Relax4Life Instructors At-A-Glance

                                                                        rev. 9/19/11

Neal Harris

He teaches: Usui Reiki Certification (all levels), Quantum-Touch®, Labyrinths, Relaxation, Meditation & Beyond...

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, with a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology, and a diplomat of the American Psychotherapy Association.  He has practiced the art of psychotherapy for the past 25 years.   He is also the managing director of Relax4Life, a holistic education and services center and has been a workshop leader in the holistic health and self-enrichment fields since 1985.  

Neal’s experience stems from training in both the United States and India.  in 1986, he was a member of the first bodywork team invited to China to study Tuina, a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine and massage.  Neal has been teaching traditional Usui Reiki for 15 years and been providing Reiki therapy for 25 years.  He is also a certified Karuna Reiki instructor.  As a certified Quantum-Touch® practitioner for 11 years and instructor for 8, he provides both classes and treatments.

He is the author of the book, Pocket Stress Manager & Labyrinth Guide, as well as the  relaxation CD, Exit The Storm.  Neal as well as his work at Relax4Life have been featured on national television including WTTW, Fox, NBC, Discovery Channel and more.   He has also been featured in several national magazines including Better Homes & Gardens, Spa Finder, New Age Magazine, Utne Reader and others. 

Neal is the originator of the Earth-Wisdom Labyrinth; Illinois’ first permanent outdoor labyrinth located in Elgin. He is the creator of other public labyrinths, fabric traveling labyrinths, wood finger labyrinths (including the patented Intuipath® design) and manuals for creating outdoor labyrinths.   Neal leads labyrinth workshops around the country and is both a founding member of The Labyrinth Society and a Certified Veriditas Facilitator.

In his private therapy practice, Neal assists those individuals who are experiencing a variety of concerns including life-affirming conditions such as Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease as well as anxiety and more general concerns.  To promote healing on many levels, he uses relaxation and meditation training, EFT, Reiki, Quantum-Touch® as well as his own modality “labyrinth counseling” (using his patented 2-person, 2-handed finger labyrinth design known as the IntuipathÒ). This work explores integrative medical options, as well as the psychology and spirituality of illness and recovery. Neal is also heading up a national research study to determine the effects of his Children's Intuipath® design on children and adolescents with ADHD.

Kathleen Rankhorn 

She teaches: Tuesday afternoon & Thursday evening Hatha Yoga for all fitness levels and
Seated Eastern Energy Yoga workshops

School counselor who has studied, practiced and taught yoga for over 10 years. She is a certified yoga instructor through Forrest Yoga by Master Teacher Ana Forrest and also a registered yoga teacher through the Yoga Alliance (RYT-200). Her style focuses on balancing the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspect of each student. Combining a unique understanding of body mechanics, her classes are individually tailored to meet the needs of students new to yoga through advanced-level practitioners.

Carol Schultz

She teaches: Communicating With Animals

Professional Animal Communicator for over 8 years, working with clients throughout the Chicagoland / Milwaukee areas, and across the country. She has studied under Penelope Smith, an internationally known pioneer in this field, and with others both locally and nationally in the fields of Animal Communication, Shamanism, Reiki, Healing Touch, Bach flower essences, aromatherapy, and metaphysics. Carol is also the founder of the Animal Spirit Healing & Education Network.

The animals whom Carol has worked with as clients have provided some of the deepest knowledge in how to regain the telepathic link we all have with them. They assisted her with the transition from a successful career in corporate America, to a counseling role based on our spiritual core.  

Dr. Tim Hayes

He teaches:  Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Crystal Lake, Illinois.  With over thirty years of successful experience, doing therapy with individuals and families Dr. Hayes integrates mind/body energy techniques into a client-friendly model. This model emphasizes that people possess within themselves the resources necessary to deal effectively with a wide variety of problems and challenges.

Dr. Hayes specializes in relieving post-traumatic stress, (PTSD), symptoms.  He has helped countless individuals and families resolve the effects of severe trauma, whether recent or in the distant past. These traumas include; verbal, physical, emotional and sexual abuse, as well as severe physical trauma and loss. Due to his experience and ability to integrate a range of therapeutic techniques, he helps clients in the most cost-effective and time-efficient way possible. 

Dr. Hayes remains on “the cutting edge” of mental health services by integrating some of the newest and most effective approaches into a results-oriented therapy style.  Some of the tools he employs besides EFT are:  EMDR (trauma reduction technique), Depth Oriented Brief Therapy Training (Coherence Therapy), Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET), and The Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique (BEST).

For over 20 years,  Dr. Hayes has taught parenting skills and written extensively about power struggles (from the perspective of both a father and therapist). His book, Parenting Power Struggle Handbook has been widely acclaimed.

In addition to his role as therapist and parenting expert, Dr. Hayes speaks professionally on a wide variety of topics related to mental health, relationships, parenting and the mind/body connection.

Terri Kuberski

She teaches: Mindful Drumming

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, REMO Health Rhythms Trained Facilitator, Reiki Master and Quantum-Touch® practitioner. For the past 3 years, she has successfully used Therapeutic Drumming techniques with the well-elderly and duel-diagnosed, helping them build self-esteem, communicate suppressed feelings, release anger and discover themselves.