The Power of Eight is a practice in which a small circle of people — ideally around eight — hold a single, heartfelt intention for the healing or wellbeing of one person at a time. By focusing together with sincere care, the group creates a shared field of attention that many describe as far more powerful than any one person intending alone.
Start Your Transformation →When you wish someone well, something real shifts inside you — your attention narrows, your heart softens, and your whole being leans towards their good. The Power of Eight takes that simple human impulse and gives it shape. A small group gathers, chooses one person who needs support, and for a few focused minutes everyone holds the same clear intention for that person's healing or wellbeing. Then the circle turns its attention to the next person, and so on, until each has been held.
It helps to see this as more than positive thinking or a group of people quietly hoping. The practice has a structure: a specific person, a specific intention, a shared moment, and a circle of genuine care all pointed in one direction. Just as a handful of voices singing the same note fills a room far more than one voice could, a handful of minds holding the same caring intention seems to create something that none of them could generate alone. Many who try it report feeling the intention land — both as the one sending it and as the one receiving.
The most striking thing people notice is that the giver often benefits as much as the receiver. Sending focused goodwill to another tends to lift your own mood, quieten your worries, and leave you feeling unexpectedly peaceful and connected. In a circle of eight, this becomes a gift that flows in every direction at once. You do not need belief, expertise, or any special gift — only a willing heart and a few minutes of sincere, undivided attention for another person.
The first ingredient is shared focus. When several people deliberately direct their attention to the same person and the same outcome at the same moment, scattered individual goodwill becomes a single, concentrated stream. Think of how sunlight passing through a magnifying glass turns gentle warmth into a focused point of heat — coming together does something similar with intention. The circle of eight is small enough that everyone stays personally involved, yet large enough that the combined attention feels noticeably greater than your own.
The second ingredient is genuine feeling. A flat, dutiful intention does little; a warm, heartfelt one changes the whole quality of the practice. When the group holds real care, compassion, and a vivid picture of the person already well and whole, their own nervous systems settle into a calm, open, receptive state. This is the same kind of coherent inner condition from which focused intention works best — and in a group, that settled state seems to amplify from one person to the next, deepening for everyone.
On Dhyan to Destiny, guided Power of Eight sessions help you take part whether you are gathered in a room or joining from afar. A calm spoken voice settles the group into a shared rhythm, gentle prompts hold everyone's attention on the same person and intention, and soothing healing frequencies create a soft, unifying background. Rather than wondering whether you are all in step, you are guided together — so the circle stays focused, the feeling stays sincere, and the experience belongs to everyone at once.
Holding a shared intention with others dissolves the feeling of being alone and replaces it with belonging and warmth.
Being held in the focused care of a circle is profoundly comforting, and many who receive it describe real shifts in how they feel.
Sending sincere goodwill to another reliably lifts your own mood, easing worry and leaving you calmer than before you began.
Regularly turning your attention to others' wellbeing softens the heart and makes kindness a more natural everyday response.
Holding one clear intention gives the busy mind a single point to rest on, settling mental chatter for the duration of the practice.
Picturing another person already well and whole strengthens your own faith that change and healing are possible.
The same focused circle can hold an intention for a goal or wish, lending collective momentum to what one person seeks alone.
Bring together a small group — around eight is ideal — whether in one room or connected from different places. Each person comes willing and sincere.
Begin with a few slow, even breaths so everyone arrives in a calm, open state. Let the day's busyness fall away before you start.
Pick a single person to focus on and agree on a clear, positive intention for their healing or wellbeing — stated simply and warmly.
For a few minutes, everyone pictures that person well, whole, and at peace, holding the feeling with genuine care rather than just the words.
When the time is complete, gently turn the group's focus to the next person, repeating the same heartfelt process for each in turn.
End by thanking one another and noticing how you feel. Many leave lighter, calmer, and more connected than when they arrived.
Begin Your Personalized Program →The Power of Eight grew from the work of author Lynne McTaggart, who ran small intention circles in workshops around the world and gathered countless first-hand accounts of both givers and receivers reporting meaningful shifts. While the deeper claims about group intention remain an open and debated area, what is far less disputed is the well-studied effect of compassion and focused goodwill on the person sending it: researchers who study compassion practices have observed that deliberately wishing others well tends to calm the nervous system, lift mood, and strengthen feelings of connection. Whatever one believes about its effect at a distance, the practice reliably leaves participants feeling more peaceful and bonded. None of this requires belief — it simply invites you to gather, focus together, and notice what unfolds.
Lynne McTaggart's intention-experiment workshops and broader research on compassion practices and wellbeing.
It is a small group — ideally around eight people — who focus together on one clear, caring intention for the healing or wellbeing of one person at a time. The shared focus tends to feel far more powerful than intending alone.
Eight is a practical sweet spot: small enough that everyone stays personally engaged and the circle feels intimate, yet large enough that the combined attention feels noticeably greater than your own. The number is a helpful guide rather than a strict rule — slightly more or fewer still works.
Not at all. While being together has its own warmth, a group can hold the same intention at the same time from different places. The guided sessions on Dhyan to Destiny are designed to keep everyone in step whether you are gathered in person or joining from afar.
Quiet hoping is scattered and private. The Power of Eight gives that goodwill a clear structure — one person, one intention, one shared moment, and a circle of genuine care all pointed the same way. That focus and togetherness is what makes the experience feel so different from ordinary well-wishing.
Yes. The same focused circle can hold an intention for a goal, a wish, or a positive change for one person, lending collective momentum to what they are seeking. The structure stays the same; only the intention changes.
Belief is not required. Come with sincerity and an open mind, focus your care alongside the others, and simply notice how you feel afterwards. Most people are surprised by how calm, uplifted, and connected they feel — regardless of what they expected going in.
None at all. You only need a willing heart and a few minutes of undivided attention for another person. The guided sessions lead the whole circle gently through each step, so even a first-timer can take part fully and comfortably.