Aloha Mark,
Although the level 2 class is geared specifically to helping others heal, level 1 gives you the background for the work. The last part of Level 1 introduces you to working with others and teaches a method that you can start using right away. I happened to take level 1 from Maaster Lin in a classroom setting. When it came time to the healing others part, he asked who hadn't done ANY healing work in their life - as an energy healer, nurse, massage therapist, etc. I was the only one left raising my hand. I was to work on a woman in the group with a blockage in her neck. He took me aside, told me what I'd be doing (the same thing thats in the level 1 learning course), and in 2 minutes I was opening the woman's blockages.
As for how long it will take a person to heal, or how many times they will need to be worked on -that's up to the person's confidence and trust in you, how critical the problem is, if it's in a late stage, their environment, emotions and perceptions, what they may need to let go of or change, and how much love, kindness and forgivness they have for others and themselves.
Your faith, confidence, energy, visualization and focus also impact on this along with the amount of love, kindness and forgivness you embody. Your job is to assist their body in opening up the energy pathways. Their's is to keep them open.
Both the classroom experience and home learning courses are effective. Spring Forest Qigong is a way of life, a way of being. The technique is not as important as the amount of love in your heart when it comes to healing. Enjoy the course.
Much love, Shawn
[This message has been edited by Shawn_Grim (edited March 14, 2002).]
