I think that one of the things I love most about my wonderful new gift is the look of surprise and astonishment, the tiniest glimmer, a seed, of understanding that I see on people’s faces as they step down from my massage table.
Yesterday I gave a treatment to a farming friend of the family, a man who is generally very laid back and chilled about life, someone with a huge heart and generous spirit, but who is now suffering all the aches and pains that go hand in hand with living such a physical life.
He has suffered from back pain for many years and has tried the usual range of physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors with limited success. Interestingly, he uses a ‘Rebouteux’ for his cattle (I can’t find a translation, but it is a form of spiritual healing and bone-setting that was widely used in France in the Middle Ages until the inquisition pushed it underground).
It was one of those sessions where I was having the sort of conversation in my head that goes along the lines of ‘Of course there’s something happening, it’s not up to you, get out of the way and let the energy do it’s thing’ ‘But I can’t feel anything, can’t you at least give me a bit of a sign that something’s happening’. Sound familiar, lightworkers? And when I asked, quite clearly he was not feeling anything particularly dramatic either. Of course, these days I understand that, regardless of what we feel, the energy will be working on the best level possible. Whether there are immediate results or it takes some time, something will be happening for the benefit of the person receiving the treatment.
Even as he was climbing down from the massage table he was saying ‘Well thank you for your time, it was the thought that counts, maybe something will work.’ Then his feet touched the floor and I saw that look, that question in his eyes. The shift of his body, first one way and then the other as he tested out a movement, a position. Another subtle little dance as if to confirm that he hadn’t been mistaken. And then the wonder in his eyes as he turned to me to say ‘My lower back doesn’t hurt, it feels much more supple’. Which always seems to be followed by a statement along the lines of ‘Of course, it might not last, but it’s great for the moment’, because it’s simply too amazing for us mere humans to comprehend. And to which my response is a gentle, knowing smile and a huge inward ‘THANK YOU’.
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