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When I was very sick last year, something became very clear to me. Every time people offered to send energy or do energy work for me, it made things worse. I felt like more and more energy was being added to a system that was already overwhelmed. My body did not want more energy. It needed something very different.
At the time I shared this with others, but it was difficult for people to understand. When we work in energetic modalities there is often an assumption that energy is always the solution when the body is struggling. My experience showed me that this is not always the case. Sometimes adding more energy can push an already overwhelmed system even further out of balance.
Recently someone shared an interesting perspective with me. She was speaking about countries that are experiencing major conflict and how many people respond by sending love and energy to those places. Her observation was that continually sending more and more energy into something that is already highly charged can sometimes amplify the situation rather than settle it. When she said that, it immediately reminded me of what I experienced during my illness. The principle felt very similar. When the system is already overwhelmed, more energetic input is not always supportive.
Being Selective With Energy Work
One of the most important lessons I learned is that we need to be very selective and very careful about what energy we introduce into the body, and when. Energy is powerful. It can support transformation, but it can also overwhelm a system that is already under stress. When the body is not well, there are times when it needs gentleness rather than activation. The nervous system may already be overstimulated. The body may already be processing more than it can comfortably hold. Adding additional energetic input in those moments can sometimes feel like pouring more water into an already overflowing vessel.
Understanding the Role of Consciousness Tools
People sometimes come to me asking for Pellowah when they are unwell physically. It is important to understand that Pellowah is not primarily a healing tool. It is a consciousness tool. Does it have positive effects on wellbeing? Yes, it often does. But those effects are not something we control. The outcomes are guided by the intelligence of the energy itself, which is far more advanced than we are. Wellbeing can arise as a by-product of the process, as the energy supports the meridians and facilitates the expansion of consciousness.
Our interpretation of what improving wellbeing should look like might be very different from what that intelligence chooses to address. This is why it is so important to approach these modalities with humility and trust, rather than assuming we are directing the process.
Returning to Foundational Medicine
When my own system needs rebuilding, I return to what I grew up with. As a child I had chronic health issues. My father was a doctor, but he mostly took me to practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and I was rarely exposed to Western medicine.
Acupuncture and herbal medicine were the foundation of my care. Because of that background, it is what I naturally return to when my system needs support. For rebuilding a nervous system that has been under prolonged stress, acupuncture can be incredibly effective. Weekly or fortnightly sessions over a longer period of time gently guide the body back toward balance.
Today I also have my own daily practices that support my wellbeing. But Chinese medicine remains one of the most reliable foundations for rebuilding a weakened system.
However, last year, after consulting with a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, I was told that what I was experiencing was not something Chinese medicine could easily help with. He explained that Acupuncture was unlikely to be effective and instead prescribed Chinese herbs. Unfortunately, the herbs made me very sick, and I began to feel as though my condition was worsening rather than improving.
Nature as Medicine
For many people the most powerful medicine is not found in a treatment room. It is found in nature. Nature immersion is profoundly supportive for the nervous system. Time spent walking quietly outdoors, breathing fresh air, and allowing the body to reconnect with natural rhythms can have a deeply regulating effect.
Often people try to find one powerful intervention that will quickly fix everything. In reality, healing and rebuilding the system usually happens through small supportive actions repeated consistently over time. This might include Acupuncture, regular walks in nature, or gentle personal rituals that reconnect us with nature, Source, and Earth consciousness. More often than not, it is a combination of many small supportive practices working together over time. Slow and steady approaches almost always produce more sustainable results.
Different Systems Have Different Capacities
One thing I have learned is that people respond to energy very differently. Some practitioners can teach workshops all day, perform multiple attunements, and see client after client without needing much recovery time. My system does not work that way. I am very sensitive to energy, which means I need to manage my capacity carefully. Some teachers can perform many attunements in a single day and say the energy carries them. While that may be true for them, it is not my experience.
Each of us has a unique energetic capacity. Comparing ourselves to others rarely leads to anything helpful. What matters most is understanding the signals of our own body and working in alignment with that.
Honouring the Need for Integration
Recently I facilitated a Sacred Circle that ran for two hours. Afterwards I spent several more hours speaking with people and holding space for conversations. There was a lot of energetic exchange and a great deal of channeling moving through. For me, that is a significant amount of energy to move in one day.
Because of that, the following day needed to be a rest day. I had originally scheduled another Sacred Circle within a couple of weeks, but I decided to move it. It was simply too soon. Preparing these gatherings is also an energetic process. The most recent one had been gradually coming through for six months, with the final week involving a great deal of focused preparation.
In the past I made the mistake of scheduling events too closely together, and I ended up feeling completely fried. Learning to honour the natural rhythms of my system has been essential. There is no rush, and there is no timeline we must meet. Strengthening the system happens gradually, and maintaining that strength becomes a skill we develop over time.
Why Integration Is Essential
This principle applies not only to facilitators but also to participants. When people attend many spiritual events or receive many energetic treatments in a short period of time, the system can become overwhelmed and it can make you feel sick and out of balance. Integration is a vital part of any transformational process.
Sometimes people want sessions very frequently. For a short period of time this may be appropriate, but eventually there must be space for the body and consciousness to integrate what has already been received. Interestingly, the most profound changes often happen during the integration phase rather than during the treatment itself. That quiet period of internal processing allows the system to reorganize and stabilize.
Allowing a Modality or Medicine to Become a Teacher
Another aspect that is often overlooked is the tendency to move too quickly from one modality or energetic experience to another. When we do this, we never really give any single medicine, channel, teaching, or modality the space to become a true teacher. Each one carries its own intelligence and its own way of revealing things to us. When we slow down and work with something consistently over time, it begins to show us where deeper inner work is needed, what layers are ready to be revealed, and sometimes even what new gifts are waiting to emerge. But if we are constantly moving from one workshop, one session, or one energetic experience to the next, there are simply too many competing influences. The system becomes busy rather than receptive, and the subtle guidance of any one teaching can easily be missed.
The Power of Rest and Nature
At the end of last year and the beginning of this year I experienced a forced break due to health issues. During that time I learned an enormous amount, even though I was not actively trying to. When I eventually returned to my usual practices, I realized how much stronger I had become. The integration period had allowed my system to reset and rebuild. Nature played an important role in that process. As my health improved I spent as much time outdoors as possible.
Certain natural environments can be especially powerful when the nervous system is overwhelmed. Quiet forests in winter, where the landscape feels almost suspended in stillness, can have a deeply calming effect. The cold air, the silence, the snow and the presence of nature create a space where the body can slowly return to balance.
Sometimes the Medicine Is Slowing Down
Sometimes the most powerful medicine is slowing down and allowing the body to remember how to heal.
Energy work requires patience and respect. If we rush through experiences hoping they will quickly deliver a particular outcome, a relationship, a career change, financial success, we risk misunderstanding what these practices are truly for. The deeper purpose of energy work is not to obtain something external that we believe we are missing. Its purpose is internal. It reveals where we are out of alignment, where old patterns are still influencing us, and where greater clarity and authenticity can emerge. It guides us toward the fullest expression of who we are, rather than trying to manufacture specific external results.
In that sense, energy work is less about acquiring something new and more about uncovering what is already present within us. It reveals our inner wisdom, our inner light, and the deeper intelligence that has always been guiding us. When we approach it with patience and humility, the teachings become much clearer. Sometimes the most powerful medicine is not doing more, but allowing the channel within to strengthen and finding our way back to our inner essence, not following a book or a method, but listening to the guidance of our own inner compass.
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