I was recently interviewed by the lovely Vered Kogan on The MINDset Game podcast, where she interviews experts on topics such as mindset, resilience, leadership, and change.
I was talking about Huna (the spiritual, energetic and healing practices of the ancient Hawaiians) and how it has transformed my life (from clinically depressed to happy and feel a a deep sense of internal peace and understanding of who I am), and how I now use it to help other people transform theirs.
Here the link to watch or listen if you are so inclined
Preparing for the Equinox meditation yesterday, I was reflecting on the question of balance. Because the Equinox is a point of balance.
It's the balance point between the solstices, when the night and the day are pretty much of equal length - whether you are in the Northern or the Southern hemispheres. It's chance to bring balance between the internal and the external.
In many Northern Hemisphere traditions it is said to be the start of spring, because as the days lengthen and we have more sunlight (hopefully!), we have more growth.
In the yogic tradition it's a point where the masculine and feminine are also in perfect balance. I know that is not necessarily the bigger reality most of us experience, but you can find the balance inside you.
Someone asked me why I focus on encouraging women to harness the divine feminine, and get in touch with their feminine power.
Isn't that putting the system out of balance?
Well, no. Because if you think of the taiji, the Daoist yin/yang symbol, the masculine contains the feminine, and vice versa, and the two are both contained in the same whole. Many of the women I work with have become disconnected from their deep feminine strength and power whether through education, societal pressures, or other factors. That's the imbalance.
We need to redress the balance.
And if you want to redress the balance, then Release and Reclaim is definitely for you as a successful woman business owner/leader. An eight week live guided zoom journey through the chakras, where we release blocks specific to each chakra using the energy of the divine feminine to deepen and accelerate the release work, so you can reclaim your feminine power. It's subtly and powerful, and deeply transformational. We work in a small group -never more than 10 and all the calls are recorded in case you can't make one.
"I can only say how incredible it ( Release and Reclaim) was. I went through a multitude of emotions through it. The emotions and release I went through was challenging, but I can honestly say my attitude and ability to have released some lifelong limiting beliefs has been life changing.
The number of people that have commented on the change is me is amazing and that has further supported me in my transition.
I have found cheerleaders and thought challengers that have been wonderful in my transition and the one person that brings that all together is Jane.
Her wisdom, intuition and incredible knowledge is the bedrock of this incredible programme.
No matter what topic was brought up by people she had a wise and thoughtful response that sparked discussion and support.
I would highly recommend joining this programme if you are looking to release limiting beliefs and manifest the future you know you are worthy of."
20/03/2024
ONLY FOUR HOURS LEFT
In four hours the price of Release and Reclaim goes up by £100.
I could write a long post about the programme, but I won’t.
It is profoundly transformational and ‘life-changing’ (as several past participants have put it).
If you’re a successful woman business owner or leader and you know you have blocks you want to Release so you can Reclaim your strong feminine power, and you’d love to connect with and harness your Divine Feminine, this is for you.
An eight week guided journey through the chakras. Starts Monday 25th March.
Message me, email me or comment below if you want to manifest and open up a whole new world of possibility. Do it before midnight and I’ll hold that price.
19/03/2024
Free Equinox meditation 8am tomorrow 20th March 8am UK time. Register (essential) here. https://tinyurl.com/mrxa46a8
And if you are a woman feeling disconnected with your inner leader, wanting to manifest more successfully, knowing that there are blocks you need to clear to succeed, then we still have a few places on Release and Reclaim, an eight week programme starting 25th March. https://drjanelewis.com/release-and-reclaim
A meditation on the Equinox to bring us balance as we move into the longer days (in Northern Hemisphere).
18/03/2024
Usually I am teaching in Hawaii on the equinoxes, and generally don't tend to have time to do an Equinox meditation. But not this year! I am not going to Hawaii until April, so I am really excited by the fact that I get to be here at one of the great energetic moments in the astral calendar and can share it with you.
I'm opening it up beyond the Secret Art of Huna Facebook group: I do regular new and full meditations in the group, but it's nice to share the less frequent events with a wider audience.
And I am doing it on zoom, rather than as a live, so we can actually come together and chat. Wednesday March 20th at 8am UK time.
Connect with the Divine Feminine - a free Master Class for women in deepening your connection with the divine feminine and embracing your feminine power.
Designed to help you tune more deeply into the energy of the connection, reflect on what it means to you, and some tools and techniques to help you embrace that aspect of you.
I am running it three times so you have three options.
Today (11 March) 7.30 pm - 9pm UK time
Thursday March 14th 12.30pm -2 pm UK time
Tuesday March 19th 12.00pm - 1.30pm UK time
Today being March 8th (International Women's Day), it seems appropriate to tell you about the Connect With the Divine Feminine Masterclass I am running next week.
I have mixed feelings about IWD. I am glad on balance that it does exist, although I think we sometimes become very Western focussed with it and forget that, while true equality is still rare in our society and systems, we at least have the opportunity to talk about it without being hauled off to gaol. Not true in many places.
Something we can do for ourselves as women is to embrace our womanhood, not to make women good and men bad, but to celebrate our difference.
Many of the world's spiritual approaches talk about harmony and balance - for example the yin/yang symbol shows how the male and the female each contain the essence of one another.
Yet how many of us feel disconnected from our feminine essence, perhaps because it seemed necessary for career or business success, or because we didnt have great role models, or because juggling the plates of life hasn't left time for this sort of thing.
When we do reconnect, it can give us such strength.
I'm running the Connect With the Divine Feminine masterclass again next week. It's a free 90 minute workshop to guide you in connecting with the Divine Feminine through a powerful meditative process.
We are running the same masterclass three times, so you can pick which one suits you best. You may attend more than once, although the content will broadly be the same.
Options are: Tuesday March 11th 7.30 - 9.00 pm UK time (GMT/UT) Thursday March 14th 12.30 pm - 2 pm UK time (GMT/UT) Tuesday March 19th 12.00 pm to 1.30 pm UK time (GMT/UT)
When I was a lass there was no International Women's Day. The nearest thing anyone came to a global - yes global - celebration of women was Mother's Day - and the Brits do that on a different date to most of the rest of the world anyway!
So to all the eye-rollers, with all IWD's faults, let's celebrate the fact that we do now globally celebrate women on the same day, together, even while knowing that there are many parts of the world where such celebration or even conversation isn't possible, that there is still so much work to be done, and that while the issue of women's equality should be incredibly simple, it isn't.
I am delegate at CSW68 (2024), the UN commission on women's equality and gender empowerment. The conference doesn't get going until next week, but it's worth noting their focus for this year:
“Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective”.
Poverty is a massive contributor to gender inequality. As the Commission says, 'Globally 10.3 per cent of women live in extreme poverty today, and they are poorer than men.'
That's where I choose to focus my thoughts today, on what we can do about financially inequality and the part that poverty plays in gender inequality.
04/03/2024
Writing my book on forgiveness as a key to success in business and in life, I've been collecting stories from successful women who have turned their lives and their businesses around using forgiveness. A common theme among many of these women is of disconnection, staying silent, not feeling able to stand up for themselves, engage with their passion, speak their truth.
Which is why the work I do with the women in my Release and Reclaim programme is so important. This is a supportive journey through the chakras to release old blocks using forgiveness and other methods, reconnect with the Divine Feminine and your sense of purpose and reclaim your power, your passion and your connected self. It's an 8 week group programme, with weekly calls, Q+A, laser coaching, and more, starting Monday 25th March.
And if you've already done Release and Reclaim, and found it valuable, feel free to share this information with women you believe would also benefit from it.
Dr Jane Lewis: spiritual teacher using ancient Hawaiian spiritual techniques to help over-stretched leaders rediscover themselves
26/02/2024
If you're a woman who wants to connect more deeply with the Divine Feminine - or you know a woman who wants to connect more deeply with the Divine Feminine - then I am running Release and Reclaim for the sixth time, starting March 25th.
Maybe you're feeling demotivated or low in passion for what you do. That's often related to blocks in the 3rd chakra. Several previous participants experienced great energy boosts after releasing blocks in this chakra.
One participant had spent a lifetime of not speaking up. She released the blocks in her throat chakra - and it was a total game changer.
It's an eight week journey through the chakras to enable you to release the blocks associated with chakra and reclaim your feminine power. The calls are weekly, and they are recorded. There are also Q+A calls with opportunities for laser coaching.
I applied to be a delegate at the UN Commission on the State of Women conference 2024. And they have accepted me. We get training and everything. Exciting.
14/02/2024
Would you - could you - be in my book?
I'm writing a book on forgiveness (second edit now) and I am looking to interview up to 10 successful, spiritually-aware, business women and other women leaders who have experienced a clear, positive impact or forgiveness on their business or career.
I’d love to include some powerful examples of it working in a business or career context. Names can be changed.
This is NOT a sales call (unless you want it to be!) I'm genuinely looking to bring the book alive with real life examples.
It may be I have helped you work through a forgiveness issue in the past and I am not aware of it, or it may be something that you just realised, or you uncovered with another coach. The main thing is that you experienced an obvious positive benefit in your business and/or career. Or maybe you know a woman who fits the criteria and would like to talk about it.
If you'd like to help please DM me. Thank you so much.
05/02/2024
Can you be corporate and spiritual?
I was at a Mind, Body, Spirit show over the weekend, and chatting to one of the exhibitors who observed that ‘you can’t be spiritual – I don’t mean religious - if you’re working in some big company’.
I was slightly taken aback before I remembered that this was my belief thirty years ago when I was working as a management consultant. To be fair, I wasn’t spiritually minded at that time, although I had studied massage, aromatherapy and cranio-sacral therapy as a side hustle. My spiritual development came after I left the corporate space, but even if I had been spiritually aware I don’t think I would have spoken about it. It would have been a bit too odd.
Fortunately the world and I have moved on. I remember being very excited to learn that the CEO of one of the largest Australian banks had his own Feng Shui master, and happily grabbing a book called ‘The Corporate Shaman’ (published in 2002). And I now describe myself as a leadership and spirituality coach because I have come to believe you can live a spiritual life and work for a medium or even a global organisation. Google encourages people to learn meditation, and organises talks with luminaries of the spirituality industry, such as Deepak Chopra or Eckhart Tolle.
I am curious to learn of your experience. Do you find the world of work more tolerant or even more interested in the question of spirituality? Can you discuss your spiritual beliefs anyway, or do you feel confined to a small group, or particular people? I'd love to know.
And if it does feel like a conflict and you'd like support, DM me
Next week is Imbolc, 1st February, the celebration of the start of spring in the Celtic tradition. Like Samhain (1st November, the day after Halloween and the start of winter in Celtic terms) it’s half way between the winter solstice and one of the Equinoxes. Yet Samhain gets a lot of attention, while many people who have heard of Samhain (sounds like Sawain), and even celebrate it, have never heard of Imbolc (pronounced Imbolk).
How strange that we celebrate the onset of winter, and the shortening of the days (Samhain) but we don’t mark the start of spring, the lengthening of the days, the appearance of those early snowdrops, and the birth of new lambs. Yet one meaning of the word Imbolc was ‘in the belly’ referring to ewes being pregnant with their lambs.
It's associated with St Brigid, who now has her own holiday in Ireland which should raise people’s consciousness of the festival. It’s also associated with the Christian Candlemas – celebrated on or around 2nd February – where candles would be brought to church and blessed in celebration of the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus (at the Temple).
A point in the calendar riddled with significance in many faiths and cultural traditions, often overlooked.
I've just been interviewed for my guest appearance in Create Your Best Year Yet 2024 - 31 days of interviews by women for women on topics from health and wellness, to finances, to decluttering and (courtesy of me) Forgiveness.
There are some great topics, and some great speakers, and the talks are a maximum of 25 minutes, which suits most busy people.
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09/01/2024
Delighted to have a return visit to the podcast from Dr Jane Lewis who featured in episode 43 about the ancient Hawaiian wisdom of Huna. In this episode we are in conversation about touch, the importance of it for our health and the impact of being denied opportunities for touch during the Covid 19....
08/01/2024
I don’t often promote other people’s work. It’s got to be really good value and genuinely useful. This is definitely good value and definitely useful.
So ….If you want the year ahead to be your best year yet but you don't know where to start with planning...then this is for you!
My friend and business mentor, Price of , is running a five day planning party starting today.
What is a planning party? Well, it's like a free 5 day planning challenge...but with a party vibe.
Sara will be going live each day with 'training' to help you to plan for your best year yet.
And she'll be answering questions and packing in as much expertise and value as she can.
But she assures me that there will also be playlists, party games, presents and prizes!
So if you want to learn how to plan the Actually way - and you'd like to get your year off to a great start with some fun, connection and frivolity - then I really recommend that you join her for the Actually Planning Party!
You can follow along in the Actually Making a Difference group - BUT I suggest that you register as a VIP party guest so you can get your hands on the workbook and templates. Plus three additional live Q&A sessions, even more prizes and presents and an opening night party tonight (Sunday)
To register just click on the link below and RSVP!
A FREE 2 hour Masterclass designed to help create content that shines like a beacon to attract your ideal client. We have been creating daily content for nearly five years and helping our clients to do the same. In this Masterclass we share everything we have learnt about creating sparkling content....
14/12/2023
Do you enjoy magical, mystical experiences?
If so, and you are a woman who is ready to do some deeply transformational, experiential work in 2024, then I recommend you join the six-day Transform Your Life With the Magic Of Huna virtual retreat.
It's split into two parts: 16-18 February then March 8-10th.
It's made a huge difference in my life - I am so much more at peace with myself than I ever was - and everyone who has done either the in person or the virtual version of the retreat has experienced profound transformation and insights.
This gives .you a flavour.
"It was a very, very emotional, uplifting and energizing week, we learned so much about ourselves about Huna and our dual universe and about how everything works together and what works. And for me, it was great to let at home my conscious mind - that left brain side which is very very active in my in my normal life - and just tap into my unconscious, tap into everything else that's out there...And just find a way to develop myself so much further and get the tools and the toolbox to at home also. To take that knowledge, work on myself and being myself."
This is the link to find out more
Dr Jane Lewis: spiritual teacher using ancient Hawaiian spiritual techniques to help over-stretched leaders rediscover themselves in this profound experiential Huna retreat
06/12/2023
What does magic mean to you?
I've long had a love of the magical, and was once offered a job as magician's assistant in an Arab circus! Truly. And i think one of the things that first attracted me to Huna, apart from the fact that the healing processes bloody worked and worked quickly, was the idea that it had a magical side.
Amazing that you could learn how to do what we called, back then, spells (nowadays we call it 'P**e' or prayer - but then, a prayer is a form of spell: putting a wish out to the Divine that something should be so). Manifestation that actually works.
Sometimes I feel like a magician when I take someone through a Huna process, and they come out the other side not quite sure what they let go of, but knowing that something has shifted significantly and they have the transformation they wanted.
And there is the wide-eyed child-like excitement that Huna offers, which for me is also a form of magic.
Enchantment... excitement...surprise...transformation...the unexpected... the unseen.
All this is magic for me. So what is it for you?
05/04/2023
Energy Release Techniques for Life Mastery
As a coach, therapist or healer or one kind or another, it’s really important we pay attention to our own spiritual, mental, emotional and physical health. But how many of us can honestly say that we do?
Energy Release Techniques for Life Mastery is an opportunity to do just that in a 2 hour Masterclass.
In this Masterclass I’ll guide you through a series of meditations to help you clear out your own blocks and open space for new awareness. Together, we’ll harness the power of Source, Spirit, God, Goddess the Divine (whatever your name for this Higher Power) to release old, trapped energies, bring you greater awareness, and help you let go of stress – so that you feel lighter, freer, and more alive. (Link to book is in the comments)
This Masterclass will help you to look differently at your own experience of life and support you in manifesting your deepest desires with a new level of Mastery. It’s like an energetic spring clean, which you can come back to at any time.
If you’re feeling stuck; if you find yourself procrastinating; if baggage from your childhood is holding you back or leaving you with trauma symptoms; if you’re struggling to let go of old hurts, old fears, old resentments or guilt - this Masterclass can help you to release your spiritual, mental and emotional baggage.
The processes I will share with you are fast but deep. One client – who focussed only on a short anger release process – told me afterwards that it had transformed her life. It transformed her relationship with her ex from angry resentment to collaboration, compassion and even friendship, and has had a radical impact on the lives of their children. That is the power of this kind of energy release work.
And I know this from first-hand experience in my own life too. In the 25 years since I first learned these meditations, this release work has saved my mental health following clinical depression and I still use them on a regular basis to clear out the debris left after life’s curved balls - or to release mental and emotional baggage that I didn’t previously know I had. These techniques have literally kept me sane for the last 23 years, which is why I am a passionate advocate for their healing powers.
I have guided hundreds of people through this release work and continually marvel at its powerful simplicity and impact.
After the release work, you’ll have a chance for some coaching with me on questions that have come up. And you can use the recording to go through the process again any time you need to.
Energy Release Techniques for Life Mastery is 2 hours long. The longer time allows me to take you through the guided meditations to release your blocks using both verbal and energetic techniques to support you, and spend some time in laser coaching and answering questions.
It’s on Thursday 13th April at 7pm UK time, and the meditations will be recorded, although not the questions or individual laser coaching. It is the fourth in this Coaching Wisdom Mastery series but you can attend it as a stand-alone class or as part of the series.
Your investment is £47, which includes access to the live event, the recording and a workbook.
(Check the comments for the link to book)
17/02/2023
The Coaching Wisdom Masterclasses: mastering energy for powerful coaching and a vibrant life
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Videos
The word 'Aloha' has a much deeper meaning than 'Hi' or 'Welcome'. Find out more about the deeper meaning in this short video
Change and financial uncertainty
Like many of my clients, I am going through a phase of change, which is likely to have financial consequences.
What should we be aware of? How can we make it easier or more manageable?
What about those emotions like anger or fear - how do we deal with them?
Full Moon Meditation
Meditation on the Full Moon - a super Strawberry moon. Round off the first half of the year
Asking for help
We women find it so hard to ask for help - here's why, and why it is so important
The Invisible Woman
Are you an invisible woman? Do you hold back from expressing your opinions or being seen? This video talks about why we do this, and offers some tips for being seen
Embracing Samhain
In the Celtic system, 1 November was an important festival, when the veil between the world of the living and the dead was at its thinnest. It was also the start of winter. It's a great time for reflection and preparation. This video talk about its origins and how you can use this time
Take Control of Your Thinking
How to take control of your thinking and is it an essential part of developing and managing our lives?
Please click below to listen on Facebook now and leave a comment and ask any questions you may have, I'd love to hear from you.
The Day That Facebook DIed
How did you react to last week's Facebook outage? (Along with Instagram and WhatsApp). Did you just get on with your life? Was it distressing? Did you feel disconnected? Here I share a few thoughts about what there is to learn from it all.
Why Do We Need To Heal Old Hurts And Wounds
Old wounds have long fingers. And sometimes we think we've cleared them and discovered we haven't.
Why it's important that we acknowledge our old wounds, and why it's important that we heal our old wounds?
Please click below to listen on Facebook now and leave a comment and ask any questions you may have, I'd love to hear from you.
Taking Control in Crisis and Change
In the current environment, it can feel as if we have very little control over our experiences. Learn how to take control in crisis and change.
Please click below to listen in Facebook now and leave a comment and ask any questions you may have, I'd love to hear from you.
Using Huna to Heal Trauma
How Huna can help with healing trauma. What is trauma? What other options are there? How can Huna help? Please click below to listen in Facebook now and leave a comment and ask any questions you may have, I'd love to hear from you.
The Power Of The Present
The power of the present is the power of today, the present moment. This is important because it's so easy to live in the past. Please click below to listen on Facebook now and leave a comment and ask any questions you may have, I'd love to hear from you.
Rest and be thankful: the antidote to burnout?
Is rest the best antidote to burnout? Or does it worsen the problem? And if rest isn't the answer - what is?
Why Coaching Should be Taught in Schools!
Coaching is a life-skill - leaders need it, families need it. About why it is so important and so valuable, an idea of what it is we mean by coaching, and more
Connection
Why connection is important - how can we have better connection. If you want to develop connection with yourself, join me on the Introduction to Huna Virtually Speaking on 10th July. https://secretartofhuna.com/saoh-virtual-workshop-july21/
And if you want help with connection (or communication with others then https://secretartartofhuna/diary to book a complementary call
What's Loneliness Mean To You?
Are you someone who's ever experienced deep loneliness? If not, do you know someone who has? Different ways to think about loneliness, different ways to do something about it.
Celebrating the Solstice
Reflections on the Solstice - how to celebrate and why
Giving and receiving
How easily do you give/ how easily do you receive - are the two inn balance or out of balance?
Welcome to the Secret Art Of Huna. This page is for spiritually minded people with an interest in Huna - the spiritual, energetic and healing traditions of the ancient Hawaiians. It might be you know something of Huna, or you might know nothing, or you might have learned about ho'oponopono (the Hawaiian forgiveness process which we also teach as part of Huna).
The purpose is to share information about Huna and the Hawaiian culture, and offer practical advice as to how we can apply this amazing wisdom in our lives to effect change. It's a space for learning and discussion and support and community.
Whether you're familiar with Huna or not, you feel called to learn more, and you're probably interested in letting going of mental and emotional baggage, like anger, shame or resentment or beliefs that hold you back. You're probably interested in manifesting more successfully, and even unleashing your inner sorceress for the benefit of yourself and of those you care about.
Dr Jane Lewis has over 20 years’ experience working with energy and energy healing, which she started when she was still a professional management consultant. She’s come a long way since then, after discovering Huna as a way of recovering from clinical depression without the benefit of pills. Today, as an qualified coach, NLP trainer, and clinical hypnotherapist she goes twice a year to Hawai’i to teach Huna there, and is one of only two people in the UK authorised to run 5 day intensive Huna retreats. With a PhD in esoteric studies, where her dissertation was all about using Huna to bring spirituality into leadership, her knowledge of Huna is both broad and deep.
Here’s what some of her students and clients have said.
“Jane, you have a unique ability to blend the practical and the magical to create within your students the inner knowing that they can move forward on their Path.”
Kymm Nelson, MakeYourGreatLife.com
I had a session with Jane to remove negative feelings and resentment that I was feeling towards another person which was holding me back and causing me stress.Jane was highly professional whilst being warm and very supportive and I I recommend working with her to anyone who wants to get rid of negative associations and feelings that are causing you pain.
