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Pixieduster
Member
09-27-2004
| Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 10:09 pm
I thought I'd start a thread about energy healing for anyone with any questions or comments. I'll check in periodically and provide answers if I can, and I invite others who do healing work to share their experiences and the type of work they do.
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Pixieduster
Member
09-27-2004
| Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 10:13 pm
I forgot to add this is also a place where those of us who've experienced energy work can share how healing has impacted us physically, emotionally, spiritually.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-16-2002
| Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 10:19 pm
Pixie, I'm sorry to seem dense but what exactly is energy healing?
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Monday, August 29, 2005 - 11:32 pm
I was about to start a thread for Reflexology. Is that in any way related to what you consider energy healing? I need to find a new reflexologist. How do you find a good practitioner in the energy healing field?
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 2:52 pm
Hi... I had a catscan on Friday, (pelvic area) and am getting the results this Friday. So happy this thread exists so I don't have to ruin my manicure by biting my nails!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 2:54 pm
mame, love the pic of you in your profile!! 
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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 2:56 pm
glad i found this thread...i'll be back
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Pixieduster
Member
09-27-2004
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 3:51 pm
My personal belief and experience is that energy healing promotes health and well being on all levels – body, mind and spirit. I’m a healer and also a spiritual life coach, and I believe the most important aspect of energy healing is the spiritual nature of it. I define spirituality as our life force – In an article, I once wrote that “There is within each of us a wellspring of truth, knowledge and inspiration consistently seeking true expression and breathing life into our individuality as well as our connectedness to the world and others around us. It is our life force, our light, our soul and the foundation for our values, our vision and our drive.” The source of this life force for me is God, and I know I have access to this God-energy, a universal energy … we all do. I believe all things are energy, including our thoughts and emotions. I look at energy healing as spiritually guided life force energy. Some clients don’t feel anything, but most experience a warmth moving through and around them. They may simply feel relaxed with a sense of peace and well being. Virtually any known illness or malady can benefit from an energy healing session, and I’m sure many of you could share some miraculous results or you may have heard stories from others. It works well in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques – it’s sometimes used to relieve side effects and promote recovery. An example – my mother had her gallbladder removed and a hernia operation at the same time. I went in after the surgery and began doing energy work – initially to help release the anesthesia and then to help with the recovery. They kept her in for 5 days and the day she was released, the nurse came to her and said she was shocked – Mom had only been given one pain pill during the whole time although the doctor had ordered some for her for each day. They had been waiting for her to request it, but she never did. Now, my mother doesn’t quite believe in what I do, so she said she was just strong and didn’t need it. I was there everyday, and she never complained of pain. So you see, you don’t have to believe in it for it to help. And of course, I’m going to take credit for it…although I believe I just show up, do what I’ve learned to move the energy and allow it. Energy work can gently and effectively open blocks in the body – the meridians, the chakras, etc. I treat the person as a whole – the body, the mind as well as the spirit. Again, while you don’t necessarily have to believe it works, I find it really helps to explore the spiritual aspect of any illness or pain. Can the client see if/how they may be holding onto it, what purpose does it serve, what gifts are there to be thankful for, are they holding onto judgment or stories about it that don’t serve them, etc. If someone is at a point where they are spiritually depleted, physical ailments often show up. Sometimes things may happen to help us get on a particular path which we never would have explored otherwise. So, who’s got a question????
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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:02 pm
i consider all you said to be Truths... but dear pixie, i am blocked
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Pixieduster
Member
09-27-2004
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:10 pm
Blocked?? Can you expand on that?
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:17 pm
Since this is obviously a more appropriate area, than the BB6 discussion area, I'm going to plop my published article on Fibromyalgia here, as well. .................lookout below. <G>
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:18 pm
COPING WITH FIBROMYALGIA It’s disheartening being saddled with an illness that is often referred to as a ‘garbage-can’ syndrome by the medical community. I have Fibromyalgia, sometimes called fibro, sometimes FM. Let me cut to the chase - there is no cure. You know that run down, low energy, achy feeling you get when you come down with the flu. That’s me most days. A few of the overall symptoms include chronic muscle pain, difficulty sleeping, constant fatigue, gastrointestinal complaints, and migraines. Some of the doozies are temperature sensitivity, and environmental sensitivity (to light, noise, odours, taste, and weather fluctuations.) My personal nemesis is a cognitive disorder commonly referred to as fibro-fog, which pops up mostly under stressful situations. Fibro-fog features frequent short-term memory lapses (doubly embarrassing in my line of work) and being easily overwhelmed. I’ve dubbed it cheese-brain, because I picture my memory as a piece of Swiss cheese, with holes in it. Here is where the frustration comes into play. It took at least a couple of years before I found someone who could tell me what the constant pain and fatigue were all about. It seems like one third of the medical community completely discounts FM as a haven for hypochondriacs, and one third tend to dump their patients into this category when they are stumped, (ergo the garbage can nickname), while one third are truly knowledgeable about this complex syndrome. It’s difficult enough not feeling up to par most of the time, but to have something that often takes years to find a correct diagnosis, adds enormously to the misery. One day, in the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain newsgroup, Iris Weverman, RPT, posted her reviews of several books on the subject, and indicated that her physiotherapy clinic was located in Toronto. I was lucky. This was the Internet and she could just as easily have been based in Katmandu. Her credentials include speaking engagements on the topics of Chronic Pain, Fibro, and Myofascial Pain Syndromes. At my first appointment, she immediately did the ‘tender point test’, (where you must have pain in at least 11 out of 18 specific sites on the body), which unfortunately I passed with flying colours. Since this is mostly a diagnosis of exclusion, (meaning after everything else is ruled out, then chances are you have this) Fibromyalgia is often mistaken for illnesses with similar symptons. According to Weverman, one should picture the spokes of a wheel, one spoke representing FM, one for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, one for Lupus, and one for Multiple Sclerosis. I know of someone who for years was told she had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. They just discovered that she really has Multiple Sclerosis. It’s a frightening situation when you have so many illnesses that mirror one another. Mind you, I’m not complaining. Over the past 4 years, since my diagnosis, I’ve grown accustomed to its vagaries, and have figured out how to live with it, on a truce-like basis, day to day. I ignore it and get on with life on my good days, and I coddle it with massage and the occasional painkiller on my really bad days. And truth to tell, some days it just pays to huddle under the covers, until I can regroup, and face the world, once again, re-energized. I don’t mind fighting Fibro. But it’s exhausting fighting smug disbelief. Although according to Iris Weverman, while eight years ago it wasn’t unusual for her peers to discredit it, research is finally beginning to prove, unequivocally, that this ‘garbage can’ disease really does exist in and of itself. Saturday, May 12th, was Fibromyalgia Day. This is a giant step in a hopeful direction. <END> copywrite property of jsd.
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:20 pm
sigh... sorry pixiedust. I should have started my own fibro-thread. I am such a dufus. If you can get the article modded/deleted or whatever, go for it. I'm going to do this right if it kills me. lol.
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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:24 pm
hello mame
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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:25 pm
pixie, i can't connect with my sources. i am afraid.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-16-2002
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:34 pm
Pixie, Thank you for the explanation, now let me think about it a while and I'll come back.
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Pixieduster
Member
09-27-2004
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:41 pm
Mame, no problem. I think it's a great addition. Dovez - have you ever had a conversation with your fear? I think fear is always born from a place of love and protection - we created fear or fear was created to keep us safe and protected. However, have you ever heard that acronymn of FEAR - False Evidence Appearing Real? At some point in our lives fear was created, for whatever reason, and it becomes our "go to" place out of habit. We give it power because we avoid it, but I find it helpful to look at it, talk to it or question myself about it, even ask it to step aside so I can really see what wants to be done. Fear is my story teller - it tells me stories, not truth. Fear usually means to me that something new wants to be born. It keeps coming up for me to look at, honor it and let it go. It's usually because I've been playing small and I'm being asked or guided to play in a bigger way. Your source is always there - do you ever meditate or journal?
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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:47 pm
this is too much to put in a public forum
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:48 pm
I have a lot I'm dying to say but I don't want to just rush it out....so probably after the show later I'll try to take the time and write it out. But Pixie we believe many of the same things. One thing that did dawn on me is my church (I attend a Spiritualist church where one of the main beliefs is the power of healing and there are healers there every week) taped a wonderful healing workshop that Bob Miller gave that I attended. I learned more in that one day than I have in many years. I could sing his praises for hours, but he is an extraordinary man and healer, and like I've said I truly believe the reason I was able to get out of bed again! He got a team of his people to do a healing on me and I couldn't make it the first time. Midway through it I felt a pop in my back and, well, let's say my real healing began then. Back to the tape... I know it was a few hours long and not only did he go over the principle of healing but how to both heal and receive healing. If anyone was interesting I could get info. It was done as a fundraiser for the church, I believe $20. If anyone is interested let me know and I could either direct you to the church web site or find out from the pastor what to do. I'm TOTALLY not trying to sell anything btw, just thought this might be a useful tool if anyone wants to learn more from a world reknowned healer, who is totally down to earth and one of the most intelligent people I ever met in my life. OH one more thing while I'm singing Bob's praises...he wrote an article/meditation to be used before surgery. It explains how to help ourselves heal. I have his permission to share with anyone who wants it for personal use so if anyone does just ask. It is all based on such good, common sense. IE....our body naturally perceives being cut by a knife as an attack even though our mind knows it is to help us. I could go on about this for a long time, so if anyone wants to hear more just ask. BTW Dovez...there is nothing to be afraid of but you should always ONLY do what you are comfortable with...it's all a process. Maybe just saying a prayer and asking for help is a good way to start if that's in your comfort zone. I found when I was first learning I prayed to be led to the truth and to good people and it's been an extraordinary journey. One I actually wrote a book about and am trying to get the guts to do something with lol. Ok more later...love this thread!!! And I can't speak for anyone else but I have no problem with folks talking about specific issues/problems etc. Maybe we all can learn something from each other!
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:49 pm
BTW there is a prayer for Spiritual healing...does anyone want me to post it?
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:57 pm
One more thing before I move along lol...I told this story in Chatters but will repeat for those that missed it. I have a cousin who is closer in age to my Mom, who knows my spiritual beliefs and at first totally had a closed mind to them but over the years she at least has become interesting in them. Last year when going for routine pre-op testing for a hip replacement they found a dark spot on her lung. They repeated the xray and it was still there, so they scheduled an MRI and other tests and cancelled the operation. She called me as frantic as I've ever heard her sound. I asked her if she wanted me to call Bob and have him work on her. She said she would very much appreciate it (althought I know the unspoken rest of that sentence was that she didn't really believe it but she was desperate). Well I called and he worked on her. She went in and what do you know the spot was totally gone. They repeated tests over and over cause the MD said 'things like that just don't disappear, and we confirmed it wasn't a machine malfunction.' I just smiled. The Pastor of our church had agressive Breast Cancer and the diagnosis was grim. She's just fine and has been for many years now! I could go on with story after story like this. Generally the time healing doesn't work is when it's part of whatever lesson you need to learn, but that's part of what I want to discuss when I really write out some of my beliefs, some of which are very similar to Pixie's, and some of which are a bit different, though I suspect they end up being almost the same lol.
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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 5:25 pm
ladies? i've reflected and now know that i used the wrong words. i am not afraid. i just need a safe place to start my journey again. perhaps you might suggest?
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 5:37 pm
Glad I looked before I finally stepped away from the puter for a few. Dovez what do you feel confortable with? Are you a reader? Do you like to talk things out? What is it you want to learn more about exactly. And most important, what do you want to accomplish. I know I'll be able to chime in my 2 cents better if I have a lil better understanding of this and anything else that you think might help me understand where you are at, and what you are looking for. Ok now I really truly am off to take out trash and put up din din before BB. For REAL! lol
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Pixieduster
Member
09-27-2004
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 7:45 pm
Dovez - "safe place to start my journey again" - I usually recommend going in before going out on a search. What's the essence of what you're seeking? Freedom? Connection? "Going within" helps clarify. It also helps you get grounded and centered so you're not buffeted about by others expectations, confusion or fear (although I'm pleased to see you say that it's not fear you're experiencing). How will you feel when get what you want? What can you do now that gives you that feeling? I'd also suggest you spend time sitting, envisioning, what you want - use all your senses and see yourself already having it. Sometimes we're not really sure what we want - I've had that experience; so I spent time saying to myself and the Universe, "I want to know what I want." Each time I got a sense of what it was, I wrote it down and began to see the picture of what I wanted more clearly. Does that help? If not, let me know what's fuzzy or what contrast you're experiencing - in whatever way feels comfortable.
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 9:27 pm
I try never to get into religeous discussions, I ALWAYS end up either in trouble and/or upset. BUT spiritual discussions are another matter... ;) In times of great calamity or stress the Serenity Prayer has truly helped me to cope. God grant me the Serenity to Accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and Wisdom to know the difference.
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