Chat with Marcia Emery, author of "The Intuitive Healer"

March 23, 2000

The Seeker's Circle (www.seekerscircle.com)

Moderator: Karyn Greenstreet

Copyright (c) 2000 by Karyn Greenstreet.  All rights reserved.





<Karyn G./Moderator>  Okay, folks...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  we should get started...

<HeartSoaring>  K

<Karyn G./Moderator>  and let the late comers sneak in later

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Hi, Suz!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Hi, Moonbeam!

<HeartSoaring>  It was polk!

<HeartSoaring>  hi Suz and Moonbeam

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Dang!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Hi, Kathy!

<HeartSoaring>  ROTFL!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  I bet Polk's first name was "Rod" <g>

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Okay, folks, ready to get started??

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Hi, Zelda!

<HeartSoaring>  ROTFLMAO! I just spit out water!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  hahahaha

<Suz>  Ready

<HeartSoaring>  ready freddy

<Ninotchka>  ???????

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Does everyone know how "formal conference rules" work?

<zelda>  Hi Karyn!

<HeartSoaring>  yes'm

<Kathy>  yes

<Suz>  I'm not sure.

<Will>  yes

<zelda>  No.

<Nancy M>  Yes

<hkjones>  <HK>  Not sure

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Basically, in order for each person to have their turn 

to speak (type) fully, when you have a question or comment, raise your hand 

by typing a "!" and pressing <enter>...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  I'll keep track of whose turn is next...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  That way...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  we won't talk all over each other, or our guest.

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia, ready to go?

<Marcia>  I am ready

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Okay!...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Ladies & Gentlemen...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  (and anyone in-between)...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  I have the honor of introducing Dr. Marcia Emery...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  the author of several books...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  her latest one...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  is entitled "The Intuitive Healer"...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  welcome, Marcia!!!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  <applause>

<HeartSoaring>  <Clap-clap>

<Marcia>  I'm delighted to be here -- shall we tell them my new namega

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Yes...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia has "graduated" in the online world...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA Marcia

<Marcia>  The Geekess (related to the Goddess)

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia The Geekess!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  hehehe

<HeartSoaring>  <G>

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  let's start at the beginning...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  then we'll open the floor to questions...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  What stirred you to write this book?

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA

<Marcia>  I was depressed...tired..

<Marcia>  Just moved to CA.from MI.....

<Marcia>  started reading Joan B "FIre in the Soul"

<Marcia>  and realized i was flat---I got quiet and asked my

<Marcia>  soul...what do I need to do? and the answer came..

<Marcia>  loud and clear....start writing...

<Marcia>  Intuition is my love-so that part was easy...

<Marcia>  I had some physical challenges at the time..

<Marcia>  and decided the book would be on Intuition and Healing ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  So...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  people can really listen to their own intuition about 

their health?

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA

<Marcia>  The essence of the book...

<Marcia>  is learning how to use your intuition to...

<Marcia>  communicate with your body... 

<Marcia>  to find out what's really

<Marcia>  wrong and know how to fix it.   ga

<Ninotchka>  l

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Can -everyone- do this?  GA

<Marcia>  Everyone who is ready, willing and able ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Ninotchka, do you have a question or comment?  GA  (GA 

means "go ahead")

<Ninotchka>  I have 2 questions

<hkjones>  Karyn I am sorry to bother you

<Ninotchka>  1. Is there any similarity between this and Carolyn Myss' work

<Ninotchka>  2. How does one communicate with the body re a specific query?

<Ninotchka>  GA

<Marcia>  Carolyn Myss by the way, wrote the foreword to the book...

<Marcia>  Caroline is talking about the chakras and connecting that

<Marcia>  to maladies at different levels...

<Marcia>  this book is teaching you, the reader, how to speak to your..

<Marcia>  body to make the mind/body connections 

<LOKAS>  hi

<HeartSoaring>  !

<Marcia>  #2 The intuitive mind speaks in pictures, symbols and images.

<Ninotchka>  can you give a concrete example of how to speak to your body?

<Marcia>  So when you pose a question, notice what picture, symbol or image 

<Marcia>  comes up   ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Ninotchka...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  do you have a follow up question?  or GA?

<Ninotchka>  Picture. symbol or image...what if nothing comes up?

<Marcia>  Either rephrase the question...

<Ninotchka>  I don't mean to be facetious, but it isn't always easy to see 

something

<Marcia>  Or, try to get yourself in a more relaxed frame of mind...

<Marcia>  I know you are not being facetious...most people

<Marcia>  cannot see...but we sense in some way...our inner senses

<Marcia>  our vibrant and our challenge is to try to cultivate them

<Marcia>  Does this begin to make sense?  ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  We perceive intuitive information in many, many ways. 

If you don't "see" something, there are other 

    skills you can cultivate to help you receive intuitive information.

<Marcia>  Are you waiting for me to say more?

<Ninotchka>  Yes, that's a great answer! Thanks

<Marcia>  For example, I thought everyone heard dictation. I never realized 

how strong my hearing 

    sense was. GA

<Karyn G./Moderator>  (Right, Marcia!)

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA HeartSoaring

<HeartSoaring>  *grin* well, as I thought of my question, Marcia was already 

answering it! How is that 

    for intuition? :O) GA

<Karyn G./Moderator>  LOL!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia's very good!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  I have a question...

<Marcia>  Notice how people hold onto a pen and rubbing their fingers...

<HeartSoaring>  And Ninotchka was asking the same one! :)

<Marcia>  over it as they are considering an answer. They are feeling 

people..

<Marcia>  and feeling the right answer.  GA

<Karyn G./Moderator>  <nodding, yes>

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  can you give us an example...

<Marcia>  Am I being rude or telepathic by responding before being asked? GA

<Karyn G./Moderator>  of how you "knew" something about your health?

<HeartSoaring>  telepathic

<Karyn G./Moderator>  <grin>

<Marcia>  Let's go to the knees. Many people have knee problems...

<Marcia>  I had taken a major fall about 4 months before I moved to CA.

<Marcia>  My knees were very bad -this was one of my issues for healing..

<Marcia>  I knew I could go into my knees and get a picture of an object..

<Marcia>  to find out what was wrong...

<Marcia>  and there were rubber bands that were slack...

<Marcia>  which represented by sagging tendons that needed tightening..

<Marcia>  then I could visualize this.

<Marcia>  I went in and saw the color blue...which suggested to me..

<Marcia>  I need to keep this area cold. I had been going into the hot tub..

<Marcia>  which was a no no...

<Marcia>  So, by going in and "getting the pictures" I was getting the 

message

<HeartSoaring>  !

<Marcia>  of what was wrong. I can also talk about dialogue but perhaps I 

should pause for any 

    clarification. GA

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA HeartSoaring

<Suz>  !

<HeartSoaring>  By "going in" do you mean a meditation? I imagine it takes 

practice to interpret any 

    images seen? GA

<Karyn G./Moderator>  (If anyone has a question or comment, type ! and press 

<enter>  ...like raising your hand in 

    class...and I'll call on your in turn)

<Marcia>  I do mean meditation -- becoming centered (quiet) and receptive 

(breathing and relaxation)...

<Suz>  ! (Suz)

<Nancy M>  !

<Marcia>  I am in a space where my mind is expanded and the pictures still 

floating in..

<Marcia>  This take practice so if you don't get it the first time...

<Marcia>  you know what the teacher says, "You will do it again and again 

until you get it right. ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA Suz   (GA means "go ahead")

<HeartSoaring>  Like the nuns! ;O)

<Suz>  I've always been very healthy...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  :)

<Suz>  so when I had to have minor knee surgery last summer...

<Marcia>  This is for proactive health as well! ga

<Suz>  I interpreted as a need to slow down.

<Marcia>  Perhaps you needed to stay in place ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  (When you're done speaking, type "GA" so we know you're 

done)

<Marcia>  Sorry to interrupt -- but slowing down is correct  GA

<Suz>  No, but I walked slower, noticed more (Suz)

<Suz>  GA (Suz)

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Just FYI folks...

<Marcia>  And this took you out of a busy environment ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  on your OWN screen...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  you will not see your name next to what you type...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  but it DOES come up on everyone else's screen...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA Nancy

<Nancy M>  Marcia, did you receive all of your messages via hearing and 

pictures?

<Marcia>  Many times, I can sense what is happening. I am also getting better 

with taste

<Marcia>  and smell. that is an inner sense...if something stinks...having a 

putrid smell..

<Marcia>  even when physically no smell exists.  GA

<Nancy M>  Thanks, I just wondered because sometimes I get messages via taste 

and smellGA

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia...

<HeartSoaring>  !

<Karyn G./Moderator>  you sensed both the problem AND the cure?  Did you go 

to a doctor, too?  GA

<Marcia>  It is always good to get a second opinion.  And I smile when I say 

that...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  :)

<HeartSoaring>  LOL!

<Marcia>  because the subtitle of my book is, "Accessing Your Inner 

Physician. Usually

<Marcia>  we get an opinion from a DR>  and my point is that we can access 

our own

<Marcia>  inner physician to check that out...

<Marcia>  To answer your question, if I had an intuition about a health 

issue..

<Marcia>  I would check that out. I believe in both worlds....medical and 

holistic...ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA HeartSoaring

<HeartSoaring>  Stupid question, I'm sure, but I often smell things that no 

one else smells. Would the 

    smell only mean somthing if I were doing a meditation? GA

<Marcia>  My dear HS -- there are no stupid questions in my book --that is a 

great question.

<Marcia>  Sometimes we are in an altered meditative state

<Marcia>  and sometimes this happens unbidden...you suddenly smell 

something...

<Marcia>  then you know as you have said, that your inner sense is kicking 

in.  ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  You've heard of the expression, "She has a NOSE for the 

truth?"

<HeartSoaring>  actually, no. LOL ;O) GA

<Karyn G./Moderator>  :)

>  Marcia...

<HeartSoaring>  interesting, though, i'll pay more attention next time. 

Thanks! GA

<Marcia>  Great Karyn -- and we can transpose our senses to become more aware 

of them.  How does imagination and imagery play a part in all of this?

<Marcia>  If I am going into my knee, I am using imagery to see or sense what 

is there...

<LOKAS>  !

<Marcia>  I was in Seattle doing my body stethoscope exercise with the 

group..

<Marcia>  and a gal using her imagination,,, saw a meat grinder in her neck. 

What do you think that 

    meant?

<Marcia>  Use your imagination to see a meat grinder and then associate to 

it.  ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Sounds aweful to me!

<HeartSoaring>  become a vegetarian?! Sorry. *eh-hem* Tension?

<Marcia>  I asked her if she was being a grind --- was that referring

<Marcia>  to her?

<Marcia>  She said yes.  then she saw the color red

<Marcia>  and when I asked her for a song, she

<Marcia>  came up with, "Never On Sunday."

<Marcia>  Who would like to have a go at interpreting these images? ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Jump right in folks!  Just go with the first thing that 

comes to your mind.

<HeartSoaring>  !

<Karyn G./Moderator>  (just type your interpretation...don't need to raise 

your hand for this one)

<HeartSoaring>  I don't know the song but red to me would suggest anger...not 

taking time for herself? 

    Dunno

<Marcia>  HS - that is great -- she was angry  ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  (I'd love you to explain the concept of the "body 

stethoscope" to us, but first...)  GA Lokas

<LOKAS>  Red to me seems like "STOP"...

<HeartSoaring>  "never on sunday" = not able to rest on sundays? <g>  

<LOKAS>  like representing her inhibitions

<Marcia>  Both anger and stop are good. For the song, "never on 

<Marcia>  Sunday

<Marcia>  you might recall the film that Melina Mercuri was in--

<Marcia>  she was a prostitute and worked every day but...

<Marcia>  never on Sunday. That was the hit song from the show...

<Marcia>  So, I asked this gal, "Do you work everyday?" And she said "yes."

<Marcia>  I said, "are you angry at that?" and she said "yes." I realize that 

the red as 

<HeartSoaring>  on sundays, too, right? she couldn't rest andwas angry?

<Marcia>  just suggested might have been telling her to stop. ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Another question or comment, Lokas?  Or GA?

<Marcia>  May I make a comment about the mind/body connection? ga

<LOKAS>  Oh, I just had a comment...

<LOKAS>  I work in a computer lab..

<LOKAS>  as an assistant

<LOKAS>  I believe that even here I use a little intuition in helping people.

<LOKAS>  Sometiemes I can get right to the heart of a seamingly difficult 

problem, even without much 

    expertise in the area.

<LOKAS>  ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Sort of "medical diagnosis of a computer?"

<Marcia>  I taught in Grand Rapids, MI to Masters in

<LOKAS>  :-)

<Marcia>  Management students who were middle or

<Marcia>  upper level managers who thought they were

<Marcia>  very left brain and logical. At the end of the course,

<Marcia>  one of them who owned a computer store said,

<Marcia>  I now realize I am intuitive but never labeled it as

<Marcia>  such. When people call me on the phone and

<Marcia>  tell me what's wrong, I always know just what to say 

<Marcia>  even though I never saw the computer. This is a great

<Marcia>  area for intuitives ---computers...Hello Karyn! ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  hahaha!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  I wish...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  they'd teach MORE business people about their 

intuition...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  it might help solve a lot of problems...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  you had a comment about mind/body?

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA

<Marcia>  The beauty of using intuition is to provide

<Marcia>  the breakthrough perspective by means of which

<Marcia>  you can see the deeper meaning of any ailment.

<Marcia>  For example, when your back which supports you goes out

<Marcia>  of alignment, you might ask, "What facet of support is out of 

alignment in my life?

<Marcia>  Let me give you a few ailments on the physical level and 

<Marcia>  ask you to look for the mental/emotional correspondance-

<Marcia>  gum problems

<Marcia>  throbing knee

<Marcia>  sore eye

<Marcia>  Pain in the neck  ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Oh, the last one I can figure out! <grin>

<LOKAS>  lol

<Marcia>  I always ask, for example, who's the pain in my neck when that 

comes on. ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  You've got me stumped on gum problems, though.  GA

<Marcia>  Gum problems -- are you gritting your teeth about not saying 

anything?

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Ah!

<Marcia>  Sore eye - What are you not seeing?

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Or seeing too much of?

<Marcia>  Throbing Knee - Are you needing to stay in place ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia, can you talk about the "body stethoscope" 

exercise? Is this something we can try on our own 

    at home? GA

<Marcia>  Yes -- a stethoscope looks in and magnifies. And actually, I have 

been

<Marcia>  talking about the body stethoscope exercise.  Going into an ailing

<Marcia>  area and ask, (you are looking for the metaphor-the picture,

<Marcia>  symbol or image) if you had an object in this area,

<Marcia>  what object would it be?  If you had a color

<Marcia>  in this area, what color would it be?

<Marcia>  If you had a song in this area, what song would it be.  ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  That's a great exercise!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Can we do this for others?  (SHOULD we do this for 

others?)

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA

<Marcia>  We can try it now or I can give some additional examples of how 

this worked ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Sorry, I meant...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  will this exercise work...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  if we're "scanning" someone else...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  a child, a spouse, a pet?

<Karyn G./Moderator>  GA

<Marcia>  That's another exercise --- scanning. BUt back to this, you

<Marcia>  can apply this to someone you know. Go in and see

<Marcia>  what is presented image wise. I had a gal with an

<Marcia>  upset stomach who saw a piece of ginger...

<Marcia>  this is an easy one --she realized she needed to take ginger tea ga

<Marcia>  Someone saw play dough in their back and didn't know what

<Marcia>  that meant. What do you think? ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Did she know what ginger tea would do to help?  Or it 

just came to her?

<Marcia>  She saw the ginger -- and when I said, take the ginger tea, she 

resonated to that. ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Play dough....hmmmm...not enough strength?  too 

flexible??

<LOKAS>  She needed to stand firm maybe?

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Okay, folks, we're running out of time...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Any last questions or comments?

<Marcia>  I asked her if she had money problems -- and her eyes

<Marcia>  went wide open -- like how did you know --and the word dough gave 

me the clue ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Ah!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  I didn't even think of that!

<Marcia>  You have to be quick but let your mind free associate. ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  This will be a great exercise...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  for us to try on our own...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  and see how we do!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Marcia, I want to thank you so much for joining us!  

(Geek!)

<Marcia>  It is wonderfu and people can of course email me

<Marcia>  at PowerHunch.com

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Can you give us your email address and web site 

address?

<Marcia>  even visit my web at www.powerhunch.com ga

<Kathy>  Thankyou

<Marcia>  Your welcome. ga

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Thanks, Marcia!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  If anyone wants a transcript of this chat...

<Karyn G./Moderator>  please email me!

<LOKAS>  Thank you both :-)

<Marcia>  This was my pleasure -- intuition is my passion and I always

<Nancy M>  Thanks Marcia

<Marcia>  enjoy sharing that with others  ga

<HeartSoaring>  Oh, man, Imissed it! Thanks Karyn and Marcia!

<Marcia>  Thank you all for being here ga

<zelda>  Thank you!

<Karyn G./Moderator>  Thanks EVERYONE for participating!