Through relaxation, visualization, and balancing your energies, your body triggers its own abilities to heal.

Why begin a session with guided relaxation?

Relaxation prepares the brain to enter a meditative state. At least 25 studies on meditation have shown that the activity between the four regions of the brain synchronizes during meditation. (The Intention Experiment, McTaggart, p 71.) In addition, relaxation prepares the body to receive healing energies.

Why follow this with visualization?

A large body of scientific work has been carried out in the field of visualization. Athletes use mental rehearsal, and studies at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, found that mentally rehearsing flexing one bicep five times a week actually builds muscle by 13.5 per cent in size and strength. This points to a massive mind-body connection.

Studies on treating illness with visualization show that patients have helped themselves with coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, low back pain, fibromyalgia, post-surgical recovery, pain management, and minimizing the side effects of chemotherapy (all studies listed in The Intention Experiment, McTaggart, page 135).

At the beginning of the session, we will spend time focusing on the guided visualization, tailoring it specifically to you. Please fill out the “Creating My Guided Visualization” form.

In studies, patients who were most successful with visualizations were those who practice them regularly. I suggest you practice your visualization three times between your appointments with me. I will record the visualizations so that you can choose whether to buy soundtracks of your sessions for $15. I can send it to you as either a CD or an MP3 file, your choice.

What is Energy Healing?

A NFSH Healing in America practitioner acts as a conduit of healing energies into your physical body and subtle energy system, also known as chakras and auras.

In a study of 40 healing practitioners by Elizabeth Targ on AIDS patients, Targ found the patients who improved the most had healers who saw themselves as channels of Divine Source, who set the intention for healing and moved aside to allow a greater force in. (The Intention Experiment, Lynne McTaggart, 2007). This is how a Healing in America practitioner is trained to practice.

What will my session be like?

You will fill in a client intake and release form (attached) and then come into the healing practice room. We will talk about your needs and intentions for your health. We will begin the session with your intention setting, and then you will lie fully clothed on a table under a blanket. This is when we begin the guided relaxation and visualization. After the visualization, I will begin to channel healing energies into your body and its energy systems, the chakras and the auras. The session takes place primarily off the body, with a light touch on shoulders and feet.

Sessions last about an hour, and you can stay to fill in the evaluation form. People often want to be alone afterwards, so allow time to be quiet at home, go for a walk in the park, or for a relaxing activity by yourself.

Why create an intention for my overall health and for the session in particular?

Intention studies show that intention setting works best with a highly specific aim or goal, which we can then bring into the visualization portion of your session.

During the intention setting process we create a specific intention, focus on that intention, and then let go of the outcome. Although we logically may not understand why we let go of the outcome, stepping aside is an important part of the process. The healing energies have an ordered intelligence, and they go where they are needed. There may be a higher way of ordering than we perceive, and the ‘letting go’ allows for this higher intelligence to create the highest possible outcome.

Before your session, you may want to think of some of the specific intentions you have for your healing process, and bring those with you so that we can focus on them together.

[In studies on intention carried out by William Tiller, physicist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, Tiller discovered fly larvae exposed to devices imprinted with specific intention developed 15 per cent faster than normal. As adults they were healthier than normal, as were their offspring. (Material Research Innovation, 2001; 5: 21-34).]

How many sessions will I need?

Just as you expect to attend more than one session with a chiropractor, psychotherapist or massage therapist, energy healing also works well with consistency. For curious clients who want to explore energy healing for just one session, the work will not be as effective as for those people who make energy healing a part of their wellness and healthcare routine.

I encourage you to schedule three sessions, and offer discount packages to help you do this. [$75 1^st session, then 10% off for the subsequent 2 sessions if taken within 2 weeks. Other offers may not be combined with the package. Cash or check preferred (no credit card facilities at Harmony House). I can accept credit cards via Paypal.

After your three sessions, we will discuss a treatment plan for you. I also call clients to follow up with them if it’s been a while since we met.

You will receive an evaluation form after the first session. After you fill it in and return it to me, I will give you $5 off your soundtrack, or a session with me worth $75 (does not apply to the package).

What about my doctor?

Your doctor is in charge of your medical concerns. Talk to your doctor about your prescriptions, changes in your health, or any healthcare concerns. I will not diagnose or prescribe; that is the realm of your doctor. Energy healing, visualization, intention setting and relaxation are not substitutes for medical care. They are complementary therapies, not alternatives to medical treatment.

"I thank you for this wonderful opportunity to create a sound healing opportunity for my daughter while honoring her essence. I feel that the work we have done has cleared many energy patterns that will allow for other therapies and healing modalities to be more effective.

"I, without hesitation, highly recommend your work for any individual and family experiencing autism spectrum disorder or related syndromes."  Read the full testimonial

"It was so powerful. I went to you because I wanted to be healed and I think that what we did was significant."

(Help after miscarriage)

"What you do is the only antidote I've found to soothing the jagged edges and healing the old connections that still exist in a broken heart."

(Help with loss of a relationship)

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What scientific proof do I have that it will help me?

The effectiveness of channeled Energy Healing, (called Spiritual Healing in England) is well-studied and proven. The English MD Dr Daniel Benor has collected 191 randomized, controlled studies of healing. Dr Benor says on his website:

“Research shows that spiritual healing may be helpful in treating heart conditions, AIDS, hypertension, muscle fatigue, arthritis, pains of many sorts, depression, anxiety and stress reactions. Studies in other species demonstrate effects on wound healing, cancer growth, growth of plants, bacteria and yeasts, and influencing cellular and DNA functions.

“There is more research on spiritual healing than on most of the other complementary therapies.” To look at the book which includes these studies, go to http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/HealingResearchVolume1.html

To read a British study of 75 patients receiving NFSH Healing in a hospital audit, which includes before and after comparisons on topics such as sense of well being, physical comfort, relaxation, energy levels and sleep patterns, go to www.nfsh.org.uk, click on the tab “Research” and then “Hospital Audit.”

At the University of Arizona, Dr Gary Schwartz, Professor of psychology, medicine, neurology, psychiatry and surgery, has conducted years of research on energy healers and intention (“The Energy Healing Experiments,” Gary E. Schwarz, 2007). His book provides scientific experiments and evidence which reveal the existence of energy fields.

Distance healing? Does that really work?

Will a healing session interfere with my religion or spiritual beliefs?

No. NFSH Healing in America is not associated with any religion. It does see the source of healing as Divine, but respects your right to your interpretation of that Source. According to our Code of Conduct, there is no discussion of religion or spirituality in a healing session, unless you want to talk about it. Healing in America regards religion and spirituality as private matters left to the individual.

Why choose an NFSH Healing in America practitioner?