UNTIL recently, the magical ability to move objects using only the mind has been reserved for the likes of Mara Wilson’s character in Matilda.
But thousands of people across the globe, that skill isn’t just reserved for whimsical Roald Dahl favourites, it’s a power that can be harnessed.
The practice is called Telekinesis, and it’s a trend that has sparked thousands of videos on social media, where people appear to move items without touching them.
Garz Chan is one content creator who has spent the last year honing her skill and sharing videos of her progress on TikTok and Instagram – and her follower count has skyrocketed as a result.
The self-proclaimed Telekinesis beginner, who lives between the UK and Los Angeles, has spent the last 18 years working as a Chinese Energy Healer.
But after watching several videos on Telekinesis, she decided to give it a go for herself – and she was stunned when the piece of foil she was working with suddenly moved on its own.
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She told The Sun: “It actually happened the first time I tried it, and I was extremely excited.
“But I noticed that when I got excited, I lost my focus, and it then stopped moving.”
After that first mind-blowing experience, she dedicated 20 to 40 minutes every day to making the foil move again, and after months of dedication, it started happening again.
Telekinesis is a controversial topic, historically dismissed as pseudoscience.
However, the number of videos showing practitioners seeming to be controlling the movement of objects without touch has shed new light on the subject.
In one of Garz’s videos, she is seen standing in her hallway, using a variety of hand movements and meditation.
On the table in a separate room is a piece of foil, which she uses to practice with, that spins on its own.
Garz explains that she connects with the energy of the object she’s working with in a similar way to how she works when she has energy healing clients.
She starts by feeling the energy between her palms and then instructs the piece of foil, or paper, to move.
Once it starts moving, she will then keep her focus, but will step further and further away, until she’s in a different room, and yet, the piece of foil will still be moving, depending on how she’s directing it.
“I will pull the air above the foil and pull it out with my hands or mind, as if I’m thinning the air out,” she explains.
“Then I compress the air around the foil, and that compression makes the foil spin.
It actually happened the first time I tried it, and I was extremely excited.
Garz Chan
She said: “You can start with foil of paper because it’s very light and moves easily.
“Then once you’ve got the hang of using Telekinesis on that material, you can move on to heavier objects like a straw, a pencil, or an empty can.
“There are people who are far more advanced than me; they are moving large gallon bottles of water, or can open and close doors, or can turn lights on and off,” she added.
In some videos, practitioners will cover the foil with a glass bowl or vase to prove that there is no external influence on the result.
Garz’s videos often prompt a huge response from her followers, with many in total awe of her seemingly magical skills.
She also offers tutorials so people can try Telekinesis for themselves.
She said: “Usually, people will show you their Telekinesis video, but they won’t tell you how to do it.
DEDICATED PRACTICE
“A lot of people don’t teach because they don’t see themselves as teachers.”
In a recent video, she can be seen in the doorway holding her hands in front of her.
On a table, several metres away, is a tealight candle with a needle and a piece of foil atop.
After a strong hand movement, the camera captures the moment the foil spins and topples from the needle.
She said: “Sometimes I’ll post these videos, and you might see 50 seconds of something I’ve done, but you’re not seeing the 15 minutes I’ve recorded where nothing is happening.
“So people will watch those 50 seconds of me moving something and will say, ‘I’ve just tried it, and nothing happened,’ and I have to remind them that it’s a dedicated practice.”
But Garz has found that some people are able to do it straight away, especially children.
“Anyone and everyone can do it. Children can do it very easily because they’re not indoctrinated like adults are.
What is Telekinesis?
Telekinesis is the supposed ability to move or influence objects using the mind alone. The idea has existed for centuries and is interpreted very differently by science and spiritual traditions.
From a spiritual or metaphysical perspective, telekinesis is often viewed as a potential expression of consciousness or subtle energy.
Many traditions believe that focused intention, life force energy (such as chi or prana), or higher states of awareness could influence physical reality.
In these systems, telekinesis is usually seen as a side effect of spiritual development rather than a goal.
From a scientific perspective, telekinesis is considered unproven.
Modern physics explains movement through known forces like gravity and electromagnetism, and the brain’s electrical activity is far too weak to affect external objects.
Experiments claiming evidence have not produced reliable, repeatable results, so telekinesis is generally classified as pseudoscience.
But there is a large number of videos showing people, like Garz, moving objects without tampering or touching them.
“We’ve been raised not to listen to our intuition, or to be sensitive, and that being sensitive is a weakness.
“So it can be very difficult for adults to override their mental programming.”
But in a world of Deepfakes and AI videos, Garz admits that she has come up against trolls and skeptics online.
“There are tonnes of hate comments and skeptical people. The way I treat my page is I delete the rude comments and block people,” she said.
“I wouldn’t allow someone to walk into my house and start abusing me or threatening me, so I don’t stand for it on social media either.”
She said how she is often contacted by other people who have learned Telekinesis, and she encourages them to share their videos, but has found many are too scared.
“They say: ‘No, I don’t want the hatred, I don’t want the trolls. And it’s a shame because they are being afraid of being judged by people they wouldn’t like [in real life].
“If I were at a party and I spoke to someone about how important trees are and they called me a treehugger, I wouldn’t want to be friends with that person, so their opinion doesn’t matter to me,” she added.
Garz has been asked by followers what the “point” of Telekinesis is.
One wrote: “But what do you do with this? Is it like for fun?”
Garz explained: “I have a video called telekinesis and energy healing, and the correlation between the two.
“So if you can move the piece of foil, then you can move programmes and emotions in someone’s body.
“You can move trauma out of someone’s body just with your intention.”
Garz’s tips on how to practice Telekinesis
Choose your material
Take a small piece of foil or paper and fold it into quarters.
Balance the centre on the tip of a toothpick or needle, which you can stick inside a box or in a piece of BlueTac.
This is called a Psy Wheel.
Check if it can move
Using your finger, give the foil or paper a nudge to make sure it’s able to spin or move on top of the point.
Then, Garz advises you to rub your palms together to “generate energy” around your hands, and then stand beside the foil or paper and hold your hands by it.
She said: “You inhale and bring energy and air into your body, and then you exhale and imagine you are sending the energy out of your hands into the space between your hands.
“With each inhale, you’re recharging your body, and with each exhale, you’re charging the foil or paper between your palms.
Find your energy ball
She explains that the next part is more intuitive, and each person will feel the “energy ball” differently.
She said: “Imagine you’re holding a bubble and you’re just pulling and moving it to see what happens.
“You could pull your hands away and push them together, you could spin the top or the sides – have a play and see what’s happening.
“Imagine you are moving the air around the foil or paper.”
Use your mind
Garz instructs the piece of foil with her mind, by giving it clear instructions like “topple, pull, or condense.”
“Once I’ve focused, I literally chant two words: pull and condence. You have to find the right words for you and play with different words.”
