Having fun in the studio with Kirsty Diamond (l) and Renee Cashman (r)

Had a wonderful time earlier this month talking with Renee and Kirsty on the Connect in Harmony Radio Show about emotional patterns and the Egyptian Emotional Clearing Technique. If you’d like to learn how to break free of your emotional patterns have a listen to the show. We talk about how our primitive brain drives our responses.

Listen to the radio program here

Read the Connect Magazine Therapy of the Month review by Renee Cashman

All our interactions with others leave an energetic imprint whether we realise it or not – we are left with a feeling of some kind, positive or negative. In our closest and most intimate soul mate relationships we have millions of interactions.

Soul mate relationships take many forms. They don’t always come in the form of fairy tale romances, happy ever after “chocolate box” families or friends or respectful, co-operative workmates and supervisors. Some come for a time, some for a lifetime. Soul mates come to teach us, as we teach them. With our human feelings, thoughts and reactions we are not always aware of what our soul mates have come to teach us as we get caught up in the physical and emotional experience of our interactions with them. Often there’s a catalyst, a significant event that forces us to stop, regroup and reflect. It is often only then because we cannot continue as we were and with the benefit of hindsight that we can discern what it is we have learnt from this person, what was gained from this experience.

We are here to experience our humanity to the fullest as we integrate our physical existence with its mental focus (the ego) with our heart-centred spirituality and emotional body.

A feeling is emotional energy. Emotional energy has tremendous power over our physical and mental bodies. Our primal instincts are driven by our emotional brain which stores memories and based on these memories responds before our rational brain can override it. For example when we experience a situation we perceive to be negative, our emotional brain “remembers” something similar from the past and those negative stored memories evoke negative responses – feelings of anger, fear or panic with the rush of adrenalin in the fight or flight survival mode, even if the current situation does not warrant it. The stress in our bodies eventually leads to ill health if not addressed.

Our sense of smell has the most profound effect of all our senses because it directly accesses the emotional brain. Because of their aroma, therapeutic grade essential oils exert a powerful balancing effect on the emotions. In a deep state of relaxation experienced during a healing session, the oils help to release “stuck” emotional energy, and pave the way for clarity, insight, emotional peace and heightened awareness. When a healing session is complemented by the fragrance of a pure therapeutic grade essential oil inhaled and applied to the body, profound release and healing can occur. The use of essential oils has been practiced for thousands of years to promote and support spiritual, emotional and physical healing.

An experienced healing facilitator working with a client’s emotional energy aided by the power of essential oils such as during an Egyptian Emotional Clearing session, will guide a client safety and gently through the process of clearing and releasing the effects of negative emotional energy. The session is a deeply relaxing and nurturing experience. This gentle, powerful modality uses 100% pure therapeutic-grade essential oils for anointing the body with other energy-balancing techniques like Reiki. Based on an ancient Egyptian ritual described in the Temple of Isis for “cleansing the flesh and blood”, the experience is often like an inner vision quest, a heightened state of meditation and mental clarity. With clarity comes the ability to choose how to respond to stressful situations. Emotional patterns play out over and over, but they can be un-learned and re-learned at any stage in our lives.

It is only when we “fix” the relationship with our self that our other relationships benefit. When we accept our human frailties, acknowledge our strengths and weaknesses, forgive ourselves for choices made and actions taken or not taken, we can begin to make conscious choices and set boundaries for how we will be treated by and respond to others. When we respect ourselves we will expect respect, will forgive mistakes and be open to giving and receiving unconditional love.

This is a lifelong journey of discovery as we grow and develop as individuals through many soul mate relationships. How wonderful it would be if we could make our conscious choices without having to experience the lessons of our soul mate relationships. This is possible once we become aware of our patterns and make different choices for our lives – we can choose to release negative thoughts and memories through understanding and awareness to experience a significantly improved relationships and quality of life.

Your journey of discovery is just beginning. Take the first step now to chart a new course.

Heather Lee, Step Into Healing

Published in Connect Magazine, Feb-Mar 2016