I was working on a patient this past Saturday when “one of those moments” occurred. You know, one of those moments when you suddenly know there is a huge, very bright energy standing next to you that is making your hair stand on end? Yeah, well….The very cool thing was that I knew what I needed to do, how to do it, and why it was done just that way. I was able to retain the knowledge long enough to get it written down later that day. To top the day off, I “saw” and “heard” a loon while working on my next patient. I looked loons up in Ted Andrew’s Animal Speak afterwards. Their keynote is lucid dreaming and re-awakening of old hopes, wishes, and dreams. He goes on to say that when loon comes to you, it is a time to pay attention to to your dreams. “It indicates that they will be of greater importance, along with becoming more vibrant and colorful. The haunting call of the loon may also be telling you that all of those hopes, wishes, and dreams that you have tucked to the back of the heart are about to come to the surface.” Wow! It was a very good day in clinic.

I just read Diane’s blog on channeling, learning more about conscious and unconscious channeling. It was incredibly timely information after this weekend at work. Thank you, Diane, for sharing all of your insights with us!

I haven’t changed the CD’s at work yet from the relaxing mix earlier this week. It’s not unusual for me, but there is just something about this particular combination. The songs on the CD’s are generally so melodic. It’s been interesting working with them in the background. Our weather has been so nice this week, that I have been able to have the east window in the treatment room open. There are bushes outside that window. Today, the sparrows and chickadees were going nuts. One even perched on the screen for a bit. Maybe they wanted to join the fun?

I follow energy channels in the patients’ bodies to find the top and bottom of an affected joint pattern. I started out just following the channel down either side of the spine,  but have been venturing out more and more over the years. Today, I was really out exploring and achieved a new level of chirogeekdom.

There are referral patterns in the body that lay out as the fetus develops. Dermatomes are the skin sensation referral from a level of the spine. Think about someone with sciatica, the pain that travels down leg. That may be referred pain from one of the bottom lower back vertebrae. Myotomes are referred muscle pain. A commonly known myotomal pain is the left arm pain felt with a heart attack. Sclerotomal pain is from the bone level ( and I can’t think of an example here). Anyway….I realized I wasn’t following the central channel, which I usually see as gold, when I was working on my first patient this morning. In fact, I was in a dermatome at one point, then over a myotome. I’m sure I’ve done this before, but it really caught my attention today. I found I was thinking a color into the channel I was following, then watched to make sure the entire path was that same color and depth/clarity of color as the joint I was working on finally released. As each patient came in and showed me their sore spots, the colors started flowing like water color paints. It showed me patterns I had not seen before. Consequently, I adjusted some things in a totally different way on each patient today. I never said anything about this to the patients, but to a person they all remarked when I made the new adjustments.

I will have to play with this more. And, of course, there will be more notes in the new technique notebook. Good night and colorful dreams!

Today was one of those days where I just wanted it calm, cool, smooth. Essentially, I wanted a “butter” kind of day. I boycotted the over head lights until about 3:45 today. The treatment room was so pretty when I first came in today, that I had to leave it that way as long as possible. There are two windows in the room. One faces east and the other faces north. The sun coming in the east window made the poinsettia pop. It’s a hybrid with red and white, pink and white, and just white leaves. It glows in the sunshine. There are orchids blooming in front of the north window. I hadn’t really noticed until then how much more of their true colors show in the lower light. There is a salt lamp in the room that is always on. The only other light I added was from a small turtle table lamp. It’s a very pretty room and was so nice in the lower light. The music was also quieter today: Johhny Mathis, Jim Croce, and Barbra Streisand. I had the east window open, so we had bird songs most of the day, too.

The setting had the desired affect today. I was calmer. Most of the patients got really mellow, too. I think we all transported today. I will have to remember this combination for the future.

Now, to work on keeping this bliss-filled wave flowing for the drive home and the paperwork session yet to come tonight. Chamomile tea anyone?

I’m getting bits and pieces of the new technique. Right now, it’s a jumble of little notes in my notebook, but…I’m trying to stay out of my own way so that the information can flowing freely to me. It’s easier said than done. I would like to understand everything right now. I want to know how it all works right now. I want to know what all the moving parts are and what order they go in. And I want to know it all RIGHT NOW! I am probably a little impatient…