About Us

Bonnie Adam, R.Ac

Bonnie Adam is the founder of Pathways Healing in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

She has always enjoyed helping others to feel better. Her first career as an Early Childhood Educator gradually shifted as her children went off to school and her interest in health and wellness evolved into a part-time business incorporating Reiki, energy work and other holistic therapies. She has been practicing and teaching Reiki since 2001.

She earned her Diploma in Acupuncture in 2011 and has continually added to her skill set since. She loves to dabble in the kitchen making home-made tinctures, infusions and balms from locally harvested plants.

In addition to being a Registered Acupuncturist with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario, Bonnie completed an extra year of training in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is also a Certified Cupping Therapist with The International Cupping Therapy Association.

Bonnie has taught Reiki and other energy healing workshops since 2003 She is also a Registered Karuna Reiki Master (KRM®) and has trained in several other energy healing methods such as Reiki Drum Healing, Sound Healing, Learning Path Integrated Technique and Axiatonal Alignment Therapy. She has taught classes and workshops on a wide variety of topics including Reiki, aura reading, sound healing, acupressure, psychic development, cupping therapy and facial cupping therapy.

Bonnie also started the Affordable Acupuncture Plus Clinic in Guelph. A sliding fee-scale clinic that makes supportive care more convenient, accessible and affordable.

Bonnie has been voted Gold in the Guelph Mercury Tribune Readers Choice Awards
She won Platinum in 2021, Gold in 2022 and Silver in 2023 in Community Votes Guelph

Voted Platinum 2020 and Gold 2021 in the Guelph Readers Choice Awards!

Jeannette Giffin Shaw, Certified Reflexologist

Jeannette is a Certified Foot Reflexologist with the Ontario College of Reflexology, a Facial Acuzone Reflexologist and Hand Reflexologist.

She is also a Cupping Therapist, Reiki Master, and Learning Path Integrated Technique practitioner. she is a Master of BioEnergetic Synchronization Technique for humans and animals and is trained in The Body Code.

Jeannette was introduced to reflexology as a child. Her mother who worked within institutional medicine knew there were many ways in which the body could heal itself. Over the years she has taken courses in first aid homeopathy, which evolved into Reiki, which evolved into techniques for resetting emotional memory.

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Lisa Loder, RMT

Lisa began her career in the health care field as a Personal Support Care Worker (PSW) and has worked with physically and developmentally challenged adults as well as seniors in retirement and nursing home settings.

Her appreciation of the regenerative abilities of the human body led her into a specialization of hands-on therapies.

She is a graduate of The Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy, and has taken additional training in Pregnancy, Aromatherapy, Hot stone Massage, Myofascial Release and Craniosacral Therapies as well as Cupping.

Lisa also has over 25 years experience in non –traditional therapies such as Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Guasha, Fascial Cupping, Reiki and Crystal healing.

Having lived in Guelph her whole life she chose this beautiful community to raise her three amazing adults boys, two dogs and a cat.

A firm believer in the strength of the human spirit, Lisa sees herself as a partner with her clients on their healing journey rather than the instrument of their healing.

Lisa has been voted as a “Top Pick” in the Community Votes Guelph

Sheila Mcclelland, Reiki and Energy Practitioner

Sheila Mcclelland worked at Community Living Guelph for over 14 years and is trained in Reiki, Jin Shin High Touch, Therapeutic Touch, Addiction Counselling and various other form of therapy.
She loves to help others and enjoys offering a mix of energy work in her sessions. Sheila offers sessions part time and in our Affordable Clinic for a Sliding-Fee-Scale.

Vonalee Gilroy, Registered Acupuncturist

Vonalee is a Licensed Acupuncturist in Guelph, Ontario who trained at the Calgary College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture (CCTCMA), and has been practicing for 13 years. She treats a wide range of syndromes, from sports injuries to internal medicine, and has a special interest in women’s health, hormones and skin therapies.

She has also stood as an examiner at the College and Association of Acupuncturists of Alberta (CAAA) provincial licensing exams as well as having been a member of the Conduct and Competency Committee.

Many people feel rushed by their healthcare providers, and listening to her patient’s needs is an important part of Vonalees treatment approach. She also supports integration between Eastern and Western medicine for the best possible health outcome for her patients.

Find out more about Vonalee at vonaleeacu.com

Nadine Wagner, RMT

Nadine uses massage (basic & advanced techniques), as well as reflexology to assist clients in their well-being journey. She is a very patient therapist, slowly working her way into a deep and effective treatment.

She utilizes a unique approach by decreasing the activity along the pathways of the nervous system first, allowing tissues to become more receptive to techniques and reducing the potential of delayed onset muscle soreness.

She works just below the tolerance threshold of pain for each client.
In an effort to better serve clients, Nadine takes continuing education courses each year and has recently trained in cupping therapy.

Kenzie MacLean, Reiki Practitioner

Open minded and grounded in realism.
Kenzie believes that healing is not a “one size fits all” like we are led to believe. We are all beautifully unique, with our own experiences and perspectives. We should celebrate this! Keeping this in mind, each and every one of us will approach our healing journey in our own way. Her healing approach is holistic in nature, offering her open support to you.

She started out as a little kid with a love for collecting rocks and looking at the night sky, always asking “why” questions about absolutely everything and anything she could think of. She continued that passion for knowledge and completed her degree in Biomedical Toxicology and Business. After graduating, she worked in the food and pharmaceutical industries appreciating what those sectors had to offer. Although professionally fulfilled, she felt there was something “missing” in her life. She has always had a desire to genuinely help people.

She hit her version of rock bottom where she was emotionally, spiritually and physically at her worst. She continued asking the “why” questions, but this time about her health and spiritual growth. That’s when she found reiki. WOW. She was forced to focus on her own healing journey and it was the best decision she ever made.

She is now a Usui Reiki Master and would be honoured to use her skills and unique perspective to help you along your healing journey, if that’s what feels right for you.

At this time, she offers reiki services at the Affordable Clinic on Thursday evenings. She is always open to chat with you first to see if you’re a good fit, or to bond over awesome crystals and cool rocks.

Amber Gauthier, RMT

Amber has been a Registered Massage Therapist for 4 years. She has 3 years of experience practicing in a clinical setting where she developed her strengths in treating chronic pain, postural tension and headaches. She has since transitioned into the luxury spa industry where she has shifted her focus towards achieving deep relaxation for her clients. Amber is a strong believer in the importance of blending therapeutic treatments with deeply relaxing elements in order to achieve the best results for her clients. She offers aromatherapy and hot stone massage in addition to traditional therapeutic massage.

Denae Boshart, RMT

Denae offers Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy in our Affordable Clinic.

Denae is a Registered Massage Therapist, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, and Reiki Practitioner. She has been in practice since 2006, after graduating from the Massage Therapy Program at Fleming College, in Peterborough.

Denae knew from a very young age that she wanted to spend her life helping people feel good, and Massage Therapy seemed like the obvious path, because who doesn’t love going for a massage?

Once in the career, she discovered all the different paths she could take, and was very drawn to Craniosacral Therapy, and the profound effects it can have on the body, particularly the nervous system. She completed her Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with Russell Mater, who has been treating and teaching for over 20 years.

Denae lives in Guelph with her husband and two daughters, and loves serving this beautiful community she calls home.

And a bit about CST:

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a non-invasive practice, addressing structures of the spine, head, face, and throughout the body.

This gentle, hands-on technique uses static holds to help relieve tension in tissues, align bony and soft tissue structures, improve blood flow, and encourage healthy flow of cerebrospinal fluid through the head and spine.

It can have a profound effect on the nervous system, resetting it to a restorative state, allowing the body to heal itself.

It is a great treatment for headaches, TMJ dysfunction, post concussion/brain injury care (with clearance from MD), relief of stress and anxiety, and general pain and discomfort.

Denae has been voted a “Top Pick” in the Community Votes Guelph

Sandra Roberts, RHN

Sandra Roberts is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Soul Coach, and practices Clinical Aromatherapy. As a wellness coach, she facilitates synergistic workshops and coaching circles that draw on a variety of modalities.

She is also trained in Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, Reflexology, and Neurolinguistic Programming.

Sandra offers meditation circles, book clubs, experiential aromatherapy workshops, and has published her own coaching cards.

Her background is in education and she currently teaches at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in Mississauga. Sandra’s website is https://dragonflydigest.ca

We acknowledge that we live on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation of the Anishinaabek Peoples. We also acknowledge that some of the therapies we practice have come from various traditions around the world. We aim to practice these therapies with honour, and respect to those who have generously handed them down to us.

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