I know many on this board practice Reiki or some form of energy healing. I've also noticed how open-hearted our group is; I can tell when we hear of a person or animal (or plant!) in need, we wish to reach out as best we can and send healing. Perhaps others have felt the frustration of, how can I send energy healing to the many situations, people, or areas of the world I am concerned about?! Just a casual glance at our own healing request board is daunting, and we know of so many situations on the news where an entire area of people is in need - Iraq; areas of natural disaster, etc.
When I learned the form of energy healing I practice (similar to Reiki, only using the Hebrew letters of God's name rather than Japanese symbols), I was taught that one works on a single soul at a time. That indeed can make it very difficult to find the time to do energy healing for all those who have touched our hearts, and who we wish to send healing energies to. Since the Gulf Oil spill a few years ago, when I felt so burdened by the fears of that area (the sea creatures, the fishermen, the plantlife - the water itself!), I've been experimenting with sending energy healing to large groups at once. I felt uncertain whether it would "work" - as it went against what I was taught - but over a period of time I have built up a sense of the experience, and a feeling that it is possible to extend the white light to a larger group, and to have all considered in the meditation reap the benefits of that.
In my practice, I envision individuals one at a time, to start - such as when we learned of Sandy's daughter-in-law, and her sister, losing their mom. Then I would picture those that extend from them - their spouses; Sandy and George, etc. - then envision beyond that - the souls on this board whom Sandy and George touch each day, with their kind messages of hope - and then envision those whom those dear souls love - their circles of family and friends - and I would continuously envision the circles of white light growing larger and larger. To my mind, this is a bit like the concept of "Six degrees of separation" - the thought that each individual on earth is connected by, at most, six degrees of separation - that each of us links back to each other person in some way, through a chain of interconnection (and love).
Once I have the visualization of the interlinking circles of light and love, I send energy healing the same way that I would when I sent for a single individual. I have practiced this in separate groupings (perhaps my lingering superstition about a need for individuation). For instance: doing energy healing for prayer intentions and healing for the healing requests here on this board. For the clients and patients who frequent my office, and their loved ones, extending outward from our point of contact at my office. The Gulf region. Post-tsunami, in southeast Asia. Sometimes I begin with myself and envision my own family members and friends, and then continuously envision each circle widening, to include each of their loved ones - their colleagues, family members and friends. I have the sense that in this way, through a continuous chain of interlinking white-light circles, that we can indeed send out healing to many at once, even if we haven't the time to individually select each person. In many cases - such as when sending to war-torn areas, like throughout the middle east - we couldn't send to individuals - as we don't know them!
I wondered if others have felt this sense of frustration, to be unable to send energy to as many as we desire, when limited by individual prayer sessions - and whether others have attempted to send energy to large groups? And what results you have felt or noticed?
Thank you and peace to each of you!
With love and light, Michele
) This one too is a keeper... priceless as it allows us to touch multiple lives, multiple needs with the same strong intent as we do the individual. 
Peace to all of you,
This theory is largely unproven, but people reference it from time to time and it makes you wonder. It's like the idea that "this is a small world after all." I like to believe in 6 degrees of separation - I'm a romantic - and who knows? Maybe it really is true.
). Well, out of ALL the people I ever sent healing to, he, of all of them, really sucks up the energy the most! 
yes! me too...absolutely what I needed tonight and so very helpful!
But isn't it is such a blessing to be surrounded by so many loving people. What a boost it gives me every day as I go out into the world. 
