It’s a Lie! Healers Don’t Heal You.

This is what we really do.

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There’s a common myth about healers that we’re going to debunk today, and that’s the belief a healer can “fix” you. In reality, we don’t do anything. You’re the one that does the work!

Sure, we likely have tons of training, multiple certifications, intuition off the charts, and an ability to “heal” others with only our presence. But you know what? All that means that we’ve done the work to clear out our energy, our inner space so that we may hold the space for others. We become a brighter mirror and in doing so, heighten the possibility for other people to recognize that glow and power within themselves.

Marianne Williamson wrote in Return to Love:

And as we let out own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we’re liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

It’s true. If someone comes in for a Reiki r energy healing treatment, the practitioner isn’t putting their energy into that person in some magical way that “cures” the ailment. What we do is open our vessel to let in more of the Universal Energy and we become a conduit. We don’t necessarily direct the energy or give it instructions, we trust that through the intention we hold for healing that the energy knows…