Spiritual Medicine with Denise Bendl, M.A., M.I.M.,is an integrative intuitive healing practice comprised of the following healing modalities: Intuitive Readings, Energy Clearing and Balancing, Spirit Communication, Emotional Trauma Healing, Past Life Healings.

I assist individuals by intuitively sensing what their main blockages or issues are in their body. Through Spirit Guidance and Intuitive Sensing, I energetically clear whatever is ready to be healed and released and I work to help you release old emotional pain and unhealthy energetic patterns towards greater emotional freedom and choice.

As an Intuitive, I specialize in helping individuals heal trauma and long-standing emotional pain. I am a graduate of the Academy of Intuition Medicine where I received my Master of Intuition Medicine Certification and also served as a teaching assistant. I have training in the following areas: Level 1 Certification in Chinese Energetic Medicine, Masters degree in Clinical Psychology, Vipassana Meditation Practitioner and teacher through Spirit Rock Meditation Center, QiGong practitioner, and Shamanic healing.

I am a Ph.D. student studying Complementary and Alternative Medicine. I conduct Alternative Medical research with California Pacific Medical Center’s Research Institute. The Complementary and Alternative Research I do helps to affirm the powerful healing effects of Energy Medicine and attempts to establish a scientific basis within the field of Alternative Medicine.

What is Spiritual Medicine?

Spiritual Medicine for Healing the Mind, Body and Soul is dedicated to the practice of living fully in harmony with our true nature, or Spirit. Spiritual Medicine is an integrative healing practice in which individuals are helped to discover and reclaim their authentic and true essence. Oftentimes, stresses from everyday life, emotional trauma, and just the plain “so much to do, so little time” dilemma, brings us away from the person we truly are and instead to a person reacting to situations out of stress and disharmony.

Our Spirit, or Soul, is our true nature. Spiritual Medicine helps you discover that. The Zen Buddhists call it The Void, other traditions describe it as a Communion with God or Higher Source. I believe it is all of the above, as well as Reclaiming your true Essence. We have a choice about the life we want to live and the Spiritual Medicine practice helps individuals to discover and create that life. It assists individuals to free themselves of long-standing energy blocks within their energetic body.

Pain in the physical or emotional body generally manifests first in the energy body (i.e. chakra system, auric system, meridian system) and then arises within the physical and emotional bodies in the form of physical pain or emotional pain. In my healing sessions with individuals, I read the energy blocks in your body and look at the root causes for those blocks. I clear out and heal those blocks using Universal Energies as well as your highest life force or Chi within your body. I work to clear out other people’s energy from your space as well. Oftentimes, we as individuals hold and carry other people’s energy in our space without realizing it and, therefore, feel and think others’ feelings and thoughts that are not our own. I work to clarify and strengthen your energetic boundaries and give others back their energy that you may be holding. I specialize in helping individuals to identify the root cause and long-term programming of any emotional or physical pain and I assist by removing those barriers layer by layer. Please visit my website for more comprehensive information.

Intuitive Healing sessions are offered at $80 per 1-hour session.

Please call 415-794-2882 or 1-877-435-5983 (toll-free) to schedule an appt. You may also visit my website at http://www.spiritualmedicineforhealing.com to request an appt.

What can I expect from a healing session?

Each individual is constituted differently and therefore, responds to energy work differently. Some common experiences are a feeling of lightness in their body as if a weight has been lifted; an experience of more clarity and direction with regard to personal issues in their life; a more positive outlook on their life; greater sense of themselves as spiritual beings. As you work with your energy more and more, you may find that you become much more sensitive to detecting your energy versus someone else’s energy in your energy field. It is akin to entraining and exercising your energetic muscles. It takes practice and commitment. Having an energy healing session helps you to clear out old energy blocks in the body and allows for more of your own life force to flow.

How long does it take for deep-seated issues to be healed?

Each individual is created differently, so the answer varies from person to person. For some people, the issues immediately resolve and they find they don’t struggle with that issue any longer. Then for other people, there may be issues that take more work for resolution to be reached. For each person coming into a healing session, the most important aspect of the work is their openness, intention and commitment to their own healing. The more receptive and committed to one’s own healing, the more they will get out of it. I work with individuals to clear out energy blocks within their body and I guide the individual in identifying what the origin of these blocks are and how to prevent them from returning.

Who are the best candidates for energy healing?

Anyone who is open to change in their lives and ready to take the next steps in their growth. Energy healing is one of the most effective and most profound therapies I have worked with both personally and professionally. It has changed many people’s lives and anyone who is receptive and committed to their own healing can benefit.

How often should I receive energy work?

This is a question that I am asked often by people I have worked with. The best answer is for each person to check in with themselves as to what their inner voice and intuitive self is telling them about the frequency of sessions. I tell individuals I have worked with to trust themselves and their intuition as to what they feel their body and system needs. I work with individuals on an ongoing, weekly basis, as well as individuals who see me every other week or even once a month. It is all up to what the individual feels, he needs for himself.

"I had no expectations when I first came to see Denise Bendl’s Spiritual Medicine practice for some help with what I thought was a deep depression. I felt so encouraged and awakened by my first session with her that I immediately scheduled another appointment for myself and one for a dear friend. I could hardly wait for the next consultation.

Since then I have become a devoted client and one of Denise’s most avid fans. Her approach is different from other modes of healing that I have experienced. I find Denise’s non-judgmental manner, her vocabulary and use of imagery all extremely affecting. I still look forward to the sessions with the same level of anticipation – they are both enjoyable and incredibly revealing. Most importantly, I feel the results having a direct effect on my day-to-day life and wellbeing.

Denise has a very healing powerful gift. I feel with each weekly visit, I gain a greater understanding of myself and feel more connected to people and the universe surrounding me. My life has grown in a myriad ways in the less than six months that I have been consulting her. I feel both enormously grateful and delighted that our lives have crossed." - A.M., San Francisco

"Denise uses a unique and gentle approach to facilitate powerful transformational healing. She combines her great wisdom, intuition and profound insights with loving compassion and understanding. I honor her healing work and am deeply grateful for the generosity of her spirit and the resulting direct numerous benefits in every area of my life." - C.F., San Francisco