Dear EEM Practitioner,

As the COVID-19 pandemic is preventing face-to-face EEM sessions, many of our practitioners are offering sessions online or are considering such services. We have given a great deal of thought to what is appropriate in envisioning, offering, and describing online EEM sessions and to what is not appropriate. In consultation with some of our most highly experienced practitioners, we have developed the following Guidelines, which we are sending you as official EEM policy from this point forward:

EEM Practitioners (when representing themselves as EEM Practitioners) can serve as “energy coaches” by providing the following services remotely:

1. Instruct and supervise clients in performing EEM techniques.
2. Guide clients in selecting which techniques to use in relationship to their specific needs.
3. Teach clients how to more consciously attune to the energies within their bodies so they can track the results of specific techniques without energy testing. Having them articulate what they are aware of builds this “muscle.”
4. Teach clients how to self-test. Eden Energy Medicine self-testing tools include “the body as a pendulum,” the “jug test,” and using any of various meridian energy tests that can be self-applied as a general indicator test (e.g., the tests for the small intestine, gall bladder, and spleen meridians). Always include, however, strong caveats that self-testing is an art that requires practice to make it reliable. Still, it can be empowering for people as a route toward learning how to track and self-assess their own energies (you can also watch them practice it and provide feedback). We do not, by the way, encourage our practitioners to “surrogate test” yourself for information about a client you are working with online. The principles in this position piece address this caution.
5. Teach clients how to choose and use EEM techniques on a self-help basis.
6. Provide non-EEM information that is relevant to the client’s health needs, if you are qualified by training to do so (e.g., nutritional advice) or with appropriate disclaimers.
7. Teach basic EFT tapping routines to reduce Corona-induced anxiety and panic. You can learn a basic protocol online that is oriented toward self-help (you of course can’t use EFT tapping to offer psychotherapy unless you are a psychotherapist), or you can simply direct clients to online resources.
8. Be a source of emotional support, caring, and inspiration. These conversations will also of course connect you in with the client energetically, give you information about the direction for the session, and help you track the outcomes of any homework you assigned in the previous session.

What this means for you:

• We support having our practitioners refer to the services outlined above as “Online EEM Sessions” or “Remote EEM Sessions.”
• We do not support anything that 1) implies that Innersource teaches “distant healing” (energy sent over a distance that has specific impactful healing properties) or 2) that we train or certify our practitioners to be able to claim that they provide distant healing.

We want to close by emphasizing what one of our practitioners said when reviewing this letter: “The heart of Donna's work is empowerment, helping others heal themselves. This is the focus of my remote work – educate and empower clients by teaching them the EEM tools.” The most basic principle of EEM is that the body is designed to heal itself and that our job as practitioners is to help facilitate that natural process. Specifically, when you bring the body’s energies into balance – body, mind, and spirit come into a natural harmony that supports healing, wellness, and thriving.

Thank you for radiating this principle into the world, one-on-one, in your classes, in your communications, and now online if you choose to step onto that path.

Sending our blessings that you keep your spirits high and your health vibrant during these challenging times!

Love,

Donna and David