dave's viewpoint...

hi everyone
Apologies for taking a break from posting here... I was in costa rica and waiting for Dave to get his next piece to me! Now it is here and so many of you have asked for more.. so .. I take a deep breath and lay it out below...


Julia, The Stone Treatment
This little one plays it so cool. I've been sending my daily mediative quotes to her and she always comments but doesn't say too much. But this time it is different and she came right out and just asked when I was coming to give her my 7 Stones Treatment. Signs of being much more free. We quickly set up a date and time and I sent the usual speech about Do's and Don'ts for this powerful treatment. She offered to do dinner and I didn't want to say yes partly because I didn't want her to go to any trouble and partly because I don't usually eat before doing this work. It is intense and I don't like the feeling of any energy going to my digestive system when my other systems need to be engaged. But she really wanted to and because of the time of day, it really made sense.


Dinner was amazing. She did a wonderful rice pasta (we are both into largely gluten free eating) and this really strong sauce that only needs a couple of tweaks to be world class. She says she's a simple English cook, but I think there is more foodie there than she admits. Dinner over, I offer to help clean up, but she makes quick work of it and I'm busy setting up my stone warmer and gear. What is cool is that she is REALLY up for this. She doesn't do much in the way of asking questions, she just wants to get to the experience and that makes me happy.


My "7 Stones to Reiki" treatment is pretty special and was learned from a true master and adapted to fit to my style. I use a combination of Colorado Basalt (Black) heated stones and Colorado Marble (white) cool chakra stones. The idea is to sandwich the victim in hot upwardly radiating energy and cool earth seeking energy and the stones as trying to meet in the middle. Temperature is critical and the hot stones can be really really hot, but I back off to a safe temperature and go with my feelings. She's a high energy person and the cold stones are really the most key thing, says my intuition.

I put Julia face up with a spinal layout below her and begin to tuck in pairs of dark stones under joints and key points. Two "flight control" stones are placed in her hands and some small toe stones are put between her toes which she says immediately that she loves. The 7 Chakra stones in the form of animals, drums, etc are placed on top of her and immediately she relaxes into the weight of the large cold stones. It's my job just to be the cruise director and let the gang of stones, Spirit and Ancestors do the work. A guided mediation begins and I run symbols and the Reiki kicks in hard.
This one is a receptor.
And for the next 45 min she receives, hard, and I watch the flow and colors change and I'm sweating like a banana farmer in a monkey sanctuary because everything about this woman is big big big. Big like no one who has ever been on my table. I'm overwhelmed.


The stones quickly accomplish the work and when the flow is perfect and my touch yields balance it is time to start taking off stones and time to bring her back to life. Simple. I'm out of the way. It's not me and I know this and that makes my nerves feel better.


The next event was a bit of shocker to me.

As I get her up and bring her to the now, she asks me if I'd lay down on her big davenport sized couch and "cuddle" with her... "have a cuddle" was how she put it. And we simply and quickly fell onto the couch as if we had been doing this forever. A little talk and a lot of chill and I remember touching her hair and kissing her on the top of the head as if to say, "relax, I'm OK". She did. There wasn't really a romantic moment. It was more of a spiritual thing and she talked about how she felt and what was important to her at the moment. So much in "the now". So awesome.


Before I knew it, it had become very late and I was totally exhausted. Packing up my gear wasn't very easy. It seemed like I was in a haze. Driving home seemed to take forever and I remember very little beyond that.


The next day I sent a heartfelt thank you:


Thank You for a lovely dinner. For a lovely time. For a chance to bring my gifts.
You are confused about me. I get it. Don't be. We have something to explore. Could surprise us both, I think.
Blessings.
-Dave

To which the reply came quickly:
Good morning!
So I slept well and hard - for 6 wonderful hours and woke at 8 feeling
very refreshed.. how about you?
Yes a lovely night...and as an intrepid explorer I say yes.
Your move....
j