The Role of Intention in Massage and Energy Healing
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Intention is everything in massage therapy and any of the energy healing modalities.
I just finished reading The Reconnection by Dr. Eric Pearl and found it very similar to what Dr. Richard Bartlett teaches with Matrix Energetics and The Physics of Miracles.
Basically, it goes like this:
- Set an intention for something to happen
- Distract your left brain by giving it something to do
- Allow a miracle to happen
In Matrix Energetics, Dr. Bartlett pretty much describes it in those steps and he teaches various techniques to distract your left brain. The main technique is called a two-point, but once you get good at them you don’t really need the techniques anymore.
Dr. Pearl didn’t process Reconnective Healing down to that level, but that is essentially the way I see it. He describes allowing your hands to move over the body until you find something “interesting” then “play” with it. That gives the left brain something to do and gets it out of the way to let in a miracle.
The same thing goes for massage therapy. I used to get so annoyed during massage school because they focus so much on technique. Now I get a kick out of watching the massage groups on LinkedIn as the therapists get all hung up on what technique is best for a particular situation. The technique really doesn’t matter and once they stop worrying about techniques and just do it with a strong intention for something positive to happen, their effectiveness will multiply. I don’t have a technique for massage, and in school I only bothered to learn them enough to get the grade.
Most clients don’t care about technique. They just want to feel better. When you set an intention for a session, don’t focus on a specific outcome. That is all about you. Simply set an intention for something beneficial to happen and be OK with however that might manifest.
My wife and I were talking about this yesterday before she went to do a massage. So she set an open intention for something to happen and came home with probably the biggest tip she ever received.
The same thing goes for a lot of the other areas in our lives. Set an intention tomorrow morning that something great is going to happen. Don’t force it as you go about your day and be open to receiving whatever may come. Come back here and leave me a comment about what happened. Share this with your followers on the social networks and let them intend a great day too.
Wayne Woodworth
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Thanks Wayne for a special insight on how to look at the power of intention. We do tend to over think things too much instead of just letting it happen.
Thanks for the comment Becky. Yes, we do have a tendency to get in our own way a lot.
I’m a Reconnective healing practitioner. While I understand how you have interpreted Eric’s book, I think it would be safe to say he would never set any intention. It is truly a “let go and let God” kind of work. What the Universe intends for any session can’t be guessed. Miracle do happen, but many sessions are so subtle you have no idea what has happened. I think it more accurate to say you simply get “used” by the Universe. Any expectation that you will even know how you are used or ever know the true result of a session is beyond what can be said. We were taught 3 words to use over and over in this work and they were, “I don’t know.” This is a modality of true surrender, something beyond the idea of intention. Something great may not happen in a session, to hold even that intention is to impose on the Universe an outcome that it may not intend. One can only surrender to what is.
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Thank you very much for your comment. I think I understand what you are saying. I was suggesting that you go in with the intent for something good to happen, nothing specific, just something good. You are saying that you go in without any intent at all and letting God use you as a channel to allow something to happen, or not happen if that is what is best for the client. Thank you for taking my understanding to the next level.