May2005Newsletter

Dear Friends,

I have been so busy using my new energy work skills in my practice that my first newsletter of 2005 has arrived in May. In this issue, I wanted to share with you the marvelous stories that have resulted from my personal experience, both as client and energy worker, since the new year.

Most of my training is shamanic based, which simply means that I have been trained in the traditions of an indigenous people, in my case of the Inka. If you are not familiar with shamanism, the work can seem strange. I work with stone allies, plant allies, animal allies, rattles, feathers, journeywork and other medicine tools. What is important in energy medicine is not necessarily the tools, but the intention of the shaman and the client.

This energywork can be done long distance with the same results as being in person. I have performed healings on clients in different locations around the world from my office in Portland, Oregon.

My on-going coaching clients still receive coaching, but what I have discovered is that combining energywork to remove blocks and to restore vitality with coaching makes the coaching process move very quickly. I am excited to see in just the past few months how quickly my clients are moving into the lives that they desire.

Best Wishes – Elaine

Illuminations and Extractions

Most clients who receive energy work from me begin with an Illumination, which removes heavy energy of a traumatic event that has happened to us in this lifetime. Sometimes while doing the Illumination the client may feel aches and pains. This usually means that some of the energy becomes so heavy it can solidify in different parts of the body, and a solid extraction is needed. Once this solid energy is removed, physical symptoms usually resolve on their own.

Other times the energy is fluid in the body, and a fluid extraction using a special quartz crystal is done instead. Usually fluid energies are thought forms that do not belong to us. They can come from strong minded relatives or friends, and can be very confusing mingling with our own belief system. If they gain enough energy, they can even feel like a whole persona. Removing these fluid energies can help clients regain their own centeredness and make room for more of themselves to inhabit their energy system.

The Illumination Process>

The Extraction Process>

Soul Retrieval

When we undergo a traumatic event, a healthy piece of our souls can break off and leave us. We may feel dissociated or physically depleted afterwards, and we may not be able to recollect the traumatic event. Many times we know we are in need of a soul retrieval when we say that we never felt the same, or never recovered, after the event. The shaman can bring back this healthy soul part and restore our vitality. Usually an Illumination and any needed Extractions are completed first to make enough room for the soul part to come back to the client easily. The shaman will then travel to the "underworld" where lost soul parts are stored and rewrite the contract that sent the soul part away in the first place and negotiate for the soul part's return.