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loosened energy out of my head, so stroking
downward, I pull it down my whole body and
off the ends of my toes. Then I throw it in
a universal recycling bin because, if I don’t
want it, I don’t want it cluttering my house.
Then I realize I just want to be held. So I
wrap my arms around myself and rock. I
grab a large stuffed animal we keep around
for the grandkids (official excuse), and hug it
for a while, trying to wordlessly communicate
consolation to the stuffy. I let myself feel both
the mother in me consoling the stuffy and
myself as the stuffy receiving that mothering.
I find myself circling my solar plexus with
one hand in a counterclockwise motion,
spiraling out into my energy field then back
in again, feeling it release energy. Then,
without making a conscious decision to do
so, I find myself tapping on my chest, like
an ape, as if to say: I am the champ! I end
the conversation by drawing hearts all over
my body. Now, when I think about my cousin
coming, I feel calm and slightly amused.
The desire to chow down on treats has
dissipated, and I can tune in to my stomach
and notice I’m not hungry.
Remember all the different styles of touch
available to you: tapping, stroking, kneading,
pulsing, holding, tracing shapes, pulling,
pressing, and more. Over time you will
find yourself combining the tools — touch
plus tapping in rhythms, touch plus using
sound, touch plus color, as if your fingers
are paintbrushes bringing beauty to all
parts of your body. If you are engaging in
an actual energetic dialogue and focused
on something you care about, you will find
yourself able to feel what makes the most
difference, rather than just randomly playing
with touch.
Exercise:
HEALING
HANDS
Rub your two hands together to
activate their healing capacity. You
may want to experiment with holding
them just an inch or two apart, palms
facing each other, to see what you feel
radiating from them: Heat? Tingling?
Pulsing?
Then take one lovely, healing hand
(either left or right), and let it move to
wherever on your body it wants to go.
Place it, palm facing the skin, on that
part of your body. Experiment with
what pressure feels right: solid touch,
medium touch, light touch? Go with
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