Elyse J. Williams, MS, CNS, RH (AHG)
Registered Herbalist, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Reflexologist, Reiki Master/Teacher
Elyse brings nearly two decades of experience studying and practicing herbal medicine. Her early fascination with plant medicine led to over eight years of self-study with native people in rural Alaska, Honduras, Costa Rica, Belize and Peru, and prompted her to pursue a Master of Science degree in Herbal Medicine at the Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, MD (now Maryland University of Integrative Health).
As her Washington DC practice grew, Elyse connected the need for healthy functioning digestion to properly utilize herbal medicine, and became a Certified Nutrition Specialist through the National Board of Certified Nutritionists. Not long after, she saw the need to engage her clients’ emotional and energetic imbalances in order to promote the physical healing they were seeking. This led to further study and certification at the Baltimore School of Reflexology, training in essential oil therapeutics and Aromatherapy, Mahatma Reiki Master/Teacher training and becoming a certified instructor of SynergyDance, based on Randolf Stone’s Polarity Therapy methods.
While in Washington, DC, Elyse also developed her own curricula for community learning classes to reach a greater number of people and offer valuable tools ranging from herbal medicine applications, healing with essential oils, and reflexology for self and others.
Since moving to Bend, Elyse has continued to expand her personal practice with new powerful tools and create larger educational opportunities for community members as well as professionals seeking continuing education. She is certified in ‘Awakened Heart Healing’, an energy healing modality based on removing energy blocks in the body and assisting the calibration and restructuring of one’s vital energy field. Elyse is a ‘Registered Herbalist’ through the American Herbalist Guild, and serves as a part-time instructor at Central Oregon Community College where she teaches Aromatherapy I and II classes as well as Reflexology for credit classes. Elyse also teaches extended trainings through COCC’s Community Learning/Professional Ed programming, teaching Healing with Essential Oils (Physical, Emotional, Energetic), Elemental Herbal Medicine (Roots, Shoots, Flowers, and Fruits), and ‘Reflexology for Everyone’.
Elyse has a private practice and continual classes at the Blissful Heart Center in downtown Bend.
Elyse’s practice is fueled by a passion to initiate healing change at the most pivotal level where the client is most strongly imbalanced and poised to transform. Deeply ingrained patterns stemming from spiritual/emotional, mental, and physical dis-ease can only be healed when the client uses his/her own unique messaging system on all of these levels to allow for release, restoration, and active healing alignment through greater awareness of Self.