What is Spiritual Healing?
Healing is a natural process. Effectively, it is a flow of beneficial energy from the life-force itself, through the healer to the recipient which deals with the 'dis-ease' at the deepest level and frees your natural resources to work in the most effective way for you. The healer acts as the transmitter, working intuitively to help you balance yourself.
What happens during a healing session?
A healer will work with his or her hands at a short distance from your body, or sometimes by light touch, inviting you to relax and close your eyes if you wish. You can be seated or lying on a couch if you prefer. People experience a variety of sensations during healing, perhaps warmth or coolness, tingling and pressure, or pain briefly coming to the surface and dispersing as the energy dissolves. Some clients experience little more than warmth and relaxation, but the process is no less effective.
What can healing do for me?
Healing can be helpful with a wide range of physical and psychological difficulties, sometimes to a remarkable degree. It is a process of revitalisation, relaxation and release at a profound level which helps your body to adjust and heal spontaneously at its own pace and its own way. Healing seeks out the underlying cause as well as the 'presenting symptom'. This can mean that the outcome of a healing session may be beneficial in an unexpected way and not necessarily immediately; you may feel a sudden benefit days later or a gradual improvement over a period of time. There may be times when you experience some kind of emotional release as part of the healing process. Sometimes the process is obvious, sometimes more subtle and often, other problems or emotional issues will be resolved as well as the presenting problem.
How often do I need to go for healing?
Sometimes one session will be sufficient, sometimes several may be needed. If you are experiencing healing for the first time, it may take you two or three sessions to relax into the process and enjoy the full benefit. You can always discuss progress with your healer.
Do I need to be ill to receive healing?
No. Healing is often about restoring balance to your life and relationships with others, about expressing feelings, about change and the need for it. It often helps bring a sense of proportion and perspective and a greater feeling of 'feet on the ground', of regaining power in your life, irrespective of whether or not you are ill. On the other hand, it can be especially helpful in crisis situations; it is also very helpful within a terminal illness. It can stand alone as a therapy, has no harmful side effects and works well with any other therapy. It is a process above all that helps you help yourself.
Do I need faith?
No. Healers work from a wide range of philosophies and many simply see their ability as a natural resource. Nothing special is expected of the patient however, except perhaps openness to anything that happens and a degree of trust in the healer. An awareness of the need for change and the motivation to do so can also be helpful.
Healing and my Doctor
Healers always encourage you to remain in touch with your doctor in case your illness calls for medical intervention. Healing complements any treatment a doctor is giving you so do tell him or her that you are receiving healing and about any positive benefits you experience. Your doctor may be interested in finding out more.
Your Therapist
Maggy Whitehouse has been a qualified healer with the National Federation of Spiritual Healers for 15 years, a Reiki Master for 12 years and is an ordained Interfaith minister. She specialises in prosperity consciousness, metaphysics and positive thinking and is the author of eight published books on spirituality and prosperity consciousness. In common with other professional therapists, all NFSH members carry insurance and subscribe to a strict Code of Conduct laid down by the NFSH.