Hi everyone,
I've read the books and watched the workshop videos, and I am having a problem. I don't think I am doing this right.

Am I supposed to THINK about the full body sweep, or FEEL the full body sweep?

I can feel the energy if I try, but it takes a while to make the tingly feeling flow all the way from my feet to my head (much longer than a breath - so I end up holding my breath). Or am I just supposed to "think" about energy flowing (imagine it?) without feeling it?

If I just "Imagine" it or "think" it in my mind, then I can do it faster (with the breathing), but I'm not feeling the energy then ... just "thinking" it.

And am I supposed to keep doing full body sweeps with each breath or ... can I get the tingly energy feeling going strong (takes a while - too long for one breath), then just let it sustain while I do the breathing (minus the full sweeps)???

Like I said .... I think I'm doing this wrong, or I can't do it.


Any and all advice would be appreciated.

PLUS ...... I tried the soda experiment ... for 10 whole minutes. Nothing happened. It still tasted bubbly and sweet. So I just drank it to drown my inept sorrows.

Hi, first don't worry - this does take a little practice but it's well worth it! It took me at least 3 weeks after taking the video course until I could do the sweep confidently and all my questions along similar lines just disappeared.

Have you tried the stroking exercise - the first or second in the book? You really need a partner to do it, if you attended a workshop that's fine, but if you watched the video on your own maybe you didn't get to experience the 'tingling' all over! That's what seems to make the difference as far as feeling the sensation all the way up the body.

At first I suggest you just 'know' you're doing the sweep - feel the sensation at the beginning then just assume you're feeling it all the way up in time to your breathing. That worked for me! The main thing that's helped me get going is having confidence and assuming everything's happening, even if I can't really feel it, because then it does. Having fun, and being open to whatever happens works, too.

When you get it right the soda will definitely taste different! So keep on going and experiment with the internal balance of imagining and feeling. Energy follows thought so as far as this internal process goes, whatever you imagine actually starts happening - and then you can focus in on feeling it, too.

Don't give up and don't beat yourself up either! Good luck.

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And am I supposed to keep doing full body sweeps with each breath or ... can I get the tingly energy feeling going strong (takes a while - too long for one breath), then just let it sustain while I do the breathing (minus the full sweeps)???

Yes Alicia, you continually do the sweeping and breathing. These two along with the loving intent are the major components ot QT. It does get easier with practice.
Let go of the thought that you have to feel the energy, whether it is warmth, tingles or whatever. As long as you link the breaths to the sweeps, you are running energy.
Ditto to what creativejani2 said.
And welcome to the fambly!
Christina

Thank you both for your advice!

So, just THINK the sweep ... even if I don't feel anything.

I suppose I am having a hard time getting past the "it's all in my mind" thing. It's almost like I need to "feel" the energy to know it's really working. And when I just "think" about it ... well, is it real? If I think I have a cup of tea in my hand, it doesn't make it so. But if I pour a cup of tea and put in my hand and FEEL it, then I know it's really there. You know?

I think that I've been taught for so long that thoughts can't change or affect things (for example, wishing for something doesn't make you get it). And that you have to take physical ACTION to affect the environment. It's very difficult for me to believe that my thoughts can be sufficient on their own.

But I'll try! I'm nothing if not persistant. LOL!

Thank you again!

Welcome Alicia,

Something I read on here when I was first starting really helped, I believe it was from Pete in Finland. Use your intention to intend that every time you breathe in you are sweeping the energy up from your feet to above your crown and back down and out through your hands. I also visualized the energy as a sparkling, glittery light. Above all relax and have fun with it and it will come.

Kim

Yes, there's a saying 'set it and forget it' I think Alain (who teaches the advanced classes) uses!

It's a really tricky time, getting that first 'proof' that what you think and feel can change something. It seems to me we have to have a certain amount of trust in just doing the 'work' as best we can, and to focus completely on our internal state. Any sensation, felt or imagined, brings the connection that gets things happening! Then you need to enjoy the sensation while being relaxed and confident...sounds impossible at first when you break it down intellectually! Doing a complete conscious body sweep with full sensation must be amazing, but to be honest I've never yet fully achieved it. I get most of it, and I always intend it, but I still get good results!

The magic happens when your mind pays full
attention to your body and I was shown that clearly the other day! I was doing a session on a client's knee, and had a lovely dog, Ruby, in the room. (I look after her from time to time.) She was relaxed and lying on the sofa, not paying too much attention. I was focusing and breathing but not enough. I realised that after a minute or two so I sort of 'woke' myself up and started paying more attention, breathing more deeply, focusing on my hands more.

Suddenly, as soon as I did that - after my first complete focused breathe/sweep, Ruby jumped up, like someone had prodded her, and she came to the edge of the sofa as close as she could get and just stared at my hands! It wasn't the sound that got her attention, and I hadn't moved my hands at all - but something happening at my hands/the client's knee really intrigued her! That showed me so clearly the difference complete attention makes. When you think you're paying attention you aren't - but when you feel it, you are!

I'd love to know what she saw, but anyway the session really started then. It wasn't a huge difference - breathing a bit deeper and paying a bit more attention - but it was crucial.

That's how close you are - that little bit of extra trusting and 'giving it your all!' Just don't listen to your doubts for a couple of minutes. Experiment and find out - does it work when you do exactly what Richard says?

Hi, Alicia -

This may be a matter of semantics, but it's not about "thinking" the sweep - it's about moving your awareness through your body. Some people don't feel much at first, but that's what you're aiming for, and it will develop. Moving your awareness through your body is what will develop the actual kinesthetic sensation.

Creativejani's advice about doing the preliminary sweeping exercises with a friend is right on - that will take you out of "thinking" mode. That's the whole purpose of those exercises, to physically anchor the felt sense of energy moving through your body; yet, unfortunately, when people study on their own, they usually skip over that part!

Also, I know it's difficult to be relaxed when you're first learning something, but having tension in your body makes it difficult for energy to flow and therefore more difficult to feel it. And being up in your head about "Did I really feel it? Maybe I didn't feel it?" is another drawback to being able to feel the energy.

I think that thoroughly practicing the preliminary execises with a friend will help with both of these problems - it will give you the confidence about feeling the energy in your body to be able to relax, even if it's very subtle at first, and get you out of your head.

Wow! I'm so excited! Let me tell you what just happened tonight ...

Background: My 12 year old son has had chronic stomach pain for months now. The doctor has prescribed meds and I've tried many herbal and homeopathic remedies, but he still has the pain. It's worse when he eats. Nothing is seeming to work for him. Anyway, tonight after dinner he went upstairs. I followed him to see if he was okay. I found him alone, in pain, his arms wrapped around his stomach. I didn't know what else to humanly do to help him. We tried everything short of asking the doctor for stronger meds (which comes with greater risks and side effects). So I thought about Quantum Touch, but I was hesitant because I was unsure that I could do it successfully. But then I remembered what you all said ... all of your advice. And so I tried it. I did what you all advised ... I placed my hands on his stomach and his back, sandwiching the pain between my hands. Then I just imagined the full body sweep and trusted that it was happening. After about 2 minutes I actually started to feel heat traveling up my legs and through my body and then down my arms. And my hands/palms began to feel very hot and sweaty. It was so strange .. almost like I felt a fever coming on. Then after about 5 more minutes I stopped. I opened my eyes and saw my son just looking at me. I asked him how he felt ... if he felt any better. And he said he felt alot better - about 99% better! I asked him if he wanted me to continue, and he said no, that he felt fine now. Then he gave me a big hug and kiss and thanked me for making him feel better.

Actually, I told him that I was praying for him to feel better. Because he's never heard of Quantum Touch and I thought it might make him uncomfortable or scared. But at our house we pray for people all the time, so he was perfectly comfortable having me place my hands on him to pray for him.

I told him to concentrate on where the pain was, and ask God to heal him there. So while I was doing QT, he was praying for healing. Then, after a few minutes, he felt almost completely better! That has NEVER happened before! Normally the pain will keep him up half the night until he falls asleep from sheer exhuastion, then he'll wake up in the morning with pain. He doesn't even eat breakfast because of the pain. So...... for him to feel so much better, so fast ... in a matter of minutes ... is amazing!!!

It works!!! It IS SO AMAZING how God has made each one of us with this capability. In the Bible, it talks about people laying hands on the sick to heal them. In fact, God tells people to gather together and lay their hands on the sick person and pray for their healing. They're doing QT, and we can too! Amazing!

I'm sorry, but I am just so amazed and excited! Just think of all the people we can help with this! It makes me so grateful, thankful and humbles me at the same time! The Bible says that we are all fearfully and wonderfully made. I realize that now more than ever. I'm thankful to God for making us this way. And for giving us the ability to help heal ourselves and others. Life is more amazing than we can ever imagine. You know?

Well, thank you ALL so much, again! If not for you guys, I don't think I would have had the courage to try again. I wish I could hug you all too. But a smiley will have to do ~~~>

~ Alicia

I think part of me is still in shock. I am so glad I took your advice and just trusted in it.

Thanks again!!!

Congratulations, Alicia!!!

Congratualations! You're on your way!!!!!!
Christina

Yay - congratulations! QT makes me feel very humble, grateful and excited, too - welcome to the wonderful world of QT healing and discovery!

Excellent - why not mention to your son what you are learning and what you did - he'll probably be able to learn it very quickly too and join you on the journey!

Well done, best wishes
Jane

Allright!!!! Isn't it just awesomely amazing to help someone feel better? Way to go.

That's awesome. Made my day!

Wow, congrats! I am also always amazed too! Plus... it happens pretty quickly, in my mind I'll be going like "WOW"

Thanks!

I'm starting the Super Charging videos on Monday, so we'll see how that helps too.