FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions
About the Centre
What are the aims of the Centre?
Why we do what we do: our purpose
Mediumship and services
What happens during a Sunday Service?
A Sunday Service follows the protocol of a typical spiritualist church service, which includes prayers, songs, a reading of interest for example poetry or inspirational quotes and messages, as well as an address which is supposed to be a thought provoking item that may help you through the week to come. The visiting medium then has around half an hour to devote to mediumship. The mediums that visit the Centre come highly recommended and we always endeavour to maintain a high level of professional mediumship.
What happens during an evening of clairvoyance?
This would be more accurately described as an evening of mediumship (see the question below). The medium usually opens with a short prayer then demonstrates his or her mediumship skills for 1 and a half to 2 hours. The mediums that visit the Centre come highly recommended and we always endeavour to maintain a high level of professional mediumship.
How is the mediumship delivered?
The mediums can be Clairvoyant (they see spirit), Clairaudient (they hear spirit) and/or Clairsentient (they feel or sense spirit). The medium will use their own method of connecting with the spirit world and then acts as a go-between similar to an old fashioned telephone operator to pass messages from loved ones is spirit to loved ones in the audience. Spirits make themselves known to the medium of their own free will and are never called or summoned.
Complementary therapies and healing
Is it safe to have the complementary therapies offered at the Centre whilst having chemotherapy?
As with any illness, clients are advised to consult their GP before commencing any complementary therapy. However, many complementary therapies are recommended to those undergoing chemotherapy as they have been found to prepare the body and mind for the treatment ahead. It is worth visiting the Cancer Backup website section on complementary therapies. From a more personal perspective, many of the therapists at the centre have given treatments to numerous cancer patients who each found the experience extremely relaxing and supportive.
What is Reiki?
Many people see Reiki as a healing technique but at the centre we prefer to look upon it first and foremost as a method of self development. As you develop your spirituality, often the ability to heal is awakened.
Reiki healing is both a hands on and hands off complementary therapy, and the practitioner will use the method that feels appropriate at the time unless the client expresses a preference.
Students who have followed the Reiki courses held at the Centre have found them to be life changing.
The nearest translation of the Japanese word reiki is universal life force energy. The technique was rediscovered in the early 1900's by Dr. Usui and formulated into what is now known as Reiki.
Read about Reiki on the Reiki Association website
Taster sessions (around 20 minutes) are available at the Centre on a donation only basis
Full sessions lasting an hour can be privately arranged with your practitioner.
I am a reiki master and would like to meet with other reiki masters, can you help?
On the 3rd Wednesday of every month, reiki masters meet at 7.30pm
to share and discuss experiences, techniques etc, as well as to practice reiki. There is a nominal fee of £3 to cover rent. Please contact the centre for more details
I am a complementary therapist, how do I go about obtaining insurance?
There are many associations that offer therapists insurance. One that many of the therapists at the Centre use is IPTI: Independent Professional Therapists International: an association for alternative, complementary and health and beauty therapists offering insurance packages for practitioners. However, qualified Energy Healers who maintain membership with the Kent International Healing Association are automatically insured for their energy healing (formerly known as spiritual healing) work.
What is energy healing (formerly known as spiritual healing)?
It is a hands on complementary therapy, that is routinely offered at a spiritualist church. The healer learns to channel spiritual energy through himself/herself to the patient. More details can be found on the Kent International Healing Association website
Taster sessions (around 20 minutes) are available at the Centre on a donation only basis
Full sessions lasting an hour can be privately arranged with your practitioner.
Julie shares her story of receiving energy healing (formerly known as spiritual healing) at the Centre
What is Reconnective Healing?
Reconnective Healing is generally a hands-off treatment which is said to reconnect the client to "the fullness of the Universe as it reconnects us to the fullness of our beings and who we are" (description taken from www.thereconnection.com where full details of the therapy are available).
Taster sessions (around 20 minutes) are available at the Centre on a donation only basis
Full sessions lasting an hour can be privately arranged with your practitioner.
How do I become a healer?
To beome a Energy Healer, you would need to train with a registered energy healing (formerly known as spiritual healing) teaching centre of which we are one. Other teaching centres will be listed on the Kent International Healing Association website. The course we run at the centre spans 2 years: contact us for more details and to register your interest.
To become a reiki healer, you wuld need ot train with an experienced reiki master. the course we run at the centre spans 2 years: contact us for more details and to register your interest.
To become a reconnective healer, one would have to attend a weekend reconnective healing workshop
Other complementary therapies offered at the Centre
What is Indian Head Massage?
See the Wikiepedia desciption of Indian Head Massage (also known as Champissage)
What is reflexology?
See the Wikiepedia desciption of reflexology
What is hypnotherapy?
See the Wikiepedia desciption of hypnotherapy
Meditation
What is meditation?
See the Wikiepedia desciption of meditation
Group meditation at the Centre is guided meditation, with the group sitting together in a circle and the group leader guiding the group to a state of relaxation. The method we use involves leading the group through relaxation techniques to put their physical body to "sleep" and close their mind off from everyday thoughts, so as to raise their vibration thus developing their spirituality. Following a meditation session, time is given for the group to write down their own personal thoughts or feelings, before they are given the oportunity to share or discuss experiences with the group if they wish.
What are the benefits of meditation?
When practised regularly meditation can lower blood pressure and heart rate, and is said to be more beneficial than two hours sleep. It can relieve stress, strengthen self control and in the east it is even claimed that regular mediation practice can eliminate disease.
Can I learn meditation at the centre?
Yes. New members are welcome to join a mediation group, who meet on the third Sunday of every month, at 7.40pm. There is no commitment to come regularly and no previous experience is necessary (there is no fee, however voluntary donations are welcome).
At the Deal centre we are fortunate to have trainee mediums, who attend group meditation sessions for the purpose of developing their mediumship further - they do this by observing each person as they meditate and noting what they see, hear or feel spiritually. Hence often sitters will receive short messages from the spirit world following a group meditation.
Meditation is practiced at all workshops held at the Centre by Wendy: each session includes group meditation with spiritual messages from the attending mediums.
Can I practice meditation at home?
Yes. Although group meditations are beneficial in that
an instructer is on hand to explain what you have experienced, and the energy generated within the group can enhance the experience - however, practicing meditation wherever you are is beneficial. Many people find that is helps to focus their concentration if they follow a guided meditation using a CD. For this purpose, Wendy has prepared a CD entitled A Journey to Bliss, which can be ordered and sent to you if you cannot attend the Centre.