Healing Experiences

I regularly ask clients if they would like to write down their experiences so that people who are seeking help and are not yet familiar with the treatment method can get an impression. Their stories are below. Thank you very much!

N.E., female 47 years, Aid worker
Wilmar is a good therapist who knows how to reassure you with his energy and humor. You feel safe with him. He knows how to go in and connect with what is currently going on and where it comes from. He has a unique method that penetrates deeply. The sessions helped me through the deep parts very quickly. I feel much lighter and happier. My negative outlook on life (glass is half empty) is lighter and more positive. I wholeheartedly recommend Wilmar.

Carla, age 68
If you feel that something is wrong, but you do not know what, you cannot formulate your request for help and therefore cannot be helped in this country through regular assistance. So I had to rely on another form of help.
After a very long search I was convinced that I had to help myself, that went well to a certain extent, until you realize that you cannot do this alone and so help has to come from outside. But where can you find that? Another search and through an acquaintance I ended up at Wilmar Vaartjes, who made me very happy. I entered the practice super anxious, tense and unsure, determined to get the bottom stone out of what is wrong with me and to heal it.
The treatments so far have brought many old hidden emotions to the surface and transformed them so that there is less fear and tension. Habit patterns change slowly, there is more joy without being attached to anything.
There is less resistance to life and there is more self-confidence and I see situations differently.
I find the treatment method very pleasant, careful, attentive and respectful. Fortunately, there is also humor.
Wilmar has no judgment about the situation I ended up in, but we are going to work with it. I have the feeling that the treatments awaken the self-healing capacity of my body, so that there is less panic, less tension and uncertainty and more self-confidence.
There is a lot less cramping and I am very grateful to myself and Wilmar for that.

Man, 56 years, Self-employed
The reason to visit Wilmar was a burn-out in which I was really rock-bottom, with anxiety and panic attacks. Already with the first treatment I could experience the beneficial effect of the treatment. In the beginning, 1 treatment per week was not enough, but luckily I could - if I really couldn't take it anymore - fall back on Wilmar, who could sometimes treat me remotely during the first weeks. Especially because of Wilmar's treatment, I was able to quickly 'process' my burnout and he also helped me to see how I can prevent a recurrence.

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Woman, 34, experiences a lot of tension both privately and at work. Feels like it's getting too much for her. After 1 session: experiences more relaxation, can put things off more easily.

K Scheffers, Female, 28 years, Trainer
How was I just before I started at Wilmar?
I had been walking with a sense of pressure on my heart for about two years. I went to the doctor for this and she couldn't help it. I noticed that this pressure became intense at certain times. If I was more open and experienced connection with people or nature, the pressure became more intense. The last few months before my first visit to Wilmar, I was under such intense pressure almost every day that it became almost unbearable. Then I decided to try a different, alternative route.What have the treatments given me?
I go to Wilmar about once a month, starting in May 2014. These treatments have been a transformational journey for me on a very deep level that is hard to put into words. During the first session Wilmar managed to put his finger on exactly the right places. It turned out that my heart pain was the result of a lot of profound processes. I was surprised that he could indicate many processes that I was not aware of at the time. It turned out that my whole body was under tension. The first few treatments we have been busy removing this tension. As a result, a lot of emotion arose. I feel like I've been living in an emotional piton for a few months. Very intense and very necessary. At the same time it felt like a liberation, cleansing of my body, soul and spirit on a very deep level. The first few months I didn't feel an immediate result but intuitively I knew that this was exactly what I needed. Wilmar's treatments feel like an onion, in which we go one layer deeper and eventually have arrived at deep sadness and pain that prevent me from being my greatest self. Now, having arrived there, I feel so much more space in myself. I feel grounded, more rooted. I feel more powerful, closer to myself. I feel like I'm much closer to the person I really am and want to be. I have the feeling that energetic knots have been removed so that the life energy can flow again. And that's wonderful. I know I'm not quite there yet and that's okay. I know I'm well on my way and I'm super grateful for that.What is my opinion on the treatment method?
I really appreciate that Wilmar really takes the time for me. I have absolutely no sense of rush and really feel seen by him. Wilmar is one of the few people I know who really sees me and can see deep processes. I like that we start with a conversation in which he indicates what he sees and there is room for questions from my side. As the treatments progress, I also understand better where I stand and the connections he sees. And the great thing is that it doesn't just stop at talking. When Wilmar treats me, physically I feel a lot happening in my body. Usually I'm as mad as hell after that, but that soon passes. I also like that we can talk afterwards so that everything becomes a bit clearer. Usually I don't feel so good the days after because a lot of emotion comes up. I have now learned to deal with this.
In short: I am very satisfied with the treatment method. Wilmar sees not only the outside but also the inside on a very deep level. I have no idea how he does it but I know he can heal on a very deep level and I think that's super special. It is a very special talent and gift and I am happy that Wilmar uses this in a very loving way. I think it is special that Wilmar carries out his treatments from an intention of love and complete surrender. I feel 100% at ease with Wilmar and dare to surrender completely to him. Wilmar is a very special man with a special gift that he uses in the right way. Wilmar has really changed my life with his treatments and I am super happy and grateful to have got to know him.

Cyan, Female, 35 years.
I have been treated for 5 years with different methods of healing and have gone through regular therapy for anxiety and trauma. Since 5 yrs, while acknowledging my anxiety symptoms and these are getting less, "for no apparent reason" I feel a mysterious deep fatigue/exhaustion/heaviness in my body and I have sudden crying fits, while my body was declared completely healthy! I came to Wilmar through divine grace and I said in tears how desperate I am, now that I no longer have to hide out of fear and shame, my heart is more and more open, but that I need more than 12 hours of sleep and also rest in between have to take.

Every day my body cries, suffers from tension, there is pain around my heart and solar plexus so that I can hardly live a “normal” life, luckily I can meditate well I also have a good sense of humor, already lived like ' kind of a modern mendicant which soothes my spiritual ego and I'm not going crazy, although a few weeks before I got to Wilmar's I found myself really starting to like thinking about death. Now, 5 months later, things are going a lot better and also: Wilmar sees a lot of interesting things about my process. We also work on what comes to the fore in my life/energy field and which (other) emotions, where to release the pressure first, etc, for example that I have suppressed enormous anger and rage. All this brings necessary explanation for what I experience with my body, which helps me to accept more and more deeply and that everything has a divine reason, even more significant meaning. This also describes what I feel during such a channeling of Light/Oneness, when I fall into a deep fat Silence/Love, even while the body is crying and shaking on all sides.

I feel comfortable with him and he is really heart and soul in what he does and very pure and real and you can feel it. I'm very sensitive so that's pretty important to me, and he's awake haha. I don't feel that easily with people or healers who are not awake, but pretend that I dare and may be myself. I am deeply grateful that this exists, this and also Craniosacral Therapy!

Woman 64 years
Felt a lot of tension in her body. Despite her husband's illness and recently herself, she feels more balanced and relaxed, partly because of Wilmar's treatments. She indicates that she will definitely make another appointment with Wilmar when she feels less balanced.

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Woman 65 years, constant feeling of tension in body for many years, many restless thoughts, finds it difficult to find peace. After 3 sessions: feels that a peace has come into her, can let go much easier.

Natanja, 60 yrs.
I came to Wilmar after advice from a friend who felt it would be something for me. And she was absolutely right!
After a very painful divorce, which also brought out long-hidden childhood traumas, I almost drowned out my grief and couldn't find a way out. I was in total panic.
The first thing Wilmar did was throw me a "life buoy" which made me feel some solid ground under my feet again. When the worst panic was over, he started peeling off all the conscious and unconscious layers that had prevented me from living fully and in joy for so long.
We are now a number of treatments   further and I feel like a different person! There is bottom again, I feel more and more who I am in essence, I am really coming to my Self.
Deeper layers are being touched and peeled off and although that can sometimes be very confronting because the things that would rather not come to light also become visible, Wilmar's humor and loving treatment make it possible to take on this too!
He always sees exactly how things are going and what is needed at that moment. Many times I came in crying and left laughing.
Even though you are lying on a table, lovingly tucked under a blanket by Wilmar and you don't have to "do" anything, I feel that a lot is happening during the treatments.
For me, thanks to Wilmar's treatments, a profound transformation has started that has a positive effect on all fronts in my life!
I heartily recommend Wilmar and hope that many will find their way to him.

K.W. , Female
What started as a request for help for my children, quickly became a treatment for myself. Wilmar noted that anger and the quarrels at home were the underlying cause of the children's complaints. Already after the first treatment I noticed that I was no longer overcome by anger. It was as if I now had a conscious moment of choice, when I can stop. There is less arguing and the complaints in the children have also decreased. And by the way, I also got rid of my hay fever.

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Man 67 years old, suffering from nightmares and involuntary muscle tension, especially around the jaws. After 5 sessions, the muscle tension and anxiety dreams have disappeared and have remained since.

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Woman 59 years, experiences a lot of emotional tension, suffers from asthma-like complaints. Feels emotionally stuck. After 4 sessions: her cheerful playfulness is back. She feels like her 'old self' again. Asthma-like complaints have disappeared.

TvdW, woman 47 years, Foot reflexology therapist
In February 2014 I came to Wilmar for the first time. For years I suffered from pain in my heart. In the regular circuit I had done all the investigations I could do to rule out a medical cause. Meditation and other forms of therapy also did not help the enormous blockage I felt in my body behind the pain. Very regularly I went to Wilmar for treatment. I noticed changes pretty quickly. Not that the pain went away immediately, but something did change. As if there was a shift in my body and mind. In the course of the year it got better and better and there was more and more space in me. My original complaint is almost over and my personal development has taken flight in me. A lot has changed in the way I live and experience life. I feel more stripped of ballast and the feeling of having a huge blockage has disappeared. I experience the agreements with Wilmar as very pleasant. There is peace and confidence. Where necessary, he explains things without falling into too much talk. The healings Wilmar gives are more than taking away a complaint, the healings allow me to come forward.

Robert de Lange, Entrepreneur
This is the story I always tell about you and which has led to more than ten friends of mine now following your session. :)I met Wilmar at a health fair in Amsterdam. There he gave free 5 minute sessions. When I sat in front of him and indicated that my stomach had been bothering me for years, he looked at me with the insightful look that later turned out to be so typical of Wilmar when he is working. In the next few minutes he gave me an explanation of both my physical complaints and the underlying psychological layers. It didn't just stop with the burden of my stomach, but he also mentioned all the other minor and major physical complaints that I had seen in recent years. And he closely linked this to my emotional and psychological state. In those few minutes, he summarized what it had taken me many years to figure out - including training and reading books on psychology, emotional influences from my parents, for example, and spirituality.

Then Wilmar said: ʻSit quietly and relaxed with your eyes closed.ʼ In the five minutes - because it really couldn't have been longer that Wilmar was busy with his healing - I just sat on the chair with my eyes closed. Wilmar has been sitting half a meter in front of me all this time, only sometimes breathing heavily.
However, the result was astonishing. Those few minutes had more effect than all the energetic treatments I had had before. And the great thing about it was that the result is permanent, which is often not the case with other healings. I thought ʻif Wilmar can achieve this in 5 minutes, what can he not in one hour! So since then I have been regular visited Wilmar in Houten for further treatments. These really changed my life a lot. Precisely by the combination of gaining insight into what is going on in my emotional and energetic body and receiving immediate help. I am now much more powerful in life and have accomplished things in relationship, friendship and business that I would never have been able to do otherwise. I have agreed with my girlfriend (who is currently also taking sessions at Wilmar) that when we get married we will invite Wilmar too, since he has meant so much to our relationship. That says enough, right? †

Man, 50 years old, Project Manager.
Since my puberty I suffer from depressive periods, at first without realizing it myself. Around the age of 35 I "named" this with the help of a therapist. Because of the side effects, I never seriously considered medication, I got out of it on my own. Still, I grew increasingly fearful of the next bleak period.
I am quite precise and technical and have little knowledge of Wilmar's treatment method, so I started with the attitude of "if it doesn't help, it doesn't hurt". After 2 to 3 treatments, the gloom disappeared!
I have continued with sessions because it brings me more than any therapy/coaching: I am better able to deal with work stress, have more energy and more peace of mind. The difference is also clearly noticed at home, my life has become a lot "lighter".

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Man aged 46, diagnosed with ADD (difficulty concentrating), struggles with performance anxiety. After 5 sessions: can concentrate well again, experiences renewed strength to put things down. Career is on the rise.

I. , Female
Before I met Wilmar I walked around with serious emotional and physical complaints in which anxiety, depression and trauma were at the forefront, which caused insomnia, exhaustion and general malaise and made me feel like a dead bird. Then I came across Wilmar through Google and his therapeutic approach really appealed to me. I was attracted to the information on his website as well as the interview which was also available to watch. I was able to get in pretty quickly. I had to write down what I was struggling with (as far as I knew it myself) and he was able to indicate with integrity what the complaints were based on and what needs to be worked on. That was enlightening. Also, both he and I knew that this was going to be a lengthy process for me as it was also a lengthy process that got me into this mess. His insights about me reassured me because it gave me more insight into myself and my complaints.

At first I came by weekly, then fortnightly and now four weekly. I had to think about what exactly the therapy entails because it is rather difficult to explain. In the end I come up with the following description: The first part when you come by, you discuss with Wilmar how you are doing and while you tell Wilmar "looks" along and together with me puts awareness on the places and parts in my body that need attention in healing. Often these are unprocessed emotions that manifest themselves physically and that literally make you sick. Different layers where trauma is stored are addressed and it is never possible to say in advance which may be resolved first. Wilmar's therapy is not like regular therapists when it comes to "dealing with" but with him it's just solving. Then I lie down on a nice couch / massage couch and if I want, a calming music is played in the background. Wilmar sits behind me. Having complete faith in the process, I let go and allow what is needed to emerge. My consciousness can easily be taken to the places in my body that need to be considered. Wilmar helps me solve those pieces that are needed without involving any form of cognition. Actually, it is the body that clears things that are necessary to be or become healthier. Wilmar facilitates and supports that process by, among other things, Unity Consciousness and Vortexhealing techniques. In addition, he always advises what else can help to support his therapy. He also advised me talk therapy to agree on what I've been through and body-oriented therapy because of my fear of being touched by what happened in my life. In short, a holistic picture.

I learn a lot from Wilmar and his therapy helps me to become healthier by letting go of all trauma lobes like an onion, all in due time to not put more stress on the body. Every month he helps me to go one step further in my healing process. It has helped me a lot and my complaints are gradually getting less. Trust in the world is growing and complaints are becoming milder and less. I go for complete healing and that takes a while, but I experience Wilmar's warmth, compassion, insights and healing methods as very valuable in becoming one again what I once was. Thank you Wilmar. We just keep going!

Business entrepreneur, 53 year old woman
A friend (I call him Kees) drew my attention to Wilmar Vaartjes' practice. Kees was always a very rational man, who always had a hard time getting his senses. I was very impressed with the effect of his sessions with Wilmar. I suddenly had a much more intense and personal contact with him, because after 25 years he finally opened up to me personally. I thought: “If it helps him that much, then it must work for me too.” For me, Wilmar bridges the gap between feelings that live in myself and the universe. He is a moment of rest for me that brings me closer and closer to my own 'inner knowledge'. Without judging or even touching you, Wilmar brings light and space where knots and tension used to be. I still don't know what he's doing. That doesn't matter to me either. What counts: it helps me to land better in my body and myself.

Woman, 56 years old, housewife.
The treatments always bring what is needed at that moment and lead to a transformation that makes your life completely different. There is ground under your feet, there is balance, you are no longer burdened by all the sadness, fears disappear and your essential self is finally given space and may be there.

All this in a loving way with attention, humor and accurate metaphors.
It is very nice to be guided in this way and to experience lasting peace, space and lightness.

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Male 44 years, suffering from persistent compulsive behavior, onset towards the end of his teens. After 6 sessions compulsive behavior has almost disappeared, is more relaxed and more in his body.

Adriana, Artist & designer, 30 years
I contacted Wilmar because I was feeling restless and physically and emotionally unbalanced. I wanted to work on this in order to experience more peace and joy in my private life and at work.

Wilmar's treatments have supported me in making a connection with the earthly, with my own body and myself as a whole. I feel more present and more open to my environment in the past year that I have been treated by Wilmar. The treatments have supported the recognition of, among other things, behavioral patterns, family connections and blockages.

Wilmar can explain to me what he sees and what he means by means of good examples or simple drawings. Wilmar's direct and clear way of communicating means that I can apply the information from the conversations we have in my daily activities. In my opinion, Wilmar understands the creative processes of a cultural entrepreneur well, so that my studio has also developed in the last year because we also talk about this.

I like that a treatment consists of 2 parts, in which we talk the first part and the second part the treatment takes place in silence on the treatment couch. Wilmar indicates in advance which parts he is going to work on so that it becomes concrete. One of the treatments is sometimes more intensive than the other, but that is partly due to the points that are discussed or on which energetic work is being done. Working via Skype is also fine, but my preference is to come to Houten.

Christa, foot reflexology therapist, 61 years.
July 2013, I was not doing well. After a long time of 'performing' I felt tired. On an emotional level there was unrest and now was the time to get started, I sought contact.
We are now 1.5 years further in time and what has it brought me? The formulated request for help is no longer current and now it looks more like a journey of discovery into who I am, with two feet on the ground. The treatment creates inner movement and it seems that what is stuck comes to life in such a way that you can look at it. It is nice to have recurring contact with Wilmar.
His words are pure and clear and the messages given to me are valuable. The intention of the words and advice continue to resound and it contributes to reflection and insight and then space is created. It is fair to say that it is not always easy to look at it and to feel it, but knowing that this is part of the process of becoming aware gives me courage to continue. Each step deeper to the next layer.
After the talk there is room for the continuation of the healing on the treatment table. It usually gives me a sense of peace, depth and confidence. We are working and it is a pleasure to receive. For me it is fine as it is and after this hour we say goodbye and the journey continues.

Woman, M.W.
I struggled to get out and profile myself more. Wilmar has stimulated and inspired me. He was aware of my qualities, which I did not realize myself and helped me to trust more deeply in myself and my being. Now I am happy to give workshops and group healing and I am even asked to do it. Thank you Wilmar for your insights and energetic work.
What I notice myself, but also people around me, is the even greater peace in me.
I keep to myself so easily, it's wonderful. I also feel happier, even though I was already enjoying life.
The treatments themselves are wonderful, I lie silently listening to music, while I also have the feeling that I am being pushed into the table, for example,
or see, or tingle, all corners of the room.
When Wilmar stops the treatment, it is as if I can come back from far away, while I myself have the feeling that I am clearly there.
Unusual but also very beautiful.
I think Wilmar is a very pleasant person, very honest; so it's a joy to be there.

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Woman 50 years old, suffering from the consequences of a burnout for a long time, suffering from the consequences of facial pain as a result of an emotional trauma. Deep physical relaxation after 3 sessions. Remains of facial pain disappeared.

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Boy 8 years. Very anxious and prone to tantrums. After 1 session: anxiety and tantrums very much reduced. Boy is more balanced, calmer and easier to deal with.

Maurits, 31 years, Program maker, facilitator
I have been in treatment with Lavahealing since November 2013. The reason was that I suffered from back pain that did not go away and general fatigue. I suspected that my physical complaints had deeper underlying causes and I was open to a different approach. I found this one at Lava Healing. From the start I felt completely at ease and fully seen and heard. Wilmar Vaartjes felt fully present and seemed to see through me, as it were, telling only what he saw. What he said resonated with me, although I couldn't place or comprehend everything. Until now I do not fully understand how Wilmar's treatment method works. All I know is that it feels familiar and good. The treatments so far have given me more insight into myself, how I stand in the world and where there are barriers that translate physically. I feel that I enter my body more, that there is more space for the heart and thus more balance between head, heart and body. I realize that I cannot understand myself and the world around me purely cognitively. My treatments are part of a process to make more contact with my deeper self, to dissolve internal (physical) blockages, to surrender more to life (instead of wanting to understand and control everything) and thus be freer, stronger and live life with more confidence. I feel that Wilmar sees me as I am and, from a pure, serving, supportive attitude. He works with what is, what presents itself, only guiding what naturally wants to manifest itself. That feels very nice.

Samantha
I experience Wilmar as a nice, warm person who wants the best for you. He is involved and is by your side in difficult times. I see his treatments as follows: he creates space so that I can experience that space to take the next step. I don't know exactly how he does this, it's on a different level than I can explain, but he seems to sense exactly what's going on and what you need. After a treatment it feels like something has happened, I experience space, or a burden that has been lifted off my shoulders, and I am always extremely relaxed, as if you have meditated for hours on end.
I dared to believe that I don't have to do it all alone, that he can pick up and convert certain parts energetically and thus help me to move forward.

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Woman 40 years, after traumatic experience 12 years ago suffered from manic depression. After 5 sessions: feels much more balanced and relaxed and happy. Her environment can clearly notice the difference.

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Man 49 years old, experiences great emotional pressure from family and work situation and feels that the pressure is sometimes too much for him. After 5 sessions: is much more relaxed, can let go of things, can handle conflicts better.

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Girl 14 years old, depressed for 2 years with obsessive-compulsive behavior. After 5 sessions depression and obsessive-compulsive behavior completely disappeared. Mother was very pleasantly surprised. Depression and obsessive-compulsive behavior have stayed away ever since.