How many sessions will I need? (caution… long answer alert!) Most every client feels a shift at each session, including those that attend workshops and events and receive the sample sessions. It is an empowering feeling to create a connection, understanding, and process of listening to what the symptom has been expressing. Sarah compares symptoms to a 2 year old child trying to get attention of a parent. After the child gets the urge to express something and wants the attention of the parent the child relies on learned behavior that gets the result the child is looking for. As the child demands attention, it may begin with a verbal request and a gentle tug on the shirt. If ignored or dismissed the behavior can escalate into loud requests, aggressive pulling on shirts or arms, sometimes even evolving into full blown situations on the floor. Even at this level when the parent stops and looks and offer attention to the child behavior can calm very quickly and the vital information that the child wanted to pass on can be shared… sometimes it just a simple thing like “ I wanted to tell you I loved you”. Symptoms might be reminding us our self worth, lack of esteem, vulnerably, need for support… we train our mind, body, and Spirit to get our attention in certain ways. Headaches might be the only thing that slow us down and force us to take care of ourself. Financial struggle might be the subconscious minds way of alerting us that our worthiness is off the charts on the low side. We forget to listen to the symptom and reimagine the symptom as the problem. Symptoms and problems are not the same. Whatever has your attention, is the symptom… even if you have a fancy and official diagnosis of something… the symptom is this the symptom. Underlying energy is what Sarah sees as the problem. This falls in line with Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reiki, Feng Shui, and many other energy modalities. No matter what we invest our energy in, it will never be what changes us. We need to allow the effort to change us. The yoga will not heal us… we can allow it change us when we walk away from the mat. The pill will not heal us… we can allow it change our body’s ability to heal itself. Restorative Healing will shift energy but our energy is established and sometimes challenged by the environment it lives in. As we work to shift the energy patterns that help create the struggles that bring you in for a session, it is important to be engaging in all the areas of life that contribute to the issue. Restorative Healing cannot change the crappy roommate, or the boss that disrespects you, or anything/anyone else that is in your daily life. It can change what you accept to interact with. It can add motivation to believe that we can love our job, have support in our lives, be in a financial flow of success, live without pain… When our beliefs change and we adjust the vibration that was keeping us stuck. New opportunities will arrive, you are more likely to notice them, and have internal permission to reach and receive them. How long do you need to keep coming in? Most clients work weekly with Sarah for a few weeks. If there is a major issue of concern sometimes sessions will be as frequent as 3 times a week. What happens after the session and in-between session is the most important part of the shift. Clients tend to find a pace that works best for them after the initial focus of session. After that few weeks, Sarah often sees the clients for check in sessions about once every 6 to 8 weeks and sometimes just a few times a year. Workshops and events are wonderful ways to sample the work, supplement sessions and other alternative healing work, as well as check-in tune-ups.