Holistic healer: Techniques can center one’s energy

By Kelly Terpstra, kterpstra@charlescitypress.com

Beth Diers’ back pain was crippling her.

“I couldn’t walk. I was walking like an 84-year-old woman with scoliosis,” she said.

That was seven years ago when she took a friend’s advice and sat down with a shaman – an energy healer and Reiki master teacher.

That’s when Diers said she found her life force.

“I was awakened to this whole idea of energy work,” said Diers. “She ended up working on me and barely touching me. They are trained to do it and it’s energy. They give you this gift and they kind of pass it down to you.”

Diers said her back pain soon disappeared and this led her on a path of self-discovery that she said has transformed her life.

“Shamanism is still a thing. It’s really cool. Everything’s energy,” said Diers. “Keeping our vibration high, doing stuff that’s fun, keeping us in the flow.”

Her goal now is to transform others and heal places in the mind, body and soul that can’t be reached by conventional medicine or therapy, she said.

She said she became certified as an alternative holistic medicine healer and is trained in the art of three modalities that she said can prove beneficial to anyone seeking answers to what may ail them.

She also started her own business – Happy Acre Healing.

Diers sees clients out of her home west of Charles City. Diers and her husband, Steve, moved their family to Charles City in 2014. That’s when Steve took the position of Charles City administrator, a role he previously held in Independence.

Beth said she uses Reiki to find a person’s chakra or the center of their spiritual power. She said there are seven of these focal points in the body that were first discovered as a concept in the early teachings of Hinduism, somewhere in the time between 1500 and 500 B.C.

“They are energy fields. It’s a circle that’s constantly rotating and they need to be open because it’s about balance,” said Beth. “If you’re jealous or self-sacrificing – giving too much – then you’re out of alignment in your heart chakra.”

Another example is if one is stressed out about money, Diers said, your root chakra is out of balance.

“That’s basically what I do is I open these. I gauge whether they’re open or closed or whether they just need a boost by using a pendulum,” said Beth. “If it doesn’t move, it tells me their chakra’s closed.”

Clients will lay on a table for a Reiki session, with their shirt on, she said.

“It’s super relaxing. I have ambient music going on in the background,” she said. “I intend for this room for people to feel peace in and be able to relax.”

Beth said she is trained in intuitive Reiki as well.

“You can never have too much life force energy. Reiki is life force energy,” she said.

Beth said she also practices another modality called the raindrop technique, which incorporates Young Living essential oils. This involves reflexology, aromatherapy and massage with the spine and feet.

“I love doing it because people get results,” said Beth. “It’s the whole package. It can release physical pain.”

While Beth said she is certified in the license of touch and is a conduit of the energy she is trained to analyze and find in clients, she also wants people to know that everyone has an electrical frequency.

“It’s just an opportunity for that to flow through me to the person we want to help,” said Beth. “We can store and lock emotions. So much of the stuff gets locked up somewhere – some pain, some trauma. It’s got to have somewhere to go if you’re not processing it.”

Beth said she has clients from Iowa Falls, Cedar Falls, Waverly and Mason City, but she would like to build a bigger customer base in Charles City.

“I’m excited because I have something to help people in Charles City,” she said. “Charles City is building. It’s brand new. This is a concept that not a lot of people are familiar with in this community. I just want to get the education out there about it.”

For more information or an appointment, call Happy Acre Healing at (563) 537-0726.