Introduction To The EMO Masterclass

In this EMO Masterclass, I am going to analyse a session example to highlight the specific factors that make EMO work elegantly and beautifully. This includes in-depth comments about the Even Flow, about the Client/Practitioner dance, and how to teach a client how to move energy, as well as many other key EMO features besides.

The client in this case is someone who is not used to working with emotions, feelings, and has great reservations about the entire concept of energy, energy bodies and so forth. However, they are desperate for help and therefore willing to give it a try.

We will start this Masterclass on EMO by reviewing the transcript of the session, so you can get a feel and an overview of what happened; then we will go on to look at the session in more detail to reveal the special turning points and find many great tips on how to make an EMO session effective and a good experience for both the ETP (EMO Practitioner) and for the client.

Secret Therapy - EMO With A General

EMO Session Example

One of the greatest hurdles for people who know they need help with their emotions and feelings is the idea from old fashioned psychotherapy that they have to talk about their problems and tell all. But what if the cause of the problem is a secret that cannot or must not be told?

What if the client is a general, or a high executive, or a leader in general and cannot possibly talk about the problem? Or if the root of the problem simply cannot be talked about for any other reason?

That's when we have "secret therapy" - doing real, fast, reliable healing on the real causes of the problem without ever having to talk ABOUT any aspect of the problem at all.

Let me give you an example of "secret therapy" with EMO.

Instead of talking and talking without an end, EMO works directly with the feelings in the body that *are* what we call "emotions". This makes changing the way we feel and healing emotional scars and emotional injuries easy and profound.

So let us say the client in this case is a General who was responsible for making a decision in a war that led directly to great loss of life and was basically, a mistake.

He can't talk about this to anyone and over time, this is not getting better but worse instead. He has nightmares, can't sleep, and has recently started to tremble and find that he has breathing difficulties in many different situations, and especially when decisions have to be made. It has further affected his libido, his relationship with his wife and his children, has caused him to lose ground in his beloved sport of golf which always previously came to the rescue, there is no joy in his life left and now on top of everything else, he thinks he might have a heart attack and fail physical exams, being forced to retire early.

He can't talk about any of these symptoms, because each one would go straight to the underlying cause about which he can't talk.

So, here he is, on the telephone with an EMO practitioner.

This is how "secret therapy" EMO style would work.

ETP = EMO Practitioner, G = General

ETP: "There is a feeling in your body associated with the problem, something you never felt before, the first time you felt this feeling was when the problem started.

"Where is this feeling in your body? Can you put your free hand on the place where it is and tell me where it is, exactly?"

G: "Yes, I know exactly what you mean. It is a hot feeling that started in the center of my chest, then spreads out all over my body. I thought it was a heart attack at the time."

ETP: "Ok, that's very good. Take a deep breath. And another one. Keep your hand on the place where it started, perhaps move it around a little, keep breathing deeply.

"It's like an energy bomb went off in your energy system on that day the problem started, you felt that, and that's what's causing your problems now."

G: "That makes a lot of sense to me, that's exactly what it feels like. Can the damage that was done be repaired?"

ETP: "It was a very high energy charge that surged through your systems. What we need to do is to find the right pathways through which this energy has to travel to get out of your systems. It's easy. Breathe deeply all the while we do this, ok?"

G: "Ok."

ETP: "Think about the problem, or that moment the problem started for a moment, just enough so you can get the physical feeling back and you can feel it, but not so much it takes you over completely.

"Can you do that?"

G: "Yes ..."

ETP: "Pay attention to the physical feelings, what you can feel right now in your body. There is always a feeling of pressure, of something pushing somewhere associated with these. Where does this charge of energy need to go? Up, down, to the sides?"

G: "It feels like trying to push upwards, higher up my chest."

ETP: "Oh, very good! That's the pathway it was trying to take, and when it got blocked there, it just exploded all over the place.

"Can you put your hand where it gets blocked, higher up on your chest?"

G: "Doing that now."

ETP: "Ok, now keep massaging this erea with your hand. Breathe deeply. You work on this blockage from the inside, tell it to soften, and flow, with every out breath, and I work on it too with my intention. This is not a physical blockage, it is only energy, and energy moves when we put our minds to it.

"Breathe deeply, massage it round, think "soften and flow" in your mind.

"What is happening to the feeling now?"

G: "Feels - strange, like there is something expanding, trying to rise up into my throat."

ETP: "Yes, that's right, that's very good - and don't worry, it is just an energy, you don't have to speak any words if the energy rises higher and actually leaves your body, it's only an energy, no-one will hear it ..."

G (swallows audibly): "Ok."

ETP: "Keep encouraging the energy to move upwards with your hands and your intention. Soften and flow."

G: "It's going higher ..." (starts to cough)

ETP: "Ok, that's very good indeed. Now we need to find the exit point. All energy channels have an exit point, and once we've found that, we're nearly done. Remember to keep breathing and also use your hand, it's a healing hand you know."

G: "Healing hands? Me?"

ETP: "Everyone has healing hands. Just like everyone has an energy system, and emotions, even if they try to ignore it all their lives ..."

"How is it going?"

G: "At first I thought the ... pressure was going to go out of my mouth, but it is moving higher, into my head now. There is a lot of pressure in my head now ..."

ETP: "Yes, you've been under an awful lot of pressure. Keep breathing and follow with the movement, the path, of the pressure.

"Where is the exit point?"

G: "I'm not sure, I think it's on the top of my head ..."

ETP: "Soften and flow, it's only energy ..."

G: "Ok, yes, something is happening on my head, like a helmet ..."

ETP: "It's only energy, that's all, keep encouraging the energy to leave, go out, release the pressure ... rub your head, that helps, and move your neck, that helps the energy flow ... breathe deeply ..."

G: "Oh, yes, yes, that's better ... that's much better, it really feels now as though there is something flowing out ... and my neck is tingling, my arms ... strange electric feeling, I can feel it in my legs now ..."

ETP:"Very, very good! Keep it going! Let that pressure flow out and move in response to the feelings ..."

G: "I feel so much - lighter, as though I had just woken up ... have I been asleep all this time? Since it happened?" (A deep sigh is heard, then another)

ETP: "Now think about your problem again, and this time when the feeling starts in the center of your chest, immediately encourage the energy movement up and out to the exit you found on the top of your head.

"Can you do that?"

G: "Yes ... oh this is remarkable ... the relief ... that feels ... good, it feels good ..."

We leave the session there and let the ETP finish up in privacy; the secret is safe, and the help and healing has happened, and no-one ever needs to know what went on.

The original notes are on the right, and my comments on the left.

The client in this case is a General who was responsible for making a decision in a war that led directly to great loss of life and was basically, a mistake.

He can't talk about this to anyone and over time, this is not getting better but worse instead. He has nightmares, can't sleep, and has recently started to tremble and find that he has breathing difficulties in many different situations, and especially when decisions have to be made. It has further affected his libido, his relationship with his wife and his children, has caused him to lose ground in his beloved sport of golf which always previously came to the rescue, there is no joy in his life left and now on top of everything else, he thinks he might have a heart attack and fail physical exams, being forced to retire early.

He can't talk about any of these symptoms, because each one would go straight to the underlying cause about which he can't talk.

Generally psychology doesn't understand that PTSD is caused by an *event* in the energy system; not by bombs going off around a person "for real".

The event - and this can be as "little" on the outside as a look, a snide comment, a letter in the mail, even a thought - is an energy bomb that goes off inside the energy system, and it's the energy bomb experience that causes PTSD.

This also explains why you can put 100 soldiers in the same situation and 10 get PTSD, and the rest do not - the energy bomb is an intra-personal event that is only partially related to the circumstances a person finds themselves in, and depends a lot on the fitness of the energy body at the time.

Please note that the fitness of the energy body is not related to the fitness of the physical body; this is the great surprise especially to soldiers, who have "hardened their minds" and "trained their bodies" to fulfill extraordinary tasks; their energy body was of course and as usual, not dealt with at all as no-one knows it even exists in those circles.

Much education remains to be done ...

In the meantime, and as a part of this ongoing education in the simple, straightforward ways of the human energy body, here is the annotated example of the General.

So, here he is, on the telephone with an EMO practitioner.

It is worthwhile pointing this out to potential clients who may be terrified of what might happen, and whether they have to "tell all" or re-live terrifying events that telephone consultations are a good option, and often a better first option to get started with EMO.

Literally NOTHING needs to be said about the cause of the problem, NOTHING needs to be known about it in order to solve the problem and heal the energy system, and therefore the client.

Very important, remember this, and remember to tell your clients about this. Even existing clients; "If there is something that bothers you still, something you know you could never talk about, but that really is at the root of many of your problems, we can deal with that and no-one needs ever know what it was about."

This is one specific moment in time and PTSD sufferers know exactly where and when that was, because that's the moment when their world changed forever, and was never the same afterwards.

This is specific to dealing with PTSD in adults; in general EMO practice, we don't ask for the event, we just ask where it hurts in general, pardon the pun.

When dealing with a childhood trauma that is a long way in the past, things are not as simple and clear cut (any longer) as many secondary problems and tertiary problems, as well as avoidance strategies, self medication and all the problems arising from that have gotten stacked on top of each other and interwoven with each other.

When it's not clear cut PTSD as you would find with a recent rape victim, accident victim, war and disaster survivor, it is always best to just where it hurts the most right now, and work with that, and start from there.

Make a note of the phrasing used to elicit the "event absolute" when dealing with a PTSD victim, it's a short cut, and a very powerful one at that.

If the PTSD person cannot or will not give you the event absolute, revert to normal EMO practice and ask where it hurts right now as usual instead.

It is important to have the client self-touch in telephone conversations. It's a part of keeping them connected to the real feelings in their bodies, and also to keep them moving to help with energy flow later on in the session.

This is often the case with people who have NOT been in therapy for years, or have attended endless workshops and trainings in all forms of therapy.

Sometimes, it takes a little longer and the person may be asked more specifically to remember that time and those feelings.

Remember that at ANY TIME, you can revert back to the safe ground of the normal EMO procedure and ask how they're feeling right now, and where is that in your body?

It is much more important to have the client experience how EMO works than it is to "get the event first time out".

That also holds if they can't or don't want to remember the original incident, simply deal with their feelings in the here and now to start and unlock the whole problem group layer by layer, and keeping the client comfortable and successful, with plenty of encouragement at all times.

As a practitioner, don't EVER feel that it is not your place to basically treat your client as gently and supportively as you would treat any frightened child.

It doesn't matter who the person is, giving positive feedback immediately and sincerely, powerfully, evoking the energy of "Yes! That's right! You've done the right thing and I'm happy and proud of you!" is a master key to making the client feel safe, and for the client to learn to trust THEMSELVES and their feelings, as the session progresses.

Very important point, it's better to praise too much than too little, but make sure you really mean it to the point where the client can feel your sincerity in their body.

It grounds you both at the same time and often you can literally feel the emotional temperature start to drop, sighs of relief being had, and a calmness and clarity starting to descend on BOTH the client and the practitioner.

I think of the client's hands as my own, an extension of my own hands, to activate their healing hands as well as to keep me focused on where I direct my healing energies.

His hands become the ETPs hands, and this leads to deeper rapport between the two, and with practice, the ETP can track the energy shifts in the other person's body in this way as they are happening.

They are explaining what happened that caused the PTSD in the simplest possible terms, in the fewest words, and words chosen that make sense to this client.

The idea of an "energy explosion" or "energy bomb" to describe an event that blew the energy system apart in an instance really tallies with the experience of PTSD clients, that's exactly what it feels like at the time, some instantaneous, unknowable, all-encompassing feeling they've never felt before.

We have to remember - and the longer we do EMO, the harder we have to remember this! - that the person might have been in therapy and seen a thousand different counselors, doctors, psychologists, group sessions, has taken medication and NOTHING has worked at all.

So why should this be any different?

We are not really talking "client resistance" here, more like "ongoing client disappointment and lack of faith, trust and hope" so do be gentle with them, don't argue with them, stay calm, remind everyone to breathe once in a while and most importantly, don't get involved in lengthy speeches or explanations, take both of you back to the feelings in the body, because that's the only "power place" where healing can be achieved.

That's the right way to do it. We don't want to bulldoze the client, but we also do not and never want to get involved in lengthy discussions of any kind.

Brevity and clarity is the rule of the day in all talking, make the words you speak count, make them have a purpose, and power, each and every one of them.

It is also a good "stopper" if the client gets off track or starts to talk about something else instead of staying with the problem at hand.

After instructing a person to breathe deeply, there is a space of freedom which you can use as the practitioner to take the next step in the unfolding session.

It is a part of the client practitioner dance, in which the ETP asks a question, and the client answers, AND the ETP listens to what they said and act accordingly! to keep the dance going.

In this case, we can feel the reluctance - this is not a happy forward going "ok" by any means, of course, the client doesn't know what's to come, it stands to reason they're nervous and unsure.

But even such a reluctant "ok" is quite ok; we have permission to proceed, and succeed.

ETP: "Think about the problem, or that moment the problem started for a moment, just enough so you can get the physical feeling back and you can feel it, but not so much it takes you over completely.

Please note the phrasing here; this is specific to PTSD and working with an event absolute.

Read the phrasing a few times so you can feel what the ETP is doing - "just enough so you can feel it".

You don't ever want to ask a person directly what happened or what they felt as this can cause an abreaction with severe PTSD clients.

This is not a tragedy as they've had that happen many times before and know it well; and being steady, reminding them to breathe and with the help of EMO, there and then, you can do good work even with an abreaction, but it is much gentler and more elegant to have the client not freak out and be terrified in an EMO session.

Ask them to move in gently on the memory, just enough to get a sense of that feeling, that's all we need to work on.

"Can you do that?"

We may ask the client to deal with the fear of the fear - everyone who has ever had a panic attack by any other name will be left with a fear of the panic attack itself as an event, on top of the fear of the original event that later on caused the panic attack.

Read this sentence a few more times to be sure you understand this.

There is however, no need to panic, if the client says, "No!" at this point, for we always have our failsafe of saying, "That's very good, that's right, that's exactly how it is right now, so take a deep breath and tell me what you are feeling in your body, right here and now."

Positive feedback for HONESTY is a wonderful fail safe, rather than some kind of failure happening.

We want to help this person, and their real feelings are our one and only guide on how to do this correctly, one step at a time, in such a way that it is RIGHT FOR THEM.

That's all that matters, that's all that counts.

Sometimes, and with some clients, it is a good idea when they give a reluctant yes to commend them on their courage and to tell them that they are being very brave, and doing very well.

In the case of the general, it is possible that the ETP held this to be inappropriate or something that would break the flow of the client/practitioner dance.

But in general, when you see a client being brave even though they are afraid to proceed, it is sometimes worth commenting upon, especially when the person is someone who might have never thought of themselves as being brave, courageous or strong before.

There is always a feeling of pressure, of something pushing somewhere associated with these.

Where does this charge of energy need to go? Up, down, to the sides?"

There is no talk of energy to start with, simply of feelings and pressure.

"Something" is happening ... and then the ETP for the first time uses the phrase, "Where does this charge of energy need to go?"

They didn't make a big fuss about talking ABOUT energy, they started to use the word as a matter of fact, and ...

People do not need to "believe in" anything to make EMO work.

Arguments occur and dissonances in the rapport and the client/practitioner dance that are just based on using the wrong words at the wrong time; if we don't make a big deal about the fact that we're working with energy, EMO just slides along quite happily and the positives changes will happen.

They are relieved because the biggest hurdle is overcome - the client has located the feeling and the direction of the energy movements.

Now, all is well - nothing else needs to be learned, nothing else needs to be battled with, all plain sailing from this moment on.

A more experienced ETP might not respond so excitedly as they know they'll get to this point soon enough, one way or the other; but there is something nice about the honest excitement and joy the ETP is transmitting here at the client doing so well that even the old hands might to tap into and retain, no matter how often this crucial point happens or with how many people.

It is specially, really, each time, because it denotes that moment when the client becomes aware of their own energy movements and what they feel like at a conscious level for the very first time.

You could call that the moment when the idea of energy becomes a reality - and small as it may seem, it's a special moment, priceless really, that opens the door to another life, in truth and for real.

That's the pathway it was trying to take, and when it got blocked there, it just exploded all over the place.

"Can you put your hand where it gets blocked, higher up on your chest?"

That's very exciting and a good feeling of comradeship developing, two people now working on one problem, with one intention, one mind.

The funny thing is that even if the problem was never solved, both would remember the session fondly because it simply feels good "to get on the same page" with another human being, no matter who they are.

ETP: "Ok, now keep massaging this erea with your hand.

EMO language helps here - the word erea (existing energetic reality) sounds the same as area (location) and that's fine both ways; the client needs no further explanations, but the ETP can be clear in their mind that they are dealing with an erea which is some form of energy manifestation that we don't even know yet what that is, but we're going to find out, and we'll move it in due course.

Intention and having the correct internal representations are CRUCIAL to all energy work; precision is of the essence, and it is precision by the ETP that makes EMO so seemingly simple and elegant.

Precision as in asking enough questions from the client to be sure the ETP understands the location of the erea; precision as to keep asking the client what they feel EXACTLY and respond appropriately; precision in choosing the right words and precision in keeping attention and focus on the client and their unfoldments.

Breathe deeply.

There should never be an EMO session anywhere in the world where this sentence isn't spoken; and it doesn't matter if two EMO MetaMasterSuper Trainers are doing an exercise with each other for the millionth time, or if it is a mother doing EMO with a three year old in their kitchen for the very first time ever.

"You work on it from the inside, and I work on it from the outside."

This is THE statement of intent that holds the entire client/practitioner dance together, defines what both are doing, creates the doubling up effect that is more than the sum of its parts when TWO people work together.

Very important, remember that always, no matter where, no matter what!

This is not a physical blockage, it is only energy, and energy moves when we put our minds to it.

If the ETP had told the general this at the start, they might still be arguing right now as to whether this is true, what the evidence procedure is, why it's not on TV, and on and on ...

Here, at this moment, simply stated as a fact, it is in its rightful place and simply accepted and ACTED UPON.

The very key to doing EMO.

"Breathe deeply, massage it round, think "soften and flow" in your mind.

And it really is so easy - massage the erea and think soften and flow in your mind.

That's not difficult to do; it demands no psychic skill, no talent, all it demands is THAT IT SHOULD BE DONE - and we can ask the all important question of ...

It is essential to the client/practitioner dance and to keep the power of the "two working together, and they are MORE than the sum of their parts!" in action that is so amazing and helps so much in healing things in the energy body, no matter what they are.

I would like to make the point that even if you are a powerful healer who could easily heal this all by yourself by laying on of hands, merging into client practitioner dance makes you into a MORE powerful healer still as you simply become MORE with the addition of the other - and no matter how high your best may ever be.

Think about that, it's an amazing thing indeed.

The ETP responds by first of all, re-assuring the client with direct positive feedback that it's good that there are things rising up in the throat, and when they feel that's not enough, add on the bit about it's only an energy, don't worry, you don't have to speak, it's only an energy.

The sentence, "It's only an energy!" is near enough a magic spell.

If you have ever done EMO with another person or even yourself, you will know the inordinate effect that simple statement has, time and time again, to calm a person down immediately, make them go, "Oh yeah .." sigh with relief, and break an unfolding stress spiral.

This is exactly what happens here.

But it really is only an energy form, and it will soften and flow, and now we're ready to go back to work after having gotten over this stresspoint, the small zzzzt in the Even Flow of the session itself that was caused when the energy rising hit the blockage in the throat.

It is interesting to note that now it causes no discernable problems, and the client knows what's going on, they are rapidly learning not just the act of EMO and how to move energy, but also the words we use to describe this.

And all without a whiteboard, bullet points, diagrams or a laser pointer in sight ... :-)

This is important, and it's good to mark out such thing by drawing the client's attention to this, and by saying, "That's good!" to help them understand that the physical responses are normal, natural, and a good sign in energy treatments.

We track the path from the disturbance onwards and clear blockages and disturbances as we follow along with the natural path.

As this ETP notes, finding the exit point is the final stage of tracing the path; when that has been found, we are indeed, nearly done and the main work has been accomplished, so that's an important moment in the session coming up.

As we noted, in energy work intention is extremely important. When someone is consciously aware that their hands are healing hands, they become more effective in their healing.

I believe that this happens because a unity is then achieved - the physical hands, hands of energy, energy mind AND the conscious mind all being on the same page, doing the same thing at the same time.

This is incredibly rare in "normal" life but it really is how we are designed to function as people in the first place; and it feels good, because it is right.

Whether or not you can put it to a client that they have healing hands depends on the client, and whether or not the ETP believes that the client will accept this, and that it won't break the rapport of the client/practitioner dance.

It doesn't have to be said, but if it can be said at all, to have a person know that they really do have "healing hands" is a precious thing, and we should give them that gift if at all possible.

ETP: "Everyone has healing hands. Just like everyone has an energy system, and emotions, even if they try to ignore it all their lives ..."

The quip about "even if they try to ignore it all their lives" really should not have been there but ETPs are humans too and this one clearly is frustrated and annoyed by people pretending not to have emotions, or denying the idea that people have an energy system.

They recover and direct themselves back to the topic at hand, as much as they are re-directing the client's attention ...

This happens, and it happens frequently, that either the client or the ETP drifts off the point gets side tracked into various thoughts, ideas, hobby horses, and their personal stuff.

What is important to notice as soon as it happens, and to bring the focus back on the energy system of the client as soon as possible.

And we do this by asking the client, "What is happening in your body? What can you feel? How is the energy moving now?" or as in this case, "How is it going?"

As soon as we do that, we step BACK into that space of real healing which is unconditional, regardless of what the problem is, where there is only the desire for the Even Flow and nothing else.

That's the space of EMO healing, and as long as we get back there, that's the most important thing.

That's fine, he is obviously not yet comfortable to believe the whole energy deal and buy into it wholeheartedly, but that is ok, and he's doing really well to have come this far, this quickly.

He's doing a good job telling the ETP about his feelings and co-operating to the best of his ability at this time.

Please remember that when we do a session with a client, we're not here to educate them about energy. We are only here to help them feel better, get them back into the Even Flow.

With some clients, talk about energy is only going to cause friction and hurt the process; and we're not a religion where you have to hear the sermon first before you finally get your bowl of soup, or cup of tea.

EMO energy healing is freely given, and as long as the client doesn't suffer any longer at the end, we have done EXACTLY what we came to do, we have done a fine job, we don't need anything else from the client.

By using the same word as the client, albeit in a different connotation, they are re-establishing their connection and rapport.

To ask directly for the exit point is a good move because in situations like pressure being trapped in the head, there is often an existing circular movement with no way out, and if we follow that circular movement, then we, the energy, and the whole session will go round and round in circles.

When you are near to the end of the physical body's end, such as in the head, in the hands or feet, you can always ask for the exit point because the client is close enough to sense where that would be.

Clients often say, "I'm not sure ..." or "I don't know ..." and immediately follow it with the correct information. This is an interesting reflex response; it also happens if pay attention when you first ask people to "show you with their hands" where they feel the anger/emotion in their body.

They will say, "I don't know ..." but their hands have already made their way to the very place the problem resides.

Sometimes it is an interesting thing to say to the client, "Stop a moment, don't move. Look where your hands are!" and that's a fabulous "Oh wow!" experience for the client, and a step towards them starting to trust their bodies, and the cause and effect of emotions and energy, a little bit better.

If the client responds to this by just doing it, not arguing with it, accepting it as an instruction as clear cut as, "Breathe deeply!" or "Raise your arm!" then something very important has been established - you could say, this client has now learned EMO, even if they are entirely unaware of it.

They now have the option of saying this to themselves when they are not with the practitioner. They don't know that yet, but this simple sentence can be a veritable life saver in the future, and in situations that have nothing to do with the emotion we are currently dealing with.

Future fears, bereavements, shocks, traumas are now all open to being dealt with by the client themselves - it is like a seed of taking control of your emotions "in the field" that has been planted, and if the client responds correctly, has already taken root.

That's one hell of a gift, and a very powerful and unique aspect of working with EMO.

I would make the comment that every client who has managed to understand that instruction, and has been able to follow it and make it work, should be TOLD by the ETP after the session is over,

"You can say to yourself, "It's only an energy, soften and flow!" when you are experiencing powerful emotions that threaten to unbalance you, at any time, anywhere."

He says, "Ok ..." and proceeds to describe his sensations. That is excellent work by the client, he really is working with the ETP and putting his best effort into the session and into moving the energy, rather than wrestling with the ETP - and that's the heart of the client/practitioner dance.

Now the two are really working together on the problem.

The client offers a metaphor for the first time - he describes an erea of energy on this head that feels like a helmet.

This man is an army general, and one of the old Freudian type analysts would have a field day with that metaphor.

Indeed, this is a moment you could really slide off into metaphor work of all kinds, and start thinking about that helmet on his head and how it causes pressure and disturbances in his thinking, in the freeflow of his emotions ...

But we don't need a field day with ANYTHING.

We are EMO people! We go straight towards the Even Flow, no side tracking, no metaphors, no matter how juicy, tasty, and fun in the old Freudian way such an invitation to metaphor may be.

We need to learn to resist the invitation to metaphor and focus back on the physical sensations of the energy movement.

That is the most direct and powerful path to healing ANYTHING energy related, and that's the path we take in EMO.

Well done!

Movement of the hands, which will necessitate the movements of the clients shoulder, and then direct instructions to move the neck as well.

What happens is that clients try too hard and concentrate too hard and they "lock up" and get very tense in their bodies.

This really plays havoc with the easy, natural energy flow in the body and to instruct the client to move, keep moving, loosen up is extremely helpful to get movement into the energy flow as well.

That makes it a lot easier for the client to feel it, and track its progress.

Now the energy is freed up and rushing through channels, and all over the body, and the client reports tingling, electric feelings.

That's exactly right and the perfect outcome - the energy system is coming on line, and the client is starting to feel the energized end state as it relates to the problem in hand.

I say that ETPs should aim for that, it's their energetic pay off for having solved the problem with the client, they get to tingle too!

The ETP is energized and excited, and adds their excitement now to the client's excitement.

This is one of the cool things of the client/practitioner dance, and ETPs should notice their own bodies too, and use them as a template for what instructions the client might be needing right now.

How do we know?

Because he is telling us that in his own words - I have woken up from a sleep.

Clients will comment on the change and tell you in their own words how things are different now, without having to be prompted.

The lights are brighter, I see more clearly, I feel so much lighter, or as in this case, I've been asleep and now I'm awake.

This tells us in words what we already felt in our bodies - the Even Flow has been re-established.

"Can you do that?"

We ask the client to think of the original problem and run the energy through the exact channels we've just cleared out (always think IN, THROUGH, AND OUT!) in order to make sure the channel is clear, and the original incident no longer causes a problem.

It makes the effort expended all worthwhile; it is a super-satisfying humane experience and makes "helping people" into a whole new self-satisfying and gratifying experience.

We leave the session there and let the ETP finish up in privacy; the secret is safe, and the help and healing has happened, and no-one ever needs to know what went on.

The General will learn how to handle the energy movements that cause emotions and then all the other symptoms; and might just have found something that he has been missing in life to help him with emotions in general (no pun intended) and to get a better relationship with his wife, friends and children as a bonus, and a bye the bye.

Importantly, don't do anything else now. Don't start another Emotrance session on another topic, no matter how tempting it may be; the client has undergone a highly unusual experience that has CHANGED THEM, and they now need time to settle down and sort themselves out.

It would be a good time to remind the client that if they should get emotional waves or responses, to give themselves the "soften and flow" instruction; that it is good practice to pay attention to the feelings in their bodies; to use the basic EMO technique to release stress as soon as possible so it doesn't get a chance to build up; and to call if there is anything else to work on.

Even with this client, there is merit in ending the session with a simple evocation of Innocent Energy. They are grateful and even if they don't believe in meditations, they will do it just to please you at this point; and might even learn something useful and change their minds about such things as you say,

"Let's take a deep breath, close our eyes and now, innocent energy is falling on this whole room like fine summer rain, washing away all debris and cleaning us inside and out, leaving us bright and sparkling, fresh and young and new ... take another deep breath, open your eyes, and there we are!"

Please try and avoid the word "imagine" in this energy evocation; we don't want to see anything, we want to FEEL the energy falling throughout the room, and feel it falling through our energy bodies, clearing them and re-charging them.

And now you have a client who had a great session, has learned some important new things not just about themselves, but how the world really works, and who might well come again to work on something else with you because it was not just helpful and healing, but even enjoyable and made him feel good.

That's a part of your personal learning process with EMO and over time, will make you into a wonderful healer; but also, into a very happy person who feels extremely good about themselves and what they can do for others.

Strive for directness and elegance.

Think of the EMO session as a silver river that can take you straight from the problem, to the energized end state and the Even Flow, if you don't get side tracked and stuck in whirlpools, tributaries and swamps of metaphor, Freudian explorations, too much talk or arguing with the client.

The more focused you and the client can stay on establishing the Even Flow, which means both of you focusing on the feelings in the body and helping the energy to move and flow freely, the more beautiful, streamlined, fast and powerful the EMO sessions become.

Silvia Hartmann

Creator, EMO

October 2010