Ok I'm not a type of person to write online reviews, instead if I have an issue I like to address it directly with the individual involved. But in this case there has been no real acknowledge of my concerns and so I would just like to warn others of the this establishment and the so called "workshops" offered here.
A little background, I have been a holistic practitioner for 13 years. Aside from my therapeutic education I also have certification in Reiki level 1 and 2 and Healing Touch. I have a deep understanding of Chakras and other energy healing techniques I have learned throughout the years.
I first ended up at the Sukha Shak through Groupon. I really enjoyed the treatments and I loved the techniques she used and was thinking it would be great to learn some new and different techniques. I also wanted to support this business by paying full price for the workshops(the groupon price was a real steal). Her workshops sounded great, I jumped at the opportunity to learn .
I signed up for two workshops the Energy Healer Level 1,2 (4 hours, one Saturday) the cost a whopping $250.00 and Level 3 (10 hours, weekend) $550.00. Anyways she knew I was a practitioner from my form I had to fill out for my treatments but before I signed up I told her specifically that I had Reiki Level 1 and 2 and Healing Touch Level 1,2. I told her I understood this was basic level and prerequisite to level 3 and that there might be some things I already knew but she assured me I would come away from it with some new techniques etc and the level 3 would be shamanic techniques which is really what I was interested in.
Anyways I went, we sat on the floor for 4 hours on a yoga mat, ok for some not a bad thing for me not so good because of my back issues. The first hour she chatted about her life ...ok it is inspiring but still where is the instruction, then we went for a mindful walk in the ghetto...ok I take mindful walks but not in an area I could get Hep, so no did not take my shoes off...then back to learn the basics of chakras Root is red, Sacral is orange at this point I was just holding out for anything new that I would supposedly come away with.....then she told me and another Reiki practitioner to go into the treatment room and keep each other occupied while she attuned the other 3... REALLY I PAID $250 FOR THIS. Her timing was off and by the time we got to 1:30 we were in the treatment room practicing our techniques....I thought what techniques???? I ended up using my healing touch techniques on the other person who had Reiki, while we were literally killing time. And to top it off the instructor jumped on the treatment table and she had us treat her.....!!!!!!! I had my parents anniversary to go to which I let her know....I left at 1:50 and couldn't get out of there fast enough.
So the next day I sent an email. Now my email was quite kind, I thought just to express how I felt about the experience and I didn't even ask for my money back because maybe giving her the opportunity to respond.
No response.
About two weeks later she sends an appointment reminder and to tell me about her address change. I asked her if she received my email she said no.Â
But she literally ignored me all I got when she finally read my email almost two weeks later was "thank you for your feedback" nothing like " I'm sorry you feel that way and I will think about evaluating my student's skill level before taking their money for a basic course" no " I'm sorry you feel that way how about I spend an hour with you one on one and teach you some techniques from level 3" Like really NOTHING!!!!!!! So I am posting this to those practitioners wanting to take her "WORKSHOPS" keep your hard earned money in your pocket and go with another capable instructor who won't just rob you of your money.