Energy Worker Essay

Preparation for the Energy Worker
Self-awareness. Those who are giving energy treatments need to be mentally and emotionally stable enough so as not to have a distracting or disturbing impact on the client, or be triggered by the client’s issues or emotions. The energy worker should be sufficiently aware of his or her own issues to avoid projecting them onto the client. I received two effective back treatments from the same energy practitioner. In the first session, she perceived that I had some problems with my mother, though receiving this type of “reading” was not a part of the work described. I wasn’t aware of problems with my mother. In the next session, I was given the same unsolicited information, and suspected that the practitioner had her own problems with her mother.

In energy healing, the worker often taps into a meditation state or an expanded state of consciousness that is useful in tuning in to subtle energy. The discipline needed for energy assessments and allowing energy to move through one’s energy field often shifts the brain to use its alpha, theta,
In energy healing it is best to maintain an intention for the highest good. The client might have unknown needs or needs they do not feel comfortable sharing. A client may request work for a physical complaint when the real need is psychological or spiritual. For example, it may be easier for a client to say he has back pain than to share that he lost his job, that his partner is leaving, or that he feels his life is in shambles. A broad intention that focuses on the client’s highest good will encompass whatever is needed, including unspoken hopes and issues beyond awareness. Setting an intention for the highest good also reminds us that we are not in control, but that as healers we are surrendering to the Source of the energy. (Note: Occasionally questions arise about whether energy healing could be used for a negative purpose. However, intentions to cause harm are not energy