feeling the edges

A couple of months after I started giving myself reiki treatments, I began to notice that when my hands are in certain positions - especially when they are over the heart chakra - I can no longer feel them. They aren't numb. My hands and arms go numb a lot so I am very clear on what that feels like. I just can't feel the edges. It is as if my hands take on the energy of whatever body part they are touching and vibrate in alignment with that body part. Essentially, it feels like they melt into and become one with that body part, hence the "can't feel the edges" description.

A week or so back, I had that same experience during meditation. My hands were resting on my ankles and I was focusing on my breath, when I realized that my hands had melted into my ankles. Then, I remembered something that Jill Bolte Taylor said in her book, My Stroke of Insight. She said that your left brain is responsible for defining your physical boundaries. It makes sense then, that I can't feel my edges during reiki, as I am usually in a meditative state.

Comments

[Barbara]

'My Stroke of Insight'....amazing!

[Elizabeth]

the book really was amazing! Very fascinating!