Client Testimonials for Melanie J. Williams
I have attended 8 months of my Mentorship Program with Melanie Williams, and have about 5 or 6 months to go before program completion. I don’t want it to end. I look so forward to class every other week, and my internal work on personal growth continues each and every day in between.
When the class was recommended by a friend, I had to just go on blind faith that she knew me well enough to know what was a “FIT” for me. I am looking forward to life again after a long period of unhappiness. I have passion for my work, my personal life and my future. The support from the small consistent group in class is AMAZING. If you are serious about moving your life forward … take this class. It will foster the most gentle spirit of forgiveness for the old habits and programming that our past has grounded in our psyche. And more importantly, teach you the tools for letting go of past pain. Even my worst days now, are better than my best days a few years ago.
Sue Prosser
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I would recommend Melanie’s classes and teaching to anyone. Melanie is an excellent and patient teacher who not only shares her knowledge and material but inspires and insists that each student “live” what they learn. By providing the tools that we need and then making sure that we practice them, Melanie has proven successful in helping people break destructive thinking patterns and changing their thoughts into helpful and positive ones. I have had my life impacted by Melanie and her amazing classes.
Doug Lamoureux, Owner
EagleRay Marketing
Mona Ceniceros, owner, Sun Moon Yoga
Mankato, MN
Melanie’s courses improve my quality of life. Her teachings provide a direct way of guiding me to connect life experiences and beliefs to my daily actions. Once I can identify what’s causing my behavior through limiting beliefs, she provides helpful tools in changing my beliefs and I am able to bring more joy and peace into my every day living.
Love,
Kristin, Business owner- – - – - – - – - – -
I’ve known Melanie for a number of years in different capacities–yoga teacher, reiki teacher, spiritual adviser (chakras), and general confidante and friend. She is definitely an exceptional person–one with great spiritual, inter-personal and intellectual gifts. And she has great physical gifts as a yoga teacher!
Kay Puttock, PhD, RYT
Professor Emerita of English and Humanities
Minnesota State University- – - – - – - – - – -
Melanie is my mentor and my spiritual teacher. She teaches me the keys to discovering my deepest desires. She guides me through outside influences that may distract me from really achieving true life purpose. I came to Melanie to find peace within my soul. She has shown me ways to achieve fulfillment, trust within a higher power, and to listen to my inner voice.
Melanie is a unique rare gift – she will teach you how to release your energies and strengthen the qualities within. Melanie is a warrior – she is spiritually focused, accessible, trustworthy, and loyal – she helps you see what is already there.”
-Abbi Simonson
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The time in my life that I met Melanie she was my life saver. She gave me the tools and a practice to pull me throught a very hard and grevious time. She gave me compassion, love and helped me grow into a strong independant woman. Melanie changed my life and open me up to new experiences. The classes she offers, work shops she gives, and the healing she provided me helped make me the person I am today. I love her with all my heart and soul.
Kim Cummings
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“Melanie is a warm and generous guide into the field of Reiki. Her teachings have transformed my life!”
Maria Gomez Tierney
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Melanie came into my life at just the right time. We had private reiki sessions for several months. Melanie’s insight & energy is something special. I will always remember how she shared her love with me at a time when I needed someone. She is an inspiration to many souls – may God bless you in your work and in your life, Melanie.
Sharon Ross, CRS,CRB,ABR
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Mel does a great job of creating a collaborative learning environment!
The sense of community and reflection that I have found in her classes
is sustaining, especially when my life goes into overdrive.I am always happy to be with Mel, either in meditative silence or
playful conversation.Becky
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“I have taken several classes with Melanie, and each time I learn something that helps deepen my own spiritual practice. She is an empathetic teacher who not only guides her students but participates in the learning with them.”
“When I feel most out of balance I turn to Melanie for a reiki session. The experience always feels peaceful, even though I know powerful energetic forces are at work.
Dr. Carolyn R. O’Grady
Director, International and Cultural Education
Professor, Education Department
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, MN 56082
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“Through the years I have taken many of Melanie’s classes and had numerous private sessions with her. I have completed all levels of Reiki training, including Reiki Master training from Melanie. I must say, my personal life is richer and my business is more successful largely because of the wonderful training, skills and insight I’ve received from Melanie. She is truly a gifted teacher!”
Mary Stori, CMT, RM, Business Owner
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“When the student is ready the teacher will appear. And so it is and so she did. I have taken all of Mel’s classes as well as being one of her two year mentorship people. She has supported me on my journey to inner peace. She has given me the tools to cope with life’s upsets. Learning several ways to deal with things has helped turn everyday life into a learning adventure.
Mel is not only my mentor, teacher and healer she is my friend. I would recommend her involvement in your life for she is wise, loving and compassionate. She has so much to offer and gives in a way everyone can benefit from. Her presence is a blessing.”
Shelly Lurth
Meeting Melanie was a defining moment in my life! Through her caring, non-judgmental personality and teachings, she has been a guiding force, empowering me to speak my truth and to “come home” to my authentic self .
Gary Rockswold
Meeting Melanie seven years ago was a once in a lifetime blessing that has dramatically changed me for the better. She has helped me understand myself and how I can live my life with more joy and passion. Melanie is an amazingly gifted teacher on so many levels. I will forever be grateful to her.
With the energy Melanie holds for her students and clients, we are able to safely explore, discover, and release that which is holding us back from our full potential.
If you are feeling stuck, and interested in experiencing more joy and peace in your life, Melanie will definitely provide you with an opportunity to empower yourself. Whether it is one on one or in a group situation, Melanie’s energy and the work you do under her guidance is life-changing!
CLARITY JOY PEACE
Wendy Rockswold, Usui and Karuna Reiki Master
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“It is amazing how the Universe orchestrates a person’s life. I came to Melanie’s Mentorship class after several years in counseling with three professional / licensed counselors over a period of 21 years. I learned something from all of them – each was a stepping stone to the next – and yet I knew there was a deeper place in me that I had not been able to access. Melanie has taken me there. Through the tools I have learned from Melanie, I finally am able to understand why I feel the way I do and how my mind works. She teaches what she knows. She is gentle and purposeful; her eyes are filled with love and sympathy. My husband agrees that Melanie’s Mentorship class has helped me the most. I have experienced the shift in my reality (life) and hope to continue uncovering the hidden truth of who I am under her guidance. For now, she is the mentor for whom I have been searching.”
Sue G.
“I have to say between you and Mona my personal and physical growth has deepened and grown in ways I would never have imagined! Life is not only GOOD…..it is absolutely wonderful! Thank you for being such an integral part of my life!
Barbara Young……..participant in the 7 week Chakra Class, Reiki I and II, 7 month mentorship and attends yoga at Sun Moon Yoga Studios in Mankato, Mn.
(THE following is about the 7 week chakra tele-seminar. This student had also taken a weekend intensive of the chakras and is seeing the benefit of really diving in and doing the 7 week class! The class material is powerful whether in person or via a tele-conference!)Thanks again for all the discussion last night on the throat chakra. I did some of the homework items after class, and it paid off. I had a difficult conversation with a co-worker today (that was a long time coming, but sparked by an event today) and I felt free to stand my ground and voice my concerns in a calm and reasonable way. I did not just swallow my irritation.Before this occured, I saw two other coworkers in the breakroom and practiced really listening like we talked about in class. It was great. Felt good to have the heart energy open with them (they are pretty positive people with interesting life stories) and it helped to support my later, more difficult discussion. Interestingly, I picked out a yellow sweater this morning and paired it with a turquoise necklace. Tuning in really helped.Working through each chakra with time to absorb & apply the teachings has been really powerful. Thanks again for sharing your gifts with us!B.I recently took Melanie’s six week Belief’s Class, which was not about other faiths! Rather I learned about my own belief’s about life… which ones were true and serving me well and which ones were based on lies, myths, misinterpretations, survival, etc. Wow, I can’t believe that in just a mere six weeks my life could transform so much! I have been freed from so much baggage and fear! I highly recommend this course to anyone who would like to explore their own perspectives/interpretations on life and be set free from the ones that have been keeping you imprisoned, frustrated or stuck! Thanks again, Melanie! My life is so much better now (and my husband would definitely agree!)Barbara YoungHi Melanie,
Here is the quote I read today that made me think of you…..
“You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
I instantly thought of you when I read this. The work I have done with you in both yoga and the mentorships have felt exactly as described in the quote. You have such a graceful way of touching and awakening my higher wisdom so that I can find my own insights and my own spiritual path. In the two years that I have worked with you, I have never felt pressured or judged in any way. Your ability to meet your students with unlimited compassion is so genuine, and I greatly admire that about you. I am so grateful for your guidance and support….words cannot express it enough.
Thank you for being my Teacher and my Friend.
With Love and Gratitude,
Jess