Today we’d like to introduce you to Devi Lastari and Jeffrey Bomes.
Devi and Jeffrey, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
I was born in Bali and lived there my whole life before moving to the US.
My husband Jeffrey likes to say that the Balinese live with one foot in the spirit world and with one foot on earth. It is very common in Bali that when people are sick, they do not go to doctors, they go to Balinese healers, called Balians.
Jeffrey and I traveled quite a bit for Rolfing years back, and in Thailand in 2010 we were very lucky to meet Paul Lennard. Paul is a legendary psychic energy/healer. The sessions we had with him were amazing. We became good friends with Paul and he came to visit us in Seattle. During a session I had with Paul, he found that I had a spirit around me. Paul could describe this spirit and told me what this spirit was saying to me. The next day, while making food, Paul was surprised to see this spirit man in our house. Paul taught me a special meditation with the intention of hopefully getting me to a place where I could see this spirit. As we did this meditation, Paul would ask me if I could see things that he was seeing, and I could not. Paul had a deep look at me and noticed I had a thin gold wire wrapped around my heart. As he unwound and took away this wire, something amazing happened to me. I instantly felt as though I had so much energy I was coming off the ground. I felt like I needed to be held onto or I would literally come off the ground. The energy was so strong, it is not easy to describe what happened. I was looking at Paul’s body, and it was like looking at an x-ray. I was scanning his body. I saw that Paul had a black spot on his heart. I leaned over and blew on this black spot and it disappeared.
Paul and I didn’t quite know what to make of it. Paul and I wanted to show this to Jeffrey, and while the 3 of us started this meditation a day later, something a bit different happened from the start of the meditation. I found my arms moving above me in a certain pattern; my head and neck would arch back with my hands stretched straight up above me; my head would come back upright and my posture would straighten up and then my eyes opened and he was here. He said, “Hello, I am Shiva”. I was still there, but I shared my space with him. This was the beginning.
Now I can channel anytime. It is the most beautiful blessing. I am in complete control. I can start and finish as I please. I’m honored Shiva comes to me and helps me, my family and friends. I am aware and remember everything that happens. Shiva, who comes through is the most loving compassionate energy. He says he comes to bring love and help us heal. I have seen hundreds of people now, and this loving energy heals in such a special way on the level where healing needs to happen.
Jeffrey
I began my studies of hands on body work in 1992 in Goa, India, where I was lucky enough to have had sessions with a very well-known healer I only knew as Uncle. Many decades earlier were the sports medicine person for the Indian national cricket team, and I went to him for a shoulder injury that was not getting better.
That shoulder brought me to just about every therapy in the world before I discovered Rolfing, also known as Structural Integration. In 1997 I went to study with my first rolfer Jon Davis who in class talked about his teachers, Emmett Hutchins and Peter Melchior as though they were gods. They were Dr. Rolf’s first two appointed teachers, started the Guild for Structural Integration at the request of Dr. Rolf and taught 2/3 of the rolfers up till Dr. Rolfs Death in 1979.
In 1999 I graduated from the Guild for Structural Integration. The original school of Dr. Rolf where I trained with Dr. Rolf’s first two appointed teachers Emmett Hutchins and Peter Melchior and took classes with Dorothy Nolte. This was the inner circle of Dr. Rolf from the 1960’s. I developed a close relationship with Emmett Hutchins both professionally and personally and moved to Kauai Hawaii in 2001 to be closer to Emmett as I found his style of Rolfing to be in a class of its own. On Kauaii I did my Advanced training with both Emmett and Peter in 2002 and again 2004, and the post advanced class with Emmett Hutchins and Neil Powers in 2003. One of the biggest contributions to my work is that I’ve had about 70 sessions over the past 20 years with Emmett. It helped me understand how he thought and how he worked to get the kind of change he did. Emmett was so known for his unique style that I asked “Emmett where did get the idea to use your hand like that” and he replied “I’m just doing what my teacher did.”
I’ve made it a point to visit and have sessions with as many Dr. Rolf trained Rolfers as I can. I have been lucky to have had sessions with Emmett Hutchins, Peter Melchior, Neil Powers, Ron McComb, Caroline Whidmer, Michael Salvelson, Charles Siemers to name just a few. I want to add that just because someone trained or did some part of their training with Dr. Rolf did not mean they got the work.
While living in Bali, I have received countless sessions from Pak Circus for over 15 years. My favorite Balinese healer. I would spend hours listening to him laugh and watching him work. I owe him a lot for what he has imparted in me.
I’ve had a private practice since 1998. In Bali since 2002. I’ve worked with Chiva Som International Health Resort. Como Shambhala International Health Resort. Worked with Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt. Dr. Darvish at Holsitique Medical. I can now be found in Los Angeles and sometimes we go back to Bali. I have worked with health specialists, yoga teachers and athletes from all around the world including 4 world champion athletes. Natascha Rogosina, 9 time world champion boxer. Andy Irons, 3 time world champion surfer. Sunny Garcia, world champion Surfer. Terje Hakonsen, The Norwegian world champion Snowboarder who dominated free style competition in the 1990’s. I work on very young children, the elderly and everyone in-between.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
The biggest struggle with this is a lot of people don’t believe they can get as well as we can get them. Modern medicine which has worked so many miracles is the go to for most ailments. It’s not a solution for a lot of things people are dealing with.
Please tell us about Devi and Jeffrey Healing.
Devi and Jeffrey specialize in getting people seriously healthy. Devi can do the most amazing things. Jeffrey with the Rolfing can unwind the body, untangle it. So that lifelong injury’s and problems and pain go away forever. Expert Rolfing is so rare it barely exists.
If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
Nothing.
Pricing:
- We both charge $200 for a session. Devi is usually about 1.5 hours and Jeffrey is 75 minutes.
Contact Info:
- Address: Hauser Blvd., LA, CA 90036
- Website: www.Deviandjeffreyhealing.com
- Phone: 425-420-8758
- Email: [email protected]
- Facebook: Deviandjeffreyhealing
Image Credit:
Cari Lutz
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