don't have a purpose, evenif it's on the side of their job
, they have mental health issues, and so this has really helped
me to live my highest purposedoing this work.
So I started my privatepractice about six years ago and
(06:11):
I live in Minneapolis and Ijoined a clinic called Wellness
Minneapolis that was run by twowealthy humans and their mission
is to help people run wellnessbusinesses.
And I had been a freelancer myentire life as an advertiser,
but not in wellness, and so theyreally came alongside me and
taught me how to kind of have agood session, what that looks
(06:32):
like, how to give good care in aconsistent way, or what good
care looks like and making surethat people feel really held in
terms of how not the session,but how like start to finish,
how it unfolds and how peoplecan feel, you know, like giving
aftercare, recommendations,these types of things.
And so it was during that timethat I became aware of what a
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highly sensitive person isthrough this clinic, through one
of the owners hosting, aboutbeing highly sensitive and it
was something I had heard about,but it's not something I ever
went down the rabbit hole with.
And so I did the Google thingand I found Elaine Aron's quiz
and I took that, but it wasreally the quiz that Julie B
Ellen had on her website and Itook that and I answered all the
(07:18):
questions yes and I actuallylike hesitated and answered the
last question no, because I waslike I don't even know what this
means if I answer all thequestions yes and answered the
last question no, because I waslike I don't even know what this
means if I answer all thequestions yes.
And then I was like wow.
So I then kind of instantlytexted or emailed my mom and
said I just took this quiz,because what happened was that
just even taking the quiz madeall these things come together
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for me from my childhood forwardabout why things had happened
in my life a certain way, why Ihad maybe quote unquote failed
in certain ways that I felt likehadn't worked out.
And then, of course, I juststarted this kind of deep dive
into the traits of what it meansto be highly sensitive.
And then I guess I had the goodfortune, really in some way, to
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be asked by one of my clients inthe first year and a half that
I was doing Reiki to comealongside her and support her
with a group.
And I was like who am I to dothis?
But I decided to do it, to goto take my own deep dive into
research, because I loveresearch and it's honestly the
best thing I've done.
I'm still running supportseries groups once a month over
a six-month period for groups ofcohorts of people and it's been
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really transformative for meand for other individuals.
From them to learn that, justlike you're supporting people,
it really helps them to let goof shame and guilt and to come
into their power and tounderstand that they have tools
and that they actually have somesay in how their life can feel.
It's a game changer.
I feel like.
April Snow (08:48):
It really is a game changer, to have that
perspective and those resources.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (08:52):
Yeah, yeah, so that's my story.
April Snow (08:56):
I love it that one piece led to the other piece to
the other piece.
You're just following thatmemory, or that sense of, oh,
energy worker, reiki issomething that could support me,
and then it led you torealizing that you're highly
sensitive and that led to deeperinsights.
I've heard that from otherfolks where when they take the
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self-test, you start putting thepuzzle pieces together, like,
oh, this is connected to mysensitivity, and so is this, and
oh, now I'm seeing everythingthrough a new lens.
It's a very transformativeprocess.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (09:31):
It sure is, yeah, and I will say I have to
go back and look.
I haven't been looking at JulieB Allen's site most recently,
but she's really supportingwomen now in that late stage of
coming into autism and that quizhas shifted a bit and it
doesn't align as much for me,but I certainly tell my clients
about it.
I think she's doing amazingwork and really helping women
(09:54):
who are coming into thatknowledge in their late stages
of their life.
April Snow (09:58):
So yay for that resource, which is so exciting
because there's not a lot ofresources available.
There are not, there's not.
We need so much more.
I mean, I'm glad we're havingthese types of conversations
right, just to spread thatinformation and the awareness,
because I've had people come init's a new frontier.
It's a new frontier right.
But even people in their 60sand 70s reach out and say I just
(10:20):
discovered this about myselfand I really wish I had known
sooner.
Everything would have beendifferent.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (10:25):
You know how I thought about myself, how I
live my life, so I know, yeah, Ijust had two 60 year olds in my
highly sensitive group.
That went through and we justended in March and I reassured
both of them.
I'm like there's individualsyour age in this group, because
it's not always the case.
Because they were both kind ofhesitant and I was like no, no,
(10:50):
it's okay, I'm like the more youknow about yourself, the better
.
Never too late, never too late.
April Snow (10:52):
That's right?
Yeah, for sure.
Yes, and so it sounds like youknow Reiki that coming into your
life has been.
I mean, it's really shiftedyour whole life.
It sounds like Absolutely yes.
It's pretty incredible, and itsounds like it's continues to be
a great resource for youpersonally, but also you're
spreading it to others incommunity spaces.
I'm curious how are you findingthat sense of balance and calm
(11:13):
as an HSP?
In addition to Reiki, I'd loveto hear more about what helps
you.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (11:20):
One thing that I have been doing recently
since the pandemic, is creatingart, and I discovered I'm going
to show some art, but Idiscovered slow stitching during
the pandemic from my fellowartist, emma Freeman over at
Deep Rooted Healing, and I canhold up another piece too that
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I'll go to the thrift store Likethis is like an Italian linen
shirt that's kind of chartreusegreen, and then I have a circle
stitched on it, a gray circle,and it's on a stick.
So, in answer to your question,like, definitely taking walks
with my furry family member isone way that I calm, and taking
long walks, or in myneighborhood, and then I'll find
these sticks, and so the slowstitching is really just like
(12:03):
letting go of perfection.
It's it's using straight stitch.
I mean, this is called seedstitch, so it's a sporadic use
of straight stitches, but it'sreally about letting go of
perfection.
And, for those of you who arelistening, this is multiple
layers of fabric draped over astick and then I stitch it
together and it has some frayededges.
(12:24):
And honestly, april I startedthis and Emma, who was teaching
me, like had all these thingsthat were frayed.
I mean, I worked in advertisingand everything had to be tight
and perfect, so this was reallyan unwinding for myself of
becoming okay with having thesefrayed edges and letting go.
And actually, emma talked aboutthe back.
(12:45):
You have to look at the back.
April Snow (12:46):
She's like I was curious yes, that's where it is.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (12:49):
I was curious about the back.
Yeah, she's like I want to showthe back.
She thinks it's reallyimportant and you can see all
the threads and everything yeah,because it's the story of the
story, the story of the stitchesand the journey of the stitches
right so that's beautiful.
So you know, another way that Icalm and comfort is to come into
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connection with otherlike-minded individuals or
within community that are highlysensitive.
So I mean I'm showing myartwork at a coffee shop and
then also at the local library,because I'm also teaching
individuals or wanting to teachclasses about this and letting
people know that they can useart as a way to.
(13:32):
Basically, I do the stitchingbecause it helps me metabolize
emotions that I don't know, thatI have words for right.
I can't find words for themalways, but somehow the
stitching helps me to get thatup and out.
So that's why I stitch and whenI've taught classes, people
have said the same, as long asthey're.
You know, I'm teaching to unwindand not to feel like.
(13:55):
It's not about the producing,it's about the creating, and
there's no specific way thatcreation has to come to be.
It doesn't have to be anythingspecific.
It's really about what you werenaming previously of like
really following that niggle orthat intuition of like where's
the next stitch or what's thenext stitch like right.
So it's teaching us to bepresent.
It's also teaching us to listento what's coming to us, because
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I feel like it's for sure ashighly sensitive individuals and
just as humans in general, thatstaying present and listening
deeply is very healing, becausewe're often taken out of our
bodies, especially as highlysensitive individuals, because
we feel so deeply, we spend somuch time out of our bodies.
I spent decades out of my body.
That's the reality, you know.
(14:42):
So you know it's a way tobecome embodied, and so one of
those communities that I havebecome in collaboration with is
the studio where I have myprivate practice, which is it's
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a community that's reallyintentional People are embodied
and it's a supportive communitythat's really just wanting to
commit to being intentional andembodied in their life.
And that has really helped mein my own practice but also in
my own life.
But also in my own life, andI've now had this beautiful
unfolding of seeing clients andthen I'll go take like a yin or
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restorative yoga class and thencome back and see clients, and
so it's been this reallybeautiful experience of like
whoa, this is what work can be.
It can be like rest and workand work and rest, and I didn't
really have that opportunitybefore, but it's been a lovely
thing to experience experiencein my body, to be able to do
that.
April Snow (15:48):
So it's just finding that balance and be able to
meet your needs as they come up,not needing to push, push, push
.
You mentioned the word embodieda few times and, for folks who
maybe don't understand what thatmeans, I wonder if you could
just give us a little sense.
What does it mean to beembodied?
Lynn Salmon-Easter (16:05):
Oh gosh, what does it mean to be embodied
?
Okay, I should be able toanswer that right off the top.
I think it just means you know,feeling, sensing and being in
our bodies, like we've sometimesbeen told to.
I know sometimes when I go to,yes, and it's trauma informed,
and so this instructor will beasking us to look around the
room and find things that we see, things that we smell, things
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that we taste, maybe touchingsomething, feeling something.
So it's really being present inthe body and knowing that we're
present in the body and notjust in our head.
Right, maybe you can refinethat in terms of I know for
myself, when I was not embodied,I think for myself that was a
(16:48):
lot of why I didn't know how tofeel, because I have definitely
learned as an energy worker thatif you're not embodied, if
you're not in your body, thenthere's no way you can tell
what's yours and what's somebodyelse's.
You need to be in your present,in your body, to be able to
have discernment.
April Snow (17:07):
It's so true because if you don't know what you're
feeling, how will you know ifthis is yours or someone else's?
And then losing access not justto feeling and sensation, but
also intuition and those otherinternal forces that guide us as
sensitive people.
Instead, we're looking outsideof ourselves and getting misled.
That can get a little dangerous.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (17:29):
Oh, yes, of course it can Well.
Yeah, I of course it can well.
Yeah, I mean, it can belife-threatening for some people
, because people you know I meanwill end up abusing drugs and
alcohol and all these thingsbecause they just really can't
find their way back to presentmoment and being in the body,
and so yeah, or eating disordersharmful things right a lot of
self-sabotaging A lot ofself-sabotaging?
April Snow (17:51):
Yeah, a lot of self-sabotaging and also just
missing the body's cues.
I think one of my favoritethings about being sensitive is
that I notice when my body needssomething long before it's
yelling at me and it's like, oh,there's a little something, let
me tend to that.
And it's such a gift to be ableto know what I need and when I
(18:12):
need it.
Yeah, yeah, it seems like a lotof what you're talking about is
very tactile.
It's being embodied, you know,using your hands, just really
coming in to the present moment,such a healing practice,
especially if you've been maybedisconnected from yourself, just
to come back in and slow downand just be in the moment.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (18:35):
Yeah, I think.
One other thing that I can sayjust for listeners, because this
is something you can do at homeif you have a bathtub, or you
can use a little small tub withyour feet.
But I've definitely learned asa practitioner, being an energy
worker.
Taking Epsom salt baths is sosoothing to the nervous system,
to our adrenals, and what Ireally see is that that really
helps when I see clients to, ithelps them to continue.
(18:59):
So, like if we go out in theworld and we take on the
energetic yuck, taking an Epsomsalt bath is one way to really
help to move that energy off ofus or through us in a way that
we can do at home at a low cost.
So, as HSPs, we're oftensensitive to chemicals and
things.
So I just would say Epsom saltsare a form of magnesium, so
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it's something that's relaxingto the body and it can be done
before bed.
It can be 20 minutes or longer,but I think just make sure
you're buying Epsom salts thatdon't have chemicalized
fragrance in them, because itcan be irritating to the skin.
But other than that, it's apretty easy and simple process.
So you know, like one to twocups in the bath is great, yeah.
April Snow (19:43):
Yeah, it's one of my favorite ways to just to
self-care after a client day.
Just get into the salt bath,just let it all go, and it is so
calming.
I sleep so well after an Epsomsalt bath.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (19:58):
Yes, one of my favorites.
April Snow (19:59):
It's a good reminder that something as simple as
that, you know going to thedrugstore buying just a basic
bag of nothing fancy, and thatcan be just a really powerful
form of self-care.
that you can do at home.
Yeah, it's very affordable.
Yeah, exactly, I love that.
So let's say, for folks whomaybe aren't familiar, we've
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talked about Reiki and howimportant that is for you
personally and in your work, butthere are probably some folks
listening that don't know whatthat is.
They've never, maybe, been to aReiki session.
Could you describe a little bitmore about what that looks like
or what's happening in asession?
Sure, sure.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (20:36):
So what's happening in a session is that?
Well, I think the first thingis to let you know that every
practitioner is different, and Ibasically see myself I've
really, you know, reallydeveloped the style of the way I
work in the same way.
I came into the Reiki, so I'vereally been guided in my work
(20:57):
and I was trained, but I've alsojust allowed myself to be
guided, and so I see myself kindof working on four different
levels with the Reiki during asession for an individual, and
so I well let me say this first,because I think this is an
important thing for anyone whohas not maybe met Reiki or
energy work I want to describethe fact that energy work is an
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umbrella and that Reiki is aform of energy work.
Healing touches a form ofenergy work.
Even acupuncture has someaspects of energy work, and so
energy work is the biggerumbrella, and then Reiki is the
form of energy work that's beingdone, because I can see that
being very confusing.
I didn't know about thesethings until I became a
practitioner myself, and so I'mkind of using Reiki and energy
(21:42):
work interchangeably, becauseReiki is a form of energy work,
but Reiki is a type of energywork that originates in Japan
and there's other types of Reikieven, and then healing touches,
and I'm not certified in that,but you can be certified through
accredited programs and thenyou can work within the
hospitals with that type ofenergy healing.
So I mean, I call myself asReiki practitioner because
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that's what I was trained in.
So, at the most human level,what I really see Reiki coming
alongside individuals with isdeep restorative rest, which
many of us need.
On the second level, I seeindividuals that the energy work
comes alongside them on aphysical level, a physical body
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level.
So I'm calming the individual'snervous system, I am helping
alleviate any physical pain thatthey've named by helping to
balance their physical andenergetic system.
The third way, or the thirdlevel that I'm seeing, that I
can work with an individual andthis is all kind of happening
within one session normally isthe energetic level.
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So I'm opening the chakras orthe energy centers which I
normally see at every joint, andthen there's also that chakra
center, those seven chakrasright through the center of the
body.
In opening these chakra centersand making sure that they're not
blocked, then we begin to comeinto more balance and we can
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feel more calm and we can feelmore centered and, as I've
worked, I just see energy comingoff in layers and I'm a conduit
, so I'm allowing, the minute Itouch a client, energy is
allowed to move through me.
So if somebody is, I can tellhow much work people are doing
on themselves and how they carefor me.
So if somebody is, I can tellhow much work people are doing
on themselves and how they carefor themselves, cause if I touch
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them and a ton of things startflying off, I know they've been
doing their work Right and sothat's going through me, and
then I just send it out my feetinto the earth and so you know
the bodies or the soul is notgoing to really take things off
that the individual can't handle, right.
So it's a very gentle form.
But I do see that that energycomes off in layers and so then
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sometimes, even within thesession, a layer will come off
and then something else isrevealed, right.
April Snow (24:00):
Right.
Something underneath, yes,revealed.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (24:04):
So the fourth level I would say is more
of a soul or a spiritual level,and that's kind of where I'm
basically being an energy coachor you know, I am working with
the soul and it's a time where Ican I mean, I've been given the
gift of channeling through mydad's death as well, and
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mediumship, and so sometimes thebody is very direct, or the
soul is very direct or theuniverse is very direct, or the
soul is very direct or theuniverse is very direct about
something that this individualcan do to help move them in
their life in a way like awayfrom harm.
Or I'll ask people what theirintention is in the beginning.
We have a conversation sopeople can name things that they
want to bring in or let go of.
And I do find often, even ifpeople tell me stories about
(24:48):
what they're trying to let go ofsomething, it brings it
directly to the surfaceenergetically and then we can
move it out and let it go andthat can be really helpful for
individuals, even if it's oldstuff.
And so that sharing, thatintuitive sharing that I hear I
will share that at the end ofthe session, and so I now kind
of just knew this year I havetwo different sessions.
(25:10):
I have more of a channeledsession, that is more of a
conversational session, and thesession I'm speaking about now
is more of a silent session.
I really create a sanctuary ofsilence and allow deep rest and
then we have that conversationat the end and I'm sharing
what's coming through.
One other thing, just becauseyou know you work as a therapist
(25:31):
that this didn't come to meuntil maybe three years into my
practice, but it's been reallyfascinating to see individuals
Many of my clients do havetherapists and they've done a
lot of work in therapy andsometimes clients will be on the
table and I'll ask becausesometimes the energy won't move
and I just have to ask aquestion to get it to shift, and
(25:51):
I'll say, well, I'm interestedin this coming up, and sometimes
clients will say, well, Ithought I was done with that,
and so what I have seen is thatthere are things in people's
energetic fabrics, tapestryfield that has not been cleared,
but they've talked through itand they think it's done, and so
then when I clear it, then theyreally come through the
complete cycle and trauma orwhatever it is is complete and
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they don't have that again.
And if they do, I tell them thatusually shows up in your dream
life or other things.
If you start obsessing about it, then that means that it's back
and then maybe we have to takeother layers off.
Maybe that's triggeredsomething else that we have to
then go back to.
You know deeper, and so everypractitioner works differently.
I personally sell packages andI encourage people to do that
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and I incentivize that because aI want to go deep with people
and I see the best results whenpeople so I have like sessions
or a package of four and I seepeople make really astounding
leaps and bounds, honestly, infour sessions that you can
completely retrain somebody'snervous system, not for good
right but for that period oftheir life, and then if some big
(26:57):
thing happens, then you knowthe nervous system sometimes has
to be coached back into thatspace.
But the body much morerecognizes it if it's been
coached in that space.
April Snow (27:08):
Right, it's primed.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (27:09):
Yeah, like I know what I'm doing, I know
what we do here.
April Snow (27:12):
Right, yeah, so it's such important.
I often encourage my clients todo some type of body work,
somatic healing, in addition toour talk therapy, because I mean
, I'm weaving in some somaticwork, but not to the point that
a practitioner.
Could you know an energy healeror a somatic experiencing
(27:33):
practitioner, some you know acraniosacral therapist, someone
who can work physically with theenergy in the nervous system,
because we can only do so muchthrough language.
A lot of things are storedsomatically, energetically, and
so I'm not surprised to hearthat you're seeing that in your
work, where you're helping goand take that deeper layer and
(27:54):
help move that through.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (27:56):
I mean, I'm mostly working in the area, the
space where there are not wordsright Exactly If.
I am having to language it, I'mhaving to translate energy.
Sometimes things come directlythrough, but many times it's
wordless and then you knowthat's where I've gained more
skill.
Is like really translatingenergy, trusting and bringing
that forth and then gettingconfirmation or affirmation from
(28:18):
clients of like, yeah, you'respot on, and then that's given
me more trust and moreconfidence to trust what's
coming through.
April Snow (28:24):
So yeah just really listening and you talked about.
You know it sounds like there'sa lot of benefits, but just
just to recap a few and I wantto see if there's more, just to
put words to it.
So it sounds like energy workin general, potentially Reiki or
healing touch or other work.
It's really just allowing thebody to rest and to unwind and
(28:55):
heal physically, energeticallyand also spiritually, like
you're healing at every level.
Just wondering are there otherbenefits we haven't named to
doing this type of work?
Lynn Salmon-Easter (29:05):
Let's see other benefits that we haven't
named.
I think one of the things thatjust in terms of specifically
for HSPs, I think that what Isee is so mostly the individuals
that are called into my roomare individuals that are pretty
empathic, meaning we feel thecollective, we're feeling other
people's energy, and I would sayHSPs are that people, and then
(29:26):
some people are even more beyondthat right and can really feel
the collective energy.
And so individuals that arehighly sensitive and empathic.
When they come into the room,the energy work, the Reiki work,
really kind of meets them wherethey're at, where we live
internally and where we kind ofthrive out of.
(29:50):
It's the place that many of usfeel shut down about in the
world and the Reiki witnessesthat.
And what I see is that peoplecome and they feel so seen and
witnessed and some people arebrought to tears because they
never felt like they've beenseen in this way and they feel
really safe and held and orpeople will say I've never
(30:11):
talked about this with anyone.
I'm like, well, you can talkabout it here, because it's not
something that we feel safetalking about in the wider world
and why I love doing it is itreally helps individuals to come
into their authentic selves.
So ideally, optimally, we'reworking through multiple
sessions, because energy comesoff in layers and there is the
(30:32):
rare client who can come to meand I can get to their authentic
energy in one session, but thatclient's doing a lot of things
outside of my room.
And so, you know, within thesecond or third session,
oftentimes I can get individualskind of in their authentic
energy and even within the firstsession people feel lighter
energy and even within the firstsession people feel lighter,
(30:55):
they feel more clear.
Because also, what we see isthat what I see continually is
that any kind of chronic stressreally shuts that intuition down
, that third eye.
And so those are the clientsthat you know.
People come to me.
They don't feel clear, theyfeel lost, they'll feel
apathetic, they can't makedecisions anymore, they don't
know who they are, they may havelost their luster for life and
(31:18):
most of the time I just say oh,hey, friend, you're just, you're
highly sensitive, like I am.
You've taken on a lot of otherpeople's stories and you're
wearing those stories so youdon't even know who you are
anymore Because you think thisis your story and it's not your
story, these are other people'sstories and we just have to move
this out of the way so that youcan begin to live in your own
authentic self and be able tofind your glimmer and your
(31:43):
authentic light again, so thatyou can live your purpose rather
than living out of whateverenergy is on top of your
authentic energy.
April Snow (31:51):
Right so that makes sense that when you're saying
you help bring people back intotheir authentic self, it's just
taking off all the thingsthey've absorbed from other
people from the world thataren't theirs like oh and see
yourself again.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (32:07):
Yeah, almost like taking off clothes, or
like organza, like layers likethis.
You know, almost like takingoff clothes or like layers like
this, you know, like, and thenit becomes revealed, you know,
the authentic energy becomesrevealed and then people can
feel much more at ease and theycan make decisions clearly again
.
They know who they are, theyfind their purpose, they're like
oh yeah, this is what it feelslike to be me.
Cause they forget, we forgetwhat it feels like to be me or
(32:32):
ourselves, right, we?
April Snow (32:33):
do when we've been living a certain way for so long
, whether it be living with thatlackluster energy or a health
issue it becomes normal, yeah,and we forget who we were or who
we could be.
We do forget, yeah, so thishelps them find themselves again
.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (32:52):
Yeah, yeah, so it can be a pretty
extraordinary transformation forindividuals yes, I mean, I felt
it myself.
April Snow (32:58):
You know, I work with a body worker and we do a
mixture of energy, somatic,experiencing some craniosacral,
and when I'm done with a sessionI feel like a kid.
I'm so joyful and free and I'mlike where am I?
But there's that authenticitythere that I'm not bogged down
anymore.
It's phenomenal, and I do.
(33:20):
When you said letting thelayers come off, like I
literally will feel energiesflowing out of my head like back
to the earth, yeah, it justpours off.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (33:30):
I think it's one thing that I always tell
clients when they come.
If it's been the first timethat I say you know this work
like any type of work you'regoing to maybe see things, hear
things like I call it seeingthings across your mind screen.
I said, as I'm bringing thingsoff, taking things off, you may
be reliving this and I'm likethat's completely normal and
emotions like this can bring alot of emotions oh, oh yeah, and
(33:53):
so it's like it's really wewant it out because it's been
shoved down.
We do not want it to like goback down, right, we want to
bring it up and out.
So it has.
Oftentimes clients are likereliving things on the table.
April Snow (34:04):
Yeah, I definitely get a lot of visuals and
emotions coming, and sometimesjust spontaneously.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:10):
That's right .
April Snow (34:10):
It's the last session.
I just like laughed out loud orsome sound just came out and I
was like.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:14):
I don't know what that was but I'm letting
it go, just let it be.
Yeah, it's really beautiful,yeah, it's a very organic
process, but also in the body isso wise.
Right, like I'm notmanipulating her.
I mean, I can be encouraging,but the body's just doing what
it's doing, like there's a rhymeand a rhythm and a wisdom to it
.
That's just so amazing towitness and to, to see and to
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support.
April Snow (34:38):
Yeah, and we often can't get there on our own.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:41):
No, I can't get there on my own either.
April Snow (34:43):
I have to go see people.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:45):
Yeah, it's really important to be doing it
together.
April Snow (34:48):
I'm curious when the first time you experienced
energy work is.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:57):
I know you talked about being introduced to
it around the time that yourfather was passing, but I'm just
wondering if you could sharemore about that story.
Yeah, I loved this question somuch when I read this question
because it's kind of so.
The name of my business is fullcircle of love Because when my
dad died I'm a creative personand I did the like what are they
called?
Like the picture boards for mydad's service.
You know, I don't know if theyhave an official name, but I've
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been a long time stuffer of myemotions and I kind of knew it
might make me sick.
My dad's death might really likegive me a normal disease if I
didn't work through it.
And so I decided for a year tosend I have a small family so I
would make a photo card and sendit once a month as a way to
touch the grief.
And I did that for like about ayear and one of the takeaways
(35:41):
from that was just reallylearning that my dad kind of
taught me to come back to love,or taught our family to come
back to love, and that can be areally profound foundation, even
when there's been hard things,challenges, right, and so I
guess I'm saying that.
So my brother helped me kind ofthink of a name because, you
know, I don't know if you'veever tried to get a domain, but
things like start evaporatingand things were evaporating so.
(36:03):
I'm like whoa.
He's like how about full circleof love?
So that's the name of mycompany, llc.
But why I'm saying that isbecause, like, this really is
full circle, right.
So the first time I actually hadenergy work done was on my
wedding day, because I was 28and I am married the oldest
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grandchild in a family of 10grandchildren and my husband has
a huge family and I wanted asmaller wedding and we ended up
with a bigger wedding andbasically what happened is I
just did not know anything aboutbeing highly sensitive.
I did not know anything aboutthe trait and I didn't set
myself up properly for successbecause I didn't know what I
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needed and we had a small.
Well, we had a wedding.
It wasn't huge, but it was likeI think it was about a hundred
people in the yard and we wantedto have a sunset wedding, which
worked out beautifully,honestly.
But what that meant is that weended up scheduling dinner
before the service and I amreally blood sugar sensitive and
(37:08):
I was so anxious that Icouldn't eat.
I finally got some fruit down,but basically this is I call it
short circuiting, but basicallymy body like short circuited on
me and I couldn't like stand upanymore and then people are
coaching me Well, maybe you'regoing to have to sit in a chair
and I was like I don't want tosit in a chair and my husband's
(37:30):
aunt came over to me.
I was literally like in a lazyboy in the living room, just
like trying to figure out whatto do.
The service was about ready tostart in the yard and she just
came over and laid her hands onme and my body literally went
like wow, and it was just likewithin about five to 10 minutes
I came congruent and I juststood up and I said I want to
(37:52):
get this over with.
I walked out of the door,completed the service and I was
just like I want to be done withthis.
Like you know, I just wasoverwhelmed by how much love
there was and just having somany people in the space.
It was like I'm a Leo.
I'm supposed to be wanting tobe on the stage.
I did not want to be on thestage and so I was talking to
(38:16):
the aunt later and I just saidwhat did you do?
She goes oh, I was doinghealing touch on you and I was
like whoa and I literally reallydidn't have energy work again
until this time when my dadstarted dying.
That's not something that Ijust didn't think about it.
I was 28.
I was living in New York Cityand then we moved and I mean all
these things Right, you know,and I just I hadn't really.
(38:36):
But when Reiki came to my lifeagain, I was like whoa, this is
a really big piece of the puzzle.
That's been missing is knowingthat I'm not and having
awareness about my energy bodyand taking care of my energy
body, because I recognized atthat time what a huge part of my
life that was and that thatreally was a big part of why I
(38:59):
was having so many health issuesis because I wasn't listening
to that.
That was the part of me, likeyou're saying that the subtle
cues of like, hey, you'reoverriding all the systems,
right, and so then this likeshort circuiting happened, kind
of.
So it was really an amazinggift, honestly, that was given
to me.
Little did I know that I wasgoing to come back around and
(39:19):
become a practitioner.
I would have never guessed thatin a million years.
April Snow (39:23):
But it's quite a pivot from what you're doing in
marketing.
Oh, yes, for sure.
But I mean, I really love thatyou have this history with it
and at this very importantmoment and you talked about, you
know, being surrounded by loveI think it's an important
reminder that it doesn't matterwhat the energy is.
It can be positive and it canstill really overwhelm us as
(39:45):
HSPs especially if you're alsoempathic.
Oh, absolutely.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (39:49):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely the good and
the challenging can feel sosimilar, right In terms of
overwhelm, so similar.
April Snow (39:58):
Exactly, yeah, yeah, so we've talked a little bit
about you know what energy workcan support you with, but I do
want to check in and see if youhave any thoughts on other times
where you should not do energywork.
Oh yeah, contraindicated.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (40:09):
So I can't think of a lot of reasons that
energy work would becontraindicated, but one that
I've seen personally as apractitioner, because every
practitioner is different, right.
So what I've witnessed is thatI've had some lovely humans come
to me that I personally havereally wanted to help, and it
hasn't been helpful for them.
And those individuals are theindividuals who maybe have
(40:32):
chronic fatigue or something,where there's a lot of illness
that's going on in multiplesystems and energy work is
potentially, or supposedly, verygentle.
But what I found is thatsometimes these individuals get
flooded and then it feels okayat the time when we're working,
and then they go home and theyhave this huge like kind of
(40:53):
collapse or like energy crisisand I feel really bad about it.
So I think that energy workcould be okay for some of these
individuals, but at least theway I work, you know, I don't
know the energy comes throughpotently or something.
I don't always have thecontrols for that.
That's been my experience.
And so if somebody comes to mewith a lot of not layered trauma
(41:14):
, but just like if it's showingup in so many systems, like
somebody who has POTS orsomebody who has chronic fatigue
, and it's hitting all thesystems.
It's like it's too much fortheir system.
They have to get a little bitstronger, I think, before we can
.
I think it's just literallyrunning too much energy through
them.
Yeah, that is just like thesystem kind of goes haywire and
(41:36):
goes like I don't know what todo with this, right, so it ends
up not being helpful.
It ends up being more of anirritant for them.
April Snow (41:39):
Honestly Makes sense and you don't want to overwhelm
the system.
Sometimes you can you can floodit and it's not helpful.
Yeah, yeah.
So, a little sense.
Yeah, as we start to wrap uphere, I'm wondering if there is
a message you could share withHSP listeners who are feeling
stuck or imbalanced or maybefeeling that saturated feeling
(42:00):
we've alluded to.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (42:01):
what would that message be yeah.
I'm really encouraging people tocontinue to find ways to be in
their body, to be embodied right, to find ways to have the
sensory fences alive in our bodyand being aware of them.
As we talked about, we can onlyfeel our emotions or work
through our emotions when we'rein our body, and we need to be
(42:23):
in our body to own and to be inour authentic energy, and so I
would really encourage people tobe finding ways and and really
the way the world is workingthese days there are so many
options now like this is reallycoming online in full force,
which is so beautiful to see,and there's so much integration
and so many things that are kindof cross pollinating in a way
(42:45):
that is really beautiful to see,and so I'm really encouraging
individuals to find spaces wherethey can find support about
gently finding ways to be intheir body and to find rest,
because the truth is that, ashighly sensitive individuals, we
are the guides, we're the seersin this world.
We are paving the way for abetter future, and so my deepest
(43:05):
wish and hope which is why I'mpassionate about the work I do
is to have people be in theirauthenticity.
I want people who are highlysensitive to be in their bodies
and sharing their gifts and intheir authentic energy, because
that is how they shine thebrightest, and it's the only way
they can share their own uniquegifts is if they're in their
body and turned on, and so I'mjust really encouraging people
(43:27):
to continue to commit to shiningbrightly, and it doesn't have
to be pushed or forced.
It can be a very gentleunfolding, but a commitment to
yourself is just simply acommitment to yourself.
April Snow (43:39):
I love that.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (43:40):
And to your authenticity.
April Snow (43:42):
Thank you.
Yes, I love that so muchBecause, it's true, we are the
seers and the feelers, theemotional leaders, and it's
really important that we takecare of ourselves and we set
down what other people arefeeling or what they've told us
we should be feeling and justsay let's come back to self.
Let's come back to thatauthenticity and we have so much
to give from that place, agreedOf embodiment and presence.
(44:06):
Yeah Well, lynn, thank you somuch for everything you shared
today.
I love this conversation.
I'll make sure I share all theresources that you offer in the
show notes for folks, and you dooffer distance Reiki and
intuitive reading session, soI'm wondering if you could share
with folks a little bit moreabout that, if they're
interested.
Yeah, yeah.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (44:25):
So the distance session honestly came
to me kind of during thepandemic, because I really
didn't want to be cut off fromclients and I literally kind of
just asked the universe to comealongside me and like, hey, how
do I do this?
So I went back to my neighborswho helped me develop my in
person session and practice withthem and kind of a style came
through and so that's what I doto this day and so that distance
(44:48):
session is kind of a distanceReiki and intuitive reading,
because it allows the healing tohappen from anywhere in the
world.
And it sounds hard to believethat it can happen.
But really I'm just, you know,energy's everywhere and so I'm
just tuning in and so I guidepeople through a meditation and
we align our energies and that'skind of like an energetic body
(45:08):
scan and that's kind of like anenergetic body scan.
And then as we go through thesession, I'm asking the body to
show me affirmations and I usethose kind of like my hands in
the Reiki room and using thoseaffirmations to come back to.
And people still go into thisspace of kind of like wake or
sleep like they would in person,and sometimes people let go of
even more things at home becausethey're in the safety of their
(45:30):
own home and the body feels verysafe and so even more can leave
.
But I would say these kind ofintuitive reading sessions or
distance sessions really allowindividuals to also partake in
any kind of aha or insightmoments, because it's more of a
conversational style or, youknow, somebody can choose not to
be conversing with me, but we,we can be having a dialogue and
(45:52):
so that universal guidance or ifindividuals are wanting to
connect with a loved one who'syou know past, that is something
that we can bring in, because Ido have some mediumship
capabilities and so there'sreally a connection or a comfort
of a container that allowsloved ones to come through, or
spirit guides and opens thisopportunity for universal
(46:12):
messages to come through inthese sessions, along with the
healing and the balance andharmony and clearing of energy
and clarity.
So there's all these thingsthat are happening at one time,
and so I do the sessions in theUS via via phone usually,
because I'm more of an auditoryperson.
I'll use Zoom and use the audioif somebody's out of the
(46:35):
country or it's somewhere thatyou know they can't use their
phone.
April Snow (46:39):
So yeah, yeah, it sounds like such a I mean a rich
resource where so much couldhappen, like you're saying, in
the comfort of home.
I know with my clients I alsowork by distance, so they like
being at home and they feelcomfortable and things can just
unfold, which is reallybeautiful.
And you're right, you might notexpect it, but a lot is
(47:00):
possible.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (47:01):
Yeah.
April Snow (47:02):
Yeah, sounds like a beautiful resource.
Well, lynn, thank you again somuch for being here today.
Thank you, this is amazing.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (47:08):
Thank you.
Thank you so much, April.
April Snow (47:18):
Thank you for joining me and Lynn for today's
conversation.
I hope you'll remember that, nomatter how overwhelmed or tired
you feel, your full, authenticself is waiting for you just
under the surface.
All you need is a littlesupport, rest and clearing away.
To book a distance Reiki andintuitive reading session with
Lynn, head to her website,fullcircleoflovecom.
(47:41):
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You've taken on a lot of other people's
stories so you don't even knowwho you are anymore, because
these are other people's storiesand we just have to move this
out of the way so that you canbegin to live in your own
authentic self and be able tolive your purpose, rather than
living out of whatever energy'son top of your authentic energy.
April Snow (00:27):
Welcome to Sensitive Stories, the podcast for the
people who live with hearts andeyes wide open.
I'm your host, psychotherapistand author, april Snow.
I invite you to join me as Ideep dive into rich
conversations with fellow highlysensitive people that will
inspire you to live a morefulfilling life as an HSP
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without all the overwhelm.
In this episode I talk withLynn Salmon Easter about finding
your authentic self throughenergy healing, the importance
of deep rest to heal yournervous system, and daily
practices to clear otherpeople's emotions and energy
away so you can tune into yourown needs and intuition.
Lynn is a highly sensitive,empathic and intuitive
(01:11):
individual working as a Reikimaster in Minneapolis, minnesota
.
She assists others on their ownunique path of self-discovery
and self-care through in-personand distance Reiki sessions.
Lynn believes self-care is anessential form of self-love and
self-compassion, and she helpsindividuals reconnect with their
authentic selves through energyhealing, mindfulness and
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Let's dive in.
Well, lynn, welcome to thepodcast.
(02:22):
I'm so excited to have you heretoday.
Thank you Excited to be here.
Yes, so good to connect, and soI want to start off by asking
your HSP discovery story how orwhen you've realized that you're
highly sensitive.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (02:37):
Yeah, I really, really enjoy this
question that you ask all ofyour guests that come on the
podcast.
It's so fascinating to hear thedifferent ways that individuals
discovered when they were HSVs.
And for many people there'sother people on your podcast,
but for many people similar tomyself, I came to this very late
(03:00):
in my life.
I was about 45.
I'm 52 now and I worked inadvertising for about 25 years.
So in college and after I leftcollege and when I hit 40, I
knew I really needed to discoverand find a way out of the
industry.
I mean, I had felt it comingbefore then, but the work was
(03:21):
really beginning to becomeunsustainable for me and it was
taking more self care, moreresources, more finances.
I was a freelancer, so I wasalways working jobs, you know,
and I could take time off, but Iwould work a job and then it
would just take me that muchmore time to recover from the
job and I thought, you know,this is not sustainable to do
(03:42):
anymore, and so I really feltlike I needed to find a way at
least out of the industry by thetime I was 50.
And I found my way out around45.
And so, you know, the thing isis that Reiki began to come into
my life when my dad starteddeclining.
Around that age I was about 40.
He started declining with Lewybody and Parkinson's and it was
(04:04):
his death that really broughtReiki to me and I took a class
kind of like.
With my dad's death, like thesubconscious bubbles started to
come up in my life like booksand I had had chronic illness,
probably due to the fact thatyou know, even though I adored
advertising and it was great forme in a lot of ways in my life,
I think it was a big stressoron my body.
(04:26):
So I had a lot of gut issuesand chronic illness and I
remember one of my practitionershad suggested to try Reiki and
I never pursued that forself-care.
And so when my dad started todecline, that subconscious
bubble kind of floated up in mybrain and I thought, oh, I'm
going to go and do this.
(04:47):
So I did a Reiki training,level one for my own benefit and
self-care.
And during those trainings youwork on other individuals, you
trade, you know practice and Icould feel that my body was
really happy.
But people that I was working, Iwas like they're like your body
is so happy and it was so happyand so then I just really
(05:09):
started having this overwhelmingsense that I was supposed to be
doing something with this.
And yes, I mean I didn't knowthat I was going to become a
practitioner but and so reallymy father's death brought the
Reiki to me and then I feltcalled into becoming a
practitioner and my dad wasalways this individual who
(05:29):
really encouraged people tobecome their authentic self and
wanted them to really live intheir authenticity and I felt
like so really I do this workout of a way to live my dad's
legacy and to really be able tospread the gifts of Reiki to the
wider world, because I feltreally called to do that and
that has brought a lot ofpurpose and meaning to my life,
(05:49):
which, you know, working withhighly sensitive people is like
one of the top things.
Like I find working with highlysensitive individuals that if
they don't have a purpose, evenif it's on the side of their job
, they have mental health issues, and so this has really helped
me to live my highest purposedoing this work.
So I started my privatepractice about six years ago and
(06:11):
I live in Minneapolis and Ijoined a clinic called Wellness
Minneapolis that was run by twowealthy humans and their mission
is to help people run wellnessbusinesses.
And I had been a freelancer myentire life as an advertiser,
but not in wellness, and so theyreally came alongside me and
taught me how to kind of have agood session, what that looks
(06:32):
like, how to give good care in aconsistent way, or what good
care looks like and making surethat people feel really held in
terms of how not the session,but how like start to finish,
how it unfolds and how peoplecan feel, you know, like giving
aftercare, recommendations,these types of things.
And so it was during that timethat I became aware of what a
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highly sensitive person isthrough this clinic, through one
of the owners hosting, aboutbeing highly sensitive and it
was something I had heard about,but it's not something I ever
went down the rabbit hole with.
And so I did the Google thingand I found Elaine Aron's quiz
and I took that, but it wasreally the quiz that Julie B
Ellen had on her website and Itook that and I answered all the
(07:18):
questions yes and I actuallylike hesitated and answered the
last question no, because I waslike I don't even know what this
means if I answer all thequestions yes and answered the
last question no, because I waslike I don't even know what this
means if I answer all thequestions yes.
And then I was like wow.
So I then kind of instantlytexted or emailed my mom and
said I just took this quiz,because what happened was that
just even taking the quiz madeall these things come together
(07:41):
for me from my childhood forwardabout why things had happened
in my life a certain way, why Ihad maybe quote unquote failed
in certain ways that I felt likehadn't worked out.
And then, of course, I juststarted this kind of deep dive
into the traits of what it meansto be highly sensitive.
And then I guess I had the goodfortune, really in some way, to
(08:04):
be asked by one of my clients inthe first year and a half that
I was doing Reiki to comealongside her and support her
with a group.
And I was like who am I to dothis?
But I decided to do it, to goto take my own deep dive into
research, because I loveresearch and it's honestly the
best thing I've done.
I'm still running supportseries groups once a month over
a six-month period for groups ofcohorts of people and it's been
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really transformative for meand for other individuals.
From them to learn that, justlike you're supporting people,
it really helps them to let goof shame and guilt and to come
into their power and tounderstand that they have tools
and that they actually have somesay in how their life can feel.
It's a game changer.
I feel like.
April Snow (08:48):
It really is a game changer, to have that
perspective and those resources.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (08:52):
Yeah, yeah, so that's my story.
April Snow (08:56):
I love it that one piece led to the other piece to
the other piece.
You're just following thatmemory, or that sense of, oh,
energy worker, reiki issomething that could support me,
and then it led you torealizing that you're highly
sensitive and that led to deeperinsights.
I've heard that from otherfolks where when they take the
(09:18):
self-test, you start putting thepuzzle pieces together, like,
oh, this is connected to mysensitivity, and so is this, and
oh, now I'm seeing everythingthrough a new lens.
It's a very transformativeprocess.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (09:31):
It sure is, yeah, and I will say I have to
go back and look.
I haven't been looking at JulieB Allen's site most recently,
but she's really supportingwomen now in that late stage of
coming into autism and that quizhas shifted a bit and it
doesn't align as much for me,but I certainly tell my clients
about it.
I think she's doing amazingwork and really helping women
(09:54):
who are coming into thatknowledge in their late stages
of their life.
April Snow (09:58):
So yay for that resource, which is so exciting
because there's not a lot ofresources available.
There are not, there's not.
We need so much more.
I mean, I'm glad we're havingthese types of conversations
right, just to spread thatinformation and the awareness,
because I've had people come init's a new frontier.
It's a new frontier right.
But even people in their 60sand 70s reach out and say I just
(10:20):
discovered this about myselfand I really wish I had known
sooner.
Everything would have beendifferent.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (10:25):
You know how I thought about myself, how I
live my life, so I know, yeah, Ijust had two 60 year olds in my
highly sensitive group.
That went through and we justended in March and I reassured
both of them.
I'm like there's individualsyour age in this group, because
it's not always the case.
Because they were both kind ofhesitant and I was like no, no,
(10:50):
it's okay, I'm like the more youknow about yourself, the better
.
Never too late, never too late.
April Snow (10:52):
That's right?
Yeah, for sure.
Yes, and so it sounds like youknow Reiki that coming into your
life has been.
I mean, it's really shiftedyour whole life.
It sounds like Absolutely yes.
It's pretty incredible, and itsounds like it's continues to be
a great resource for youpersonally, but also you're
spreading it to others incommunity spaces.
I'm curious how are you findingthat sense of balance and calm
(11:13):
as an HSP?
In addition to Reiki, I'd loveto hear more about what helps
you.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (11:20):
One thing that I have been doing recently
since the pandemic, is creatingart, and I discovered I'm going
to show some art, but Idiscovered slow stitching during
the pandemic from my fellowartist, emma Freeman over at
Deep Rooted Healing, and I canhold up another piece too that
(11:40):
I'll go to the thrift store Likethis is like an Italian linen
shirt that's kind of chartreusegreen, and then I have a circle
stitched on it, a gray circle,and it's on a stick.
So, in answer to your question,like, definitely taking walks
with my furry family member isone way that I calm, and taking
long walks, or in myneighborhood, and then I'll find
these sticks, and so the slowstitching is really just like
(12:03):
letting go of perfection.
It's it's using straight stitch.
I mean, this is called seedstitch, so it's a sporadic use
of straight stitches, but it'sreally about letting go of
perfection.
And, for those of you who arelistening, this is multiple
layers of fabric draped over astick and then I stitch it
together and it has some frayededges.
(12:24):
And honestly, april I startedthis and Emma, who was teaching
me, like had all these thingsthat were frayed.
I mean, I worked in advertisingand everything had to be tight
and perfect, so this was reallyan unwinding for myself of
becoming okay with having thesefrayed edges and letting go.
And actually, emma talked aboutthe back.
(12:45):
You have to look at the back.
April Snow (12:46):
She's like I was curious yes, that's where it is.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (12:49):
I was curious about the back.
Yeah, she's like I want to showthe back.
She thinks it's reallyimportant and you can see all
the threads and everything yeah,because it's the story of the
story, the story of the stitchesand the journey of the stitches
right so that's beautiful.
So you know, another way that Icalm and comfort is to come into
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connection with otherlike-minded individuals or
within community that are highlysensitive.
So I mean I'm showing myartwork at a coffee shop and
then also at the local library,because I'm also teaching
individuals or wanting to teachclasses about this and letting
people know that they can useart as a way to.
(13:32):
Basically, I do the stitchingbecause it helps me metabolize
emotions that I don't know, thatI have words for right.
I can't find words for themalways, but somehow the
stitching helps me to get thatup and out.
So that's why I stitch and whenI've taught classes, people
have said the same, as long asthey're.
You know, I'm teaching to unwindand not to feel like.
(13:55):
It's not about the producing,it's about the creating, and
there's no specific way thatcreation has to come to be.
It doesn't have to be anythingspecific.
It's really about what you werenaming previously of like
really following that niggle orthat intuition of like where's
the next stitch or what's thenext stitch like right.
So it's teaching us to bepresent.
It's also teaching us to listento what's coming to us, because
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I feel like it's for sure ashighly sensitive individuals and
just as humans in general, thatstaying present and listening
deeply is very healing, becausewe're often taken out of our
bodies, especially as highlysensitive individuals, because
we feel so deeply, we spend somuch time out of our bodies.
I spent decades out of my body.
That's the reality, you know.
(14:42):
So you know it's a way tobecome embodied, and so one of
those communities that I havebecome in collaboration with is
the studio where I have myprivate practice, which is it's
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a community that's reallyintentional People are embodied
and it's a supportive communitythat's really just wanting to
commit to being intentional andembodied in their life.
And that has really helped mein my own practice but also in
my own life.
But also in my own life, andI've now had this beautiful
unfolding of seeing clients andthen I'll go take like a yin or
(15:28):
restorative yoga class and thencome back and see clients, and
so it's been this reallybeautiful experience of like
whoa, this is what work can be.
It can be like rest and workand work and rest, and I didn't
really have that opportunitybefore, but it's been a lovely
thing to experience experiencein my body, to be able to do
that.
April Snow (15:48):
So it's just finding that balance and be able to
meet your needs as they come up,not needing to push, push, push
.
You mentioned the word embodieda few times and, for folks who
maybe don't understand what thatmeans, I wonder if you could
just give us a little sense.
What does it mean to beembodied?
Lynn Salmon-Easter (16:05):
Oh gosh, what does it mean to be embodied
?
Okay, I should be able toanswer that right off the top.
I think it just means you know,feeling, sensing and being in
our bodies, like we've sometimesbeen told to.
I know sometimes when I go to,yes, and it's trauma informed,
and so this instructor will beasking us to look around the
room and find things that we see, things that we smell, things
(16:27):
that we taste, maybe touchingsomething, feeling something.
So it's really being present inthe body and knowing that we're
present in the body and notjust in our head.
Right, maybe you can refinethat in terms of I know for
myself, when I was not embodied,I think for myself that was a
(16:48):
lot of why I didn't know how tofeel, because I have definitely
learned as an energy worker thatif you're not embodied, if
you're not in your body, thenthere's no way you can tell
what's yours and what's somebodyelse's.
You need to be in your present,in your body, to be able to
have discernment.
April Snow (17:07):
It's so true because if you don't know what you're
feeling, how will you know ifthis is yours or someone else's?
And then losing access not justto feeling and sensation, but
also intuition and those otherinternal forces that guide us as
sensitive people.
Instead, we're looking outsideof ourselves and getting misled.
That can get a little dangerous.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (17:29):
Oh, yes, of course it can Well.
Yeah, I of course it can well.
Yeah, I mean, it can belife-threatening for some people
, because people you know I meanwill end up abusing drugs and
alcohol and all these thingsbecause they just really can't
find their way back to presentmoment and being in the body,
and so yeah, or eating disordersharmful things right a lot of
self-sabotaging A lot ofself-sabotaging?
April Snow (17:51):
Yeah, a lot of self-sabotaging and also just
missing the body's cues.
I think one of my favoritethings about being sensitive is
that I notice when my body needssomething long before it's
yelling at me and it's like, oh,there's a little something, let
me tend to that.
And it's such a gift to be ableto know what I need and when I
(18:12):
need it.
Yeah, yeah, it seems like a lotof what you're talking about is
very tactile.
It's being embodied, you know,using your hands, just really
coming in to the present moment,such a healing practice,
especially if you've been maybedisconnected from yourself, just
to come back in and slow downand just be in the moment.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (18:35):
Yeah, I think.
One other thing that I can sayjust for listeners, because this
is something you can do at homeif you have a bathtub, or you
can use a little small tub withyour feet.
But I've definitely learned asa practitioner, being an energy
worker.
Taking Epsom salt baths is sosoothing to the nervous system,
to our adrenals, and what Ireally see is that that really
helps when I see clients to, ithelps them to continue.
(18:59):
So, like if we go out in theworld and we take on the
energetic yuck, taking an Epsomsalt bath is one way to really
help to move that energy off ofus or through us in a way that
we can do at home at a low cost.
So, as HSPs, we're oftensensitive to chemicals and
things.
So I just would say Epsom saltsare a form of magnesium, so
(19:21):
it's something that's relaxingto the body and it can be done
before bed.
It can be 20 minutes or longer,but I think just make sure
you're buying Epsom salts thatdon't have chemicalized
fragrance in them, because itcan be irritating to the skin.
But other than that, it's apretty easy and simple process.
So you know, like one to twocups in the bath is great, yeah.
April Snow (19:43):
Yeah, it's one of my favorite ways to just to
self-care after a client day.
Just get into the salt bath,just let it all go, and it is so
calming.
I sleep so well after an Epsomsalt bath.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (19:58):
Yes, one of my favorites.
April Snow (19:59):
It's a good reminder that something as simple as
that, you know going to thedrugstore buying just a basic
bag of nothing fancy, and thatcan be just a really powerful
form of self-care.
that you can do at home.
Yeah, it's very affordable.
Yeah, exactly, I love that.
So let's say, for folks whomaybe aren't familiar, we've
(20:21):
talked about Reiki and howimportant that is for you
personally and in your work, butthere are probably some folks
listening that don't know whatthat is.
They've never, maybe, been to aReiki session.
Could you describe a little bitmore about what that looks like
or what's happening in asession?
Sure, sure.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (20:36):
So what's happening in a session is that?
Well, I think the first thingis to let you know that every
practitioner is different, and Ibasically see myself I've
really, you know, reallydeveloped the style of the way I
work in the same way.
I came into the Reiki, so I'vereally been guided in my work
(20:57):
and I was trained, but I've alsojust allowed myself to be
guided, and so I see myself kindof working on four different
levels with the Reiki during asession for an individual, and
so I well let me say this first,because I think this is an
important thing for anyone whohas not maybe met Reiki or
energy work I want to describethe fact that energy work is an
(21:19):
umbrella and that Reiki is aform of energy work.
Healing touches a form ofenergy work.
Even acupuncture has someaspects of energy work, and so
energy work is the biggerumbrella, and then Reiki is the
form of energy work that's beingdone, because I can see that
being very confusing.
I didn't know about thesethings until I became a
practitioner myself, and so I'mkind of using Reiki and energy
(21:42):
work interchangeably, becauseReiki is a form of energy work,
but Reiki is a type of energywork that originates in Japan
and there's other types of Reikieven, and then healing touches,
and I'm not certified in that,but you can be certified through
accredited programs and thenyou can work within the
hospitals with that type ofenergy healing.
So I mean, I call myself asReiki practitioner because
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that's what I was trained in.
So, at the most human level,what I really see Reiki coming
alongside individuals with isdeep restorative rest, which
many of us need.
On the second level, I seeindividuals that the energy work
comes alongside them on aphysical level, a physical body
(22:27):
level.
So I'm calming the individual'snervous system, I am helping
alleviate any physical pain thatthey've named by helping to
balance their physical andenergetic system.
The third way, or the thirdlevel that I'm seeing, that I
can work with an individual andthis is all kind of happening
within one session normally isthe energetic level.
(22:50):
So I'm opening the chakras orthe energy centers which I
normally see at every joint, andthen there's also that chakra
center, those seven chakrasright through the center of the
body.
In opening these chakra centersand making sure that they're not
blocked, then we begin to comeinto more balance and we can
(23:13):
feel more calm and we can feelmore centered and, as I've
worked, I just see energy comingoff in layers and I'm a conduit
, so I'm allowing, the minute Itouch a client, energy is
allowed to move through me.
So if somebody is, I can tellhow much work people are doing
on themselves and how they carefor me.
So if somebody is, I can tellhow much work people are doing
on themselves and how they carefor themselves, cause if I touch
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them and a ton of things startflying off, I know they've been
doing their work Right and sothat's going through me, and
then I just send it out my feetinto the earth and so you know
the bodies or the soul is notgoing to really take things off
that the individual can't handle, right.
So it's a very gentle form.
But I do see that that energycomes off in layers and so then
(23:54):
sometimes, even within thesession, a layer will come off
and then something else isrevealed, right.
April Snow (24:00):
Right.
Something underneath, yes,revealed.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (24:04):
So the fourth level I would say is more
of a soul or a spiritual level,and that's kind of where I'm
basically being an energy coachor you know, I am working with
the soul and it's a time where Ican I mean, I've been given the
gift of channeling through mydad's death as well, and
(24:24):
mediumship, and so sometimes thebody is very direct, or the
soul is very direct or theuniverse is very direct, or the
soul is very direct or theuniverse is very direct about
something that this individualcan do to help move them in
their life in a way like awayfrom harm.
Or I'll ask people what theirintention is in the beginning.
We have a conversation sopeople can name things that they
want to bring in or let go of.
And I do find often, even ifpeople tell me stories about
(24:48):
what they're trying to let go ofsomething, it brings it
directly to the surfaceenergetically and then we can
move it out and let it go andthat can be really helpful for
individuals, even if it's oldstuff.
And so that sharing, thatintuitive sharing that I hear I
will share that at the end ofthe session, and so I now kind
of just knew this year I havetwo different sessions.
(25:10):
I have more of a channeledsession, that is more of a
conversational session, and thesession I'm speaking about now
is more of a silent session.
I really create a sanctuary ofsilence and allow deep rest and
then we have that conversationat the end and I'm sharing
what's coming through.
One other thing, just becauseyou know you work as a therapist
(25:31):
that this didn't come to meuntil maybe three years into my
practice, but it's been reallyfascinating to see individuals
Many of my clients do havetherapists and they've done a
lot of work in therapy andsometimes clients will be on the
table and I'll ask becausesometimes the energy won't move
and I just have to ask aquestion to get it to shift, and
(25:51):
I'll say, well, I'm interestedin this coming up, and sometimes
clients will say, well, Ithought I was done with that,
and so what I have seen is thatthere are things in people's
energetic fabrics, tapestryfield that has not been cleared,
but they've talked through itand they think it's done, and so
then when I clear it, then theyreally come through the
complete cycle and trauma orwhatever it is is complete and
(26:13):
they don't have that again.
And if they do, I tell them thatusually shows up in your dream
life or other things.
If you start obsessing about it, then that means that it's back
and then maybe we have to takeother layers off.
Maybe that's triggeredsomething else that we have to
then go back to.
You know deeper, and so everypractitioner works differently.
I personally sell packages andI encourage people to do that
(26:35):
and I incentivize that because aI want to go deep with people
and I see the best results whenpeople so I have like sessions
or a package of four and I seepeople make really astounding
leaps and bounds, honestly, infour sessions that you can
completely retrain somebody'snervous system, not for good
right but for that period oftheir life, and then if some big
(26:57):
thing happens, then you knowthe nervous system sometimes has
to be coached back into thatspace.
But the body much morerecognizes it if it's been
coached in that space.
April Snow (27:08):
Right, it's primed.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (27:09):
Yeah, like I know what I'm doing, I know
what we do here.
April Snow (27:12):
Right, yeah, so it's such important.
I often encourage my clients todo some type of body work,
somatic healing, in addition toour talk therapy, because I mean
, I'm weaving in some somaticwork, but not to the point that
a practitioner.
Could you know an energy healeror a somatic experiencing
(27:33):
practitioner, some you know acraniosacral therapist, someone
who can work physically with theenergy in the nervous system,
because we can only do so muchthrough language.
A lot of things are storedsomatically, energetically, and
so I'm not surprised to hearthat you're seeing that in your
work, where you're helping goand take that deeper layer and
(27:54):
help move that through.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (27:56):
I mean, I'm mostly working in the area, the
space where there are not wordsright Exactly If.
I am having to language it, I'mhaving to translate energy.
Sometimes things come directlythrough, but many times it's
wordless and then you knowthat's where I've gained more
skill.
Is like really translatingenergy, trusting and bringing
that forth and then gettingconfirmation or affirmation from
(28:18):
clients of like, yeah, you'respot on, and then that's given
me more trust and moreconfidence to trust what's
coming through.
April Snow (28:24):
So yeah just really listening and you talked about.
You know it sounds like there'sa lot of benefits, but just
just to recap a few and I wantto see if there's more, just to
put words to it.
So it sounds like energy workin general, potentially Reiki or
healing touch or other work.
It's really just allowing thebody to rest and to unwind and
(28:55):
heal physically, energeticallyand also spiritually, like
you're healing at every level.
Just wondering are there otherbenefits we haven't named to
doing this type of work?
Lynn Salmon-Easter (29:05):
Let's see other benefits that we haven't
named.
I think one of the things thatjust in terms of specifically
for HSPs, I think that what Isee is so mostly the individuals
that are called into my roomare individuals that are pretty
empathic, meaning we feel thecollective, we're feeling other
people's energy, and I would sayHSPs are that people, and then
(29:26):
some people are even more beyondthat right and can really feel
the collective energy.
And so individuals that arehighly sensitive and empathic.
When they come into the room,the energy work, the Reiki work,
really kind of meets them wherethey're at, where we live
internally and where we kind ofthrive out of.
(29:50):
It's the place that many of usfeel shut down about in the
world and the Reiki witnessesthat.
And what I see is that peoplecome and they feel so seen and
witnessed and some people arebrought to tears because they
never felt like they've beenseen in this way and they feel
really safe and held and orpeople will say I've never
(30:11):
talked about this with anyone.
I'm like, well, you can talkabout it here, because it's not
something that we feel safetalking about in the wider world
and why I love doing it is itreally helps individuals to come
into their authentic selves.
So ideally, optimally, we'reworking through multiple
sessions, because energy comesoff in layers and there is the
(30:32):
rare client who can come to meand I can get to their authentic
energy in one session, but thatclient's doing a lot of things
outside of my room.
And so, you know, within thesecond or third session,
oftentimes I can get individualskind of in their authentic
energy and even within the firstsession people feel lighter
energy and even within the firstsession people feel lighter,
(30:55):
they feel more clear.
Because also, what we see isthat what I see continually is
that any kind of chronic stressreally shuts that intuition down
, that third eye.
And so those are the clientsthat you know.
People come to me.
They don't feel clear, theyfeel lost, they'll feel
apathetic, they can't makedecisions anymore, they don't
know who they are, they may havelost their luster for life and
(31:18):
most of the time I just say oh,hey, friend, you're just, you're
highly sensitive, like I am.
You've taken on a lot of otherpeople's stories and you're
wearing those stories so youdon't even know who you are
anymore Because you think thisis your story and it's not your
story, these are other people'sstories and we just have to move
this out of the way so that youcan begin to live in your own
authentic self and be able tofind your glimmer and your
(31:43):
authentic light again, so thatyou can live your purpose rather
than living out of whateverenergy is on top of your
authentic energy.
April Snow (31:51):
Right so that makes sense that when you're saying
you help bring people back intotheir authentic self, it's just
taking off all the thingsthey've absorbed from other
people from the world thataren't theirs like oh and see
yourself again.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (32:07):
Yeah, almost like taking off clothes, or
like organza, like layers likethis.
You know, almost like takingoff clothes or like layers like
this, you know, like, and thenit becomes revealed, you know,
the authentic energy becomesrevealed and then people can
feel much more at ease and theycan make decisions clearly again
.
They know who they are, theyfind their purpose, they're like
oh yeah, this is what it feelslike to be me.
Cause they forget, we forgetwhat it feels like to be me or
(32:32):
ourselves, right, we?
April Snow (32:33):
do when we've been living a certain way for so long
, whether it be living with thatlackluster energy or a health
issue it becomes normal, yeah,and we forget who we were or who
we could be.
We do forget, yeah, so thishelps them find themselves again
.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (32:52):
Yeah, yeah, so it can be a pretty
extraordinary transformation forindividuals yes, I mean, I felt
it myself.
April Snow (32:58):
You know, I work with a body worker and we do a
mixture of energy, somatic,experiencing some craniosacral,
and when I'm done with a sessionI feel like a kid.
I'm so joyful and free and I'mlike where am I?
But there's that authenticitythere that I'm not bogged down
anymore.
It's phenomenal, and I do.
(33:20):
When you said letting thelayers come off, like I
literally will feel energiesflowing out of my head like back
to the earth, yeah, it justpours off.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (33:30):
I think it's one thing that I always tell
clients when they come.
If it's been the first timethat I say you know this work
like any type of work you'regoing to maybe see things, hear
things like I call it seeingthings across your mind screen.
I said, as I'm bringing thingsoff, taking things off, you may
be reliving this and I'm likethat's completely normal and
emotions like this can bring alot of emotions oh, oh yeah, and
(33:53):
so it's like it's really wewant it out because it's been
shoved down.
We do not want it to like goback down, right, we want to
bring it up and out.
So it has.
Oftentimes clients are likereliving things on the table.
April Snow (34:04):
Yeah, I definitely get a lot of visuals and
emotions coming, and sometimesjust spontaneously.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:10):
That's right .
April Snow (34:10):
It's the last session.
I just like laughed out loud orsome sound just came out and I
was like.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:14):
I don't know what that was but I'm letting
it go, just let it be.
Yeah, it's really beautiful,yeah, it's a very organic
process, but also in the body isso wise.
Right, like I'm notmanipulating her.
I mean, I can be encouraging,but the body's just doing what
it's doing, like there's a rhymeand a rhythm and a wisdom to it
.
That's just so amazing towitness and to, to see and to
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support.
April Snow (34:38):
Yeah, and we often can't get there on our own.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:41):
No, I can't get there on my own either.
April Snow (34:43):
I have to go see people.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:45):
Yeah, it's really important to be doing it
together.
April Snow (34:48):
I'm curious when the first time you experienced
energy work is.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (34:57):
I know you talked about being introduced to
it around the time that yourfather was passing, but I'm just
wondering if you could sharemore about that story.
Yeah, I loved this question somuch when I read this question
because it's kind of so.
The name of my business is fullcircle of love Because when my
dad died I'm a creative personand I did the like what are they
called?
Like the picture boards for mydad's service.
You know, I don't know if theyhave an official name, but I've
(35:20):
been a long time stuffer of myemotions and I kind of knew it
might make me sick.
My dad's death might really likegive me a normal disease if I
didn't work through it.
And so I decided for a year tosend I have a small family so I
would make a photo card and sendit once a month as a way to
touch the grief.
And I did that for like about ayear and one of the takeaways
(35:41):
from that was just reallylearning that my dad kind of
taught me to come back to love,or taught our family to come
back to love, and that can be areally profound foundation, even
when there's been hard things,challenges, right, and so I
guess I'm saying that.
So my brother helped me kind ofthink of a name because, you
know, I don't know if you'veever tried to get a domain, but
things like start evaporatingand things were evaporating so.
(36:03):
I'm like whoa.
He's like how about full circleof love?
So that's the name of mycompany, llc.
But why I'm saying that isbecause, like, this really is
full circle, right.
So the first time I actually hadenergy work done was on my
wedding day, because I was 28and I am married the oldest
(36:24):
grandchild in a family of 10grandchildren and my husband has
a huge family and I wanted asmaller wedding and we ended up
with a bigger wedding andbasically what happened is I
just did not know anything aboutbeing highly sensitive.
I did not know anything aboutthe trait and I didn't set
myself up properly for successbecause I didn't know what I
(36:47):
needed and we had a small.
Well, we had a wedding.
It wasn't huge, but it was likeI think it was about a hundred
people in the yard and we wantedto have a sunset wedding, which
worked out beautifully,honestly.
But what that meant is that weended up scheduling dinner
before the service and I amreally blood sugar sensitive and
(37:08):
I was so anxious that Icouldn't eat.
I finally got some fruit down,but basically this is I call it
short circuiting, but basicallymy body like short circuited on
me and I couldn't like stand upanymore and then people are
coaching me Well, maybe you'regoing to have to sit in a chair
and I was like I don't want tosit in a chair and my husband's
(37:30):
aunt came over to me.
I was literally like in a lazyboy in the living room, just
like trying to figure out whatto do.
The service was about ready tostart in the yard and she just
came over and laid her hands onme and my body literally went
like wow, and it was just likewithin about five to 10 minutes
I came congruent and I juststood up and I said I want to
(37:52):
get this over with.
I walked out of the door,completed the service and I was
just like I want to be done withthis.
Like you know, I just wasoverwhelmed by how much love
there was and just having somany people in the space.
It was like I'm a Leo.
I'm supposed to be wanting tobe on the stage.
I did not want to be on thestage and so I was talking to
(38:16):
the aunt later and I just saidwhat did you do?
She goes oh, I was doinghealing touch on you and I was
like whoa and I literally reallydidn't have energy work again
until this time when my dadstarted dying.
That's not something that Ijust didn't think about it.
I was 28.
I was living in New York Cityand then we moved and I mean all
these things Right, you know,and I just I hadn't really.
(38:36):
But when Reiki came to my lifeagain, I was like whoa, this is
a really big piece of the puzzle.
That's been missing is knowingthat I'm not and having
awareness about my energy bodyand taking care of my energy
body, because I recognized atthat time what a huge part of my
life that was and that thatreally was a big part of why I
(38:59):
was having so many health issuesis because I wasn't listening
to that.
That was the part of me, likeyou're saying that the subtle
cues of like, hey, you'reoverriding all the systems,
right, and so then this likeshort circuiting happened, kind
of.
So it was really an amazinggift, honestly, that was given
to me.
Little did I know that I wasgoing to come back around and
(39:19):
become a practitioner.
I would have never guessed thatin a million years.
April Snow (39:23):
But it's quite a pivot from what you're doing in
marketing.
Oh, yes, for sure.
But I mean, I really love thatyou have this history with it
and at this very importantmoment and you talked about, you
know, being surrounded by loveI think it's an important
reminder that it doesn't matterwhat the energy is.
It can be positive and it canstill really overwhelm us as
(39:45):
HSPs especially if you're alsoempathic.
Oh, absolutely.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (39:49):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely the good and
the challenging can feel sosimilar, right In terms of
overwhelm, so similar.
April Snow (39:58):
Exactly, yeah, yeah, so we've talked a little bit
about you know what energy workcan support you with, but I do
want to check in and see if youhave any thoughts on other times
where you should not do energywork.
Oh yeah, contraindicated.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (40:09):
So I can't think of a lot of reasons that
energy work would becontraindicated, but one that
I've seen personally as apractitioner, because every
practitioner is different, right.
So what I've witnessed is thatI've had some lovely humans come
to me that I personally havereally wanted to help, and it
hasn't been helpful for them.
And those individuals are theindividuals who maybe have
(40:32):
chronic fatigue or something,where there's a lot of illness
that's going on in multiplesystems and energy work is
potentially, or supposedly, verygentle.
But what I found is thatsometimes these individuals get
flooded and then it feels okayat the time when we're working,
and then they go home and theyhave this huge like kind of
(40:53):
collapse or like energy crisisand I feel really bad about it.
So I think that energy workcould be okay for some of these
individuals, but at least theway I work, you know, I don't
know the energy comes throughpotently or something.
I don't always have thecontrols for that.
That's been my experience.
And so if somebody comes to mewith a lot of not layered trauma
(41:14):
, but just like if it's showingup in so many systems, like
somebody who has POTS orsomebody who has chronic fatigue
, and it's hitting all thesystems.
It's like it's too much fortheir system.
They have to get a little bitstronger, I think, before we can
.
I think it's just literallyrunning too much energy through
them.
Yeah, that is just like thesystem kind of goes haywire and
(41:36):
goes like I don't know what todo with this, right, so it ends
up not being helpful.
It ends up being more of anirritant for them.
April Snow (41:39):
Honestly Makes sense and you don't want to overwhelm
the system.
Sometimes you can you can floodit and it's not helpful.
Yeah, yeah.
So, a little sense.
Yeah, as we start to wrap uphere, I'm wondering if there is
a message you could share withHSP listeners who are feeling
stuck or imbalanced or maybefeeling that saturated feeling
(42:00):
we've alluded to.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (42:01):
what would that message be yeah.
I'm really encouraging people tocontinue to find ways to be in
their body, to be embodied right, to find ways to have the
sensory fences alive in our bodyand being aware of them.
As we talked about, we can onlyfeel our emotions or work
through our emotions when we'rein our body, and we need to be
(42:23):
in our body to own and to be inour authentic energy, and so I
would really encourage people tobe finding ways and and really
the way the world is workingthese days there are so many
options now like this is reallycoming online in full force,
which is so beautiful to see,and there's so much integration
and so many things that are kindof cross pollinating in a way
(42:45):
that is really beautiful to see,and so I'm really encouraging
individuals to find spaces wherethey can find support about
gently finding ways to be intheir body and to find rest,
because the truth is that, ashighly sensitive individuals, we
are the guides, we're the seersin this world.
We are paving the way for abetter future, and so my deepest
(43:05):
wish and hope which is why I'mpassionate about the work I do
is to have people be in theirauthenticity.
I want people who are highlysensitive to be in their bodies
and sharing their gifts and intheir authentic energy, because
that is how they shine thebrightest, and it's the only way
they can share their own uniquegifts is if they're in their
body and turned on, and so I'mjust really encouraging people
(43:27):
to continue to commit to shiningbrightly, and it doesn't have
to be pushed or forced.
It can be a very gentleunfolding, but a commitment to
yourself is just simply acommitment to yourself.
April Snow (43:39):
I love that.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (43:40):
And to your authenticity.
April Snow (43:42):
Thank you.
Yes, I love that so muchBecause, it's true, we are the
seers and the feelers, theemotional leaders, and it's
really important that we takecare of ourselves and we set
down what other people arefeeling or what they've told us
we should be feeling and justsay let's come back to self.
Let's come back to thatauthenticity and we have so much
to give from that place, agreedOf embodiment and presence.
(44:06):
Yeah Well, lynn, thank you somuch for everything you shared
today.
I love this conversation.
I'll make sure I share all theresources that you offer in the
show notes for folks, and you dooffer distance Reiki and
intuitive reading session, soI'm wondering if you could share
with folks a little bit moreabout that, if they're
interested.
Yeah, yeah.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (44:25):
So the distance session honestly came
to me kind of during thepandemic, because I really
didn't want to be cut off fromclients and I literally kind of
just asked the universe to comealongside me and like, hey, how
do I do this?
So I went back to my neighborswho helped me develop my in
person session and practice withthem and kind of a style came
through and so that's what I doto this day and so that distance
(44:48):
session is kind of a distanceReiki and intuitive reading,
because it allows the healing tohappen from anywhere in the
world.
And it sounds hard to believethat it can happen.
But really I'm just, you know,energy's everywhere and so I'm
just tuning in and so I guidepeople through a meditation and
we align our energies and that'skind of like an energetic body
(45:08):
scan and that's kind of like anenergetic body scan.
And then as we go through thesession, I'm asking the body to
show me affirmations and I usethose kind of like my hands in
the Reiki room and using thoseaffirmations to come back to.
And people still go into thisspace of kind of like wake or
sleep like they would in person,and sometimes people let go of
even more things at home becausethey're in the safety of their
(45:30):
own home and the body feels verysafe and so even more can leave
.
But I would say these kind ofintuitive reading sessions or
distance sessions really allowindividuals to also partake in
any kind of aha or insightmoments, because it's more of a
conversational style or, youknow, somebody can choose not to
be conversing with me, but we,we can be having a dialogue and
(45:52):
so that universal guidance or ifindividuals are wanting to
connect with a loved one who'syou know past, that is something
that we can bring in, because Ido have some mediumship
capabilities and so there'sreally a connection or a comfort
of a container that allowsloved ones to come through, or
spirit guides and opens thisopportunity for universal
(46:12):
messages to come through inthese sessions, along with the
healing and the balance andharmony and clearing of energy
and clarity.
So there's all these thingsthat are happening at one time,
and so I do the sessions in theUS via via phone usually,
because I'm more of an auditoryperson.
I'll use Zoom and use the audioif somebody's out of the
(46:35):
country or it's somewhere thatyou know they can't use their
phone.
April Snow (46:39):
So yeah, yeah, it sounds like such a I mean a rich
resource where so much couldhappen, like you're saying, in
the comfort of home.
I know with my clients I alsowork by distance, so they like
being at home and they feelcomfortable and things can just
unfold, which is reallybeautiful.
And you're right, you might notexpect it, but a lot is
(47:00):
possible.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (47:01):
Yeah.
April Snow (47:02):
Yeah, sounds like a beautiful resource.
Well, lynn, thank you again somuch for being here today.
Thank you, this is amazing.
Lynn Salmon-Easter (47:08):
Thank you.
Thank you so much, April.
April Snow (47:18):
Thank you for joining me and Lynn for today's
conversation.
I hope you'll remember that, nomatter how overwhelmed or tired
you feel, your full, authenticself is waiting for you just
under the surface.
All you need is a littlesupport, rest and clearing away.
To book a distance Reiki andintuitive reading session with
Lynn, head to her website,fullcircleoflovecom.
(47:41):
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