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Bioenergy Healing Clinic founder Michael Cohen
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Bioenergy
healing is an unusual therapy on the face of it. The
practitioner scans your body for blockages and then pulses his
or her index finger on particular blockage points before
‘stretching’ your energy outwards across the room to clear
it. You sometimes get ‘pointed’ at as if you’re being
accused of something but really it’s just an energy
‘laser’ from the index finger being pointed at your energy
blockage. Having already experienced this process, I was
interested in learning how much had changed and developed since
my first session all those years ago. For a start,
founder of the technique, Michael Cohen now scans using just his
eyes. You stand (or sit or lie depending on your mobility) and
he scans you just like Superman using his x-ray vision. Michael
likens it to scanning a barcode. It’s super-fast and through
that he can tell where to start the healing work. Throughout the
session he keeps re-scanning to keep the work up to date and see
where the next blockage is. He also asks for feedback on the
sensations you’re feeling throughout, which makes you a lot
more conscious of your body. This
development in his scanning technique just happened through a
natural evolution. “One day I was working with a client and I
could actually see where the blockages were. At first I didn’t
trust what I was seeing but then I just had to go with it.
“The result has been to allow him to work even faster on
diagnosing where the energy needs to be cleared and he says he
is working at a “heightened, instinctual level”. Going the distance
“We now
offer distance healing and have started a training school,”
adds Michael, talking to me in their plush, dedicated clinic on
Gloucester Place, London W1. Michael’s wife Jo also works with
him in the clinic now and, for some sessions, they both work on
clients together. I have one of these double-whammy sessions and
am impressed by how different the two practitioners feel
energetically. Jo’s ‘pulsing’ feels almost like
reflexology and feels much more physical while Michael’s feels
weirder, like an elastic substance is being manipulated around
you. The two together is rather an enjoyable experience as you
feel both physically and energetically ‘worked’ on. Given how precise the energy manipulation is, I wondered how the distance healing works. “When you use a mobile phone,” explains Michael, “you can be in London and can connect immediately with someone in Australia. " The
client can feel the distance healing working for themselves and
it’s tangible " Only your phone and their phone make that connection because you have their unique frequency number and they have your unique frequency number. I do that with natural energy. I use something to tune in to the client’s individual frequency, be it their voice over the phone, a photo or a web cam, and do the healing directed to their individual specific frequency.” The interesting thing is that, unlike some other distance healing methods, you actually feel the energy being manipulated. I know how weird it is to have Michael or Jo stand behind you where you can’t see them and you know exactly what they’re working on from the sensations in your body. How much weirder would that sensation be, if the healer is located halfway across the world from you? “It is experiential for the clients. The client can feel the distance healing working for themselves and it’s tangible. I have to say I don’t need any technology to do it. I use a phone or a webcam to connect with a person but I could just as easily do it with a photo and so the technology plays no part. Also, unlike group distance healing sessions, a Bioenergy healing session done at a distance is the same as one done with the client there as I spend an hour or so scanning and clearing the energy in exactly the same way. It’s on a one to one basis.” How does it work?
Without any
interpretation of why a person feels what they do, Michael
clears memory patterns that cause the brain to send signals
indicating pain or dysfunction to the body. He describes it as
‘pressing the reset button’ in the brain so that the person
has a purer, cleaner flow of energy running through them. It can
be a little disappointing to learn that Michael or Jo won’t be
telling you about how a propensity toward taking on too much is
causing the pain in the left shoulder or that a row with your
mum is causing the sore throat. We are creatures that like
interpretation but if The ailments
they work with are across quite a range with depression,
anxiety, chronic fatigue, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
intolerances and hypersensitivities being particular areas of
expertise. In fact Michael himself used to suffer from extreme
food intolerances until he used the technique to free himself
from his problems. He has an unusual take on the cause of food
intolerances. While nutritionists will tell you that
intolerances are caused by the absence of certain enzymes in the
They also
work with people who simply feel stressed or directionless;
shifting and clearing the blockages via their energy system can
have a profound effect on their perception making them more
focused and willing to take risks. When your energy is clear and
flowing without restriction, you naturally gravitate toward
living your best possible life. Pace and priority
With no
judgement or interpretation of symptoms being made, the
technique works purely on the energetic level to see what needs
to cleared first and that the clearing is being done at the
right pace for each individual. Michael likens it to a ‘jigsaw
effect’. By clearing the most prominent blockage, he puts one
piece of the jigsaw down, then the next important piece can be
placed (after a rescan to see where the next blockage is). This
means that this is ongoing work and even Michael and Jo
regularly need to do work on themselves to ensure that their
energy remains free flowing. The couple now teach Bioenergy
healing to other healers and to individuals so that their
clients can continue the ongoing work on themselves without
needing to keep coming back. During my
session, Michael works on my primary blockage which is in the
head (I try not to be offended) and then Jo works on a secondary
one in my torso. The pulsing or ‘prodding’ sensation is very
pleasant and it leaves a residue effect of pressure but as we go
on, I feel like things are shifting and sometimes I feel a
sensation – not exactly pain – that feels like there is the
‘memory’ of discomfort there and then, as quickly as it
came, it disappears. The weird thing is that these sensations
are always at the site of old injuries, for example I had a
Repetitive Strain Injury many years ago that manifested in the
right arm and shoulder and, lo and behold, that’s where I felt
a strong sensation that then cleared itself. It was quite
amazing. After
effects No machinery
or equipment is used in the treatment and Michael uses himself
(or Jo!) as a guinea pig before any development in technique is
unleashed on his clients so Bioenergy healing has a perfect
safety record. Having previously experienced energy healing with
others that has left me with more problems than solutions, I can
say that both times Michael has healed me, I’ve had nothing
but good effects. However, he does warn that the 72 hours after
a healing are a time of adjustment. You may feel very energetic
(in which case, he says, enjoy it but don’t abuse it by
all-night partying) or you may feel very tired. The trick is to
go with it and not force your body to do what it doesn’t want
to do. In the days following my most recent treatment, I feel
physically great but a little ‘ancy’ and restless. A couple
of energetic exercise classes release the excess energy and I
settle down into a happy, healthy state. I recommended the
treatment six years ago and that hasn’t changed. More
Information • The
Bioenergy Healing Research Foundation is holding foundation
workshops in 2009 for those who’d like to learn the technique
for themselves. The first is on 7-8th March. Visit www. The Bioenergy
Healing Clinic offer individual sessions at Gloucester Place,
London W1 and through distance healing anywhere in the world. |
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