Today we’d like to introduce you to Lisa Elias and Tara Kiprik.
Hi Lisa and Tara, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for sharing your story with us – to start, maybe you can share some of your backstories with our readers.
Lisa: My life has led me in many directions, but it always seemed to lead me towards caring for others. For the past ten years, I have worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse in geriatrics, hospice, and, most recently, pediatrics. I loved my career and work but felt the pull to do something more. I needed healing and found that traditional medicine only masked my symptoms and often came with unwanted side effects. Three years ago, I decided to take control of my emotional and physical well-being. It began with a simple morning meditation regimen, journaling, and exercise. My first personal Reiki session followed shortly after that. Reiki aided in releasing layers and layers of emotional trauma. In addition, I continued the individual morning practice that I mentioned above. I received a total of four Reiki sessions over a year, and each one was transformative, so much so that I was inspired to train as a Reiki practitioner to help others on their healing journey. Reiki was my “something more” that I have been called to do. I am always seeking new ways to help heal our bodies and recently completed my level 1 certification in sound healing. I have learned that healing is not a destination because there is no endpoint. It is a journey and a path you choose to walk. It is not as simple as taking a pill to relieve your symptoms; you need to do some work. To heal, you need to connect with yourself on a deeper level, understand the language of your body, and honor its requests through positive change.
Tara: I always knew that helping people was my future. I studied psychology in college but found it too clinical for my creative, artistic brain. After years of working in art and design and corporate management, I transitioned to managing veterinary hospitals. Working closely with animals and people felt more aligned with what I was meant for. However, after 7 years in that field, I still felt like there was something more I needed to do.
At that time, I was on my healing journey and felt let down by the current medical system. It was as though my body and healing were out of my control. According to the doctors, there was nothing I could do, and I felt sentenced to a life of injections and medications. I refused to believe that, and I knew there had to be something more to it all. I had always known deep down that our bodies were meant to function at 100% and that they could heal themselves. Illness and disease are just how our body speaks to us, and once we receive those messages, we have no reason to continue experiencing them. So, I set out to find the root cause of the problem. The path was not always easy, but I knew it would be worth it. Along the way, I found Dolores Cannon’s Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT). A form of hypnosis where practitioners guide clients to go within and get in touch with the part of themselves that has access to divine and universal knowledge and instantaneous healing. I had my first QHHT session in Oct of 2019, and it was nothing short of life-changing. After my session, I encountered situations where I had the courage and trusted my intuition enough, because of what I had learned in my session, to make positive change after positive change. After that, I can only say that I felt called to study this and become a practitioner to bring this healing modality to people.
Lisa: In fact, it is through QHHT that we first connected. Looking to further aid in my healing, I found Tara via Facebook and scheduled an appointment. We both felt an instant connection, and later met for coffee. That day, we decided to team up, and from there, The Path to Healing was created.
Both: This path that we are walking has allowed us to connect with like-minded individuals who also practice alternative medicine. Reiki, sound healing, and QHHT are just a few alternative modalities among a vast selection that can aid in healing the underlying cause of sickness and disease. Holistic modalities work well in conjunction with each other and can even be used alongside traditional medicine. Our goal is to bring these healing modalities to as many people as possible and encourage others to take an active role in their health. We want to show that there are more natural ways of seeking a healthier body, mind, and spirit. There is often a stigma around alternative healing modalities, and we want to help remove that barrier. Holding these workshops will allow people to experience our practices so that they become a comfortable addition to their self-care. It is important to us that everyone who attends is met where they are. We believe everyone is on their path, but that doesn’t mean they must walk it alone. We are here to be of support through the services that we offer. All are welcome. All we ask is that you have an open mind. Working within your beliefs is part of what we do.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Both: We both agree that struggles are all about perspective. We don’t view bumps in the road as struggles; we see them as obstacles that encourage us to find a different way around. Since we both decided to answer our individual callings, we have found that the path ahead is smooth and aligned. If something doesn’t feel right, we honor that, take appropriate action, and that alleviates any possibility of struggle.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Lisa: Soulful Healing/Tara: Cosmic Connections QHHT?
Both: Together, we have created a workshop called, The Path to Healing. This workshop helps its attendees quiet their minds, heal their bodies, and nourish their souls. We cultivate a safe and welcoming environment for transformative healing and meet people exactly where they are with unconditional love and support. It is an immersive experience of the group and meditative Reiki, sound bath, and past life regression. After the reiki meditation and sound bath, participants will be in a heightened state of receiving. The perfect state for them to be guided on a journey—by seeing, hearing, or feeling—a past life they have lived. The experience concludes with a visit from their spirit guide or guardian angel, who delivers a message.
Lisa: Reiki is a Japanese stress reduction and relaxation technique that promotes healing. It uses “life force” energy that is in and around all living things. When this energy is depleted, or there are blocks in the flow caused by stress, trauma, or injury, you are more susceptible to illness and disease. Receiving Reiki restores the balance of the life force energy, aiding in the healing of the mind, body, and soul. In a one-on-one session, Reiki is received by the practitioner using different hand placements either on or off the body, allowing Reiki to flow to specific areas. However, during The Path to Healing workshop, participants receive this energy through the Holy Love II Reiki experience. It is a guided meditation that places you in a state that allows Reiki to flow directly to each individual.
Similarly, sound therapy brings balance and healing to the body, mind, and soul by using specialized instruments, such as tuning forks, crystal singing bowls, gongs, and chimes, as well as other musical instruments. It involves using sound frequencies to create a therapeutic environment to promote relaxation, nervous system rebalancing, and emotional release. Soulful healing offers clients one-on-one Reiki sessions, sound healing sessions, or a combination of the two.
Tara: Past life regression sessions can be entertaining, thought-provoking, healing, eye-opening, and enlightening. Participants do not need to believe in past lives to have a wonderful experience. People can be shown many things, including memories of this life, something they may have forgotten, past lives, futures, in-between places, ancestral memories, or even a simple unfolding of a story; it is whatever is most appropriate at that moment, so they can have a better understanding of the life they are living and move forward. These stories that they experience may help unlock trauma, explain anxiety, or even give context to a disease they are dealing with today. Cosmic Connections offers clients one-on-one quantum healing hypnosis (QHHT) sessions that combine guided hypnosis, or “past life regressions,” and a question-and-answer portion with a connection to one’s higher self.
What do you like best about our city? What do you like least?
We love the people. The upstate is growing rapidly, and the community is becoming more diverse and open to alternative healing modalities. We are happy to have found a home with the Upstate Healer’s Collaborative, a local collective of alternative healing practitioners who have come from all walks of life, all areas of the country, and have felt called to plant roots here in the upstate. The support for our small businesses from this magazine, the healer’s collaborative, and the communities has been overwhelmingly positive. We are so grateful to be here and look forward to continual growth.
Pricing:
- The Path to Healing $49-$55
Contact Info:
- Website: www.soulful-healing.net | www.cosmicqhht.com
- Instagram: @soulfulhealing111/@taraqhht
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