On healers charging money for their services

I did not ever intend to be a healer, nor did it ever cross my mind that i could even be a healer until i had a life changing experience 5 years ago. At that time i had a spiritually transformative experience that included a calling to be a healer. I then “crashed” into a spiritual emergency that included a lot of suffering that lasted for years. This was my soul’s call to for me to become healed, and i needed a lot of healing. 

Since then I’ve been going through a grueling process that has forced me to face and feel every bit of me that needs healing. I finally found effective healing and training through my shamanic teacher, who i discovered three years ago—and i thank God for this because his healings were the only ones that were able to help me and it literally saved my life. I gladly paid for every single healing that I ever received because I knew his trained healers were working with all their heart and soul to help me. 

Because my desire to help others was so strong, when I started learning how to heal, I gladly provided healings for free because my heart hurt to see others suffer. I used my own supplies that I paid for with my own money. I have also paid thousands of dollars in receiving training, purchasing tools, travel expenses, etc. I will continue to be paying for training in the future for years to come as I advance in my skills. On top of this I have a masters in transpersonal psychology which was not cheap. 

When it comes down to it, there needs to be some type of an energy exchange when we provide any kind of service to others. The healing I do is not necessarily “easy” or simple. There is a lot of preparation, time and supplies involved. I do it from my heart, not because I want to make money. But if there is no energy exchange, I won’t be able to do the healings in the first place. Also, people tend not to value things when they are just handed to them, except when someone is really really suffering. 

I believe there are still a few exceptional healers out there who do not charge, but this is very rare and it seems that these people are living in special circumstances that allows them to do so. I hope this gives some perspective on why healers charge