Healing, Inner Wisdom and Hypnosis

 Healing is something that happens naturally if we will use the powers of our mind, body and spirit. The following are some ways that can be used easily and effortlessly. All it takes is a little practice.

Eliminating Pain
 Pain is always a signal that something is wrong! Make sure you know the cause of the pain before you work to remove it. It may be due to a physical illness, i.e., appendicitis; emotional upset, i.e., an argument(s); spiritual imbalance i.e., feeling God has deserted the person; mental imaginings i.e., excessive worry about something or someone.
 When you know the source of the pain and it is not a medical problem, then and only then, begin to change the acute feeling to that of discomfort. Discomfort can be tolerated and eliminated. Use a form of self-hypnosis to reach your goal. Close your eyes, take three slow deep breaths and slowly begin to count backwards from 10 - 1. On each downward count tell yourself that you are more relaxed than before, feeling clear and comfortable. Repeat as often as needed until relief begins to be felt. Be sure to affirm in the present and positive, i.e., “My head feels clear and comfortable”. This gives a clear command to the cells and to all the systems of your body, including the healing system. An unproductive affirmation is: “My headache is gone”. You have reinforced the headache in this statement. “My head is going to feel comfortable”. This is also unproductive as it is in the future and the body does not know how to respond in the future. It only knows this moment. Use what your body and brain can assimilate, the present tense.

Color Healing
 Imagine the color needed and then breathe it into yourself or if you are working with someone, channel the color into the person. Again, use self-hypnosis to become centered before beginning the process. Deep breathing and counting from 10 to 1 is an easy access to this altered state of consciousness. Once you have the color flowing into yourself you may then extend that color through your hands to the person who needs healing. You can do this directly by the laying on of hands or you can do this in the auric field. You can also do this for a person who is not in the same room, town or country. All methods bring results.
 
Ask your Intuition/Inner Wisdom what color is necessary to accomplish your goal. The following is a listing of common color associations:
 

• Red: strength, energy, vitality, increase in circulation and reduction of pain.
• Orange: uplifting for the nervous system; used to heal the chest area and bronchitis.
• Yellow: a nerve builder; reduces swelling and increases the flow of bile; used for skin problems.
• Golden Yellow: a lubricant; eliminates constipation, fills with courage.
• Rose Gold: use for relief of stress; brings joy to the spirit and soothes the soul.
• Green: increases vitality; dissolves blood clots; restores balance.
• Blue Green: calming and reduces fevers, cools tempers.
• Turquoise: tranquilizes; relieves headaches and muscle spasms.
• Blue: anesthetizes and reduces fevers; lowers blood pressure, invites relaxation.
• Violet: soothes, relieves cramps and induces sleep; relieves psychological distress.
• Magenta: good for problems of the heart and promotes emotional equilibrium.
• Indigo: purifies; relieves swelling; ear and eye problems; sedative.
• Purple: stimulates veins; relieves indigestion (physical and mental), invites sleep.
• White: overall feeling of well being; from the Source; Angelic protection.

Healing and Others
 When someone requests a healing then it is time for you to go to work. If the healing was requested by a loved one, for their beloved, then you must ask intuitively if you may send the healing energy. Go into that quiet altered state of self-hypnosis and ask your higher self to connect with the higher self of the person in need. The next question is “Do I have your permission to send you healing energy”? If the reply is “Yes” go ahead. If it is “No” then you must respect that reply. When you send energy you are helping the person heal herself. Some people do not wish to get well. Let it be.
 Let people know that you are available to help. When the student is ready the teacher will appear, is an old saying. It is good advice for anyone who enters this field of hands on healing. You don’t want to throw pearls among the swine as they would have no use for them! Remember: “It is not I, but a power greater than I, that works through me”. You are aligning yourself with universal divine energy and the person who is to receive the energy. You are a channel. It is as though you are a conductor. You attract the energy that the ill person is unable to attract. This energy mixes with the patient’s energy and gives her healing system a boost. You have become a “Jumper Cable”! What a great way to use healing energy!!!

Laying on of Hands
 Laying on of hands may be used by everyone who will to learn to become quiet and has the intent to help heal. It is not reserved for some special doctor, nurse, priest, healer, etc. It is your birth right, one of many that you may choose to exercise.
 Ground yourself by using self-hypnosis to get into a receptive state. Relax and deepen your state. Say a prayer and surround yourself with healing energy. Rub you hands together to get the energy flowing.
 Intuitively place your hands where they are guided, on the front and back (if you can) of her body. A good place to start is the head or the belly/spine. Send the energy through your right hand to the left hand. Hold it there until you intuitively know that you have done enough in that area. Go to the next area that your hands are called to work. Remember to breathe the healing energy into yourself and exhale it out into the body of your patient through your hands. Join with her mind and imagine her healthy, full of vitality and smiling. Imagine her exactly the way she wants to be. When minds are joined there is greater power for healing. This is how all of the ancient healers of the Mystery Schools did their work. You must remain present to the task at hand for it to be effective.

Healing at a Distance
      Often this is called Absent Healing. Sit in a comfortable chair, ground yourself, use self-hypnosis to get into a receptive altered state of consciousness. Relax and deepen your trance. Say a prayer, surround yourself with the healing energy and rub your hands together to get the energy flowing.
      Energy flows where attention goes! It is not bound by time or space. It just is. Imagine the person is in front of you. Ask your Inner Wisdom where you are to send the energy. Extend your hands and place them on the person’s body where you are guided. You may also imagine the energy extending from your third eye, your heart and solar plexus coming to a point, like a triangular beam of light. Direct that beam of light to the place on the body of the person who is in need of the healing. Use color or a white light beam, which has the full spectrum of rays within it. Intuitively you will know when you have done all you can do for the patient. When you feel you are finished, say a short prayer of thanksgiving and return to normal awareness.
      If you are doing this healing work at night and should feel sleepy, there is a way to continue. As a child my teacher told me that if I fell asleep saying my prayers my Guardian Angel would finish them. Angels have made a big comeback in this last decade of the 20th century. It is said that they are waiting for you to ask them for help. What a great way to engage the help of  these great spiritual beings. So, when you are tired, go to bed, begin the process and then ask your Guardian Angel to continue the work of sending the healing energy and go to sleep. This simple request allows you to get your rest and relaxation that is vital to your good health, while doing the work you have agreed to do.

Body Language
How to hear the messages from your inner guidance system - by: Christine Northrup, MD
  -Adapted from Woman’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom (Bantam)

Learning to listen to and respect your body is a process that requires patience and compassion. You can begin this process by paying attention to your body as you practice the following steps. Go slowly and come back to it as needed.
 

1. Make note of those things in your life that are difficult, painful, joyful, relaxing and the like. As these things come up, notice your breathing, your heart rate and your bodily sensations. What are they? Where are they? What do they feel like?
2. Pay attention to what your body feels like. Do certain parts feel numb, tired, heavy, sore? Do you feel like crying? Do parts of you feel like crying? These feelings are your body’s wisdom. They are part of your inner guidance system, your Inner Wisdom.
3. When you experience a bodily sensation such as back pain, “a gut reaction”, a headache or abdominal pain, pay attention to it. Are emotions, such as anger, fear, guilt, resentment, saddness, etc., connected with certain parts of your body? When a sensation arises in your body, stop what you are doing, lie down, breathe slowly and wait with the symptom, emotion or feeling. Relax into it. You may be surprised at what other feelings and/or insights come up.
4. Notice how you routinely talk to your body. What happens when you look in the mirror each morning? Do you criticize your face, your legs, your hair? Do you routinely apologize to others for how you look? Or do you give your body positive messages, such as “Thank you very much for digesting last night’s dinner without any conscious effot on my part”. Cultivate the link between your mouth and your ear - and the rest of you - so that you get used to hearing yourself with your inner ear, your inner wisdom.
5. Understand that your health is at risk if you are constantly undermining certain parts or functions of your body. If someone at work has a cold, do you automatically undermine your body’s ability to stay healthy by obsessing about how many germs you are exposed to? Instead say to your body, “Don’t worry - I know you have the ability to stay healthy when I nourish and rest you optimally”. Then you must follow through with what you have just told yourself.
6. You can learn to accept your body unconditionally right now, regardless of where you are starting. Stand in front of a mirror regularly, and thank your body for all it has done for you. Notice what comes up when you do this. Write the following sentence down on a piece of paper and tape it to the mirror: “I accept myself unconditionally right now”. I often write it on a prescription blank and hand it to my patient with the following instructions: “Say this sentence out loud to yourself in the mirror while gazing into your eyes. Do this twice a day for thirty days”. (Self-hypnosis at its best! )*
7.  Remember that 90% of your bodily functions take place without your conscious input. Who keeps your heart beating? Who metabolizes your food? Who heals your skin when you get a cut? Who tells your ears to listen to beautiful music? Acknowledge that your body is a miracle.  *Editor’s note.

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Dr. Spencer is the founder and director of the Infinity Institute, a state licensed hypnosis training school in Royal Oak, MI. She has been teaching Hypnosis and Therapeutic Touch for over 15 years. Spencer is an adjunct professor for Westbrook University, an internationally known speaker, trainer and author. Her self-help cassette tapes are distributed worldwide. In 1985 Dr. Spencer founded the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association in order to provide excellently trained hypnotherapists to the Health Care Community. Spencer’s vision is: A Door marked HYPNOTHERAPIST in every health care facility worldwide, staffed by certified members of IMDHA.