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When should you refer a client on?
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Let it happen, if that feels right. If you want to cry, cry; if you want to laugh, laugh; if you feel sad afterwards, let it work through you. We feel things when things shift, and shifting is what we want. Drink water, be kind to yourself, have a bath, and know that it is temporary. And use common sense: do not push yourself past a point.
You let it all hang out, I reckon. But only if that feels right. If you feel like crying, do not hold back. Do not think, oh, I shouldn’t cry. Cry. It is okay. If you want to laugh, laugh. If you feel really sad about things after a treatment, allow that to work through you.
I always say we feel things when things shift, and things shifting is what we want. When things start to shift, we feel it, and we need to acknowledge that. So go with it.
Drink lots of water. Be kind to yourself. Have a bath. Whatever works for you. Know that it is okay and that it is temporary. But also do not push yourself past a point. Common sense.
What is actually going on. The body holds what the mind has put down. When it is allowed to be still and safe for an hour, some of that comes up and out. It is release, not damage.
What to do. If you are the practitioner: stay where you are, keep your hands where they are, say nothing unless asked, and let the client cry. Do not press the client to be ‘normal’.
When to get help. If the release does not settle after a few days, or if it opens something old and heavy that you cannot put down, that might be the moment to refer to a counsellor.
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How to sit with a client through a release is one of the things we practise inside Shinpiden+.
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