Hi Healistic

Taking your own example sentence ... and without getting into semantics about grammatical usage of words ... I'm afraid that I wouldn't use your first sentence at all. I can't imagine anyone saying that in reality.

Whilst healing on a patient using reiki I found that I was impressed to offer a reflexology treatment to my client. The next time my client came to me I offered this to her and she agreed. This to me was an innovation that instinctively came to me.

I'd be more likely to say: Whilst healing on a patient using reiki I found that I was guided intuitively to offer a reflexology treatment to my client.

Which seems to me more natural. The rest of your example would be OK, because I have avoided repetition of exact words.

Or perhaps I have misunderstood what you're getting at here? And this thread could get somewhat gaudy, LOL.

Holistic

Hi Healistic

Taking your own example sentence ... and without getting into semantics about grammatical usage of words ... I'm afraid that I wouldn't use your first sentence at all. I can't imagine anyone saying that in reality.

Whilst healing on a patient using reiki I found that I was impressed to offer a reflexology treatment to my client. The next time my client came to me I offered this to her and she agreed. This to me was an innovation that instinctively came to me.

I'd be more likely to say: Whilst healing on a patient using reiki I found that I was guided intuitively to offer a reflexology treatment to my client.

Which seems to me more natural. The rest of your example would be OK, because I have avoided repetition of exact words.

Or perhaps I have misunderstood what you're getting at here? And this thread could get somewhat gaudy, LOL.

Holistic

:mad:Point taken Miss (can I give you an apple)

:DI love gaudy:D

Instinct/Intuition

I would link these two together as, in non dictionary terms, to me they are tantamount to being the same. I would say that the only difference between them is that you look for Intuition whereas Instinct just comes to you out of the blue.

Intent

Having intent is necessary in anything we do. If you don't intend to do something it's not likely that you'll achieve the desired outcome. Your not going to give a very good Reiki session if you are just thinking about what to cook for supper rather than focusing your intent on giving Reiki.

Impressed

Not a word I use often and certainly not in therapies. It's not my job to impress my views or beliefs upon anyone. It is my job to offer guidance so that the person can find their own answers. In your example paragraph I would have personally used the word "guided" as in "whilst giving a reiki treatment to a client I was guided to also use...."

Innovate or innovation

Again, another word I would rarely be using in therapy. To me, innovation is the creation of something new. Although I may follow my instincts or intuition when doing therapy, I wouldn't personally label it as innovative as it's unlikely to be something that hasn't been done before.

Love and Reiki Hugs

Thanks Holistic and Energylz for your replies.

I posted not saying that the example I gave was to be taken literally.

But in reply to Holistic, I would not switch to reflexology whilst giving Healing. I would discuss this with my client after the session and if they agreed then I would set up another session.

Instinct/Intuition

Innovate or innovation

Again, another word I would rarely be using in therapy. To me, innovation is the creation of something new. Although I may follow my instincts or intuition when doing therapy, I wouldn't personally label it as innovative as it's unlikely to be something that hasn't been done before.

Love and Reiki Hugs

I used those words as it has been used in the past to introduce a new therapy that is said to be better than anything that has gone before.
Although it probably has but someone has jumped on the band wagon and said they have created something new.

In reply to Healistic:

(can I give you an apple)

It's OK, thanks, I've got a lovely big juicy one at the top of the page ... who wants RED apples anyway, I much prefer the green ones. This is NOT sour grapes

But in reply to Holistic, I would not switch to reflexology whilst giving Healing. I would discuss this with my client after the session and if they agreed then I would set up another session.

I'm not a reflexologist, but in any case don't see the relevance to raising this here. I thought we were talking about word usage, not about combining different therapies in one session.

However, I AM about to switch from computer to garden, so will return to read longer posts above at a later time.

Holistic