Welcome to Integral Chakras, founded in 2022 by Janel Houton.
Rev Shikyo, Janel Houton, lived in Japan for a decade and worked in healing and religious capacities for another decade before meeting Zen Master Doshin Roshi in 2019. Working under his guidance they have been developing courses and Zen healing retreats since 2022. Trained in 2009 as a Clinical Massage Therapist, and before that earning a Master’s Degree in Historic Documentation and Research, she later completed a Tibetan Medicine Counseling Program with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang the head of the Sowa Rigpa Medicine Buddha Yuthok Nyinthig lineage, and Dr. Caroline Van Damme, a Belgian Psychiatrist in 2024. An ordained Minister in Integral Zen, she has been teaching, healing and works one on one with personal development and healing work, with people around the world.
Working under the guidance of Doshin Roshi, Shikyo and Doshin have been forming a more Integral understanding of several Chakra systems, including traditional Tibetan Medicine and healing, with the intention of bringing these ancient methodologies into the 21st century, in a way that is helpful.
After spending a decade in Japan, Janel studied Clinical Massage Therapy at Cortiva Institute in Watertown, Massachusetts in 2009, and worked as a Licensed Massage Therapist in the Boston area, where she designed treatments combining Eastern Five Element theory, hot stone and aromatherapy. Combining experience in bodywork and study with Doshin Roshi, she brings together Zen, Integral Theory, Carl Jung, Japanese energy healing, Yuthok Nyinthig, and Tibetan Medicine study to customize a unique path for each individual.
“Freeing up stuck energy can open up uncharted territories of the internal world, bringing unconsciouses to consciousness, increasing embodiment, vibrancy, and vitality. Starting with an understanding that we are not “problems to be fixed”, I provide contexts of indicators, signs and markers of balance and imbalance using the chakras. From there we consider directions that can support your healing, leading to organic, energetic homeostasis.“
“I have been so fortunate to receive guidance and teachings, and to have discovered tools and approaches that have greatly helped me, and others as well. “
with deep gratitude,
Shikyo Jiryu Janel Houton / Karma Tinpa Tsomo
