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Love that Heals

The Gashma method is a revolutionary approach to personal healing and growth, rooted in millenary wisdom and modern psychology.

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You deserve to thrive

Some of us have labels for it: Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), developmental trauma, chronic nervous system dysregulation - you name it. For others, it’s more of a quiet sense that life is passing us by, that we are not living up to our full potential.


It’s not meant to be like that.

Our nervous system is an extraordinary instrument. It learns and adapts to the inputs it receives. But just as we can learn a new language, we can also learn patterns of being that no longer serve our lives.


That’s how we can end up burning out because we’re secretly trying to prove we’re good enough—or, conversely, staying small, avoiding risk, and pleasing others until we find ourselves painted into a corner.

The good news is that we can heal and grow. Even as adults, our brains remain plastic - capable of forming new pathways and new possibilities.

The Gashma method is based on a simple premise: when we provide the brain and body the conditions they need to heal, they do so naturally.

Each one-on-one Gashma session unfolds in a space of relational safety, where you are free to express yourself and gently surface what needs to be seen. Together, we work with what arises—meeting the pain with precise attunement and active love.

 

Through this process, new ways of being begin to take root: What if I could truly show up confidently? What if I could trust peace?

With consistency, these new possibilities become your new normal. That’s how we return to who we were always meant to be. As the system settles, we discover a quiet peace that no longer needs control, and a vitality that moves us forward effortlessly.

The word Gashma comes from a Hebrew–Aramaic root meaning embodiment, the realization of the Divine within the physical. The Gashma method invites us to remember this truth: that the Divine is not somewhere else, but here: the loving heart of reality itself, the refuge in which healing and liberation are already held.

“הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְשָׁלוֹם, וְהַעֲמִידֵנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ לְחַיִּים.”


“Lay us down, O Radiant Source of All That Is, in peace, and raise us up to life.”


Psalms 4:9 and 121:8

 

The Deep Safety diagram illustrates how the Gashma method restores balance to the nervous system by reshaping our internal working model—the unconscious map that governs safety, love, and connection. When our body feels deeply seen and met with consistent attunement, the brain’s threat patterns calm, old defensive habits unwind, and new neural pathways of trust and openness begin to form. In this state of nervous system regulation, love becomes the organizing principle of our experience: the force that heals trauma, rebuilds connection, and anchors us in peace. Rooted in attachment repair, neuroplasticity, and Jewish contemplative wisdom, the Gashma approach helps us experience safety not as an idea, but as the living presence of the Divine in the body.

The diagram illustrates how the Gashma method helps us restore balance to the nervous system by reshaping our internal working model, the unconscious map that governs safety, connection and self-esteem. When our body feels deeply seen and met with consistent attunement, the brain’s threat patterns calm, old defensive habits unwind, and new neural pathways of trust and openness begin to form.

 

In this state of nervous system regulation, love becomes the organizing principle of our experience: the force that heals wounds, rebuilds connection, and anchors us in peace. Rooted in attachment repair, neuroplasticity, and contemplative wisdom, the Gashma method helps us experience the happiness we seek not as an idea, but as the living presence of the Divine in the body.

If you are ready to start on your journey of healing, growth and self-actualization, book a consultation using the link below.

 

You deserve to thrive. 

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Disclaimer: The content and guidance shared on this website are educational and psycho-spiritual in nature. Shmuel Ben Yeshayahu (formerly known as Federico Petrelli) is not a licensed psychologist, physician, or healthcare provider, and the work offered here does not constitute medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. It is not a substitute for professional diagnosis or care. If you are experiencing a medical or mental-health condition, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.


הצהרת אחריות: התוכן וההדרכה באתר זה הם חינוכיים-רוחניים באופיים. שמואל בן ישעיהו (לשעבר פדריקו פטרלי) אינו פסיכולוג, רופא או מטפל מוסמך, והעבודה המוצעת כאן אינה מהווה טיפול רפואי, פסיכולוגי או פסיכיאטרי ואינה תחליף לאבחון או לטיפול מקצועי. במקרה של בעיה רפואית או נפשית יש לפנות למטפל או לרופא מוסמך.

 

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