INSTRUCTORS

Bill and his wife, Margaret, would like to introduce you to the next generation of Bengston Method Instructors. Each of these instructors have a wealth of experience as practitioners and in teaching the method to clients, practice groups and in workshops over the past several years. They will be carrying the Bengston Method into the future with their teaching, coaching and practices.

Eric Bates

Eric Bates is a Licensed Massage Therapist and full-time energy healer who incorporates both Non-dual Kabbalistic Healing and The Bengston Method into his work with clients. He has been practicing with The Bengston Method since 2016, after learning of Bill Bengston’s cancer research with mice. He first attended a workshop with Bill in 2017 and has been a regular attendee at Bengston Method workshops ever since, both in-person and online. In the Bengston Method workshops, Eric has often shared from his vast clinical experience as well as led breakout groups and helped participants explore aspects of the technique as a co-trainer. Eric also hosts a monthly Image Cycling practice group and routinely teaches his clients to image cycle to enhance their own healing process. As a Bengston Method practitioner, the list of conditions Eric has treated with Method is long and varied. 

Helen Babbin

Helen Babbin has worked as an energy healer for over 30 years, helping people and animals with a variety of emotional, spiritual, and physical challenges. She took her first workshop with Bill Bengston in the summer of 2017 and was impressed with the potential of this powerful technique to help with a variety of issues. She immediately began incorporating The Bengston Method into her energy healing work with clients. Shortly thereafter, she along with Jennifer Hall began hosting Bill Bengston for workshops in the Seattle area. Together they began an Image Cycling practice group that continues to run today. Helen is a regular at The Bengston Method workshops, lending her experience and expertise to answering questions and leading breakout rooms.

Jennifer Hall

Jennifer Hall has been working as an energy healer since the early 1990’s. She is trained and experienced in a variety of energy healing techniques, plant medicine, energy psychology, and counselling. Today, she primarily works with The Bengston Method in her practice as a healer and a teacher. She discovered The Bengston Method in 2016 through Bill Bengston’s workshops. She and Helen Babbin began co-hosting Bill Bengston’s workshops in Seattle, and then transitioned to providing these workshops remotely in 2020. She continues to be a regular contributor to the Bengston Method workshops, providing her clinical expertise and sharing her experiences in working with this method for many years. In her healing work, she has seen how each client needs physical, mental and spiritual healing. She continues to be drawn to The Bengston Method for this reason - it is uniquely powerful in addressing all these aspects with ease. She continues to co-host Image Cycling practice groups online with Helen Babbin.

John Lavack

John Lavack has been using The Bengston Method since 2011, when he took an in-person workshop with Bill. John works with a mix of energy methods, but his primary approach is The Bengston Method because it enhances every other method. John strongly feels The Bengston Method creates an environment for helping people heal themselves. He began his exploration of different energy methods in the early 1970s, trying to find out if what he was experiencing was real. It has taken him on a journey of numerous methodologies and practices, from Transcendental Meditation to NLP, Psychosomatics, Mind Potential, and more. John has shared his wealth of knowledge and experience in many Bengston workshops, has hosted a Bengston practice group for years, and has taught countless individual clients how to cycle. He is happy to have the opportunity to help people learn how to cycle to help themselves and others.

Laura Shalliker

Laura Wolfenstein Shalliker is a hypnotherapist, educator, and Bengston practitioner working with clients all over the world. She first encountered Dr. Bengston’s Method in 2011, after the death of her father. That loss ignited a deep desire to understand our reality and the greater potential within the human being. Laura learned how to Rapid Image Cycle using Bill’s recorded CDs. She subsequently attended his first live workshop in Sausalito, California in 2012, followed by many, many more. Laura was invited to work as a Bengston practitioner in 2017, and ever since has been supporting people and animals with a variety of concerns. As a practitioner, Laura has treated numerous varied conditions. She has taught well over 150 clients how to Rapid Image Cycle using The Bengston Method and is privileged to be a part of the instructor team now leading the workshops which empower us all.

Krishanti Wahla

Krishanti has worked in the field of intuitive development and energy healing since 2008, helping students and clients worldwide to tap into their own natural psychic and energy healing abilities. She first encountered Bill Bengston and his groundbreaking method at a presentation for the Society for Scientific Explorers in 2016. Greatly impressed by the results of Bill’s research, she was excited about learning the method. After learning to cycle proficiently and applying The Bengston Method in her own life, Krishanti began incorporating it into private sessions with clients. She has helped adults, babies, children and animals with a variety of conditions. She has been a contributor to Bengston Method Workshops since 2020, leading a cycling practice group, coaching new Bengston Method learners, and hosting workshops where she also leads breakout rooms.

In addition to her healing and teaching experience with The Bengston Method®, Krishanti has personally used Image Cycling on her own physical health and to guide her life in a holistic, deeply inspired way.