Okay, I am almost grounded again, but still a bit heady – I suspect I will need to lie down for a while before heading out to see Wicked tonight, but I wanted to let everyone know about my treatment today. A bit of a review/recommendation and general interest sharing. And as G. pointed out when we ran into each other in the waiting room of the MacLaren Centre, ” I never read anything about this kind of thing in your blog” – so here it is!
Why have I not written about my healing treatments that I get? Because in the summer <sniff> I don’t get them! I don’t have time when I am making wedding dresses. I don’t have time in the spring when I am planning the end of year party and organizing students to perform. It’s all very sad…well, not really!
When I do have a break – like this week, while I am on holidays from my two businesses – I am able to take advantage of the many connections/colleagues and friends who do provide a variety of wonderful healing/energy services. Today’s treat for me was with my good friend, Julie Tierney, colleague in belly dance, and talented and intuitive healer of a variety of modalities { reflexology, reiki, massage and her latest find, ion cleansing aqua foot treatment}.
The idea: Sit in a comfy chair with an elastic wrist band that holds a little metal bit against your arm and stick your feet in a basic of water that has a black doodad in it that is connected to a little machine on the table called “ion cleanse”. Images of Keanu Reeves in Constantine aside, it is quite a relaxing experience. I was booked for the foot treatment and a bonus reiki treatment while I was percolating, uh, relaxing, and I thoroughly enjoyed both!
As Julie was giving the treatment, she would tell me of images,etc. she was receiving as she went along. All very interesting and most were very attuned with what I had been mulling over in my head on my walk over. I have always been open to “receiving messages” as a means to help me process whatever is on my mind, or remind me of things that I may have forgotten in my mundane activities, so it was a real treat.
I am also very quickly taken into a place of buzzy/heady/energetic relaxation, so once the treatment was finished – about 30 minutes plus some time to settle back into the feet etc. – I was still pretty funky for the walk home. Kinda dreamy, kind of out of it – but not dangerously so – just floating…
If you have a chance to give it a try, even if you are skeptical about the science of it { I can say nothing about that, not having looked into it at all}, the relaxation alone is enough to make it worthwhile. The gross colour change in the water, and bizarre floating things, well, Whatever! If it pulled particles out of my body through my feet, and they coagulate into visible remnants in the water, cool. If it is something else, no worries, it was a great experience anyway!
