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- Ruth Samson spent more than 30 years as an Elmira area hairdresser before deciding to take her career in a different direction.
- Samson decided he wanted to help others overcome trauma and stress.
- Samson is a certified Reiki practitioner and her business offers a peaceful environment and focuses on intuitive healing.
Ruth “Pevbulls” Samson had some difficult challenges in life, but rather than feeling like a victim, she learned from those experiences, and for years her dream was to help others overcome emotional trauma and stress.
After a successful career as a hairstylist for over 30 years, Samson recently fulfilled his ambitions when he recently opened “Love and Light’s Journeys in Love and Light” at 116 Baldwin St. in Elmira.
Samson, who said her nickname comes from her childhood similarities, focuses on the “Flintstone” character. Reiki – Japanese techniques for stress reduction and relaxation that promote healing.
Samson’s space replaces traditional ways of dealing with emotional struggles by providing a peaceful environment for clients seeking healing energy tasks, intuitive guidance, and personalized sessions to support mental, emotional and spiritual well-being.
“I’m a certified Reiki practitioner. I’m intuitive,” Samson said. “I’m not a doctor. I’m not a psychologist, nor am I a psychiatrist. I’m a friend who has the ability to look at you and share what you want to know with you.
“I don’t take any medication,” she added. “I manage love, peace, joy, harmony.”
Stress can make people physically sick, Samson said, and pain is a body’s way of “fixing me.”
Barbara Whitman of Elmira is very much in Samson’s ability to reassure people and help them deal with both physical and emotional issues.
Whitman has been Samson’s longtime friend and she is also a client. She came to Samson with pain and stiffness in her hands caused by many computer work.
After just one session, Whitman said her pain had gone away.
“She has the gift of helping people through grief, anxiety and depression,” Whitman said. “It’s like talking to a friend. She gave me all the tools.”
Samson said that people can’t become whole without the right connection.
She is also driven by a belief in higher powers, and there is a reason we are all here.
“I take my work very seriously,” Samson said. “I think we are all led on our daily journeys in our lives. You are here for a purpose. We love humanity. We are here to bring joy.”
For more information about Love and Light’s Journeys, please contact Samson at Pebsmail82@gmail.com or 607-857-9203.
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