If you come to the Open House for the first time, you might be in for a bit of a surprise. Let me explain.
When I began this experiment in weekly healing sessions years (and years) ago, I halfway expected the group would consist of “little old ladies” sitting quietly around the massage table, eyes closed in serenity and in expectation of sudden, wonderful healing. (I hasten to add that I, myself, happen to be a little old lady). That never happened. Instead, the early practitioners set a style themselves that has continued to this day.
First of all, we are a motley group if there ever was one: tall, short, thin, heavy, dry humor, crazy humor, often more men than women, high school students, professional engineers, college professors, reformed drunkards, and enlightened clergy. Secondly, there are stories and stories and stories. Usually on the humorous side, sometimes quite serious, but always interesting, engaging practitioners and guests alike. And then, thirdly, the experience that one comes back for again and again: As hands are gently placed on his or her body, the client falls into a sort of deep relaxation, even blocking out any conversation that may be going on. Muscles relax, sore places stop hurting, worries that one may have had become tools for coping, for change.
A sense of profound trust occurs. It’s like Going Home (in the happy sense of that term) and one vows to come back again. After a treatment, someone offers you a glass of water, recovers your eyeglasses and finds your shoes, and you sit on the couch, read Reiki literature or other magazines on the coffee table or perhaps engage in conversation with another person.
At the end of the evening, about 15 minutes before closing, the table is taken down, chairs are drawn up and we begin to calm down from all the happy excitement. For a few minutes I give a meditative talk and it generally has a topic of Love and Light, which, after all, are the key elements of healing. We recite the Great Invocation and a quiet meditative period follows. It’s very effective. It is so palpable you could cut it like butter.
Come see for yourself.
Sylvia Lagergren