My Raphaelite healing practice

                                                    Welcome! 

         Let me introduce my perspective on healing by sharing this picture with you: it shows my husband Mark, son Linus and I at a Polar Bear swim on New Year's Day, along with our new friend Banana Girl. We feel so invigorated by our annual dip into Lake Washington, running into the chilly water with hundreds of other adventurous souls! We feel flooded with new life. * By the way, this picture is from years ago, but we continue to do this each year, now with our daughter-in-law Haley and other dear friends. 

        More life is what the Raphaelite work is all about. I received my certification after 3 years of study, meditation and practice with other students of this work. Our teacher is also the originator of this healing approach, Himayat Iniyati. What I love and find so beneficial about this work is that it is very subtle and non-invasive, yet powerful. I believe that all healing in the body, mind and spirit begins in the subtle domains of energy within the body. 

        Although the Raphealite work is not meant to specifically target physical or mental ailments, it does have a beneficial effect on all healing, moving the client's energy toward greater flow, wellness and peace. It helps clear stuck patterns. I offer a sliding scale for healings, and am happy to discuss trades as well. I began this practice in order to offer some relief from suffering, and to have more tools to connect myself, friends and family to greater life.

The specific process of the Raphaelite Work

The Raphaelite Work

Healing and Transformation Through Breath, Touch and Presence

The Raphaelite Work supports a journey into the worlds of transformation and healing, working with an approach towards self-discovery that allows one to live life more fully and abundantly. There is an understanding in the Raphaelite Work that there are many ways in which we experience life, and in this work we bring our awareness to the language of what the Raphaelite Work identifies as the five domains: the physical, mental, emotional, moral, and spiritual parts of ourselves. When we bring this awareness to the study of our life’s experiences with no demands or preconceived agendas to follow, a natural intelligence may begin to arise, informing and guiding us. The Raphaelite Work also uses breathing practices, and a process called inquiry and reflection, to further a new understanding of self and our relationships with others.

Here are the two components of the Raphaelite Work that I offer: the Raphaelite Work hands-on healing session, and the Raphaelite Work One-to-One session.

I. The Raphaelite Work Hands-on Healing Session The Raphaelite Work healing session begins with a pre-session interview, orienting both the client and the practitioner to a place in which to begin the session. While the client is fully dressed and lying on a massage table or a futon on the floor, the Raphaelite Work practitioner gently places his/her hands on specific points of the client’s body relating to the elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether. These points are used to bring about a discussion of any sensations, thoughts, or feelings that might arise. Following the hands-on session is a post-session interview; this time is spent helping to integrate the information from the five domains, to look at how the energy is flowing, and to recognize whatever changes may have occurred within the domains.

II. The Raphaelite Work One-to-One Healing Session The client and the One-to-One Facilitator begin a discussion centering on the client’s relationship to his/her experiences of the five domains. Through a healing presence in a One-to-One session, the client will find clarity developing in his/her understanding of self and his/her relationship to others. The One-to-One Facilitator, listening from his/her heart, using love and compassion, and allowing the client to feel at ease, will use breath, and inquiry, resulting in a gentle, non-directive, non-judgmental atmosphere. The Facilitator does not give advice, share opinions, or become personally involved in the client’s process.*

*This information has been quoted from the following web site, where you can also find more information: http://www.theraphaelitework.com/thework.htm