| The Healing Experiment | | | | So the next day, I created a medicine wheel, |
| This week, I participated in a healing experiment. | | | | using crystals placed in a circle around my journal, |
| It was my friend's idea and I decided to try it | | | | and left it there, directed at the issues I had |
| because it seemed like a fun thing to do and I | | | | written down. |
| figured I would get a few interesting blog posts | | | | I did that two days in a row and right around |
| out of it. I had no idea that it would work so | | | | dinner time, each day, checked in again to see |
| powerfully but since it did, I decided to share it | | | | where everything was. |
| with anyone reading this article. | | | | At the end of the second day of using the |
| The original experiment involved writing out a list | | | | crystals and the third day of the experiment, |
| of healing requests and placing them under a | | | | everything, every single thing on the list, was |
| candle that would be lit and remain lit all day. After | | | | healed! Now, they were all issues that were not |
| lighting the candle, you set an intention that as | | | | physical (no illness or injury). And from my |
| long as the candle is lit, healing energy would be | | | | experience in my own life and with my own |
| directed to each item requested. If you are a reiki | | | | distant healing clients, I would expect that |
| practitioner, at level two, or above, you would use | | | | complete healing might take more than a few |
| the distant healing symbol directed toward the | | | | days for a long-standing condition or for an injury. |
| candle flame. | | | | But this experience has greatly encouraged me! |
| I altered the experiment in a few ways. I added | | | | My Conclusion (and here's the secret) |
| the power symbol and the emotional symbol, and | | | | It seems obvious that our elders were right when |
| I began with meditation and journaling. In my | | | | they told us not to give up! The difference |
| journal, I rated each issue as to how much it | | | | between this process and what usually happens |
| bothered me so that I could measure it at the | | | | with energy healing techniques is that it was |
| end of the day by rating it again. | | | | continuous, both with the candles and with the |
| My Results | | | | crystals. |
| At the end of the day, you take note of any | | | | So the lesson I am learning, beyond using more |
| changes made and can, of course, repeat the | | | | than one modality, which I was doing already, is |
| exercise as often as you like. What I found were | | | | to make sure at least one energy healing modality |
| dramatic changes in my ratings. | | | | involves continuity, or non-stop healing. |