Some of my blogger friends have been asking me to share what has been happening with the Transformational Energy Healing classes that I'm taking. I'm in my second year and will be able to get my holistic health practitioner certificate this coming summer. I have not been writing and hopefully this will sort of explain why.

There have been so many changes in my life and in myself since last summer. Late last spring, I had been thinking ALOT about the possibility of quitting my job and living off my savings for awhile. I really needed to get away from the overwhelming stress. After working all day at a job that was sucking everything out of me I would come home and not have any energy left to take care of my house or myself. The best way I can explain it is that each day I felt absolutely pecked to death only to come home and sleep in order to get pecked to death the following day.

But, I was not brave enough, I was too afraid to actually make the step to resign. There were too many "voices" in my head (my mother, sibs, ex., etc.) saying things like "Are you crazy? How can you do that? What about this, what about that, what would people think?” My inner voice was agreeing with them and so did not make the move.

Well, apparently Spirit/God/the Universe was listening and decided to help by giving me a push and kicked me out the door. My boss went from loving my work and telling me how good I was to three months later telling me I was doing many things wrong. I knew she was working toward firing me so I resigned. I never did find out exactly what happened but my feeling is that I became her scapegoat so she could save face with HER boss.

Anyway, the decision was made for me. The first month was good. It had been so long since I’ve had more than a week off at a time. The next month was scary. My mind was racing. “Oh My God! What am I going to do??? I’m not being productive with my time! I should be looking for a job!” But when I calmed down and really thought about looking for a job, I just knew it wasn’t the right time and that I will be okay. In fact, one time that I was panicking, I looked online for a job. There wasn’t any I could or wanted to do but the next day a “perfect” job was listed in the local paper. So, I felt the message was when I’m ready, a job will be there.

The first two sets of classes last fall and the scads of reading I’ve been doing have led to an amazing about of introspection and “rewiring” of my mind, thoughts, and my body. I feel so much more at peace and more comfortable with myself. I am coming into myself and my “power”. The classes last fall and what I learned from them could not be put into words. It was all such inner work, more a feeling of understanding rather than a logical understanding. It seems to me to be based on faith and spirit. Thus, I just could not share what I did and learned in those classes. I can’t even begin to articulate what all this has done for me.

I can share that we’ve been learning more types of healings one of which deals with past lives. Most of the work being done this year is a case study. We each have chosen one person to be our case study. We have to put into practice all that we’ve been learning in the past year and a half and treat our case study as if she were a client. My neighbor volunteered, in fact she jumped at the chance.

We are to do 12 healings over a period of a few months. We begin by taking chakra readings. Chakras are the energy centers of our bodies. The way the energy is flowing can be seen by using a pendulum held over each chakra. It can show if the energy centers are balanced or if they are shut or flowing in a negative direction. Healings help to open the energy and to help them flow in a positive direction.

We have to make a preliminary assessment of the client: What are their primary and secondary defenses? What physical and emotional issues were presented by the client? What is their core wound?

We then create a treatment plan: What does our client need to receive from us? How will it be provided?

We have to document each session: What type of healing did we use and why? What images/impressions did we receive during the healing? What was your client’s experience? What did we learn about the client and about ourselves?

At the end of the 12 sessions we are to review our findings: We will take another set of chakra readings, compare it with original set. Analyze the changes. Has the initial assessment of the client changed? Discuss the assessment and any changes in detail, including information on primary and secondary defenses, core issue and physical condition. We will also have to discuss any issues and feelings that come up for us while working on our client.

At our last weekend of classes, we each have to get up in front of everyone and present the case study to the class and answer any questions our classmates and teachers may have.

I’ve done five healings so far. I have been amazed how everything is coming together. The findings from the chakra readings fit right in with what I decided about the defenses, and the emotions and physical ailments presented by my client. It’s all so integrated, it’s fascinating. It’s also so involved and convoluted. I’ve been taking pages and pages of notes but have yet to figure out how to put it all together coherently in a presentation. It’s as if I’m psychoanalyzing my friend/neighbor which is definitely a little strange. I also am not sure how much to tell her about my findings. After talking with my teacher, I finally decided that I would tell my friend only the basics of what I’m discovering but mostly just answer her questions.

I’m beginning to really feel that I CAN do this! Yay!!!

Love, Light, and Laughter to All,

Starstuff