At the end of the session

Ask the client’s body if she is finished, if it is a good place to stop. Ask if there is anything unfinished, or if there is just one more thing that needs to be done. Sometimes there is one more meridian, or someone hiding on the edges of the field. One final touch, and you’re done. You do not hunt the edges of a room so the page looks finished. Make sure the client is back in his body, is OK to drive his car. Maybe she wants to sit and gather herself for a moment, or needs a glass of water. Sometimes it is difficult for them to come to focus enough to even write a check correctly. Don’t send them off into traffic until they are centered and can engage their left brain. Don’t be shy about asking if they’d like to make another appointment. You can offer to ask their body if they’d like to come back, and when. Three weeks? Four weeks? Give them a card. Send them off glowing with your blessings. True healing might not be accomplished in one session — it might, but more work might also be needed. People only have a current-time experience of their body, and they forget how they were only a short time earlier. “But I feel fine now. There must have never been anything wrong in the first place. You really didn’t help me.” People do forget quickly. And your check-in can remind them of the issues that have been resolved. You have resolved the major issues she had with her mother growing up. But what about that argument the next week. Another milk allergy re-developing. More issues emerge in our lives as we continue living. It’s a process, and not necessarily one-and-done. The body-consciousness will decide how much time, on its own terms.