Small Business Branding Photography with Vancouver based Reiki, Pilates and Tarot wellness teacher
Gina is a Vancouver-based reiki and pilates teacher, tarot reader and healer.
Having recently added tarot reading to her services, she wanted to create a fresh and unified gallery of images that brought to life all the different pieces of her practices, for people to see what she does, and understand her a bit deeper.
I was really excited to do a photography business branding session with Gina and capture her in her absolute element as she’s so passionate about what she does.
One of the questions during our strategy session before the shoot was “what is the thing that most lights you up about doing what you do?” Gina’s response: “It’s not about me. It’s about witnessing people heal, grow, shift and alter through the training and I get to be a part of that experience for them.”
So we created a series of photos that shows how Gina creates a space of healing and growth, and the different components that make what she does special to her.
During the pre-shoot strategy session, we also went through the values that are key to her business:
Integrity of the space: it is physically and energetically ready. When someone comes in they are walking into a healing environment, and there is no room to get distracted
Calm and Energetic
Delight and surprise: I always want people to walk away having learned something new about themselves
Self-discovery and the importance of self-nurturing as a daily practice and lifestyle
Learn more about Gina below and check out some of the photography that we captured during the photography business branding session.
REIKI
How did you get into Reiki?
Reiki found me when I was going through a difficult time after I had my third child. I was feeling a bit lost, not knowing where to turn, and my sister suggested I go to a healing session. I didn’t know what it was, but those reiki sessions opened up my fascination and curiosity. It was a difficult time where I felt like I had lost myself, and I was trying to find me. Reiki spun me 360, and I ended up completing all three levels within six months, going on to do the Mastery level the next year.
How has Reiki impacted your life?
Oh in so many ways! A few to start with:
It got rid of my migraines. I haven’t had a migraine in 8 years
It helped me get through my separation in a polite way and helped me see the world in a new way
It helped me open up to how I view the world and started to melt beliefs
It had me see the realness of things
It’s helped me help others. It’s become a lifestyle for me and my kids. My kids use it as a tool for anxiety to help calm them. So it doesn’t just impact and benefit me, but everyone around me
What piece of advice would you share with someone who is thinking about taking the training to become a Reiki teacher?
To come into the training open and ready to take yourself on. You don’t know what’s going to surface or happen. Be ready for a beautiful day! Be ready for your mind to open. Let everything unfold. It’s always a beautiful experience.
PILATES
How do you want people to feel when they are guided by you through pilates practice?
Calm, out of their heads and in their bodies. Focused.
What do you love about teaching pilates?
When I teach I do everything. I do all the motions too, and so I’m getting a full workout when I’m teaching too. You forget about everything because you’re focussing on your breath and what you’re doing. Nothing else has room to enter in. I like that feeling of being absolutely present in what you’re doing, and that state carries on for the rest of the day which is amazing.
TAROT
Why did you get into Tarot?
I was ready to learn something new to further expand my intuition, and it felt like the right thing to gravitate to.
Can you share something that people might not know about the art of Tarot reading?
I think a lot of people think it’s voodoo, or get afraid of it, but tarot actually offers a lot of self-understanding. There are a lot of answers available through getting a tarot reading that can help you get a deeper understanding of yourself.
