Istoricul şi modul de funcţionare a Sistemului Reiki-Usui

In Reiki se spune: “In primul rând, sunt eu,

In al doilea rând sunt eu,

In al treilea rând sunt eu!”

Reiki este o metodă japoneză de purificare şi echilibrare a energiilor corpului uman. Este o metodă naturală de autovindecare bazată pe direcţionarea energiei Reiki prin plasarea mâinilor în anumite poziţii pe corpul pacientului.

Reiki e un fenomen energetic ce nu contravine cu legile ţării sau cu convingerile spirituale.

Reiki este recunoscut şi se practică la nivel mondial.

In Reiki există două capitole: energia şi participarea personală.

Primul aspect se referă la faptul că orice persoană care primeşte iniţierea de la un maestru Reiki are capacitatea de a folosi energia Reiki în folosul personal sau pentru cei din jur care solicită ajutorul.

Al doilea aspect referitor la participarea personală, conştientă a persoanei se realizează prin respectarea în practica de fiecare zi a celor 5 principii care constituie esenţa spiritualităţii.

IDEALURI REIKI

1 – Doar astăzi mă eliberez de orice îngrijorare !

2 – Doar astăzi mă eliberez de orice supărare !

3 – Doar astăzi sunt plin de gratitudine şi-mi respect părinţii, profesorii şi strămoşii!

4 – Doar astăzi trăiesc cinstit!

5 – Doar astăzi respect viaţa în jurul meu sub toate formele!

Energia Reiki este deosebită din punct de vedere informaţional şi se autoghidează prin relaţiile pe care le stabileşte cu subconştientul pacientului, determinându-i astfel şi necesităţile sale energetice.

Din acest motiv terapeutul nu trebuie să stabilească o animută cantitate de energie şi nici scopul transmiterii ei, ci trebuie numai să permită curgerea acestei energii.

Scopul practicii Reiki este de a corecta eventuale dizarmonii ale individului, de

a rezolva anumite probleme de sănătate, având în vedere că fiinţa umană e un complex de energii.

Istoria Reikiului tradiţional începe cu secolul al XIX-lea. Există o variantă modernă, actuală, recunoscută şi verificată, practicată atât de maeştrii japonezi, cât şi de cei occidentali.

Fondatorul Sistemului Reiki-Usui este Sensei Mikao Usui, pe numele iniţial – Mikao Gyozo, născut în 15 august 1865 în satul Taniai, provincia Gifu, prefecture Yamagata.

Exista obiceiul, în ţările orientale, să se schimbe numele unei persoane, chiar de mai multe ori, ceea ce semnala atingerea unui nou prag, intrarea într-un nou segment de viaţă. Numele Usui (desemnand -blând, fin, subţire, moale) a fost adoptat când a devenit Sensei.

Tatăl său provenea dintr-o familie de samurai. La 4 ani a fost trimis într-o mânăstire Tendai, iar la 27 ani s-a convertit la budismul Shigon. El deţinea cunoştinţe de geografie, istorie, psihologie, medicină tradiţională chineză, medicină alopată, divinaţie, numerologie, astrologie. A lucrat ca jurnalist, ofiţer al guvernului, secretar, misionar.

In timpul unei perioade de rugăciuni, meditaţii şi post, prin anii 1919-1920, Sensei Mikao Usui a descoperit această energie care nu se dirijează mental, pe care a numit-o Reiki.

Vechea ideogramă Reiki reprezintă un şaman ce stă pe pământ cu braţele ridicate. Din cer ploaia coboară cu energia dătătoare de viaţă formată din Lumină, Dragoste, Inţelepciune. Şamanul acţionează ca un canal, direcţionând energie spre toţi oamenii Pământului.

Reiki este mai mult decât o metodă de vindecare, ne modelează destinul, ne învaţă ce este respectul (Rei) pe care-l datorăm Sursei, Spiritului (Ki), dar şi acţiunea Spiritului care întreţine şi onorează acest respect.

Sistemul Reiki este complet original şi orice asemănare cu alte metode de vindecare este pur accidentală sau artificială.

Rei – spirit, respect, divin, minunat, eficace,

Ki – energie vitală, respiraţie, forţa vieţii .

Asadar REIKI reprezinta Energie Universală de origine divină.

Sensei Mikao Usui a pus bazele şcolii sale de Reiki denumită Usui Shiki Reiki Ryoho – Şcoala de Reiki prin metoda Usui .

Mikao Usui a instruit peste 2000 de persoane, dintre care 18 au ajuns la gradul de Maestru.

Chujiro Hayashi – fost ofiţer în Marina Militară japoneză, la 47 de ani a fost cel de al 18-lea discipol/maestru al lui M. Usui. El provenea dintr-o familie de rang social înalt, prin urmare clinica sa era foarte cunoscută. El a înfiinţat o şcoală de Reiki denumită Hayashi Reiki Kenyo Kai..

Hayashi a divizat Reiki-ul în trei grade, a standardizat poziţiile mâinilor şi procedurile de iniţiere, a introdus grupurile de vindecare.

La clinica lui Hayashi a ajuns într-o stare deosebit de gravă d-na Hawayo Takata, văduvă cu 2 copii. Avea 30 de ani. In patru luni a fost vindecată evitând operaţiile pentru care fusese pregătită. După ce a fost refuzată, d-na Takata a fost iniţiată în schimbul practicii pe care a desfăşurat-o la clinica lui Hayashi. In 1936 a fost iniţiată,deja, în gradul 2 Reiki. Apoi, întorcându-se în Hawaii a deschis o clinică Reiki in localitatea Hilo.

Ulterior, Sensei Hayashi i-a acordat gradul de Maestru, mergând chiar el în Hawaii. A insistat ca d-na Takata să nu predea şi să nu iniţieze gratuit. Un an au ţinut împreună Conferinţe şi Cursuri. D-na Takata a fost singura persoană autorizată şi acceptată de Asociaţia Medicilor Americani să efectueze tratamente Reiki la cererea pacienţilor.

Doamna Takata a murit la 11 decembrie 1980, lăsând ca succesoare pe Phillys Lei Furumoto, una din nepoatele sale. Aceasta a înfiinţat Reiki Alliance, moment în care d-na Barbara Ray Weber, o altă discipolă a d-nei Takata, a părăsit Reiki Alliance si a înfiinţat American International Reiki Association, iar metoda predată a numit-o “Real Reiki”, “Authentic Reiki” sau “Radiance Technique”.

După 1980, Reiki a cunoscut o dezvoltare spectaculoasă. Se apreciază că există, în lume, milioane de practicanţi Reiki şi zeci de mii de Maeştri Reiki organizaţi în şcoli, centre şi asociaţii.

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Reiki is energy healing, hands on healing. It is a "laying on of the hands" technique that enables the healer to channel universal life force energy through their hands to the healee. It is an unending source of energy in which the practitioner's own energy is not passed on to the healee. "Rei" means Universal, Spiritual, Divine, Wisdom and "Ki" means Life Force Energy. Simply defined, Reiki means Universal Life Force Energy.

How does Reiki heal? Hands on healing or "energy healing" works on the premise that health is dependent on the balanced free flow of the "Ki" through the aura or energy field of the body. Emotional and/or health problems tend to occur where there is disrupted or blocked flow of "Ki". Disruptions can be caused by injury, negative emotions, nutritional toxicity, toxic relationships and lifestyles, and lack of love for the self and others. Reiki sessions release blocks and disruptions and replace them with the highest level of life force energy facilitating the free flow of "Ki" through the body's energy channels, promoting healing of the body, mind, heart and soul.

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Sabato e Domenica 15 e 16 Novembre dalle 10.00 alle 18.30

presso la Sala Congressi dell'Unione Italiana Ciechi - traversa 52 via Timavo - Bari

Dopo il successo riscosso dalla sessione dei Bagni di Gong realizzata a maggio, si ripropone l'incontro in due giornate all'insegna della sperimentazione di tecniche di BenEssere.

Biomusica, Bioenergetica, scambio di massaggi, Reiki, "conditi" da bellissime sessioni di Bagni di Gong che permettono di entrare in contatto con la frequenza vibratoria del suono Om...

La sala che ci ospiterà sarà allestita adeguatamente, con tappeti, cuscini e luci soffuse. La sapiente maestria di Massimo Piazza (Gong Master), saprà condurre i partecipanti in una dimensione di grande rilassamento e armonia che rimarrà racchiusa nella nicchia di ricordi piacevoli cui si fa riferimento nei momenti in cui veniamo "messi alla prova"...

Il Gong è uno strumento antico che gli sciamani usavano già 4000 anni fa per il suo potere straordinario di trasformazione. E’ lo strumento più risonante conosciuto. L'ascoltatore viene abbracciato da un soffice campo ricco di armoniche in cui tutto il suo essere viene rinvigorito e armonizzato. Il suono OM del gong entra nel corpo, massaggia ogni cellula, regolarizza le onde cerebrali e guida in uno stato di sogno consapevole. Quando ci porta nel nostro corpo di sogno ci libera dai limiti del mondo tridimensionale, ci permettere di vivere noi stessi fuori dai limiti del corpo fisico. Si perde il senso del tempo e dello spazio e facciamo esperienza della sensazione dell'estasi.
La leggenda dice che Maitreya, Buddha della compassione, tornerà attraverso il canto dei Gong. Quando ascoltiamo il suono del Gong ricordiamo inconsciamente la beatitudine e la sicurezza di quei momenti passati nella pancia della mamma. I Gong planetari sono accordati sui toni dei pianeti del sistema solare, armonizzano tutto il corpo ed ognuno agisce i particolare su determinati centri energetici e relativi organi. Il tempo dello sviluppo del feto nel grembo della madre è il tempo di una meditazione specifica, guidata dal suono che riempie le membrane dell'utero. Possiamo paragonare questo suono speciale con il suono del Gong, entrambi sono profondamente calmanti. I Gong sono usati anche per aiutare i bambini con problemi di sviluppo e i bambini autistici. Il suono del Gong trasforma rapidamente e profondamente ogni tipo di blocco psicofisico, ci porta alla consapevolezza della coscienza senza corpo, ci apre all'estasi dell'unità e alla pienezza dell'energia vitale, rafforza l'intuizione e ci libera dalla paura della morte.

Programma:

sabato 15 novembre

ore 10.00/10.30 cerchio di presentazione
ore 10.30/11.30 attività ludica (giochi psicologici di gruppo)
ore 11.30/11.40 pausa tè e preparazione primo bagno di gong
ore  11.45/12.45 bagno di gong a tema " come sono collocato rispetto alle mie radici:ho qualcosa da chiarire con le figure genitoriali?"
ore  12.45/13.00 piccola condivisione

ore 13.00/15.00 pausa pranzo

ore 15.00/15.30 esercizi L.A.D.E ( lavare, acquisire, distribuire, equilibrare l'energia) di Biomusica
ore 15.30/16.30 Reiki
ore 16.30/16.40 pausa tè
ore 16.45/17.45 bagno di gong a tema " disegno il mio futuro: obiettivi ed intenti"
ore 17.45/18,30 condivisione finaledella giornata

domenica 16 novembre

ore 10.00/11.00 bagno di gong - percorso con richiamo a cicli di 15 minuti per 4 volte. scriviamo su un foglio ( già predisposto a fianco di  ogni partecipante), le nostre emozioni del momento.
ore 11.00/11.45 attività ludica (giochi psicologici di gruppo)
ore 11.45/12.15 spazio Reiki
ore 12.15/12.25 pausa tè
ore 12.25/13.10 saluto alle 4 direzioni (esercizio sufi), respiro e movimento

ore 13.10/15.00 pausa pranzo

ore 15.00/16.00 conosciamoci con il massaggio del piede ( a coppie)
ore 16.00/16.10 pausa tè
ore 16.15/17.00 esercizi L.A.D.E ( lavare, acquisire, distribuire, equilibrare, l'energia)
ore 17.00/18.00 bagno di gong a tema " lascio andare tutto ciò che non mi serve"
ore 18.00/18.30 condivisione finale e poi tutti a casa a sognare!

Costo per le due giornate 110€
Pranzo bio (facoltativo) 20€ per entrambi i giorni

Se si vuole partecipare al pranzo biovegetariano si deve dare conferma, per ovvi motivi organizzativi, entro una settimana dall’inizio dell’evento.

L’incontro con i Bagni di Gong è un’occasione unica per sperimentare nuove dimensioni…
Vi aspettiamo numerosi!

I return home the first week of November for another reiki training class. This time I become a Level II practitioner. Then, after awhile of more practice, I can charge people. I'm so excited. I don't know why I have to mention in this entry first that I can charge people. I'm truly excited about the ability to heal better. That of what I was capable in the past would be exponentially more powerful following the training. Then I can heal my mom, and my friends who need it. Oh, and myself. You can almost say that I'm on a little pilgrimage until then! I'm treating myself on a daily basis to prepare myself. I know it's unnecessary, but I largely feel that I've been out of touch with my inner self for awhile.

Does it sound so weird that I feel compelled to journal about this stuff? If only my close-minded friends knew what they were missing. Unfortunately, some of them are devoid of any eduation for spirituality, and may just as well be devoid of having any chance to see what I see. Today I still feel that barrier among certain friends. But then I also dislike the friends who are over their heads about it. I might be selfish in that I prefer this personal journey to remain personal. I could care less if someone is more attuned to nature, it's my personal journey to get there, and that person who feels s/he must describe every detail of an angel's wing is just a snob. It isn't on unconditional terms that I would consider them a snob. The wealthy information a savvy individual conveys is by far better than any literature search - just when you really wanted to ask that person.

I see that I have many conflicts inside of me.

The first term of nursing started with a dozen emails from the program’s secretary, Kate.  She’s a very thorough person and has a lot of ducks to keep in a row.  Also, were emails from instructors with, well, instructions!  Day after day, another email. Go here, go there. Read this. Get this form signed. Don’t forget…! So I had oh 200-300 pages to read BEFORE the first day of class.  That was a shocker.  Plus the fact that – uh, I didn’t understand half of what I was reading.  Plus the fact that I had just finished a killer final in my statistics class and also was planning and getting married!  So – I guess I was a little bit stressed out.  I hit a wall with my depression… had a huge panic attack a few days before the first day of class and then spent the next 2 weeks digging myself out emotionally.

I did get into a good routine with classes, though, and enjoyed the learning I was doing.  I got excellent grades on my weekly tests (5 classes, 3 weekly tests).  I struggled a bit with the skills portion though.  The demand for perfection was ever-present.  The skills all had to be passed exactly as taught with no errors (or even potential errors – such as when I was almost failed for doing something that might have caused a break in the sterile field).  Oh, and we were “taught” the skills by having one 2 hour class for 8 people to learn the skill.  So what skills were they? Well, let’s see. Mixing and drawing up insulin into a syringe (from a vial), drawing up other medication from an ampule, give shots (intra-muscular, intra-dermal, and subcutaneous), measuring and setting an IV drip factor, and inserting a catheter (male and female) while keeping a sterile field.  I think that’s it.

I was doing good in clinical because it was in a nursing home and I’ve spent the past 3 years working in one of those.  I was frustrated though because we seemed to be only doing the job of a CNA.  I already knew that, I wanted to learn about NURSING.  So we did a little bit of passing meds and I got to give a couple of shots (that was cool!) and take some blood sugars.  We did a lot of work on care plans.  In a nutshell, that is where you figure out what the nursing issues are and how you are going to address them.   I was pretty good at that, too.

All was going well, until toward the end of the term, like 3 weeks or so before finals I developed a condition called Bell’s Palsy.  The right side of my face became paralyzed and I was in intense and excruciating pain – which I have previously written about, although maybe not here… maybe I’ll post the letter I sent to my friends and family… Anyway, the last 3 weeks were NOT fun!  I had a final exam to study for – a mock-performance of a head to toe assessment on a mannequin.  When I got the BP, I found that I was not able to study as well nor as long as I had been.  I went from putting in about 30 hours a week of at home studying to only about 10.  The pain and stress was so exhausting that many days I would go to class and come home for a 4 hour nap just so I could read a little.  Being on the computer or experiencing any stress would set off a pain attack.  Also, any noise above a whisper was excruciating since my tympanic membrane was also affected and was unable to modulate to sound. Not that the pain needed any reason to happen, there were times when I would just cry because it hurt so bad and I couldn’t do anything about it. Eating and drinking was also a challenge due to not having movement in half of my mouth!  After about 3 weeks, I found a bit of pain relief (and after 4 weeks – considerable relief) with the use of a medication called neurontin.  Of course a further disturbance I suffered was the side effect of this medication.  It made me drowsy and dizzy a lot of the time until about 4 weeks into taking it.

So, I did the amazing feat of completing my last 3 weeks of clinicals and finishing all my tests. I had several classmates marvel at my tenacity. Then came finals week.  I got good sleep, I ate healthy food (mostly), I studied as much as I could tolerate, and I went and took my finals. I did great on the written tests, but I completely failed the head to toe assessment.  I was so mad at myself!  I knew that stuff and I shouldn’t have failed.  But I did and I had to accept the reality that due to my illness I hadn’t studied and PRACTICED as much as I needed to to know it inside and out.  I just hoped that my work in the rest of the term would make up for my choking at the final.  It did and I ended up with a C+ in that class.  It is a passing grade, but I’ll tell you, in the almost 4 years I’ve been in college, I’ve only gotten 2 grades that were NOT A’s (a B in nutrition and a B+ in Statistics).  Let me tell you, this hurt my ego!  Well, I was bound and determined to give it my all next term and do better.  (BTW, I got A's in my other classes.)

I have to say here, that Autumn was truly wonderful during all of this.  She took such excellent care of me when I needed it.  She felt helpless, of course, when I was in so much pain and we couldn't really resolve it.  So she did what she could.  She’d give me Reiki.  She’d talk to me and use guided imagery to calm and relax me and she’d breathe with me, slow and deliberate.  She’d hold me and rub my back and just touch my jaw (where most of the pain was located) until the pain went away.  And you know what? It worked!  I would invariably feel better and be able to sleep.  Thank you Autumn for being such a loving and compassionate woman and for giving me the gift of your healing touch.

Thus ended my first term of nursing school.

It was back in May this year that I "came out" here on this blog as a former sceptic. Even then, I would have been wanted to keep my conversion low-key and would never have visited this kind of event.

It was, of course, Kathy who gave us the opportunity to go to Mansfield Civic Centre today. In her role of Holistic Therapist under the name "Ray Of Light", she was on a stall there with husband Phil. Kathy was offering 15 minute head massage taster sessions while Phil was chatting to customers for their essential oils, scented candles, wooden boxes and a plethora of other items, most of which I do not thoroughly understand, such as those small brass cymbals on a length of leather thong.

Our day started with a new and amazing experience for me, my first ever Indian head massage by Kathy. I have already come a long way in that I was not only willing, but enthusiastic about doing this in the middle of a large room full of people. Of course, no-one took the slightest notice of what I was doing and the massage was a great way to get into the event by relaxing me and giving me time to remove my mind from the outside world and to open myself up to the incredible positive energy that filled Mansfield Civic Centre.

After the massage, Sue and I had a cup of tea before wandering around the amazing array of stalls selling everything from angels to crystals, fairies to drums, incense sticks to art and books on every topic under the sun.  All of the stallholders that we stopped to talk to were friendly, knowledgeable and very understanding when talking to a callow beginner like me.

On one stall, Sue fell in love with a healing bear that had been made by Julie of Harmony Crystal Bears  and came complete with a rose quartz crystal, a birth certificate and the name "Misty".  Misty is also the name of Sue's cat, so there was immediately some kind of connection between Sue and this bear. At first there was no way that Sue was going to part with her hard-earned cash for a teddy bear, but after looking at all of the bears on display, she returned to Misty and the rest, as they say, is history.  Julie's husband Ray said that you don't really choose a bear, the bear chooses you and I am convinced that this is what happened today.

A little later, we met Reiki Master Alan Green, who was sitting behind a display of crystals. I stopped dead in my tracks when he said something to me and greeted me by name. I still have no idea how he knew my name was Dave, and we stopped to talk with him. He invited me to put my hands on a large and complex stone that was full of different kinds of crystals. I think I could feel some heat in the stone, but what happened next put the experience totally into the shade.

Alan asked Sue if she would like to experience Reiki (like Kathy and many other exhibitors, he was also offering taster sessions). Sue declined saying that she has psychic sensitivity and had, in her words, "closed the door on it".  I had heard her say this many times in the past and despite my own scepticism about this whole area, I am convinced that Sue has experienced things that I cannot explain.

Anyway, Alan was having none of Sue's refusal and asked her to put one hand out, with her palm upwards. Alan stretched out his own hand and never made any physical contact with Sue. He asked her to describe what she could feel and she talked about a warmth travelling up her arm and across to her other shoulder.

 Alan asked her to put out her other hand as well and as Sue held out both her hands beneath Alan's one hand for onky about about 5 minutes, she described how the warmth and a tingling sensation had travelled through her arms and down into her body. She described the feeling as waves of warm water.

The warmth stayed with her for a long time after their hands had moved apart. Sue also felt very thirsty. I think the after effects have stayed with her because she was in bed and well on the way to being asleep by 10:30 pm whereas we would normally be up until midnight or later.

If I had not been standing next to Sue throughout this, I don't think I would have been as convinced as I now am that there was something passing from Alan to Sue. I have no idea what it was, but I am sure it is real. I came away from this brief encounter wanting to know a lot more and will be reading and researching this. When I can afford the time and money, I would love to be trained to harness whatever power it is that was flowing there.

As well as the diversity of stalls reflecting all shades of alternative lifestyles, healing and therapy, there was a programme of talks that took place across the day. We went to two of them. The first was an informal chat by Sue Tribe whose website describes her as a Shaman, Past Life Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Therapeutic Drummer.  Unfortunately, she didn't use the microphone that was available which made her talk a little difficult to hear at time, and the many questions that she took were completely inaudible to us. However, I wanted to persevere and to find out more about hypnotherapy, which was the subject of her talk. She covered many issues and addressed a lot of areas of my own ignorance. However, she didn't really fire my imagination in the way that the second speaker, Fay Hartwell, did later in the day.

Fay is an accomplished speaker who did pick up the microphone. This immediately made me relax and helped me to concentrate on what she had to say. She is a Life Coach and the topic of her talk was "The Cosmic Kitchen". This is based on the simple premise that the universe will provide whatever it is that we want and ask for. The complexity comes in the way that we identify for ourselves what it is that we really want and the way that we ask for it. I loved her imagery of there being a chef in the Cosmic Kitchen who takes the orders and sends them out. This means that we won't always get an immediate response, but just like we order food in a restaurant, we can be sure that it is on the way. Fay also involved the audience in three simple exercises, two of meditation and one of visualisation of the differences between the past, present and future.

I came away from her session very fired up and wanting to know more and I am going to look for some of the books she recommended.

The whole day was quite an experience. I tried to go into it with an open mind and I came out with a real desire to learn more. Sue and I are already talking about going back again tomorrow for some more of the talks. Thanks toKathy for giving us the opportunity to go to this fair. It isn't going to be our last.

Maybe there's a bit of that hippy in me somewhere trying to get out.

Ride Safe
Dave

Es muy importante tener en cuenta que reiki no es una terapia alternativa, sino una terapia complementaria, federada en la mayor parte de los paises del mundo incluído España en donde existe (con sede en Madrid) la Federación Española de Reiki.

En Inglaterra y en los Estados Unidos esta técnica es muy utilizada desde hace mucho años en muchos hospitales, especialmente en el área de oncología aunque también en muchas otra áreas. La utilización de reiki para reforzar el sistema inmunológico de los pacientes que están recibiendo tratamientos altamente agresivos es algo de lo que más o menos todas las personas ya han oido hablar alguna vez.

Existen diversas redes de voluntarios en España, que proporcionan esta terapia de forma absolutamente desinteresada en hospitales como el 12 de octubre, Ramón y Cajal, y Niño Jesús de Madrid, en donde la Federación también ofrece formación especial al personal sanitario. Algunos voluntariados también ofrecen tratamientos gratuitos para personas que no están internadas, que no tienen una enfermedad grave, pero que sienten la necesidad de armonizar su sistema energético por cuestiones emocionales, o problemas vitales y no poseen medios económicos para pagar a un terapeuta particular.

Para no extenderme demasiado, reiki es algo que todo el mundo puede aprender y utilizar. Y en muchas organizaciones, como la Fundación Sauce de Madrid, se proporcionan cursos gratuitos para los niños, porque se considera muy importante que puedan manejar reiki desde pequeños.

Existen cuatro niveles para la formación de Reiki, de los cuales el último es la maestría que habilita al reikista que realiza este nivel para formar nuevos reikistas.

En mi opinion, todas las personas deberían al menos tener un nivel uno, que ya habilita para sanar a otras personas, pero que sobre todo proporciona herramientas básicas para la autosanación.

Yo me inicié en el año 2000 aqui en Madrid, exclusivamente para poder hacer cosas como bajar la fiebre a mis hijas, que eran muy pequeñas, o quitarme dolores de cabeza. Con los años fui aplicando reiki en otras áreas de mi vida y tardé bastantes años en pasar al nivel dos, que ofrece una serie de herramientas nuevas muy interesantes de las que en algún momento podremos hablar, si os apetece.

En noviembre ofreceré con una amiga Maestra un Taller de Reiki en Madrid, que incluye iniciación en Nivel 1, y quiero empezar por vosotros aunque desde luego pueden solicitar plaza todas aquellas personas que deseen participar (aunque las plazas serán limitadas).

Si quieres solicitar una plaza en este taller, puedes solicitar información enviando un correo a tallerdereiki@pilarrodriguezcastillos.com 

Un abrazo!

Pilar

www.pilarrodriguezcastillos.com

And an age old proverb which I must probe further, "Truth is within yourself," I feel leads me to my answer. But when I do look inside, I only notice the key things that prevent me from seeing the truth... that I am not confident in my practice. That I am unsure of my social stance with many people. That I am unsure of my future. It's crap like that that prevents me of truly looking deep into the spiritual world. And as always, I sigh heavily, and acknowledge that this is a long term process of growth... What do they call it? Fundamental Option.

Is stress keeping you from offering your best to your Reiki clients? An experiment conducted by Dr. Gary E. Schwartz and Dr. Beverly Rubik {found in The Energy Healing Experiments by Gary E. Schwartz. Pg. 139} presents evidence to suggest that Reiki practitioners who give sessions while under stress are not providing quality energy until their stress levels are reduced. The experiment involved applying a certain amount of heat to cultures of E. coli bacteria (bacteria found in the human digestive system) until the E. coli colony's growth had been reduced by 50% due to death or damage to the cells. Fourteen Reiki practitioners were asked to provide sessions to one set of E. coli test tubes over a period of three days, treating a separate set each day. As part of the procedure, they each filled out a standard wellness form every day. There were also matched sets of test tubes to act as a control. If the Reiki proved effective, the treated E. coli samples would show greater growth than the control sample.

Amazingly, almost half of the Reiki treated samples showed a decrease in growth and healing. After pondering the situation for a few days, the possibility of the Reiki practitioner's emotional state negatively impacting the test occurred to Dr. Schwartz. As he looked over the wellness forms, he found that the E. coli samples showing decreased growth were treated by practitioners that reported high levels of stress that day. It was also noted that those practitioners felt much better after flowing Reiki for fifteen minutes. This prompted Dr. Schwartz and Dr. Rubik to modify the experiment.

The fourteen Reiki practitioners were asked to return for another two days. They filled out the wellness forms, as before, but this time they were to give Reiki to another person for fifteen minutes before treating the E. coli samples. The results were interesting. The overall growth rate for the twenty-eight test tubes (fourteen practitioners times two sessions) showed significant statistical growth in almost three quarters of the samples. When examining the other one quarter that did not grow positively, it was discovered that the practitioners working with those test tubes were significantly more stressed than the others.

This experiment reveals the importance of considering our own health and mental state as Reiki practitioners. It is very easy to get caught up in taking care of others and ignoring our own needs but if we are not balanced, not only do we suffer but our clients do as well. William Lee Rand of the International Center for Reiki Training recommends giving yourself Reiki for a few minutes before every session and the E. coli experiment validates this practice. In the future, take the time to address your own needs before taking care of another's. You will be of far greater service that way.

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Some Reiki teachers contend that attunements can not be sent from a distance. The most common explanation I have encountered for this is that the teacher must be present to channel the energy for the student. I, however, disagree on this issue. As a Reiki Master Teacher, I have performed numerous distant attunements and all of them have been quite successful. Since I don't know all the reasons why some say it can't be done, I can't address them but I can address why I believe it is possible to send a distant attunement.

When I was training to become a Reiki Teacher, I was taught that the most important ingredient in an attunement is intent, and this holds true of every other aspect of Reiki as well. I learned that when I gave an attunement I was only acting as a channel for the energy and that the attunement would be carried to the student through my intent. This description sounds exactly like a distant Reiki session and I have yet to come across a Reiki Teacher or practitioner of level 2 or higher that disputes the ability to send Reiki from a distance. So the logical question arises--if I am acting as a channel for the Reiki energy during a distant session and it is carried to the client, why couldn't I act as a channel for a distant attunement and have that energy carried to the student as well? In my experience, this is exactly what happens.

I know the idea of working from a distance sounds quite unusual. After all, how can energy be sent from point to another? My theory on this (I am not a scientist but I have done some reading on this subject) is that since electromagnetic fields extend infinitely into space at the speed of light and thoughts are measurable electromagnetic fields, then thought (intention) is capable of traveling everywhere at the speed of light. [ref. The Energy Healing Experiments by Dr. Gary E Schwartz. Pg. 22, 26]. So now the question arises--if a Reiki session or attunement is traveling everywhere all at once, why doesn't everyone in the world receive it? One possible explanation is a quantum physics concept known as Wave-Particle Duality. Wave-Particle Duality is the concept that all matter and energy behave like both a wave and a particle. A wave can be thought of as radiant energy and a particle as being matter. They exist on the one hand in states which evolve like waves when they are not observed, and like particles when observed. The key is the observation. So it is possible that when a Reiki practitioner focuses on a single client during a session or a teacher focuses on a student for an attunement, since the observation is on that individual, only that person will see a result. I definitely don't know for sure that this is how sessions and attunements work over a distance but it it's one possibility.

I learned in my first Reiki class that Reiki is unlimited and it certainly has shown itself to be that way in my experiments with it. One thing that is very clear to me is that, regardless of the mechanism, my experience and the experiences of many, many other Reiki Teachers show that attunements can definitely be sent over a distance.

Find out how you can learn Reiki from me at onlinereikicourse.com ]]> http://spiritualexpansion.wordpress.com/?p=117 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:12:27 +0000 spiritualexpansion http://spiritualexpansion.ca.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/4-keys-to-finding-the-right-reiki-teacher-for-you/ Reiki is a wonderful tool for spiritual, emotional and physical integration and healing and if you've decided you would like to train to become a practitioner, you might be wondering how to find the right Reiki teacher for you. Every instructor has a particular teaching style and here I will outline four key points that will help you find the right teacher and class for you.

1. Make sure the class is what you are expecting it to be. Most Reiki teachers provide their students a comprehensive class that lasts several hours where all of the pertinent information about Reiki is taught, an attunement (passing of the ability to channel Reiki energy) is given, ample hands-on experience is provided to give the student confidence in his or her ability to provide a session and certification is given at the end of class. There are, however, some teachers who only provide an attunement, a list of books to read, give out the appropriate certificates and then dismiss the class. Students who attend this type of class are lacking hands-on experience and aren't given a chance to ask questions about the material they will later read.

2. Make contact with the teacher. When possible, contact the teacher by email or, even better, by phone. This will enable you to establish a bit of rapport and get a feel for their individual personality.

3. Ask to see a copy of the instructor's teaching certificate. Every Reiki teacher is certified as an instructor. Most Western certificates will indicate the level of 3B or state the title of Reiki Master Teacher. Though I haven't personally heard of anyone falsely claiming to be a Reiki teacher the fact is anyone can easily claim that title. Don't be afraid to ask to see a teacher's certificate. Most will be happy to email you a copy.

4. Request some referrals. Since every instructor has a unique teaching style, it is important to know if the person you're considering taking a class from teaches in a way that is compatible with you. Are you the type who prefers a faster, more direct approach without a lot of excess discussion or do you need someone who is patient and enjoys answering questions? By asking for the contact information of a few past students who have agreed to act as referrals, you can get an idea of how this person teaches and whether or not you think he or she is best for you.

A Reiki class should be a positive, uplifting experience that you will remember for a long time to come and finding just the right teacher will help ensure that your Reiki training fulfills you on every level. I hope you found this article helpful and I wish you all the best on your Reiki journey.

To find out how you can learn Reiki from me, visit onlinereikicourse.com

Um Despertar…Seguindo o seu caminho…Um desejo de poder partilhar com o mundo o quanto é bom “sentir-se em casa”.

Dando-me a conhecer:

O meu nome é Cristina Aveiro e profissionalmente estou a trabalhar com reiki, karuna, prismologia e tarô terapêutico. Começo por dizer que é com muita satisfação, orgulho e paixão que estou a juntar-me a este magnifico projecto a cargo da oficina da evolução. O que poderá esperar de mim como pessoa/profissional?

Feitas as apresentações quero partilhar convosco uma histórinha real, na qual, ficarão a conhecer um pouco acerca de mim. Daquilo que faço, dos meus intentos e acima de tudo do meu amor por aquilo que faço. Amor esse que estava no fundo, talvez bem no fundo, soterrado por baixo de tantas toneladas de lixo energético que fui acumulando ao longo na minha vida. Essa parte que aguardava ansiosamente por mim enquanto eu andava perdida e mergulhada nos escombros da minha caverna mas que me sorria e estendia a mão colocando pessoas no meu caminho que me iam mostrando a beleza do meu Ser quando só conseguia ver o meu lado sombra (dor, angústia, medo...).

Queria dizer-vos que ainda não sei o que relatar para dar continuidade a este texto, onde há muito para transmitir. Tenho tanto para contar e encantar que não sei bem como posso exprimir. Diria que fruto de um intenso mergulho interior, muitas vezes doloroso e desgastante mas acima de tudo ambicioso porque aquilo que mais quero e desejo é poder partilhar com o mundo o quanto bom é “sentir-me em casa”, no meu aconchego, no acalento do meu coração escrevendo com a verdade de quem sou.

Por entre soluços e lágrimas, é tanta a emoção, que vai crescendo desmedidamente, à medida que vou fluindo com as palavras que não sei onde irá levar-me toda esta vontade, este desejo de poder compartilhar, dar o melhor de mim e sobretudo de poder dizer por experiência própria a indescritível sensação que é sentir toda esta fonte de poder e sabedoria interna. Toda esta imensidão de sentimentos: alegria, satisfação, ternura, compaixão, contentamento, amorosidade e gratidão. Sim! Sinto-me muito grata pela entrega a mim própria, aos meus desejos e ideais.

O caminho tem sido árduo, mas ainda assim, em toda a minha vida não houve riqueza semelhante ao verdadeiro prazer que é o de ser eu mesma. Sendo fiel aos meus verdadeiros propósitos, seguindo a tão falada voz do coração que se perde nos incessantes murmúrios da mente. Como é tão bom e incomparável sentir este amor que dia após dia brota e desabrocha cada vez com maior intensidade e luminosidade. Sinto-me uma linda flor, a libertar a sua singela fragrância que se espalha por todos aqueles que a queiram aceitar e continuar comigo neste caminho de regresso a casa.

Por mais difícil que seja, quando nós aceitamos mudar e transformar as nossas vidas sempre aparecem as pessoas certas para nos ajudar. Aprendi a respeitar e aceitar aquilo que eu sou, encarando, confrontando e mudando a cada momento aquilo que me traz sofrimento. Deixei de culpar os outros e comecei a procurar em mim as raízes dessa dor que estava sendo projectada. Os demais apenas estavam colocando o dedo nas minhas feridas, dando-me a rica oportunidade de procurar no meu interior a razão pela qual determinada pessoa ou situação mexia com a minha voltagem emocional.

Sim, tenho passado por tudo isso desde o dia que aceitei pegar as rédeas da minha própria vida. A isso chamo aceitar a responsabilidade por aquilo que sou e crio.

Por: Cristina Aveiro

Para saber mais sobre a cristina e o seu trabalho visite o site dela:  http://caminhodoequilibrio.googlepages.com/

Cristina, Obrigado por partilhares connosco o teu coração!

I have had dreams that seemed to be more out-of-body in nature than the run-of-the-mill dreams, as many have had to be sure.  A few years ago, I had a dream where,

 "I'm watching from above as lines of beautiful Asian (or similar) people dressed in white garments are passing from a central garden or courtyard into an iron-wrought-gated breezeway.  They all appear to have given up a battle or in some manner seem resigned to entering through that gate.  I feel something is wrong.  My 'dream eyes' turn around to see that below me in the opposite direction, two very politically powerful persons are talking together as they watch this 'march of the white-garmented people'.  As I hover above them, one turns, looks up at me,  and says 'I see we have a visitor.'  I immediately realize that they are nastily tricking these people to take a route that will be their demise.  I quickly fly around as many people as I can huddle together at a time and scoot them gently away from that gate and through another gate---a 'gate of promise.'  Although I am invisible to them, they appear to feel a nudge to put them on the other track."

Okay.  I'm sure a dream interpretor out there would tell me that this dream was about something going on in my personal environment.  Perhaps about being more aware of a person around me who might be tricking me into something, that I need to change paths in my thinking about something, or that I should drive a different road to work the next day.  Whatever. 

However, without seeking out or even actively attempting to make Spiritual connections---I can't even quiet my mind enough to meditate for 20 minutes!---Otherworldly experiences have just found their way to me, particularly since 1980.  So by the time I had the above dream (one of several with "visiting" overtones), it did not surprise me at all to consider that this was exactly what it was; the human 6th sense that reaches out and operates in Dreamtime or even in waking life.  While the scene was a metaphoric stage, the "visitor" aspect was real for me. We all have a 6th sense, no surprise there.  It works in Spirit time, not earth time. 

The first "strange" occurrence for me (consciously) was with my dying Italian grandmother in 1980 whose name was Orsolina, meaning "Little Bear".  As several relatives stood around her bed in the hospital with only a dim light over the headboard to illuminate the room, I was the one holding her hand.  At the moment she died, an amazingly powerful shock went from her fingers into mine.  It was so powerful, I was knocked backward a bit and was caught by a relative standing behind me.  At the same time, I saw a very thin wisp of "smoke" arise from the back of her head, up through the dim light and out the ceiling.  I was so stunned from these two simultaneous events, I could not speak for quite a while.  When we returned to my childhood home (my parents held the funeral reception), I began to ask family members one by one if they had seen anything weird occur when grandma died.  I just kept getting a blank stare.  My parents were worried that I was suffering shock from her death, getting a little ditsy.  Because most wondered why I fell back with such a jolt (they thought I had sort of fainted although I was alert through it all), none saw anything of any kind around grandma's headboard, so I tucked it all away in the depths of the unconscious mind.  It was just months after this that I had an encounter with an unidentified flying object!  That is another story but since that time, Otherworldly phenomena have appeared seemingly, though not often, right when I am least prepared.  One of the more unforgettable and endearing recollections in this area culminated in a conversation with my mother while we were celebrating a birthday at a Chuckee Cheese pizza parlor in 1987 for one of the foster children she and my father were caregiving.

For background, my mother was straight-laced in her thinking.  Over the years, she would roll her eyes at me when I dipped into esoteric subjects such as Astrology.  "You don't believe that stuff, do you?"  She refused to discuss anything of an esoteric nature with me.  In fact, the family nickname for mom was "Puritan Pilgrim" because of her Quaker background and Pilgrim ancestry.  Nuff said there.

In 1987, mom suffered a completely unexpected heart attack and was in the hospital.  A pacemaker was placed during that hospitalization.    One day after she was home and we were chatting together, she suddenly looked up from the knitting she was doing to see if anyone was around other than us.  Then, she put down her knitting and stared at me for a moment.  Then she said quietly, "I have something to tell you....I'm telling you because you seem to understand these things and won't criticize."  WOW.  I was all ears.  This is what she told me:

"I was lying in the recovery room after the pacemaker operation.  I opened my eyes to see a beautiful lady floating, hovering over the foot of the bed.   She was somewhat transparent but had on a beautiful lavender gown that flowed with the air as she hovered.  She stretched her arms out to me and said 'Do not worry.  Everything will be okay and you will be home soon.' Then she slowly disappeared.  I closed my eyes and I must have fallen back to sleep.  The next time I woke up, I saw a Pink Lady (hospital volunteer) in the room tidying up things and I asked her who had been in the room earlier.  She said that no one had been in the room since the time I was wheeled there.  She told me I had been in a ' very deep sleep' so they monitored me from the nurse's station outside but that someone would be in soon since I was now awake."

I remained riveted and silent as mom told me of this Spiritual experience.  I knew it was very hard for her to comprehend and for my part, I simply suggested that she was being watched over and that it should come as a comfort to all of us.  Since we seemed to be opening up to Spirit here, I told mom about the "electrical shock" from grandma's fingers into mine at the moment she died.  Mom simply said, "Grandma was right about alot of Spiritual things.  I used to think that coming from the Old Country, she held strange ideas but you know, she was right on many things.  I know that now."  

Okay, so grandma "Little Bear" had now brought mom and I together on what had been a long-time taboo to discuss.  But she asked me to promise I would not tell anyone, and I never did---until now. 

Now to the Chuckee Cheese pizza party in 1987.  All the children were having fun playing games and were scattered throughout the parlor.  After doing some supervision duties, I came back and sat with mom.  No sooner did I sit down than she said without a blink or a blush:

"I came from Neptune honey."

What could I do?  What could I say?  Oh, that's cool...i have a mom from Neptune?  Her matter-of-fact declaration floored me not only for the strangeness of it but because I knew my mom was a Pisces....and she did not!  She had never wanted to know her Zodiacal  "sign".  I never had a chance to follow up with her on that revelation of hers, as the children all started piling back to the table for cake and ice cream.  I had meant to ask her about it later that evening but it was not to be.  Mom had a fatal heart attack and died two days later.  Just before her death, I was sitting at her bedside.  She reached out her hands and the only words that I could hear were "take me home".  At first, I thought she was talking to me and asking me to take her home but she was looking at the ceiling.  Then it hit me.  The "lavender angel" was there.  Then, mom was gone from this world.

She must have received alot of Spiritual training on the Other Side of the Veil (perhaps on Neptune!), as both Little Bear and my Mother The Neptunian were to play a major role in helping my father and I to facilitate his own transition 11 years later but again, that is another story. 

And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
here are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Shakespeare's Hamlet

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As mudanças vão acabar por se tornar num tema redundante neste blogue. Mas estamos a falar de Karma, o que poderia ser mais redundante?
Este sentimento de “não-pertença” que a Quote mostra é bastante comum depois de uma terapia mais intensa, como a que estou a passar agora. É também um sinal de progresso. O desapego é um processo que espero ter concluído ainda nesta vida. Quando o desapego for de facto efectivo, deixo de me preocupar, cumprindo assim um dos princípios que me lançaram nesta caminhada: kyo dake wa shinpai sunna (Só por hoje, não te preocupes). Por isso, caras/os alunas/os, não esperem que seja fácil. A piada está mesmo no processo, no Caminho, à medida que ele se vai fazendo.

Namasté!

Namasté!

Reiki

“Honra a tus maestros padres y ancianos

Tan solo por hoy confía en Dios, la fuente esencial del Reiki

Tan solo por hoy, no te preocupes

Tan solo por hoy, no te enojes

Tan solo por hoy, se amable con tu vecino y con todo ser vivo

Tan solo por hoy, gana tu vida honestamente

Tan solo por hoy, recuerda practicar Reiki.

Tan solo por hoy, da las gracias por tus muchas bendiciones

No dejes para mañana lo que puedes hacer hoy”

***

“Primero dirígete al espíritu, luego sana lo físico, y recuerda que los mendigos carecen de gratitud; por lo tanto no debes dar mas tratamientos ni cursos gratuitos. Hay que tener un buen cuerpo y una buena mente para que un hombre este completo.”

***

“El Reiki se ofrece al yo interior del paciente, para que esa energía se utilice de la forma más necesaria para él en ese momento. Por eso el practicante del Reiki no “dirige” la energía, sino que confía en la sabiduría total del propio paciente a través de su Yo interior. Así, a veces con el Reiki, la energía está trabajando en áreas totalmente desconocidas para nosotros.”

***

“Con Reiki no se puede hacer daño. Reiki es energía universal, ósea energía del amor. Se ofrece y si es aceptada hará solamente bien, aunque a veces nosotros no seamos conscientes del plano en que está trabajando.”

***

“Eres un ser de luz, y para recordarte esto, vamos a pasar luz a través de tu cuerpo. Esta energía se te ofrece para un cuerpo perfecto, una mente perfecta y un espíritu perfecto”.

 O Reiki é um tipo de religião?

Que energia é essa, tão poderosa?

 Quem tem poder de aplicar?

O que ela pode proporcionar?

Primeiro: O reiki não é religião. Não é espiritismo. Nenhuma entidade está envolvida.

A energia do reiki é uma energia do proprio homem, dada por Deus. Qualquer pessoa é pode oferecer reiki.

O Reiki é um sistema natural que busca harmonizar a energia do corpo. Nosso corpo é feito por água em sua maioria. A água é muito sensivel a quaisquer mudanças energéticas, como se diz: mudanças de humor ( humor está relacionado a presença de água). A água absorve qualquer energia que se aproxime de nós, seja ela boa ou ruim. Um ambiente pode nos trazer uma sensação ruim, é a energia deste lugar.

Esta energia que está em tudo pode nos contaminar, nos intoxicar e nos levar a ficar tristes, mal-humorados e até mesmo doentes. Os orientais não acreditam em doença, eles acreditam em desequilíbrio energético. É neste desequilíbrio que o reiki vai trabalhar.

Para explicar o que é o Reiki uma velha senhora japonesa disse que é a mesma coisa que a mãe faz com seu filho quando ele se machuca e que nós mesmos fazemos quando nos machucamos. A primeira reação instintiva é colocar a mão. A mãe toca seu filho onde se machucou, beija ou assopra. Nestes gestos ela está fazendo Reiki. A pessoa que se  machucou logo coloca a mão para alivio da dor, mesmo sem que isso seja um gesto voluntario, é instintivo.

Este poder foi dado a nós pelo Criador para alívio de nossas dores e para nosso reequilíbrio.

Reiki é a energia do AMOR

Well I'm back from my medicine journey to Upstate NY and have been spending today just getting back on the ground, clearing my desk, sorting and following up on any number of items that were calling for my attention.   It's been an interesting few weeks into this retrograde period which started back on the 24th of September and will end on the 16th of October.  So what has been happening has been very interesting and I want to share in this post so that you will have some validation for whatever you have been experiencing.

The first word that I want to focus on is RE-CONNECTING - for me there has been a real SURGE in reconnecting energies.  It started for me the day after retrograde began with a visit from a medicine brother, student and teacher on the journey, Eric Lindemer of Skye Institute who graced me with his presence after several months on the road.  Here he is with an offering that he brought to me - what a sweet gift - look at all these magical purple fruits from the harvest.   He told me of his journey from Georgia to Oklahoma along the Trail of Tears and the many blessings and ceremonial healings he performed along the way.  Immediately I was inspired to create and what you see around his neck is a Spirit Essence Necklace which incorporates Turquoise, Lava, and a deer bone which was a medicine gift from another brother that I just "knew" needed to be placed into a necklace. 

Eric (Walking Flame) gifted me with a most MAGNIFICENT arrow head which has the most amazing color green which also promptly landed in this necklace that I made for myself.  In both necklaces I really felt the strong desire to incorporate "tear" shaped beads to commemorate and symbolize the story of his healing work along the Trail of Tears that inspired both pieces.  Eric's necklace has tears of Turquoise - for wholeness.  My tears are made of Seraphinite which holds one of the highest healing vibrations possible on the planet in a stone at this time, bringing in healing from the Celestial and Angelic Realms.  The balance of the stones in my necklace are Kombaba Jasper which I believe carries the same energy as the Seraphinite only in a very grounded format which really links the Earth and the Heavens in a union of healing vibrations.  Of course both of us were actively in the mode of RECEIVING - the second word that this post is exploring.  All too often we refuse to allow ourselves to RECEIVE.  Letting yourself RECEIVE is one of the greatest of gifts.  When we fail to RECEIVE we shortcircuit the natural flow of energy that governs the universe, in which everything is in circulation - a beautiful flow of giving and receiving.  In cutting ourselves off from receiving we stop up the flow and then we wonder why when our finances, our relationships, our creative juices all dry up. 

Worthiness is a big component of this practice of receiving.  So if you have been questioning your self worth, either consciously or not so consciously, now is the time to realize that you are WORTHY - that you are a child of God and that God doesn't make ANY junk!!  These old negative messages that we tell ourselves, "I'm not good enough"  "I don't deserve that" "I don't need any help" "I can make it on my own"  all those old tapes that we play that we might have heard from a misguided parent, teacher, relative, spouse - it's time NOW to RELEASE these.  It's no wonder that our financial systems are a mess.  Collectively we are all carrying old thoughts, patterns of behavior, emotional traumas and incorrect perceptions of our selves, our worth in the world and our deservedness to be fruitful and multiply.  So the final word RELEASE comes into play now - what can you release from your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual matrix?  Can you let go of all these thoughtforms that no longer serve you?  How about creating a ceremony - make a list of all these junky thoughts and burn that list in a dish or in the fireplace.  Clear your head, heart and home of anything that you no longer need in your sphere of influence.  Then RELEASE, let yourself RECEIVE and RECONNECT with the benevolent Universe which will always provide for you exactly what you desire if only you can remember that you are worthy. 

If you desire some assistance with the clearing process at the energetic or mental/emotional body levels then perhaps you might let yourself receive a Shamanic Healing or Clarity Coaching Session.  Give yourself the gift of healing - phone and in person appointments are available.  Phone sessions are great - they save on fuel - and you get a free recording of the session to review later if you like!

This woman was either an extremely gifted psychic, or a really gifted actress.

She told me I was an older soul. Told me I had a few negative spirit's living through me. (She prayed them away in a trance like state where she was crying.) Ya that's when my analytical mind got so intrigued. I had NO clue what to think. But I did get kind of shaky cold and emotional and she said it probably meant there were spirits in the room if I was shaking. She had a really powerful crystal bracelet that when placed in her hand would make her hand kind of jump up and down. Once again, didn't know what to think.  Her hands would shake hard over areas of my body that needed healing, and when the healing was happening she would cry or cough or both.  She told me about a hook from my ex bf, how wounded he is from his father, how revengeful and con-artist and mean he is. She also claimed he and I were together in 2 past lives... And once again, I was so intrigued but DAMN I had noooo idea what to think. It almost seemed to crazy to be true. I really hope she wasn't psychic enough to know she was freaking me the hell out when she was doing the reiki, which I thought was supposed to be this really calming amazing experience.

But she was pretty accurate with saying, wow I feel like your throat is kind of swollen here, (where It was recently feeling swollen).  She seemed to accurately describe how I provoke/push buttons of the people I'm in argumentative cycles with (my mom, my ex).  She gave me a much clearer perspective that I want to believe, I just don't know if I can lol. I'm a skeptic now, who would have thought??

My body doesn't feel much different from the reiki. I do actually just feel like the same person pretty much. I think I should just continue to balance my chakras myself and do visualizations for my heart/body. And keep my mind/heart open to whatever's next.

I do think she's psychic. I just don't know if I can believe everything. What if she's slightly psychic, and slightly a huge psychic junkie who knows all of the terms, situations, books to read. I dunno? Maybe my body wasnt open to the reiki.

btw.

I also had a weird dream of driving down an interstate and a car accident had taken place. Two men were thrown from the vehicles and laying on the pavement moaning in extreme pain. I pulled my car over to help but since there were so many people already doing that I decided to stay away from the gross scene while other people were handling it.  Dunno what that means.