How Do I Stay Courageous While Facing Death?

A very beautiful transaction. It’s not even what Rupert is saying, it is the space he is holding for her question. I found this video so inspiring I would like to share it with you.

Where does real courage come from?

“See that behind whatever fear arises lies ever-present being, not your ever-present being, God’s being, the only being there is. That one, or awareness itself, is ultimately deathless.”

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. She is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork Monday through Friday.

510-601-9632

jerilawson@mac.com

Healing: Feeling Unsafe To Be Safe

In Chapter Eight of her book  Welcoming the Unwelcome, Pema Choödrön writes:

“The more willing you are to step out of your comfort zone, the more comfortable you feel in your life. Situations that used to arouse fear and nausea become easier to relax in. On the other hand, if you stay in the comfort zone all the time, it shrinks.”

 

I do everything I can to create a safe place for my clients when they come for a healing. I make sure the temperature of the room is perfect for each individual  (there is a huge range of preferences). I choose their favorite music and set the volume at a soothing level. Each session is at least two hours apart, so no one leaves feeling rushed, or ungrounded.

Despite all my good intentions,  I often witness my clients feeling unsafe to relax and let go on the healing table. I have realized that to truly create a space for my clients to feel safe, they often have to feel unsafe.

After long periods of stress their emotions, mind, and physical bodies have tightened up to protect, support, and defend them. Letting their guard down and relaxing their muscles can feel foreign, and even scary.  Many people receiving an energetic treatment are sometimes surprised in the first session to find out how much trauma they were holding.

Yet, just this conscious awareness of our internal state is so healing, however difficult it is to first acknowledge.  Even if people “fail” to relax in their session, that subtle inner awareness begins to change their experience of life for the better.

Sometimes people are back to their center in one session and sometimes it takes months, even years for others to finally experience what it is like to feel relaxed and safe in their bodies and in the world.

 

“And the Day Came When the Risk to Remain Tight In a Bud Was More Painful Than the Risk It Took to Blossom.” – Anais Nin.

 

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. She is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork Monday through Friday.

510-601-9632

jerilawson@mac.com

Healing For A Better World

The Healing Space

Many people are now experiencing increased anxiety. World events have been particularly unsettling. I had several clients arriving at my healing space this week reporting that this was the worst they have felt in a long time.

I tell them:

“This is the perfect place for you to be right now. It’s so wonderful that you have this healing scheduled.”

It’s true.

When life is most challenging, Energetic Healing and Breathwork are two of the many practices and modalities that help us stay centered and grounded.

We often have limited control over external events, yet internally we can create the space we need to hold all that is happening in the news and on the planet. By staying connected to our inner guidance, every one of us can initiate the most effective and intelligent actions available to create the world we want to live in.

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. She is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork Monday through Friday.

510-601-9632

jerilawson@mac.com

Report From A Breath Session

“So much of the breathe is a blur.  In some ways, it felt long, it felt the full 50 minutes.  In others, I did not want it to end because it was lovely.  I did manage to focus on my breath.  I did manage to float.  That’s what it felt like—I would float.  Detach completely.  I was conscious of it—the coming and going.  I’d leave my body and come back.  I’d feel the breath as I came back.  I was very conscious of coming back into my body and then slowly feeling myself float off again.  It was gentle, light.  There was a LOT of light too, so much light.  The whole room held all this light almost the whole time.”
– Client after her Breathe
Every Breathwork session is different and gives you exactly what you need in that moment. I have witnessed so many people release stress and tension, resolve childhood trauma, and connect to their own healing energy.
Clarity Breathwork changed my life and my own sessions continue to give me access to my own deeper guidance.  Sharing Breathwork with other people, especially in these times, is such a joy.

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. She is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork Monday through Friday.

510-601-9632

jerilawson@mac.com

Reiki Supports All Stages Of Your Healing Journey

On social media, I recently read that Reiki treatments alone are not sufficient to heal all aspects of your life.

I might agree with that on certain levels, yet Reiki and energy treatments can definitely support you throughout the whole of your healing journey.

Whether you are healing from a cancer diagnosis, are going through a round of insomnia, or at a point in your life where you can address old childhood trauma,  Self-Reiki is always there for you. All you have to do is put your hands on your heart and let the energy comfort, rebalance, and relax you. This peace is so powerful during times of great transformation and expansion. Reiki healing is abundant and always accessible.

In my healing practice, I have many clients who are working with Psychotherapists, Chiropractors,  Acupuncturists,  Functional Medicine Doctors, and Family Marriage Counselors. Reiki sessions help these clients integrate and embody the shifts from all their healing sessions. Lately, this has been especially true – and productive – for people doing Ayahuasca and Plant Medicine Ceremonies.

Reiki treatments also gently access old thoughts and beliefs that they can take back to process with their therapist.

Reiki supports all stages of your healing journey

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. She is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork Monday through Friday. 510-601-9632

jerilawson@mac.com

Two Hour Healing Sessions

I book all my hands-on healing sessions two hours apart.

I feel so lucky and grateful that I can structure my business in this way and spend this much time with each client.

Many Energetic Practitioners have time constraints, especially working in a hospital, clinic, or spa environment. I want to say right away that even twenty minutes of Reiki and Healing Touch is profoundly beneficial. We definitely need more Energetic Practitioners in our medical culture.

For me to work in such deep altered states of consciousness in my private practice, my clients need the time to integrate the shifts they may experience after the treatment is over. It doesn’t happen every session, yet often people release such deep emotional patterns, limiting thoughts and beliefs, that they can initially feel disoriented before they get off the table.

Sometimes there is also an incredible expansion of consciousness. Openings like this are life-changing, and twenty minutes on the table after the session to reconnect gently with your body is so grounding – especially when you have to jump back in the car and continue your day.

These shifts happen more frequently when my client receives regular weekly, biweekly, or monthly sessions and every session goes deeper.

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. She is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork Monday through Friday. 510-601-9632

jerilawson@mac.com

Mindfulness / Tranquility Meditation From Thich Nhat Hanh With Links That Work

 

“Life is found in the present moment.”

I would like to share this Dharma talk with you. Below is the description from the video…

In this amazing lecture, Vietnamese Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh skillfully introduces us to Mindfulness / Tranquility Meditation. Thich Naht Hanh embodies these practices and is able to convey his Realization in this incredible Dharma talk. This is the best introduction to Buddhist meditation I have ever experienced and I highly recommend listening to it over and over. May all beings learn to calm their minds and be happy 🙂

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. Monday through Friday she is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork.

510-601-9632  jerilawson@mac.com

Tara Brach: Facing Fear In A Traumatized World

I find this video calming.

Tara names many of the things we are all feeling. She states that the essence of trauma is feeling cut off. In times of great fear we energetically shut down and that disconnects us from our soul, spirit, and our wholeness. If we don’t deepen our attention, life is easily hijacked by fear.

I have listened to this video many times and I receive deeper insights each time.

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. She is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork  Monday through Friday. 

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com

Testimonial: Immense Gratitude For Healing

“Immense gratitude for you and your teachings. I’ve had enormous openings. I was blessed with a “knowing”. This is the only word that fits. I was intuitively aware of a blockage from Source,  but had not been able to find it. Well, dear Jeri, after using your technique to ground and open my crown chakra, not only was my block revealed, it was shattered and healing seems complete.”
I often give clients simple healing tools and meditations to support them between sessions. I have a short meditation to help people run energy through their bodies, so if they wake up in the middle of the night they can put their hands on their heart and feel the warm calming energy of their hands.  Often these easy meditations facilitate great release.

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. Monday through Friday she is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork.

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com

Sound Healing by Mei-lan Maurits

Mei-lan Maurits’s Youtube videos bring me to a state of calm, presence – and even joy – every time I listen. I hope you enjoy her music as much as I do.

From her website:

These sounds and tones carry the vibration of timeless wisdom, and the frequencies span from the ancient to the angelic. My sacred work is bridging these higher frequencies into our physical realm so that you remember the wisdom and essence of your soul. This is how we bring heaven to earth.

Jeri Lawson has a full-time healing practice in Oakland, California. She is available for Healing Touch, Reiki, and Clarity Breathwork  Monday through Friday. 

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com