kind words from acupuncture, dreamwork & functional medicine patients
Leilani Navar is a skilled healer and a genuine gift to the community. Her modern training in Chinese medicine, integrated with her intuitional knowing serves as a profound and professional foundation for holistic healing. Her curiosity and integrity show me a healer who is ever deepening her practice. I've been to her on occasions for both acute injury and minor. Her caring and compassionate presence, her deep listening, and communication all engender a wonderful healing atmosphere. I know Leilani especially through the practice of dreams, a profession in which I'm involved. Leilani, through study and experience, has an incredible capacity to "hear" the story of our body and soul through dreams. In consultations I have had with her we sometimes navigate from a particular dream. Leilani's rare combination of critical thinking, medical intelligence and poetic basis of mind makes her a unique healer who can combine many perspectives into a cohesive, accurate and effective holistic health practice.
- Matthew C., Dreamworker, Wilderness Guide (acupuncture patient)
”Leilani created a peaceful space where we explored some of my dreams, reminding me to stay grounded in my body and to pay attention to its messages. I especially enjoyed going beyond my habitual point of view and accessing whatever insights other "characters" had for me. Leilani also related dream landscapes with emotions and the Chinese five elements, which has been very illuminating to my waking life. I would definitely recommend one-on-one sessions with Leilani to anyone looking to know themselves better, discover personal blindspots and reconnect with their body.“
- P.E., Italy (one-on-one dreamwork client)
I have been seeing Leilani Navar for health support for three years. I began with getting a treatment for my back. I had immediate relief, and was surprised at her approach to my body as a whole, rather than just treating my back. I was so impressed with her skills that my whole family started seeing her for treatments and health support. She introduced me to Chinese medicine and I quickly realized that her understanding of the body system and health was on a whole new level. By nature she has a gift for caring for people that really sets her apart as a health care practitioner. She has taught us ways to improve our mental, emotional, and physical health, including performing acupressure on ourselves. In my family, appointment days with Leilani are looked forward to as a treat, and everyone counts down the days til it's their turn.
- Trina B., Rancher & Mom of 5 (acupuncture patient)
I need concrete data in order to make decisions about my health. The pain in my feet was data, as were the shrugs from the doctors, and while Leilani could not repair the nerve damage, she did eliminate the pain, another data point. Leilani's work on me has opened me to her deeper teachings, which are designed for me to ultimately take control of my own health. Providing me with useful and usable tools is what a good teacher should be doing.
- Dan P., Social Scientist (acupuncture patient)
Leilani has helped me exponentially over the last few years through acupuncture, dreamwork, and instruction on the Justisse Method. One of the things I appreciate most is her ability to listen to a dream, ask me thoughtful questions that help me to delve further into it, and then shape a session based on what we've uncovered. Her work has helped me to move forward with a greater understanding of my own inner life than I would have otherwise. She is a conscientious and insightful healer who I would highly recommend for any course of treatment.
- Tessa B., Writer (acupuncture patient)
I have been a client of Leilani's for about 4 years. I am so grateful for her and her work. I have been a dream worker for 13 years, and working with my dreams is a central part of my own self-care. Finding a practitioner who can look deeply into my dreams and find resonances with what is going on with my body has been a huge gift and has helped me better understand my self and my own healing. I also so appreciate Leilani's calm, her measured manner, her humanity and the respect she pays to my own inner knowing. How many of us have gone to physicians who we feel fundamentally do not see or hear us??? And who consequently pay no attention to what we already know about our symptoms, illness, condition...working with Leilani is the opposite! I wholeheartedly recommend her.
- Jessica F., Massage Therapist, Dreamworker (acupuncture patient)
I have told everyone I know about Leilani. To find a skilled dreamworker is rare. In my experience finding a safe and loving acupuncturist happens seldom. To find both in one person is a miracle. Leilani is the real deal. A genuine healer and she would never tell you so.
Working with Leilani has been some of the most revelatory and profound explorations of mind and body that I have ever had. When I came I was in physical pain. It was an organic transition into dreamwork. I literally had no idea it was possible to combine the two. After my first dreamwork/acupuncture session I was like: what the hell was that? And I began to tell everyone. I have had multiple friends drive 4 hours one way just for an appointment with her and they all say it was so worth it.
Her immense capacity to make me feel safe and comfortable made it feel so natural to be in her presence. I have 2 friends that have huge protective walls, that have also been to see Leilani and have returned with the words: 'it’s rare that I feel safe enough to let my guard down.' That alone is enough to heal communities.
I had no idea that I could learn so much from my dreams. Bringing my subconscious to consciousness has been so transformative. But what Leilani does is take it one step further and bring the subconscious to the body. She is able to connect the most subtle layers of the mind with the grossest layers of the body, in turn teaching me to do the same. I got more out of a single session with Leilani than I did from years of psychotherapy.
Working with Leilani (and Sylas) has taught me about skilled questioning. She made me feel like I was healing myself. The way she asked questions made me ask myself similar questions when she wasn’t around. I began to practice the same curiosity in other relationships as well. I went to Leilani to heal my body. When we were finished, not only my body felt better but my spirit began to sing a new song. She has taught me to listen to the rhythms of my body and soul, and as I move through the world people want to hear this new tune.
- Danielle R., Bed & Breakfast Owner, Utah (acupuncture & dreamwork patient)
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