Lesson 4: Closing Prayer and 'Safety'

After I’m done with a session, I close the space, usually by just acknowledging to the field that I’m done. If I’m working on someone in person, I might also do a little chakra balancing. I do feel that closing space is important; I just make it as easy and simple as possible.

Other people use more elaborate rituals to make sure that they're not 'picking up' other people's issues. In general, the way I teach 'allowing' will prevent this type of energetic transference from happening, but if you are worried about this, then I suggest that, upon noticing that you've picked something up, you just affirm, "That is not mine." And then forget about it. 

Forgetting about it, not worrying about it, those are key points. If you find that you can't stop worrying about such things, then perhaps you're not ready to be working on other people and concentrate on healing yourself first.  

That said, I have an an anecdote about this topic that I like to share. When I told Ayelet Connell Giammatteo, one of the women who offers wonderful classes in Integrative Manual Therapy, which I highly recommend, that I was teaching Resonant Attention, I said, "I’m just showing people to sit behind themselves.” I was referring to what I now think of as 'allowing.' 

She responded by saying, “Wow, that’s a really good way to describe ‘Interface.’” 

That was a term that, at the time, I hadn’t heard before, but Ayelet explained that it was how she taught people to protect themselves from picking up other people’s energy. So, if you're worried about energetic transference, be re-assured that the allow mode you'll learn here should help you create healthy boundaries with your clients.

In the next module, we'll dive into Attention. Join me.