headaches and energy work

[Kendrah]

So, I'm learning energy and drafting people to practice on. Well, one good friend says she gets headaches after we push energy through her. I'm curious as to why that is. I know when we push energy and work on her chakra's, she tends to open and close rather dramatically (well, enough that I can feel - I'm not sure if that's really dramatic or if I'm just sensing things better.) However, that feels like a hallow reason. I don't wanna lose a good test subject. I wanna know how to stop giving headaches. Any ideas?

[Jolantru]

Hello Kendrah.

So, I'm learning energy and drafting people to practice on. Well, one good friend says she gets headaches after we push energy through her. I'm curious as to why that is. I know when we push energy and work on her chakra's, she tends to open and close rather dramatically (well, enough that I can feel - I'm not sure if that's really dramatic or if I'm just sensing things better.) However, that feels like a hallow reason. I don't wanna lose a good test subject. I wanna know how to stop giving headaches. Any ideas?

Mmm, perhaps you and your friend should work on setting/establishing your boundaries first. Our energy fields are constantly interacting so boundaries are quite important, so that your 'personal' space, so to speak, would not be compromised. Intent that before you do any energy work to establish boundaries, to keep your own energy in and not let it clash and interact with your friend's. You can either verbalise it out loud or mentally. Remember that your intent has to be clear.

As for your friend, if her chakras tend to open and close dramatically, she might have to work on controlling her chakras. Sufficient grounding techniques are good to use as stablisers. Do you both start with a basic grounding and cleansing exercise before embarking on healing work?

So, on my part, work on establishing your boundaries first and also ground before you do any healing work.

Good luck!


Jolantru

[KEishin]

She may also be ungrounded or have some blockages which cause the energy to "backlash" in on itself.

[-Ember]

Okay, nice diagnois. Now for the tricky part: prescriptions.....

What I mean is that what has been said makes sense, but I'd love to see some recomendations as to practical things that the person could DO to begin to correct this. I can think of some similar problems I've run into, and "try grounding" or "work on chakra control" doesn't give me much of a practical nature. Anyone have some recomendations for simple grounding or chakra control exercises?

[Kendrah]

Okay, nice diagnois. Now for the tricky part: prescriptions.....

I sowwy, Ember. I just don't wanna hurt ya anymore. ;P But I need ya. Catch 22.

[Lunacie]

I had a friend who reacted the same way to simply cycling energy through the group holding hands in a circle. It's certainly not something that you are doing as an energy healer. The idea that these folks may not be grounded, or have a blockage that causes an energetic backlash both make sense to me.

[Semele]

Myself, I tend to build up energy and get headaches if I don't properly ground and vent energy. There is nothing anyone else can do to fix it. It is my own blockages so, I have to set it right. Sorry that is not much help, but I can certainly understand.

[MoonDragn]

Okay, nice diagnois. Now for the tricky part: prescriptions.....

What I mean is that what has been said makes sense, but I'd love to see some recomendations as to practical things that the person could DO to begin to correct this. I can think of some similar problems I've run into, and "try grounding" or "work on chakra control" doesn't give me much of a practical nature. Anyone have some recomendations for simple grounding or chakra control exercises?

Ok let me first explain the energies as it was explained to me. There are three forms of energy, Cosmic, Earth and personal. We normally draw cosmic energy through our crown chakra at the top of our head, but before we use it, it has to be processed as it is raw energy. Processing it involves combining it with earth energy through a process known as centering.

when you are centered the energies balance and excess energy your body can't handle is drained through the roots. To tap into the earth energy involves a process called grounding. This is done by visualizing deep roots extending down into the earth to draw out the positive energy and releasing the negative energy.

When centering is done right you will feel a click like everything is in balance with the world.

[Lunacie]

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When centering is done right you will feel a click like everything is in balance with the world.
Good explanation MD, except that when I center I don't feel a "click", I feel the energy flowing in through my crown chakra and my root chakra and pooling in my center... a flowing rather than a clicking for me... leaving me feeling balanced and complete.

[MoonDragn]

Good explanation MD, except that when I center I don't feel a "click", I feel the energy flowing in through my crown chakra and my root chakra and pooling in my center... a flowing rather than a clicking for me... leaving me feeling balanced and complete.

I don't feel the click either... Like I said, it was explained to me that way.
I usually feel an immense calm when it happens and the world stands still.

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

A couple suggestions that have worked for me:

I would make sure that when you are winding down a session that you direct the energy buildup away from her head. When I do Spinal Flushes I have to work from head to tail bone, not the other way around or my volunteers tend to get headaches. It's an energy overload thing, you get up to the head then the energy, good or Icky-sluggish, has no where to go so it manifests itself as a headache to expend it.

So, if you are working on Chakras, don't end on the 7th one, go on further up to draw it way from the head and disperse it to the universe.

When working on the aura, make sure when you are done manipulating her energy that you seal and smooth the aura so there are no leaks, that it's flowing nicely and it's cohesive again. That may help.

I have found that if you are doing major energy work, there are always bound to be some side affects. Everyone reacts differently.

[-Ember]

I know I'm coming across as rather petulant, but this touches on an old rant I'd all but managed to back off from.

As far as I can tell, I'm doing everything. But from the results I'm obviously missing something. And that is frustrating as all hell. And the root visualzation apparently doesn't cut it, because I've played that one.

[Jenett]

Ember -

One image I use is the idea of cell osmosis. You know how cells will take on or give off water, depending on what they need? Being grounded, for me, is deliberately opening up that kind of permeable barrier and letting things rebalance.

When I started, I also had a really hard time with the tree and root visualisation (though these days, I can use it just fine.) I started out seeing the extra energy drifting off into the wind, or into flowing water. Little bubbles is a nice sort of visual image for the wind. The trick is finding an image or concept that lets you get the practical results you want, and which also doesn't dump the energy into something specific (like another person or object) but into something broader and more general.

If you've tried something like that, and it still doesn't work, I wonder if maybe you *are* getting the sensation, but aren't recognising it as grounded or centered? Sometimes it takes some playing around to figure out what different energy states feel like to you (as opposed to someone else.)

If you're working with other people, there are some actual physical tests you can use. Have someone just try pushing you on the shoulder or hip lightly. If you're ungrounded (and not bracing for it), it's common to move (sometimes quite a lot) with that push. People who are grounded, however, tend to just move a little, and return to their original position easily. You might also try this exercise after doing energy work, or doing other things that make you feel ungrounded: then try different things to see what returns you to a more grounded state.

There are also physical triggers you can use to help you. A little salt on your tongue. Hugging a tree. Lying flat on your back on the ground. Eating certain kinds of food (meat or dense carbohydrates). Once you can hook into the feeling, you can figure out how to get there energetically/through visualisation more easily (and in the meantime, you have ways to discharge the extra energy when you need to.)

[-Ember]

The thing is, I don't feel particularly ungrounded. If anything I feel like I tend too far to the other extreme.

So, either I have no sense of "grounded", am not as grounded as I think I am, and that is why these reactions take place.

Or I am grounded and just not getting good advice for dealing with reactions like these because everyone just tells me to go ground myself.

And if I'm not grounded, and have so little sense of it that I mistake where I am for being grounded, apparently I need some route instructons for trying to get there because I can't just *feel* my way there... because I already *feel* grounded by my understanding of it.

And that is where I am getting frustrated.

[11thBliss]

People who get migraines will find them triggered whenever anything throws their body chemistry a bit out of whack, including energy work. Try snacking on something and drinking a full glass of water before working. Also, be sure that you are not inadvertantly tensing your neck and shoulder muscles.

[Jenett]

** People who get migraines will find them triggered whenever anything throws their body chemistry a bit out of whack, including energy work. **

This really is very individual.

Energy work actually reliably helps me. (I've had migraines since I was 15, I'm now 29). Regular energy and ritual work also helps a lot: I've had many fewer migraines since I started. Part of this is that I've gotten better at dealing with other triggers (lack of sleep is a big one for me) but part of it is having a better way to respond to energy issues.

One of my triggers used to be certain kinds of energy work, and being unable to ground it out effectively afterwards - that's been resolved with some playing with various methods and some practice.

[Jenett]

Ember -

In that case, why not do what I sort of (but not very clearly) suggested in my first reply.

Do some stuff that should give you lots of extra energy (dancing along to energeting music is one way, but any way that works for you. I usually find it's faster if I'm in a group setting, rather than on my own)

Then try different methods of grounding (including the physical triggers I suggested.) Treat it like a science experiment: do repeated experiments (raise energy, use a different method each time for grounding). Keep careful notes of how you feel each time before and after, and how you respond in other ways (like the someone nudging you on the shoulder or hip test.)

Chances are, if you pay attention, you'll see some patterns, and be better able to discern what's going on energetically. Pay attention to things like whether you feel hot or cold, how fast you talk, what your mood is like, how easily you concentrate. (This is the other reason doing this work with other people helps: their feedback gives you some information too.)

It may well be you're simply generally well grounded - but if that's the case, knowing what it feels like *not* to be is probably also good, so that if it happens when you don't expect it, you can handle it.

Another way to approach it would be to keep a detailed journal at specific points in the day - how do you feel, do you feel grounded, etc. Include times right after religious or magical rituals, exciting things in your life, unexpected events, etc. that might help add energy or unground you in other ways.

[jcldragon]

The physical principles that govern the operation of electricity and magnetism in the Material World, parallel the operations of energies on the Higher Planes. If you apply a lot of current, to a resistor, it is going to heat up. An energy blockage, (essentially a Life Lesson), is making the channel act like a resistor, hence the headache.

Lots of things might be involved to generate this undesirable condition. The person might have a number of conceptual blockages that are impeding their understanding of the true nature of Reality. You *might* have a few yourself, (since perfection is a work-in-progress), and those might be interjecting some inharmony of vibration that manefests as the headache. Not that you would be trying to do that, but it is easily possible. Consider how this Practice would proceed, if it was working perfectly well. The better you understand that, the better the results you will get.