I tried energy healing and reclaimed my glow – inside and out!
An experience with renowned Energy Healer, Toby Aspin has been described as Psychic Botox and a Tune-Up for the Soul. Would I agree? Read on and find out...
Like anyone who has been on this mortal coil for a while, I’ve had some strange things happen to me in life – coincidences so jaw-dropping I wouldn’t tell others for fear of being judged as exaggerating, feelings that I can’t explain when around certain people or places, connections with strangers that are so powerful I feel as if I’ve known them my whole life. You know – things we just can’t put our finger on.
I wouldn’t call myself particularly spiritual, though I don’t dismiss that there’s something out there bigger than us - I believe the universe works in ways we aren’t educated to understand in ‘the real world.’ I know by now that there are some things you just can’t explain – and that was one of the main takeaways I got from my Energy Healing Treatment and Pranic Facial that I had last week.
A few months back I was contacted by Toby Aspin, an Energy Healer, who wondered whether I’d like to try Facial Rejuvenation using Non-Contact Energy Healing and review it on my blog or socials - if it was something I thought my followers would be interested in. Like any journalist (or even like any midlife, inquisitive woman) I immediately googled Toby after receiving his email and what I read left me intrigued…
The Sunday Times called Toby’s Pranic Facial (prana is the Sanskrit word for ‘life-force’ or breath) akin to ‘Psychic Botox’ - a killer clickbait title if ever I’ve read one! T.V Personality, Anthea Turner said, “I felt a complete sense of calm like someone had physically removed what irked me and my face had a glow.”
And one broad sheet journalist claimed, “he fixed my lower back overnight.”
Toby’s big name clients who include top journalists, the C.E.O of Chanel, the private legal secretary to a former Prime Minister, supermodels and celebrities, are certainly impressive, but the biggest hook for me was that Alice Hart Davis, one of the most respected aesthetic and beauty journalists and author of the fabulously useful, The Tweakment Guide said of her treatment with Toby “After each session (I did a course of five), I looked as if I’d had a week’s sleep.” Furthermore, Alice was impressed enough to make space to include his energy healing facial in her Tweakments Guide which is predominantly about aesthetic medical grade/clinical treatments that use needles and high-tech lasers and the like, rather than woo woo light and spiritual energy guidance.
So, with my interest piqued and menopausal hormones running amok – I booked in with Toby and hoped that afterwards, like Alice, I would look as if I’d had a week’s sleep (I’d be happy with 8 hours to be fair.)
I don’t know why – call me a stereo-typer (even though I made that word up, it seems apt) I imagined Toby to be dressed in flowy robes or a tunic, wafting incense around. Certainly, I thought he’d be in a more spiritual get-up than his conservative dark slacks and shirt (I’m still working on being one of those people who doesn’t judge a book by its cover.) Toby was smiley and unassuming - in a pleasant and calming way - and struck me as a kind, friendly chap who was delighted with the celestial ‘gift’ that he had been given, reiterating throughout my time with him that he wasn’t in charge here. He said that during a session, he was like a conduit for unexplained powers above and it was they who did all the big work. That could make some people uneasy, wondering what kind of mystical madness might occur, but he reassured me that the energy clearing would be a positive experience and nothing to be scared of.
Succinctly put, Toby says, “My 'gift' ranges from the ability to remove emotional and mental blocks so the client can reduce the chance of burnout and focus more easily on the day to day - to rejuvenating the face. Fine lines and wrinkles disappear and there is a shine behind the skin and eyes that cosmetics alone can't do.” Ok then, I thought – it sounds all good in the Universal hood - let’s get started!
I laid, fully clothed, on the treatment bed and Toby played some soothing spa-like music and said I was welcome to keep my eyes open or close them. I never need to be asked twice to close my eyes as I’m always hoping to get in some extra zeds, but as Toby set about hovering his hands above my body, the strangest thing happened – my shut eyelids were fighting to open. I wanted to keep them closed but they started flickering like crazy, which was a little disconcerting. As I said, it doesn’t take much for me to want to close my eyes and have a sneaky snooze but it felt as if the powers above didn’t want me to miss what was going on by sleeping. Oddly, as soon as I stopped resisting, the flickering stopped, my eyes stilled and I felt a woosh of calm envelope my body.
This calmness gave way to the most incredibly bright colours dancing behind my eyelids and then a slight feeling of panic as I realised I ‘couldn’t get away from myself’. It’s hard to explain (and Toby says that everybody has different experiences that just make sense to their deeper selves – soul/spirit - and are yours to interpret, which makes it difficult to describe what is going on.) When I just let go and realised, ‘I’ wasn’t going anywhere, I felt an intense joy, tears sprang to my eyes as my mind kept repeating the words “It’s ok now…it’s ok now” over and over again. Try as I might to think about something else – my puppy, the noise in the corridor, what to have for dinner that night – it was impossible, I was wholly present in my body and had no thoughts at all, except for the words that popped up. They ranged from ‘it’s ok now’ to “soften, softening…” It sounds weird now I’m writing it down, but those words felt so right at the time, as if they were sending me a message.
Throughout the first half hour of treatment, I sensed a breeze across my face and then a warmth in my stomach which, at one point, began to gurgle alarmingly. All the while I felt I was in a ‘bubble’- as if I wasn’t on the table but just floating somewhere. It was peculiar but not unpleasant.
Toby washed his hands to mark the end of the energy healing first half of the session and then, on to the facial rejuvenation, moved his hands above my head and face. Again, breeze and heat were coming up for me – and these sensations alternated around my face, accompanied by a feeling as if I had a band around my forehead and I started getting a bit of a headache which lasted for a few hours. Then, the oddest thing – my face felt as if it was being pulled upwards from within – it wasn’t painful – just strange. I hoped it was working on lifting my jowls! At the end of the session my hands began to slowly curve and felt really warm as my mind conjured up an image of them holding golden globes. It was so comforting and I let out a long, contented sigh.
As the music finished, I was surprised that I was able to lift myself off the couch, I imagined I would stay still for ages just to process the whole experience but in fact, I felt buzzing with energy. I couldn’t wait to find out what Toby had discovered from the powers above.
Toby, bless him, sunk into his seat and looked pretty spent. I mean, I get it - it’s a long time to be chanelling for the universe and I think he had his work cut out with clearing my stagnant energetic field. I might have been half joking but Toby’s feedback on the session confirmed that I was actually on the right path with those thoughts. He said he saw an image and felt the sensation of a cloudy 'fuzziness’ in my heart chakra and also in my Solar Plexus and although being free to interpret this how I saw it, Toby said that I might take this ‘fuzziness’ as compounded or unresolved issues that are still hanging around. The Solar Plexus means they're emotional issues and the Heart Chakra means (generally) your flow of love with people/world issues. Put simply, I took it to mean that I don’t allow myself to let go and flourish as I much as I could in many areas of my life - and I’m holding on to feelings and emotions from the past with my guard up.
Toby likened this session of energy healing as similar to undercoat - a general removal of the top layer of gunk before we get down to the nitty gritty.
And how about my wrinkles? Well, I definitely had an incredible glow from within – my eyes were brighter, my face lifted (my jowls, not so much) and I looked and felt happier. I wasn’t wearing any makeup but felt totally confident that my ‘celestial shine’ was all I needed.
After the session, I had so much energy and everything felt effortless – like I was floating on clouds and as I strutted down Bond Street my mood was euphoric – as if a lot of weight had been lifted and I had no worries at all. To make the most of this feeling (which lasted for about 3 days until I came back down to earth) I went off to Candid Studios in Notting Hill and took some fun pictures. In the props trunk I was drawn to the crown – I really did feel like releasing my inner Queen as I danced around with my daughter and I hope with another energy clearing session - which I’ve booked in already - my inner Queen will come out again – and stay for good!
NB: Energy Healing with Toby starts at £100 and I was grateful to receive my session complimentary with no obligation to post.