Joy’s Way
Background: Where does this technique come from?
Definition: Modern technique, in which practitioner places hands on prescribed points, and sends unconditional love from his heart chakra to client’s chakras, to help balance client’s energy.
Source: “Healing with Body Energy: a Healing Guide” by W.
Brugh Joy, M.D. Cassette tapes and Companion Booklet.
Origin of Method: Joy, a physician in internal medicine, wondered one day if he could feel energy fields radiating from someone’s body. He tried and he could! He spent the next three months scanning patients surreptitiously, mapping out energy centers. He later found a text in a bookstore on the ancient chakra system and correlated his observations with that.
Theory: What is energy? What is energy healing?
What energy is being worked with? Body energy fields. Fields are “1) Present in, and emanate from, the body. 2) Can be detected through several different sensory systems of the body … [3]there are abnormal fields that reflect disease or trauma states in the body. 4) The diagnostic potential of the abnormal energy fields depends in part upon the sensitivity of the observer. 5) The energy fields may be interrelated with the physical and etheric bodies.” (Joy, 8-9)
Energy centers/pathways: Chakras are a real physical aspect of the body that can be seen by some and felt by most. Mechanism that relate the gross physical body to the subtle or etheric bodies; relate to the meridians of the acupuncture system. Joy says there are 40 chakras.
What is illness? Imbalance.
What is the mechanism for healing? Practitioner focuses energy in his heart chakra. Energy transfers from his heart chakra to the recipient. It is a gift of unconditional love.
Role of practitioner: Focuses the energy of love in heart chakra. “Responsible for the quality and intensity of the energy and for regulating its flow according to instructions from subject.” (Joy, 20)
Role of person receiving healing: “To minimize the complications that may occur, the subject is asked to act as a biofeedback instrument, constantly monitoring the energy… reporting to the operator whether the energy is too little, too intense or just right. If the energy flow feels good, no matter what the intensity, no deleterious effects will manifest.” (Joy, 20)
Who can heal? Training? Author repeatedly emphasizes “Do not attempt to transfer energy to another person until you have studied the techniques thoroughly.” (Joy, 13)
Practice: How does a healing session work for this technique?
Beginning a session/During a session: Centering oneself. Focus energy on heart chakra. Call in energies from Universe; ask for divine guidance and assistance. When energy of unconditional love is radiating from heart chakra and hands, you begin.
Assessment: Scanning. First, center yourself. Then begin to pass hands palm down along the client’s body, about 6-8” from body. It is important to move fairly quickly so contrasts between different areas are obvious. Important not to stop anyplace, or energy transfer can occur.
Process: You then place your hands upon the client. (Or can
work from several inches away.) Transfer unconditional love to client’s chakras.
The booklet describes a very specific pattern of 19 steps for connecting the
chakras; beginning by placing your right hand on subject’s right foot and left
hand on subject’s right knee. Image energy flowing back and forth between your
hands. When energy feels free or unencumbered, practitioner moves to the right
knee and right hip, and so on around the body.
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