WHAT IS HIIMORI?
“Nothing is Hidden.” - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Matthew offer hands-on-healing, spiritual counseling and therapy from ancient sources in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, Shamanism and Taoism. His work involves the subtle energy through which Qi circulates.
A number of problems are addressed through Matthew’s work:
*angst, anxiety, depression
*stress, chronic pain, unhappiness
*trauma, painful experiences
*adjustment to health issues
*end-of-life, loss, dying and grief
*relationship, communication and intimacy issues
Matthew addresses the spiritual, psychological and emotional dimensions intertwined within each client. His holistic treatment helps individuals recognize ill health and integrate disavowed parts of themselves so that they can feel whole again.
Treating painful issues is difficult and requires effort by the practitioner and client. There is no quick fix, no big medicine, and no magic yogic technique to make problems instantly disappear.
Paramount to starting a journey of healing, clients should feel safe and comfortable. The practitioner must earn the client’s trust. Matthew believes counselors must truly care for their clients. Ultimately, he wants his clients to discover their own powers of healing and creativity—powers that lead to true spiritual transformation.
The meaning of hiimori
‘Hiimori’ is a Mongolian term meaning wind horse, an image that can be seen on Tibetan prayer flags. The wind horse is the principle behind all activity and change. Stagnation and blockage of its vital energy can lead to sickness and disempowerment.
Why Hiimori Energy Work is ‘elemental’
In Buddhism, the wind horse represents five energetic principles, or elements: earth, metal, water, wood and fire.
Each element corresponds to two organ functions. When these elements fall in and out of balance throughout our lives, this can bring suffering, reactivity, negativity and loss of our vital power. Rebalancing these elements brings health, power and creativity. In Tibetan Buddhism, it is said that once these five elements are purified, they transform themselves into the five wisdom energies associated with the Transcendent Buddhas— Buddhas Akshobya, Amoghasiddhi, Amitabha, Ratnasambhava and Vairochana.
How Hiimori Elemental Energy Work treatments work
Throughout our lives, we think, feel and sense things. We process our experiences a lot like we digest, dealing with energies as information. We ingest what is relevant and we reject what is not. In this way, the flow of energy among the five elements is harmonious.
However, if we come into contact with something deeply troubling or traumatic, it is often too much for our nervous system to take. To survive this event, the nervous system makes a decision to store these energies in the body in order to process them later or ignore them altogether. These charges stagnate and begin to toxify. By stopping the flow of energy in the body, they lead to illness. Once these blockages are treated by Matthew, they can pass, discharging themselves naturally.
The importance of being open to yourself and present with your feelings
Most people don’t truly know how they feel at a given time. This is especially true of people in end-of-life situations or dealing with grief. Often times, people in such circumstances describe themselves as frozen or shut down. Many prefer to avoid confronting painful events in their lives or truths about themselves. Most of the time, people do not experience their feelings because they are not relaxed or peaceful enough to stop and listen to themselves.
Matthew is there for his clients as a support and guide. His clients are taught to outgrow old habits that make them unhappy and let go of coping mechanisms that in the past were helpful but are now irrelevant.
With balanced and enhanced Qi, clients can become creators—true authors of their lives.