The Story of

Integrative energy arts

Integrative Energy Arts was born of a desire to blend western science-based knowledge of the human body with eastern, shamanic, and energetic healing practices to form a wholistic lens with which to view health and well-being.  Key to understanding the foundation of this lens are the concepts of balance and flow, and the understanding that the body knows how to heal, if given the opportunity.

The Taiji symbol in the logo, also known as the Yin Yang symbol, was created by ancient Daoists and signifies many things, including the dual nature of reality and the constant flow of energy transforming from one state to another.  Daoists believed the key to good health was finding a balance between opposing forces such as Yin and Yang, darkness and light, Earth and Heaven, feminine and masculine, passive and active, heavy and light, body and spirit.

Blockages to good energy flow can be physical, emotional, mental and/or spiritual in nature and can impede the body’s energy flow and disrupt its healing abilities. This can lead to pain, dis-ease, and/or decreased vitality that reduces one’s ability to flow with, and enjoy, life.  At Integrative Energy Arts, we assist you to find, explore, and transform these blockages so you can experience greater health, joy, energy, balance, and flow in your life. 

We know that our bodies are an amazing resource that can be tapped to explore blockages to find greater consciousness and awareness that will improve our ability to flow with life, live life more fully, and allow us to be an authentic expression of the purpose for which we were created.  Integrative Energy Arts offers body-focused services that include Qigong classes and training, as well as individual and group treatment sessions.

Over time, the goals and interests of Integrative Energy Arts have expanded to include the exploration of higher consciousness. Our mission has evolved to that of assisting people to become more conscious, at all levels – to explore and experience a whole spectrum of frequencies of consciousness, ranging from physical matter in the body to the highest frequencies of light.  Awakening Your Light Body meditation classes, and a new program called “Consciously Creating Consciousness:  Finding Our Authentic Expression”, can assist in this process of spiritual evolution. 

Caroline Kimoto

My curiosity about wellness and the human body led me to study exercise physiology at the University of Victoria, where I received a masters degree in 1991.  I worked with a spectrum of clients, ranging from chronic pain clients to elite national-level athletes.  As an exercise therapist working with injury rehabilitation clients who were not healing, I noticed the effect of mind, emotions, and spirit on a patient’s recovery.  This fueled a desire to learn about non-physical components of healing, such as psychology, and alternative healing modalities.

 I learned more about energy therapy, energetic psychology, spirituality and metaphysics through Chinese Energetic Medicine (Medical Qigong), supplemented with training in shamanic practices such as soul retrieval, channeling, past life journeying, and mediumship. In 2014, I started using light body meditation journeys to explore expanded states of consciousness and the worlds of light.  After years of training and exploration, I have woven all of these practices together to create a unique, wholistic lens through which to observe human health, wellness, and healing.

To do this, I became the first participant in my own program. I found that by bringing greater consciousness to my body, emotions, unconscious thoughts, patterns and beliefs, using a combination of these varied approaches, I overcame ‘stuckness’ at all levels to find my authentic self.  I learned there is a full spectrum of energy and frequencies that can be accessed for healing and creating greater consciousness, and higher, consciousness.  I gained clarity about my purpose, and am empowered to make choices to create a life filled with more joy, peace, confidence, flowing emotions and higher thoughts than in the past.

I use this integrative approach in my work with clients and students to assist them explore their potentials and possibilities for healing, transformation, and spiritual growth, and to remove many blockages that may stand in their way – to help bring consciousness to what was previously unconscious. My purpose is to assist others to become more conscious, so they can live by their highest choices and not by default, to find and be their most authentic expression.

Blockages to good energy flow can be physical, emotional, mental and/or spiritual in nature and can impede the body’s energy flow and disrupt its healing abilities. This can lead to pain, dis-ease, and/or decreased vitality that reduces one’s ability to flow with, and enjoy, life.  At Integrative Energy Arts, we assist you to find, explore, and transform these blockages so you can experience greater health, joy, energy, balance, and flow in your life. 

We know that our bodies are an amazing resource that can be tapped to explore blockages to find greater consciousness and awareness that will improve our ability to flow with life, live life more fully, and allow us to be an authentic expression of the purpose for which we were created.  Integrative Energy Arts body-focused services include Qigong classes and training, and individual and group treatment sessions.

Over time, the goals and interests of Integrative Energy Arts have expanded to include the exploration of higher consciousness. Our mission has evolved to that of assisting people to become more conscious, at all levels – to explore and experience a whole spectrum of frequencies of consciousness, ranging from physical matter in the body to the highest frequencies of light.  Awakening Your Light Body meditation classes, and a new program called “Consciously Creating Consciousness:  Finding Our Authentic Expression”, can assist in this process of spiritual evolution. 

What is

Medical Qigong
(Chinese energetic medicine)

“We seek to support and supplement the services clients are receiving from their other medical care providers, and to empower them to become more responsible for their own wellbeing.”

The Definition

Medical Qigong (also known as Chinese Energetic Medicine) is one of the four main branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), along with acupuncture, herbal medicine, and massage.  Qi – is life force energy; Qigong is the skillful application of life force energy.

The practice is reputed to be over 4000 years old, originating in Ancient China, with influences from other countries such as India. 

How it is used

Interruptions to Qi flow or other energetic imbalances can occur as a result of a busy lifestyle, poor diet, illness/injury, consistent negative emotional patterns, and many other reasons.  A Qigong practitioner is trained to sense and correct these Qi imbalances. They do this by purging stagnation to open energy flow, energizing the tissues, and re-establishing energy balance in the body.

Qigong practitioners prescribe homework for their clients: gentle physical exercises, visualizations, meditations, and breathing techniques to support and maintain this new balance. 

Benefits of a session

  • decreased pain
  • better sleep
  • increased vitality and energy
  • improved mood
  • greater peace of mind
  • increased resiliency to life’s challenges
  • increased emotional stability
  • reduced susceptibility to illness/disease
  • impoved digestion

Formal

Education

  • Practicing Kinesiologist, BC Association of Kinesiologists since 1997
  • M.A. in Exercise Physiology, University of Victoria, 1991
  • B.Sc. in Human Performance, University of Victoria, 1985

Training in

Medical Qigong

 

  • 1000-hour Master of Medical Qigong program, 2015, International Institute of Medical Qigong, Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • 500 additional hours of training including post-masters Medical Qigong/Shamanic Chinese Medicine training, and Energetic Psychology

Relevant Additional

Training

  • Graduate of Awakening Your Light Body meditation program, LuminEssence Productions, 2014.
  • Eligible to teach the Awakening Your Light Body Six-Volume Course, Radiance Filling in the Frequencies Part 1-4, and Radiance Self-Exciting: Building Your Light Body
  • Caroline is a life-long learner, and is constantly upgrading her skills and knowledge in the areas of energetic therapy, kinesiology, and various other healing practices.