"Over the course of 15 years as a biophysicist she earned an international reputation for her scientific contributions in the field of ultra high-speed laser effects on cells, and the effects of environmental pollutants on fish. She has published 36 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
"By combining her knowledge as a research biophysicist and her experience with indigenous healers Joyce realized that it is possible to reach the deep primary structures of life – our cells – with energy to bring health and vitality. She has been teaching, writing about, and offering Cell-Level Healing in private practice for 32 years.
In her book Resonance: Nine Practices for Harmonious Health and Vitality (Hay House, 2012), she writes: “Once discounted as the placebo effect (a health benefit brought about by the expectation of improvement or the faith of the patient in the treatment), the study of complementary and alternative medicine is a field yielding new, sound scientific advances. Research findings have dispelled the idea that the placebo effect isn’t ‘real,’ focusing instead on learning more about the complex mechanisms by which the activity of the mind brings about very real changes in the brain and the body. The National Institutes of Health now fund large studies to identify more clearly the effectiveness of biologically based practices, energy medicine, manipulative body-based techniques, and mind-body techniques. Some 40 percent of Americans use the above modalities to supplement their health care. (xii-xiii)
"Envision the energy coming to you as a nourishing flow that moves throughout your body, transmitting life and healing into every cell. What is that energy? The closest I’ve come to an answer is the theme of this book. There is a resonance that the physical body is able to make with something so far beyond our most able science that we can only call it the Mystery. When the body and Mystery unite directly, the body reacts. Religious traditions have named the resonant connection in various ways: Kundaline (Hindu); unexpected blessing (Catholic); Satori, Samadhi, Shakti, Chi, Mahamudra, Dzogchen (various types of Buddhism); fana (Sufism); mukti (Sikhism); and mystical union (Christian mysticism) to name a few.
"Whatever name is give for this state of consciousness, the description of ecstasy, bliss, and overwhelming compassion are similar regardless of culture or religion. Isn’t it astounding that we can resonate with a power greater than ourselves and that the result of that resonance is able to ignite the soul? Undeniably, the resonance of union produces profound joy. Our inborn sensitive nature can lead us there, as can our expanded sensitivity when we engage spiritual practice. Here is where we find a type of joy that bubbles up from inside and is not dependent on outer circumstances. The only way I’ve found to tap that wellspring is through spiritual practice. There has not been one and only one all-inclusive practice for me. Each sunrise brings a new opportunity and challenge to balance, to harmonize, to appreciate, to find clarity, to meet the unique day by adapting known resources and discovering new ones. (66, 169-161)
Hawkes writes: “I did not believe in past lives until I had the near-death experience and I returned with an unambiguous knowing that I had lives before and would live again." (173)
Hawkes describes her near-death experience and how it transformed her life in a 16 minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyaBeHeRK6M.
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