Help for the Journey!

See a major change in your life in just 8-10 sessions.
Rev Dr Linda Bender, MSCD  is an Interfaith Minister and Metaphysical Doctor who provides pastoral care for body, mind and spirit. Working on the body level to give hands-on healings, diet and fitness routines, on the mind level to provide life coaching and on the [...]

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1) Relax

Relax

You feel great, you just want a little pampering so you continue to feel great.   Good way to go! You know it is important to nourish yourself.   In this world today, many folks don’t take their well being so seriously.
Linda offers ways to relax and pamper yourself like a beautiful energy massage, a sensual [...]

3) Grow

Grow

Pastor Linda lectures on various Wellness and Spiritual Topics.
She is available for your event and is flexible enough to create new topics and adapt her current lectures to your group’s needs.  She also has a personal interest in Environmental health and can speak to items such as establishing an environmentally clean home.
My Growth – ways [...]

2) Heal

Heal

Linda helps in all life areas using both hands-on work and life coaching including nutritional counseling.  You can experience her healings either in person or long distant over the phone since in spiritual work there is truly no distance.  See below for the many kinds of issues that can be addressed and if you are [...]

Testimony

July 2010

I lost one of my remote clients who was battling cancer.   She sent her daughter out of the room to call me and say she didn’t think she could make that night’s appointment.  When the daughter returned she had passed.   It is odd being the last thoughts of a person.
This lady had a special heart [...]

Diet and Exercise

Diet and Exercise

Two major wellness factors you have under your control is what you eat and how much you move.  Linda can assist you in these areas.   Linda is now a Master Personal Fitness Trainer and Sport Nutritionist able to help you design a plan that works for you.
Diet:
In addition to quantum nutrition to fill [...]

Classes

Diet Benders Workshop

Next Workshop Series will be Wednesday nights starting  September 15, 2010.   Before hand there are Diet Bender’s meetings as an information share and encouragement. Rev Bender will work directly with individuals in Life Coaching sessions if you wish to start before September.   Also if you have a group who want to learn together, [...]

Healings

Got Cancer

Linda will eventually write a book on natural ways to help prevent and heal cancer… Here is her top ten healing options which she presents to groups.
Ten Tools to Health
Top ten integrative things to try…
Integrative solutions not just for those with cancer… would help everyone’s health!
1) Improve your fuel:   Stop eating chicken and pork… [...]

Healings

Diets make you obese

Science has finally figured out that diets make you obese
I wish we knew that before I started my first diet at age five!
As a perpetual dieter I’ve learned a lot about food now I’m a certified healer and life coach and getting my certification in sports nutrition.
Society is weight biased
I know from first hand [...]

More About Linda

Expanded locations

Ancient Joy expanded it healing offices by leasing treatment space with Healing Hands Massage.
Clients now have the option to meet with a healer in Berwyn, West Chester, Media or Downingtown in beautifully appointed rooms with a peaceful atmosphere.
Ancient Joy will still have it main office in
Lafayette Hill where in addition to people,
pets are treated at [...]

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Books

Linda loves to write and is given inspired by the Spirit on ideas and words, which many are beyond her… When this happens pages full of text just comes out… so she tends to write as God provides data… This leaves her with several unfinished books described below…
These are the titles of her works in [...]

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Healing Touch

Do I do healing touch?… yes and no.
Healing touch is a set of tools that are communicated to nurses and doctors which appears to be a bit of Reiki and Pranic Healing techniques in a procedural form.    This is only a subset of the work I do.

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My career choice

Hum, my career choice… it is more that it chose me than I chose it…  The short version is that in 1997 I was called to serve what I thought was the missions field, even did short term trips in China and El Salvador.  Left corporate America and got my Bible degree from Philadelphia Bible [...]

Classes

Reiki Classes

Reiki is a Japanese form of energy healing. Infuses “God Energy” into the body for physical, mental and spiritual healing. Heightens sense of inner peace and spirituality. This is Usui Reiki straight from Japan, not an off shoot that has been developed in the US.
Linda is a Reiki Master (meaning teacher) and much of her [...]

Classes

Nutrition Workshops

Learn how nutrition plays a role in the health of your spirit and how your spirit can provide information what your body wants through some simple test.
Quantum Nutrition Workshop
$15 per person
Learn how we analyze your body’s unique nutritional need based on your bio-energy field using Quantum Reflex Analysis. Not all supplements are created equal. [...]

Classes

Somatics Class

$150 per person, $260 per couple
This ten week course is designed for those who want to reduce their pain or walk straighter by using somatic techniques which retrains your brain how to work your muscles.  Very good for sore backs…  Each class is an hour and you need to do home sessions between classes.

Classes

Myofascial Release Classes

Myofascial Release (MFR) – modern physical therapy
This profound healing method releases the holding patterns in your body by elongating the fascia, removing restrictions and restoring movement. It uses many hands-on techniques and is very effective for physical issues including backaches, fibromyalgia, scar tissue pain, sclerosis and woman problems.
Linda has extensive training with John Barns who [...]

Classes

Scar Workshop

$15 per person
Learn how to lessen the pain of a scar through hands-on work.  Scars create a network of tissue like an internal cob web that can cause pain and tightness limiting our body.
Have you had a scar that is painful even though it has healed?  This is a method to lessen the [...]

Classes

Healthy Breast Workshop

$30 per person, $50 per couple
Go beyond self-examination and learn preventive self-treatment methods that can keep the breast healthy. Will cover self examination, an environmental cause and a spiritual cause often found in Breast Cancer patients, a physical therapy method and a qi gong routine you can use at home.
Wear comfortable clothes, bring a towel [...]

Classes

Facelift Workshop

$25 per person, $40 per couple
Come learn self-treatment methods to make your face look younger.  Workshop covers environmental issues, stress issues and hands-on methods to improve facial tone.

Classes

Healing Service

The Healing Service is a group healing session that may involve meditation, drumming and lecture on a healing topic.
Often followed by a wellness workshop.
No registration required for these events.  Free will donation accepted with suggested donation of $15-$25 per person to cover program expenses.
Between Labor Day and Memorial Day, will hold healing services on second [...]

Classes

Allergies 101

$30 per person, $50 per couple
Learn how you can stop your allergies with natural treatments.

Learn natural alternatives to help allergies including:
Acupressure
Nasal Cleansing
Diet Adjustments
Energy Healing

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Donations accepted any time (tax deductible).
Sessions in-Kind donations: (non-tax deductible portion- you may donate more if you feel you've gotten benefit and want to support the work.) Upper value is typical market value equivalent for the Philadelphia area, lower values set to allow services to those in need. Please see donation page for more details.

Session donation range Fitness Healing
~ Half Hour $55-$120
~ Hour $75-$120 $90-$300
~ 90 Minutes $120-$200 $135-$500
~ 2 Hour $160-$240 $180-$600

Advanced Healing Hour $200 -$500.
Multi-session discounts available.

Add-ons:
Kinesio taping $5, Hot stone $30, Oils $40 and up.
Appointment reservation is $30 an hour non-refundable if canceled within 48 hours of appointment.
Class cost is generally $15 an hour, but check class details and possible discounts.

Also accept donation checks at
Ancient Joy Ministries
P.O. Box 143
Valley Forge, PA 19481-0143

Please consider donation to those homeless due to environmental illness at Bender Bubble link above.
Thanks!

Legals: You must be at least 18 years or older to receive services- except where noted. Parents and legal guardians may request services for their children. You must live with the United States for us to call you, we can communicate through e-mail. You agree that your wellness therapy and spiritual consultation is subject to your own interpretation. Information you receive does not constitute legal, psychological, medical, business or financial advice. Choices and actions based on the content of your session are your own responsibility. We are OBLIGATED to tell you our interaction is for entertainment and your personal growth purposes only. When you register for any service you are agreeing to operate under these legal statements. Also note privacy is guaranteed based on clergy privacy privileges, but we must follow law and report suspected child abuse.