About – Caroline Kimoto

Caroline Kimoto - Integrative Energy Arts

Integrative Energy Arts blends exercise and Western medical science with Eastern, shamanic, and energetic healing practices. We take a holistic approach to health and well-being. We help our clients explore the connections between their body, emotions, mind, and spirit, with the goal of achieving greater harmony, balance and flow at all levels. We believe in the power of each person to transform their lives

Guiding people toward healing, resilience, and deeper connection for more than three decades.

Whether you’re seeking support through trauma healing, energy medicine, meditation, Qigong, or spiritual development, Caroline’s approach combines science, compassion, and decades of experience to help you reconnect with your authentic self.

My curiosity about wellness and the human body led me to study exercise physiology at the University of Victoria, where I received a master’s degree in 1991. I worked with a wide 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 by studying Medical Qigong, also known as Chinese Energetic Medicine. I supplemented this 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. After years of training and exploration, I have woven all these practices together to create a unique, wholistic lens through which to observe human health, wellness, and healing. My focus is on the emotional and spiritual blockages that create energetic stagnation in the body.

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What is Medical Qigong

“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 energetic imbalances can occur because 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
reduced susceptibility to illness/disease
improved digestion
improved mood
increased emotional stability
greater peace of mind
increased resiliency to life’s challenges

Caroline Kimoto

As my understanding of healing deepened, I realized that to truly guide others, I first needed to experience the journey myself.

I became the first participant in my own program. By bringing greater consciousness to my body, emotions, unconscious thoughts, patterns, and beliefs, and by integrating a variety of healing approaches, I gradually overcame “stuckness” at many levels to reconnect with my authentic self. Along the way, I discovered that there is a full spectrum of energy and frequencies that can be accessed to support healing, expand awareness, and deepen consciousness. Through this process, I gained greater clarity about my purpose and became empowered to make choices that have created a life filled with more joy, peace, confidence, flowing emotions, and higher thoughts than ever before.

Today, I use this integrative approach in my work with clients and students to help them explore their own potential for healing, transformation, and spiritual growth. Together, we work to identify and transform the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual blockages that may be standing in the way of greater health, balance, and fulfilment. My purpose is to help bring consciousness to what was previously unconscious, empowering people to live by their highest choices rather than by default, and to discover their most authentic expression.

Blockages to healthy energy flow can occur at the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels. These interruptions can disrupt the body’s natural healing abilities, leading to pain, dis-ease, decreased vitality, and a reduced ability to flow with and enjoy life. At Integrative Energy Arts, we help clients identify, explore, and transform these blockages so they can experience greater health, joy, energy, balance, and flow.

Our bodies are an incredible source of wisdom. By learning to listen to them, we gain greater awareness of ourselves and the patterns that shape our lives. Through body-focused services including Qigong classes, transformational programs, and individual and group sessions, Integrative Energy Arts helps clients reconnect with themselves and cultivate greater consciousness, authenticity, and wellbeing.

As Integrative Energy Arts has evolved, so too has its vision. While continuing to support physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing, our work now also explores expanded states of awareness and higher consciousness. Programs such as Awakening Your Light Body and Learning to Channel provide opportunities for those who wish to deepen their spiritual practice, explore higher frequencies of consciousness, and continue their journey of personal transformation.

Education & Experience

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

Additional Training

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. She has explored different qigong practices with various qigong masters, and taken courses in pain management, cognitive behavior therapy, vocational rehabilitation, and coaching and counselling. She has been practicing and upgrading her lightbody skills since 2014.