YOUR wellbeing editor Kate tries out a treatment or event or activity each issue this time it is remote healing at home.
LIKE so many of our practitioners, Teresa Wicksteed has had to adapt to these challenging times. No longer able to hold face-to-face Sound Healing sessions in her sea-facing Yurt, she began offering Distant Healing during the first lockdown. It was something she’d learned during her training at the UK College of Sound Healing in 2016 but never really practiced. However, at the request of a client, she agreed to do a session. It went well and since then more and more people have requested it, with Teresa offering the service at no charge in recognition both of her own probationary period and her clients’ many financial constraints.
As we entered lockdown three, I booked a Distant Healing session with Teresa.
It seemed a little strange to lie down in my sitting room to receive healing from someone I couldn’t see or hear. We’d spoken on the phone beforehand and I’d told Teresa of the problems I was facing – some of them physical but many of them emotional. We agreed what time the healing would start and she advised me to lie down and relax. She told me that she would intuitively choose crystals to support me and place them in formation to align with my chakras and the energy field around my body.
I rarely lie and do nothing and it felt rather alien to do so (although my cats loved it!). I tried to open my mind to Teresa’s positive healing intent and imagine it flowing into my body and mind. The temptation to try and “feel” something during the healing was strong, but mostly I just felt relaxed. My fingers were a bit tingly and at one point I felt my left shoulder become very cold (I’ve had a frozen shoulder for the last 2 years and it felt a bit like a cold compress or cold water flowing through the area). Afterwards I allowed myself to rest and cuddle my cats.
The next day I experienced something of a healing crisis – I felt achy, nauseous and exhausted and my body felt heavy. I spoke to Teresa on the phone and she explained that some people are particularly sensitive to distant healing and can actually have a bigger reaction than they would to hands-on healing. I recalled having similar symptoms following a Reiki attunement many years earlier. She said that healing can bring to the surface things that need to come out of our body, leading to unpleasant physical symptoms that later disperse.
As much as I’d like it to be otherwise, over the years I’ve come to realise that healing is not something that normally happens quickly or dramatically and that often you may feel worse before you feel better. So, I have no sudden life-changing improvements to report. My shoulder feels slightly more mobile, my emotions feel slightly more balanced. In my daily journalling yesterday and today, I wrote with absolute clarity about what I need to do to improve my overall wellbeing and I have already acted on some of these insights.
In these times of negativity and challenge, it felt soothing to me to know that someone was holding me with positive intent, chanting and singing my name and invoking higher powers to support and heal me. Teresa has offered me further sessions to support me with some of the issues we discussed. Right now, all of us need to do everything we can to stay well and grounded and I am full of appreciation and admiration for this work. My only regret is that I didn’t get to spend time in her beautiful Yurt by the sea.
Teresa offers a first hour appointment free. For more information email: teresa@teresawicksteed.co.ukRough