Comments on: The Role of Intention in Massage and Energy Healing http://www.waynewoodworth.com/intention-in-massage-and-energy-healing/ Take Charge of Your Wellness. It is More than Just What You Eat Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:31:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Wayne Woodworth http://www.waynewoodworth.com/intention-in-massage-and-energy-healing/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Wayne Woodworth Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:47:49 +0000 http://www.waynewoodworth.com/?p=215#comment-828 Thanks for the comment Iuliana. I agree with you. When I wrote this post a little more than a year ago I was reading a lot of posts on massage forums. The massage therapists writing the posts were all focusing on specific conditions and techniques. I was never a "technique" or "routine" person. In massage school I only did the technique while the instructor was paying attention and the rest of time my intent was to focus on the person I was working with. I believe that the therapist needs to focus on their client and less on their technique, and that is what I mean by intent. Now, a year later, I still believe that intent is more important than technique, only the intent has changed a little bit. Now the intent is like you and Atmara said, to create the space for something, or nothing, to happen and that whatever happens is exactly right for that person at this time. Thanks for the comment Iuliana. I agree with you. When I wrote this post a little more than a year ago I was reading a lot of posts on massage forums. The massage therapists writing the posts were all focusing on specific conditions and techniques. I was never a “technique” or “routine” person. In massage school I only did the technique while the instructor was paying attention and the rest of time my intent was to focus on the person I was working with. I believe that the therapist needs to focus on their client and less on their technique, and that is what I mean by intent. Now, a year later, I still believe that intent is more important than technique, only the intent has changed a little bit. Now the intent is like you and Atmara said, to create the space for something, or nothing, to happen and that whatever happens is exactly right for that person at this time.

]]> By: Iuliana http://www.waynewoodworth.com/intention-in-massage-and-energy-healing/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Iuliana Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:59:39 +0000 http://www.waynewoodworth.com/?p=215#comment-826 Hello, I'm so happy I found your post, Wayne. My training in massage therapy was equal focused on technique and intention (plus other 10 principles which I had to keep during the treatment like breathing, flow, precision etc). I read few things on this subject, probably the best book I came across is The intention experiment, Lynne McTaggart. However, over the years I became somehow a bit more careful when it comes to the subject of my intention onto the client, during the treatment. Atmara's comment is somehow similar with what I do during my treatments. It's a bit of combination of allowing the client to "just be" and I'm open to whatever the outcome the clients have, creating that space for them. I came to this attitude after I studied Metamorphic Technique with Gaston St Pierre and also Rosen Method, both very gentle therapies in which the therapist is using awareness of the tiniest change/shift in client's body and allowing and conducting those feelings and outcome to manifest whenever the client is ready. In metamorphic language, "the life force of the person having a treatment knows best" and we, therapists are there just as a channel to help them reach their true potential in this life (the transformation of caterpillar into butterfly). The way I feel now about the subject of intention, is that the fact we are therapists we already have an "in build" system of good intention of helping people, however "a named, specific intention" of ours over the person (as simple as I want to help with this tension in the shoulders) may be more inferior and not needed if that person is not ready to reach that level. Being aware that their on in-build system of healing is working and we, therapists are there to enhance that force when needed is more effective in the way I practice. Thank you for posting! Hello,
I’m so happy I found your post, Wayne. My training in massage therapy was equal focused on technique and intention (plus other 10 principles which I had to keep during the treatment like breathing, flow, precision etc). I read few things on this subject, probably the best book I came across is The intention experiment, Lynne McTaggart.

However, over the years I became somehow a bit more careful when it comes to the subject of my intention onto the client, during the treatment. Atmara’s comment is somehow similar with what I do during my treatments. It’s a bit of combination of allowing the client to “just be” and I’m open to whatever the outcome the clients have, creating that space for them.
I came to this attitude after I studied Metamorphic Technique with Gaston St Pierre and also Rosen Method, both very gentle therapies in which the therapist is using awareness of the tiniest change/shift in client’s body and allowing and conducting those feelings and outcome to manifest whenever the client is ready. In metamorphic language, “the life force of the person having a treatment knows best” and we, therapists are there just as a channel to help them reach their true potential in this life (the transformation of caterpillar into butterfly).

The way I feel now about the subject of intention, is that the fact we are therapists we already have an “in build” system of good intention of helping people, however “a named, specific intention” of ours over the person (as simple as I want to help with this tension in the shoulders) may be more inferior and not needed if that person is not ready to reach that level. Being aware that their on in-build system of healing is working and we, therapists are there to enhance that force when needed is more effective in the way I practice.

Thank you for posting!

]]> By: Wayne Woodworth http://www.waynewoodworth.com/intention-in-massage-and-energy-healing/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Wayne Woodworth Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:15:54 +0000 http://www.waynewoodworth.com/?p=215#comment-184 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. 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.

]]> By: Atmara http://www.waynewoodworth.com/intention-in-massage-and-energy-healing/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Atmara Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:17:18 +0000 http://www.waynewoodworth.com/?p=215#comment-167 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. 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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]]> By: Wayne Woodworth http://www.waynewoodworth.com/intention-in-massage-and-energy-healing/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Wayne Woodworth Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:09:51 +0000 http://www.waynewoodworth.com/?p=215#comment-98 Thanks for the comment Becky. Yes, we do have a tendency to get in our own way a lot. Thanks for the comment Becky. Yes, we do have a tendency to get in our own way a lot.

]]> By: Becky Johnson http://www.waynewoodworth.com/intention-in-massage-and-energy-healing/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Becky Johnson Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:01:02 +0000 http://www.waynewoodworth.com/?p=215#comment-97 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 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.

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