During a shamanic healing, we experience a shift in energy. By remaining in this energetic space for a day or two after the session or the workshop, we honor the changes that have occurred and integrate more gently than if we immediately returned to our normal hectic schedules.
When we allow the energy to resonate in our lives, the healing continues to unfold in mysterious and unexpected ways, taking us to places we never dreamed could be related to the issue we worked with.
The rational, analytical mind is not our friend after an energy session. If we try too hard to puzzle out what has happened, to wrap our brains around how it is possible, we push the healing away. By staying in our hearts, we embrace the experience for what it is – an energetic encounter which cannot be explained by words.
If the healing brings up any questions, we sit and hold them spaciously in a meditative way. Rather than aggressively pursuing answers, we embrace the mystery and ask Spirit to show us the way forward through signs, dreams, messages and insights. By holding questions such as “What else do I need to know about this experience?” or “Where do I go from here?” loosely in our awareness, the answers come from the higher, wiser part of us.
We might consider doing a simple ceremony if we feel a need to ground the experience further into our daily lives. Working in sacred space through ritual helps anchor the shifts into our physical reality. If we released old pain stories in our healing, we might create a ceremony that works with the same analogies that showed up in our session. For instance, we might walk around our yard and pick up sticks, with each twig representing a piece of our pain story. Then we might go to a nearby river and release them into the stream to be carried away, just as the energy was released in the healing.
As we integrate, we want to remain awake and aware to our usual triggers. By being present in each moment, we allow spontaneous, authentic reactions to old familiar situations instead of falling back into habitual patterns and responses. We hear the guidance of our inner wisdom as it nudges us to act in alignment with our new energy.