Peace Sessions
Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed, or like there is not enough time to get it all done?
Do you do everything for everyone else, leaving no time for you?
Are you always in go-go-go mode?
Do you turn to food, alcohol, caffeine or relationships to numb yourself?
Are you simply exhausted?
You have come to the right place.
WHO CAN BENEFIT?
Peace sessions are designed for those who are looking to live calmer, more peaceful lives and to stop turning to external sources for comfort and relief. Anyone who feels that they have chronic high stress, is living in fight or flight mode, feels there is not enough time, or is overwhelmed, can benefit. Those with adrenal burnout, anxiety disorders, and nervous system issues will find relief here. Those who are going through life changes or challenges, such as anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, career crossroads, addictions, illnesses, uncomfortable feelings, or emotional turmoil. Emotional eaters will learn new ways to deal with emotions.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT DURING A PEACE SESSION?
My office is a sanctuary. Come in, have a cup of tea, sit down and relax.
These sessions include learning and practicing methods that are designed to help eliminate anxiety and frantic fight/flight mode living. You will learn deep breathing techniques, the emotional freedom technique, meditation, affirmations, positive quotes, positive self talk, journaling, slowing down, becoming aware of and changing thought patterns, accepting the things you are unable to change, and experiencing a guided deep relaxation meditation. Healing essential oils may be used and diffused.
After this program, you will have a healthy toolbox of coping skills and self soothing techniques that can be practiced anywhere, anytime and that will be your friend and companion for the rest of your life.
Initial Consultation
Session 1: Deep Breathing and Emotional Freedom Technique/Tapping
Session 2: Learning and Practicing Meditation
Session 3: Freedom from Thoughts; Becoming Aware
Session 4: Cultivating Acceptance for What Is
Session 5: Guided Deep Relaxation
PEACE SESSION PRICING
Sessions 1-5: $475
Follow Up Sessions: $95 for 1 hour
Cancellation and Refund Policy:
All payments for class registrations and appointments are non-refundable. If you need to change/cancel your class time, we require 24 hours advance notice by calling/texting 619-770-9752. Classes that are canceled within 24 hours of your scheduled time are forfeited.
JENNA'S STORY
As someone who has struggled with anxiety for most of my life, I know what it feels like to have the agonizing, heavy, sharp, physical sensation of anxiety…The pounding heart, the tremors, the excruciating mental panic that feels as if it will never end. I am sure that for all of us who have dealt with anxiety, there are many reasons for it. I can look over my life and see how various childhood experiences and one early adult trauma in particular shaped my relationship with anxiety. As a young person, I did not know that there was a name for what I was feeling. I did not realize that this flood of adrenaline was actually anxiety manifesting in my body and mind. In not knowing how to deal with this discomfort, I self medicated with anything I could get my hands on. The goal was to change the way I was feeling. This included unhealthy foods, sugar (in excess), caffeine, alcohol, marijuana, and even unhealthy relationships. I was so desperate to feel better (or better yet, not feel), that I grabbed onto anything as a lifeline not realizing that my choices were only making things worse in the long run. When seeking instant gratification, the sought after, anticipated “high” always eventually tuned into a low and the short lived pleasure inevitably became pain.
I was in so much emotional pain and that nothing external could fill the void that I felt inside. I had exhausted all of my “resources” and knew that if I continued down the road I was on, I might be dealing with more serious issues with addiction later in life. I knew I had to stop escaping from my feelings. Eckhart Tolle says that, “All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.”
The time had come to sit and feel. It sounds so simple, but it was not easy. I clearly remember the first time I did this without any help from another. I remember where I was, how I felt when that wave of hot, heavy emotion washed over me, and the feeling of being right in the middle of it. I also remember the feeling of it dissolving. I was astonished that not only had I mustered the courage to sit with my feelings, but that the energy had dissipated. In just a few minutes, I was freed from it rather than it remaining in my physical body and looping as a negative or fearful thought pattern. Ever since that first time, I have done this time and time again. I realized that it is possible to work through my feelings by acknowledging them and allowing them to just be seen and felt. And it feels amazing afterwards.
This is a work in progress. Unfortunately, I can’t say that I am healed or I am cured and I never have anxiety anymore. The truth is that anxiety still shows up. The difference now is that instead of escaping from it, pushing it away or pushing through it and continuing on my day or my work despite the nagging feeling that something is wrong, I stop what I am doing and check in with myself. I focus my attention on the physical sensation of the anxiety, which often is in the pit of my stomach. I follow it and breathe into it. I feel it. And then, I pray about it. I send love to myself. I do some deep breathing, practice the emotional freedom technique/tapping and do a little meditation. After a short while, I have transformed intense anxiety into peace. I am very grateful that I eventually learned to not only sit with my emotions, but to have found some additional tools that really work.
If I wake up with anxiety, the practice that I described above helps so much. I do this right when I wake up or when I start to feel anxious and it works every time! The peace lasts most of the day. I realize that staying present for myself is imperative because if I don’t, things will build up and become much larger than they need to be.
I know that if I try to escape through numbing behaviors, the problems will still be there after the pleasure wears off. So if I want to continue to grow and be the highest version of myself, my only option is to deal with this in a healthy way. The beautiful thing in all of this is that it has made me more present for myself and for my life. It has actually made me a more peaceful person…A happier person. I feel more connected to God, to myself, to my life, and to the human beings around me who are also in pain.
Anxiety has helped me to look within…to stop the busy-ness and the go-go-go mentality. Having anxiety has helped me learn to be in the moment I am in…without wishing I was in some imagined ideal future situation. Anxiety has taught me that taking it one moment at a time really is the way to live; to handle only what is on my plate right now and right in front of me whether that be how I am feeling, a conversation I am having, a class I am teaching, driving in the car, or even a simple task like washing the dishes. Through dealing with anxiety, I have been led to other wonderful resources, which have taught me to bring a sense of present, alertness to what I am doing.
Because I know how painful and daunting this journey can be, I want you to know that you are not alone. Many of the clients that I see for emotional eating, numbing behaviors, addictions, anxiety and stress greatly benefit from these practices and I think you will too.
I was in so much emotional pain and that nothing external could fill the void that I felt inside. I had exhausted all of my “resources” and knew that if I continued down the road I was on, I might be dealing with more serious issues with addiction later in life. I knew I had to stop escaping from my feelings. Eckhart Tolle says that, “All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.”
The time had come to sit and feel. It sounds so simple, but it was not easy. I clearly remember the first time I did this without any help from another. I remember where I was, how I felt when that wave of hot, heavy emotion washed over me, and the feeling of being right in the middle of it. I also remember the feeling of it dissolving. I was astonished that not only had I mustered the courage to sit with my feelings, but that the energy had dissipated. In just a few minutes, I was freed from it rather than it remaining in my physical body and looping as a negative or fearful thought pattern. Ever since that first time, I have done this time and time again. I realized that it is possible to work through my feelings by acknowledging them and allowing them to just be seen and felt. And it feels amazing afterwards.
This is a work in progress. Unfortunately, I can’t say that I am healed or I am cured and I never have anxiety anymore. The truth is that anxiety still shows up. The difference now is that instead of escaping from it, pushing it away or pushing through it and continuing on my day or my work despite the nagging feeling that something is wrong, I stop what I am doing and check in with myself. I focus my attention on the physical sensation of the anxiety, which often is in the pit of my stomach. I follow it and breathe into it. I feel it. And then, I pray about it. I send love to myself. I do some deep breathing, practice the emotional freedom technique/tapping and do a little meditation. After a short while, I have transformed intense anxiety into peace. I am very grateful that I eventually learned to not only sit with my emotions, but to have found some additional tools that really work.
If I wake up with anxiety, the practice that I described above helps so much. I do this right when I wake up or when I start to feel anxious and it works every time! The peace lasts most of the day. I realize that staying present for myself is imperative because if I don’t, things will build up and become much larger than they need to be.
I know that if I try to escape through numbing behaviors, the problems will still be there after the pleasure wears off. So if I want to continue to grow and be the highest version of myself, my only option is to deal with this in a healthy way. The beautiful thing in all of this is that it has made me more present for myself and for my life. It has actually made me a more peaceful person…A happier person. I feel more connected to God, to myself, to my life, and to the human beings around me who are also in pain.
Anxiety has helped me to look within…to stop the busy-ness and the go-go-go mentality. Having anxiety has helped me learn to be in the moment I am in…without wishing I was in some imagined ideal future situation. Anxiety has taught me that taking it one moment at a time really is the way to live; to handle only what is on my plate right now and right in front of me whether that be how I am feeling, a conversation I am having, a class I am teaching, driving in the car, or even a simple task like washing the dishes. Through dealing with anxiety, I have been led to other wonderful resources, which have taught me to bring a sense of present, alertness to what I am doing.
Because I know how painful and daunting this journey can be, I want you to know that you are not alone. Many of the clients that I see for emotional eating, numbing behaviors, addictions, anxiety and stress greatly benefit from these practices and I think you will too.
