KABBALISTIC HEALING
“The Hebrew word Kabbalah means ‘receiving’ or ‘that which has been received.’ On the one hand, Kabbalah refers to tradition,
ancient wisdom received and treasured from the past. On the other hand, if one is truly receptive, wisdom appears spontaneously,
unprecedented, taking you by surprise.”
–from the introduction to The Essential Kabbalah, The Heart of Jewish Mysticism by Daniel C. Matt
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What is Kabbalistic Healing?
Integrated Kabbalistic Healing (IKH) is a profoundly effective spiritual healing practice that fully integrates physical, emotional,
mental, and spiritual aspects of being. Developed by Jason Shulman (see biography below) a renowned spiritual healer and teacher, IKH
integrates the wisdom of the Kabbalah (the mystical teachings of the Jewish tradition) with insights from somatic and depth psychology,
Buddhist meditation, and the healing power of relationship.
Whether your problem or manifest symptom is on a physical level, emotional, psychological or spiritual, IKH initiates a profound process
of reclaiming your original wholeness.
The wisdom of all of the world’s mystical traditions concur that there is a mysterious unity in all of reality. How does this mystical
oneness ultimately manifest in the diversity and complexity that we experience in our daily lives as individual human beings?
Kabbalah explains this process through what is known as the Tree of life (Etz Chaim) and its 10 divine attributes (sephirot). In the words
of Azriel of Gerona a thirteenth century scholar and mystic “They constitute the process by which all things come into being and pass away”
In IKH the healer and the client enter into a relationship together with these divine attributes and allow a natural healing process to
unfold. Reality and our experience are constantly being recreated in every instant. Kabbalah gives us a map of consciousness that helps
us to align with this creative process so that we can come home to our original nature and integrated wholeness. When this happens the
energy and patterning that were our symptoms and problems are re-organized into the healthy integrated flow of our being.
What happens in a session of IKH?
First of all IKH can be practiced with equal potency from a distance as it can be from within my healing and psychotherapy office. Many
of my clients connect by phone from distant parts of the world.
In the first forty minutes of the session the client and healer sit across from one another or talk on the phone. This allows the client
to speak directly from the heart of their experience revealing the presenting problem on all its interconnected levels. When this part of
the healing is coming to a close I will ask you to lie back in a reclining chair or on a massage table fully clothed. Then, If you are
present in my office, I will gently place my hands on your knee and shoulder, or another neutral non-threatening place, and begin the
silent part of the healing. This involves a deep meditative-like presence, yet you don’t have to do anything but relax and drift.
IKH occurs within the context of a safe, respectful and compassionate relationship. Your confidentiality and your personal boundaries
will always be respected.
Multiple sessions are recommended as sessions may build one upon the other in creating a momentum of a healing presence in your life.
Also the diversity of healings is as limitless as the presenting problems and everyday issues they ultimately resolve.
Because IKH works in a unique and non-confrontational way it is safe to mix it with all other forms of healing that you may be engaged
in, be they Western allopathic medicine, naturopathic and herbal medicine, massage, chiropractic or energy medicine of any type including
acupuncture, homeopathy, auric healing, and plant/flower essences to name a few. IKH is truly complimentary and never contraindicated
because it is deeply spiritual in nature working at a level that comes before the manifestation of life force energy. There is also no
problem mixing it with various stages, styles and levels of psychotherapy or diverse spiritual traditions, rituals and practices.
Members of all faiths, religions and spiritual traditions are welcome and encouraged to share your truth in an atmosphere of love that
does not discriminate based on outer forms.
Jason Shulman
is an internationally known healer, spiritual teacher and the creator of Integrated Kabbalistic Healing® and IM/personal Movement.® He is the founder of A Society of Souls, a three-year training program in kabbalistic healing, which meets in Princeton, New Jersey. Additionally, he is on the faculties of the New York Open Center in New York City and the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. He is also a member of the Professional Advisory Board of the Center for Spirituality and Psychotherapy of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York City. He is the author of the book Kabbalistic Healing, published in 2005.