Using the Mind to Heal the Body

Upon a friend's recommendation, I have been reading the book "E-Squared" by Pam Grout.  This book is about energy, and specifically the energy of thoughts.  It is similar to "The Secret" in the sense that it promotes the idea that we can manifest what we'd like to happen in our lives by using the power of our thoughts.  The difference though, is in the format.  Instead of just teaching these truths, this book presents a series of actual exercises, or experiments that the reader is supposed to conduct in a very formatted way.  So you read a chapter, and then take the prescribed time, often 48 hours, to conduct a certain energetic thought experiment and record your results.  It is a very rewarding and inspiring practice!  Now, I did not need this book to convince me that my thoughts are useful in forming my reality, as I already believed this fully.  But this book is worth reading both for the novice as well as the savvy energy practitioner, as it reminds you of the depths of the extent of your influence, and it also serves to keep your awareness coming back to the manifestation abilities of your thoughts more and more often throughout the day, thereby increasing their effectiveness.    So far I have been impressed with the experiments.  In one experiment I had to set the intention to see a butterfly within the next 48 hours... well, what are the chances of seeing a butterfly in Connecticut in October?  Lo and behold, I opened a web page that suddenly fluttered beautifully with colorful butterflies as its opening... shortly thereafter as my children were returned home after a visit to their grandparents' house, my daughter proudly revealed the new shirt her grandmother gave her-  you guessed it-  it had several pretty butterflies on the front, with the phrase "butterfly kisses" embroidered on it.  In another experiment, I was supposed to ask for something I want, and give the universe 48 hours to provide it.  I asked for 2 new clients to call and book sessions at my practice... this happened within an hour of my asking!  Anyway, re-engaging with the powerful energy of thoughts in this way has also reminded me that our thoughts may be our best medicine.  We can absolutely use our thoughts to have a positive effect on how our bodies will behave, how we respond to different situations, and on how we feel emotionally in tough situations.  We can actually use our thoughts to send healing energy into our own bodies to ease illness and injury.  Now, this is what Reiki practitioners do when they activate healing work, but you do not need to be one in order to have a physical healing influence on your own body using your mind.  The biggest obstacle seems to be that people doubt that they have the ability to do this.  My next thought was that this would be a wonderful concept to have people work on with hypnosis-  strengthening the underlying belief that your mind will be able to send healing energies wherever they need to go in the body, at will.  The session would involve actual practice at doing this while in a deep state of relaxation, bolstered by suggestions that these practices will effectively work for you whenever you wish.  My thought is that getting doubt out of the way could help many people to start using more mindful, mental focus to create a sense of wellness, and a sense of empowerment with respect to health.  I highly recommend reading the book "E-Squared" if only to reignite your experience of how connected to the universe you really are.  Your human mind makes you a beautiful, unique, sensing, creating, interacting, fluid being.  Love and enjoy this, and have a lovely day full of your freshest manifestations!  Feel free to post questions or comments here, or email me anytime at nikki@nikkisnature.com.  Peace!