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Discussion on innovative solutions for supporting the needs of energetically sensitive, intuitive, and psychic children.”
Nicole Elliott, Ph.D. (also affectionately known by her students as Dr. Niki), is a seasoned educator with 20+ years of hands-on experience, whose mission in life is to support intuitive children and adults who need help bringing their gifts into balance. After working with hundreds of parents while teaching in the traditional school system, Dr. Niki had several of them share with her that their children could see auras or deceased loved ones. Others confided that their children had vivid dreams about events that were confirmed days or weeks later. Several of her students experienced extreme difficulty in crowded classrooms and seemed to absorb by the energy of those around them. Unfortunately, too often these children received incorrect diagnoses of being ADHD, ADD, and their parents were encouraged to medicate them in order to solve behavioral issues.
In many cases, this was a true misdiagnosis, as these children were highly sensitive, intuitive beings for whom the so called ‘normal’ schooling system simply didn’t work. Dr. Niki decided there had to be a better way to provide education and guidance for these special beings, so in 2011 she resigned from her leadership position at Aveson Charter School in order to establish Innerlight Sanctuary – a safe space where children’s intuitive experiences are recognized and validated.
Dr. Niki partners with other healing arts professionals to offer classes that help clients develop their intuitive gifts and reach their full potential. Innerlight Sanctuary is a place where parents can recover their own suppressed intuitive gifts and be supported in raising their children. By practicing Reiki, yoga, and meditation with children and adults, Dr. Niki discovered that these energy balancing systems help clients relax, improve attention and focus, integrate brain function, control their intuitive experiences, and increase their ability to self-regulate behavior.
Her extensive background in curriculum and instruction uniquely positions Dr. Niki to create meaningful learning experiences for people of all ages who are interested in learning to manage energy or develop their intuitive gifts. By offering them a grounded, down to earth and practical approach to living their everyday life, families feel comfortable engaging in conversations that typically have been considered taboo in polite social circles.
Intuitive experiences happen to people from every cultural and religious background. With this in mind, Dr. Niki has created an inclusive, non-dogmatic center that serves families from every walk of life and every belief system.
In her free time, Dr. Niki loves dancing, hiking and training for sprint triathlons. One of her personal goals is to travel around the world competing in recreational triathlons. Camping and any activity related to outdoor living brings joy to her and rejuvenates her energy field. She loves communing with nature and feels totally connected to the earth.
At home, she loves to relax with a good novel on the couch with her cat, Sheba. Two of her three children, ages 6, 8 and 10, are level one Reiki practitioners and they enjoy helping their Mom lead group healing circles. With what little spare time she has left after a busy day, Dr. Niki volunteers for her sorority (Delta Sigma Theta), by teaching pre and post-natal yoga to pregnant teens at a continuation high school in South Los Angeles. Dr. Niki’s life mission centers around helping children live full and balanced lives. She believes that her work will inspire everyone who raises or works with children to recognize their intuitive gifts and nurture their inner genius.
Dr. Niki earned a B.A. degree from UC Berkeley, a M.A. degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Education from UCLA. She holds elementary teaching credentials in California and New Jersey. In addition, she has trained for more than ten years in various energy healing modalities. She is a Usui Reiki Master Teacher and a Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor.
http://www.innerlightsanctuary.com
dr.niki@innerlightsanctuary.com
07-06-13
