Charging for healing
QUESTION: Masters, I feel that my healing work is very valuable to my clients. But I’m very afraid to charge a higher fee in case people think it’s too much because they do not realize the value they receive. If I were to charge a higher fee, would I end up being able to help people more, or less? And would I be better off financially, or end up with fewer clients and less money? Can you suggest any way I can overcome my fear of charging more? ~Angela, Australia
ANSWER: The issue of setting prices affects every merchant in the world. You don’t consider yourself a merchant? Anyone who gives service for a fee is a merchant. You have to evaluate the services you are providing and set a price that reflects what the buyer is receiving. You can have the best product on the planet but if the customer does not feel she has purchased the best she will not assign a high value to it in her world. In other words, she will not think it is truly going to affect the condition she came to you to alleviate.
You channel a tremendous amount of healing energy from the universe to your clients. In any healing there are two elements that must be in synchronization: the healer and the healed. If recipients don’t feel they are getting top-notch service and the best of energy, they will not allow themselves to be healed. For most people a reflection of value is the price paid. Your prices are currently too low—they do not reflect what you are providing.
New clients will not think your prices are too high. Older clients who have appreciated what you can provide will be unhappy at first because the bargain-basement days are gone, but they will come around. You will see satisfaction levels increase because people will have more faith in the outcome.
Your own feelings have to do with your issues of confidence and self-worth. When you sense discomfort around money, ask yourself: what makes me feel this way? What am I feeling? That will point to your lessons so you may complete them and have this fear disappear from your life.