At about the beginning of February, I received the Core Transformation book and after reading it, began atttempting to work with some of the ideas for brief periods during sessions with people. Towards the end of one session, I attempted to apply the Steam Release technique for someone with pain in their feet, first with one foot, then with the other. I was doing core breathing and was imagining the pain being released like steam out of my head. Suddenly, I had the sensation of a black stream of energy that went out of the upper right backside of my head and out the window, and shortly after this, the foot I was holding seemed clear, like glass, which I interpreted to mean that the foot had received enough attention.

Although this experience was surprising at the time, I didn't think much about it until a few hours later when I noticed that I was feeling extremely irritable and that all of my nerve endings were raw and jangling. This feeling of raw nerves continued for three days (!) and I slept a lot and rested in peace and quiet until I finally felt better.

I feel certain that my irritated nerves were directly related to what happened during this session and I have a few questions:

1. Has anyone else ever experienced something like this?
2. What might have caused this experience?
3. Does the Steam Release technique possibly leave the QT practitioner more open to taking on the energy of the person being worked on?

In fact, this last question partially expresses my biggest concern about the Core techniques. Using standard QT and SC techniques, I feel sure that there is no chance of taking on the energy of the person I'm working on. With CT, I don't feel as confident about this, especially after what happened to me in that one session.

I would be very grateful for any input from anyone about this.

Thanks in advance!

Marian

You have misinterpreted the explanation of how to do steam release or any of the core work.

You are still thinking that you are doing something. The statement is, it is as if the energy is going through the arms and out the head. It is not actually doing so. However, it is about doing the core breath, staying who you are and sensing for a release or opening of yourself through your body that goes out the crown or feet or both.

It seems to me that you are still in the I am working on them focus, rather than everything I touch is me focus. This leads to doing rather than being. The distinction is subtle but paramount. It is a demonstration of what opening is rather than doing it to others.

Try it from the above perspective and see what happens.

Thank you for responding to my post. However, I feel like you have possibly ignored my experience and/or made it my fault that I experienced this bad thing when you say only that I "have misinterpreted the explanation of how to do steam release or any of the core work". I'm not even sure what was going on in my head at the time, since it was some time ago now and I am only recounting it from memory and perhaps not explaining it very well. You said "it is about doing the core breath, staying who you are and sensing for a release or opening of yourself through your body that goes out the crown or feet or both". Well something definitely went out the crown of my head, albeit not out of the top exactly.

Whether I interpreted steam release or any of the core work correctly or not, something really strange and unpleasant happened to me. I really would not ever want to repeat that experience, and I was hoping that someone might have some insight into what it was that I might have experienced and why, and if anyone knows how I could avoid something like this happening in the future.

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Sorry if I came across in a way that appeared harsh. I was attempting to explain how to not have such things happen again.

So let me try another way and see if this helps.

1. Yes, I have experienced this. My experience with this is that the type of thing you described is what happens when a latent empath feels at a "direct experience" level for the first time. It happened for me when I identified with the problem that I "felt" and then worried about it. (this is not always a conscious experience but it can be) This made my fears around it surface and I became afraid and then dwelt on it longer. For me this happened maybe almost immediately after the experience. I have met others that have had it occur as you described and they too had similar experiences that you had. The experience was not directly related to healing work but it can be triggered by any experience.

2. I think I might have given my opinion why this happened in #1. Basically, regardless of the technique used, again in my experience, the emerging empath gets hyper sensitized and in a sense blind sided.

3. I don't believe that Steam release causes this to occur. In having taught many hundreds of people the technique no one else has mentioned it, at least not to me.

It is more that as you get quiet you can sense more. Because you, or so it seems, have a budding (or maybe a lot more) ability to be an empath, that quiet space made you aware of much more than you had been previously. Then, it gradually overwhelmed you as you subconsciously processed the information.

4. How to avoid it in the future. Well that is a little bit more complex, but what happened for me was gradually I learned to not identify directly with what was occurring. This took time and experience. For me going deeper into the Core space, as a meditation, makes me more defined. Because I am more defined I can open me more and become a flow. This helped me a lot in understanding what is mine and what is not.

If you don't use the Core breathwork to do this then I would suggest that you try some meditation that not only centers you by allows you to feel part of a flow and see where you are holding and where you are releasing. Once that is known then you can begin the opening of the "held" areas.

I hope that this clarifies my experiences with this type of thing.

Thank you very much, Alain. While I don't understand everything you wrote (I'm not sure what an empath is), I find it very interesting and will think about it all and do some research. I appreciate the time you took to respond to me in such detail. Thank you!

I was never very interested in meditating before I started learning about QT. In about November 2007, I started doing a kind of walking meditation involving imagining all the colors of the chakras and the 12-color mediation. I still do this whenever I have to walk anywhere. Since February, when I started incorporating some of the core exercises into my life (mostly the diaphragm breathing and the elongation with a towel) and the core breathing sometimes into my QT sessions with people, I have felt drawn to seek the core point at other times. I like laying in the sun if I have free time during my lunch hour at work and trying to go into the core point while doing diaphragm breathing. It is useful to know that this could be helpful in working with CT techniques during QT sessions and possibly preventing a recurrence of jangled nerves.

Again, thank you very much for responding in such detail.

Marian

An empath is someone that "feels the energy" some to the point that they feel what the other person is feeling. This can extend even further to taking on what the other person is feeling. (or at least seemingly so) While this can happen it certainly doesn't need to, thus the suggestion of having a good sense of self/center along with the other suggestions.

All the best to you.

Thank you, Alain!

Marian

I was looking for a word to describe this "feeling of energy'.
OH MY, the word in portuguese is "empático".
It confirms that about 70% english words come from Latin

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I was looking for a word to describe this "feeling of energy'.
OH MY, the word in portuguese is "empático".
It confirms that about 70% english words come from Latin

Wilson

Yes, if you'll read through an American dictionary, you'll see that the root of many of our words are Latin. Yes, I read dictionaries and, yes, I know, I'm a geek.

Hi Cris and Wilson

Another word freak here. I just Googled and got this site:
Sixty percent of the English language comes from Latin

Apologies to Marian for the digression, but words are just so fascinating.


Peace love and light
Cal

No apology needed!

Marian

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