It was an ordinary day at the store, but Faye, our reliable morning person, had a pounding headache and felt miserable. Just at the right time, my friend-in-law, Ellen (we share grand-children) came in the door and I pounced on her.

   I knew that Ellen was studying an interesting healing method called Quantum Touch, so I begged her help in making our Faye feel better – she was nervous but game, and we were soon in the back room with Faye sitting on a chair, Ellen with hands on the back of her neck, focusing and breathing deeply.

   It didn’t look like much, but after about fifteen minutes our patient said she felt a lot better and would go back to work. I had no idea what had really happened, but it was pretty obvious that something had, and I pestered Ellen with questions, so she promised to fill me in when we had a chance to visit.

   Next day, Faye not only felt fine, but said she had had the best sleep for ages. Normally she has trouble sleeping, but this bonus lasted for the rest of the week – I was even more determined to find out what Ellen was up to.

    I sent for the QT Video workshop and watched it over the course of two days. Amazing to think that I’m studying Quantum Mechanics. I was never even a little bit good at math!

   Now I need someone to practise with, so the next step is to host a Video workshop. I’m watching for plants and animals to work on but mine are all disgustingly healthy. Our little black cat has brought me a couple of his favourite garter snakes, slightly bitten, but I let them loose without realising that I should try Richard’s rabbit theory on them – next time!

 I have been sending distance energy to my nearest and dearest, but have no way of measuring the effects, so will just keep doing it. Was quite surprised when I started to mentally list the things my own body could use help with – I think of myself as a very healthy 73-year-old kid, but there are all these pills I’m supposed to be taking: pills for osteoporosis, pills for my prolapsed heart valve and my hand tremors, and the occasional pain killers for sciatica. Then there is my crooked finger that got caught in a horse’s halter ring thirty years ago, my hereditary bunion that has been cut off a couple of times but always comes back, and a dicey neck caused by falling on my head off too many horses. Apart from those trifles I’m in good working order, but why put up with them?

   For want of more expert help, I have been running energy on myself, and it helps. For instance I can now get away with taking two heart pills a day instead of three and have no  argument from the problematic mitral valve. Maybe I’ll get to train for that marathon yet!

   When that unique movie, “What the Bleep Do We Know…” came out a few years ago we were intrigued with it and I’ve watched for it ever since. No luck finding it so finally sent for our own copy. It is as good as I remember, and right in line with QT principles. After seeing it the first time, I had sent for one of Dr. Emoto’s books on water and tried his rice experiment (had to wait until my husband was away so that he wouldn’t find me talking to jars of water with rice in them!). Actually I felt really stupid doing that, but the experiment worked anyway. Now I am systematically trying to run energy into all the water we drink and use for house plants, and trying also to remember to say ‘Thank you’ before using it.

   ROY G.BIV. Any elementary school teacher who has studied colours of the rainbow with their pupils will recognise his name – Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. So when I read about the colours of our body chakras, it was intriguing to find that their colours matched the rainbow spectrum. I love the thought of my chakras spinning and ‘lighting up’ as I breathe in energy – my hands are transferring a rainbow.

   Momentous! We did our first Video Workshop at Ellen’s house, in a lovely room overlooking the lake (surrounded by light reflecting off water). I had been really hesitant about running energy into an actual person rather than using remote sending but it is OK now – I actually helped my friends feel better. I did that!

   I have been using essential oils to help focus my mind – my favourite lavender of course, and frankincense, the oldest and most famous spiritual cleanser. My friends found this helpful as well.

   Our next goal needs to be starting a healing circle to help other folks – this is tricky in the middle of a frozen Kootenay winter as we all have small houses inhabited by lots of family members and a healing circle needs space, warmth and quiet. It will work out though.

   In the meantime, we are looking ahead at the Supercharging techniques. I especially love the Twelve Colour Meditation (having tried for the last forty years to learn to meditate and failing miserably because my mind chatters so much). This is such a simple technique and my cynical mind says that it has no business working, but I suspect that it acts directly on the mysterious limbic part of our brains. We respond to it instinctively, being soothed and uplifted. Every day my subconscious mind realises something new and I get a metaphysical ‘Aha!’

   My cats are very interested in all the energy rife in our house and come to ask for their share. Our silly little blue budgies, usually flippy and paranoid, have settled down to enjoying life and sing a lot more than they used to.

   This is a picture of my baby turmeric plant. I planted half a dozen of these last spring but it was the only one that came up and it drooped along miserably all summer. By the time I brought it indoors, a couple of months ago, it had one leaf, half-rotted and lying flat on the dirt. After a couple of weeks of energy there was a wee shoot poking up, now it has unfurled a lovely, healthy leaf and the original mouldy one is standing tall with only a little tatty edge to show where it was wounded. There is a tiny third shoot starting as well. I feel smug about this plant! Please send it energy and admiration. I wish I had had sense enough to photograph it when it was sick, but I was sure that it was a goner! Nice lesson.

   So many things are falling into place. I feel that my main mission is centered around children and QT and hope to develop some specific ideas for helping them to discover their potential. As an old teacher, I know that our fanatically politically correct schools would not tolerate presentations of our method (it makes far too much sense!) while at the same time I think what a blessing it would be to have class members actively focused on helping one another to feel good, mentally and physically - instead of grabbing for personal entitlement as is so often happening in our confused society.

   Well I will start with my own grandchildren and with a friend who is still teaching. Will drop a few stones into the pond and watch for ripples…

May, 2010