wellness
About
BARBARA TINTORI
REIKI & TV PRODUCER
Bliss and Heart-Centred is her mantra. But there’s more to Reiki and TV to our friend Barbara than meets the eye…
Could you tell us about your brands and services? What were the inspirations behind them?
I am an Actor/Producer, as well as a certified Reiki Master, Intuitive Channel, and Bliss Coach. My Mission is to Heal, Awaken, Inspire, Enlighten, and Entertain my fellow Soul Travelers through not only offering my own unique Reiki Healing/Intuitive Channeling process, but also by creating Conscious Content disguised as sheer entertainment, for both streaming platforms and television. I am over the moon happy and grateful to have found a way to combine my love of healing and passion for heart-centered entertainment to help guide others to their own Authentic Bliss! I call it “vibrating and thriving at the Sacred Intersection where the Spiritual meets the Creative”…
Reiki is a highly effective yet gentle form of energy healing, originating in Japan. I offer a my own unique 2-hour Distance Reiki Healing/Intuitive Channeling session, that combines the extremely powerful and effective yet beautifully gentle practice of Reiki Healing with Intuitively Channeled Guidance from Spirit and my unique form of Transformational Coaching.
I also have three creative projects in development, with one, In Nonna’s Kitchen, in pre-production for streaming media. It is a half-hour series that lovingly showcases and celebrates the history and cooking of the Italian grandmother, while offering viewers fascinating, out-of-the-box stories where history meets food. We look forward to launching our In Nonna’s Kitchen YouTube Channel soon!
Since I was a child, my love for all things acting, television, and film was the center of my life. It was how I knew I was meant to serve. As I grew older, it was also very evident that I was extremely intuitive and quite empathic, and very early on in childhood I began having many “psychic” experiences. This eventually led to my ability to communicate with people in Spirit as an adult. When a severe immune system illness dashed my dreams of pursuing acting in my twenties, I began to explore more alternative practices in my own healing. This led to a decades long love affair with various forms energy healing, bodywork, and Spirituality in the non-religious sense, and eventually I felt called to become a certified Reiki Master/Master Teacher. I now incorporate my own unique spin on the services I offer with what I feel is a perfect balance between Science and Spirituality. I am also now thrilled to have found a way to combine my passion for the Healing Arts with my love of the Creative Arts, through the Conscious Content I am in the process of creating for streaming network!
What challenges did you face getting into this industry/profession? What would be your advice to anyone else wanting to do the same?
I would say that my greatest challenge in both the healing and entertainment worlds arose from within myself—the natural and human self-doubt that rises up when endeavoring to bring into the world what you offer, even though you know with every fiber of your being that this is how you are meant to serve. It’s the human paradigms—the ego voice that screams, “Who do you think you are?”—that automatically rears its head once you make a stake-in-the-ground Decision to follow your true Path. The greatest advice I could ever give anyone seeking to follow their own Path is to have a “Spiritual Toolbelt” in place—strategies from which to choose that will allow their “Authentic Voice”—their inner “knowingness”—to be even one tiny decibel louder than their fear and their old belief patterns. We will always have fear and “conditions”—it is part of being human. We simply don’t have to let the fear and conditions have us… For me the bottom line is that the Universe (or whatever you might call the “Power that breathes us”) would never inspire us with anything It didn’t already know how to bring into being. Our task is to discover what that Inspiration is, and to take steps, every single day and no matter how small, in that direction.
Many people don’t really understand how ‘Healing’ actually works. Could you enlighten us?
To keep it very simple (which I believe healing in its true form actually is!), “healing” in the form of energy work is an energy exchange between a certified and “connected” Practitioner and client. When I reference “connected” I am referring to a healer who understands that the healing energy is actually flowing “through” them, not coming directly “from” them. They are a clear, open, and intuitive channel through which this Divine Energy flows. And the recipient is just as active a participant. True energy healing allows the recipient to open up and align to their own ability to heal. For me it is the perfect blend of Science and Spirituality—what we know as Quantum Physics. Everything is Energy. And as such energy knows no time or space. We have quantifiable ways now to “prove” or scientifically demonstrate this. For reference I highly recommend the work of Dr. Sue Morter (The Energy Codes), Dr. Joe Dispensa (Mind to Matter: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality), and Greg Braden (The Biology of Belief). With regard specifically to Reiki, it is a highly effective and powerful, yet extremely gentle form of energy healing, that originated in Japan and eventually arrived in the US and the rest of the world about one hundred years ago. A Reiki Practitioner is attuned to specific symbols and practices that utilize “Divine” or “Life Force” Energy that is channeled through the practitioner’s hands, for either hands-on or hands-hovering over the body healing. It is, as stated above, the perfect blend of Science and Spirituality, utilizing the principles of Quantum Physics (everything is Energy) to help bring the nervous, immune, and energy systems back into balance, thereby reducing or eliminating anxiety, stress, insomnia, and dis-ease. Reiki is a system of Balance. Balance brings Harmony. Harmony leads to Happiness. And Happiness restores Health!
How has COVID-19 affected your business? Have you taken any steps to mitigate any adverse effects, or to boost any positive ones?
I am one to always look for the “Gratitude” in any situation—the “something even better still”–even the murkiest of circumstance. There is always the “Law of Polarity” at play in any given situation, meaning that where there might seemingly be nothing but negativity, there is always a “spectrum” in any circumstance, offering “opportunities” for gratitude, and to learn and grow from any situation. And although COVID-19 literally turned my original business upside down (having a ripple effect in all areas of my life), I looked for the “Golden Opportunity” to find what this situation was teaching me–to really examine what patterns and fears were rising up in me to be released, and how I could rise to the occasion. And although some days are definitely easier than others, what has emerged is something that may not have otherwise—my “phoenix emerging from the ashes” so to speak! I now am building a thriving Distance Reiki Healing/Intuitive Channeling practice, with an opportunity to reach people all over the world! I have now added a membership site as well, offering opportunities to work with me via a private Facebook group, and join in on a global virtual Reiki Healing Circle each week. This COVID time has also led to the creation of the In Nonna’s Kitchen YouTube Channel, where we will be offering our “Quarantine Edition” episodes for fans who now don’t have to wait for us to be able to film on location. It has all truly been a blessing in a lot of ways, and I look forward to sharing those blessings with people all around the world!
Name 3 positive things you did or are doing more while self-isolating that you wouldn’t normally have done or had time to do? Could you share names/links of any interesting new online services or ideas that you’ve tried?
I would say the number one positive thing I am doing more of is on a mind/body/spirit level: I am practicing giving myself permission to “stand” in whatever emotion arises (ie. fear, anxiety, grief) and allow myself to simply feel it and allow it to pass through me, without the normal distractions I might use so that I wouldn’t have to experience it (work, socializing, traffic, etc.). It has allowed me to release some old patterns and fears that had previously been holding me back! I consider this to be the “Golden Opportunity” of this COVID crisis for us all, as our outer experience, our outer world, is ALWAYS a reflection of the inner. Until we all “get” this, and own our individual responsibility to look within to shift old patterns, we will find ourselves over and over again in the same situation. As Albert Einstein said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”! 2. I am allowing myself to indulge in one of my most favorite “guilty pleasures”–binge-watching insanely amazing television! We all need that one thing that can instantly elevate our vibration and allow us to “bask in the bliss”, and for me that would be indulging in this new “Golden Age” of television! 3. Like I am doing on an emotional/spiritual level, I am also spending time releasing material things in my home that no longer serve me; that simply “take up space”. Until we “make room” through release (whether it be within us or outside of us!), we can’t bring in anything new into our lives…
Many of our Members are experiencing increased stress and life/business interruption over the COVID-19 crisis. Is there any service you can offer to help with this? If not yourself, would you recommend anything you’ve tried – a product, business advice, wellness service or other – which has helped you? You can include more than one.
Absolutely! Actually, everything I offer is literally made for this. Of course the first thing I would obviously recommend is Distance Reiki—either through me or a favorite practitioner of choice. The beauty of Distance Reiki is that it is just as effective as in-person Reiki (sometimes even more), without having to leave your home (or get out of your pajamas!). It was often the service of choice for several of my local private clients even prior to COVID. My soon to be In Reiki Bliss Membership Program offers a simple and effective way to stay in the flow of both healing and relaxation. Distance Reiki works to bring the immune and nervous systems back into balance, allowing the body to gently and quickly move from the sympathetic to the parasympathetic nervous systems (“fight or flight” to calm), and the immune system to strengthen. It is the perfect modality to bring the body, mind, and spirit back to center, to move from anxiety and stress to calm, and to transform sleepless nights to deep REM rejuvenation. And the beauty of this modality is that the effects are immediate. The other modalities I would recommend would be to implement a daily meditation practice, focusing on the breath. Movement is of course also recommended, in whatever form speaks to you, such as walking or yoga. Many yoga practices and personal trainers now offer online services, both paid and free of charge. And of course subscribing to our soon-to-be In Nonna’s Kitchen YouTube Channel will offer the perfect way to relax, unwind, be incredibly entertained, and elevate the vibration!
What are some exciting things your customers/clients can look forward to when you bounce back after the Covid-19 crisis?
Besides the ability to schedule individual Distance Reiki Healing/Intuitive Channeling sessions with me via my new website, I am over the moon to announce my upcoming In Reiki Bliss Membership Program, which will offer clients all over the world two levels of membership in order to work with me at an even deeper, and thus more Blissful level. The first level will offer membership in my private Facebook group, offering members daily inspirations, weekly Transformational Coaching videos, bi-monthly Facebook Live gatherings with special guests, discounts on services and events, and access to my weekly global virtual Reiki Healing Circle. My second level of membership is for those who understand and embrace the life-shifting benefits of monthly Distance Reiki Healing/Intuitive Channeling sessions. With a commitment to one monthly session, these VIP members will have access to the private Facebook group at no charge, plus additional perks and surprises. I am thrilled to hold a safe and Sacred space for people all over the world to “Bask in the Bliss” with ease and grace and in whatever way resonates…. We will also be launching our In Nonna’s Kitchen YouTube Channel, with the “Quarantine Edition” of my labor of love, “In Nonna’s Kitchen”, a half-hour series that lovingly showcases and celebrates the history and cooking of the Italian grandmother, while offering viewers fascinating, out-of-the-box stories where history meets food! In the Fall we will also begin pre-production on a brand new streaming docu-series focusing on the world of heart-centered stand up comedy in these COVID times. I also look forward to participating in a series of amazing, heart-centered, and outrageously fun Food, Wine, and Mindfulness retreats in my beautiful Italy in 2021, where I will have the opportunity to share my passions in person with people from all over the world! Stay tuned for more exciting details….!!
And lastly, what’s your favourite biscuit?
Easy Peasy. Cadbury Shortcake Milk Chocolate Biscuits. Duh.
Contact Barbara at barbtintori@gmail.com and mention the code HelpHuddleBliss for your discounted rate.