Body Scanning: Fragrant Heavens

By scanning the body you can determine areas of the body that are misaligned or lacking in healthy energy flow. The hands are held a couple of inches above the skin and skimmed over the body to feel the general state of aura, and to locate areas that are particularly hot, cold or even clammy.

The chakras are clearly felt as different , having above their location an energy which differs from person to person. There is no substitute for actual practice in scanning, by which comparisons can be made of the different fell of aura and chakras. The aura can be felt 2 inches above the surface of the body, and the chakras are around six to eight inches.

The body has an electromagnetic field that can be registered by mechanical equipment. The therapist can become a living form of that kind of equipment, with practice. One day all therapists may make scanning a preliminary procedure to hands-on therapy, in much the same way as neurologists nowadays routinely attach electrodes to the surface of the bodies to help them make a diagnosis when such equipment was totally unknown.

If we the therapists, were inert, we couldn't body scan: as it is, we are ourselves electrically sensitive and mechanically able to pick up energy, if we have been tuned into the practice.

Body scanning simply involves running the palms of both hands over the body of the person, looking for changes in the energy field. This obviously has to be done with great awareness, and I feel it helps to very slightly bounce the hands to feel resistance is there.

If for example you feel a hot spot over a shoulder, it could indicate pain or injury: perhaps an old injury that is still manifest in the auric field. Such injuries may not be bothering the person now, today, but when they are fatigued at some point in the future, or under physical, emotional or spiritual pressure, this old pain may return to the body, even if the injury or wound has healed physically.

Old wounds can come back to haunt us if, in reality, they never went away - they were stored in a subtle body under 'unfinished business'. Working in the subtle body not only identifies such lingering problems, it is the route through which to transform them, by cleaning and strengthening the energy field.

Chronic physical pain that just will not go away often responds well to anti-inflammatory essential oils, such as chamomile, used in the energenetic field, preliminary to physically working on the body.

When scanning a body, essential oils can be placed on the hand, which is moved in slow, small circles over the area, hovering just above it. Then after working on such an area, wash your hands before continuing with the scan.

Reference: The Fragrant Heavens : Valerie Ann Worwood