Healing Rain

There’s an old exercise of John’s I resuscitated the other day. I think he called it Raindrops. The two of you should stand opposite each other, one with their eyes closed (‘the yielder’) and the other (‘the attacker’) with eyes open. (It helps if you're both naked though it's not essential.) The idea is that the attacker gently and lightly touches the yielder anywhere on their body (as lightly as a raindrop). The yielder should then rush their mind and energy to that point. If the attacker keeps contact then she should be able to feel this rush, or should certainly be able to feel a change taking place in the quality of the touching interface as the yielder’s energy gathers there. If the energy is strong and the attacker is sensitive then this rush may even uproot the attacker. A Heartwork elaboration of this exercise would be to send the energy to the spot with the heart rather than the mind. If this happens the energy will travel as a stretching and clawing ‘hand’ to embrace and engulf the touching spot rather than simply bounce into it. This exercise will develop the compassionate heart which will eventually become nimble enough to rush anywhere it is required. This is especially useful if you, or a loved one, has any niggling injuries, pains, bad memories, etc. Let your heart energy reside in the injured spot with its characteristic pumping (embracing and consuming) and the healing process will quicken.