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Q: I harvested some rosehips off my rosebushes but I’m not
sure what to do with them. Can you give me an idea?
A: Yes! Rosehips are little Vitamin C powerhouses that have
nice benefit to our immune system, are great for our skin, and have an energetic
affinity to deep internal wisdom nourishing our Heartmind (via Jing in Water connecting
to the Fire Element).
FIRST: Rinse them in clean water, then dry them in a flat
layer either in a food dehydrator, on
paper towels in the sun, or in the oven set to 200 degrees until they look
leathery.
Once dried, you can either store them whole in a glass jar
or Ziploc bag, or you can chop them in a food processor first then store in a
glass jar.
ROSEHIP SEED TEA FOR FALL: In 2 cups of water, add 1 Tbsp Rosehip Seeds, 1 Tbsp Goji Berries, and 1 Cinnamon Stick. Simmer 10-20 minutes covered, strain. Garnish with a thin slice of Orange for a beautiful hot cup of tea. Sweeten with a little honey if desired.
ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND TO ENJOY WITH YOUR TEA:
To compliment the delicious tea, make yourself an essential oil blend to diffuse
or dilute and apply topically. Try
Juniper Berry, Australian Balm Mint, and a touch of either Clove or Ginger. (If
someone applies this to your feet while you’re sipping your tea you get extra
bonus points!)
ROSEHIP SEED HERBAL INFUSED OIL:
Chop completely dried Rosehip Seeds in the food processor. Add to a mason jar. Cover completely with Olive Oil, plus extra
oil at the top. Place jar in the sun. Turn it every day for 3-6 weeks. The oil should pick up a gorgeous pink hue
but won’t have much of a smell. Strain the oil and keep in a clean jar. With quality Olive Oil as a base, shelf life
will be about 18-24 months.
-Use the herbal infused oil to drizzle on veggies
or make salad dressing.
-Use it as 20-25% of the carrier oil base in homemade creams, balms, salves, or essential oil blends. It’s excellent for face, body, massage, and after-shower body moisturizer.
3 Beautifully Aromatic Essential Oil Ideas for the Holidays
***My favorite resources are listed at the end of this Blog.***
#1:Diffuse a festive blend in the air. Use these in an electric diffuser, or simply in a bowl with boiled water poured on top.
NOTE: The amounts below make 1 use in the diffuser which will last 1-3 hours. To make a larger amount for multiple use or to make stocking stuffers, multiply the drops of oil by 10 or less. For example, 3 drops of Peppermint x 10 = 30 drops.
Christmas Candy
(recipe via Kathryn Sharp, White Sage Landing)
3d Peppermint
1d Clove
1d Nutmeg - or substitute Allspice
3d Green Mandarin (or any Orange oil)
1d Vanilla – if you’re doing this in a bowl with boiled water, you can substitute 1/8 tsp cooking vanilla for the essential oil.
Winter Wonderland
3d Douglas Fir
2d Peppermint
1d Allspice
3d Orange
Traditional
4d Frankincense
3d Myrrh Note this blend works best in a bowl with boiled water as the resin quality of Myrrh tends to clog an electric diffuser.
Make stocking stuffers by getting some bulk quantity Sample Vials and filling them with your blend. Print a label on your computer, and wrap it around. Each vial will last for several uses of the blend.
Or keep it simple with any single Tree oil such as Pine, Fir, or Spruce. Not only do these smell woodsy refreshing, they help clean the air and support the health of our lungs.
#2: Make an Aromatic Salt Scrub for feet or add to a hot bath. With some small decorative storage jars, you can make this into a larger batch and create a fabulous gift to give others.
In a bowl, mix together:
1 cup coarse sea salt + a little extra if needed
1/2 cup carrier oil such as jojoba, liquid coconut, sweet almond, or a mixture of these
Optional if you have it: 1 Tsp Cucumber Seed Botanical Oil
10-20 drops total Essential Oils.
Stir together and transfer to a glass jar with a lid. Use 1 large spoonful in a hot bath, and about 1 tbsp per foot & leg in a spa style scrub.
There are all kinds of jars available in a variety of sizes that you can use to package up your Foot Spa Salt Scrub for the special people on your list. This makes a great gift for Massage Therapists to give to your regular clients too!
#3: Create a Room Spritz to add some quick ambience, refresh the air during and after a party, or just to jazz up cleaning day. These also make a great gift!
Spritzer Tops (aka Finger Misters) can be ordered to fit different bottle sizes. This one shown is a small size that fits a 1 or 2 oz glass bottle. Then use either plain water or a beautiful Aromatic Hydrosol as the base you add essential oils to.
In a 1oz Spritzer Bottle combine: Use plain water or an Aromatic Hydrosol such as Spruce, Pine, or another type of Tree as the carrier base.
Blend #2:
4d May Chang or Lemon Tea Tree
4d Peppermint
2d Eucalyptus
Blend #3:
3d Palo Santo
3d White Sage
3d Douglas Fir
I hope this gets your creative juices flowing. Have fun & smell wonderful this holiday season!
~Cynthia McMullen, Essential Oil Instructor
Alaska Institute of Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture & Massage Therapy
You can study at our school in Alaska from anywhere in the world! We have a fabulous series of Online Essential Oil Courses - you can even get certified through us.
Some of my favorite RESOURCES: White Sage Landing - beautiful organic essential oils - the ones I use - and a small variety of hydrosols. Use code CMCM when ordering.
SKS Bottles - huge variety of bottles and jars, spritz tops, droppers, in bulk quantity only.
Mountain Rose Herbs - smaller quantities of bottles and jars, spritz tops, droppers, essential oils and hydrosols. Also a nice selection of salt scrub supplies. Original Swiss Aromatics - organic essential oils and hydrosols.
Oshadhi - I love their organic hydrosols, huge selection!
Natural Therapies for Insomnia Acupuncture & Herbs
Massage Therapy
Energy Healing
Meditation / QiGong
Essential Oils & Ear Reflexology
Sleep disorders plague millions of Americans and can be attributed to a variety of causes. Perhaps the main cause of insomnia and restless sleep is the whirlwind pace that most modern people live with day in and day out. Our society emphasizes ‘doing’ much more than ‘being’.
From the perspective of acupuncture, the yin aspect of life is quite depleted for the average modern American. [
In case you have never heard of yin and yang, these are the polar forces that are reflected in everything in the natural world. Yin is related to stillness, tranquility, and contemplation. Yang is related to movement, accomplishment, and function. We need yin and yang to be in balance within ourselves in order to experience true health and wellbeing.
When we are yin deficient, we easily become restless, irritable, and excessively busy. Our ability to rest and restore is compromised, as we never seem to get a break from the constant activity in our minds and our lives.
This is one of the main dilemmas that we face in terms of experiencing deep states of continuous sleep. We have forgotten how to turn our minds off due to the frantic speed of everything around us and we have become yin deficient.
The common word is stress, but there is a lot more to this picture than is implied. Another way to look at this is that the sympathetic nervous system is on overdrive. We are stuck in fight or flight mode, as we are trying to keep up with our hectic schedules and myriad responsibilities. We have excessive amounts of cortisol and adrenaline in our systems, which keep us feeling amped up and unable to rest.
With the pattern of yin deficiency and a hyperactive sympathetic nervous system, we often feel too warm, excessively thirsty, dried out, and anxious. This pattern is extremely common in menopausal women. Due to the fact that we are in fight or flight, we sometimes can’t tell if we are tired. We often feel wired or manic. Yet other times a deep-seated exhaustion is felt that penetrates into our bones.
There are many other factors that contribute to insomnia, but this is the primary issue that many people are facing. Other potential inputs are nutritional imbalances, suppressed emotions, relationship troubles, hormonal imbalances, and energetic imbalances.
Let’s take a look at a few of the top natural treatment options for insomnia:
1) Acupuncture: All of the major organs of the body are related to specific kinds of insomnia. For instance, there is a liver/gall bladder insomnia in which one is kept awake strategizing, planning and scheduling their lives at night. This person often can’t turn their minds off unless they read or watch TV before bed. Likewise, there are kidney, heart, lung and spleen forms of insomnia that all have specific manifestations. Acupuncture is an excellent treatment option for insomnia, regardless of its etiology.
For chronic insomnia, we generally recommend receiving acupuncture once a week for 4-6 weeks, then we can assess for progress. Acupuncture helps to restore balance to the central nervous system and harmonize Qi, the functional energy that underlies our general state of health. Qi can either become stagnant, meaning that too much energy is locked up in a certain area or organ, or it can become deficient, meaning that there is not enough energy in an area or organ. Either pattern can cause insomnia and both are treatable with acupuncture.
2) Herbs: There are many Chinese and Western herbs that can be very helpful for insomnia. Chinese herbs are typically used in combination to create formulas that treat specific patterns of disharmony. Western herbs are frequently used on their own. The great thing about herbs is that they don’t cause the drowsiness and disorientation that many of the Western sedative drugs do. Here is a great list, and our Acupuncturist can help you make an appropriate selection.
·Valerian: Has mild sedative properties that help to relax the nervous system and calm the mind.
·Chamomile: Has a mild tranquilizing and calming effect that soothes all major systems of the body.
·Kava: A highly prized medicinal that is used to alleviate anxiety and induce deeper sleeping patterns. Kava is contraindicated for those with Liver disease.
·Gui pi tang: A Chinese formula that nourishes the heart and spleen, for insomnia with low energy, nightmares, anxiety, depression, and possibly night sweats.
·Tian wan bu xin dan: A Chinese formula that balances the relationship between the heart and kidneys, for symptoms such as insomnia, low back pain, anxiety, feeling of heat, thirst, and night sweats.
·Suan zao ren tang: A Chinese formula that nourishes the heart and liver, for insomnia irritability.
·An mian pian: A Chinese formula translated as peaceful sleep, for insomnia due to heart blood deficiency.
3) Massage Therapy: This is the ultimate way of teaching our body how to go into a deeply relaxed state. Through massage, our muscles relax, circulation flows smoothly, and our mind quiets. For insomnia, we recommend getting a massage once per week for 5-8 weeks to start making full relaxation a welcome change. We like to reassess at this point to see if continued weekly massage is still needed, or changing the frequency to a massage every 2-4 weeks would be of better benefit. The goal is to re-train the body to attain and maintain a state of pure relaxation and great sleep on its own.
4) Energy Healing: Many people find light touch/no touch energy healing helps them to reach a mind state that is so relaxed it becomes a mentally transformed experience. In this altered state, it can feel like floating, energetic sensations throughout the body or in focused areas, and simultaneously being in a deep sleep while being aware of not being asleep. Medical QiGong Energy Healing uses the same energy pathways as acupuncture, and externally re-balances energy (Qi) flow to assist in healing symptoms.
5) Meditation and QiGong: Meditation – either still or gently moving like QiGong, is a deeply restorative practice and can replicate many of the benefits of sleep. In fact, meditation is often considered to be even more beneficial because it can lead to a state of non-thought, which is said by many spiritual traditions to be the deepest state of relaxation and healing possible for human beings. In sleep, our minds are still processing and dreaming. Spend 15 minutes before bed meditating and it will quite likely allow you to fall asleep faster and to sleep more peacefully. Not sure how to do this? We can teach you, and there are many excellent guided meditations.
6) See our YouTube video on Essential Oil and Ear Reflexology for Insomnia. Click the image to access the video.
DISCLAIMER: Natural methods work best to prevent or lessen the degree and occurrence of gall stones in someone who may be prone to them. This information is not intended to replace proper medical attention for someone experiencing acute symptoms related to gall stones. If you are in severe pain that lasts more than a few hours and feel like you should be calling your doctor – please do! If the doctor determines it is an emergency and wants to remove your gall bladder this may be the best course of action under the circumstances. If the doctor stabilizes your pain and sends you home, it should be safe to use natural methods as a form of future prevention.
Gall Bladder Flush: (Source, Healing With Whole Foods, by Paul Pitchford)
There is quite a bit of internet controversy over this gall bladder flush concerning the “pea-like poop pellets” that come out in the morning. Are they the gall stones or a formation of the oil and lemon juice? This point should not negate the positive results so many experience.
Regardless of this controversy, I have seen this flush work extremely well in numerous people in the clinical setting, and I stand by it. When you understand the relationship of the 5-Element Energy of the food to what it does in the body, it makes sense, and it is gentle enough that it won’t hurt someone to try it. And if you try it and it doesn’t work – no harm done.
CAUTION: If you have an actual blocked or infected bile duct, your stool is very light or white in color, or your skin and eyes are yellow with jaundice, seek medical attention and do not do this flush.
Supplies you will need:
Organic tart green apples – get as many as you think you might like to eat all day
1-3 Organic lemons, squeezed to make ½ cup fresh lemon juice
¼ cup Olive oil
Directions:
For one day, eat only tart green apples – as many as you want. Drink only water and plain herbal tea if desired.
At night before going to bed, mix together the fresh lemon juice and olive oil. Drink it down quickly. This is the hardest part, but you can do it.
Go to sleep on your right side with your leg pulled up to squeeze your abdomen on that side.
That’s it. When you wake up in the morning your bowels should move and the infamous “pellets” will be expelled. Most people report feeling nicely cleaned out, healthier, and more vibrant at this point.
How often to do this?
For most people, once is enough to start. Rarely I have seen someone repeat the flush about 3-5 days later because they felt the need to. After this as long as you make other healthy lifestyle changes doing the flush every Spring is a great idea, or use it only as needed.
Energy of the Flush:
The Liver and Gall Bladder belong to the Wood Element. The flavor associated with Wood is sour and the color is green.
The tart green apples have a natural affinity to Wood because of their color and flavor. In addition, the pectin in the apples helps to soften accumulations – like stones.
Once the pectin has softened the accumulations, the sour lemon juice has a constricting action, while the olive oil will cause bile to flush out in order to emulsify it for digestion. This squeeze/release action is the Flush.
The olive oil also acts like a lubricant in the intestines so that they can empty more efficiently – good news for the Liver, and as a way to expel the toxins released by flushing the liver.
Variation: If you feel like this is too much, there is a great 28-day variation outlined in the Healing With Whole Foods book.
Additional Supplements: For anyone who has their gall bladder removed, or in the case of being prone to gall stone issues, I recommend considering a supplement of Milk Thistle. This herb has a long and safe history of use in supporting liver health. However, it is known to interact with a variety of medications including birth control, anti-psychotics, some allergy pills, some seizure medications, and more. If you are taking any other herbs or prescribed medications be sure to consult with a qualified health care practitioner prior to taking this supplement.
Essential Oil Compress: (see the video overview)
Make an essential oil blend to apply topically over the liver area (right side of the rib cage, under the ribs). This blend helps to clear damp heat and invigorate blood. The oils used have known benefits to the liver and gall bladder.
1 oz Carrier Oil – I suggest 20% Cucumber Seed Botanical Oil* if available, to 80% plain carrier oil such as coconut, jojoba, sweet almond, apricot, or olive.
Turmeric 6d.
Black Pepper 4d.
Lemon 6d.
Grapefruit 4d.
Variation: You can make a 1 oz blend with only Turmeric (12d) and Black Pepper (10d) if desired.
Apply this blend each night before bed. Leave your hands on top for several minutes so the heat from your hands allows the oils to penetrate more deeply. Use for 1-3 months, then take a break.
QiGong: (see the video demonstration)
“Rocking the Baby Dragon” is a wonderful exercise that helps to increase circulation in the ribs and torso directly where the liver and gall bladder are located.
Stand in a relaxed and comfortable position.
Raise the hands, palm up, fingertips touching, in front of the solar plexus area. Elbows are bent and pointed straight out to the sides.
Inhale, and guide your left elbow up towards the ceiling. Allow your eyes to softly follow the path.
Exhale and come back to center.
Inhale, and guide your right elbow up towards the ceiling. Allow your eyes to softly follow the path.
Exhale and come back to center.
Slowly, with your breath, repeat this movement 8-24 times on each side.
Remember to focus on the feeling of contracting and expanding your rib cage.
If you would like additional support with balancing your body back to health, all of the following are excellent choices – see which ones you connect with:
Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs
Massage Therapy
Medical QiGong Energy Healing
5-Element Nutrition
Tai Chi and QiGong
Yoga
These therapies are available at the Oriental Healing Arts Centerin Anchorage Alaska, or find a qualified practitioner in your area.
Want to learn more about using Essential Oils for therapeutic purposes like this? Check out our Online Courses:
Q: “I have somebody that’s very close to me who is severely depressed, and they’re receiving medical attention because they’re suicidal. Is there some kind of distant energy healing technique that I can do to help them?”
A: Let me say first, that in a situation like this it is extremely important that if somebody is very depressed and also suicidal, please get them the medical attention that they need. This energy healing technique is not intended to replace proper treatment.
Energy healing does work very well to send love to this person’s heart. It doesn’t matter if they’re on medications or in the hospital. This will work through all of those things. It is our intention to send them Loving Energy, not to focus on trying to resolve their emotional issues.
Having said that, I’m going to outline a strong energy healing technique in the style of Medical QiGong which is my specialty area.
Medical QiGong Energy Healers go through a lot of training and self-work. One of the most important skills involved in doing energy healing is the ability to connect with your heart, and the ability to deeply feel unconditional love—or at least some degree of love —in your heart, and flowing out of your heart. This is the energy that we’re going to use.
If you can get into the state where you close your eyes and you can feel overwhelming love for this person, you can do this technique.
Feeling Desperation and Fear
When we’re working with someone who has an intense situation, especially if it’s somebody close to us or a family member, it’s very easy to go into the feeling of desperation.
To achieve the best effect, feeling unconditional love is where we need to be. It feels peaceful. It feels calm. It feels like this energy just flows out, and it’s so beautiful. This is what we want to experience.
If we’re experiencing desperation—and it’s really hard not to go there sometimes—we are embodying the energy of extreme fear, which does not work well in Energy Healing. Fear has too much noise around it.
An example of a thought in desperation is like “I want this person to heal so badly, that I can’t think about anything else.” There may be begging, promises to change, and even offering something to God in exchange for saving the person.
And with heavy and intense thoughts going on, if you can, you need to get out of that and bring yourself into a place where you are calm and peaceful and you can feel love.
If you cannot bring yourself to this state, it’s best to get somebody else to help you do the Energy Healing, somebody else who can get there, and then they can do this technique along with you.
This is why energy healers will often say it’s a really good idea not to work on your own family - because we can be too deep into desperation mode.
Non-Attachment to the Outcome
We want to make sure that we’re not attached to the outcome. Whatever happens here is an agreement between the Higher Self of the person who’s going to be receiving the energy, and the Creator.
All we’re doing is bringing unconditional love into the situation. Unconditional means there is no condition attached to it. If the person lives, that’s beautiful! That’s amazing! Of course, we’ll be happy with that.
And if the person doesn’t live, we really need to be careful in that area and not go to a place where it’s our fault or it’s a failure or anything like that. That can be really hard.
But we’ve got to be able to see that there’s still beauty in that side, also. One of the only ways to do this is to shine the light from our heart onto our grief. This can be very hard, but at the same time, if we go through enough training in energy healing, we’ll find that there’s a place inside of us that is so peaceful and so deep, that yes, we can actually do this.
Summary of Intention
So, again, all we’re doing here is allowing the strong feeling of unconditional love to grow inside of us, and we’re going to let that flow out through our hands, and we’re going to send this beautiful healing energy to someone else.
LEARNING THE ENERGY HEALING PATTERN
Step 1: Doing it within ourselves (see video for a demonstration)
I’m going to very briefly take us through a QiGong exercise that’s going to be the same thing that we’re going to do for energy healing purposes on the table. We’re going to do it on ourselves first to get an idea of the experience. It’s a good idea to begin practicing this on a regular basis also.
Three Centers Meditation & The Microcosmic Orbit
Self-Cultivation Practice
This meditation can be done while either sitting or standing.
Start with three deep opening breaths (clearing or cleansing breaths): These are to cleanse or open our energy channels and root ourselves into the earth. They make us pay attention to our breathing and start to put us into a different or special state:
The first breath is to the upper chest area (Upper Dan Tian).
The second breath is to the rib cage area (Middle Dan Tian).
The third breath is to the navel area (Lower Dan Tian)
Then begin the QiGong exercises and breathing as follows:
Lower Dan Tian (pelvic or navel area): Start in front of the Lower Dan Tian with your hands a few inches apart and facing one another. Inhale and slowly draw your hands apart out to the sides, keeping them taut. Then exhale and slowly push them back together, to the starting point. Repeat this movement eight times.
Middle Dan Tian (digestive area): Start in front of the Middle Dan Tian with your hands a few inches apart and facing one another. Inhale and slowly draw your hands apart out to the sides, keeping them taut. Then exhale and slowly push them back together, to the starting point. Repeat this movement eight times.
Upper Dan Tian (heart center area): Start in front of the Upper Dan Tian with your hands a few inches apart and facing one another. Inhale and slowly draw your hands apart out to the sides, keeping them taut. Then exhale and slowly push them back together, to the starting point. Repeat this movement eight times.
Chong Mai (central meridian): Start in front of the Lower Dan Tian with your hands a few inches apart and palms facing up. Inhale and slowly raise your hands, keeping your palms facing up, to the Upper Dan Tian or facial area. Keep your hands taut. Then exhale and turn your hands over, so your palms are facing down, and lower them back down to the starting point. Repeat this movement eight times.
Lower Dan Tian (pelvic or navel area): Return to the Lower Dan Tian and repeat the opening movement to “pump the energy.” Start with your hands a few inches apart and facing one another. Inhale and slowly draw your hands apart out to the sides of your body, keeping them taut. Then exhale and slowly push them back together, to the starting point. Repeat this movement thirty two times. This helps to build up the energy for the Microcosmic Orbit.
(NOTE: This is a total of 64 breaths, the same number of trigrams in the I-Ching Bagua)
Lower Dan Tian (pelvic area): Remain at the Lower Dan Tian and keep your hands stationary here, gently resting one on top of the other against your body. Take a few deep breaths.
Microcosmic Orbit: With your hands still resting at the Lower Dan Tian, begin the Microcosmic Orbit by envisioning Qi flowing in a circular pattern up your spine or back (Du Mai or Governing Vessel), over the top of your head, and down your front (Ren Mai or Conception Vessel). Inhale while intending Qi to flow up your Du Mai, and exhale while intending it to flow down your Ren Mai. Repeat this cycle eight times.
Connecting the Heart Center
Next, to connect the Heart Center, we’ll focus on a special acupoint just above the inner wrist called Pericardium 6. This point strongly connects to and protects our Heart Center. When someone is depressed or they don’t want to live, we really need to wake up this Pericardium energy and reach the heart and Spirit so they are protected.
Hold your left palm over your right inner wrist. Connect with the energy at Pericardium 6 and guide it up to your heart center, then back down. Repeat this cycle eight times on one side, then repeat on the opposite side.
Drawing Down the Heavens to Close
Close with Drawing Down the Heavens: Open your arms wide, extending them out to the sides, with palms facing up, and slowly raise them in a circular motion until your hands nearly meet above your head. Then, with palms facing down, slowly lower your hands side by side in front of your body down to the Lower Dan Tian.
Now it’s time to move to the table to send our Distant Energy Healing.
MEDICAL QIGONG DISTANT ENERGY HEALING TECHNIQUE (see video for demonstration)
I think it helps a lot to have something to use that represents the person, such as a stuffed animal, a doll, a small green alien, or something to help get into the imagery a little better. You can just use their image in your mind if that works well for you. Sometimes it also helps to have a picture of the person, or their name written out.
Using Essential Oils (optional)
I like to use essential oils when doing energy healing, however this is optional if you don’t have any. Choose a special oil that you consider to have spiritual properties, such as Pink or Blue Lotus, Rose, Frankincense, Sage, or another one that is very special to you.
Apply a small amount, diluted, and rub into your hands. I love the way this smells, and I really like the feel of the tone/vibration that the energy picks up as it goes through my hands.
I also like to use an energy spray made of a mixture of hydrosols, essential oils, and flower essences. This helps to clear the energy field in a way that prepares it to receive the energy healing. Here’s one of my favorite recipes, and you can also play around and make your own depending on what you have on hand:
In a 1oz bottle with a spritzer top, combine the following:
Rose Hydrosol (or use another Hydrosol you like. If you don’t have any, use water.)
Shake well before each use. Store in the refrigerator and use it within 12 months.
Preparation for Distant Energy Healing Treatment
If you’re using it, begin by spraying the Energy Spritz over the doll or other representation of the person you are sending this energy to. Otherwise skip this step.
Another optional item to use is crystals. They complement energy healing beautifully and work by amplifying the vibration of the energy, especially when placed on acupoints, energy centers, or chakras. In the video I use clear quartz and rose quartz, however you can use any you are drawn to.
If using crystals, place one symbolically in or near each palm of your “person” and one over their Heart Center.
Begin to connect with your person:
Form an image of the person in your mind, or if you don’t know the person just use their name. We’re all part of one big energy field, and it’s a really nice way of being able to connect with exactly who we mean by their name.
Close your eyes and become aware of your breath. Really feel your breath in your own Heart Center. Our Heart Center is the place that we want to come from.
Draw Down the Heavens three times.
Inhale up and exhale down as if clearing your own channels and rooting your energy into the Earth.
The second time, inhale up and exhale down to honor the healing space.
The third time, inhale up and exhale down to surround your person’s energy field and root their energy into the Earth.
Just like the self QiGong exercise we did earlier, we’re going to do the same movements over our “person”.
Bring your hands down into the energy field. Start several feet above and slowly let your hands drift down just until you feel the shift in density from their energy field. It’s usually at least 2 to 3 feet above an actual person that you’ll feel this, and this is the area you want to work in.
Connect to the Lower Dan Tian, the area below the navel, and just like we did on ourselves, expand and contract your hands while moving with your breath. Do this about eight times.
Connect to the Middle Dan Tian, the solar plexus area, and again, expand and contract your hands while moving with your breath. You are stimulating the Qi in this area. Do this about eight times.
Remember: While doing this, feel within your heart anything that helps you focus and think about unconditional love.
Connect to the Upper Dan Tian, the throat and head area. Expand and contract your hands while moving with your breath. Do this about eight times.
Next move back down to the Lower Dan Tian. Here, we’re going to connect with Chong Mai, the Central Meridian. It’s rooted in the Lower Dan Tian and we’re going to guide energy as if we’re guiding it right up the center and back down. This meridian is strongly connected to our Spirit because it is the core of our being. Do this about eight times.
Again return to the Lower Dan Tian. We’re going to expand and contract the energy field here again, however this time there is more of an intention to gather Qi with our hands and fill the Lower Dan Tian with it. Do this about eight times.
Next, pause and circle your hands over the Lower Dan Tian. We’re going to go through the Microcosmic Orbit. Use your hands off to the side with intention of guiding Qi up the spine and down the front in a nice smooth flow. Do this about eight times.
Pause at the Lower Dan Tian. We’re going to connect with the Heart Center now. On ourselves we only did one hand at a time, however when we’re working with our distant person, we can do both sides together.
Energetically gather some energy at the Heart Center and guide it out to the hands. Circle over the palms and use your intention to also activate the acupoint Pericardium 6, which calms and protects the heart. Guide that back up to the Heart Center and flow back out to the hands and Pericardium 6. Do this about eight times.
While doing this, close your eyes and let your mind go into your heart to really feel like you’re sending love to this person. You can visualize this energy as white light, as an intention, or even as gold shimmering light washing over them.
When you’re ready to end, circle your hands over the Heart Center and the Lower an Tian, then gently withdraw your hands from their energy field. Draw Down the Heavens to close, symbolically close up their energy field, and disconnect.
Take a moment to feel gratitude in your heart for being a channel to send to so much love to another Being in need.
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