Share the Sweater

What is “Share the Sweater”?

"Share the Sweater" is the name I have given to my life's work: to help people to heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and to teach them how to awaken, protect and nurture love and compassion for both themselves and others.  

In working to help people reach their healing and personal goals, I use a variety of techniques, either alone or in combination.  In my one-on-one energy healing work I identify where a client's energy is being blocked or lost so that we can develop a plan to correct those imbalances and alleviate physical symptoms.       In my  "Share the Sweater" trainings, I teach people to relieve stress through meditation and reflection, to live consciously and in the moment, and to develop loving kindness. 

I work with both individuals and groups.  When working one-on-one, I develop a Personal Healing Program that will provide the most appropriate combination of energy healing and training to facilitate personal growth and healing.  

Each one of us carries within us a limitless stream of love and kindness.  I consider it an honor and a blessing to be able to devote my life to helping people awaken this love and achieve the healing they seek. 

    - Susan Downing, founder and director of Share the Sweater 

How do sweaters fit in??  

We all have loving feelings inside us. But over the years, as we experience hurt or disappointment in our relationships, we cover these loving feelings over with one protective layer over another, like a pile of sweaters that we think will protect us from future discomfort. After a while, though, we have so many sweaters on that they’re not protecting us any more. We're overheated. We can’t move. Sometimes we can’t even breathe because these sweaters are so heavy and constricting.

This is why I developed “Share the Sweater”: to help you - through healing work and training - peel away the heavy, constricting sweaters that don’t breathe and replace them will ones that will both let the loving feelings flow out of you and keep you feeling warm and fuzzy, instead of suffocated.

About the Share the Sweater logo:

The red, yellow and blue swirls represent several energy healing symbols, as well as the three turnings of the Buddhist wheel of dharma.  The swirls suggest subtle motion and symbolize the flow of loving energy and wisdom. The human figure in the center both nurtures this energy and sends it out to the world on the rays of light emanating outward from the middle.   

Whom does the figure represent?  Me.  You.  All of us.  Each of us has within us a core of energy and wisdom. So, the logo symbolizes what each of us can become: a person who spreads light and love throughout the world.