BY JOE KWIECINSKI
BRIDGET KRUTZIK IS A WOMAN ON A MISSION . AS A HOLISTIC NUTRITION

CONSULTANT AND A PRACTITIONER OF ANGELIC REIKI , the 28-year-old Krutzik wants to change as many lives as possible, offering them 'the joy of living life to the fullest on the physical, mental and spiritual levels.' Krutzik is the proprietor of Healing Illuminations, which also offers a package of other modalities to help its clients. 'In the nutrition phase of my work,' said Bridget, 'I try to help people with diet. I work to help them understand the con­nection between their diet and how they feel mentally and emotionally.' As she notes in her website (healingilluminations.com), 'I specialize in taking you to your next step with your diet. I help you begin where you are ­­whether you're eating cheese­burgers or tofu sandwiches ­­and help you move to the next level that supports your goals. I have discovered in my own life that there are two things that make a nutrition plan success­ful: really good food (that tastes better than what you ate before) and significant meas­urable improvement.' Krutzik has a blog (brid­getkrutzik.com) that features natural health information, articles, and pictures of deli­cious and healthy foods as an inspiration to help broaden people's cooking horizons and help them think differently about what they eat. 'The importance of food and good health,' said Krutzik, 'simply can't be over overemphasized.' In addition, Bridget offers workshops, upon request, deal­ing with maintaining or improving health and natural weight loss.

'Often,' said Krutzik, 'my clients have tried all they could do to lose weight, but without success. They come to me and learn that there are nutritional approaches that work and allow them to live more fully.' The second basic service provided by Healing Illumina­tions is Angelic Reiki, another gentle, non-invasive modality that provides the client steady improvement in his or her sense of well-being.

An energy healing system that enables the client to go into a deeply relaxed state, Angelic Reiki is conducive to physical and emotional healing. 'It's a very powerful practice,' said Krutzik. 'It helps people connect to their spirit and understand themselves more deeply.' The practice is done while the client is fully clothed on a massage table or on the phone via subtle distance energy healing. 'I've treated clients with both approaches,' said Bridget, 'and clients have told me that the energy was equally soothing and effective in both cases.' Krutzik points out that Angelic Reiki is quite helpful for someone who may have lost a loved one recently, aiding the client in navigating through the grief part of his or her healing process. 'It's also a very good health maintenance process to stay centered as you live your daily life,' she added.

Angelic Reiki, according to Krutzik, works well in tandem with nutrition holistic coaching because it helps people to stick with their nutrition plan and
reduce their stress level. Peo­ple often go off their diets due to a lot of stress. But when they are doing AR, they tend to stay on the healthy path and 'actual­ly crave healthier foods,' said Bridget.

Healing Illuminations also provides therapeutic grade essential oils and aromathera­py among other quality prod­ucts and services.

Bridget Krutzik and her hus­band, Ben, moved to Green­field about a year and a half ago. They met in middle school in Elkhorn, Wisconsin and went on to graduate from Elkhorn High before both went to col­lege in Milwaukee. Ben, also 28, graduated from the Univer­sity of Wisconsin at Milwaukee after studying broadcast jour­nalism and communication. He works for Monadnock Media in Sunderland as an associate pro­ducer. Bridget graduated from Marquette with a degree in advertising.

Bridget went on to study nutrition, herbology, and natu­ral body care online through the American College of Health Sciences in Portland, Oregon and raw food nutrition online through the BodyMind Nutri­tion Institute in Canada. She also studied Reiki Energy Healing Training at Sedona, Arizona and in Stockton, Cali­fornia. For more info, please call Bridget at 774-5280.