Hi, Folks -

An e-mail from The Sacred Science Team:

http://www.thesacredscience.com/blog1/healing-with-our-hands-a-forgotten-art

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Hi hobie, There is a feeling that comes over us when we’re being cared for. A warmth that floods our senses when someone is devoting their complete attention to our health. A vibration that courses through the body. An inner sigh of relief. The phenomenon of human touch is at the heart of the healing traditions we work with, yet many take it for granted. We often construe the word "touch" to be something overtly sexual or even creepy, but what about the helping and healing kind? Our hands are capable of so much more than we give them credit for. Whether you are a Siberian shaman, Reiki healer, or QiGong master, awareness in your palms and fingertips is an unspoken job requirement. My good friend Dr. Rosita Arvigo, founder of Maya Abdominal Therapy, captures the power of touch perfectly in her book entitled "Sastun,” when she says: “My hands could see through flesh and tissue. Of this I had no doubt." We all have them, most of us two. Knuckled and nailed, lined and printed, our hands are incredibly complex precision instruments. But through years of repetitive practical use, they have become so fine-tuned and efficient that their intelligence often goes unnoticed. For me, the curative power of the hands was revealed in the most unlikely of circumstances – during my first Ayahuasca ceremony. If you haven’t worked with Ayahuasca, the experience can be extremely euphoric, but more often than not, there is far more work than play during this eight-hour spiritual saga. This ancient Amazonian ritual is a marathon of the soul where deep fears and illusions are confronted – and it isn’t always pretty. We were about an hour into the ceremony and I was struggling, to put it mildly. I was caught in an existential tailspin that went on for what seemed like an eternity – until a sharp pain in my right foot brought me back into the room for a moment. I had strained it while running, and there was some lingering pain that had not yet abated. My eyes, which had been shut tight for over an hour, slowly opened into the darkened room. The world was still loud and dizzying, but I had regained some footing, at least for a second. I looked down in the direction of the pain and was somewhat shocked to see that my injured foot was glowing a faint blue in the blackness... Click here to continue reading this article on our blog Stay curious, Nick & The Sacred Science Team Nick Polizzi has spent his career directing and editing feature length documentaries about holistic alternatives to conventional medicine. Nick's current role as Producer of "The Sacred Science" stems from a calling to honor, preserve, and protect the ancient knowledge and rituals of the indigenous peoples of the world.

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