Savarna Wiley

Savarna has much experience in healing, counseling and teaching. Exploring Holistic Heath was an early interest. In the 1970s she began her study and practice of yoga and contemplative Christianity, took her first class in hypnotherapy, completed a Holistic Health training program and worked as a Holistic Health Educator and Massage Therapist.

Working with children who did not speak led her to appreciate the richness of non-verbal communication. Exploring their drawings opened the way to study the power of symbol and image to communicate. She developed a BA program in Art Therapy at University of California, Santa Cruz and in 1983 graduated with honors.

A master's degree in transpersonal psychology allowed her to study the workings of the mind and heart and explore ways people cope with challenge. Focusing on the ways people pray, she was one of the first to do graduate work in psychology on the subject of prayer and won honors in this study in 1988.

Fifteen years' experience working as a hospice chaplain has offered incredible lessons about death and life. Being a member of an Ethics Board for end-of-life issues and her on-going studies in inter-religious dialog continue to enrich perspectives on what is universal in the human experience.

The study and practice of hypnosis, NLP, and other modes of working that acknowledge the importance of our sub conscious patterning has brought great fulfillment. �It is exciting to see the ways people change, the resiliency of spirit and the on-going affirmation that all the wisdom we need is inside.�

Certifications/Trainings/Credentials/Experience

 
Certifications

  • Certified as a: Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master Hypnotist and Medical Hypnosis Practitioner 2005
  • Certified in Spiritual Regression/Life Between Lives Therapy by The Michael Newton Institute 2010
  • Case Reviewer and Research Coordinator for The Michael Newton Institute. 2010
  • Member of the Board of DIrectors for The Michael Newton Institute - Director of Membership. 2014
  • Past Life Regression with Brian Weiss and The Institute for Transpersonal Studies. 2011
  • NLP (Neuro linguistic Programing) Master Practitioner Level from NLP of California. 2010
  • Certified Holistic Health Educator, CMT Massage/Reiki/Polarity/Bach Flower Remedies 1976-79
  • In depth study and experience in hospice care, end of life issues and providing spiritual care for diverse populations 1999- present.

     
    Teaching

  • Credentials in Psychology, Counseling and Fine Arts -College level 1987
  • Hypnosis instructor at The Institute for Transpersonal Studies 2006
  • Stress Management- UCSC, Cabrillo College, and SC City Schools 1990
  • Staff Support Programs for Hospice Employees 2010 +

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    Affiliations with diverse spiritual communities

  • Teacher/ practitioner of Ashtanga yoga/meditation 1975+ (Mount Madonna Center)
  • Oblate with Camaldoli Order. (Big Sur, Ca) 1993+
  • Practitioner with Inner LIght Ministries (Agape Tradition) 2002+
  • Continuing study with the Mevlevi Order of Sufis ( Tradition of Rumi ) 2010