I then saw a large bank of filing cabinets and information was transmitted to me that these were my “contracts” that were all now updated.
Next I could see my body from the side as “overlays” (word that was given to me) were lifted from their integration with my body like a sheet of wax: first was my relationship with men, next my relationship with my body, next my fear of the unknown/new things/success, next was competition with other women, etc.
Next I witnessed the removal of a dark chunk of energy from my right side between my abdomen and my breast. It was lifted out and put on a pedestal and I was told “you’ll be able to look at that later”. The area was then filled in and smoothed over with light.
I also saw a vision of a house- and I knocked down the walls with the expansion of my energy like a flower blossoming in fast motion- almost exploding like fireworks into black space and creating a big burst of light.
In the end, when I went to put one more “item” that I was releasing into the “garbage” I noticed that there was not a pile there. I was told “it is all gone- you have dissolved it- it is no longer”.
-Catherine from San Francisco
If there is one thing that you should know on your way to your first Reconnective healing session it is that Reconnective healing is not subtle.
For we busy Americans, taking a nap is a luxury that we reserve for Mexican holidays. And lying perfectly still with your eyes closed for an hour is something that I, and most people I know, find very hard to do.
Reconnective healing gives you that excuse. It may sound trite to put it this way, but its true. When is the last time that you can remember that you laid down and were completely quiet for an hour? And going to bed at night doesn’t count….
When I was approached by Riquelle Small to be her next client, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. I was due for my Mexican holiday in a matter of days and the pre-vacation activities in my life had me burning it at both ends. By the time I met with her I had had a cumulative of about 18 hours of sleep for the week and was fighting off a scratchy throat.
We sat and had tea before getting started. I had some questions. I knew that Reconnective healing was about energy flow. I understand this concept mostly from an acupuncture point of view. Stress and fear and other mental issues can make your body tight. Riquelle aptly explained that energy is in “liquid form” so to speak, all around us, and flows through us at all times. When your body is tight, and when your mental capacities are limited by fear and anger and depression and all the other things that we have to deal with on a daily basis, the energy is not able to flow through you, and certainly not in you. A person schooled in the art of Reconnective healing focuses their energy on the through-fares of your body and helps remove the road-blocks.
Reconnective healing is not really about touching. For me, massage and acupuncture are really wonderful because there is nothing like the healing human touch. I was a little skeptical, not that Reconnective healing is what it claims to be, but if it would really work for me when I prefer higher levels of physicality.
So I lay down and closed my eyes. Nothing happened. But I am a patient person and so I waited. While I was waiting I started to relax a little and became very aware of the knocking and clicking of my heater. I heard Riquelle’s joints flexing, so I knew something must be going on. I heard the rain. I hear a neighbor moving around upstairs. I was really hearing a lot of things. My chest felt really warm and tingly.
Then I opened my eyes, because my curiosity got the better of me and caught the Reconnective healing master deep in her work. She was waving her hands over my chest. I laughed. I don’t think this is the desired reaction from a client, but it happened. I had pretty much ruined the flow of the moment, but Riquelle was very accommodating and so we started over.
I had a few more moments, with my eyes closed this time, where I really had to breath deep to keep from laughing again and distracting her. It was that nervous kind of laughter, where you know that you’re not supposed to and that makes you want to all the more.
But I made it through with some breathing and realized that I was finally starting to relax.
I am no stranger to meditation. I can do it for about 5 seconds. That’s my record. For some reason, probably because my energy was being manipulated for me into a better more focused state, right away I was able to really meditate more than I ever have.
I let my mind go and images and thoughts just sort of weaved in and out. It was trance like and I was really getting into the relaxation. I also felt some physical surges. Tingling, but very subtle and nice. Kind of like emotions, when they come on strong, can make you feel really hot, but I wasn’t feeling emotional at all. I was still doing really well at letting the thoughts come in and go out and then suddenly a vivid image of a white monkey with a long nose jumped up on a fence and I became aware again.
It was a really intense vision. I let it go at that though and found it surprisingly easy to go back into my relaxed state. More practical, everyday thoughts went through my head and I tried my best to let them wander in and out and not cling to any one idea. I had a vivid image of my neighbor and I became aware again.
I let go again.
I don’t know how much time passed. It seemed like a long time and not a long time.
Then I felt pressure on my shoulder and it was done.
Riquelle has a really nice way of being deep and present but not so intense that you can’t relate. I immediately felt comfortable with her and even though I laughed inappropriately at the beginning of the session she didn’t mind and let it pass along with everything else. She probably understood that it was just the burn off of nervous energy that had accumulated from my week of excess.
When I actually got up from the session I noticed a very subtle change in my being. I no longer felt clangy and on edge from lack of sleep and the rusty feeling in my chest was gone. I felt calm and balanced.
I felt like I could either take a nap, or continue on with my day as planned but either way I was centered and functioning from a different place than where I had been an hour ago.
It was great! And Riquelle was great. Its always up to the healer to make the client feel relaxed enough to receive the benefits of the healing and I really was able to, skepticism, nervous laughter and all.
I can see how sessions of Reconnective healing would help to center and balance a person and the added benefit of the hour long rest isn’t bad either. It helps you battle Americanism.
-Emily from San Francisco
