What takes place at the start of a Sunan therapy session?
Clad in comfortable clothing, without jewelry or shoes, clients lie on their backs on a massage table. If they prefer, they can be wrapped in a quilt or blanket for an extra measure of reassurance. The Sunan therapist sits on a chair next to the table by the client’s shoulders and coaches the client into a deeply relaxed, meditative state. We call it the subjective altered state. While helping the client attain this state, the therapist goes into this altered state of consciousness as well. Unlike almost every other healing method we know of, traditional and alternative, the Sunan therapist is emotionally and spiritually connected with the client throughout the session. This remains true as long as both parties do not ground. By “ground,” we mean leave the subjective altered state and return to an analytical, waking state of consciousness. If either party does this, the result is to shut off the flow of unconditional love that has been evoked by the therapist at the start of the sessio
