Monthly Healing & Ceremonial Women’s Circle

Community, Sisterhood, Enrichment, Healing, And A Deep Remembering


Women hold the medicine our world needs. The world needs your creativity, vision, voice like never before.

You are invited to join us for our monthly women’s wisdom & healing circles to gather in community and sisterhood. Celebrate each other. Be seen. Be heard. Be witnessed. Be supported.


WHY WOMEN NEED CIRCLES

Women’s Retreat with Laura Joseph, Healing With Spirit (c) 2019

In today’s society it is easy to lose sight of ourselves in every day demands, pressures, routine and multi-tasking, supporting our partner or children, caring for our homes, juggling a career, paying the bills, etc.

It can be very healing to experience validation and to feel honored by other women, especially in a world where women are often taught to compete with each other, compare bodies and status, be jealous, gossip, judge, etc. Women were conditioned over 500 years to be this way.

We are changing this story, and reclaiming what was taken from us, AND need a safe space to land more than ever before.

Women’s gatherings have been around for thousands of years. Once persecuted for during the burning times of witches, the resurgence of women’s circles is gaining traction.

These circles are designed to allow for sharing, support, and feelings of safety within a non-judgmental nurturing environment supported by two highly skilled facilitators with many decades of experience.


MONTHLY STRUCTURE:

Retreats & Events hosted by Healing With Spirit

These circles fall in alignment of the NEW MOON cycles. Each month, we will meet on the Sunday before or after the NEW MOON which is around the 3rd Sunday of the month. Specific dates are posted.

Each month, we will have a theme surrounding the new moon, but the themes are not set in stone. Like water, the idea is to go with the flow as each woman’s story is heard and honored.

Even though the flow each month may be different depending upon the theme, we will incorporate:

  • circle share time & deep council

    Copyright 2019*
  • journey
  • song
  • movement
  • meditation
  • Tibetan singing bowl medicine
  • Ritual & ceremony
  • Experientials geared toward healing, community, self-love, releasing old patterns, clarifying vision.
  • Celebrating and integrating the gifts that are uniquely yours and tapping into your resources.

We will offer light snacks and herbal teas. The community is encouraged to bring something to share as well.


What you will gain:

copyright 2019*

These circles are designed to provide a safe sacred space to be witnessed, celebrate each other, build connection rooted in community and help you create a deeper awareness and connection to the inner wisdom in a very nurturing environment.

Rediscover & a sacred remembering of the secrets embedded in our DNA codes given to us by our ancestors.

Recommit to showing up in ways that are aligned with your greatest vision – at even a higher level:

  • Safe environment
  • Form deeper connections in community.

    copyright 2019*
  • Show up as the women we were born to be
  • Create thriving relationships
  • Discover your true potential
  • Create prosperous careers aligned with your values
  • Experience radiant health and vitality
  • Live in ways that are spiritually connected.
  • Ignite and empower others to step forward into their greatness
  • Manifest our deepest desires for fun, creativity, self-expression and play.
  • Be catalysts and change agents shaping the future of our world.
copyright 2019*

To feel supported in community in a safe, gentle, non-judgmental way can be deeply nourishing.

Come join us in a space of genuine connection and celebration.  Feel the support of brilliant women who are standing with you and for your greatness.

Inclusivity clause – This is a wonderful safe inclusive space to make meaningful connections with women of all ages, race, ethnicity, religious, socioeconomic backgrounds and sexual orientation.

 


Energetic Exchange, Reciprocity, & Commitment: $44 with a sliding scale as follows $33 -$55

$33 for those who need a bit of financial help & support.

$44 for equal energetic exchange, reciprocity, and commitment.

$55 for those who are in a financial position to help make it possible for another sister to attend who might not have the financial means otherwise.

<< Register Here >>


ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970’s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

Laura Bonetzky-Joseph is a published bestselling author, experienced multi-generational intuitive & healer, speaker, podcaster, seeker, spiritual teacher & mentor, Jikiden Reiki® Shihan (teacher), social justice warrior, and a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault.

She is the founder of Healing With Spirit where she has been providing spiritually based integrative holistic health enrichment services, classes, groups, and women’s retreats since 2006.

She has elevated hundreds of women to be their own superhero by addressing root issues, transforming pain, bridging science, research and the practical magic of sacred, ancient traditions… with honor and integrity.

Through her decades of advocacy & policy work, she puts difficult – sometimes unpopular – ideas into words that communicate well, yielding to possibilities, healing, change and growth. Learn more about her here


*All photos are copyrighted 2019-2023. Laura Bonetzky-Joseph. Healing With Spirit. All Rights Reserved.

Monthly Healing & Ceremonial Women’s Circle

Community, Sisterhood, Enrichment, Healing, And A Deep Remembering


Women hold the medicine our world needs. The world needs your creativity, vision, voice like never before.

You are invited to join us for our monthly women’s wisdom & healing circles to gather in community and sisterhood. Celebrate each other. Be seen. Be heard. Be witnessed. Be supported.


WHY WOMEN NEED CIRCLES

Women’s Retreat with Laura Joseph, Healing With Spirit (c) 2019

In today’s society it is easy to lose sight of ourselves in every day demands, pressures, routine and multi-tasking, supporting our partner or children, caring for our homes, juggling a career, paying the bills, etc.

It can be very healing to experience validation and to feel honored by other women, especially in a world where women are often taught to compete with each other, compare bodies and status, be jealous, gossip, judge, etc. Women were conditioned over 500 years to be this way.

We are changing this story, and reclaiming what was taken from us, AND need a safe space to land more than ever before.

Women’s gatherings have been around for thousands of years. Once persecuted for during the burning times of witches, the resurgence of women’s circles is gaining traction.

These circles are designed to allow for sharing, support, and feelings of safety within a non-judgmental nurturing environment supported by two highly skilled facilitators with many decades of experience.


MONTHLY STRUCTURE:

Retreats & Events hosted by Healing With Spirit

These circles fall in alignment of the NEW MOON cycles. Each month, we will meet on the Sunday before or after the NEW MOON which is around the 3rd Sunday of the month. Specific dates are posted.

Each month, we will have a theme surrounding the new moon, but the themes are not set in stone. Like water, the idea is to go with the flow as each woman’s story is heard and honored.

Even though the flow each month may be different depending upon the theme, we will incorporate:

  • circle share time & deep council

    Copyright 2019*
  • journey
  • song
  • movement
  • meditation
  • Tibetan singing bowl medicine
  • Ritual & ceremony
  • Experientials geared toward healing, community, self-love, releasing old patterns, clarifying vision.
  • Celebrating and integrating the gifts that are uniquely yours and tapping into your resources.

We will offer light snacks and herbal teas. The community is encouraged to bring something to share as well.


What you will gain:

copyright 2019*

These circles are designed to provide a safe sacred space to be witnessed, celebrate each other, build connection rooted in community and help you create a deeper awareness and connection to the inner wisdom in a very nurturing environment.

Rediscover & a sacred remembering of the secrets embedded in our DNA codes given to us by our ancestors.

Recommit to showing up in ways that are aligned with your greatest vision – at even a higher level:

  • Safe environment
  • Form deeper connections in community.

    copyright 2019*
  • Show up as the women we were born to be
  • Create thriving relationships
  • Discover your true potential
  • Create prosperous careers aligned with your values
  • Experience radiant health and vitality
  • Live in ways that are spiritually connected.
  • Ignite and empower others to step forward into their greatness
  • Manifest our deepest desires for fun, creativity, self-expression and play.
  • Be catalysts and change agents shaping the future of our world.
copyright 2019*

To feel supported in community in a safe, gentle, non-judgmental way can be deeply nourishing.

Come join us in a space of genuine connection and celebration.  Feel the support of brilliant women who are standing with you and for your greatness.

Inclusivity clause – This is a wonderful safe inclusive space to make meaningful connections with women of all ages, race, ethnicity, religious, socioeconomic backgrounds and sexual orientation.

 


Energetic Exchange, Reciprocity, & Commitment: $44 with a sliding scale as follows $33 -$55

$33 for those who need a bit of financial help & support.

$44 for equal energetic exchange, reciprocity, and commitment.

$55 for those who are in a financial position to help make it possible for another sister to attend who might not have the financial means otherwise.

<< Register Here >>


ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970’s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

Laura Bonetzky-Joseph is a published bestselling author, experienced multi-generational intuitive & healer, speaker, podcaster, seeker, spiritual teacher & mentor, Jikiden Reiki® Shihan (teacher), social justice warrior, and a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault.

She is the founder of Healing With Spirit where she has been providing spiritually based integrative holistic health enrichment services, classes, groups, and women’s retreats since 2006.

She has elevated hundreds of women to be their own superhero by addressing root issues, transforming pain, bridging science, research and the practical magic of sacred, ancient traditions… with honor and integrity.

Through her decades of advocacy & policy work, she puts difficult – sometimes unpopular – ideas into words that communicate well, yielding to possibilities, healing, change and growth. Learn more about her here


*All photos are copyrighted 2019-2023. Laura Bonetzky-Joseph. Healing With Spirit. All Rights Reserved.

Jikiden Reiki® Seminar in Okuden (Level II)

Jikiden Reiki® Okuden (level 2 )training is recommended for people that want to learn more about Reiki and deepen their practice, be able to treat psychological problems, give treatments over any distance.

Curriculum:

  • Receive 2 more Reiju
  • How to use Reiki specifically for psychological issues
  • How to use Reiki for bad habits and/or addictions.
  • Distance Reiki Variations of distance Reiki method for easier self treatment including for psychological issues.
  • Practice sessions and practical demonstrations

You will be able to treat a greater variety of problems with more convenience to yourself and those you give Reiki to.

For more about Jikiden Reiki®Training and classes, click here.

*Pre requisite – Satisfactorily completed Jikiden Reiki® in Shoden

Class Times:

Friday,  7pm – 9pm
Saturday,  10:00am-5pm
Non-Refundable deposit required to hold your spot: $200
 

TO REGISTER: 

It is highly encouraged to contact the teacher to ensure this training is appropriate for you, your needs and commitment.

Please mail in the Registration Form complete with payment. JIKIDEN-SEMINAR-REGISTRATION-FORM-1

To register using a credit card, click here.

Jikiden Reiki® Seminar in Shoden (Level I)

CLASS TIMES:  Friday,  7-9:30pm,    Saturday/Sunday 9:30am-6pm

Are you looking for ways to improve your quality of life, reduce stress and anxiety, remove toxicity from the body and guiding it towards wholeness?
 
The traditional standard treatment in our American healthcare system rarely looks at the “root cause” of our symptoms and treats only the symptom. Therefore, we rarely address and heal the underlying cause. Left untreated, it can manifest into illness.
 
Our bodies are designed and fully equipped to heal themselves. Reiki taps into those innate abilities.
 
Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a simple form of energy healing from Japan known as “Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho”, which translates as “Usui treatment for the improvement of body and mind”.
 
Reiki supports the whole person physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually while drilling down on specific issues. Jikiden Reiki® sessions focus on removing toxins from the body and guiding it towards wholeness.
 
Jikiden Reiki® is the “direct teaching” of Reiki presented with credibility and clarity from authentic verifiable Japanese lineage.
 
This lineage goes from Mikao Usui to Dr. Hayashi to Mrs. Chiyoko Yamaguchi, Tadao’s (current President of Jikiden Reiki® Kenkyukai) mother, who learned Reiki in 1938. Because this lineage has not gone through Mrs. Takata, it lacks the Westernization of Reiki.
 
Learning reiki is easy and can be used in a home or clinical setting to enhance the health and emotional wellness of both self and others. It is also complementary with all other alternative or traditional medical treatments, and in non-invasive.
 
In these classes (called seminars), you will experience Reiki in its original beauty and simplicity as it was taught in Japan before it was brought to the west in the 1930’s. Because Jikiden Reiki® is free from Western influence, it differs from “Western” style of Reiki in approach, attitude, and ideas.
Its roots go back almost to the discovery of Reiki itself.

Who should take a Jikiden Reiki® Class?

  • Anyone interested in learning Reiki
  • Current reiki practitioners who wish to deepen their practice & understanding
  • Mothers looking for ways to reduce medication usage and visits to the pediatrician’s office every time your child gets sick
  • Caregivers constantly fighting the fight looking for a better way to care for your loved ones
  • Anyone looking for ways to minimize need for medications or medical procedures
  • Anyone looking for ways to improve your quality of life, reduce stress and anxiety, remove toxicity from the body and reduce the over reliance of over medication and over use of medical procedures.
  • Clergy
  • Hospice workers & volunteers
  • Healthcare providers such as doctors, nurses, massage therapists, metal health workers, addiction counselors, etc. looking to incorporate a more integrative and holistic approach into their scope of practice.
  • School teachers, administrators, and aides
  • Those in addiction recovery.
  • Advocates – domestic violence, social justice, health, hospice, anti-racism etc.
  • Trauma survivors such as medical trauma, domestic violence, sexual assault

What you will discover:

  • It is unique – A Japanese Reiki with NO western ties.
  • It is much more than a relaxing therapy
  • A deep Jikiden Reiki® practice with a history of success with chronic illness as well as to address deep rooted beliefs, habits, traumas and addictions.
  • A proven approach that is safe and effective
  • An effective treatment option for alleviating pain, pre-op and post-op surgery recovery, anxiety, skin conditions and post-traumatic stress.
  • A simple, non-religious therapeutic treatment that works
  • Includes ideas and methods not previously taught in the West

♡ Certification is through the Jikiden Reiki® Kenkyukai (Institute) in Kyoto, Japan.  Certificates in Japanese are sent directly from the Institute in Kyoto, Japan.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES join our Learn Jikiden Reiki Facebook Group here.


Investment: $350

A $150 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit required to reserve your spot. Payment in full required if paying within 30 days of class. 

For more information, please contact Laura or call 857-880-0365

Click here to learn more about Jikiden Reiki® Services

Click here to learn more about Jikiden Reiki® Training Classes.


To Register:

It is highly encouraged to experience a Jikiden Reiki session prior to registration and to inquired about the training & commitment level to learning.

Please download and complete the registration form and mail back 2 weeks before class dates. If within less than 2 weeks class, prior to class, please contact us to inquire about availability.

To register using cash or check, click here: JIKIDEN-SEMINAR-REGISTRATION-FORM-1

Click here for those who wish to use a credit card. Please note there is an added fee to use a credit card.

Please check out our Cancellation Policy


Yohei Yamaguchi (Chiyoko Sensei’s grandson), Laura Joseph, and Frank Arjava Petter Sensei 2015

ABOUT LAURA:

Our seminar teacher is an approved certified Shihan through the Jikiden Reiki® Institute in Kyoto, Japan.

She is a student of Frank Arjava Petter, Vice Chairman of the Jikiden Reiki® Institute, a leading reiki historian expert who studied directly with Chiyoko Sensei and Tadao Yamaguchi, son of Chiyoko Sensei and current Chairman of the Jikiden Reiki® Institute.

Laura has a background as a college educator, domestic abuse advocate, and allied health professional with a focus on trauma informed care.

She has over 15 cumulative years in the holistic and allopathic health fields apprenticing under an Osteopathic physician learning holistic therapies and has incorporated reiki in her line of work since 2006 where she learned the more westernized reiki and became a reiki teacher in 2009.

Tadao Sensei, Ikuko, and Laura in 2019

In 2011, Laura discovered Jikiden Reiki and instantly felt a calling towards it and took her first class in 2015 and became a full teacher (Shihan) in 2017. Following the traditions and teachings by Usui Sensei, Laura continues to deepen her reiki teachings as a student on a regular basis with her teachers who are referred to as Sensei.

In late 2022, Laura published her 2nd book: The Secrets to Healing: An Invitation to Heal Trauma and Other Root Causes of Chronic Illness Using the Japanese Reiki Gokai

Laura brings her passion, compassion, and wit to assist in bringing out the best in you.

For more information about Laura, please visit our About Us page or go to her Reiki Blog 

To book a private Jikiden Reiki Session, click here.

Open House Celebration + Meet and Greet

Join us for an open house to celebrate one year in our new space that promotes a safe, diverse, inclusive space conducive for healing.

This event is informal and geared towards being business social

  • Meet various practitioners and facilitators who offer services, events & classes.
  • See what is offered.
  • Collaborate
  • Check out our space
  • Bask in the amazing healing vibes.
  • Meet & Greet
  • Network
  • Shop or purchase a gift certificate.

This event is simple. Nothing fancy as we will have our Holiday Open House in December.

Will serve light snacks, herbal tea, and more.


Also, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a cause Laura Bonetzky-Joseph is passionate about and has worked towards solutions for over 15years to support survivors, make an impact, and create change.

She is a frequent speaker on the topic, is the host of Triggers and Spiritual Medicine, and author of 2 books on top of her client work with survivors in healing and/or advocacy which to date she has self-funded.

In 2023, Laura testified before legislators on 11 different bills as a survivor, expert, and advocate in 2.5 months that impact survivors of abuse that required her to take enormous amount of time off of work and took on a significant amount of debt and expenses.

Recently, our work also helped a protective mom from being incarcerated by a family court judge in a case involving post separation abuse and litigation abuse. Her story can be followed in instagram or tiktok.

We will also be accepting donations to support our ongoing domestic violence initiatives, programs, legislation and policy work in Massachusetts and Nationally that will continue moving forward in 2024 that will require additional travel and expenses to attend necessary conferences, training on top of what is already mentioned above. Click here to make a donation.

Monthly Healing & Ceremonial Women’s Circle

Community, Sisterhood, Enrichment, Healing, And A Deep Remembering


Women hold the medicine our world needs. The world needs your creativity, vision, voice like never before.

You are invited to join us for our monthly women’s wisdom & healing circles to gather in community and sisterhood. Celebrate each other. Be seen. Be heard. Be witnessed. Be supported.


WHY WOMEN NEED CIRCLES

Women’s Retreat with Laura Joseph, Healing With Spirit (c) 2019

In today’s society it is easy to lose sight of ourselves in every day demands, pressures, routine and multi-tasking, supporting our partner or children, caring for our homes, juggling a career, paying the bills, etc.

It can be very healing to experience validation and to feel honored by other women, especially in a world where women are often taught to compete with each other, compare bodies and status, be jealous, gossip, judge, etc. Women were conditioned over 500 years to be this way.

We are changing this story, and reclaiming what was taken from us, AND need a safe space to land more than ever before.

Women’s gatherings have been around for thousands of years. Once persecuted for during the burning times of witches, the resurgence of women’s circles is gaining traction.

These circles are designed to allow for sharing, support, and feelings of safety within a non-judgmental nurturing environment supported by two highly skilled facilitators with many decades of experience.


MONTHLY STRUCTURE:

Retreats & Events hosted by Healing With Spirit

These circles fall in alignment of the NEW MOON cycles. Each month, we will meet on the Sunday before or after the NEW MOON which is around the 3rd Sunday of the month. Specific dates are posted.

Each month, we will have a theme surrounding the new moon, but the themes are not set in stone. Like water, the idea is to go with the flow as each woman’s story is heard and honored.

Even though the flow each month may be different depending upon the theme, we will incorporate:

  • circle share time & deep council

    Copyright 2019*
  • journey
  • song
  • movement
  • meditation
  • Tibetan singing bowl medicine
  • Ritual & ceremony
  • Experientials geared toward healing, community, self-love, releasing old patterns, clarifying vision.
  • Celebrating and integrating the gifts that are uniquely yours and tapping into your resources.

We will offer light snacks and herbal teas. The community is encouraged to bring something to share as well.


What you will gain:

copyright 2019*

These circles are designed to provide a safe sacred space to be witnessed, celebrate each other, build connection rooted in community and help you create a deeper awareness and connection to the inner wisdom in a very nurturing environment.

Rediscover & a sacred remembering of the secrets embedded in our DNA codes given to us by our ancestors.

Recommit to showing up in ways that are aligned with your greatest vision – at even a higher level:

  • Safe environment
  • Form deeper connections in community.

    copyright 2019*
  • Show up as the women we were born to be
  • Create thriving relationships
  • Discover your true potential
  • Create prosperous careers aligned with your values
  • Experience radiant health and vitality
  • Live in ways that are spiritually connected.
  • Ignite and empower others to step forward into their greatness
  • Manifest our deepest desires for fun, creativity, self-expression and play.
  • Be catalysts and change agents shaping the future of our world.
copyright 2019*

To feel supported in community in a safe, gentle, non-judgmental way can be deeply nourishing.

Come join us in a space of genuine connection and celebration.  Feel the support of brilliant women who are standing with you and for your greatness.

Inclusivity clause – This is a wonderful safe inclusive space to make meaningful connections with women of all ages, race, ethnicity, religious, socioeconomic backgrounds and sexual orientation.

 


Energetic Exchange, Reciprocity, & Commitment: $44 with a sliding scale as follows $33 -$55

$33 for those who need a bit of financial help & support.

$44 for equal energetic exchange, reciprocity, and commitment.

$55 for those who are in a financial position to help make it possible for another sister to attend who might not have the financial means otherwise.

<< Register Here >>


ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970’s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

Laura Bonetzky-Joseph is a published bestselling author, experienced multi-generational intuitive & healer, speaker, podcaster, seeker, spiritual teacher & mentor, Jikiden Reiki® Shihan (teacher), social justice warrior, and a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault.

She is the founder of Healing With Spirit where she has been providing spiritually based integrative holistic health enrichment services, classes, groups, and women’s retreats since 2006.

She has elevated hundreds of women to be their own superhero by addressing root issues, transforming pain, bridging science, research and the practical magic of sacred, ancient traditions… with honor and integrity.

Through her decades of advocacy & policy work, she puts difficult – sometimes unpopular – ideas into words that communicate well, yielding to possibilities, healing, change and growth. Learn more about her here


*All photos are copyrighted 2019-2023. Laura Bonetzky-Joseph. Healing With Spirit. All Rights Reserved.

Monthly Healing & Ceremonial Women’s Circle

Community, Sisterhood, Enrichment, Healing, And A Deep Remembering


Women hold the medicine our world needs. The world needs your creativity, vision, voice like never before.

You are invited to join us for our monthly women’s wisdom & healing circles to gather in community and sisterhood. Celebrate each other. Be seen. Be heard. Be witnessed. Be supported.


WHY WOMEN NEED CIRCLES

Women’s Retreat with Laura Joseph, Healing With Spirit (c) 2019

In today’s society it is easy to lose sight of ourselves in every day demands, pressures, routine and multi-tasking, supporting our partner or children, caring for our homes, juggling a career, paying the bills, etc.

It can be very healing to experience validation and to feel honored by other women, especially in a world where women are often taught to compete with each other, compare bodies and status, be jealous, gossip, judge, etc. Women were conditioned over 500 years to be this way.

We are changing this story, and reclaiming what was taken from us, AND need a safe space to land more than ever before.

Women’s gatherings have been around for thousands of years. Once persecuted for during the burning times of witches, the resurgence of women’s circles is gaining traction.

These circles are designed to allow for sharing, support, and feelings of safety within a non-judgmental nurturing environment supported by two highly skilled facilitators with many decades of experience.


MONTHLY STRUCTURE:

Retreats & Events hosted by Healing With Spirit

These circles fall in alignment of the NEW MOON cycles. Each month, we will meet on the Sunday before or after the NEW MOON which is around the 3rd Sunday of the month. Specific dates are posted.

Each month, we will have a theme surrounding the new moon, but the themes are not set in stone. Like water, the idea is to go with the flow as each woman’s story is heard and honored.

Even though the flow each month may be different depending upon the theme, we will incorporate:

  • circle share time & deep council

    Copyright 2019*
  • journey
  • song
  • movement
  • meditation
  • Tibetan singing bowl medicine
  • Ritual & ceremony
  • Experientials geared toward healing, community, self-love, releasing old patterns, clarifying vision.
  • Celebrating and integrating the gifts that are uniquely yours and tapping into your resources.

We will offer light snacks and herbal teas. The community is encouraged to bring something to share as well.


What you will gain:

copyright 2019*

These circles are designed to provide a safe sacred space to be witnessed, celebrate each other, build connection rooted in community and help you create a deeper awareness and connection to the inner wisdom in a very nurturing environment.

Rediscover & a sacred remembering of the secrets embedded in our DNA codes given to us by our ancestors.

Recommit to showing up in ways that are aligned with your greatest vision – at even a higher level:

  • Safe environment
  • Form deeper connections in community.

    copyright 2019*
  • Show up as the women we were born to be
  • Create thriving relationships
  • Discover your true potential
  • Create prosperous careers aligned with your values
  • Experience radiant health and vitality
  • Live in ways that are spiritually connected.
  • Ignite and empower others to step forward into their greatness
  • Manifest our deepest desires for fun, creativity, self-expression and play.
  • Be catalysts and change agents shaping the future of our world.
copyright 2019*

To feel supported in community in a safe, gentle, non-judgmental way can be deeply nourishing.

Come join us in a space of genuine connection and celebration.  Feel the support of brilliant women who are standing with you and for your greatness.

Inclusivity clause – This is a wonderful safe inclusive space to make meaningful connections with women of all ages, race, ethnicity, religious, socioeconomic backgrounds and sexual orientation.

 


Energetic Exchange, Reciprocity, & Commitment: $44 with a sliding scale as follows $33 -$55

$33 for those who need a bit of financial help & support.

$44 for equal energetic exchange, reciprocity, and commitment.

$55 for those who are in a financial position to help make it possible for another sister to attend who might not have the financial means otherwise.

<< Register Here >>


ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970’s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

Laura Bonetzky-Joseph is a published bestselling author, experienced multi-generational intuitive & healer, speaker, podcaster, seeker, spiritual teacher & mentor, Jikiden Reiki® Shihan (teacher), social justice warrior, and a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault.

She is the founder of Healing With Spirit where she has been providing spiritually based integrative holistic health enrichment services, classes, groups, and women’s retreats since 2006.

She has elevated hundreds of women to be their own superhero by addressing root issues, transforming pain, bridging science, research and the practical magic of sacred, ancient traditions… with honor and integrity.

Through her decades of advocacy & policy work, she puts difficult – sometimes unpopular – ideas into words that communicate well, yielding to possibilities, healing, change and growth. Learn more about her here


*All photos are copyrighted 2019-2023. Laura Bonetzky-Joseph. Healing With Spirit. All Rights Reserved.

Jikiden Reiki® Seminar in Okuden (Level II)

Jikiden Reiki® Okuden (level 2 )training is recommended for people that want to learn more about Reiki and deepen their practice, be able to treat psychological problems, give treatments over any distance.

Curriculum:

  • Receive 2 more Reiju
  • How to use Reiki specifically for psychological issues
  • How to use Reiki for bad habits and/or addictions.
  • Distance Reiki Variations of distance Reiki method for easier self treatment including for psychological issues.
  • Practice sessions and practical demonstrations

You will be able to treat a greater variety of problems with more convenience to yourself and those you give Reiki to.

For more about Jikiden Reiki®Training and classes, click here.

*Pre requisite – Satisfactorily completed Jikiden Reiki® in Shoden

Class Times:

Friday,  7pm – 9pm
Saturday,  10:00am-5pm
Non-Refundable deposit required to hold your spot: $200
 

TO REGISTER: 

It is highly encouraged to contact the teacher to ensure this training is appropriate for you, your needs and commitment.

Please mail in the Registration Form complete with payment. JIKIDEN-SEMINAR-REGISTRATION-FORM-1

To register using a credit card, click here.

Jikiden Reiki® Seminar in Shoden (Level I)

CLASS TIMES:  Friday,  7-9:30pm,    Saturday/Sunday 9:30am-6pm

Are you looking for ways to improve your quality of life, reduce stress and anxiety, remove toxicity from the body and guiding it towards wholeness?
 
The traditional standard treatment in our American healthcare system rarely looks at the “root cause” of our symptoms and treats only the symptom. Therefore, we rarely address and heal the underlying cause. Left untreated, it can manifest into illness.
 
Our bodies are designed and fully equipped to heal themselves. Reiki taps into those innate abilities.
 
Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a simple form of energy healing from Japan known as “Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho”, which translates as “Usui treatment for the improvement of body and mind”.
 
Reiki supports the whole person physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually while drilling down on specific issues. Jikiden Reiki® sessions focus on removing toxins from the body and guiding it towards wholeness.
 
Jikiden Reiki® is the “direct teaching” of Reiki presented with credibility and clarity from authentic verifiable Japanese lineage.
 
This lineage goes from Mikao Usui to Dr. Hayashi to Mrs. Chiyoko Yamaguchi, Tadao’s (current President of Jikiden Reiki® Kenkyukai) mother, who learned Reiki in 1938. Because this lineage has not gone through Mrs. Takata, it lacks the Westernization of Reiki.
 
Learning reiki is easy and can be used in a home or clinical setting to enhance the health and emotional wellness of both self and others. It is also complementary with all other alternative or traditional medical treatments, and in non-invasive.
 
In these classes (called seminars), you will experience Reiki in its original beauty and simplicity as it was taught in Japan before it was brought to the west in the 1930’s. Because Jikiden Reiki® is free from Western influence, it differs from “Western” style of Reiki in approach, attitude, and ideas.
Its roots go back almost to the discovery of Reiki itself.

Who should take a Jikiden Reiki® Class?

  • Anyone interested in learning Reiki
  • Current reiki practitioners who wish to deepen their practice & understanding
  • Mothers looking for ways to reduce medication usage and visits to the pediatrician’s office every time your child gets sick
  • Caregivers constantly fighting the fight looking for a better way to care for your loved ones
  • Anyone looking for ways to minimize need for medications or medical procedures
  • Anyone looking for ways to improve your quality of life, reduce stress and anxiety, remove toxicity from the body and reduce the over reliance of over medication and over use of medical procedures.
  • Clergy
  • Hospice workers & volunteers
  • Healthcare providers such as doctors, nurses, massage therapists, metal health workers, addiction counselors, etc. looking to incorporate a more integrative and holistic approach into their scope of practice.
  • School teachers, administrators, and aides
  • Those in addiction recovery.
  • Advocates – domestic violence, social justice, health, hospice, anti-racism etc.
  • Trauma survivors such as medical trauma, domestic violence, sexual assault

What you will discover:

  • It is unique – A Japanese Reiki with NO western ties.
  • It is much more than a relaxing therapy
  • A deep Jikiden Reiki® practice with a history of success with chronic illness as well as to address deep rooted beliefs, habits, traumas and addictions.
  • A proven approach that is safe and effective
  • An effective treatment option for alleviating pain, pre-op and post-op surgery recovery, anxiety, skin conditions and post-traumatic stress.
  • A simple, non-religious therapeutic treatment that works
  • Includes ideas and methods not previously taught in the West

♡ Certification is through the Jikiden Reiki® Kenkyukai (Institute) in Kyoto, Japan.  Certificates in Japanese are sent directly from the Institute in Kyoto, Japan.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES join our Learn Jikiden Reiki Facebook Group here.


Investment: $350

A $150 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit required to reserve your spot. Payment in full required if paying within 30 days of class. 

For more information, please contact Laura or call 857-880-0365

Click here to learn more about Jikiden Reiki® Services

Click here to learn more about Jikiden Reiki® Training Classes.


To Register:

It is highly encouraged to experience a Jikiden Reiki session prior to registration and to inquired about the training & commitment level to learning.

Please download and complete the registration form and mail back 2 weeks before class dates. If within less than 2 weeks class, prior to class, please contact us to inquire about availability.

To register using cash or check, click here: JIKIDEN-SEMINAR-REGISTRATION-FORM-1

Click here for those who wish to use a credit card. Please note there is an added fee to use a credit card.

Please check out our Cancellation Policy


Yohei Yamaguchi (Chiyoko Sensei’s grandson), Laura Joseph, and Frank Arjava Petter Sensei 2015

ABOUT LAURA:

Our seminar teacher is an approved certified Shihan through the Jikiden Reiki® Institute in Kyoto, Japan.

She is a student of Frank Arjava Petter, Vice Chairman of the Jikiden Reiki® Institute, a leading reiki historian expert who studied directly with Chiyoko Sensei and Tadao Yamaguchi, son of Chiyoko Sensei and current Chairman of the Jikiden Reiki® Institute.

Laura has a background as a college educator, domestic abuse advocate, and allied health professional with a focus on trauma informed care.

She has over 15 cumulative years in the holistic and allopathic health fields apprenticing under an Osteopathic physician learning holistic therapies and has incorporated reiki in her line of work since 2006 where she learned the more westernized reiki and became a reiki teacher in 2009.

Tadao Sensei, Ikuko, and Laura in 2019

In 2011, Laura discovered Jikiden Reiki and instantly felt a calling towards it and took her first class in 2015 and became a full teacher (Shihan) in 2017. Following the traditions and teachings by Usui Sensei, Laura continues to deepen her reiki teachings as a student on a regular basis with her teachers who are referred to as Sensei.

In late 2022, Laura published her 2nd book: The Secrets to Healing: An Invitation to Heal Trauma and Other Root Causes of Chronic Illness Using the Japanese Reiki Gokai

Laura brings her passion, compassion, and wit to assist in bringing out the best in you.

For more information about Laura, please visit our About Us page or go to her Reiki Blog 

To book a private Jikiden Reiki Session, click here.

Monthly Healing & Ceremonial Women’s Circle

Community, Sisterhood, Enrichment, Healing, And A Deep Remembering


Women hold the medicine our world needs. The world needs your creativity, vision, voice like never before.

You are invited to join us for our monthly women’s wisdom & healing circles to gather in community and sisterhood. Celebrate each other. Be seen. Be heard. Be witnessed. Be supported.


WHY WOMEN NEED CIRCLES

Women’s Retreat with Laura Joseph, Healing With Spirit (c) 2019

In today’s society it is easy to lose sight of ourselves in every day demands, pressures, routine and multi-tasking, supporting our partner or children, caring for our homes, juggling a career, paying the bills, etc.

It can be very healing to experience validation and to feel honored by other women, especially in a world where women are often taught to compete with each other, compare bodies and status, be jealous, gossip, judge, etc. Women were conditioned over 500 years to be this way.

We are changing this story, and reclaiming what was taken from us, AND need a safe space to land more than ever before.

Women’s gatherings have been around for thousands of years. Once persecuted for during the burning times of witches, the resurgence of women’s circles is gaining traction.

These circles are designed to allow for sharing, support, and feelings of safety within a non-judgmental nurturing environment supported by two highly skilled facilitators with many decades of experience.


MONTHLY STRUCTURE:

Retreats & Events hosted by Healing With Spirit

These circles fall in alignment of the NEW MOON cycles. Each month, we will meet on the Sunday before or after the NEW MOON which is around the 3rd Sunday of the month. Specific dates are posted.

Each month, we will have a theme surrounding the new moon, but the themes are not set in stone. Like water, the idea is to go with the flow as each woman’s story is heard and honored.

Even though the flow each month may be different depending upon the theme, we will incorporate:

  • circle share time & deep council

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  • journey
  • song
  • movement
  • meditation
  • Tibetan singing bowl medicine
  • Ritual & ceremony
  • Experientials geared toward healing, community, self-love, releasing old patterns, clarifying vision.
  • Celebrating and integrating the gifts that are uniquely yours and tapping into your resources.

We will offer light snacks and herbal teas. The community is encouraged to bring something to share as well.


What you will gain:

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These circles are designed to provide a safe sacred space to be witnessed, celebrate each other, build connection rooted in community and help you create a deeper awareness and connection to the inner wisdom in a very nurturing environment.

Rediscover & a sacred remembering of the secrets embedded in our DNA codes given to us by our ancestors.

Recommit to showing up in ways that are aligned with your greatest vision – at even a higher level:

  • Safe environment
  • Form deeper connections in community.

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  • Show up as the women we were born to be
  • Create thriving relationships
  • Discover your true potential
  • Create prosperous careers aligned with your values
  • Experience radiant health and vitality
  • Live in ways that are spiritually connected.
  • Ignite and empower others to step forward into their greatness
  • Manifest our deepest desires for fun, creativity, self-expression and play.
  • Be catalysts and change agents shaping the future of our world.
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To feel supported in community in a safe, gentle, non-judgmental way can be deeply nourishing.

Come join us in a space of genuine connection and celebration.  Feel the support of brilliant women who are standing with you and for your greatness.

Inclusivity clause – This is a wonderful safe inclusive space to make meaningful connections with women of all ages, race, ethnicity, religious, socioeconomic backgrounds and sexual orientation.

 


Energetic Exchange, Reciprocity, & Commitment: $44 with a sliding scale as follows $33 -$55

$33 for those who need a bit of financial help & support.

$44 for equal energetic exchange, reciprocity, and commitment.

$55 for those who are in a financial position to help make it possible for another sister to attend who might not have the financial means otherwise.

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ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS:

Eileen Shaw, BA, MA has been a pioneer & innovator in the practice of meditation since the 1970’s.  She has studied with Sharon Salzberg, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course and with several other teachers. She sparks the enthusiasm of her students for the powerful difference that meditation can make in their lives. She creates a deep connection with her students.  Using cutting edge neuroscience in her teaching and spreads the joy of mindfulness practice in community settings ranging from schools to professional healthcare centers, and corporate offices. She offers three 8-week courses, Meditation levels I, II & III, Retreat Workshops, as well as individual coaching on meditation for the busy professional.

Laura Bonetzky-Joseph is a published bestselling author, experienced multi-generational intuitive & healer, speaker, podcaster, seeker, spiritual teacher & mentor, Jikiden Reiki® Shihan (teacher), social justice warrior, and a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault.

She is the founder of Healing With Spirit where she has been providing spiritually based integrative holistic health enrichment services, classes, groups, and women’s retreats since 2006.

She has elevated hundreds of women to be their own superhero by addressing root issues, transforming pain, bridging science, research and the practical magic of sacred, ancient traditions… with honor and integrity.

Through her decades of advocacy & policy work, she puts difficult – sometimes unpopular – ideas into words that communicate well, yielding to possibilities, healing, change and growth. Learn more about her here


*All photos are copyrighted 2019-2023. Laura Bonetzky-Joseph. Healing With Spirit. All Rights Reserved.