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Konyha said she’s been aware of her psychic abilities since childhood. At that time, she assumed everybody had the same feelings and
intuitions.
“I just figured everybody felt the same things I did,” she said. “But being around other kids and talking to them, I then realized I was different. I also think that because of my sensitivities to my surroundings, I was very shy in school. I didn’t have a lot of
friends.”
Konyha described a psychic as somebody who has the ability to detect non-physical energies. She said although most people have the ability to tap into the surface of their subconscious mind, a professional psychic is extra sensitive to these energies and can interpret how they may affect others. “Sometimes I see things through my mind’s eye, and sometimes I physically or emotionally feel things,” she said. “At times, I literally hear in my head what I’m supposed to say, and sometimes it’s like a wave, a sense of knowingness that overcomes
me.”
Konyha said her clairvoyant abilities are part of who she is, as well as an integral part of her family, which considers her psychic abilities nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, her grandfather nurtured her abilities by passing down some of his own psychic
wisdom.
Her grandfather, a Hungarian gypsy, taught her how to use a pendulum when she was 10. A pendulum is a weighted object attached to a string that swings back and forth or side to side. The movements of the pendulum are the key to the information you are seeking, Konyha said.
In Konyha’s case, her grandfather made a pendulum out of her stepmother’s wedding ring. By holding it over her stepmother’s pregnant stomach, he was able to determine by the back and forth movements she would have a
boy.
“You already know the answers to most of your questions,” she said.
“A pendulum helps your subconscious mind send an electrical signal
to a realm where you are able to understand the answer to the question.”
Despite her familial background in the unexplained, Konyha decided to broaden her knowledge by going to school. She received an associate’s degree from the College of Meta-physical Studies in Clearwater, Fla. There she enhanced her skills in tarot readings and took basic courses in the metaphysics and spiritual healing, which she now incorporates into her dance classes as a form of meditation and therapy. “I’ve always had a love of dancing,” she said. “My grandmother was an acrobat in Barnum and Bailey’s Circus. There’s also a lot of spirituality involved with belly dancing — it’s the world’s oldest dance. Plus, I like the whole girl power aspect of it as
well.”
For the past decade, Konyha has focused on the spiritual healing aspects of belly dancing. Concentrating on rhythm, breathing control and mind therapy through dance movement helps her students discover important parts of their inner selves, Konyha said. “My love for Middle-Eastern dance stems from the fact that it has been used by women of all shapes and sizes as a medium for prayer, meditation, holistic healing, personal empowerment and the celebration of life for many thousands of years,” she said. Jennifer Gordon, a student in Konyha’s belly-dancing class, agreed with the positive effects associated with belly
dancing.
“It makes you feel really good about being a chick,” she said. “You have confidence in
yourself.”
Konyha is also a certified psychic, a title reserved for members of the American Association of Professional Psychics. This organization is registered with the government, which means its members must adhere to a strict set of ethical rules and codes, like setting reasonable fees, keeping sessions confidential and avoiding fraudulent practices. “I had to go through a lot of different things,” she said. “It’s not like you just send in your $5, and you get a certificate. Getting certified was more like a process of evaluation and testing you have to go through until they deem you’re an authentic psychic.” Konyha said she needed four letters of recommendation from clients attesting to her psychic abilities, and she had to give phone readings to three people on the certification committee. She also had to write a 150-word essay explaining her training and interests in the psychic field. According to the American Association of Professional Psychics’ Web site
(www.certifiedpsychics.com), prospective members are required to work as professional psychics for at least a year before they can be considered for
certification.
Konyha said her ethical values always factor into her work. She follows the code of conduct set forth by the
association.
“I don’t believe in prying psychically,” she said. “When a client comes to me and I give them a psychic reading, I’m not consciously reading their mind — it’s more like I get messages from God that I tell people. It’s no different than what the Bible calls spiritual gifts. It’s just different terminology. ”Konyha said the ethical gap between psychic reading and fortune telling is important. She is quick to point out she isn’t, by any means, going to look into a crystal ball and tell you the winning numbers to the
lottery.
“Telling what I see in the future is a part of what I do,” she said. “But fortune telling is a parlor game — something you do for fun. It’s meaningless. I tell people where they’re at right now psychically by focusing on their past and how they got to be in the state of mind they’re in right
now.
“Then I’m able to determine what is most likely going to occur for them based on where they’re at right now — it’s up to the individual to decide where they want to go in their life. If you don’t want to go in that direction, fine, then you have it in your power to do something to pull yourself away from that
direction.”
Gordon first saw her instructor on Channel 25/29, a television station in Akron where Konyha performed on-air readings for two years. After receiving a few psychic readings from her, Gordon said she was convinced that Konyha was a genuine psychic. “Carrie is very accurate,” said Gordon. “Her readings are down-to-earth, and she doesn’t leave any open-ended questions — everything I wanted to know she
covered.”
Pam Zepp, Konyha’s business partner and roommate, said she knew they were going to be good friends the moment they met. Zepp had gone to Konyha for a psychic reading. She had recently moved from New Jersey to Kent, but with few family members and friends in the area, she knew there had to be another reason she was
here.
“When I met Carrie, we instantly clicked,” she said. “I believe in living in harmony with nature’s cycles, and what we do gives us a framework to put our spiritual beliefs
into.”
Zepp has been doing psychic readings for 12 years and has studied the tarot for more than 15 years. Like
Konyha, Zepp believes in focusing on the present during a psychic reading and focusing on
solutions.
“You have to be receptive to people’s needs,” she said. “I try to get people to look at the layer underneath. We believe in helping people help themselves by getting them to look at their life in a productive
way.”
Both women regularly attend The Vineyard church. Because of their faith in God, there are certain aspects of the supernatural they don’t meddle
with.
“With Ouija boards, you don’t know what you’re dealing with,” Zepp said. “It’s the same with spells and curses. Spells and curses definitely work. You don’t need candles, herbs and stones to perform these spells. I believe that whatever you receive through these means is at the expense of someone
else.”
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