To start off with: trust. Trust is what you need when you work with energy. Why is this? It is simply because energy work is a lot more subtle then what we are usually able to perceive with our physical senses. Sometimes we feel our bodies respond to a flow of energy, but there are also times when we do not feel, see or sense anything. So, this is where trust comes in. We have trust whatever we perceive – no matter how strange or unusual it is. To trust is the absolute basis for anything you do here.

I can imagine this might be difficult for you, as it was for me. It helps to say a quick prayer before you begin your work. My favourite prayer is the healer’s prayer from A Course In Miracles: ‘Let me know this brother as I know myself.’ My version of The Healer’s Prayer goes like this:

‘Thank you for helping me remember my connection to your conditional love. All I have to do is to trust that your vision will guide me. I surrender to you. Please help me know this brother as I know myself. Thank you.’

The four guidelines for working with energy:

Intention | Energy work is intention based. If you begin a practice, an exercise or start a healing, it is great to set an intention beforehand. If you do, it will help and guide the energy to be even more clear and effective.

Perception | When you are working with energy, you do not necessarily have to perceive anything. Often people expect to have amazing visions, big, dramatic messages, hear angelic voices or feel their hands getting warm, their body tingling or their energy moving. Of course all of this is possible. But more often than not you will not feel or see much. You just have to trust your intuition as you go along. And if you do not perceive anything, please remember to not be too disappointed. Energy will still do its work, even if you are not (physically or spiritually…) perceiving it.

Inner wisdom | Always remember that you have your own inner wisdom about what you need to heal. It might be hidden in your subconscious, and therefore you think you do not know. But you always know what you can heal at any given moment, and what will  happen later. A healer or energy worker does not know this for you and they cannot do this for you. They can however guide you and be a witness of your healing process. But you are the one who has the power. Trust this wisdom.

Time | Healing in energetic terms, on whatever level this takes place, happens instantly. The healing or clearing itself does not need time. When you receive a healing or when you let go of an old fear or pain, it is cleared from your system instantly. In our human world, we are used to things taking time. In energy we can trust that it happens instantly.

I refer to these basic guidelines whenever people have questions about ‘how energy works’. The truth about this is that I do not understand with my mind how energy works – I just know it does. So this is an open invitation to you, whether you are completely new to working with energy or you are an experienced healer, to use these guidelines whenever you feel you are in need of a bit of support. They work because they are true – now and eternally! I hope they serve you well in your practice.