Taking on clients' stuff

[Guest guest]

What advice would you give to someone who seems to be taking on symptoms from

Reiki clients? For example: footdrop. The assimilation of symptoms passes for

the therapist within 24-48 hours, and the client makes great strides during

that time period.

 

I have always believed (and taught) that this is a dangerous way to deal with

clients-- to take upon yourself their symptoms and then heal the symptoms in

yourself. I have always believed -- and taught-- that this is not

recommended. But I am not so sure how to go about teaching someone how not to

do it, particularly once they are already picking things up from clients to

this degree. I know how not to pick stuff from my clients myself-- how do you

teach another how not to?

 

This is similar to swimming for me. I could swim before I could walk, and so

I never " learned " how to swim. I am no good at teaching others how. You just

get in the water and swim! That's the best I can manage. Here is similar-- I

just don't take on their stuff, and I can't explain very well how I do that.

I can take a stab at explaining, but I would appreciate some advice from

y'all.

 

Thanks,

Anukki

AnniesHands.com

[Guest guest]

Anu:

 

The first thing you need to be teaching a client is how to ground

themselves. Grounding serves a dual purpose; it keeps the practitioner

from flying off and getting dizzy and clumsy from imbalanced flow of

energy, and facilitates the excess energy returning to source instead

of attaching itself to the practitioner or the client.

 

Using a simple visualization works well for me, such as seeing

yourself as a tree with roots that extend deep into the earth, drawing

energy up and allowing waste and excess energy to flow back to be

recycled.

 

Another part of this might be important to the empath, a person who

feels or experiences what the client does. This is a natural gift, but

unless it is controlled, can cause numerous problems. First, have the

person acknowledge what they are seeing, hearing, feeling, etc. as

real, and realize that they are experiences belonging to the client,

not to themselves. Identify them so that you can get feedback from the

client later, and then release them, allow these sensations to flow

out, away from you, into the ground so that the earth can process

them.

 

The universe has enormous wisdom and omniscience, and will know what

to do with these sorts of attachments; but the practitioner must be

willing to release them, and must be willing to move to a place of

unconditionality with the client so that they are not actively

" taking " things off the client they are not releasing... it will not

help. If a person is not healing themselves and letting go, any

illness, pain or disorder removed from them will regenerate, either in

the same form or another. For a practitioner to take on someone else's

illness is quioxotic and basically a waste of time as well as their

own well-being. Shamans and Pranic practitioners who do this are only

doing it within the parameters of their societal mores and are

stringently trained for years in methods to cleanse themselves.

 

Blessings,

Crow

" Look for Rainbows in the Darkness "

 

Anukki wrote:

>

> What advice would you give to someone who seems to be taking on symptoms from

> Reiki clients? For example: footdrop. The assimilation of symptoms passes for

> the therapist within 24-48 hours, and the client makes great strides during

> that time period.

>

> I have always believed (and taught) that this is a dangerous way to deal with

> clients-- to take upon yourself their symptoms and then heal the symptoms in

> yourself. I have always believed -- and taught-- that this is not

> recommended. But I am not so sure how to go about teaching someone how not to

> do it, particularly once they are already picking things up from clients to

> this degree. I know how not to pick stuff from my clients myself-- how do you

> teach another how not to?

>