Distance Healing
February 24, 2010 – 1:50 pm
Early in my experience with energy work, I became aware of the possibility of distance healing. Both through my Reiki training and then during my mentorship with Warren Grossman, I experienced both the giving and the receiving of distance healing, and how powerful it can be. Yet I am well aware that distance healing is not commonplace in our Western culture, let alone accepted or understood.
The biggest impediment to practicing distance healing is the belief we are separate. We believe that our energetic system exists entirely within the physical body, and that our consciousness is similarly limited. So even though many have had experiences which show us this is not true – as in when we can feel a friend or family member is in distress and we call them and sure enough, something’s going on – we tend to discount these as coincidences or due to special relationships. When we broaden our minds, our hearts and our energy fields, we find that this connection applies to all beings. And really, isn’t the concept of prayer based on this?
The second biggest impediment to doing distance healing is our ignorance that we have the ability to do it at all. We are just not made aware of this as an option, not to mention how to do it. With that in mind, I will share with you how I did some distance healing work today. Please understand that my practice of distance healing has varied over time and will likely continue to evolve and differ by the need presented. I would encourage you to try this for yourself and see what your experience is; then, make it your own. Follow your intuition and guidance, and trust that it will be perfect. With an open heart and the clear intention of Highest Good, it will be perfect.
First, I always start by grounding; I do this by consciously connecting to the earth. You can develop a password, or phrase, that helps you energize this connection. The phrase I say is: “I am on the earth, the earth is in my body, the earth and I are one.” I allow my energy to combine with the earth, letting go of any waste energy and taking in the energy that is in my highest good. I also ask mother earth for energy to move through me for the person (or group of people), or directly to the person.
Then I connect to the universe: “I am in the universe, the universe is in my body, the universe and I are joined.” This connects me to the universal energy, and I send any mental, emotional, physical or spiritual blockages out to the ends (or center) of the universe to be transformed into something even more beautiful. I ask for my highest good to come to me, as well as energies for the highest good of the person involved. This is also a time you can ask for your master or guides to come and support you in this process… it could be “God,” Jesus, angels, your grandma or even a beloved animal or totem. Whatever empowers you and supports you in allowing love and healing energy to flow to and through you.
You should feel the energy from the earth moving up, and the energy from above coming down through your head or even directly to your heart, perhaps creating an energy cocoon around you. Then place both hands, one over the other, directly over the middle of your chest; feel the energy mix and fill your heart center and your whole body and energy field. (For the record, this is the practice I do numerous times every day, whether I’m doing energy work or not. It will keep you happy, healthy and whole.)
I ask for the person’s soul to come forward, and then I ask permission to work with them and their body; this permission is usually granted, and appears to me as that soul smiling. If the answer is no, or if you need to explain why you are there, then please honor these requests. I personally do not believe that sending love and light is ever wrong so long as you ask that it be given with the highest good of the person in mind, but the soul may have reasons it doesn’t want the energy right now, so it’s important to honor that. (Sidebar: this is also a great technique to use to connect with people you’ll be meeting, before you meet with them… you’ll already have a soul connection established, which can minimize ego/personality issues in human interactions. So for example, before I go past a gatekeeper of some sort – say, security at an airport – I will connect with them on the soul level. It makes the whole process sacred instead of a hassle!)
I call forth an image of the person’s body, and scan it to see where there are presenting issues. You may already have some information, and it is good to see what else presents. You do this through visualization, scanning your hand across their body image, or paying attention to any information that comes to you. Spirit talks to us each in our own way; with practice, you’ll begin to learn the language. You may even see other colors, shapes or images. Just relax and see what that leads you to do. You can’t do it wrong… put a smile on your face and love in your heart. Feel love and send the love from your heart to theirs… See it warm, glowing, expanding… or whatever comes to you. Ask mother earth and the universe to send their love and energy also, along with whatever other support you’ve asked for.
You’ll find you’ll be drawn to specific areas… so work with what you become aware of. Brush away any blockage if you see one, send fresh energy there, see healing energy moving up or down their body into that space. Follow your intuition. When an area feels complete, see where you are led next. Eventually, you’ll feel or see the whole body open, clean and glowing with energy. Add any finally blessings or good wishes into the energy field, with whatever the earth and universe have for them in their highest good, and then send their energetic body back to where it came from. See them smiling and waving as they leave, so grateful you shared your time and love with them.
Pull back fully into your own body, re-ground and connect to the universe again to fill yourself up. Thank the universe, the earth and any other support you had. Then fully reconnect to this moment and this space. Tap your body, rub your ears and face – whatever helps you fully come back. Then thank yourself for the gift you gave. Release any attachment you may have to the outcome of this work on the other person’s end: They may feel it, or not; they make get better, they may not. That is not your business; your business is simply to give as you are inspired.
The beauty of this work is that it reminds us that we are always connected, that distance is an illusion, that we are truly never alone — that we are One. And if this is so – well, doesn’t that make the universe an interesting place of infinite possibilities?! So, if distance healing across space is possible, what does this mean about healing across Time…?! We’ll explore that in my next post!
