Sekhem?

Hi Sarah,

Which Sekhem modality are you referring to?

If it's Helen Belot's Sekhem, then yes I've trained in this, but I would advise against attending any course offering this particular modality, not because there's something wrong with it itself, but because Helen Belot caused problems for many practitioners in the past when she chose to Trademark the name Sekhem (she failed to do this in the U.S. but succeeded in the EU and Australia) and then threatended to take anyone to court who used the name or logo (you weren't even allowed to say you were a Sekhem practitioner) unless you paid her a yearly subscription to be a part of her Sekhem Association; which later she stepped down from herself, taking the name with her and leaving all Association members without the ability to use it either. That's the shortened story, but as you can imagine it caused a lot of people a lot of problems, especially when they had already paid to be trained and certificated in the modality. My own personal contact with Helen left me saddened at the way she was going with things and her 'distrust' (for want of a better word) of those who sought to use the modality. I was also a little concerned about some of the "new age" style symbols that seemed to have been introduced as if they were supposed to be "ancient egyptian". Things just didn't seem to correlate properly, and getting answers from Helen wasn't easy.

To good news is that the trademark was very specific to certain products and the way the name was written, so as far as I'm aware nobody was succcessfully sued, and since those days, the trademark has expired.

Now, if you're talking about the proper source of "Sekhem" aka "Secheim" aka "SHKM" aka "All Love", which originates with Patrick Zeigler, then I can certainly recommend attending his All Love workshops, and they are an experience and 'awakening' you will not likely forget. Patrick has been on these forums in the past, though hasn't been around here lately. He was very supportive of everyone experiencing issues with the Helen Belot saga, and I've been to a couple of his workshops (and been out to lunch with him etc. but hey, who's name dropping eh! 😀 ) when he's held them in the UK. Still friends with him on facebook and he's always busy flying around the world doing workshops. Check out the All Love website () for details of courses (if they've been updated) or just connect with him via facebook and speak with him. There are other people he's trained as trainers out there too.

If you've got any specific questions, please ask and I'll see if I can answer.

All Love and Reiki Hugs