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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; Guests stopped by the Hilton Garden Inn over the weekend to get a glimpse of their past, present and futures, along with some healing, massage therapy and more.</p><p>Whole Earth held the 11th annual Spring Holistic and Psychic Fair at the hotel Saturday and Sunday, greeting guests with an array of healers, readers, lectures and handmade items.</p><p>The smell of incense filled the hallway leading into the room, which also housed handmade leather satchels and ornate jewelry.</p><p>Inside, tarot reader and universal life minister Nikki Marie Gordon, of Dallas, was preparing a spread for an interested attendee.</p><p>Gordon says she&#8217;s been a vendor at the event for the past three years and has been reading tarot since she was a child. She said tarot helps people overcome grief or a loss and make decisions based off of their readings.</p><p>&#8220;I give people the ability to see their life in pictures &#8212; to tell their story &#8212; and tell them what those pictures mean,&#8221; she said. &#8220;People can accept it or not accept it. People have free will, they can make decisions. I can tell them about a situation that can occur in their future, and they have the free will to decide if they want to take steps to change that outcome or not.&#8221;</p><p>The event wasn&#8217;t all just tarot and psychics, however.</p><p>Many came for an opportunity to relax and unwind with the help of holistic healing and massage therapy.</p><p>Melissa Luddeni, from Human Touch Wellness Center, of Cresco, was providing guests with a back massage at the entrance to the event.</p><p>She said that the art of massage does more than just take away physical pain. It can also relieve stress, increase your metabolism, and help to re-sensualize society.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very touch deprived as a society,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Massage helps bring back the feeling of touch, bringing people closer together.&#8221;</p><p>Many vendors at the event carried books, ranging from self-help to educational as well as a variety of stones, which are commonly used for various healings.</p><p>Dave Gutkowski and Carla Cilvik own Body and Soul Holistic Arts, based out of Bear Creek.</p><p>A Reiki master with a background in archaeology, Gutkowski brought an assortment of special stones to the event, each one said to affect the mind, body and soul differently.</p><p>From selenite to quartz and shells that gleamed like opal, his table was filled with roughly 50 different types of Earth&#8217;s precious gems, with cards explaining their uses.</p><p>&#8220;Many of these are used with Chakra,&#8221; he said, explaining Chakra balances each of the seven spiritual centers in the human body.</p><p>If Westernized practices isn&#8217;t your fancy, Whole Earth had you covered.</p><p>Mark Reinhart, of Drums, created &#8220;Three Pure Rivers,&#8221; a studio centering on Chinese Astrology.</p><p>A Master of Qigong, Taijiquan and I Ching, Reinhart helps those seeking balance in their lives through the five elements of Chinese Astrology.</p><p>With over 50 years of practice, Reinhart said he&#8217;s been all over the country, passing on his knowledge to those willing to listen. He also held a lecture at the event on Sunday.</p><p>&#8220;Chinese Astrology is an approach to health and well being,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It ties in directly with energetic psychology, which is just now beginning to be accepted in Western medicine. Your emotions are definitely responsive to your health and well being.&#8221;</p><p>Now, if your thinking of those little placeholders with the rabbit, chicken and snake, that&#8217;s somewhat similar. However, Reinhart explained there&#8217;s much more to the ancient practice than just the year one is born.</p><p>Once he matches your numbers and animals, they become correlated with an element &#8212; fire, wood, earth, metal and water. Ideally, one desires a little bit of each &#8212; however that&#8217;s not always the case.</p><p>Each element has a corresponding stone, so he suggests that if someone is lacking in a certain element to carry the stone in order to create balance.</p><p>Overall, Gordon said the weekend was a success, with people interested in readings and healing stopping by.</p><p>&#8220;We must have had at least a hundred-plus people come in Saturday,&#8221; she said, noting that many expect a big turnout Sunday afternoon. &#8220;Overall, it was a success.&#8221;</p><p>Admission for the event was $3. Whole Earth plans to hold another event near the year&#8217;s end.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Barbara Sherinsky, of Exeter, gets energy therapy from Robin Ribaudo, a Tarot reader and energy therapist, during the Whole Earth Holistic and Psychic Fair at the Hilton in Wilkes-Barre Township on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_ttl042516psychicfair-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Barbara Sherinsky, of Exeter, gets energy therapy from Robin Ribaudo, a Tarot reader and energy therapist, during the Whole Earth Holistic and Psychic Fair at the Hilton in Wilkes-Barre Township on Sunday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_ttl042516psychicfair-3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Marcia Pattison, of Nanticoke, receives a printout of her reading from Mark R. Reinhart, founder and creator of Three Pure Rivers Studio for the Arts, on Sunday at the Whole Earth Spring Holistic and Psychic Fair. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_ttl042516psychicfair-3.jpg</photo1><caption1>Marcia Pattison, of Nanticoke, receives a printout of her reading from Mark R. Reinhart, founder and creator of Three Pure Rivers Studio for the Arts, on Sunday at the Whole Earth Spring Holistic and Psychic Fair. </caption1><photoCredit1>Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_ttl042516psychic-fari-4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Kristen Kojeszewski, of Mount Pocono, gets a massage from Melissa Luddeni, a wellness consultant and massage therapist from The Human Touch Wellness Center, on Sunday at the Whole Earth Spring Holistic and Psychic Fair. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_ttl042516psychic-fari-4.jpg</photo2><caption2>Kristen Kojeszewski, of Mount Pocono, gets a massage from Melissa Luddeni, a wellness consultant and massage therapist from The Human Touch Wellness Center, on Sunday at the Whole Earth Spring Holistic and Psychic Fair. </caption2><photoCredit2>Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_ttl042516psychicfair-5.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A woman has her hand held during a reading from a psychic healer during the 11th Annual Whole Earth Spring Holistic and Psychic Fair in Wilkes-Barre Township on Sunday afternoon. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_ttl042516psychicfair-5.jpg</photo3><caption3>A woman has her hand held during a reading from a psychic healer during the 11th Annual Whole Earth Spring Holistic and Psychic Fair in Wilkes-Barre Township on Sunday afternoon. </caption3><photoCredit3>Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_ttl042516psychic-fair-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Whitney Mulgreen, of Clarks Summit, performs a tarot reading for Tiffany Gray, of Shickshinny, on Sunday at the Whole Earth Spring Holistic and Psychic Fair at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wilkes-Barre Township. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_ttl042516psychic-fair-1.jpg</photo4><caption4>Whitney Mulgreen, of Clarks Summit, performs a tarot reading for Tiffany Gray, of Shickshinny, on Sunday at the Whole Earth Spring Holistic and Psychic Fair at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wilkes-Barre Township. </caption4><photoCredit4>Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Marcella Kester</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach the Times Leader newsroom at 570-829-7242 or on Twitter @TLnews.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Whole Earth holistic and psychic fair offers more than psychics