Guest guest Posted January 7, 2001 Report Share Posted January 7, 2001 Hi Joel: One of the most effective ways to modulate your own energy (with the exception of self healing techniques such as self Reiki or Chakra Connection) is by visualization while meditating. The energy will follow thought. Self hypnosis is another technique that utilizes thought and can be used to modulate energy within the body. How? Find yourself a quiet place and a comfortable position you can rest in for awhile. Do not cross your arms or legs if possible. Take deep, slow breaths, beginning with deep diaphragmatic breaths and then allowing the breath to slow and become regular and even. Inhale through your nose while touching the tip of your tongue to your palate. Then exhale through your mouth. From this place of breathing focus, you can begin by feeling your vital energy moving through your body, following channels like your breath, your blood, your lymph. Rather than forcing the energy to move anywhere, allow and acknowledge its natural movement and become aware of any areas that are sluggish or not flowing as well. Note these areas, and see if they correspond with any physical or emotional sensations. Whether lying down or sitting, you can make a connection with the energy coming into your body, the deeper vibrations from the earth and the higher vibrations from your Source. Where is it coming into your system? What does it feel like? What color is it? Continue to breathe regularly and experience the energy as it becomes part of you. This is the point at which, if you have sensed blocks or sluggish flow, you can visualize the energy that is coming in going to those areas to flush them out and revitalize them. Any waste or detritus in your system may leave you easily and appropriately, through your body's natural methods of excretion and by returning to earth and Source for " recycling " . When you have completed this cycle, you can emerge from your relaxation or go to sleep. It is a good time to have a glass of water to support your system. If you practice this regularly upon arising or at bedtime it will become easier and more natural. Hope this helps. " Joel P. Bowman " wrote: > Carol... > > > does that answer your question joel > > > Yes, and I'd like to know more about moving one's own energy > with one's mind. How exactly do you do that? > -- > --------------------------- -- Blessings, Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " -- --- Rev. Caroline Gutierrez Abreu, BS, RN, CHTP/I, CRMT, CH,, MTC Certified in Healing Touch, Reiki, Hypnotherapy and Chios AIM: CaroCrow http://www.geocities.com/nrgbalance " We see things not as they are but as we are. " The Talmud " We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. " Albert Einstein " A master is like an ocean. Ocean is there, readily available. It does not reject anybody. " Sri Sri Ravi Shankar When seeking a guide for a path, choose someone who also walks it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2001 Report Share Posted January 7, 2001 Caroline... Thanks. I typically do a chakra connection and some self-Reiki twice a day along with the kind of energy visualization you describe, although never with the kind of detail you describe. I will try that along with the more deliberate pattern of breathing. I have done both local and remote scans on others, but never on myself. I guess I need to put self-care higher on my list.... -- --------------------------- Joel P. Bowman, Ph.D. Email: joel.bowman Department of Business Information Systems Western Michigan University http://spider.hcob.wmich.edu/~bowman --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2001 Report Share Posted January 8, 2001 Hi, I would like to know more about Healing Touch. Could anyone offer an explanation? I have been involved in healing prayer " hands on " in the past. Is there a connection? Thank you. Celeste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2001 Report Share Posted January 8, 2001 Joel: As a healer, self care is where it's at, and it's certainly the missing link to the ability to successfully maintain a practice of giving. We can't give what we haven't gotten or experienced. It's usually when I fall down in my self care that I find I am plagued with petty disorders and have problems with focus and grounding. If you are already familiar with self Reiki, I would suggest checking out William Rand's Level I & II Manual for information on scanning yourself. In addition (Jane, help me out here) in Usui's Hikkei he teaches a technique called Byosen Reikan-Ho, which is a scanning method for discerning " energy sensation of sickness " . The definition of the term, from Light & Adonea, is: Byo means 'disease, sickness' and Sen means 'before, ahead, previous, future, precedence', Rei means 'energy, soul, spirit' and kan means 'emotion, feeling, sensation'. In the Western styled Reiki we have learned through Hayashi and Takata's lineages several of these original Usui techniques for assessment, enhancing Reiki flow and intuitive treatment have been " lost " , but they are still being taught in traditional Japanese Reiki styles. I really like Brugh Joy's Chakra Connection, done on self as a meditation and acknowledgement of the body. I tend to add areas I might have concerns with, and the hands and feet. It is a way of paying attention to your own body physically on a regular basis, " checking in " and supporting balance in your energy flow. Probably one of the best things about it is that you can't really do it " wrong " , it's like connecting the dots. For folks who have no familiarity with this technique, you can find it in Dr. Brugh Joy's book " Joy's Way " as well as " Healing Touch: A Handbook for Health Care Professionals " and the Level I Healing Touch Notebook. It is taught as one of the basic treatment techniques for self and others at Level I of HT. " Joel P. Bowman " wrote: > Caroline... > > Thanks. I typically do a chakra connection and some > self-Reiki twice a day along with the kind of energy > visualization you describe, although never with the kind of > detail you describe. I will try that along with the more > deliberate pattern of breathing. I have done both local and > remote scans on others, but never on myself. I guess I need > to put self-care higher on my list.... > -- > --------------------------- > Joel P. Bowman, Ph.D. > Email: joel.bowman > Department of Business Information Systems > Western Michigan University > http://spider.hcob.wmich.edu/~bowman > --------------------------- -- Blessings, Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " -- --- Rev. Caroline Gutierrez Abreu, BS, RN, CHTP/I, CRMT, CH,, MTC Certified in Healing Touch, Reiki, Hypnotherapy and Chios AIM: CaroCrow http://www.geocities.com/nrgbalance " We see things not as they are but as we are. " The Talmud " We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. " Albert Einstein " A master is like an ocean. Ocean is there, readily available. It does not reject anybody. " Sri Sri Ravi Shankar When seeking a guide for a path, choose someone who also walks it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2001 Report Share Posted January 8, 2001 Caroline... Thanks. I know JOY'S WAY and have seen the Healing Touch workbooks. Let me clarify that I am not a full-time healer. I am a college professor (I teach business communication and related subjects) who fell into Healing Touch and a Kundalini Awakening essentially by accident (if we were to believe in accidents). I had always been interested in healing and psychic phenomena and count among my friends a couple of full-time psychics. One of them gave me first level Reiki attunement about 10 years ago when my wife was about to have surgery. When she had the surgery, I had the opportunity to work with a nurse practitioner of Therapeutic Touch. She was the first to teach me how to feel the human energy field. Along the way I became a trainer of Neurolinguistic Programming. I was invited to teach NLP at a holistic health care organization, and the woman who invited me, who is a Healing Touch practitioner, suggested that we trade services--she would give me massage, I would teach her NLP. I said " yes. " That was a little more than a year ago. My life has changed in radical ways since, but I'm still a college professor teaching business communication most of the time. At least for now.... -- --------------------------- Joel P. Bowman, Ph.D. Email: joel.bowman Department of Business Information Systems Western Michigan University http://spider.hcob.wmich.edu/~bowman --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2001 Report Share Posted January 8, 2001 Joel: There are no accidents ;-) I would imagine there is a large percentage of people involved in the holistic community that have arrived in it from unexpected places. I have had students in Healing Touch that were from the " traditional " career paths of healthcare (nurses, respiratory and physical therapists, social workers, massage therapists, etc.) but also many housewives, engineers, artists, students... I am seeing more age range now in people coming to classes, from brilliant children to inquisitive elders. It has become clear to me that not everyone is destined to hang a shingle, but that it is vital for our progress that we grow as individuals and learn to share that growth with others exponentially in some way. It has been Janet Mentgen's vision (the founder of HT) that there would be a person in every family who knows some form of healing work " Joel P. Bowman " wrote: > Caroline... > > Thanks. I know JOY'S WAY and have seen the Healing Touch > workbooks. > > Let me clarify that I am not a full-time healer. I am a > college professor (I teach business communication and > related subjects) who fell into Healing Touch and a > Kundalini Awakening essentially by accident (if we were to > believe in accidents). > > I had always been interested in healing and psychic > phenomena and count among my friends a couple of full-time > psychics. One of them gave me first level Reiki attunement > about 10 years ago when my wife was about to have surgery. > When she had the surgery, I had the opportunity to work with > a nurse practitioner of Therapeutic Touch. She was the first > to teach me how to feel the human energy field. Along the > way I became a trainer of Neurolinguistic Programming. I > was invited to teach NLP at a holistic health care > organization, and the woman who invited me, who is a Healing > Touch practitioner, suggested that we trade services--she > would give me massage, I would teach her NLP. I said > " yes. " That was a little more than a year ago. > > My life has changed in radical ways since, but I'm still a > college professor teaching business communication most of > the time. At least for now.... > -- > --------------------------- > Joel P. Bowman, Ph.D. > Email: joel.bowman > Department of Business Information Systems > Western Michigan University > http://spider.hcob.wmich.edu/~bowman > --------------------------- > > **************************************** > Visit the community page: > For administrative problems -owner > To , - > > All messages, files and archives of this forum are copyright of the group and the individual authors. -- Blessings, Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " -- --- Rev. Caroline Gutierrez Abreu, BS, RN, CHTP/I, CRMT, CH,, MTC Certified in Healing Touch, Reiki, Hypnotherapy and Chios AIM: CaroCrow http://www.geocities.com/nrgbalance " We see things not as they are but as we are. " The Talmud " We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. " Albert Einstein " A master is like an ocean. Ocean is there, readily available. It does not reject anybody. " Sri Sri Ravi Shankar When seeking a guide for a path, choose someone who also walks it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2001 Report Share Posted January 8, 2001 Hi Caroline and Joel, Caroline Abreu wrote: > If you are already familiar with self Reiki, I would suggest checking out William Rand's Level I & II Manual for > information on scanning yourself. In addition (Jane, help me out here) in Usui's Hikkei he teaches a technique > called Byosen Reikan-Ho, which is a scanning method for discerning " energy sensation of sickness " . The description of the how-to for Byosen Reikan-ho is at this page of Light & Adonea's site http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/9434/advanced2.html#byosen I know, for me, I find it difficult to scan myself by holding my hands 1-3 inches away from my body and scanning...some places hard to reach, sometimes not being sure of what I am sensing with myself. One of the ways I do self scanning is to " put myself in my hands " as in doing distant work, let the energy flow and be aware of where the energy is being drawn and then work on those places. -- Janie Walk softly, Live gently ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Usui Reiki and Seichem Classes In person - New Jersey ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. Buddha ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2001 Report Share Posted January 9, 2001 Jane... > I know, for me, I find it difficult to scan myself by holding my hands 1-3 > inches away from my body and scanning...some places hard to reach, sometimes > not being sure of what I am sensing with myself. One of the ways I do self > scanning is to " put myself in my hands " as in doing distant work, let the > energy flow and be aware of where the energy is being drawn and then work on > those places. > I typically do a visual (internal visual-- " hallucination " if you are comfortable with the word) scan on myself. I've been doing visual scans on others and then scanning with my hands to confirm what I picked up visually. -- --------------------------- Joel P. Bowman, Ph.D. Email: joel.bowman Department of Business Information Systems Western Michigan University http://spider.hcob.wmich.edu/~bowman --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2001 Report Share Posted January 10, 2001 Celeste... > I would like to know more about Healing Touch. Could anyone offer an > explanation? I have been involved in healing prayer " hands on " in the > past. Is there a connection? > Healing Touch is a form of hands-on energy work (usually touching the body, but sometimes working in the aura). It is similar to Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, and Jin Shin Jyutsu. If you do a search for it using Google or AltaVista, you'll find a lot of information. -- --------------------------- Joel P. Bowman, Ph.D. Email: joel.bowman Department of Business Information Systems Western Michigan University http://spider.hcob.wmich.edu/~bowman --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2001 Report Share Posted January 10, 2001 Hi Celeste: I feel there is definitely a connection between all forms of energy based therapy, whether it is faith healing, prayer, hands on work, or chakra and auric work. There are similarities in all the work I do, from Reiki and Chios to Healing Touch and even Shamanism. All are valid paths, and it is up to the person who is seeking to find which path resonates for them. As to Healing Touch in particular... You can start at the Healing Touch International website: http://www.healingtouch.net I also have a brief informational page on HT with some links: http://www.geocities.com/nrgbalance/htinfo.html Healing Touch is an overview program, rather than a single person's techniques. It covers a range of energy based therapies from the simple to the advanced, over a program taking a student from novice to practitioner, and if desired, instructor. The classes are usually done in weekend seminar format up to practitioner level, then retreat format, and a year of mentorship with a mentor certified in HT. Though it is not a " short " program, there is great value in it as far as diversity and personal growth, and it's certainly expanded past its origins as a CE offering for health care professionals (primarily nurses). Because it is an overview program, it also gives a " taste " of techniques people may be interested in exploring in more depth, such as Therapeutic Touch, or the work of Rev. Rosalyn Bruyere or Barbara Brennan. I completed the basic curriculum back in 1993, but I still take advanced classes and repeat earlier levels when I have the time and proximity. It is a different experience every time I am in the classroom, whether as a student or an instructor (I teach Level I and will be teaching my first IIA in March in Boston). Hope this helps. Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " celeste m sullivan wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know more about Healing Touch. Could anyone offer an > explanation? I have been involved in healing prayer " hands on " in the > past. Is there a connection? > > Thank you. > > Celeste > --- Rev. Caroline Gutierrez Abreu, BS, RN, CHTP/I, CRMT, CH,, MTC Certified in Healing Touch, Reiki, Hypnotherapy and Chios AIM: CaroCrow http://www.geocities.com/nrgbalance " We see things not as they are but as we are. " The Talmud " We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. " Albert Einstein " A master is like an ocean. Ocean is there, readily available. It does not reject anybody. " Sri Sri Ravi Shankar When seeking a guide for a path, choose someone who also walks it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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