Alice Spitzner Claussen
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Whoops, my bad. I wasn’t trying to malign the miller’s daughter, I was trying to point out that Rumplestilkin wasn’t simply acting out of malice by demanding her firstborn son. It makes complete sense that it was her father that made the spinning straw into gold claim.
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Hi Joanne,
Congratulations on your newest ally finding you. I do not personally using drumming in my practice but one of my face reading teachers, CT Holman, uses it extensively in his practice. He has free videos on his website of him using specific drum beats for different elements. Also his book, Shamanism in Chinese Medicine, has a section on drum healing.
Many happy returns on your new relationship !
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Thank you Kari for sharing your experiences and methods for reining in your verbosity. Feeling unsure of myself is for sure a trigger for me to make small talk which is exactly when I need to be dropping down instead. I have known for awhile that my ability to connect with my patients keeps them coming back so I don’t want to cut this connection, just have better control over it. If a clinic day is especially heavy in non-treatment related chatter I have noticed it wears me out more.
Benjamin, I love the question “How can our time together today most benefit you?”. It gives the patient express permission to ask for what they want and it gives me the information I need to tailor their treatment.
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Thank you for your thoughtful reply. It is good to hear that I am not alone in this struggle and that it is yet another process, not an endpoint.
“The question for me comes down to when is what I am sharing furthering my patient’s process or deepening the teaching and when is it me expounding on my own passion and excitement about the material in a way that gratifies me but maybe shuts down other people’s process?”
This is a helpful prompt to keep in the back of my mind to let me know when I have jumped the shark and need to rein it in. Somehow I am not surprised that it comes back to the bodyfeltsense and the wisdom inherent in my body. I continue to struggle with bodyfeltsense, having good days, bad days and days it slips my mind completely. I have decided Inner Sensing is akin to learning to play an instrument; something that takes practice, consistency, and years to master but benefits the student the entire time.
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Is the Protocol for Shock a stand alone treatment or can it be done before or after an acupuncture treatment? Can it be done while the patient is resting with needles in?
Thank you!
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Benjamin – Thank you for the always helpful reminder that learning new skills is a process and to be patient with myself.
David – I very much feel like I am expanding my tool kit. Anytime I learn new clinical skills I am always amazed at how invariably a patient will present needing exactly what I am learning. It is good to feel prepared.
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Hi Lorie,
Thank you for the validation of my experience and for the reminders of how to clear the energy from a patient. After my patient left I noticed residual tightness in my throat. Even though I knew the sensation didn’t belong to me it persisted. Your reminders were very timely and helped me clear most of what remained. I especially like the idea of “energy cuffs” and will strive to implement this technique before touching patients. So much to remember and integrate.
On a lighter note. The tarot card I picked this morning was The Magician (I) which in some circles is also called The Alchemist. Perhaps a nod from the Universe…
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Can you please repost the link for the Inner Circle on the ANP platform? I looked all through your posts on “Head’s Up!” and could not locate it.
Thank you!
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Thank you for your thoughtful and informative replies. I appreciate the different sources of flower essences and look forward to exploring the different offerings. Lucy, your idea of prefilling bottles with water and brandy is brilliant.
Benjamin, I have read the instructions in The Alchemy of Inner Work but am curious about what is working for other folks in their clinical day to day. It is helpful to know that you mostly sell FE blends to your patients. I am not using blends yet but am enjoying experimenting on myself with single FE.
It is good to know these type of practical discussions are happening on A New Possibility platform.
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Hi Kelli,
Thank you for sharing your experience. As a recovering perfectionist I am well acquainted with the feeling of not being adequately prepared. Most of the time I have discovered that I know more than I think I do. Love the idea of applying Frankincense for protection. I keep forgetting to implement Lorie’s cleansing suggestions.
Apologies for the ridiculously long delay in my response.
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Lorie,
That image is a perfect rendering of how I feel when I catch myself rattling. Thank you for sharing. I never would have considered “motor mouth” an archetype. Gonna have to chew on that. Can an archetype be defined as the energetic embodiment of a shared or common experience? -
Liz – Thank you for adding your voice to this discussion. Silence is hard for me too. I continually have to remind myself that I do not need to fill the empty spaces and that to do so can decrease the quality of the treatment. Our world is so full of noise and distraction that silence can be the best medicine for the moment.
Recently I was reading CT Holman’s Shamanism in Chinese Medicine and he advocates for arriving at clinic an hour before the first patient in order to ground the spirit. When I read this it pissed me off as I already felt stretched thin but I figured anything that elicited such a strong emotion was worth looking at. So now I am arriving 30 minutes before my first patient instead of 15 minutes, not perfect but an improvement. It allows me the time to do an Inner Sensing before starting work which I have noticed makes me feel more confident in the treatment room. -
Yes, that makes a lot of sense and is very helpful information.
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Not quite sure how I missed that 🤦♀️
Thank you!
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Hi Lori,
Thank you for your observations and for including the pictures of Centaury. I see what you mean about her knowing “the limitations of her own scale”. I have not started the Centaury yet one, because Benjamin counseled waiting until after our April class and two, because I am currently working with the Black Spruce EO and did not want to muddy the waters. Detecting the effects of these more subtle medicinals and practices is challenging for me.
The idea that I am trying to usurp the divine with my hyper-responsibility is very helpful. I look forward to Centaury aiding me in celebrating who I am instead of denigrating myself for what I am not.