Energy Sensing Exercise
by Jo Dunster

Overview
The aim of this exercise is to illustrate to the participants what energy feels like and what difference in the feeling there can be. It also teaches the participants to trust their instincts and to open up and allow themselves to feel the energy they are sent. This exercise is done in pairs and uses several different items as a focus for energy with the aim that the person on the receiving end will sense a difference in the energies projected through each and learn to articulate such differences.

Props
Focus Items: 
	Crystal/s 
	Athame 
	Hand 
	Wand
Stool
Usual altar setup
Cakes and ale

Setup the altar and as you would normally but add the focus items to the altar in a convenient location and put the stool in the centre of the circle.

Cast circle. 
Call quarters.
Central invocation.
Power raising  / Witche's rune. 

All participants to ground and centre thoroughly before starting.
One person sits on the stool with their back towards the other.
Using each focus item the standing person directs energy through the item towards the sitting person, being careful not to imprint it with any particular intent. 
They may however visualise the energy in different colours, temperature or intensity. 
Do this for about 10 to 30 seconds and stop. 
Before moving on to the next item discuss what the energy felt like, what tool they thought you used and if there were any other particular sensations felt. 
Make a note of this and move on to the next item.
By the time you have worked your way through them all you should start to be able to sense a distinct difference between them. 
Discuss the overall experience then either swap over or continue on to cakes and ale.

Cakes and ale.
Farewell quarters.
Thank deity.
Close circle.