Sekhem: Protection, Present Love, and Healing Through Sekhem All Love

Protection Across Time

Within the Sekhem All-Love practice, protection can be brought into a painful childhood memory through present consciousness. Return to a time when a parent was angry, while feeling the presence of a trusted protective companion. Let current consciousness appear as an angel from the future, able to speak with the younger self.

Speak directly to the child within the memory: “You deserve to be protected.” Then imagine that this future consciousness can truly protect the child, together with the trusted companion. Feel them as a team.

The future consciousness can also speak firmly to the threatening parent. Let the younger self say what needs to be said. In this practice, the words that arise are simple and direct: “Go away.” Allow the protective presence to be strong enough to create distance.

Notice whether the threatening person is still aggressive in the present. A participant recognised that the person was no longer part of current life and had not been seen for a long time. Let the body register the goodness of that distance.

Question: What is being held when the people connected with the original harm are no longer in present life?

A wish may remain: the wish that things had been different, the wish for a real mother and a real father. Feel that wish without forcing it away. Seeing the wish clearly reveals the connection that is still being held.

Receiving Present Love

When the wish for a different family is present, recognise the person in current life who comes closest to the care of a mother. A participant identified a trusted person in the room. Hold that person’s hand and feel the love being offered now.

Breathe the love in. Notice its vibration and allow it to move through the body. The body may know what to do without needing many words. Open the hands and let yourself receive. Feel the love in the body, then allow it to come fully into the heart.

A person who has also been through great difficulty may be able to resonate with another person’s experience. That resonance can help draw the experience through. Feel the connection, feel the vibration, and let it enter the body.

In Sekhem practice, receiving is not only an idea. It may be felt through contact, breath, vibration and the heart. Allow the body to participate in the receiving.

Letting the Body Release

Standing can help the body align. Breathe in and feel the alignment. Let the body do what it needs to do. There is no need to force movement or perform the practice. Allow the body to move by itself.

Feel the heart and let feelings arise. If they come, express them. Relax the jaw. The body may know what to do in the same way that it knows how to beat the heart, digest food and carry out its other natural functions. Once food is placed in the mouth, the body knows what to do with it. Ordinary bodily processes do not require constant conscious direction.

The surrounding circumstances may remain imperfect. Persistent flies, for example, can become part of the experience and even bring laughter or feeling. Let whatever is present be part of the moment without losing contact with the heart.

Breathe the energy up into the heart, then allow it to come through the body. A sharing arose in the form of remembered shadows in a hallway, heavy footsteps waiting outside a door, and the fear of being too young to understand another person’s pain. The child had kept quiet. Let that memory come into awareness without abandoning the child within it.

Feel the presence of a beloved dog who offered safety and companionship. Let tears come. Receive them as healing tears if that is how they are experienced. Breathe in and allow the energy to flow.

Bring the vibration down through the body. Feel it as healing. Open the heart and feel the presence of love. As the wave moves downward, notice where it becomes stuck. With care and consent, a trusted person may touch the place where it is held and help support its movement.

Feel the energy shift into the pelvis, then down into the legs. Continue to breathe it in. The movement is not imposed from outside. It is allowed, felt and supported.