Becoming A Healer

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1. Patty on September 2nd, 2008 2:28 pm

   In the last year, I have had a strange gift of healing. I can lay hands on my granddaughter when she is ill or my dad, then I will get seriously ill for about an hour, then better, and they are better too. What is this called?

2. Mary on September 2nd, 2008 3:42 pm

   Hi Patty,
   Some healers do take on the illness of their patients as part of the healing. It happens very much as you describe it — they experience the illness of the patient temporarily. In a sense, the energy fields of healer and patient become merged and the healer heals the illness of the patient in their own field.

   I’ve never heard of this phenomenon having a name. If you find one, please let us know!

3. Sarah on October 14th, 2008 8:18 am

   I was in Cyrpus recently an had my Aura read by Eileen A Augusti who I understand is world known for her abilities. She said that I had strong healing abilities and I was a Shamanic Healer is my previous life and a healer of some kind in my past three lives. She said that I had not used my abilities as a healer in this life and as a consequence was taking in very negative energy from situations around me and I had not learned to use that negative engery in a posotive way thus causing damage to my own spirtual wellbeing. I suffer from depression and I wanted to know how I would begin to rediscover my abilities? Are there places one can go to learn about ones abilities …. when do I start?

4. Mary on October 14th, 2008 9:32 am

   Hello Sarah,
   I am not familiar with programs in the UK, but I am sure there are many courses that would help you learn about energy healing and develop your abilities. Reiki is an easy way to start, and the Healing Touch program is taught worldwide. We also have a CD available on this website — Everyday Energy Healing — which is a great way to start to learn.

   Of course, becoming a healer also involves ones own self-healing. I hope you are getting help with your depression. Sometimes learning to use your healing abilities is part of self-healing, but it shouldn’t be the only step you take.

   Good luck!

5. Sarah on October 15th, 2008 10:22 am

   Thank you Mary

   I shall take on board what you said and look up the links you have given me. I have been on and off antidepressants for the last 2 years but had come off suddenly due to finding out I was pregnant about 4 weeks ago. Unfortunately I lost the baby 2 weeks ago so I am now trying to use more natural methods of antidepressants including 5-htp and St Johns Wort as well as other supplements.

   Regards

   Sarah

6. Mary on October 17th, 2008 8:47 am

   You are welcome, Sarah. I wish you well with your healing journey.

7. Avis Scott on November 17th, 2008 4:30 pm

   I am a healer, but I don’t know how to operate it. Please help.

8. Mary on November 17th, 2008 4:45 pm

   Avis, please explain what you mean by “don’t know how to operate it”.

   Do you mean that at times you’ve facilitated healing spontaneously but don’t know how to do it at will? If so, it’s important to understand that healing is a two way street. It’s not just a result of what the healer does, but also what the person receiving healing does. Healing is caused just as much by the receiver as by the one giving the healing.

   Actually, from an even larger perspective, healing is a three way street, and the third party (other than healer and “healee”) is the most important. It is the process of healing itself which is ultimately a mystery.

   That’s my initial response. If you explain your comment a bit more, perhaps I can say more.

9. annmarie on December 11th, 2008 12:27 pm

   Hi I know how this sounds but I saw a local palmist/tarot and she told me that I have a very strong gift of healing she said she noticed it in my palms (a half moon and something else i don’t remember) and I was wondering if this sounds true to you she told me to release it to light 7 blue candles and kneel on a black velvet cushion and salted water then told me what to do, As a child I used to have dreams of my palms melting away. If I have a gift I would love to be able to help people but wanted to know if any of the things she mentioned rings true at all with you ? all help or guidance would be really appreciated.

10. Mary on December 12th, 2008 1:52 pm

    Hello annemarie,

    My feeling is that the ability to facilitate healing is a natural human ability. Some people are more inclined than others to develop and use it. Some have it more readily available.

    What’s important is if any of this rings true to you! If you have the desire to use your healing abilities, then start to take some steps in that direction and see what happens. You might want to take a Reiki or Healing Touch course. We have a CD on our website, Everyday Energy Healing, which you could also use to start.

    Your palmist advised you to do a ritual to release the healing. Sometimes rituals do help people in various ways. If it appeals to you, by all means go ahead and do it, but such a ritual isn’t absolutely necessary. Your desire and intention to facilitate healing is the most important catalyst to release your ability.

11. Chris on December 29th, 2008 10:45 am

    Hello,

    I’m looking into some insight to something that happened to me on the 25th.

    Both my hands started to feel warm and a tingling sensation started to develop. I held my hands facing each other about 22 in apart (shoulder width) and could feel weight like I was holding a decent sized medicine ball between them.

    I’ve been told for years that I have access to healing abilities in my hands and have even taken a few classes to try and open up to the gifts, but could feel/access nothing.

    So my question is this….was that the energy field that others have spoken of? Do personal emotions block or egress the field?

    Oh, and I think the term you were looking for for the type of healing that Patty spoke of on September 2nd is (or could be) called Empathic Healing. I stumbled across the term somewhere in the last decade or so.

12. Mary on December 29th, 2008 11:15 am

    Hi Chris,
    It certainly sounds like you were sensing energy with your hands. Often people describe warmth and tingling in their hands when they are doing healing as well as at other times. The description of sensing a ball of energy between your hands is also a common experience.

    I can’t say for sure why you experienced this at this time and not previously when you’ve taken courses. Our experience of sensing energy can be inhibited by emotions, and especially by the habit we’ve developed in our culture of ignoring energetic information. It’s a kind of “selective perception” in which we don’t acknowledge certain things that we are experiencing. In any case, it sounds like you are starting to become aware of the energy in your hands and are starting to sense the energy field.

    As for the term “empathic healing”, It is probably used in many different ways. Someone who is empathic feels others emotions, but it isn’t necessarily the case that they would take on their illness. It does seem that in energy healing there isn’t one standard way of defining things.

13. Dawn on January 7th, 2009 12:29 pm

    Hi I have been attending kinesiology therapy and it has become apparent that I can feel certain energies. This includes detecting pain in dogs and feeling the energy from crystals and magnets. The therapist said this reaction she doesn’t see with everyone and I should explore my healing side.

    This is an area that is completely new to me. Any suggestions on how I can explore this more?

14. Mary on January 7th, 2009 12:58 pm

    Hello Dawn,
    Many people start by taking a local Reiki course. You might also be able to find a Healing Touch or Therapeutic Touch course in your area. These are all good programs (but do get a reference for a Reiki teacher).

    We have a CD on our website, Everyday Energy Healing, which you could also use to start. It contains an exercise for sensing energy, information on getting started, as well as guiding you through an entire energy balancing on another person. (It’s also available as an mp3 download.)

15. Dawn on January 9th, 2009 2:30 pm

    Thanks Mary, I am going to give the CD a go and hopefully get a better understanding of the energy I feel.
    Thanks from the UK!

16. Mary on January 9th, 2009 4:04 pm

    You are welcome, Dawn. Let us know how it goes!

17. Mike on January 15th, 2009 6:07 pm

    What is this idea of a healer, being anyone who has the potentiality to become something of a demi-god? I ask this question with a bit of skepticism in my voice because the topic almost begs it out of me. I consider myself a healer on a small level just because of the personality that I portray but what about these ablities, couldn’t they just be ways of interaction where someone feels better in your presence because you will listen? Just trying to shake off of the mysticism that surrounds such things~

18. Mary on January 16th, 2009 11:12 am

    Good question, Mike. We’re not talking about the old idea of a healer as someone with superpowers who heals someone. We’re talking about someone who helps facilitate healing in another. That can happen in all sorts of ways. It could be just what you describe — someone feels better because you listen to them.

    The capacity to help another heal is there in all of us. This topic is aimed at those who want to play the role of “healer” professionally.

19. Michele on January 20th, 2009 7:10 pm

    Hello, I have recently recieved my Usui Reiki Master Attunment from a friend; my intention was to be able to pass this gift to a good friend of mine and her family who has cancer. I have given her Reiki during her last bout with chemo last year about a dozen times; now the cancer has returned.

    I have been practicing Reiki for about 4 years, mainly for my husband and myself. Now that I have recieved my master attunement, I feel compelled to share Reiki with others; with my neighbors, coworkers and other extended family members.

    I previously have not shared Reiki with others much because I often don’t feel like it “works” for others when I want it to…whereas, it seems to “turn on” and work very powerfully when I least expect it.

    My experience with Reiki thus far has been varied–I have had some pretty profound energetic experiences, also, I’ve felt really drained after giving Reiki, I’ve also become really depressed after giving Reiki, and sometimes, I become so anxious before a scheduled appointment that I don’t want to go.

    The reason I write now, is that today, I gave a 15 minute Reiki session to a coworker. Before the session, I was full of energy, positive, and excited all day. The session itself was uneventful, my hands were a little warm, and I did not feel much; I tried to have faith that Reiki works on its own whether I can tell or not. Then about 5 minutes after the session, I became EXTREMELY sad. I cannot describe how completely forlorn I was, and I was also very disappointed that my coworker did not find the session anything other than “relaxing”.

    Most of my experience with Reiki is either neutral or negative. This does not seem right. Everything I hear and read about Reiki is completely positive.

    This makes me feel like I am not worthy to do Reiki, although I REALLY want to share it with others in a way that is truly helpful to them.

    Why am I not experiencing Reiki as profoundly as EVERY publication describes, and why is there NOTHING on the internet or in books about Reiki difficulties?

20. Mary on January 21st, 2009 10:37 am

    These are great questions, Michele. I’m sure that your experiences are representative of those of most people who do Reiki or any other form of energy healing. One thing to remember when you read about Reiki is that the person writing about it is usually, if not always, promoting Reiki or their services. Unfortunately, this is the nature of marketing. You share only the best, most positive experiences. There is nothing wrong with you. There’s something wrong with our system. Most things are hyped. People may be doing this quite innocently, selectively remembering the great things that have happened, like the “profound energetic experiences” you mentioned.

    Usually discussions about difficulties healers face happen in healing classes or with a mentor, although I imagine you could find people talking about these things in forums. But it’s true, it’s not something you see in publications.

    I’m going to add a page to this website and discuss some of your points there. Hopefully others will add some comments as well. Perhaps we’ll hear from some others about their experiences on that new page. Look for a “Healers’ Corner” link on the Becoming a Healer page.

    Thank you for raising these questions!

21. Vanessa on February 27th, 2009 6:59 pm

    Hello,

    I have recently (within the last few months) identified a gift that I have possessed since I was a very young. I am an Empath. Quite a strong one, and along with it I have a gift for spiritual/emotional healing. I would very much like to develop those gifts.

    However, I have a separate question for you right now. Is it possible, or have you ever heard of someone accidentally or unconsciously healing someone physically?

    My father in law has been having a lot of problems with sciatica, brought on by a herniated disc in his back. In an effort to avoid surgery, he has just started physical therapy. He has had 2 sessions so far and is already improving significantly, better than they had expected.

    However, I noticed that when we went to visit them last week, even though I had no physical contact with my father in law my empathic abilities were clearly displaying his suffering, even though he wasn’t complaining. Later that evening when we went home, I noticed that I started having mild sciatic pain in my right side. It lasted for 4 days, and then went away. That is also when his improvement was first noted.

    Then yesterday we went to visit him again, and last night I developed severe sciatic pain in my left side, which has persisted all day today, and is just now starting to let up a bit.

    I have had sciatic nerve flair ups in the past, but never this severe, so I was wondering if this could have been some kind of unintentional healing on my part?

    Any input you have would be appreciated.

    Thank you for your time.

22. Mary on February 28th, 2009 10:17 am

    This is an interesting experience, Vanessa. My sense is that embedded in your empathy for your father-in-law is your desire for the relief of his suffering. You could call it an “unconscious intention”. When someone is trained in energy healing, they learn to set an intention for healing, but for someone with whose healing abilities are already strong and “activated”, the intention to heal is kind of inbuilt. You see the pain and a “healer response” is triggered. So I would say that yes, you were involved in your father-in-law’s improvement.

23. Vanessa on March 3rd, 2009 10:46 am

    Thank you very much for your response! Based on this experience, do you think I would be successful if I attempted to further adapt these abilities, and where would you suggest I start? I am so very new to all of this it can be quite overwhelming!

24. Mary on March 3rd, 2009 11:41 am

    You’re welcome, Vanessa. It depends on what you mean by successful! You can certainly develop your abilities further and learn how to put them to use. You might want to start by taking a course — I’d highly recommend the Healing Touch program if you can find a course in your area (visit healingtouch.net).

    I occasionally mentor people who are developing their healing abilities. If you want to consider a session, email me (see contact page).

25. Ray on March 29th, 2009 8:33 am

    Over the past few years, I’ve been repeatedly told by people I trust that I am “a healer,” or “have a healer’s energy.” Reading how healers have discovered their gift, and how they responded to it, I feel very frustrated. It often seems that they recognized it and responded with, “Oh, OK. That’s nice.” To me, it’s overwhelming. When I look closely at it, I cry because something deep within me is being recognized.

    Yes, I’ve had some experiences. I haven’t healed anyone’s sciatica or anything like that – but I’ve recognized people’s conditions with zero evidence, and, after something I did, people were relieved of a few migraines and one very hurt back. I guess helping them feel better is easy for me to accept… but being a healer is just so big!

    Do you have any suggestions on how to come to grips with this? And, does anyone else feel this way??

26. Mary on March 29th, 2009 9:07 am

    Hi Ray,

    It does indeed sound like you have a gift. When we have a gift, it comes with a yearning to use it so I imagine the crying has to do with that deep recognition.

    I think we run into a problem when we associate the word “healer” with images of the blind being able to see, people throwing down their crutches and so on. I to think what we call miraculous healings do happen, but they are rare. Usually healing is a more gradual process, and it seem to be on a smaller scale, but is nevertheless significant. It’s a wonderful thing to help relieve people of pain. It’s nothing to belittle. Feeling better is the most important aspect of healing, anyway. The relief of pain signifies so many important things — energetic shifts, deep relaxation, emotional healing.

    As for “being a healer is just so big”, perhaps you can let it be less big by recognizing that it is not you doing the healing. It is a happening that involves you because somehow that’s a role you are able to play. It also involves the ability of the person to receive and use healing. And more than anything, healing just happens. Amazing healings sometimes happen with no healer involved. It’s a mystery. But since it’s your nature to do this, why not just go ahead and enjoy!

    Keep us posted!

27. Jeanne on April 1st, 2009 5:55 pm

    Hi Ray,

    I read a book about life paths of healers a few years ago and could fully relate to their experiences. It felt as if my own life was outlined in a way for me to go the healing path.

    I have a corporate background and worked as a Coach and Trainer for the past years. I had a very tough year in 2008 with my mother in law dying unexpectedly, my sister seperating from her husband and my best friend’s 4 year old boy dying next to me. This was a time when I struggled severely with my own life situation. These events helped me to see clearly what I want my personal life to look like. In the middle of all this ‘chaos’ I wrote a book and was suprised how easy and smooth it all went. So much creative energy was revealed. A few weeks ago another friend’s brother disappeared and my friend thinks he may have ended his own life. I can very much relate to her as my mum committed suicide.

    I feel a sense of not knowing where I will be going professionally and why life confronts me with nonstop lessons/people I can support. Why do they all turn up in my life right now? What does this tell me? I was told by a psychic years ago that I could do what she can do and know there is a ‘strange’ and somehow still scary gift in me. I think about attending a Reiki attunement class as I feel that may be appropriate for me telling me more about all this and my life purpose. What do you think about this and what else can I do?

28. Mary on April 2nd, 2009 11:10 am

    Jeanne, not sure if you meant to direct this to me or to “Ray” who left a comment here, so I’ll answer. It does seem your life is unfolding in a way that is steering you in the direction of healing. Actually, you don’t need to look at all the events to ask “What does this tell me?”. You can check in with you own intuition which speaks more directly to you. Seems like you are drawn to taking a Reiki class. Sounds like a good first step. One step at a time and your path becomes clearer.

29. Jeanne on April 2nd, 2009 8:29 pm

    Dear Mary,

    Thank you so much for your feedback. The question was for you. Yes, one step at a time seems to make perfect sense and is all that is needed right now.

    Warm regards

    Jeanne

30. Sang on April 11th, 2009 5:50 am

    I’m already practicing healing. I’ve learnt in a couple of weeks to see auras and would like to expand my knowledge. I’ve been told when doing massage that I have a wonderful touch and my salon, well least to say I’m always completely booked out…ok..so I see energy but am finding it hard to understand reiki??? or crystal healing?? can you explain to me in laymen’s terms so I can grasp it. the way i heal is through thought and visualization and also by touch through massage. would you please explain in lamers terms about reiki and crystal healing? thanks regards sang

31. Mary on April 11th, 2009 9:30 am

    Hi Sang,
    Reiki is a form of energy healing and you can read about that on this website (use the Energy Healing link at the top of the page). There’s also a page on this website about Reiki. You’ll have to read about crystal healing elsewhere, though. I’m not an expert on that. Reiki is very easy to learn. You just need to find a good instructor (perhaps you can get a referral).

    Also, I’ve created a CD which teaches the basics of energy healing. It has very simple, clear written and audio instructions. It’s available on this website (it’s called Everyday Energy Healing — the Hands-on Healing CD). It teaches you to give a hands-on energy balancing, guiding you step by step in the process.

    Good luck!

32. Justin on May 3rd, 2009 2:33 pm

    Due to a recent reading i was told i should be a healer, i was surprised to hear this i have never felt that i had the magic touch with regards to healing.
    although i have come to realize i may be an emotional healer i can bring someone up from a depressed state or down on life attitude and make them feel magic about themselves which is so overwhelming they burst into tears of happiness. I have only managed to do this a couple of times in the past few years, but i feel very happy i had made a small difference and would like to do it more.
    is there a particular area for this so i can perhaps pursue this further?

    kind regards

    Justin

33. Mary on May 3rd, 2009 3:20 pm

    Justin — I’d suggest that you do some reading about healing and different methods of healing and see what you are drawn to. Perhaps you can find a course in your area that interests you. It’s helpful to just start exploring and try something out and one step leads to another and you’ll find your way.

34. Gool on May 15th, 2009 10:44 pm

    I have always felt that I was meant to do healing and subsequently studied Reiki (master) and have been practising it for the last 5 years (no monetary gain). Last year I completed Healing with the Angels and have been practising this as well. However since the last few months I find that when I am in prayer or calm just before going to sleep at night there is tremendous energy in the palms of my hand. I wish to know the nature and source of this energy and how to use it for the benefit of mankind. Can you shed some light on this or suggest the name of someone I can contact who might be able to help me. This energy is very strong and I am sure I am being given this for a purpose.
    Would really appreciate your help and guidance.
    With light and love
    Gool

35. Mary on May 16th, 2009 9:12 am

    Gool — We have chakras in the palms of our hands through which energy flows. This is the way energy flows in Reiki, which you are already practicing, and in any kind of hands-on healing. It sounds like through your courses and practicing healing, the flow of that energy is becoming stronger.

    You can find different explanations of the nature and source of the energy and might want to do some reading of books about energy healing (see our book list). Most people would agree that it is some form of the basic energy of life which is referred to by different names in different cultures — “prana” and “chi”, for example.

    I’m not sure that you need to do anything other than to continue practicing your energy healing and perhaps do some reading to gain more understanding about it.

36. Matthew Booth on May 16th, 2009 1:05 pm

    For about a year now i noticed something weird. When I make my hand to look like a tiger claw like, my fingers will shake and tense up, I will get a light headed and tingly feeling in my forehead. When I do, it feels like something is leaving my fingers, and I usually get tired after doing it.

37. Gool on May 16th, 2009 11:40 pm

    Thank you Mary.

38. Jeeti on July 21st, 2009 11:37 pm

    Hi Mary,

    Like many I have so many questions and fears. I’ve done a lot of reading, researching etc. I started experiencing cool things this past year, energy between my hands, around my whole body, seeing auras (only few times) and had awesome experiences of hearing something and it coming true. But the sad thing I’m a chicken Im afraid I will see things that will frighten me. Ghosts…I’m so deadly afraid of that stuff….

    Please help since I have no one else to ask questions to

    Thanks a lot
    Love Jeeti!

39. Jeeti on July 21st, 2009 11:41 pm

    Oh I forgot to add that yes my fear is preventing me from further practicing my gifts? Not sure if I can safely call it that yet..I’ve pushed it away for so far about few months now…I feel like I’m disappointing myself but ssame time I can’t push away my fear..

    Okay now that’s everything and again thanks

    Love Jeeti

40. Lisa Shumaker on July 27th, 2009 7:34 am

    I have a question. I am 42 years old, a mom and grandmother, and no- I really don’t think I am crazy, but I have had some very odd experiences in my life. One of them is this – at times I feel like I have a light electrical charge that comes out of my hands. I can feel this if I touch someone or something. I have touched my husband and he feels this energy, too. Any ideas???

41. Mary on July 27th, 2009 4:15 pm

    Jeeti, It’s wonderful that you are opening up to these abilities. You can set an intention not to see energies that you do not want to see and chances are you won’t see them. But you may also want to explore why this frightens you. Explore what you mean by “ghosts” and why that idea frightens you. Perhaps with the help of a healer or counselor who is also aware of energy, you can get over this fear.

42. Mary on July 27th, 2009 4:17 pm

    Lisa, Unless you are talking about static electricity which can discharge from our hands when it builds up, then you are probably sensing the energy which can flow out of the chakras in the palms of the hands. It flows naturally when we touch someone with a loving intent.

43. Jeeti on July 30th, 2009 4:58 pm

    Thank you very much Mary that was extremely helpful.

    Love you takecare!

44. Ann on August 27th, 2009 3:00 pm

    Mary,
    I have just found your website and have been reading the posts on this page and I find I relate to quite a few.
    Like other posters, I have been told by others – counselor, acupuncturist, nurse and my husband – that they sense a very strong intuitive/healing energy within me. I have felt this for myself since adolescence; I am now 49.
    I have been told that I am a very empathetic person; being likened to an “emotional energy sponge” by an acupuncturist with whom I was working with TAT (Tapas Acupuncture Technique). I have always strongly felt very attuned to other peoples feelings – if they are sad, happy, angry, troubled, out-of-sorts, etc. With close family members even feeling physical discomfort in tune with their own, such as hip pain my mother experienced. My problem is how not to become overwhelmed by this absorption and more specifically, how to prevent it.
    I am the care manager for my elderly aunt who is a very negative individual, always has been (she is the epitomy of misery loves company). When she fell at home and needed someone to step-up and help her out , my husband and I were the only relatives who were most available so subsequently she moved into an assisted living facility in my home town. Initially I tried to spend as much time with her as I could, trying to ease her transition. However, after some months passed, it was all too apparent that her negative energy was affecting me. I would come home after spending an hour or two with her feeling like I had been run over by a truck, anxious, irritable and exhausted. Consequently, I now only see her when I need to be with her at doctor appts. I have experienced this same energy draining with other people. I feel very attuned to negative/positive energy fields.
    I am currently studying for a Masters Degree in Wholistic Nutrition with a goal of becoming a registered nutritional consultant. With my intuitive ability in mind, I often consider combining my nutritional education with training as a medical intuitive. However, I am concerned about my inability to protect my own health and well-being from the affects of “sponging up” other peoples ills, imbalances and negative energy, etc. I find myself far too often in self-protection mode and avoiding any situations or people that I know affect my energy negatively. I have been instructed cursorially in visualization and guided imagery to create a mental/emotional shield for protection, but have not achieved much success with it thus far.
    So my question to you is if there is some way/technique you may know of to protect/shield myself from absorbing the emotional/physical energies from others to protect my own health and well-being, while still maintaining a level of openness to my intuitive nature? Especially, in light of my goal of combining nutritional and medical intuitive abilities into a consulting practice to help others facilitate health via nutritional guidance. Any advice on how to achieve this?

45. Mary on August 28th, 2009 9:03 am

    Great question, Ann, and something many people struggle with. Here are 3 suggestions –
    1) Take an energy healing course, such as Healing Touch, that helps you to develop the habit of allowing energy to flow through you in such a way that you are not depleting your own. You could also use our Everyday Energy Healing CD for that.
    2) I never liked shielding techniques — psychologically it puts you into a defensive posture and I think detracts from your healing abilities. It’s also fear-based in a way. It can be useful in some situations and you can play around with that, but I prefer to visualize energy radiating from me — filling me and radiating out in all directions. It creates a flow that prevents negative energy coming in and it keeps your attention on a positive flow of energy. You can make up your own visualization, but an example might be imagining a point of light, very concentrated, in your core and seeing the energy emitting from that (infinite) source in all directions.
    3) I feel a key is how you use your attention. You can provide healing without putting your attention on a person’s emotional and psychological pain. It’s partly in the way you attend to the pain or incoherent energy. You can pick up on it and it will help direct your work, but you don’t need to dwell on it. Also, sometimes there is something in ones own psychology that causes one to take on another’s pain — almost a guilt thing. These are all things to explore. I think step 1) would help with this as well as helping with 2).

    Good luck.

46. Courtney Sawyer on October 3rd, 2009 11:26 am

    This is a great site to learn things from and I’m going to be a healer so this is a good site to learn from.

47. Sue on October 8th, 2009 3:33 am

    Hi Mary,

    I went to see a psychic and he told me I had a green aura and was quite psychic myself. I have read that a green aura relates to healing. As this is something I would like to pursue. Do you know anything about this?

    Kind Regards,

    Sue

48. Mary on October 8th, 2009 9:28 am

    Hi Sue,
    There are lots of interpretations of what colors in the aura mean, and some do feel green relates to healing. It’s very important, though, as a healer to learn what different colors and experiences mean for you and the person you are working with.

    If you want to pursue healing as a profession, do it! It’s your own intuition that is the best guide for your direction in life. Best wishes…

49. Courtney Sawyer on October 10th, 2009 10:05 am

    I think I’m a gifted healer because I help others as best I can and try to change their hearts; but some think I am strange because I study to become a healer, try to do good for others and try to change hearts by speaking of right.

50. caroline warley on October 12th, 2009 4:24 pm

    I come from a family who all have psychic abilities. My father who did not have this gift (I have a Norwegian mother) discouraged it but now my best friend needs healing and I need to know how to heal her. I have healed someone who was ill by laying my hands on her and I have seen smelled and heard ghosts. All I want to do is heal my mate. Please help me Regards Caroline.

51. Mary on October 13th, 2009 9:17 am

    Sounds like you had an experience with healing that many natural healers have — you do something spontaneously like laying on of hands and it helps someone heal. This sometimes happens when you are discovering your abilities.

    The question that always comes up then is how can I make this happen again. Healing is a mystery. You do what you can with the skills you have. Sometimes it’s difficult to work with someone we’re close to, so I’d suggest you also encourage your mate to get help in other ways as well.

    You can take courses and practice to increase your skill, but it doesn’t sound like you have time for that if your friend is already ill. Just do the best you can and remember it is really not the healer who heals another, it’s more complicated than that. Her healing will come from within her.

52. Corinna Browning on October 13th, 2009 12:59 pm

    Mary,

    I have a strong desire to become a healer–I have done it first accidentally, then purposefully, and it has brought such relief to my “patients” and such joy to me that I am eager to pursue healing as an occupation, perhaps full time, for the rest of my life.

    I know you have provided information on how to get started, but for a young person with little to no experience and technical knowledge, would it be better to pick up a book/CD and give it a go, or find a mentor/class to help?

    Thank you.

53. Mary on October 13th, 2009 2:11 pm

    Hi Corinna,

    Everyone’s path is different. Some healers develop their skills simply by doing healing, but most get some kind of training and/or knowledge from reading.

    For most people, having a mentor is invaluable. Some mentoring can happen in the context of a class, but you can go into more depth in a personal mentoring relationship. That can help you to develop your own unique healing skills and style.

    There are many things to consider as you plot your course, but it all begins with the first step. A course might be a good place to start. You might want to take a class, like Healing Touch which is available in most areas. It can be really helpful to share experiences with others.

    If there aren’t any courses in your area, you might want to use our Everyday Energy Healing CD and do some reading (see our reading list). After that, you can email me if you want to have a mentoring session to help you find your next steps.

54. Dev on November 11th, 2009 8:10 am

    Namaste! This is a very nice website & it will help many people to serve others. I wish we could add more on Unconditional Love, which always help in healing the life kinds. Namaste!

55. Chris on January 4th, 2010 11:54 am

    Hello Everybody,

    I just found this site and fell in love with it! I have always loved the idea of being a healer, and for a while I’ve come to realize that it would be a path I would really love to take! In todays world especially I believe it is needed more than ever, and I can’t see myself doing anything else and genuinly feeling happy and content (although gardening or any type of job related to helping people or the enviroment would also be ideal). So I’m going to start my quest to being a healer right now with help from this amazing site.
    God bless, and a great 2010 for everyone!

    Chris from Portugal.

56. Mary on January 5th, 2010 9:46 am

    @Dev Thank you for your kind words. Yes, adding something on Unconditional Love is a great idea!

    @Chris — Blessings to you! Wishing you the best as you follow your aspirations to be a healer.

57. sevak ram on January 27th, 2010 3:53 am

    the eastern concept of the body is that it is like an electromagnet. it is in the west that they a biochemical model. healing energy flows through the body and is especially concentrated in the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. also the top of the head is a place where the soul finds connection with the higher plane of existence. that is why so many healers place both hands on top of the skull. also the feet when in connection with the ground symbolize the earth mother’s power and wisdom.

58. Vikki on February 12th, 2010 3:36 pm

    hi, Ive always had pyschic and healing abilities but just recently ive started to let down the barrier i put up in fear of not knowing what ability i actually had. I’ve always had this ability to read books, for example, ill ask someone to give me a book that someone has given them and I can describe who gave it too them sometimes to the detail of clothes, Sometimes I get an image of what they look like and sometimes not I just know. I feel though that this is pointless to know this? Also the other day a resident that i look after told me his son committed suicide and I blurted out without even thinking about it “no he didnt he was murdered and i had images of the surroundings he was in and two men. Im am truely aa beginner in this and Im just wondering what advice you could give me to tap into it more to make it useful and healing for others.

    Thanks Vikki

59. Mary on February 12th, 2010 5:09 pm

    Vikki, there are lots of books on this subject, and I’d recommend you do some reading. I’m not familiar with many of them, but do like Judith Orloff’s work. Reading will help you to understand what you are experiencing better, and how to use your abilities in a constructive way. Best wishes.

60. Oriya on March 7th, 2010 8:31 pm

    Heart Healing.

    Facilitating one own’s healing – wow. I have been thinking and feeling about going on the healer’s path, and those first few words gave me clarity on the method.

    Mary, I have always used my instincts and this place I let myself go to and “accept ideas” to “figure people out”… in a short term, sometimes in a matter of minutes, I am able to tap in to another person’s reality. I know who they operate, what bothers them, what motivates them and how they see things.

    I never thought it was something special, I figured I just have this communication knack… but being from a different country and having no formal education or normal community of any sort. except the outcast perhaps.

    Recently I went on a shamanic journey and I experienced my self as total and complete love. This is a new age concept that I wouldn’t even read a full paragraph on a few months ago – and I have been on a personal development journey for over a decade!

    I am almost 30 and these days I feel much older and wiser. I have faced some of my deepest fears and am living “between lives” – I have this strong pull towards loving people – healing them by loving them, listening to them, letting them be.

    Can I empower people with just being me? Can I walk this path without falling prey to my worst doubts? Can I heal people through healing myself? I feel like it is my responsibility to do so. I am owning it. I am good at it.

    I am open.

    Oriya

61. Mary on March 8th, 2010 5:12 pm

    Oriya, I am convinced that you can empower and help others by being fully yourself. The presence of a person who loves themselves, is at home with life and others, is very healing. We are, at the deepest level, complete and total love and as we come to realize that, the influence we can have is very powerful. I love your words “healing them by loving them, listening to them, letting them be”. How many people in our lives really do that? What a beautiful intention. I’m sure it will take you far!

62. Valcara on March 9th, 2010 5:42 pm

    i have a rather strange way of healing and i was wondering if anyone has a name for it, or has heard of anything similar like it…it bases alot on the celetial bodies and dark and ligt matter and star dust. in my mind i can summon up the energy of the stars/celetial bodies and with my hands i can make sort of energy “ribions” which i can wrap around an injured area and the result is almost instant relife. i also know how to make sort of celetial bariers over lare areas of damage, and i am starting to learn how to stich wounds together usingstings of energy…the real thing is much harder to explain and would take much more time… has this been heard of before. because i would realy like to know what it is…

63. Mary on March 10th, 2010 2:12 pm

    Valcara, When we heal by working with subtle energy, as you are, we have to find ways of describing the type of energy we are using and how we use it. I suspect everyone would have a somewhat different and unique way of describing their experience. Since you have evidently come upon your healing abilities spontaneously, you have developed a way of explaining what you do. (As opposed to someone who took a course and would end up describing things using the terminology of the system they studied.)
    Chances are no one else will have used exactly the same concepts and words, but I suspect what you are doing is not very different from what others do. I suggest you do some reading on the work of various healers and I think you’ll find that others describe similar experiences.

64. Kim on April 16th, 2010 12:42 pm

    Hi,
    I’m 23 and I’ve just begun learning about healing..
    Last year (almost) I saw a woman who could read palms and tea leaves. At the beginning she placed one (or both?) hands over my arm, without touching it, and said I was a healer. It was like she was trying to sense an energy from me. I should of asked what type of healer she meant, but this was my first visit so I was in an awe state
    Anyways, she told me I was 1 in a million and that I was about to or had already changed my destiny. Not even 4 months after the visit, I decided to return to university to try on another career.
    But… 2 weeks ago I started to read a LOT on Macrobiotics and believe in healing the body with foods and yoga/meditation. I’m assuming this might be a path?
    Obviously you have a lot of experience dealing with this types of questions and helping people perhaps discover their paths? So (sorry if I’m wrong), I have another question for you… (this is long, I know!… sorry again lol) I’m a very emotional person and I feel I can sort of sense what others around me are feeling. I told this to my boyfriend and he just laughs at me so because of that I doubt myself. Is this something that I should look into? What do emotional healers do exactly and how do you know if you’re an emotional healer? And what would you call people who heal with foods and meditations?

    I’d love to heal people as a profession. Every time I see a testimony of someone who has been healed by foods, a way of life, by others, or when I see people uniting and helping each other, I find it so beautiful that I can’t stop crying. I’m urging to help others all the time — which is a BAD thing! The reason I say it’s bad is because I start to look for things that needs healing in the one’s I love and then I start trying to find ways I could help them. My father-in-law has type-2 diabetes, and I’d love to show him videos and testimonies of people who have been healed by foods and meditations… my mother-in-law has way too many health issues like psoriasis, insomnia, obesity, chronic fatigue and depression. I could go on, but I have an urge inside of me who want to help them and this is bad because I can’t unless they come to me…

    Oh goodness… I just realized I wrote a short-story-lenght comment/question …. So I’ll finish that here..

    Thanks in advance, if you have the time to answer me that would be wonderful!

    Sincerely,
    Kim

65. Mary on April 17th, 2010 9:19 am

    Kim, clearly your interest in healing and intention to heal are very strong and it makes sense to pursue this path. There are many, many different ways healing can happen and you need to find what’s most natural for you and what you are best at. This will take some time, but just start somewhere and one step will lead to the next.

    I can’t respond to all of this very well in a comment here. You need to take a course or find a good mentor, and also it would help if you would do some reading. People who can sense the feelings of others are called “empaths”. Maybe it would be good to start with an energy healing course, like Healing Touch. Good luck.

66. mark buggermann/hamilton on May 2nd, 2010 4:09 pm

    Hi there i am hoping you may be able to help me. I know i have some kind of sixth sense and i can run my right hand over people and my hand gets hot where they hurt or not well. and i either touch or think about helping it get better and i belive it does. they also say it does but who realy knows the deeeper truth.
    what step would be nice to take to look at this further and improve or grow what ever is there.
    also i have been depressed and lifeless and not liking my work that i do, but feel deepely the healing side of things i should not charge for and do it free and feeling in past lives maybee i might have done it wrong i am not sure.. i am asking for guidence please.
    Mark..

67. Mary on May 3rd, 2010 9:15 am

    mark, we can’t give you much personal guidance and you might want to find a counselor who can if you are feeling depressed. It would be difficult to explore these issues through a website interaction.

    However, I would say that when you have a gift, you really need to use it to feel fulfilled. To explore your healing ability further, you might want to take a class, like Healing Touch, Therapeutic Touch or some other energy healing class. We also have a CD/mp3 called Everyday Energy Healing which would be a good start. Best wishes.

68. Kristin on May 16th, 2010 9:39 pm

    Hi,

    Sometimes when I go under street lights they turn off. I have noticed this for over 28 years. (Previous to that i lived in the country with no street lights. ) What does this mean?
    Thanks! Kristin

69. Mary on May 17th, 2010 9:42 am

    Are you involved in energy healing? What do you think it is? Some healers report their energy affects electrical and electronic things, but I have no direct experience with that and really can’t comment intelligently about it.

70. Kristin on May 18th, 2010 7:24 am

    Hi Mary,
    I am not sure of the wording, but would say I am an emotional energy healer. I am a life coach, and also work with caregivers, especially those caring for a person with Alzheimer’s. I am studying to do equine assisted coaching. I have not done other energy healing, but have experienced a couple Reiki sessions and am open to learn more. A person that i know that reads auras reports that i have some green and then mainly the white/gold.
    I do not have this affect that i have noticed on any other electrical things except the street lights going off and on.

    Thanks for your reply, and if anyone else has any insight, I would welcome it!

71. Cyndi on June 21st, 2010 10:58 am

    Hi Mary,
    I have a three year old son was born with brain damage and suffers from a lot of neurological problems. My husband and I are very scarred for him and his struggles. Recently a doctor told us that he will most likely be made fun of a lot in school which broke our hearts. I have practiced meditating and laying my hands on his head while he sleeps trying to visualize increased energy healing his brain, however, I have doubts about what I’m doing and if it will make a difference. We have had a lot of bad luck lately and it’s been very difficult to stay positive. Do you have any advice?

72. Mary on June 22nd, 2010 11:29 am

    Cyndi, The body has incredible powers to heal, so we always want to give it every opportunity to do so, but we never know what form healing will take. Meditating and touching your son with healing intent can only benefit him, even if it simply makes him more relaxed and happy.

73. Sian on September 29th, 2010 5:56 am

    I have been told by someone close to me whos very psychic that I am a healer and a yogi. I guess I have always known it and have been searching for my purpose for years. I healed his dad emotionally on a trip we went on but I put it down to lending a friendly ear. But he says that people are drawn to me for that reason and that I carry the energy of the universe in my body and I notice that people come to me often to tell me their problems and I enjoy opening people up and feel an energetic release once they divulge their problems. My friend has done some energetic healing on me without me knowing and everytime I have felt it really strong in my chest/heart. He says that if I can feel it I can do it myself – is this true? I’m also deeply psychic and keep getting dreams about the world that come true. You say everyone has the natural ability to heal – of course – but how can one discover their specific healing gift and develop it? I just don’t know where to start and find a lot of counselling courses for example a bit dry and lacking in spirit.

74. Tammy on October 29th, 2010 6:54 pm

    Hi there, several times I have a dreams about world events that came true. Including the one for a week about the plane that went into the ocean this year. I have always had this strange feeling when anything negative goes on, a heavy tight feeling in my chest. I have a lot of electrical energy in my body as well. I almost feel like someone with negative energy can suck out all of mine?

75. Mary on October 30th, 2010 9:24 am

    Tammy, try taking an energy healing class, like the Healing Touch program, to learn more about how to work with your energy. Good luck.

76. Veronique on November 17th, 2010 5:53 am

    Hi there.

    I’m 36 and in the last year or so I’ve been trying to work out what my “calling”, or my “purpose in life” is – some sort of mid-30s crisis, I don’t know.

    I have always been falling over people with various emotional and, well, communication issues – leading to problems with their spouses, parents, jobs, themselves etc. – and they always seemed to have been enjoying talking to me about it at length. I have attributed this to my people and management skills (I am in a managerial job) – and considered it a fairly rational affair with a bit of human understanding that helps people analyse and understand the problem in a non-judgmental way.

    As a part of this “working out what my calling is”, I visited a tarot reader, who told me that I use rationality as a tool of coping very effectively, but to move on, I need to release and listen to my intuition also. So I signed up for energy yoga classes in our local centre 4 weeks ago, with an intent to balance my mind and body and get in touch with my intuition.

    The teacher told me that the classes I’m taking now are aimed at removing the “bad” energy and once this starts happening, I may feel sick or have a cold or some other symptoms. She said don’t worry about it, this is perfectly normal, this is good for you.

    Today in the morning, I was watching my “spiritual mind movie” about me having a purpose and knowing what it is – and suddenly I felt ill and I had this feel that I should go and do energy healing. It was a very comfortable feel, despite me being sick.

    I have tried Reiki before which was fun and made me feel good, but I never considered myself a natural healer. I have always been attracted to physics and chemistry, particularly quantum mechanics, laws of atomic structures etc. – although in the end, I studied engineering and I work in IT now. I have tried various jobs withing this field and never really found it satisfying in a long term. (And last year it caught up with me, I left my job and started freelancing so that I have more time to do the work on myself.)

    So I’m wondering what’s going on. I don’t know whether there is any significance in the feel this morning and I should try to go this way – or whether I’m just in a strange mood or getting pulled in too much. Is there any way to find out? What shall I do?

    Thanks for any help. And sorry for the length of the post.

77. Mary on November 17th, 2010 9:37 am

    Veronique, if you feel a pull, why not take a step in that direction? That’s the best way to see if it’s the right direction. (What does your intuition tell you to do?)

78. Veronique on November 17th, 2010 9:50 am

    Thanks Mary. It’s just that it’s so different from everything I have ever done before – and I ever imagined doing. So I suppose I’m simply scared – of unknown and of the fact that no one around me will support the idea (my husband will reluctantly accept it I suppose and my mother will think I have gone mad.) So I suppose I’m looking for reassurance of some sort. I’ll sleep on it. I’m still quite excited about the idea (as well as scared).

79. Kennedy on December 21st, 2010 9:27 pm

    I’m a healer but how do I do it

80. Trish Seymour on December 29th, 2010 8:57 pm

    I have the gift of insight that has helped many people. I believe that my 12 year old son has the gift to physically heal others- since he was a child he was able to take away some of my migraine pain, help others with arthritis pain. We discovered this by “accident” (are there ever really accidents?) when he would offer a hug or gently touch the affected area, mimicing the adult response “let me kiss it and make it better.” Our pain would dissipate. He has healed since, but now mentions that his hands become very hot. He wants to do more, but I am worried that he will take on the pain and not know how to get rid of it. How can I teach him to use his gift, but remain safe and healthy himself?

81. Mary on December 30th, 2010 11:03 am

    Trish, some healers do take on pain as they do healing, but not all. It isn’t necessary to do that to be effective in giving healing. Perhaps the best thing would be to have him take a course in energy healing. The Healing Touch program is a good one. He can learn some of the principles that will help prevent that, and have the opportunity to talk with an experienced healer. It could very well be that he’d find his way on his own. He seems to be doing quite well following his intuition, but if he’s willing to take a course, it might help to ensure he stays balanced. If you’d take a class with him, that would be great!

82. Ben on January 12th, 2011 12:05 am

    For as long as I can remember, when someone is feeling a strong emotion, I not only sense it, but feel what ever emotion they’re feeling. If that person is angry, I feel angry. If that person is excited, I feel excited. If that person is sad, I feel sad. I guess my question is… Is that a part of healing, or simply empathy?

83. Mary on January 12th, 2011 9:56 am

    Ben, it’s definitely empathy. In fact, when a person has the degree of empathy you do, they are said to be “empathic” or “empaths”. Often healers have this trait, and it can serve a function in healing. Whether it is part of healing depends on what you do within yourself in reaction to those feelings. If you hold them with an intention for healing for the other (consciously or consciously) or are a calm, quiet witness, it is undoubtedly having a healing effect. If you are thrown off center or disturbed by feeling their feelings, than it probably wouldn’t have a healing effect. If you are interested in doing healing (formally or informally), this ability can serve that. It’s a question of learning how to use the ability.

84. nicky wyart on January 18th, 2011 7:52 am

    I have worked in the medical field for 30 years.

    I have had the privilege of cradling bodies from birth to death.

    I have been told by patients and others that I am a healer. I have a family history of healing.
    I do not know that I physically change those I touch but I do feel a sense of calming or what I describe as love.

    My strongest power comes when working wit ALS patients. Most can only communicate with their eyes and are on life support.

    I have no special intent but as I go about my duties I will reposition a head or hand and feel the gratitude wash through me or see a lightening or glow around them

    I have always given this freely and have no desire to exploit this gift but as I move to retirement I am faced with two realities.

    I will have decreased contact with these beautiful souls but I am a being of this world that must pay for food and shelter.

    How do I ask for compensation or make my services known. I am not business minded at all.

85. Mary on January 18th, 2011 9:33 am

    Nicky, I would suggest that you talk with some of your local healers — massage therapists, Reiki and energy healers, and so on, and perhaps they can help you get started. Perhaps there’s a healing center where you could make your presence known. You can offer some free sessions to get started and generate interest, then start to charge.

    It’s inspiring to read your lovely words about your experience. I hope you can find a way to sustain yourself through your work. Best wishes.

86. hilda on February 9th, 2011 9:06 am

    hi mary. i’m from sabah, malaysia. this is my first time posting comment here..

    whenever i have question or doubt, sometimes the answer comes from others eg. people.. they are telling me.. i don’t even have to ask. it happens many times.

    i tends to listen to others and sometimes felt their hurt and can imagine things. the same happens if i saw tragedy or cruelty in TV show. my ear also very sensitive, i can hear things. i am very aware to my surroundings. am i highly sensitive person?

    i don’t know why i am attracted to intuition, spiritual and healing things. i found it’s interesting to some extends.

    i think something inside me trying to get out and wanted to reveal its true colour. i want to help myself and others but i don’t know whether i’m gifted or not, and what to begin with?

    please help. thanks.

87. Mary on February 11th, 2011 10:20 am

    hilda, I encourage you to explore your abilities further. A good way to start is to take a class on healing. Hopefully there is a healer or program in your local area that you could study with. Maybe Reiki, the Healing Touch program, Therapeutic Touch. There must be something in Malaysia. Best wishes.

88. MG on February 12th, 2011 1:36 am

    hello mary, ive recently been invited to a healing training wherein during that 1st session memories suddenly flooded my mind of me healing before which i would say i was doing it unconsciously and it would seem that i repressed it because i am scared and now as it came back i am terrified silly and literally shaking.

    as a youngster i used to look at people but not see them physically but their aura and it became really an issue because people would tease me about it.
    hospitals drew me and touching people who were sick and it would seem i was energising them. i love to hug trees then as well which is strange.
    i can recall that whenever i had a problem my grandmother used to heal me as well with her hand on top my head or wherever it was and with words i cant remember but i always feel better so unconsciously i go to her whenever i feel ill even after ive been to a doctor.
    when i was in my 20s a woman who irritates me a lot went to visit our house and while i was going out, i suddenly sat down the sofa, sorta cupped my hands in the air and stared in the space for about minute, beckon her and began “healing” her. tears were going out of me uncontrollably and i am trying to get out of it. i can hear my grandmother telling me to stop in the background as she will not have another healer in the family as she had an uncle who was.
    anyhow i was really drained, heavy and sad, went to my room and never spoke about it again in the house. i was so depressed and i felt that it still havent left my body whatever it is, i was afraid. a week later went to a friend house and told her the story which she believed unconditionally and when i left her a minute after the heaviness lifted. i didnt talk about it but less than a month after that my tummy was getting bigger due to ovarian cysts. i would tell you that the woman had them and i do think i have absorbed it. to tell you the truth, it changed my life drastically and badly, as a young as i was i knew i would never have children.
    i think i should tell that i have developed a sudden fear of butterflies, not their existence or their beauty- i can even touch them and see them, but the thought of them, but whenever they are there i feel reverence and also i feel i should tell that during that time i fear the moon shining on me when i sleep so whenever there is i sleep on my grandparents room and say that i had a nightmare, quite embarrassing for then 20 year old.

    i think i still do unconsciously heal people especially
    these past years whenever i heard someone is sick even on the phone i would see their bodies in my mind (anatomy) i visualize myself entering it and taking away part of the illness, after that i will catch myself what was that because its not something i want to do, its automatic.
    even whenever there is something bad like a storm i can visualize it going away.
    anyway, since i was invited to this healing seminar – which i am not keen to be initially, everything resurfaced and became somewhat clearer. i feel i am excited to learn how to really heal but im terribly frightened.
    how would i know this is right for me, given the history? would you have any advise on it? thank you for inviting me on this site.

89. Mary on February 14th, 2011 9:42 am

    MG, the best thing would be to find a healer who could act as a mentor to you. Perhaps there’s someone in your local area, for example someone who teachers the Healing Touch program or Therapeutic Touch. I mention those programs because I think anyone teaching them would be quite grounded. You have a natural ability and inclination to do healing, but need some good guidance.

90. Nikolaus on March 26th, 2011 7:54 pm

    I know reiki by now and I’m not very happy with it. It’s just a placebo. Any human needs sometimes a placebo to get itself up to the top…but in a long term healing matter…I totally disagree with this kind of healing. If one needs a complete healing, I can a sure you there is non! There is no such thing as healing with what ever you need to be done! Nature I agree, it has its own reasons to heal…and we must agree with that. If we need to understand healing, we need to understand nature first and as the only one who keeps us going. God, Goddess, Angels, Elves,
    Even those have to listen first to mother nature to know the exact meaning of living and being.

    If I am an elf born human…I never give up thinking about ruining this world until mother earth is recovering again from the harm we gave her.

    Healing is not recovering a body just for wanting it back…healing is not a magic trick…healing is to become one with nature, time, universe, everything you need to be one with and that is healing.

    It is not a bad, mad or love thing.

    If you want to become healed again, just accept yourself as who you are, in what state you are. How sick you are, it has a reason and it has a move into this and other worlds.

    It cannot stop angry, it cannot stop anything, but it can be a great deal of our simplest being for we are no much more than nature itself and that knowledge is healing itself!

    More I cannot say at this moment!

    Have a good healing!

91. Jennifer on April 9th, 2011 12:30 am

    Hi.. I feel strongly that i have a gift as a spritual healer but do not knw where to start im 24 and have always known there was something diffrent to me but never accepet it or wanted anything to do with it when i was younger. I would experince out of this world experinces and hated it,was very afraid and scared.. Now that i am older i sudenly have a deap urge to heal and wanting to know and learn more, but dont know where to start i feel like i know how to heal but wanting to get advice as im very new to this.

    One of my experinces i would have like electrity passing through my bodie starting at my head goinig to my feet and back and forth through my bodie very strongly with energy coming through the palms of my hands i would b asleep but awake like i was looking through my third eye it sounds crazy i had alot of experinces like this being asleep but being awake and then waking and everything was excatly the same in the room what is this?? has any one had experinces like this??

    Thank you i hope some one could give me advice..

92. KT from PA on April 23rd, 2011 7:52 pm

    Hello,

    Thank you for this wonderful forum. This is a delicate question but one I have to ask. Since I was very young I have had this insight far beyond my literal age. This includes heightened feelings for the predicaments of others, acute hearing and a sort of odd ability to be able to tell the next notes of a song I have never heard. I have learned to detach myself frome certain things as a kind of survival technique.
    Have you ever heard of this type of thing or am I mentally ill?

93. Mary on April 24th, 2011 9:26 am

    KT, you might want to do some reading about the “highly sensitive person” to find some answers. These things in and of themselves don’t mean you are mentally ill, but if you are suffering from them in some way or having difficulty functioning in your daily, it would certainly make sense to seek professional advice. Best wishes.

94. Lavender on April 28th, 2011 8:35 pm

    Hi,
    I am thirteen years old. Every since I was little ( I know this sounds a bit arrogant ) but I felt special. I’ve always had this urge to help people. I always want to hug everybody ( literally everybody, I’m very loving ), is this normal? I am really weird but I have amazing friends who support me. A lot of the kids at my school are really rude and immature… you know like the stereo-typical popular kids? Their popular alright, but quite hated amongst everybody. I refuse to hate them though, I don’t hate at all actually. I don’t see why it is necessary. This is going to sound really strange but at night… I send love to these types of people, through my mind I guess.. I don’t completely understand how it works. I send love to other people as well, just people in general. I smile all the time even though I’m not always entirely happy just so that I can radiate good energy. I like when people tell me about their problems, I try my best to make them feel good, comfort them and then I end up just blurting out everything on my mind. When I’m done, I always seem to think that I just messed everything up but they always tell me things afterwards that surprise me like ” I love you, thank you so much.”( I get that a lot ) Again, I’m only thirteen and still very confused about life in general but…
    does what I’m saying have anything to do with healing or being a healer?

    thank you, hopefully this made some sense to you

95. Stephanie on May 5th, 2011 9:45 pm

    I’ve just discovered that I’m a healer and I’m 17. My best friend finally told me that he could see auras and has seen them ever since he was little. He was afraid that I would think he was weird, but I honestly was a little bit jelous to say the least. Having the ability of seeing the natual energy emmiting from someone captivates me. He still didn’t understand how I could be okay with that. I then asked him what color was my aura and he said it was a deep green with some blue. I had no idea what it means, so when I got home I looked it up, and found out it ment harmony, balance, love centered, and a healer. I was confused by the healer part. So I found this site, and found out I’m a emotional healer. I can easily connect with people and they feel comfortable talking to me, and it doesn’t take long for them to trust me. My best friend now(the one that can see auras) said that only after a month of knowing me, he trusted me more than another good friend he’s known for over 2 years. I’m excited to learn more about this healing ablilty I have.

96. Mary on May 6th, 2011 9:18 am

    Lavender, thank you for sharing this with us. It sounds like you are already having a healing effect on others through your loving attention to them. This is the essence of healing! You don’t need to figure it all out now. Just enjoy and see where this natural inclination takes you. Best wishes.

97. Mary on May 6th, 2011 9:23 am

    Stephanie, healing happens in all sorts of ways and everyone has different abilities. Seeing auras isn’t necessary. Your ability to connect with others and create trust with them is the most important ingredient. Best wishes.

98. Sriraam Subramaniam on May 9th, 2011 4:01 am

    This is a good article.

    Regards,

    Sriraam
    919433274005

99. BB on May 12th, 2011 12:26 pm

    Hello I have participated in healing over a three year period hgaving being told I am a healer. However I know healers are only a channel or vessel used to perform healing. I am going through a particular emiotional period in my life which has resulted from a relationshipp breakdown, Is it possible (not me) for a person who professes to be a healer to cause so much pain and deceit to another person yet still practice healing in their own rigfht to others. Call me simply but this to ne is out of kilter with ones heaing abilities if they are the cause of pain to others. /i would just like some views

    Thankyou

100. Mary on May 12th, 2011 4:46 pm

     BB, good question! Generally a healer will be someone with integrity and innate concern for others, but anything is possible. It’s possible to have a gift (to be a channel for healing for example) and yet have some major flaws. Those flaws, though, may very well interfere with being able to use the gift of healing well.

101. BB on May 13th, 2011 9:19 am

     Thankyou Mary that makes sense to me.

     I just find it verydifficult to accept that someone who administers spiritual healing in the name of spiritual truth . spiritual honesty and the christ consiousness can have so many flaws

     Call me simple but I couldn’t go around this earth providing healing if I knew I had hurt a number of people even if I was a channel or not. i just wouldn’t feel cpmfortable not practising what I preach.

     To me that is hypercritical at the highest , I have learnt a hard lesson though which I will have to take forward.

     Thanks again

102. Alicia on June 22nd, 2011 8:48 am

     Hello,
     Is it possible to heal with tears- like a Pheonix or Rupunzel in the movie Tangled?

     Alicia

103. Jena K on August 29th, 2011 11:46 am

     Hello Mary, over the years I’ve gotten to the point not wanting to shake hands with anyone. One time when I did in Yosemite nat Park the young woman’s handshake gave me the strongest tingling sensation throughout my right hand up to my elbow. My response was to run to one of the giant trees and have my hand on it for as long as i could before my bus left. It was still there and I kept having to shake my arm again and again. It took quite a long time for it to subside.
     When I entered my bus I asked the driver IF he knew this tour guide and what was wrong with her. He said with a puzzled look on his face that she had AIDS.
     (She died of it about a year later)

     I can look at a person and know if the light is out in their eyes, like their soul has already ‘left the building’

     Now IF I have to shake, its a real quick one and I’m prepared to block it out.

     I was also in a situation where a pretty bad accident on the freeway in a snowstorm had taken place, i was first on the scene, a quite older man seemed in bad shape, I remember holding his shoulder and talking to him until EM services arrived. He was still quite out of it, I was able to leave and later on found out that he was OK thankfully.

     Are these sensations part of a ‘healer’ ?
     spiritually speaking, I also have had several dreams that came true. Had two out of body experience . I won’t be in a room with too many people either, it drives me nuts worrying I’ll see feel or hear something. I can feel me going in a bad mood when people around me are in a bad mood. I purposely live very remote so I stay calm and live a normal life. Its been the only way to keep my mind and body quiet.

     Any suggestions would be very welcomed.
     Thanks!
     Jena

     Any ideas where or what I could look for with all these symptoms?

104. Mary on September 1st, 2011 10:07 am

     Jena, sounds like you are very sensitive to energy. Getting personal guidance from someone experienced in energy healing could be helpful to learn how to deal with this.

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