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The Power of Your
HEALING HANDS
BY ELLEN MEREDITH
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Let creativity and intuition flow when
learning to speak energy with your hands.
Letting your body activate that knowing is
easier than trying to memorize which touch
speaks to which emotions. It doesn’t matter
if you have the correct touch — the important
part is to let yourself intuitively dialogue with
energies, letting your hands do the talking.
For example, I find myself getting stressed
when I know my cousin is visiting. I like her,
but we were very competitive when we were
kids, so whenever I’m about to see her, I
get anxious. I want to overeat, I notice I’m
not breathing very deeply, and I feel like a
lump. So I let my hands just initiate dialogue.
I start petting my head, like I would pet my
dog, including pulling and extending my long
doggy ears. That makes me realize how
tight my head is. So I pet it a while, then tap
my scalp all over to just stimulate energy
to move. I feel like I need to pull all that
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