linnie
I hardly ever read, but when I do I put my energy into setting the space... I've only really done readings at a park bench with close friends whilst camping, or at home, besides festivals. If I'm at psychic fairs and festivals, though, I am more thorough, because there's lots of energy rocking around those places. As in when I give pranic healings, I ask for harmlessness. It's just a gentle gesture that a beautiful buddhist friend suggested years ago, and it sits right with me.
At those festivals, you can't often have candles etc because of insurance and allergies etc, so really I put my focus into creating a gentle space. More than once (and I'm not a frequent festival goer/reader), I've had people come into my space and say "This is such a beautiful space. It feels so safe and gentle. I'm not having a reading, but can I just sit here for a bit". That didn't make me any money, but it made me happier than earning money, because I was mainly there to get feedback on my cards anyway, and I actually felt honoured that I could create a space where people felt at peace.
One day, a young woman asked if she could come in, just to feel peace... She'd literally just come from her fiancee's funeral across the road. All her friends were off getting readings and she couldn't cope with the energy... I felt really, really blessed to be able to offer her the gift of a moment's peace.
So, really, I get out a couple of favourite clearing crystals, unwrap my cards and shuffle them, lay them upright, let the querent select the cards, and then read the story that unfolds. (This is for specific reading that I do with my deck, because that's what the deck requests
). When I'm finished, I blow the deck, to clear it ready to start again. If a reading has been unsettling, i'' sniff a smudge stick, or one of my favourite oils, more to ground me than anything!
My priority is creating a safe haven for those who are trusting themselves to me for a brief moment in time.
At those festivals, you can't often have candles etc because of insurance and allergies etc, so really I put my focus into creating a gentle space. More than once (and I'm not a frequent festival goer/reader), I've had people come into my space and say "This is such a beautiful space. It feels so safe and gentle. I'm not having a reading, but can I just sit here for a bit". That didn't make me any money, but it made me happier than earning money, because I was mainly there to get feedback on my cards anyway, and I actually felt honoured that I could create a space where people felt at peace.
One day, a young woman asked if she could come in, just to feel peace... She'd literally just come from her fiancee's funeral across the road. All her friends were off getting readings and she couldn't cope with the energy... I felt really, really blessed to be able to offer her the gift of a moment's peace.
So, really, I get out a couple of favourite clearing crystals, unwrap my cards and shuffle them, lay them upright, let the querent select the cards, and then read the story that unfolds. (This is for specific reading that I do with my deck, because that's what the deck requests
). When I'm finished, I blow the deck, to clear it ready to start again. If a reading has been unsettling, i'' sniff a smudge stick, or one of my favourite oils, more to ground me than anything! My priority is creating a safe haven for those who are trusting themselves to me for a brief moment in time.
