My Family
Interests
How I became interested in massage
Work History
Colon Hydrotherapy
Energy Medicine
 

My name is Harry Farris, I live in Indianapolis, Indiana, home of Peyton Manning and the 2006 Superbowl Champs, the Indianapolis Colts. NASCAR fans flock to Indy for the "Brickyard 400" and of course "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" The Indianapolis 500 is held in Indy every Memorial Day Weekend!

I was not born in Indianapolis, but for the past 20 years I've been living my dream in Indy helping people feel better physically, emotionally and spiritually via a variety of Alternative Health Care Modalities. I also love sharing my knowledge with clients so they can help  their self, after all, they are with their body's 24/7/365.

I'm a Certified and Indiana Licensed Massage Therapist, Nationally Certified Colon Hydro-therapist, Certified Reflexologist, Certified Muscle Release Therapist, Certified NutriEnergetics Practitioner, and the chief cook, bottle washer and launderer at Accelerated Wellness on the south side of Indianapolis. ☺

Your life is a gift, but your journey is a choice!

What you say and do along your journey has a ripple effect on everyone you touch, what they say and do effects you.
All of which, ripples throughout the entire Universe.
There is a ripple effect in all that we say and do!

Making A Difference In Peoples Lives.

My Mission Statement: To have a positive.....difference making, rippling effect on the health of peoples lives I touch, by listening to and understanding their physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial worries or concerns. To enhance their ability to better manage their health concerns and worries by providing therapies, services and high quality nutritional supplements to improve their productivity, quality of life, risk of disease and injury.

Namaste,

Harry Farris

My Family
 

I was born in Paris, IL., a small mid west town of about 9800 people. I spent the first 22 years of my life in Paris. My father was a factory worker and mom was a cashier at Kroger's. They were good parents and providers and taught me great values and worth ethics.  Although I have been called a hayseed, I'm proud to have small town values and beliefs. I can still hear my dad say "A man is only as good as his word." I have tried to live by those words all of my life. My dad is a World War ll vet and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Dad served on the Edgar County Board for 28 consecutive years and was the Board Chairman on a couple of different terms. He ran totally unopposed on four different occasions because he was so respected. He unselfishly gave his time to listen to the people in the county and tried to help them in anyway he could.

I am very proud of my dad for all that he accomplished while he was on the County Board.

I don't think mom, like Will Rogers never met a stranger. She loved everyone and looked for the good in all.

In Loving Memory Both of my parents passed away in 2008. Mom passed away on August 2nd, 2008 and just nine short weeks later to the day my dad passed on. I miss them terribly and think and talk to them daily but I know they are in a much better place. Thanks mom and dad for all your love, wisdom and support. I am the man I am today because of the two of you.

My brother Donnie, still lives in Paris with his wife Sharon. Donnie is an avid sportsman. I think he lives to hunt deer, goose, ducks and pheasant. When he's not hunting, he owns  "Big Daddy's" concession stand and runs the miniature golf and batting cages at Twin Lakes Park in Paris. If you ever have the chance to visit the park you'll love it. Tell Donnie I sent you.

I can't thank Donnie and Sharon enough for all that they did to help my parents during my parents final months alive. Although I went to Paris as often as I could, they had to deal with all the health issues on a daily basis. Thanks, Donnie and Sharon.

Julie, my sis and I, although there are nine years difference in our ages, were born on the same day...Halloween. She and her husband Kent now live in California. Kent works at one of the State Prisons in California and my sis is a homemaker. They have two daughters, and five grandchildren. Brandy, her husband and three children still live in California, while Hillary, her husband and two children live in Nevada.

June 5th1968 was one of the happiest days of my life! My son Kevin was born. Kevin, served in the Navy during the first Gulf War on the U.S.S America. Kevin, his wife Lorie and my granddaughter Jasmine now live in New Mexico.

Interests: Long before they ever moved to Indianapolis, I was an avid Colts fan, actually, I was a Johnny U fan. I'm also a Green Bay Packers fan and a die hard Cubs fan "wait until next year". When it comes to basketball, I prefer college ball over pro ball and follow the "Fighting Illini", remember I'm from Illinois (sorry IU and Purdue fans). I halfheartedly follow the Pacers when it comes to pro ball.

Personally, as a child I was active in organized sports and played Little League Baseball and once pitched a perfect game, no hits, no walks, no runs.  In high school I played basketball and football. In fact I made the varsity football team when I was just a sophomore. 

I enjoy working in the yard, walking, exercising, playing euchre when I can find a partner, dancing to the oldies but goodies, reading, and going out to a fine restaurant.

In the spring I enjoy getting out in the woods and going mushroom hunting. In the fall it's squirrel hunting when I can get to my brothers cabin in the woods.

I enjoy traveling and have been to Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Canada. I've been on two Caribbean cruises and an Alaskan Cruise. I'm glad I took the Alaskan cruise, but I wouldn't do it again. I only saw 15 minutes of sunshine during the 7 day cruise.

My ideal vacation is when I can combine pleasure with learning which was why I took the Alaskan cruise.

Although we are spread out all over the U.S. my family is very important to me and we do keep in contact weekly.

Most importantly, I can't begin to tell you how much satisfaction I receive from mentoring people on ways they can help their self whether it's via Alternative Health Care or making money on line.

How I became interested in Massage Therapy.

I first became interested in massage while I was still in high school. As you can imagine, my parents worked very hard in order to provide for us kids.  Although I had no idea what I was doing, occasionally on Sundays I would massage their achy muscles. I did notice that if I did one thing to a muscle it would respond one way and if I did something else it would respond in a different manner, this really intrigued me. More importantly, mom felt like I had a special gift in being able to instinctively know what to do to help. Thus, after graduating from high school I took a 500 hour course  from the Dr. Esther C Swanson School of Swedish Massage in Chicago

A small town is not a very good place to try build a massage practice, especially in the late 60's. For one thing no one would believe an 18 year old kid on the value and benefits of massage. If you’re old enough, stop and think back to when you were 18 and considered to still be "wet behind the ears".

Work History

Three days after I turned 18, I registered for the draft and got married (one of those have to situations). Here I was a graduate masseur in a small town with a wife and a son on the way. Thus, I did what anyone would of done..... I got a job. I worked in a couple of different factories in Paris until 1972. At each of these factories I would work my up to be either a foreman or at the very least a group leader.

As an infant, Kevin seemed to continually have problems with his ears. One of his doctors recommended a warmer climate and in 1972, my wife, son and I moved to North Hollywood, California. Talk about a lifestyle adjustment.

I went to work for Household Finance Corporation as manager trainee and became a branch manager in 1974. After being promoted to different offices I eventually left HFC to manage a Morris Plan in Oxnard, Ca.

My wife and I divorced in 1978. Shortly after our divorce, my mother took ill and I decided I needed to move back to Paris. One of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life was to leave my son behind. My son was my buddy, my pal.

I went to work at Avco Finance as a manager in Terre Haute, IN. In 1980 I married my second wife, another home town girl. At the time she was living in Indy so I drove back and forth from Indy to Terre Haute until Avco transferred me to an Indianapolis branch. We divorced in 1996.

I soon discovered that Avco was not the place for me and left. Over the next several years I was in sales and eventually ended up with American Income Life Insurance company as an insurance agent. I qualified for several conventions, which is not an easy accomplishment because in addition to having to reach a certain sales goal, you have to maintain a high persistency of client retention to qualify.

From 1968 to 1989 I did keep my hands on people by occasionally working on my family and friends. In 1989’ I started attending refresher workshops. I remember my first Touch for Health workshop, I thought "NO WAY" can that stuff work. Now, I love what muscle testing (kinesiology) and balancing can tell me not only about a persons body but about the person as well.

After taking several workshops I started offering massage out of my home, a beauty shop in Bargersville, IN and a exercise place on the south side of Indy. Plus, I was still selling life insurance. 

In January of 1991, I decided to live my lifelong dream, I quit AIL, rented office space at the Brookwood Professional Center on East St., and started working my behind off to build a massage practice. Thank goodness for residual income. If it had not been for the residual income I was receiving from AIL, I'm not certain my business would have survived. My first month, I only worked on nine people the entire month. Each month afterwards my business would grow a little, primarily due to referrals from satisfied clients.

A huge break came in June of 1991. A  new client was referred to me and was brought in to see me by her daughter. Ann had fallen and broken both elbows and could not raise her arms above her head to comb her own hair without extreme pain. As is so often the case, her doctors told her to learn to live with the pain. After just six one half hour sessions (twice weekly) she was able to raise her arms pain free.

You know how when you go to do something instinctively, it is then that you realize you can't due to pain? Well, I had stepped out of the massage room to my office area when I suddenly heard...."Oh my God mom, you're combing your own hair." Ann instinctively combed her hair and did not realize it herself that she was doing so until her daughter said so. They called me back into the massage room and we all started crying.

Shortly, after Ann and Kathy left the phone started ringing off the hook. Apparently, a lot of people had told Ann that if I helped her they would be coming to see me as well. Ann referred tons of clients, one of which I'll never forget as long as I live.

Hazel was a very special lady that I could probably write a book about. When Hazel first visited me she was so bent over she could not look straight ahead. Her ribs overlapped her hip bones by a quarter of an inch. She was in such pain she could not even get on my massage table, thus I had her sit in a recliner and we just did foot reflexology her first session. From our first meeting I knew I could help this wonderful woman, she sensed it as well.

Hazel also came twice a week at first, but just for foot reflexology, after nine weeks her ribs no longer over lapped her hips and she was able to get on the massage table. Over the course of the next several months she went from 12-15 pain pills daily down to 5 or 6 daily. Over the next 11 years Hazel gradually straightened up and was able to live a more productive life.

I could go on and on about this wonderful lady as we grew to become good friends until she passed away a few years ago. She too will hold a very special place in my heart for as long as I live.

Over the years, I have taken many workshops on a variety of bodywork modalities in order to help clients with their physical and emotional needs. I cannot begin to tell you how much I've invested in workshops and equipment.

I’ve also read all kinds of books and periodicals on different forms of bodywork, viewed videos, exchanged information about techniques with other therapists and I’ve taught a few workshops. Last but certainly not least is the 100’s of hours of hands on knowledge gained from working on an average of 30 clients a week since 93’. I cannot thank my clients enough for placing their trust and confidence in me to practice what I have learned as well as the freedom they have given me to experiment with different techniques I have developed.

Shocking Surprise! On my 50th Birthday, several clients went together and had this huge Birthday Card placed in front of my office on Madison Ave. In August of 2002,  I moved my office into my home on Southport Rd.

Colon Hydrotherapy added in 1998

A client, started receiving colon hydrotherapy in 1997 at another location here in Indy and urged me to do so. After her urging me for over a year, I finally decided to try it. The reason it took me a year to decide to try colonics is quite simply...."I did not want anyone sticking something up my behind". At any rate, I scheduled my first two sessions and was a nervous wreck all the way to the appointment. Like most people, I soon realized all my fears and concerns were a useless waste of energy. I had made a bigger deal out of colonics in my mind than what it actually was.

To make a long story short, I decided I needed to add colonics to my practice and went for training at the Doo Drop Inn (don't laugh) in Michigan. I began offering colonics in the fall of 1998 and have seen marvelous results with this modality. What a joy it is to see peoples lives be completely turned around by cleansing.

I have attended several International Association of Colon Therapists National Conventions and was a guest speaker at the 2000 Convention.

Energy Medicine

Since 1998, I have also attended and completed several BodyTalk Modules. BodyTalk is a form of energy work that incorporates the use of muscle testing like Touch for Health does. BodyTalk is yet another way to tap into the innate wisdom of the body, find out what organs, glands, structures etc. are not working together and then link them together so they are working together. You really have to experience this modality to truly appreciate how powerful it can be.

Yet another form of energy medicine is Nutrienergetics. The accuracy of the scans never cease to amaze me or clients.  Just as important as the scan, are the Infoceuticals amazing ability to correct the distortions in the Human Body Field, which in turn sends the correct information to the physical body for corrections. 

The Beach Or The Soup Line

Like so many other industries, the current economy has affected the alternative health care field. Although I have only lost a few clients due to this economic crisis, many clients have had to cut back on how frequently they receive therapy. For example: Several clients have gone from weekly sessions to once every two weeks. Other clients have gone from twice monthly to once monthly and so on.

Consequently, in an economy such as we are facing today, I am very thankful and fortunate to have passive leveraged income that helps offset the loss of income from sessions. 

Do you have a passive leveraged income? If not perhaps it's time to explore your options to avoid the soup line.