A Spiritual Journey

Life can be nonstop for many people, with busy work schedules, kids’ activities, and high-stress events. Sometimes, you need to just take a deep breath in, exhale slowly, and take some time for self-care for your emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. That sense of calm can be found at Full Circle Energy Therapies in Upper Makefield Township. Owner Lori Hoff is an energy practitioner, teacher, and coach who works with people to improve their quality of life and to help reinvigorate the light inside them.

“We all have a universal source of energy,” Hoff says. “It’s moving through us at all times. I focus on creating balance, harmony, and homeostasis within through the use of energy healing and nervous-system work.”

A Natural Path

Hoff grew up in a small town in New Jersey, surrounded by nature and animals. Her father was a chiropractor, and her mother was a massage therapist. She was raised very holistically on Chinese medicine, homeopathy, healthy food, and the importance of expressing feelings. As a child, she learned to channel energy and was always very intuitive.

Her career started on a different path, as a wildlife conservationist biologist. Hoff worked in Central America before taking a job with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s wildlife services. However, while working for the government, Hoff suffered a spinal injury that changed the trajectory of her professional life. Unable to go out in the field anymore, she decided to pursue other avenues—one of them being energy work.

She saw an energy healer in her 20s who told her she would excel as one, too. This self-proclaimed “chronic learner” earned many certifications, including Reiki, Healing Touch, and Integrated Energy Therapy to start her own practice.

“One of the things that makes me different from other energy healers is that I work a lot with the nervous system, combining my scientific background and spirituality,” Hoff says. “These are all ancient practices that existed well before anything we know now. I love quantum physics and the biology of it.”

Hoff opened Full Circle Energy Therapies in August 2022. She says the nature, river, and park that surround the area drew her to this location, as well as the small-town feel. When she opened her doors, she gained many clients.

“Bucks County is a really great place for what I do because it’s a little more health conscientious, a little more forward-moving in terms of alternative medicines, and there’s so many businesses I can connect and collaborate with,” she says. “Upper Makefield really gave me the avenue of community.”

Finding Balance Within

Hoff says energy medicine is her main concentration and is the undercurrent of most of her different offerings. She says it’s difficult to verbalize what happens during an energy session, and it’s different for each person. Some clients come for general self-care or relaxation, while others are dealing with high anxiety, trauma healing, or looking to expand their spiritual side.

The session starts with a discussion about what’s going on in her client’s life and what they hope to achieve from the therapy. The next step is for the client to lay down fully dressed on the bed, covered with blankets and an eye cover. To help set the calming mood, she also puts on healing frequencies. Throughout the process, Hoff may use light touch and crystals for maximum relaxation and positive results.

“My biggest thing I ask when you come here is to be willing, curious, open, and let yourself relax,” she says. “What I’m doing during the session is taking stock of where your nervous system is at that moment. I’m looking at your chakras, your outer bodies, and I’m calling universal source energy to channel through me. I guide the energy to create a level of homeostasis again. When done, many clients say they feel lighter, calmer, and more at ease.”

Hoff explains that energy work is cumulative. Although you can have a great experience one time, consistency can help with more chronic issues.

Tammy Goldberg has been doing energy healing sessions for two years with Hoff. “Lori is so calming,” Goldberg says. “You have a conversation with her before each session where you share with her everything that’s going on in your life, and she gives great advice back to you. Some people have mystical experiences, but after I do a session, I feel deep relaxation and fully rested.”

New Year, New Energy

Energy sessions can be done in person or virtually. Hoff offers energy services to animals as well by combining her wildlife biologist training, her studies in animal behavior, and mixing those with the quantum physics of energy.

Some of her other services include mentoring and coaching, teaching and certification, sound bath with crystal singing bowls, human design astrology, and nature healing.

“I really love my teaching and certification program,” she says. “It’s going to be one of those legacy things for me so I can reach more people.”

Nicole Fischer met Hoff at Reiki training and has continued taking additional courses with her, such as “medicine woman,” to help develop her healing and spirituality.

“I’m enjoying her courses,” Fischer says. “She’s good at breaking down complex spiritual concepts into very practical things, which is great. She blends spirituality with the science, which I love. Everything I’m learning I’ll bring into my businesses and personal life.”

With the arrival of the new year, Hoff is expanding her business to include global spiritual wellness retreats, with the first one scheduled to take place in Egypt in October. January is one of her busiest times, but she tells her clients to always be gentle with themselves and to remember every moment is an opportunity to start anew.

“Health is wealth,” she says. “Don’t wait to do that thing you’ve always wanted to do. It’s important to choose yourself, but have grace with that and be realistic of your goals. We all just want a life that has as much ease and joy and goodness as possible. The other things are always going to come.”

Hoff plans to continue to support people in achieving balance and harmony in their lives, whether they want to see it from a scientific viewpoint, a spiritual aspect, or a combination of both. “The work is so fulfilling; it absolutely lights me up,” Hoff says. “Whenever people say things like, ‘You changed me,’ I always remind them that they did it, but I say thank you for letting me be a part of it.”

Dari Kotzker resides in Bucks County with her husband and four kids. She has worked as a reporter in television news and print media since 2001.

Photographs by Jennifer Janikic Photography