MIND/BODY/SPIRIT DISCIPLINES: ENERGY PRACTICES
All that you see, smell, taste, hear and feel is made up of energy.
If you question this statement, ask yourself how an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine allows your doctor to look at the condition of your inner organs.
Our human bodies are made up of more than 70% water, or H₂O…three atoms: two of hydrogen (H) and one of oxygen (O). These three atoms form the water molecule, which has a small electromagnetic charge. When many water molecules combine, the electromagnetic charge gets larger, and can be called an “electromagnetic field.” It is this field that the MRI machine reads to make the image of your inner body.
In Odyssey, practitioners work with the energy of your body. Skilled in disciplines that draw upon thousands of years of human wisdom, Energy Practice experts work with your energy to help you bring awareness to what has been unconscious.
“I never learned anything I already knew.” — Peter Ralston
To experience Odyssey, start with curiosity. Open yourself to the possibility that the parts of your life that you want to be different can indeed shift.
One example of an Energy Practice from which you can benefit is Jin Shin Jyutsu
JIN SHIN JYUTSU
Jin Shin Jyutsu brings balance to the body's energies, which promotes optimal health and well-being, and facilitates our own profound healing capacity. It is a valuable complement to conventional healing methods, inducing relaxation and reducing the effects of stress.
Jin Shin Jyutsu employs twenty-six "safety energy locks" along energy pathways that feed life into our bodies. When one or more of the paths becomes blocked, the resulting stagnation can disrupt the local area and eventually disharmonize the complete path of energy flow. Holding these energy locks in combination can bring balance to mind, body, and spirit.
Learning Jin Shin Jyutsu engages one in self-study and self-help. Through the process of "now know myself" we recognize the wisdom of the body, and we learn to interpret the messages provided and utilize them to restore balance.
Jin Shin Jyutsu can be experienced as self-help and also offered to you by a trained practitioner. A Jin Shin Jyutsu session generally lasts about an hour. It does not involve massage, manipulation of muscles, or use of drugs or substances. It is a gentle Art, practiced by placing the fingertips (over clothing) on designated safety energy locks, to harmonize and restore the energy flow. This facilitates the reduction of tension and stress which accumulate through normal daily living.
For those of us addressing existing stress or health disharmonies, and for those wishing to participate actively in maintaining health, harmony and well-being, the Art of Jin Shin Jyutsu is a simple and powerful tool.