Rid your life of all your problems with a little energy healing

We're all quick to blame others for our struggles and difficulties, whether it be people who are close to us who seem to be bugging us for whatever reason or anyone else who we feel contributes to our problems. However, every now and then it's time to take responsibility for ourselves and that's essentially what energy healing is all about - looking within to find the answer to your problems and also the cause of them. "You have to start thinking 'it's all about me'," said Coosan woman Bernie Doyle, as she explained the concept of energy healing. Bernie added that the idea is that people should start thinking of themselves as perfect and whole and not allow emotions to define them, so for example if someone says they are sad, Bernie would correct them and say they have sadness in them, but they are not sad. Energy healing allows you to become aware of the emotion and then allows you to examine the cause of it before dealing with it. It's about living in the 'now', not dwelling on the past and not living in the future. "What goes before and what comes after are irrelevant," said Bernie. "We're all looking out for everyone else to solve our problems but if we all look within, it's the first step." So how exactly does an energy healing session work? Arriving at her home in Coosan, I was greeted by Bernie and brought to her healing room, which was cosy, flooded with natural light and there was a fire lighting, putting me instantly at ease. We chatted easily as Bernie first explained energy healing to me and asked me if I had any health problems at the moment. I had been having trouble with my ears for some time and Bernie said there was something I wasn't listening to, but at the end of the session after sending energy to my ear she said it seemed I was actually straining to try and hear something and had me think about what that might be. Energy healing with Bernie isn't a quick fix solution where she sends energy to whatever is causing you difficulty. Instead, Bernie arms you with the tools to do it yourself. Beginning the session, Bernie had me sit back and relax on the couch while she sat in a chair opposite me. I closed my eyes with my hands in my lap, palms faced upwards, as Bernie talked me through some breathing exercises aimed at getting me to relax. After a few deep breaths, Bernie then asked me to visualise energy travelling up through my feet, into my legs, as far as my hips, up my spine, down my arms, into my head, down to my stomach and around all my internal organs. Bernie then gently asked me to examine how I was feeling and said not to worry if I couldn't identify how I was feeling. The idea is that if there is a blockage to the flow of energy you will get a corresponding physical feeling in the body which helps you identify the emotion that is causing you difficulty, so, for example, a pain in the throat area might represent guilt, while a pain in the stomach area might represent fear or anger and anxiety tends to effect the chest area. For me it was a knot in my stomach, which Bernie picked up on rather quickly. As a lot of what comes up in an energy healing session is quite personal I won't go into the exact details of what came up, but I will explain how Bernie helps you to pin point what exactly is causing your problems. Having identified the knot in my stomach and explained the emotions associated with this, Bernie asked me to use the energy to identify what it was that was causing the problem. The idea of using the energy is that you will use your intuition to identify the problem, rather than using your head, and in a bid to keep me 'out of my head' Bernie gently asked me to listen to the birds outside and bring my attention there so that I wasn't over-thinking or analysing the situation. I identified what was bothering me relatively easily and while you don't have to verbalise it, I felt completely at ease with Bernie and it was easy and comfortable to talk it through with her. With my eyes closed and still relaxed, Bernie then talked me through a breathing exercise aimed at releasing the emotions as she explained it's important not to attach to them. Basically it involves taking in deep breaths and releasing the emotion on the exhale. Completing my energy healing session with Bernie, I felt in a much better mood than I had a short time later. Bernie had given me an exercise to do for five minutes every day, which quite simply allows you to become more self-aware and tune into what's bothering you before you release it. I didn't walk away from the session with all my problems fixed, but that's not the aim of the game. Instead I walked away with a new awareness of myself and what was bothering me and armed with the tools to tackle any issues and situations that stress me out. I also walked away with a more positive outlook and a determination to spend just five minutes of day checking in with myself to make sure I'm ok and not holding onto any unnecessary baggage. It is all about me, after all! For more information or to find out about energy healing classes you can contact Bernie on 087 2453947; at berniedoyle@live.ie or on www.berniedoyle2b.com