Energy Healing
With Lara Johnson

What exactly is energy healing? An energy healing session is a means of rebalancing the energy systems of the body in order to optimize the body's natural ability to heal itself and maintain well-being. Your body is a living system of energy, and these energies inform your physical, psychological and spiritual selves. By releasing the blocks or disruptions of your body's energy flows, you can optimize your health, increase your vibrancy, and lighten your spirit. Energy healing allows you to open up to a deeper communication with your body, mind and Spirit.

The energy work that I do involves a number of approaches to balancing energy, including breath work, aromatherapy, reflexology, touch, sound, stone therapy and Reiki. The main tool used to stimulate the body's energy flow is a specific breathing technique, as the breath is an incredibly powerful way to reconnect you with your true self and with all living things. It is a means of clearing the mind and becoming fully present to what's happening inside your own energy field.

Basically, my intention is to facilitate you tuning in more deeply to your own energy, so that you can expand the ways that you are aware of and create your overall health. It's not about me using my energy to "heal" you; it's about showing you how incredibly powerful your own energy & Spirit are, and how to allow yourself to feel your absolute best. I believe we are all highly intuitive, and many of us have forgotten how to develop and use our intuition in everyday life. My work is a way to remind you of your own innate wisdom; a reminder that everything you need is already inside. I help bring awareness to how your choices can bring your own energy and life into greater balance.

There are many different types of energy healing, which all have their roots in ancient Eastern cultures. Native peoples have always had their medicine men and women, shamans, spiritual healers, herbal specialists, etc. The current holistic healing trend is a return to the wisdom of the ancients, as they naturally spoke the language of energy. They were more attuned to the cycles and rhythms of life, and lived more harmoniously with nature. People are now remembering that we have access to the same wisdom, that we are the greatest experts on our own health, and that we are empowered to create more vibrant and joyful lives. The work I do is about helping people to remember who they really are and connect with their soul's purpose.

Everything is energy, and energy is about vibration. The vibration that I work with is Unconditional Love, which I believe to be the single most powerful force in the Universe. I don't mean this in some sort of "new-agey" sense; I'm talking practically, responsibly, and fully grounded in an understanding of the laws of energy. Every thought, feeling, word, relationship or activity that we experience in life has an impact on our energy field, either positive or negative. A negative impact lowers the vibrational flow of energy in that part of the body, which leads to blocks and ill health. This can appear in the physical, psychological or spiritual plane. In my work I show you how to raise the vibration of energy in these blocked places, allowing health to return.

I am especially interested in reconnecting people with their creative core, as I believe healing to be a natural by-product of creativity. I will be leading a workshop in October involving energy work and intuitive painting. I work with individuals and groups of all backgrounds, occupations and lifestyles. I believe anyone and everyone can benefit from energy healing. I work out of my home office in Venice, and also at a healing center on Larchmont Avenue in Hancock Park. I can be reached at 310-399-9575. Private Sessions are $75 and groups are usually $30 per person. I am offering a 25% discount on the initial session to anyone who is referred to be by Tanja. Come try it out -- it will be fun!!

My formal educational background is in psychology, theology, sociology and Spanish. I received my Master's of Social Work degree from UCLA, and worked for the Department of Children and Family Services as an adoption social worker. I also have experience working intensively in Crisis Intervention and trauma-based counseling. In developing my energy healing art, I did hands-on training in Eagle Rock, CA, and in Sedona, AZ, with an expert energy healer, who is responsible for pioneering transformative energy techniques. I also trained with a Reiki Master in Anchorage, AK.

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