Healer School

[Michelle]

Some of you may remember me posting that I stopped studying singing a couple months ago shortly before achieving my Master's Degree. Since then I've considered several possibilities as to how and where to go from here. My considerations have ranged from sticking with singing as a profession to starting something completely new like psychology, pedagogy, or philosophy. All of those options have seemed more or less attractive to me, but nothing seems to really be the perfect fit I am looking for. Nothing seems attractive enough to keep me interested for a lifetime, none of these areas makes me want to dedicate my energies and soul and passion. I have been quite frustrated. That is, until tonight.

Tonight I found out that there is a school near me which offers a 2 year training in "Mediumship and Healing". This struck a chord in me. This seems to fit. It excites me and it is what I think I could be good at. The healing moreso than the mediumship, but after looking at the curriculum the whole thing really seems great. I am pretty sure I want to do this.

What I want to know is:

1. How do I know if this particular school/whole thing is legit?
2. How do I handle telling people in my life that I want to go to school to be a healer? It is what I want but I feel like a freak.

All of this really adds up to what a hand reader told me a couple years ago. He told me I am a natural born healer and that he didn't see me as an opera singer at all. He also told me that if I didn't make healing my main profession, I would always be trying to heal people under the guise of doing something else. He was right, I realize now.

Anyway, I am open and grateful for any thoughts or suggestions.

[AirBreather]

Hmm.

Lots of schools out there. Perhaps the best test for your particular school is to talk to *grads* of that school and see what they are like - good client base, reputation, solid interpersonal network and all.

I'll throw out a *very* 'legit' school at 'cha: BBSH (linky @ Barbara Brennan School of Healing and Barbara Brennan International, Inc. ).

Follow your own light.

Blessings.

[Dharma]

Originally Posted by Michelle

What I want to know is:

1. How do I know if this particular school/whole thing is legit?

What school? What do they teach? Syllabus? linky? PM if you wish.

Originally Posted by Michelle

2. How do I handle telling people in my life that I want to go to school to be a healer? It is what I want but I feel like a freak.

They may think you're joining a cult or you'll be drinking kool-aid soon enough.
Agree with them and they won't know what to say next. It's actually quite funny.

[Michelle]

If you don't understand German, this link probably won't help:

Startseite Schweizerische Vereinigung für Parapsychologie

It is the Swiss Association for Parapsychology (SVPP) in Bern.

They offer a two year program described here. At the bottom you'll find the teachers. Flyer Schweizerische Vereinigung für Parapsychologie (SVPP)

The other option for me would simply be to do the four level Reiki Course with a Master.

[Michelle]

My fiance made another interesting suggestion this morning. He thinks it could be good to combine a serious psychology study with the less scientific mediumship/healer school. I could see this working well, too.

For me it really is less about becoming a medium or psychic and more about harnessing and developing the mega healing energy I feel already runs through me. This type of work seems to be calling me more than anything else.

[Dharma]

Originally Posted by Michelle

My fiance made another interesting suggestion this morning. He thinks it could be good to combine a serious psychology study with the less scientific mediumship/healer school. I could see this working well, too.

For me it really is less about becoming a medium or psychic and more about harnessing and developing the mega healing energy I feel already runs through me. This type of work seems to be calling me more than anything else.

Look into Richard Bartlett. He looks as though he's only teaching in the states right now. I don't think he has anyone besides himself that trains people. If you read his matrix energetics book, you'll see he's really tapped into a flow that goes beyond most 'established' healing (reiki, BBSH, etc.) When I tune into him I get a shaman-ish vibe and from reading his book he's doing something close to what I've been doing with my classmates.

I've told you about my school group before. There is a Berlin group you could hook up with. The main focus is conscious transformation/creatorship and healing work is a natural extension of that. PM me if you want more info.

[Bliss Sage]

Hi Michelle,

I have also been looking for something along these lines, for healing, and have been really lost in my life for over a year now. I had no idea they had such schools in central Europe. I'm currently in France. If you go to this school, when would you go? I guess I'll try to decipher that website (and try to find prices), but I forgot most of my German vocabulary. I don't suppose they have anything in French...

Anyway, it would be nice to go with someone else ... even if I don't know you...All the schools I saw that teach energy healing seemed to be in the US and then in Britain some too, but the US is too far away and I can't afford Britain and it's a bit north for me at the moment.

hmmm...

[Michelle]

There is an info evening at the school this Wednesday and I will attend.

Bliss,

There are several such schools in Switzerland (new to me, too) - Basel, Bern, Zürich and probably Geneva. The schools in Basel, Bern and Zürich are probably conducted in German and a small part in English (I saw there are a couple teachers from the anglo-saxon world). Perhaps you would have luck in Geneva or Lausanne with a French course. Or, I found this link to a Parisian Institute: Institut Métapsychique International

The 2 year course in Bern costs about 10,000 Swiss Francs. From what I understand you can pay 300 or 400 Francs per month. Anyway, I will go Wednesday and try to get a feel for the place.

[AirBreather]

BBSH Europe info, for those interested:

BBSHE Hotel Information

2007-2008 School Year: Bad Neuenahr, Germany

[Michelle]

Just want to report that I attended the info evening tonight. It was great! I really felt at home there, and finally in a place where my perceptions made sense. The school seems very serious and they offer a few different training programs with some really cool and interesting instructors.

There is a 2 year program in "Spiritual Healing" starting in April which I have decided to do. Mediumship isn't my gift or priority, so I will save that for the future.

One of my goals tonight was to test out whether or not the feeling of healing energy running through me was shared by the other healers there - and it was! I feel so stupid somehow for so stubbornly following other things and interests in life for so long when the healing gift was so obviously in front of my nose. Wah!

The teacher I spoke with tonight warned me that healing is no way to make a living. This despresses me somehow since I had hoped to be able to make a living at some point in my life (opera singers don't make much either)... Still, I feel called now in this direction and will follow. It is exciting!

[Kaspian]

Why wouldn't healing be a way to make a living? That just doesn't make sense to me.

I've met osteopaths, body workers, energy workers, and others who had plenty of clients and charge enough to live comfortably. If you're skilled, why would you be any different? Wouldn't people gladly pay you if your work improves their lives?

[VoodooChile]

Are there any of these types of schools in Massachusetts or Connecticut?

[Michelle]

Originally Posted by Kaspian

Wouldn't people gladly pay you if your work improves their lives?

This is exactly what I am hoping. I honestly don't know how open Swiss society is to this sort of thing. Although the info evening was overfull was interested people. In any case, I just feel this is something I have and want to do.

[Michelle]

Originally Posted by VoodooChile

Are there any of these types of schools in Massachusetts or Connecticut?

Hmmmm - I don't know. Google "parapsychological" school or institute in those areas. The schools here in Switzerland are based upon the British method of parapsychology. From what I learned on Wednesday the British school - especially concerning mediumship - is particularly serious.

[carenkh]

Originally Posted by VoodooChile

Are there any of these types of schools in Massachusetts or Connecticut?

I know someone who recently graduated from Barbara Brennan. You only go there (Florida) for a few sessions each year, you don't have to live there. This is from the site:

Our Professional Studies and Bachelor of Science Programs are 4-year programs. There are 26 days of yearly Resident Training held in five sessions, session one being six days, and sessions two through five for five days each session.

So you would need a lot of flexible time. He grew so much from the work he did at the school; it's not just learning about how to facilitate healing for others, it's healing yourself, as well.

[Dharma]

Originally Posted by VoodooChile

Are there any of these types of schools in Massachusetts or Connecticut?

One I'd recommend in CT: Energy Medicine Practitioner Program - W.I.S.E. Method - The Institute for Healing Arts & Science - Welcome! (I've known Dotty for years and attended one year of her school many years ago.)

To all: You don't have to go to a 1-4 year program to learn to heal. You need a program that gets you out of your own way, first, and then focuses on technique, second.

Healing is innate in everyone, we just pretend we can't do it. That's what I mean by getting out of your own way.

I guess you need to find what will work for you. I posted a link about Richard Bartlett above. He's a bit of a wildcard and gets awesome results, but has no training, contradicts himself when he teaches, and is very unconventional. He shows anyone can be a healer, and rather quickly.

[AndreaHess]

Michelle,

Can I float my own program for professional intuitive development here? I JUST launched the website - it's Soul Realignment:Professional Intuitive Development. Do check it out, get in touch with a few of the practitioners. I have several in Europe - one of my students is actually in Switzerland, and she does express some concerns also about the openness of Swiss society.

The great thing about our modality (Akashic Record Reading and Clearing ... it's all on the website, I'm not going to go on about it endlessly here except to say it ROCKS) is that it is distant work, all done via phone, so you can go globally with your business.

Incidentally - I come from a singing background, too! I have a Masters Degree in Opera Performance. Sometimes how I ended up doing what I do - hee hee.

Anyway, check it out. It's a correspondence course, with personal support, it's great, the practitioners love it, and we now have a whole support system via a practitioner forum and monthly free teleclasses ... do take a look.

[fellowtraveler]

Originally Posted by Michelle

My fiance made another interesting suggestion this morning. He thinks it could be good to combine a serious psychology study with the less scientific mediumship/healer school. I could see this working well, too.

For me it really is less about becoming a medium or psychic and more about harnessing and developing the mega healing energy I feel already runs through me. This type of work seems to be calling me more than anything else.

That's a winner. An increasing number of psychologists are delving into the healing power of spirituality. My own therapist, a PhD I've known for years, is writng a book on the topic. I was led back to him several months ago after a 20 year absence, and with a few words he set me off on a spiritual awakening of my own. Many, many opportunities to help people there.

[Michelle]

You know, I've benefited greatly from psychotherapy over the past few years. However, I could never escape the feeling that it is somewhat limited. I am certainly not interested in classically therapying patients although I could imagine using psychological knowledge as a part of the healing process. I would hate to gain the title "Psychologist" and be stuck in boring one hour talk sessions with a patient.

@Andrea - Thanks for the recommendation. I've already signed up at the SVPP in Bern but will keep your program in mind for future consideration. Regarding Switzerland - I've never noticed Switzerland being less open than anglo-saxon society. In fact, I've always felt the opposite to be true. It is simply a different way of living than in the US and that can be hard to understand at first. Anyway, I've been here 8 years and still discover new things each day!

[VoodooChile]

Originally Posted by Dharma

One I'd recommend in CT: Energy Medicine Practitioner Program - W.I.S.E. Method - The Institute for Healing Arts & Science - Welcome! (I've known Dotty for years and attended one year of her school many years ago.)

To all: You don't have to go to a 1-4 year program to learn to heal. You need a program that gets you out of your own way, first, and then focuses on technique, second.

Healing is innate in everyone, we just pretend we can't do it. That's what I mean by getting out of your own way.

I guess you need to find what will work for you. I posted a link about Richard Bartlett above. He's a bit of a wildcard and gets awesome results, but has no training, contradicts himself when he teaches, and is very unconventional. He shows anyone can be a healer, and rather quickly.

That place looks awesome, and it's not to far from where I live. I would love to go there if only I was in better health.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Michelle

My fiance made another interesting suggestion this morning. He thinks it could be good to combine a serious psychology study with the less scientific mediumship/healer school. I could see this working well, too.

That sounds like a great idea!

[Negrita]

Originally Posted by Michelle

However, I could never escape the feeling that it is somewhat limited. I am certainly not interested in classically therapying patients although I could imagine using psychological knowledge as a part of the healing process. I would hate to gain the title "Psychologist" and be stuck in boring one hour talk sessions with a patient.

A few years ago, I was having a mild depression, and my boyfriend´s mother recommended a psychologist that was well recognized. She is an woman in her 70´s, comes from a well known family, etc...so I expected exactly what you mention...boring one hour talk sessions....my surprise was to see that this woman had amazing healing powers...she helped me clean my chakras, and refresh the energy flow in my body, we did some sessions with awsome practices on meditation. We also had the ocassional session where we would only "talk", but she used this talk-time as a way to sit me against a white wall, and she would observe my aura, contacted my spirit guides, etc. (she was a medium too...although she never told me this, until my treatment was over). She would use the information provided to her by my Spirit Guides to help me cope with the problem I was having at the time.

My point is, this woman, who was a psychologist, gave me an enormous gift, she opened my eyes and my soul to other possibilities...I have never been happier or healthier in my life, than during and after her sessions. She got rid of my depression too, no meds or boring therapies needed. (it was mild though, so I´m not judging against using meds when it´s really necessary). She was a wonderful healer and was able to help me in a great way. And she made a very, very descent living...the sessions were wicked expensive!!