- eliza@elizakerr.com
- (209) 365-3281
“I called Eliza to help with pain in my upper spine during a particularly grief-ridden period. I couldn’t breathe normally in this era because I was so tightly holding it together. I needed to be strong for others and had not released my grief for several months.
In each meeting, Eliza met me where I was at — often sleep deprived, stressed, and cranky — and gave me what I needed: guided deep belly breathing, body scanning, and a space for crying. She gave me peace, softness, nourishment, and validation that I was doing a great job.
These sessions became more about emotional maintenance and grief release than pain management, but before I knew it, the pain went away. I strongly encourage seeing Eliza for releasing grief either to avoid or treat the physical pain that can result from it. It was an invaluable (and affordable) investment in my health and well being.”
AF
“There’s nothing more over-rated than good sex and more under-rated than a good bowel movement.”
Anonymous
“Experiencing panchakarma with Eliza in El Portal was a total escape and recharge. Eliza shows you how to nurture yourself and helps instill routines that stick. The serenity of El Portal and the surrounding Yosemite area was the perfect environment to relax, reflect and renew. Eliza was incredibly intuitive to my needs, emotions and comfort. All the custom treatments, yoga, meditation and nutritious meals were just the thing I needed to move into spring feeling strong, confident and cleansed. I have continued many of the routines I learned in panchakarma in my daily life and it has made me a more calm and contemplative person. Going through panchakarma was also my catalyst for quitting caffeine and just that alone has changed my life for the better. I look forward to going through this process again next year with Eliza and for many many years to come.”
NICKI BLUHM PK residential client
Musician, Nashville, TN
My first session with Eliza was transformational — and this is not hyperbole. Her expert guidance, combined with her loving and gentle demeanor, helped me quickly and easily release decades-old repressed emotions. In the days following, I began to feel empowered as I gained a new awareness of my original self, and my affirmations became more meaningful and believable. I am incredibly grateful to be working with Eliza to reprogram my brain and cure my chronic pain.
Anonymous
“Eliza is a wonderful, adventurous, strong and inspiring woman. And very beautiful. Her hands are healing and the heart loving. I loved letting her take care of me and trusting her way.”
RADKA JANDOURKOVA PK client
Gardener, Czech Republic
“I felt like a sinking ship. The asthma I had been dealing with was no longer manageable except with the use of an inhaler. Eliza introduced me to the Ayurveda philosophy and history in a very understandable way. Her recommendations were all achievable changes I could make in my life. These initial changes gave me my life back. My asthma was minimal after only a week of practicing a new diet and routine. A year later, I completed Pancha Karma feeling free and clear of the asthma and other ailments I had been feeling but ignoring. I am extremely grateful and appreciative of Eliza’s expertise and gift she offers to all searching for a path to health and balance in their lives.”
DENISE LUDINGTON PK client
Accountant and Musician, Quincey, CA
“Learning about Ayurveda through Eliza has provided me with daily
practices to address lifelong ailments that I have not been able to heal through western medicine. I am much more confident in teaching healthy choices and making informed medical decisions for my family. Eliza is a very approachable and professional practitioner.”
Annie Overlin,
Beulah, CO
“Every session with Eliza is enlightening; each time I come away with a better understanding of my health and its relationship to certain aspects of my environment and daily routines.”
PAULA WILD Client
Business Director and Yoga Instructor,
El Portal
“After consulting with Eliza and learning more about Ayurveda, I realized I would benefit greatly from the rejuvenation therapy (Panchakarma), a 2 week treatment of detoxifying and balancing. I recommend Panchakarma at least once a year. I commend Eliza on her knowledge, compassion, professionalism and support.”
Rosemary MacCallum,
El Portal, CA
“I recently went to Eliza Kerr because my energy had plateaued and my body felt toxic. I followed her customized Ayurvedic cleanse, meditation and yoga regimentation for three weeks and my life is completely altered. My motivation and creativity have boosted to all-time highs. I shed fifteen unnecessary pounds. My thoughts are sharper and my body feels light and youthful. I’m more connected, vital and full of hope than I can ever remember.”
Late DEAN POTTER Guided Home Cleanse client
Artist-climber-innovator, Yosemite Valley
“Eliza has inspired my Yoga practice for more than a decade. Even when I moved away from El Portal, her teachings continued to inspire me to practice. I am so thankful for her motivation, not just with yoga and Ayurveda, but for life in general. Such a gift.”
David Jaffe,
El Portal, CA
“Eliza is one of those people who practices what she teaches. Seeing her health and beauty and being in her gentle kind presence are inspirations to everyone she meets. Having Eliza as a teacher and support on this journey of becoming a more fully actualized and inspired human being has been of great personal benefit to me. Eliza’s teachings will be a great asset to any community or individual she works with.“
Eryn Bordes,
El Portal, CA
Thank you, so, so much. I am so grateful that you have come along my path. I feel so supported and directed. Thank you for the work you have done to be in a place to foster my healing.
Joel Schoof
Eliza’s superpower is her humility, leading our first session by bravely sharing her journey of accident and loss to wholeness. By opening her heart, I felt safe.
Listening deeply, after a moment of silence, she reaches inside, finding the most appropriate tool for me.
Eliza’s literacy of current leaders in therapy, trauma release, combined with yoga, breath, and body work inspired trust in her as a guide for me through my grief. Just sayin’ — her tool basket is very full!
In our first session, we went surprisingly far, loosening up and freeing stuck energy, confirmed when my daughter commented, “Wow, you seem lighter, Mom.”
I look forward to another session. I’m calmer as my deep wounds repair. Eliza’s therapy intends solutions within a few sessions. Yes! Likely so.
Linda Woytowich
“Eliza has intimate knowledge of Mind Body Syndrome. Having overcome chronic pain herself, she believes in the work she does and is passionate about helping people. My experience working with Eliza opened my eyes and made me look at my condition in a whole new light. Eliza’s compassion and calming presence helped me feel comfortable and relaxed. She guided me through meditation skillfully and patiently, helping me bring awareness to potential emotions related to my condition. Since our sessions, I have been able to reduce my medication in half. I am inspired to continue the work, and I feel hopeful I can one day be symptom free.”
Matt Benoit
“I’m still amazed at how much my mind influences everything about my body and how much I can be intentional about influencing my mind. Getting to work with Eliza to learn these techniques and almost completely eliminate the back ache I’ve had for over 18 months has been phenomenal! It was especially difficult to believe this wasn’t just ‘all in my head,’ but reading and listening to other experts was super helpful. I’m SO grateful to Eliza for her vulnerability in sharing her own experiences and her gentle support in helping me heal. What a gift!”
Marcia Hodges
“When I was experiencing a dark time in my life, with so much pain in my back and legs that I didn’t know where to turn, after trying so many conventional treatments and taking way too many pain killers, I was referred to Eliza Kerr as someone who perhaps could help. By this time, I had read enough on pain that I was aware my brain played a big role, but I didn’t know how to access or bring this knowledge into my daily life. Willing to try something new, I gave Eliza a call and we set up our first appointment.
In that first appointment, Eliza helped me get in touch with my subconscious and gave me tools to guide me until our next meeting. Eliza is an amazing, compassionate listener, ‘hearing’ that which was below the words spoken to begin tapping the well of hidden emotion and years of repressed feelings, all of which I came to discover were hindering my healing.
With each successive session with Eliza, I felt more and more in touch with myself and yes, from that first appointment, as I opened to my inner self and what was causing my mind-body disconnect, my pain did indeed begin to get much better.
I came to feel that Eliza was both an anchor for me as well as my rudder. An anchor in the sense that she kept me stable and connected to myself, while at the same time allowing me to be on a firm course to self healing, self compassion, and self kindness. Just knowing there would be that next session, plus my continuing lessened pain and now rare use of pain killers, helped me stay on course with the tools she gave me.
I have such gratitude and appreciation for Eliza. Just knowing that someone of her caliber and capability is available is such a comfort as I move forward in my life more and more pain free. I feel I now have the keys to enable me to continue on my life journey in a positive way and am more aware of myself and how my feelings can manifest pain in my body when not allowed to be brought to light and acknowledged with compassionate awareness.”
KB
