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Healing Touch Quarterly Meeting 2/3/2026: A Taste Of Focusing

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My healing community has four meetings a year. Everyone who is interested in energy, healing, and living their best life is welcome. Our next meeting is on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026, from 6:30 to 8 pm on Zoom. Here is the Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82732503140. You can just show up.

I am thrilled to have Ann Weiser Cornell, Ph.D., as our guest speaker. She is an author, educator, and worldwide authority on Focusing, the self-inquiry psychotherapeutic technique developed by Eugene Gendlin. 

Focusing helps you access your body’s intuitive wisdom, called the “felt sense,” to gain new insights, resolve problems, and foster healing by connecting with unclear inner bodily awareness of a situation. With these easy-to-understand steps, you can change the way thoughts and emotions are held in your body. The process is simple and profound, and truly life-changing. Really.

Here is a link to her FREE 5-day Course: https://focusingresources.com/learning/get-bigger-than-whats-bugging-you

Focusing Resources – Inner Relationship Focusing

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

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com

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Jane Goodall’s Final Message

Jane Goodall gave an interview that was set to air after her death. It is incredible, and I highly recommend watching it on Netflix.

“I want to make sure that you all understand that each and every one of you has a role to play. You may not know it, you may not find it, but your life matters and you are here for a reason.”

Thank you, Jane.

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

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com

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Trusting The Intuitive Process Of Healing

Learning to perceive energy in a healing session has often been — and still is — a surprising and mysterious process.

The Healing Touch Professional Association offers Virtual Chapter videos for members on a wide range of healing topics. In one of these videos — I can’t remember exactly which one — an experienced and successful healer shared a simple technique she uses to keep her mind from wandering during sessions.

On the surface, keeping your mind focused during a healing seems logical. Yet my inner experience often unfolds very differently. My thoughts tend to act like a mirror, reflecting the emotional energy of my client’s inner world.

One session in particular stands out. A young mother came in, mentioning during check-in that her daughter had broken her wrist the day before. It sounded like a straightforward situation — a typical childhood accident.

But as soon as I placed my hands on her, a wave of violent imagery surfaced in my mind — flashes of car crashes, murders, and death scenes from police shows I had watched more than a decade ago. The intensity shocked me, and my first reaction was judgment: “Wow, this is not appropriate for a healing space.”

Over the years, though, I’ve learned to trust the process. My greatest strength as a practitioner is knowing that whatever arises in a session — whether calm or chaotic — has a purpose in the healing space. So I stayed with it. About ten minutes later, the violent images dissolved, and what emerged was a deep sadness. I could feel it release.

When the session ended, my client opened her eyes and said, almost in surprise, “I had no idea I was that traumatized. I feel so much better.”

The emotional intensity had belonged to her, but the specific imagery came from my own life experience. I wasn’t reading her thoughts — rather, I was sensing the quality of them. This reflection helps me hold space more fully and meet my clients exactly where they are.

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

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com

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Healing Touch In Hospitals

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Did you know Healing Touch is used in over 100 hospitals worldwide?

That’s right – this heart-centered energy therapy isn’t just for private practices or wellness centers. Hospitals, cancer centers, and integrative medicine clinics are bringing Healing Touch into patient care, helping to ease pain, anxiety, nausea, and stress right alongside medical treatments.

It’s gentle, non-invasive, and evidence-based, making it a powerful ally whether you’re facing surgery, chemotherapy, chronic illness, or just the everyday wear and tear of life.

If you are spending time in a hospital, ask if Healing Touch is available.

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

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com

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Healing Is Everything

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Many clients have shared something like this after their first Breathwork session:

‘I released more in this one session than in five years of talk therapy.’

It’s a powerful thing to feel, and in many ways it’s true. But the deeper truth is that such a powerful release could not have happened without those five years of work.

Everything we have experienced—every therapy session, every healing practice, even the things that felt like they didn’t work—has been part of the path that brought us to the thing that makes the shift.

We can’t give up. If you have never had a Clarity Breathwork session, now may be the time.

We are always arriving at the culmination of everything we have already done for ourselves.

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

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com

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Breathwork Retreat August 18th though August 22nd

Neika Whittemore and I are hosting a Breathwork and meditation retreat from the night of August 18th to Friday morning, August 22nd.

If you’re ready to let go, relax, and make some shifts in your life, this workshop is for you.

We will have gourmet vegan, gluten-free cuisine prepared by award-winning Chef Neika. There will be daily breathwork sessions.  Four in total, with two sessions on Thursday. We will also have group meditations in the morning and plenty of free time for your daily practices, self-care, journaling, and relaxation.

The retreat is located at Little Yosemite Lodge near North Fork, in the High Sierra Mountains of California. The land is healing and restorative, with cool green trees, mountain meadows, streams, rivers, and waterfalls. This is the only Breathwork retreat I facilitate. The space here is perfect for finding profound stillness and a deeper connection to the earth. 

This workshop is limited to 6 people, and we already have 5 signed up. The tuition of $695 per person is all-inclusive. Call or text Neika at 415-570-3028, or email artofawareness@gmail.com to find out more. 

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

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com

 

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Healing: A Sacred Pause

In a fast-paced world, Healing Touch provides a sacred pause—a moment to reconnect with yourself, realign with your truth, and simply be.

It is so gratifying to be able to create a space for my clients to totally relax. Many of my clients report a stronger sense of purpose, peace, and alignment with their higher self, especially with a series of sessions. I know I feel it after I get off the table after my healings. My sessions are an essential part of my sanity.

Stay centered in these chaotic times. Practice self-care on every level of your being.

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

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Breathwork: Reconnecting With Your Life’s Purpose

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There is so much going on in the world right now. Things are shifting daily. Our personal goals and life direction are opening to new possibilities as we rise individually and collectively to this moment in history.

Fear, old emotional wounds, and self-doubt can cloud your sense of direction and action. A Breathwork session can help you clear these energetic blocks, making room for a deeper connection with your authentic self.

Breathwork helps you remember who you are beneath the surface, release what’s not yours, allowing you to realign with what deeply matters. In this space, your purpose becomes not just something you seek, but something you live. You live your life not as an abstract idea, but as something you feel deeply and personally.

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

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com

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Healing Touch: Opening To Your Intuition

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While Healing Touch isn’t specifically designed to open up intuitive abilities, I have witnessed so many of my clients relax into a space where heightened sensitivity and spiritual growth frequently happen.


Sometimes, just one session can create this opening for my client. More often, a series of healings unblocks their energy centers, and they find their unique spiritual gifts begin to emerge. These gifts include healing abilities, telepathy, mediumship, clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairaudience (clear hearing), spiritual guidance, messages, or visions.


Many clients realize, to their surprise, that they are extremely intuitive and have been using these gifts throughout their lives. It is a joy to watch people experience a deeper understanding of who they truly are.


A whole new realm of life opens up when you become aware of your intuition. Intuition often leads you toward choices that reflect your true values and desires, guiding you to a more authentic, meaningful, aligned life.


Intuition is a direct line to something deeper—your subconscious, your inner wisdom, or even a sense of the divine. Becoming aware of it can make you feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world.


There’s also a sense of wonder. Intuition isn’t always explainable, and that mystery can be exhilarating. It invites curiosity, openness, and trust in the unknown.

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

510-601-9632   jerilawson@mac.com