From her youth Cynthia was interested in how to achieve greater peace in her life and in the world. She began meditating when she was 18 and yearned for a community of like-minded people. In her early twenties she found this in a yoga ashram where she spent the next 25 years.
In the ashram she focused on yoga meditation and on serving others through spiritual counseling. She guided people from all over the world who would seek advice about their meditation practice and how to live a happy, harmonious life in this often chaotic and confusing world.
After leaving the ashram she explored new avenues, always looking for ways in which she could be of assistance others. Drawn to the healing arts she became a Reiki practitioner and a certified hypnotherapist, which has become her new calling. Her focus is on the Banyan Hypnosis methods, which honor and work with the client’s past and help to guide them to a brighter, happier future.
Based in Bend, Oregon, she loves the beauty of the area – the Deschutes River and the nearby mountains and lakes. Nature, meditation and people are her daily inspiration.
Cynthia is certified as a Master Hypnotist by the Banyan Hypnosis Center in the 5-Path Advanced Transformational Hypnosis® System and as a teacher of their 7th Path Self-Hypnosis® method. She is a member of the International Certification Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy. In addition she is certified by the Virginia Hypnosis Center in the Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis method for weight loss developed by Sheila Granger.