Yasha Lavie is a healer and medium. He was born in Jerusalem to a Hungarian father and an Israeli mother. He worked in many places in the world (Jerusalem, London, Tokyo, Paris, Sydney), and lived a large part of his life in Auckland (NZ), where in 1992 he founded "Directions", a healing centre in the central suburb of Mt Eden.

Being fascinated with the human condition and the mind/body relationship from an early age, he became aware of his gift for healing when still young. For many years he studied and practiced various forms of alternative medicine and with time developed his own healing method.

In 1997 - much to his surprise and following a series of unexpected events - he started channelling the healing ways of the Essenes and realized that all the modalities he had worked with until that moment had a place in this truly amazing holistic system of Essene Healing, adding new dimensions (quite literally) to his healing work.

Yasha works in his private practices in Auckland and Sydney and travels to Europe, the US and Israel offering courses.

The International College of Essene Healing

A two year Diploma course

The International College of Essene Healing opened at Directions Healing Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, on 8 March 2007, and the year after in Epping, Sydney, Australia.

It is the first college in the world where you can interact with the consciousness of the Essenes and study their philosophy, healing techniques and other exciting material that Yasha has channelled in the past 10 years.

Other Essene colleges will follow in Europe, the USA and Israel to give more people the opportunity to be touched by the energy of the Essenes firsthand and become part of an international community of Essene healers and practitioners.