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THETA WAVES AND HEALING
Sometimes such altered brain states are accompanied by rapid healing. In a
meditation workshop taught by Joe Dispenza, a Mexican man we’ll call “José”
described similar mystical experiences (Dispenza, 2017).
José had come to the workshop shortly after being diagnosed with a cancerous
brain tumor. He was due for a life-threatening operation soon. During one of the
meditations, José—like Julie—saw otherworldly beings. One of them reached
his hand into José’s skull and rooted around inside for a while. José felt vivid
physical sensations as though his scalp were being cut open and his brain tissue
rearranged.
The day after the workshop, José rearranged his schedule so that he could get
a new X-ray. He flew to Houston to consult with doctors at MD Anderson, a
famous cancer clinic, before returning home. The new scan, taken just a day
after the workshop, showed that all traces of the tumor had disappeared.
During intense healing experiences, we often see high amplitudes of theta
waves on the EEG. Theta has been mapped as the signature brain wave during
energy healing sessions (Benor, 2004). If one person is offering healing to
another, we see big theta waves in first the healer, then the healee. The switch
often happens at the moment the healer feels his or her hands becoming warm—
the subjective experience of energy flow (Bengston, 2010).
In one study, a healer and client were both hooked up to EEGs. The healer’s
EEG readout showed 14 periods of sustained theta at the frequency of exactly
7.81 Hz. The client’s EEG shifted to the same frequency, demonstrating
entrainment between healer and healee (Hendricks, Bengston, & Gunkelman,
2010).
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In one of my trainings, “Anise,” a brilliant doctor, volunteered to work
on her issues in front of the whole group while hooked up to an EEG
monitor. Anise had earned not only an M.D. but also a doctorate in
pharmacology. In addition, she was certified in healing touch and several
pharmacology. In addition, she was certified in healing touch and several
other modalities.
Anise had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia 13 years earlier. The
symptoms, such as joint pain, fatigue, and “brain fog,” were sometimes
severe, other times less so. She had eventually become so debilitated,
however, that she was no longer able to work.
On the day of the training, her pain level was 7 out of 10, and her brain
fog was so extreme that she was barely able to comprehend the lectures.
She walked with difficulty and needed to prop herself up with three pillows
in order to feel comfortable enough to function.
Anise had a high degree of frustration and anger at herself because her
husband, “Dal,” who was also attending the workshop, now had the whole
financial burden of providing for the family, including their two teenage
daughters. Another source of anger was the experience that “despite all my
training, I can’t heal myself.”
Although we sometimes see “one-minute wonders” during workshops,
this was not the case for Anise. Hers was a long and complicated session.
She had difficulty creating a vision for her future because she could not
imagine herself getting better.
Gestalt therapist Byron Katie has clients ask themselves provocative
questions that challenge their assumptions about self and the world. One of
these questions is “Who would I be without this story?” Another way of
asking it is “What contribution is this disability making to my life?”
I asked this of Anise. The question triggered a memory of a time when
she was eight years old and being emotionally abused by a family member.
She got sick, and her illness became her shield. When Anise was bedridden,
she could retreat into her bedroom and didn’t have to deal with her
tormentor.
Once we identified the core issue that sickness might be a solution
masquerading as a problem, we used energy psychology techniques to
release all her anger at her childhood persecutor, who was still very much
present in her life.
Her pain went down to a 1 out of 10, and she began to smile and then
laugh at the predicament she’d created for herself. “My nemesis has never
become successful,” she realized, and she felt empowered in that
relationship for the first time in her adult life.
She began to talk about the possibilities for her future. She’d been
offered a great job in Brazil but hadn’t considered it because she didn’t
think she could function physically without the resources she enjoyed in the
United States. Now that possibility opened up for her. “How about it?” she
United States. Now that possibility opened up for her. “How about it?” she
asked her husband. “I would love to,” Dal responded, his eyes shining.
At the end of our session, Anise stood up and walked around the room.
As her pain subsided completely, she swung her arms and legs freely, with
a full range of motion. She left the workshop that day to have dinner with
Dal and discuss their positive future. Not only had her consciousness
shifted, but her body had been freed up dramatically as well.
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