Kevin Schoonmaker

Licensed Massage Therapist (MAT-14341) You know that feeling you get when you’re confident that everything is going right (or wrong) but you just don’t know why you know that? I completely understand that. It’s confusing and scary and comfortable all at the same time. This feeling is your spiritual guides talking to you, guiding you through life the way they do for so many others. I would say that I’ve been spiritually guided since I was young, and led into a life of healing without consciously realizing the true journey I was on. Growing up in the Mormon church I was constantly a party to energy work, but it was never called that. They said it was God working through someone and that they could feel the holy spirit. They also said that this ability or power was given and only given when you were old enough and if you were worthy. What no one knew, because I never told anyone, is that even though I had no real knowledge of how to use it, I always felt that I had “the gift.” As a child, my mother called me “The Peace Maker.” She used to say that whenever I walked into a stressful situation my presence would ease the tension. As a teenager, I became the caregiver for my ailing father while my mother worked to support the family. When my father passed away I unknowingly pushed the pause button on everything I felt. I journeyed for 20 years before I learned to open my heart and listen to the guides that silently spoke to me. They quietly whispered and gently opened doors for me, leading me from the hectic life of a soldier to the fulfilling life of a healer. In 2014, I left Texas to begin a new life in Hawai’i, a place I had never been. Looking back, there was really no reason for me to come here but when I stepped off the plane and walked through the airport, I knew this was home. My journey led me to massage therapy school where I began to discover my true talents. Since then I’ve become a Reiki master, which strengthened and honed my skills with energetic healing. My ever-growing thirst for knowledge led me through acupuncture school and to a lifelong growing knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I’ve learned many forms of Chi Gong which continually develops, strengthens and deepens the energy within me. When I started working with The Pain Relief Center I learned Ho’omanoloa, an ancient Hawaiian energetic form of healing, which helped to ground my practice. Working with the love of my life, my wife Jenn, along with many wonderful and beautiful things has now brought me an even greater knowledge of energetic healing. I’ve learned so much on this journey. Sure, there have been a few struggles and I’ve made some mistakes (who hasn’t?), but with each one I learn more. What has life taught me...? to love, to listen, to learn, and to keep an open heart and an open mind. There are so many wonderful things in store for you when you’re truly ready to receive them.