Channeling Is Not What You Think It Is (The Truth Explained)

Channeling is not what you think it is.

You are not being taken over.
 You are not losing control.
 And you’re definitely not opening yourself up to something dark.

In this episode, I’m breaking down what channeling actually is — not the version you’ve seen in movies, and not the fear-based stories people often believe, but the real, grounded human experience of it.

I’m sharing my own journey into trance channeling, including the first time I allowed a direct message to come through, what that felt like, and how everything shifted from that moment.

Because when you understand this properly… everything changes.

In This Episode, I Share:

•  What channeling really is (and what it’s not) 
•  My first experience of trance channeling and what it felt like in my body 
•  Why channeling is about allowing, not losing control 
•  The truth behind the fear of “channeling something dark” 
•  How love, grounding, and intention shape your connection 
•  Why I always recommend starting with Reiki 
•  A simple way to begin opening your own intuitive connection 

The Truth About Channeling

Channeling isn’t about losing yourself.
 It’s about learning to allow more of who you are.

🔗 Next Steps

If this episode opened something up for you, I go deeper into this work in my free training, where I walk you through the foundations of energy, intuition, and how this naturally leads into channeling in a grounded and practical way.

And if you’re ready to keep building this connection, the next episode I recommend is:

How to Strengthen Your Intuition: 3 Simple Daily Practices

🎙 Listen & Connect

Transcript

Channeling Is Not What You Think It Is

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Channeling is not what you think it is. You are not being taken over. You are not losing control, and you're definitely not opening yourself up to something dark. In fact, it's one of the most natural abilities that you already have. I'm your host, Lisa Brandis, and today. I want to show you what channeling actually is, not the version that you may have seen in the movies, not the fear-based version that people think or talk about, but the real grounded human experience of channeling because once you understand it properly. Everything shifts. So let me take you back to when I first experienced channeling trance, channeling directly. At that point, I'd been sitting in a mediumship development circle for about four years. I'd been practicing reiki for many more years than that, and I already had developed a really strong connection with my spirit guide Anya. So I was communicating with her telepathically. I was getting clairvoyant and, and messages coming through. I'd already felt the energy. I'd experienced her presence and I'd witnessed a trance channel demonstration before, so I was in the front row. I felt the experience of that, but I'd never yet experienced it myself up until. That moment, everything was me speaking, so spirit speaking, me, translating, and then sharing. So one day everything changed for me. I was teaching a Reiki one class and during the two months the energy always builds as I atune one and then the other. I would do it in groups. And by the time I got to the last, the last atunement, the energy was so high and I could feel Anya clairvoyancy saying, sorry. Or he is saying to me, in my mind's eye, I want to give a direct message to the students. And I remember arguing with her and not sure what she was gonna say and just struggling to let go of that first element of control. And she said to me, you are ready. You can trust me. And there was something, I don't quite know how I allowed it to happen, but there was a heart opening and a resonance, and it was part of something I'd already been asking for. She felt in that moment that we were both ready and the feeling was totally euphoric. I was on such a high frequency. My mind, my heart had expanded. The message that came through me was uplifting and. It made a big difference to the group that I was with, and the feeling is the thing that I can never forget. It was, it was, like I said, it, it, it's unlike anything I've experienced before. So I wanted to share and break down some of the misconceptions. Okay, because here's. I, I guess when you have an experience like that, that kind of connection, you don't easily forget it. So I kind of felt the same way when I first was attuned to Reiki and then this was just that. So what it teaches you is that channeling isn't about losing control. It's quite the opposite. You are aware, you are present, you are always in control, but you are blended with this incredible. Energy and this frequency, nothing comes through you without permission. And that moment for me wasn't about something taking over me. It was about me allowing and opening and expanding into something pure and loving and having such a total beautiful resonance with that energy that I'd come to know through the mediumship development. So fast forward a little bit in time where I would put my hands. On two students that were receiving the attunement, this is when I'd kind of step back a little bit and my masters would be aud the students in the groups that I worked in. And as I would put my hands on their shoulders, I would channel a message through for the entire group. But those two particular people who had the hands on connection said that they felt the energy of Anya come through and it was like nothing they'd experienced before. So. I remember one girl in particular coming back and she'd had a reiki one atunement in that way where she was one of the two. I chose to feel that energy and she came back and did a reiki two atunement and, and someone else got that experience in in that second group, and she came back going, oh my gosh. It was nothing like the first Atunement. So she didn't realize that that wasn't commonplace and that that was quite a privilege to be. Chosen by Anya. It wasn't me. She would literally tell me, direct me where to go. So I wanted to talk a little bit about the fear and the reason why people get stuck when they start doing this work. And the biggest fear that I've heard as I've taught others how to channel is, what if I channel something dark? What if I lose control? What if something takes over me? And I wanna say that I understand because I've had those fears myself. And I, and I guess they come from the media and stories, but here is the truth. Fear disconnects you, love connects you. Okay? When you are grounded, present, and connected to love, you are not opening yourself to something harmful. You pulling in the energy of your own soul, your high self, the universe, and as you start developing that. Other like-minded, intelligent beings come to share wisdom, to uplift you and to help you in sometimes the big things in life, but also the very small meaningful things. Okay, they may seem significant or insignificant, but to you, every life experience that you go through to have that positive influence and that right support makes all the difference. So I wanna just say, I didn't wake up being born to do this. I had the foundation first. So if you're listening to this. And you are thinking, okay, I feel something here, but where do I start? Let me make this really simple for you. The first step is to learn to work with energy. That's why I always start with reiki, because Reiki teaches you how to channel energy safely and consciously before you ever try to channel. It grounds you, it builds trust. And then from there you can try something simple like automatic writing and you can ask yourself, what does love want me to know right now? Or what does my highest self want me to know? Right, right now, don't overthink it. Don't filter it. Just write down the first thing that comes through. So if you can take one thing from this episode, let it be this. Channeling is not about losing yourself. It's about learning to allow more of who you are. And if you're feeling called to develop this further, then you're in luck. I share exactly how this works in my free training where I'll walk you through the foundations of energy intuition and how it creates the beautiful pathway to open up into channeling in a really grounded, practical, and certified way. And if this opened up something for you, the next. Episode that I recommend you listening to is how to strengthen your intuition, three simple Daily Practices. Because once you see it, you won't be able to unsee it. So I hope this is inspired an interest for you to develop more about the beautiful ways that you can connect with Spirit, and I'll see you in the next episode. Bye for now.