Touch: A Dance of Energy
When you touch someone from a place of care and healing intention, energy begins its dance between the person who owns those hands and the person receiving the touch. At first, the caregiver is using their touch to feel into someone’s being, receive messages of where to focus his or her attention, and run their own energy into the body of the recipient. Then, the energy meets — really meets — the essence of the person it is communicating with. This moment of acquaintance is the deciding factor that will allow the touch recipient to feel safe enough to drop their guard and allow their own energy to interact with the toucher.
This is when the magic happens. The person who is laying their hands on the other with the intention of sending pure-light, healing-work energy into their system becomes the simultaneous receiver of that magical flow.
Effects of Harmonizing Energy
On a business trip to homes for children and adults with disabilities in Jamaica, I discovered much about the reciprocal nature of healing work. Camera in hand, I visited ten homes throughout the island to capture the organization's magic. I struggled with the overt nature of this task at hand: it felt unholy to take their image from them as a stranger.
What I discovered was that before I knew it, the camera was swinging at my hip so my hands could be free to introduce myself with my energy. Approaching the beautiful person, from the highly-functioning tween with Down syndrome to the young man with disfiguring contractures from Cerebral Palsy, I would verbally say, “Hi! I’m Kristen. What’s your name?” Many times, they were unable to speak in return; so, I reached my hand out and laid it on their arm, shoulder …heart and they spoke volumes. I tuned into their craniosacral rhythm — entered into their energetic realm — and harmonized with their system. Only then, did I have permission to react to their grace with the camera. The result was imagery that was profound and as their eyes shone from within.
The Impact of a Gentle, Healing Touch
The power of a gentle touch is healing (...animals seem to innately know this, as evidenced by the many dogs I met as well!). As a craniosacral therapist, I understand how the body tissues can respond with softness to the caring, intentional hands of another; yet, feeling the radiant spirit of people in challenging physical conditions emanate back into me because of my touch was truly inspirational. We all have this gift within us: we can help each other open to the beauty of being alive on this Earth through our willingness to connect from a place of goodness. Who knows, we may even be blessed in return.
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