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BACKGROUND
Attunement
is founded on the premise that the human body is a
dynamic, self-healing expression of the deeper spiritual
self, and the heart of the Attunement process is
connecting and communicating with this essential nature.
Attunement provides a means for balancing the capacities
of body, mind and heart with the forces of life from
Source. As a spiritual practice, Attunement is intended
to
connect a person more closely to their spiritual source
and to open the flow of life current.
Through the Attunement process there is a very specific
opportunity to re-awaken or remember the presence of
one’s true Self. This is indeed a process of
remembering what has always been present rather than one
of seeking to arrive at or develop this identity.
Attunement assists in dissolving the struggle that
ensures when one is caught in a path of seeking rather
than one of being. As the stress and tension releases,
we find that we, in our most essential state, are
present, and intricately connected into the fabric of a
larger Whole. We are once again re-membered back to
Essential Self.
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ATTUNEMENT
Working outside of my traditional psychotherapy practice, I
am a practitioner of Attunement.
I received training in this modality through Andrew Shier, a
man who has lived and practiced Attunement
for close to forty years.
Attunement
is another modality which can augment traditional
psychotherapy. Whereas psychotherapy focuses on verbal and
mental processes to help gain insight and support behavioral
change and cognitive realignment, Attunement
is a non-verbal process. Out of the stillness of an
Attunement session, the flow of a subtle energetic
circuit is directed from the practitioner to the client.
Attunement
supports the idea that we have the ability to heal ourselves
especially when given a gentle “push” in the right
direction. This perspective is not unlike that of the
chiropractor, the osteopath or the homeopathic specialist.
Similar to Reiki, Attunement
is a healing art which assists in the restoration of balance
and health. It is a non-touch and occasional light touch
modality in which the vibrational fields of the practitioner
and the client are allowed to blend. Focusing through the
hands of the practitioner, this “sharing of Attunement”
deepens one’s connection with a core of inner stillness and
peace, setting a climate for healing and renewal.
In Attunement
technique, the endocrine system plays a key role in
awakening, maintaining, and strengthening the
physical-spiritual connection. Opening the energy flow
through the seven endocrine glands promotes health and
balance on the physical, mental, emotional and, spiritual
levels.
Attunement
sessions are best done with the client resting on a massage
table and covered with a light blanket. Sessions can be
done in a sitting position if that is preferred. Attunement
sessions are approximately one hour in length.
The fee for Attunement is $60
One of the outcomes of sharing
in the Attunement
process is that of balance. The state of balance being
referred to here is the state known when the forces in the
body are balanced with the forces of life from Source. Given
the nature of most of our lives, the levels of stress, strain,
and tension that have built up in our bodies over time tend to
coalesce into a pattern of dissonance that leaves us feeling
imbalanced and out of kilter.
Allowing these tension patterns
to dissolve and release is the work of Attunement.
And, although it can seem at times that we are focused on
trying to bring only the physical body back to a state of
health, including the capacities of mind and heart during the
process is equally as crucial. Because the body’s natural
forces are already aligned to the forces from Source, what is
actually occurring during the Attunement
process is reconnecting with the natural state of
homeostasis that inherently resides within.
(from
the writings of Nancy Frederick, homeopathic specialist,
educator and advanced Attunement practitioner and Andrew
Shier, Attunement educator and master Attunement
practitioner and author of Attunement,
A Way of Life, 2007.
Copyright © 1982-2015 Richard Waitzkin. All rights reserved.
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