Question

[oselle]

Has anyone ever had any kind of "healing" or "energy cleansing" work done, either on yourself, your home, a place you were about to move into, or anything like that?

There's a new reality show on HGTV called Selling New York about NY real estate and a co-worker was telling me about this weekend's episode. It focused on this apartment that in spite of all its advantages simply would not sell. No one could figure out why. Finally the realtor brought in someone to "cleanse" its energy -- and apparently they got an offer on the apartment within three weeks. I looked up the guy who did it and found an article in the Daily News from two years ago. The article said this particular...healer (psychic? shaman?) only works directly with realtors. But it also profiled a woman named Sondra Shaye who owns a healing practice in Brooklyn with the promising name of Archangel Healing Light Center. She does both personal healings and property cleansing.

You can visit her website here: http://www.archangelhealinglightcenter.com/My_Homepage_Files/Page36.html

You can read the Daily News article here:
http://www.nydailynews.com/real_estate/2009/02/06/2009-02-06_the_clearings_space_healers_use_the_spir.html

My first reaction to such things is that these people are modern-day snakeoil salesmen, taking advantage of the desperate. After all, they've got the perfect racket -- offer salvation to people at the end of their ropes, for a tidy fee. Then of course if it doesn't work, it's because the client wasn't "open" enough or some shit.

But I'm heading in this direction because let me tell you -- I've been on a downward spiral for years and don't know how to get out of it. My health, my finances, my family, my general emotional state -- all disastrous. I feel like my apartment is absolutely toxic and like I myself am filled up with garbage. My most recent attempt at improvement was a chiropractor...and yesterday I decided to discontinue seeing him, upon his own advice, because none of it was working. All my other attempts to turn myself around -- traditional medicine, yoga, meditation, diet, physical therapy, religion -- have all failed too. I had joked with the chiropractor when I first saw him that he was my last stop before calling in a shaman. Maybe it's time to call in a shaman. I'm at the point where I don't care what it costs. But I'd love some first-hand experiences, if you've got any, and would also love to know how much it cost you, if you're comfortable with sharing that. Thanks.

Comments

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Since I'm speaking to a biology teacher, I can attest that chanting has definite physical benefits. The spiritual angle is that you're releasing blocked energy or calling down divine protection or whatever -- but physically, it gets you breathing. I've chanted in yoga class (in Sanskrit, having no idea what I'm saying) and have gotten an energy lift out of it that probably has a lot to do with the way it makes you breathe deeply. Kundalini yoga combines chanting with rhythmic physical movements that probably increase the breath flow. If you're a newbie, it can also make you feel pretty sick since it changes the oxygen level in your blood so dramatically (at least, that's what my neurologist told me, when I told him that I nearly fainted after a Kundalini class). Singing hymns in church can have the same effect but chanting is more vigorous and since you don't have to worry about being able to keep a tune, you can really holler.

[pedx.livejournal.com]

Did you quit yoga because it didn't feel good or did you only like the breathing/chanting? Do you currently do any deep breathing exercises?