The following is an ideal exercise to begin sensing auras. This is one of the first exercises used
                    during training as a Spiritual Healer.

                    EXERCISE 1: Sensing the Hand`s Energies

                         Stand or sit comfortably. Take three deep breaths to energize and balance yourself.

                         Hold your hands up to about waist height, with the palms facing inwards, and the width
                         of your body between them. Let the hands relax so that the fingers separate naturally.
                         Notice what you sense.

                         Bring them together slowly, again noticing what you sense as you do so.

                         Now rub your hands together briskly and hold them out again as before. Bring them
                         together slowly, noticing what you sense again as you do so.

                         Rub your hands together and hold them out again, this time with twice the width
                         between them. Bring them together slowly. What do you notice now?

                         Finally, rub your hands together and hold them out as far as you can. Bring them
                         together slowly. Did you find a difference in what you sensed? You may have sensed the
                         energies of your hands as something like a soft ball between them, which grew in size as
                         you rubbed your hands together each time.

                         Now work the same way again, but with a partner to see what you can sense together.

                    EXERCISE 2: Sensing the Hand`s Energies with a Partner

                         Stand opposite your partner with an arm’s length between you.

                         Both rub your hands together briskly and hold them at shoulder height with the palms
                         facing your partner.

                         Close your eyes.

                         Slowly move your two palms towards each other. Notice what you sense.

                         Stop when you can feel your palms ‘bouncing’ gently against the ‘ball’ of energy
                         between you. Open your eyes and see where your hands are.

                         Now stand six paces apart and rub your hands together.

                         Close your eyes. Hold your hands up in the same way as before and slowly step towards
                         your partner until you can sense the ball of energy again.

                         Open your eyes and see if the ball of energy you are both sensing has grown bigger.

                         Finally, stand twelve paces apart and repeat the sensing with your eyes closed. Discuss
                         with your partner what you both sensed.

                         Decide whether you think you could go on increasing the distance between you and
                         what the reason for this might be.

                         These exercises have given you a taste of things to come.

                    EXERCISE 3: Sensing the Energies of your Partner

                         Ask your partner to stand, with feet slightly apart, to relax and breathe normally.

                         Stand in front of your partner and hold the palms of your hands at body’s width away
                         from your partner’s head. Slowly bring your palms in towards their head until you feel a
                         change in the energy between your hand and your partner’s head. (When your sensitivity
                         has developed sufficiently you will be able to feel the energy radiating from their head as
                         you ‘bounce’ your palms gently against this field).

                         Now slowly bring your palms down the body, continuing to trace the energy field around
                         it. Notice how far from the body it seems to project. Be prepared for it to change. Does it
                         swell out or go in at any point?

                         Repeat the process down the front and back of your partner’s body. How far above the
                         top of their head does it extend?

                         Next, to find out if the field seems to extend from the feet also, ask your partner to lie
                         down and feel what energies extend from the feet.

                    You have now built up a picture of the total energy field which surrounds your partner. As you
                    do the exercise, you might pick up colours, an unusual shape to the energy field or variations
                    in temperature. These are all part of your interpretation of your partner’s energy field. See if
                    your partner can relate to your findings. Discuss this with them.

                    This exercise should be repeated from time to time. One experience of sensing another’s aura
                    will not teach you all there is to know. See if you become aware of ‘layers’ in the aura. Make a
                    note of how you were aware of this. Some people experience the `energies` of an aura as areas
                    of heat or coldness. If this is your experience, decide what you think this means in terms of your
                    partner’s health and general balance of their energy. Discuss these findings with your partner.