How many people find something they truly love to do?  Something that makes their heart sing and keeps a smile on their faces?  I did find what does that for me, and it is Reiki.  When I give Reiki to a client or family I love the feeling of sharing something I know is positive and helpful to them, and when I give it to myself I get that lovely Reiki drift that relaxes and energies me.

The more I learn and practice the more I find I don’t know, but I really don’t mind it so much now.  I have always craved knowledge and been drawn to schooling of all sorts, but the learning feels different at this point in my life.  It doesn’t seem to be coming from books as much as inside myself and from others on spiritual journeys of their own, and that feels right to me.  Who would have thought that the same woman who trained to be a Biology teacher and worked in a hospital as a Respiratory Tech would end up with a Reiki practice?

Apparently not too many would have thought it, but Reiki and other energy healing techniques, along with the whole holistic idea of healing and living, feel right to me now in a way that traditional school teaching or working in the hospital wouldn’t have in the long run.  The part of teaching that keeps me coming back is the feeling I get when a student “gets” something or breaks out in that grin of “Ohhhh”, and no matter what I teach, whether it is flute (as a teenager), ballet (in my twenties), science, healthy living, Reiki, or reading to my children I feel that thrill when they get what they need from a lesson.  The feeling of empowering others is an amazing thing if you have the teaching bug, and the idea that a person come come from a session more able to heal herself and feel connected and balanced is a joy to me as well.

So one of my reasons for starting a Reiki practice and teaching it is for my own satisfaction since it makes me feel content and puts that “Ohh…” smile on my own face, and sometimes I feel a distinct “clink” of a puzzle piece falling into place as I teach or allow the energy to flow to someone.  The piece was the one I was searching for in each of the many classes I have taken in my 51 years, and since it has clinked into place I feel I can start my journey on the path I am meant to be on in this life.  I can’t think of anything more fulfilling or challenging, and I am blessed enough to have a wonderful family and caring friends to share my journey.  To think that each moment of our lives leads us where we need to be when we start listening and paying attention is a powerful message, and I’m glad I finally started listening so I could get on the path that feels right to me.

I haven’t posted here in a long time, although it wasn’t because I had nothing to say.  I have simply been focused elsewhere, but I have to urge to write again.  I have been working on learning and practicing my Reiki and reading all I can get my hands on that relates to what I have experienced and would like to learn.  I have taken each level of Reiki training from a different Master, and I am glad at this point that I made that choice.  I have decided to focus this blog on spiritual growth, energy work, and inner health, so you will find that the posts are very different from my previous ones.

I started my Reiki journey in 2009 and it has been a wonderful one for various reasons.  I have discovered who I was meant to be in this life, and those of you who practice Reiki or receive it will most likely understand when I say this discovery didn’t come in a big BAM moment, but in a gradual shift that I only noticed when a fork on my path presented me with a chance to think about how I got to that particular choice.  Reiki has a way of gently guiding us toward where we need to be, and since it isn’t intrusive or harsh we may not notice we have moved until we feel a peace or realize what we have that we didn’t before.

My personal experience has been that Reiki began as a tiny seed that was planted when a friend sent me Reiki one night, and from that night I knew I wanted to learn how to keep that lovely feeling in my life and be able to give that to myself and anyone who wanted it.  I hadn’t heard of it until a few years ago, but I’m sure that I heard about it when the time was ripe for me to appreciate it.  Reiki training generally comes in the form of Level I, II, ART, Master, and Karuna Reiki Master, and of course there are many “flavors” of Reiki that come from different branches that are based on the original Usui Reiki, and I have come to appreciate how the energy is the point whatever the particular flavor a person practices.

For anyone who happened by here who isn’t familiar with Reiki I will note that it is a gentle, relaxing, and healing energy that comes from all around us and the universe, and is focused through someone attuned to that energy.  The training we receive when we take classes consists of learning to let the energy do what is needed and techniques to assist self or clients in allowing the Reiki energy to flow through them and create a balance.  When we are energetically balanced we tend to stay healthier, more relaxed, and in touch with ourselves, and Reiki imparts a sense of peace and well-being that  is empowering and healing.

I am glad to be back and will be posting often, so welcome and enjoy!