Access Bars®️ is one of the transformational life changing tools of Access Consciousness®️. Gary Douglas first pioneered the tools and processes known as Access Consciousness®️ in the 1990’s. Access Bars®️ or The Bars®️ are 32 points on your head which, when gently touched, help to release all the thoughts, ideas, beliefs, emotions, considerations……anything really, that stops you having more ease and joy in your life.
I was first introduced to Access Bars® in 2017 when a friend, who had just become a Practitioner, offered to run my Bars®️. As I am aways one to try new modalities that are gentle to help with my chronic pain, I was keen to see what it was about. For my first session, I wasn’t really sure what to expect so I just sat back while she gently touched different spots on my head. I can’t say that I had any big, noticeable changes that some people report after their first session. No instant shift in my pain or thoughts. I just felt relaxed, light and less stressed or rushed. Things didn’t bother me.
Like a lot of people after their first Bars®️ session I was left thinking what happened? I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but something felt different. Over the next few weeks, I started to notice how my reactions to things had changed. Things that once had me worried or angry just slipped by. Situations or opportunities that I once thought too hard now seemed possible. Things, choices, life just felt lighter, easier.
It seemed so simple yet so life changing that it wasn’t long before I took my first Bars®️ class. Over the next few years, I enjoyed sharing The Bars®️ with friends and family. Joining and also hosting Bars®️ swaps with other Practitioners. I joined in on a second Bars®️ class as well as a Body Process Class®️, another Access Consciousness®️ tool. I learnt more about the clearing statement and asking questions, which is a big part of Access Consciousness®️. The more questions we ask, the more possibilities there are.
I enjoyed seeing how people’s perspectives and lives changed after having their Bars®️ run. Not all of them noticed the changes though, which I found very interesting. The thought that you could change the direction of your life for the better or suddenly have a block lift and not be aware of it, or think it was just luck, was interesting to me. It didn’t matter that they couldn’t always see it though. I was just happy that I was now in possession of these tools and was able to support others to make their lives better, easier and more joyful.
When my life’s path changed direction, and I decided it was time that I did that thing that I always knew I would do one day but never knew what it was, it was The Bars®️ that first came up as my way of being able to support others on their journey. Perfectly, I believe it was The Bars®️ that removed all that was blocking me and holding me back from making that move for so many years.
I first started providing sessions of The Bars®️ in my space along with my other offerings in 2022. I have had varied responses to sessions. Some people who have had their Bars®️ run before, come in excited knowing how good they will feel afterwards. Some who have never experienced a Bars®️ session before, are not sure what to expect and, like my first session, just felt very relaxed afterwards. I have had people give me feedback that situations or their mindset have changed dramatically and they are now able to deal with things or people easily, the same ones that used to cause them pain. I have witnessed clients who have come over a period of time and seen their demeanour change completely. Over the last 6 months, I have had a theme of anxiety. I have had a few clients with varying degrees of anxiety reporting huge changes in their symptoms for the better and how its changing their life. I love hearing and seeing these results and knowing that together, we have created more ease and joy in my client’s lives, simply by my giving and their openness to receiving The Bars®️.
On a personal note, at one point I spent a year of receiving The Bars®️ on a weekly basis and I believe it helped me move forward to be able to make changes in my life for the better. Using the tools when faced with stressful or scary situations takes away so much of the fear and clears my mind so I am able to process and move through things with more ease. Not judging or projecting outcomes has allowed me to take risks I once wouldn’t have taken. In fact I no longer see them as risks, just opportunities.
Access Consciousness®️ says that by running your Bars®️, you open up space for you to be able to invite more possibilities into your life. It clears out the old “programmings” that say you ‘can’t’ or ‘shouldn’t’ do things and allows you to ask “but what if I did?”. It helps you to let go of your judgements of others and yourself. The ones that stop you thinking outside the box or travelling your own path, not others’. Access Consciousness®️ helps you to be conscious of all your thoughts, beings and doings. This helps you to ask questions and make choices, not based on what you have been told or is seemingly expected, but based on what you truly believe. Access Consciousness®️ allows you to be who you are meant to be, so you can give the world the gift of you, that only you can give.
My Access Consciousness®️ and Bars®️ journey has not only been about learning a modality to support others on their journey. It has released me from my old belief systems, judgements and expectations that were not allowing me to step into this new life I am now living. It has given me ease, joy and the ability to gift support to others on their life’s journey. It has shown me a new way to view the world without the limitations that I have carried with me all my life. Some were given to me by well meaning family, friends and teachers, others that I built myself along my journey, and some that seem to have no logical start but have always been there.
If this blog has you curious about how The Bars®️ could help you create more ease and joy in your life and you would like to experience an Access Bars®️ session with me, feel free to check out my offerings page and contact me to book a session.
Enjoy your journey
💜 Donna