Testimonials
BodyTalk Testimonials
BodyTalk has been invaluable in supporting me as a front-line health worker. I started with Jen after being off work for medical reasons and struggling to complete my return-to-work program. I had steady improvements and made a successful full-time return to work after 6 months. I have continued with regular sessions every few weeks. Even through the additional stresses of Covid, I have been able to manage the physical and emotional demands of both my job and home life. I am way more OK than I could ever have hoped.
BodyTalk with Jen helped completely relieve my child (8 yrs old) of recurring nightmares and odd symptoms related to childhood trauma that doctors could not figure out. In only 1-2 sessions each!
Jen has helped my teenager with chronic medical conditions manage an abundance of symptoms and relieve anxiety related to tests/procedures. Since seeing Jen for BodyTalk we have seen improvements in his condition for the first time. We are so thankful.
I was in hospital with an infection that had gone to my kidneys… I was swollen, with a rash and high blood pressure, tests indicated kidney damage. I had 3 BodyTalk sessions by distance over 3 days. All those symptoms cleared quickly, I was released much sooner than expected, and my next kidney test indicated no damage at all.
I had a growth on my lip that my doctor said could only be treated with laser surgery. I had one BodyTalk session on it, and it disappeared over the next week or so and was gone long before my surgery date.
I started BodyTalk after experiencing an extremely traumatic event that really affected my wellbeing. I can’t express how much BodyTalk has helped me come to peace and be able to process what happened… my life is mine again.
As a teacher dealing with the stress of Covid protocols, I became anxious, uncomfortable and overwhelmed. My own classroom felt foreign and unsafe to me, especially as one isolated without cohort partners for support. With the help of BodyTalk, I feel safer and happier at work, even through all the demands of teaching during a pandemic.
The BodyTalk session that stands out most is when I had a lump in my abdomen for nearly a year. There were some powerful deep-rooted emotions connected to it. Jen released them in a distance session, and the lump completely disappeared!
BodyTalk has been extremely helpful with my anxiety and has given me ‘room to breathe.’ I was sceptical about distance sessions at first, but I am thoroughly enjoying them as they are incredibly effective. Thank you Jen!
I have been a BodyTalk client for many years. Jen has helped improve my mental health by softening irrational fears and thoughts, relieving stress and alleviating anxiety. When my physical health took a turn for the worse, Jen was there to help with the pain before and after many surgeries and procedures. Currently we are working on my overactive bladder and I’m experiencing great results so far!! Thank-you, Jen, for all you do for me and others through the practice of BodyTalk. You are truly an amazing healer.
I had a session yesterday for the extreme heat and sweat I experience every night. After the session, I felt tired and chilly so I turned up my heat to 72 degrees and had a rest. At bedtime, I forgot to turn my heat back down to 66 degrees (like I need to do every night), but I slept the whole night without feeling hot and sweaty.
Woo hoo!! Thank-you!!
I injured my back at work and went to my doctor who said I would be off for 6 months. I saw Jen for 4 sessions and was back to work in 2 weeks. Incredible!!
When you consider the fragmentation of the classroom environment prior to this classroom intervention, their growth in a matter of a few months to become more cohesive is remarkable! As the school social worker I had fewer requests from administration and the classroom teacher to deal with student conflict situations. There were less office referrals and no school suspensions.
Throughout my 30+ years as an adult I have spent a great deal of time and money with therapists and Doctors trying to determine why I never felt ‘well’. It was not as if I truly felt ill, but I did not feel ‘well’. After the first session of BodyTalk I felt positively better and I was hooked. I have chosen to have a BodyTalk session about every six weeks and now two years later I feel whole and so much better. I had begun to think that was impossible. Thank you, Jennifer.
I couldn't golf from muscle pain in my back - one session and it was gone.
After a recent back injury flair up, I sought Jennifer’s help. My Body Talk sessions with her often afforded near instantaneous relief and I believe aided the injury in stabilizing much quicker. Jennifer is great at finding the root issue, and helping you move through it, so that your body may release discomfort. I would highly recommend her services!
I am diabetic. My kidney levels were at 148 (the doctor said that they were close to shutting down). Jen did 3 distance sessions over 10 days. The levels went down drastically to 64. My doctor was very surprised at the change.
After a few BodyTalk sessions, I mentioned difficulties my son was having; rages, depression, suspension from school. After only one distance session on him, things at home improved where we could communicate without the rages. and the darkness about him lifted. He has not had a rage event in 8 months. He is still a work in progress, but aren't we all.
Through the period that Jennifer did Sharing Circles and BodyTalk sessions [with my class], our classroom became a much more compassionate place, with major improvements in learning behaviours.
My way of being has shifted immensely since beginning body talk, and I believe that Jen's sensitive practice has played a large part in this.
I came in with pretty severe Gallbladder pain. My doctor was talking to me about surgery. Jennifer BodyTalked a homeopathic remedy on me. It relieved my pain which hasn't come back. We are not talking about surgery anymore.
Jennifer is helping me to take control of my sugar cravings by helping me understand their origins. She has the ability to help one understand where emotions like fear, anger, sadness, and pain originate and the innate wisdom to help.
I feel like I am blooming into a new person – with improved insight into myself and a calmer, more understanding nature towards life and all it’s adventures. I am excited about the changes and improvements in my body and frame of mind since beginning BodyTalk sessions with Jen.
Walking the Mirror Testimonials
A powerful healing; effective, gentle and transformational. Walking the Mirror is a tool that allows the client to exchange distress for calm. Jennifer Oborne Crolly is a skilled, respectful, safe professional who has much to offer. I recommend her and what she brings to healing.
For almost two decades Jennifer has been a conduit for Walking the Mirror, a holistic modality and a guided integrated process that safely and compassionately helps others attend to their traumas. Jen is a master of accessing energetic and intuitive knowing, and she is wise, creative, loving, respectful and a valued ally. I have experienced and witnessed her apply Walking the Mirror for restored health and well-being, and I endorse this as a therapeutic modality of healthcare.
In Walking the Mirror, Jennifer has tapped into a guided healing modality that can be applied to adolescents and adults as well as individual and group format. My daughters and I had a joint session with Jennifer and we found the process comfortable, relaxed and reflective. We enjoyed incorporating art and using the 4 Directions as a symbol for exploring our evolutionary growth. We highly recommend family sessions!
I have done Mirror work in private sessions. It can be hard work, but the results are amazing. It has helped me way better than talk therapy/counselling has in the past and I don’t feel re-traumatized. I was shocked to learn that one of the possible outcomes from Walking the Mirror is that that the person you are reactive to might change their behaviour or go away. It actually happened to me! That person left my world with no action on my part. So strange, but what a relief!
Jen and I met following a devastating event in my life when I didn’t want to live. I just wanted to die. That was 5 years ago, and Jen’s work back then saved me, my sobriety, and gave me back my family. I have continued to go to her whenever needed for BodyTalk and Mirror work, and it has always been so helpful.
I had a Walking the Mirror session with Jen a week ago to help me deal with a very concerning health issue. I have always noticed a difference when doing that work, but the change in my outer world only one day later was incredible and dramatic. I walked on reactivity to my mom and our painful relationship. The next day, for the first time in my life, my mom showed up as a mom. She offered me a gentle voice, patience, non-judgement, encouragement, help and love. This has never been my experience with my mother, I am so over the top grateful. Jen always says that to expect a change somehow, but I would never in a million years have imagined my mom could be so kind to me. We have talked on the phone every day this week, and it has been the best week of our whole relationship.
On top of that, my body feels different, and my mind and emotions are so calm compared to one week ago. I feel like I have gotten so much help. I just want people to know that this works, and that Jen is an amazing healer. Her work helps me to go deep and heal my trauma, the effect is unreal… Unbelievable, except the healing is happening… and I never, ever thought it would.
Working within a setting that provides trauma informed care, I have found the Walking the Mirror modality to be an effective approach that has allowed me to address a number of internal conflicts. This has been instrumental in increasing both my capacity and personal effectiveness in my contribution to the healing and growth of the clients I serve. I highly recommend Jennifer's work.
I found the process of Walking the Mirror most intriguing. I was skeptical at first and didn’t think it would amount to a vast change of release of emotional baggage. Jennifer’s process allowed me to unload a deep hold of my psyche that has been troubling me for over 10 years. She helped me remove a common nightmare that haunted me for years. I am deeply thankful for what she achieved in one session, bettering my many years of speaking to many counsellors, therapists, and psychologists.
My little brother was always bothering me and I always wanted to be away from him -- at school for 8 hours or on a vacation at my grandparents' house without him. I always wanted not to see him. He would threaten me and annoy me whenever he was around. I went with my cousin on a holiday to my grandparents' house for a week and we all had so much fun and laughed so much. As soon as I walked in my house and saw my brother he pushed my buttons and kept constantly bothering me until I saw Jen and we walked the Mirror together. She taught me that my brother kept showing me a part of me that I hated about myself and my brother kept showing me that part over and over and made me very angry and annoyed all the time. The mirror walk took that thing away from me and now we are best friends. I am still amazed that we don't fight anymore and get along so well every day. I thought it was just a coincidence at first, but it turns out it really worked. All through COVID I just wanted a break from my brother but this week he went for a holiday at my grandparents' house without me and now I miss him. I am counting down the days and hours until he comes home. I just can't believe it. It's very amazing what Jen did! (13 year-old client)
The overall impact of Walking the Mirror with Jen is incredibly difficult to articulate. The process has helped me identify, accept and let go of many detrimental triggers that were damaging to my relationships, particularly a relationship with a loved one. It has also allowed me to work through and process deep rooted anger and grief in a safe and gentle way, without shame or judgement. The last step in the North allows me to see the truth of who I really am and I’m always left feeling like I’ve deeply honoured myself. It’s been humbling but inspiring to learn that the good I see in others is but a mirror of good I haven’t yet known about in myself.
Walking the Mirror is easily the most rewarding thing I've done with Jennifer. Being able to recognize my own reactivity and sensitivities rather than projecting them has been unbelievably liberating, and well worth the challenge it poses. When first introduced to Walking the Mirror™, I was skeptical. How can someone else upsetting me be my problem? But when the teaching is complete it's plain as day how I was projecting onto everyday interactions and situations. This process has been central to transforming a highly reactive relationship with a close family member, and my life is so much calmer.
Over the years, I have experienced several healing modalities, from psychotherapy to Reiki to massage. I have found Ms. Oborne Crolly's Walking the Mirror™ highly effective in gently stripping away my carefully guarded, emotionally protective layers to touch the bedrock of deep hurt and long-held emotional trauma.
Her immensely compassionate, deeply respectful and patient approach allowed me room to exhale, even in moments charged with intense and pent-up emotion. Her skillful use of virtual talk therapy used my own words to shift my stubborn focus from "the objective" to "the subjective," from "the out there" to "the in here," and from "the other" to "the self." In so many ways, working with this gentle and uncommonly insightful healer felt like a homecoming. I can honestly say that she has helped me retrieve what felt like missing pieces of my soul, fled in childhood.
Blue Dragonfly and Recorded Healing Sessions
The Blue Dragonfly Healing Community is a whole-hearted, holistic community. It is a space that is grounded and rooted in a feminine way that is opposite of that colonial stuff. I appreciate the sovereignty here. The sovereignty of the human and volition of our will is the most important thing, and it needs a clean conductor to do that work. Jen does this work with love, and a kind, gentle and deep authenticity. She is pure-hearted and creates a safe space for us to heal.
This group is how I do my holistic care and maintenance for myself. It takes care of my whole system: my body, my mind, my spirit, my emotions. It’s been so transformative and the source of lots of growth for me. Jen has generated a community of reciprocity of care and healing here. It’s unique… but also safe like going to your grandmas every week to get nurtured and loved, and doing a weekly unpack of our colonial traumas.
Kinanaakomininim, Jen. This is the highest thank-you we have. it should be the first thing we say in the morning and the last thing at night. Great gratitude.
I haven’t met anyone from the Blue Dragonfly Healing Community in person, but I have come to know them and feel safe with them. When I needed support, I felt their support. When someone else gets a session, it’s like we are on the same wavelength – they are thinking what I’m thinking and going through what I am going through. I pray for them, and I feel they pray for me. We don’t hurt each other, and I know my words are held safe. There is a lot of respect for each others’ races… we are just women healing together, and I always feel better.
There was a time when I was only living in fear, now I am able to feel safer in the world. The online group sessions have been my support system, especially during COVID. I feel safe supported and deeply connected to others. I am never forced to share anything I do not wish to and am always greeted at the end of my sessions through the chat box with appreciation from other participants. The warm feelings I receive from participants are reciprocal.
We participants are non-Indigenous and Indigenous people, mostly women. These online groups have definitely strengthened my belief that we have similar internal pain and strengths and that it is possible for both to heal together.
As an Indigenous participant, hearing acknowledgments of our true history in Canada and the impacts on our people is showing me respect and truth. I feel this respect from everyone in the BodyTalk group sessions and it is showing me that both non-indigenous and indigenous people can heal together and grow a safe community.
The Blue Dragonfly groups helps me feel more connected to the collective and to deal with the heavy stuff in the world, like Covid and war, etc. As we heal these together, I feel better and far less alone.
I have been part of the Blue Dragonfly Healing Community for months and have been so surprised that these sessions work so well by recording. When I’ve gone and watched a video after the live session, I find it helps me. Even re-watching a recording a second or third time has me feel different and good in my emotions and body.
Even though I have sat in on these groups for a year, it still amazes me. How is it that three people can carry the healing for all of us, and how can I feel so different at the end of one of these sessions compared to the beginning? There is such a connection and a ‘holding space’ that happens here. I'm always so thankful for the people that step forward because it's such beautiful work that helps us all and it is so pertinent and powerful. I watched a recorded session once with painful knees and a feeling of ‘not doing enough’ coming out in negative self-talk. Incredibly, in the recording done a week earlier, all three participants held that same space. Afterwards, I felt so much better both physically and emotionally! How is that?
Jen has a way of making you feel supported and has such a gentle way of helping you navigate through the healing steps of BodyTalk. She has created safe group spaces for those of us working on healing. It has helped me to be with other strong women, and I learn from listening or from being worked on. It’s nice to have a place to share, listen and grow and I always feel lighter when I leave.
Whether I have been a witness or volunteer participant in Jen’s online healing groups I feel clearer in my mind and more at ease in my body after each session. The process of discovering what the volunteer’s body asks to be focused on, adjusted and healed is fascinating and awe-inspiring. We witness and hold space for a volunteer’s personal healing and it actually becomes our own healing too. As our minds and bodies becomes clearer of emotional and physical pain, I believe there is more room for greater clarity, other perspectives, and understanding the truth of the past so reconciliation and wholeness can emerge in our present.
I grew up so disconnected from Indigenous people my entire life and soaked up many prejudices I heard around me. It’s incredible (although also difficult) to sit together and learn of their experiences and the rich culture they’ve somehow been able to preserve. Soon after September 30, the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, I was worked on as an ally in the Indigenous group. No Indigenous participants wanted to volunteer as it was all too raw. It meant a lot to feel able to help with supporting some healing related to reconciliation. I’m really grateful for the opportunity. I care about these women.
A text message from a participant...
I watched the Feminine Leadership videos yesterday... Marie's presentation... Phyllis' story... and all the other incredible work by the ladies. I just wnted to say... WOW! Congratulations to you and all the amazing things you do and to all the incredible women you support and inspire... just lovely!
Endorsements of Jen as a Healer in Indigenous Community
Jennifer brings care and good-heartedness to her work. She knows how to meet people and walk with them on a pathway of growth. I have seen her work with many students and parents with significant needs over the years. She is able to support Indigenous people on journeys of self-identity and healing and has been a positive force in the lives of families through both traditional and non-traditional means.
Jennifer is a gifted healer, who works tirelessly for the People. Jennifer has honoured the gifts given to her by Creator through prayer, ceremony and the Sundance.
I would absolutely place my trust in Jen’s healing hands. She has offered healing support to the womyn of the MoonLodge for years, bringing such a calm presence and deep insight into the work she does. It is so precious for these womyn to have someone who listens and allows them to share their stories without judgement, and they are able to receive that healing support from her. I would trust Jen with my life, and more importantly I trust her to work with my granddaughter… and that is the deepest trust a grandmother could have.
I am a Grandmother with a Sundance working to honour and support Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and their loved ones. I have known Jennifer for over a year. Her steadfastness and commitment are strong. She is a force for healing.
Jennifer was asked to support us Sundancers with healing sessions, and has offered a safe, gentle, unobtrusive way for dancers to seek out healing for their bodies, hearts, minds and spirits. Her particular approach to healing has lent itself to working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants in a gentle yet deep way. Her methodology allows all participants to determine the level of information they want to share, while at the same time offering them the benefit of being a part of the healing regardless of what is said or done. Using modalities that allow for our participants to gauge their own level of verbal and non-verbal participation is important as most of us require a trauma-informed approach as we’ve lived through many instances of trauma and uncertainty.
We endorse the legitimacy of her skills, methods and cultural sensitivity.
I have personally experienced healing in my mind, body and spirit through these sessions that have resulted in me being better able to prepare myself for an important upcoming ceremony as well as being able to better manage my post-traumatic stress disorder. This has helped me to address challenges, face my fears and keep on an even keel as I prepare for the biggest ceremony of my life, four days of prayer, fasting, dancing and spiritual growth. We all need to be as strong as we can be in all aspects and this work is helping me and others to be ready.
Our Indigenous workplace, has utilized Mrs. Oborne-Crolly's healing services for our staff and have received tremendous results especially in the area of inter-generational trauma. As many know, First Nations people struggle greatly with inter-generational trauma which is a symptom/condition which has much of its roots in the notorious Indian Residential School system of old.
Mrs. Oborne-Crolly has a great awareness of Indigenous history and participates in traditional ceremonies and this plays a huge part in connecting and understanding with our employees. BodyTalk has helped many overcome the paralysis caused by trauma while others also experienced enlightenment on issues and conditions which otherwise would not have been dealt with had they not experienced a BodyTalk session. Many of our team members look forward to the next time we have Jennifer out as part of our staff development initiatives.
I can say without a doubt that work with Jennifer Oborne Crolly has been the most healing form of healthcare for me with the complex impacts of intergenerational trauma I've experienced. Her skills with BodyTalk and Walking the Mirror have helped me move my healing journey and I'm completely satisfied with how it has helped my physical health, mental wellness and learning, emotional wellness, my relationships and with the effects of intergenerational trauma. She also helped me heal from years of grieving the loss of a family member and triggering impacts of my resulting testimony for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Inquiry. Jennifer Oborne Crolly is a great teacher and friend who has journeyed with me in my healing. Miigwech!