When Amanda decided to retrain from a more business-focused environment to natural health, she was drawn to holistic healing and energy work. This decision led her to study Homeopathy, Reiki, and Atua Healing for over 3 years. Amanda became the first homeopathy to graduate in 2021 under the new curriculum from the College of Natural Health and Homeopathy in Auckland. Since then, she has been growing her business, Replenish Healing, based online and in her clinic in Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand.
Amanda Cowlrick, Homeopath, Reiki Master & Atua Healing Practitioner
Hi Amanda! Please tell us about you and your life, so we can get to know you better.
I am a Homeopath, Reiki Master, Atua Healing Practitioner, and Vice-Chair on the Reiki NZ Board. As founder of Replenish Healing and Replenish Healing Retreats, a Holistic Healing company based in Auckland, New Zealand, I have found my true path in life, supporting people to be in the best health they can holistically. I have a background owing companies across a range of industries from a restaurant, a car accessory installation company, to a company supporting SMEs with their overall set-up including administration and accounts. I have brought these skills into my current company, allowing me to oversee all aspects of Replenish Healing. I have also used the skills I learnt over my working career to present at the 2024 Reiki NZ Inc. conference “Setting up a Holistic Health Business in New Zealand”.
I am now bringing my lifelong affinity with natural healing and holistic self-care to the fore of my working career and it is very exciting.
What is your business name and how do you help your clients?
My business is called Replenish Healing®, I also have a company called Replenish Healing Retreat® which is currently not being utilised but is part of a longer-term goal to run retreats as well.
Replenish Healing offers a safe place for people to come to that allows them to be themselves in a relaxed, calm, non-judgemental environment. We help our clients by offering Homeopathy, Reiki and Atua Healing.
Can you tell us about your personal journey and what led you to establish Replenish Healing?
I have always been drawn to using natural healing since I was a teenager and started using homeopathy at the age of 14. This was when I was told by my doctor that the pain and weakness issue with my wrist was in my head, something I didn’t want to hear as an active sportswoman. It was at this stage I met a woman, Annie Bottcher, who helped my wrist with homeopathy, and I have never had an issue with it since. Annie also became a lifelong family friend. I continued to use homeopathy from this point.
In my early 30s, I met Carmel Cochrane through her clinic in Kingsland and did her Atua Healing Level 1. I didn’t do anything with this until I was in my 40s when I decided to follow that desire. This inspired me to make a career change and start my new journey. I started training in 2017 with Atua Healing, completing my Practitioner certificate in Atua Healing by 2018. I commenced Reiki training in 2017 completing my Reiki Master's in 2019. While doing both Atua Healing and Reiki, my homeopathy education started in 2018, finishing in 2021 with a diploma in Chronic (Human) Homeopathy. It was while I was studying my first year in homoeopathy that the name of my company came to me. The name fits my core values and what Replenish Healings' message is about, which is helping people heal by relaxing, refreshing, replenishing, and recharging.
In 2018, I set up my company and trademarked the name.
It does seem, though, that I can’t keep away from also helping people heal their businesses, as I am currently working with a holistic healer to help her tidy her accounts, streamline her processes, and help bring in more cash flow by doing this.
I want to focus my energy on helping people to be the best version of themselves through self-care and good health.
Can you explain the core services you offer at Replenish Healing and what makes them unique compared to other healing practices?
What sets Replenish Healing apart is our range of modalities, allowing clients to choose treatments tailored to their needs, such as Reiki, Homeopathy, or Atua Healing. We have some clients who will use Homeopathy and Reiki together or Atua Healing and Homeopathy. We offer the convenience of distance healing for all three modalities, ensuring accessibility for clients regardless of their mobility or location.
Our core services are as follows:
Homeopathy is a gentle way to help rebalance your health. Remedies are used in minute doses to support wellness in a person as a whole. It works with the body’s innate ability to support itself as it works towards homeostasis. We work alongside each client as every person is unique. Homeopathy is individualised to match each person's characteristics and key symptoms. Remedies are generally made from natural substances such as plants, minerals or animals.
Reiki (pronounced Ray-Key) is a combination of two Japanese words – Rei, which means “Spirit” or “Universe”, and Ki, which is “life force energy”; it is most often translated as “universal life force energy”. Reiki is a natural, vibrational, hands-on healing practice that utilises universal life force energy or Ki/Chi to support the body’s self-healing ability.
Atua Healing® is a non-invasive form of energy healing. Within Atua Healing®, we honour the traditions of Te Ao Māori Rongoa, incorporating the Hauora principles of Te Wheke, Te Atua, Te Hau, Te Taha Hinengaro and Te Taha Wairua. Atua Healing® is a complementary modality and we work with other health professionals to deliver measurable results for our clients.
How does Replenish Healing incorporate energy healing, mindfulness, and spirituality into the services you provide?
Often, before a client arrives, I sit in the moment and go through the process of mindfulness. I have to make sure I am in a good head space to receive my clients. This helps me sit with my clients without judgment of who my clients are or what they may have been through on their journey to where they currently are in their lives. I also need to make sure I don’t interpret what they are saying. I just be myself and build rapport with them so they can feel safe in my clinic to open up to what can be deeply buried emotions, which can take several sessions to come to the surface, or the first session.
As each journey is so individual I have to be mindful to let my clients proceed at their own pace, respecting their individuality and their unique journeys. I am enlightened by some of the things people have been through and come out the other side of, often a humbling experience for me.
To do this I need to be in the moment with them, this includes stepping back and letting my clients choose the healing practice that they require. It helps that often, our bodies know what energy healing modality they need. I do offer suggestions on what I think may work for a client if they are unsure. I am clear about what each modality is and the time and cost involved in getting a result, as this can differ from client to client.
I keep in touch with my clients via phone calls and emails to see how they are doing and if they need any extra support during the time they are seeing me.
I continue to learn with Atua healing, Reiki and Homeopathy, a journey that will never be finished.
I personally feel you cannot do your job as an Energy healer if you are not connected to your spirituality and with that comes mindfulness.
What type of client or individual do you find benefits most from your services, and how do you tailor your approach to meet their needs?
Our range of modalities at Replenish Healing can benefit anyone from babies to the elderly and anywhere in between, regardless of their roles in society.
Each person’s healing journey is unique, and I honour this individuality by allowing clients to proceed at their own pace. However, this will depend on how symptoms are managed by the client outside the process we have. Building genuine rapport is crucial, as it enables clients to explore deeply buried emotions. We then support their journey using the most suitable modalities, whether it’s Reiki, Homeopathy, Atua Healing or a combination.
How do you stay current with trends or new techniques in holistic healing, and how do you integrate them into your practice?
I stay up with current trends by attending conferences, online training and being involved with a range of different practitioners and groups in the areas of Reiki, Atua Healing and Homeopathy. From the information I gather from these different events, I then assess or evaluate what would work in my clinic and what might not work. Often, I may hear something that may not be relevant at the point in time, but then I will have a new client book in, and it is very relevant to them.
Can you share any success stories or transformations you’ve witnessed in your clients that stand out to you?
I had a client come to me for homeopathy who was suffering from severe anxiety and was medicated for it. They had to take an anti-anxiety pill to support them to get to my clinic. They had been unable to work (they were self-employed and loved what they did), they would force themselves to go out with friends but disliked every minute of it, and just wanted to go home. They couldn’t cook or have family over as it was too much for them. I took their case, which took about 1.5 hrs, and went over a lot of different questions from the physical, such as food likes/dislikes, sleep patterns, and other physical elements. We then looked at the mental/emotional picture which can include dreams, plus all the feelings around the anxiety.
Once I had gone over the notes I had taken, I spent time finding a remedy that most closely fitted their holistic symptom picture. We had a follow-up 4 weeks later and they bounced into my clinic, they were back working and had cooked dinner for a large group of people. They were also very keen to go out and see their friends again. They said they could feel themselves getting better and stronger each week since they had had the remedy. They had also stopped the medication after consulting their GP. This was such a great success story for the client, they got their old life back.
What role does community play in your work, and how do you connect with others who share your passion for healing and wellness?
Currently, the community work that I am involved in is mainly based around the Reiki NZ Inc. Board. The voluntary positions I hold on the board are vice chair, database manager, and web developer. This gives me a connection within the Reiki community, and I attend the Reiki conferences that are held bi-annually as well.
Within the Homeopathy community, I host a monthly pod meeting and attend other online gatherings to keep in touch, share ideas, and support each other. I also attend the bi-annual homeopathy conference.
I am just starting to work with a holistic healing community group where I will offer discounted Homeopathy support at a drop-in centre in Auckland.
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