We’ve just had (last night/this morning) an enormous full moon in Pisces. In my own readings on the healing properties of this moon, the important emphasis was on letting go of old stories and making room for something new to come in. We can work with the moon itself, especially right now, to receive the healing we need to help us do that.

A shamanic view on attachments

When I talk about attachments as a barrier to our healing, I am not getting all Buddhist on you. I am not talking about cultivating a mindset of non-attachment, though I don’t disagree with it at all as a philosophy. But as a shamanic healer I view this work in terms of energy. On a shamanic path of healing, we can journey into non-ordinary reality – the energetic realm – where we can see and feel our unhelpful attachments to people and situations outside of ourselves as though they have physical presence. And anyone who walks a shamanic path will not be surprised by that – because we know that the direction and entanglement of our energy has physical consequences.

The most common “symptom” of an unhelpful energetic attachment is the most obvious: an inability to move on. Perhaps we keep returning to a relationship that has already proved itself not to work, or keep revisiting old arguments or rants that have us going round and round in circles. Maybe we know on some level we are ready for a change in our lives, but we can’t seem to take the necessary steps – we are stuck in our old ways.

Another sign can be when we have made a change – left the horrible job, stopped engaging with someone who hurts us, stopped drinking, written cool affirmations – but our minds fixate on what we’ve left behind, or we encounter new versions of it at every turn. It’s tiring, frustrating and can make us feel trapped. We’ve done the brave thing and mentally we are ready to move forward – but energetically, we haven’t let go.

And let’s not ignore the obvious. It could also be that thing. You know – that thing. The thing you already know is holding you back. The thing you already thought of, while you were reading this.

Cut the cord

I first learned shamanic cord cutting back in 2005, and over the years I have honed my own technique which incorporates Reiki healing and forgiveness with collaborative energy work. Together with my client, after setting the healing intention, we seek out where the unhelpful attachments are located in the body, and follow them along to the object of their attachment. The client can feel the physical presence of the cord, and see how much energy is being lost. With my support, the client cuts the cord themselves, and then I work to restore a better flow of energy in the body. Once that old attachment has been been severed, clients feel freedom, clarity, lightness and vitality. They can move forward.

What do you need to let go of?

Continue your work

If this post awakened a need for release in you, book in with me for a personal cord cutting healing session. This can be done remotely over zoom or in person in Glastonbury. You can also incorporate this work as part of the Oak Programme if you are ready for an intensive programme of personal healing work.
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