Reiki in times of fear

I wanted to talk about the covid-19 and the fear that is going on now. I know that there is a lot of fear over this and that is ok. As this hit the world rather fast and the media did not help keeping the general public calm. In this time isolation and social distance, we find ourselves facing our inner worlds, our own fears and thoughts. I know that we, tend to keep busy to avoid facing our own inner “demons” thoughts, fears and even our own limiting beliefs. This can be terrifying, but for us to grow we need to face those things in us and let go of what no longer serves our highest good and the highest good for all. I see that people are showing kindness even though we are keeping our distance, we are learning and experiencing a whole new way of living. That is truly a beautiful thing to see and gives hope that humanity can change for the better and heal.

I have been sending reiki distantly to the world and to everyone who needs it and I know other reiki people have done so as well. We know that reiki helps clear the fear and that is what was needed to allow for the world to move from fear to kindness and love. There is still a lot of fear but not as much as when this first hit the world. So, I will continue to clear that fear and help heal humanity and the Earth using Reiki and all the different healing modalities that I have. If you have any reiki or other healing modalities like crystal healings, herbal healing, healing touch, pray or song, I ask you to send it out into the world and to those that need it most like our medical professionals and the elderly. If you already are doing so, I thank you and keep it up. I know I am and will continue to do so.

Grounding Expanded...

I know I talked about grounding and centering before and I wanted to expand on it some more. We often go about our lives with a feeling of being disconnected form ourselves, each other and to our Earth. This often can lead to sickness and other health issues. It is why I talk about grounding with my clients.

I know I have mentioned some of these before, but they are worth mentioning again. There are so many different techniques to grounding like: meditation, petting a furry pet, hugging a tree, putting hands in a pot of dirt, eating grains, drinking water, washing hands in running water, soaking your feet in salted water, deep breathing, holding black stones like: tourmaline, hematite, onyx, jet or obsidian. Holding petrified wood is one of my favorite grounding stones. You can even do reiki to help you ground, as there are a few reiki systems that are very grounding that I offer, like Celtic Reiki and Celtic Wisdom Reiki. Walking barefoot is a great way to ground but if it is winter like it is now that problem not the best idea. You can also do hand Mudras and Mantras to help one ground. See the image for some ideas. I teach grounding and centering with a shielding technique using a tree meditation with the visualization of creating a ball of protection that surrounds you after the tree meditation.

Click on the title of this post and leave a comment or share your own experiences with grounding and or your own techniques!

New Reiki Systems Coming!

I am so excited for the new reiki/energy systems that I have coming soon! I am releasing 3 new ones this week and a few in the following weeks. There are some really awesome Attunements. Check out the SHOP often as I won’t announce the new ones after this posting. Quan Yin Lavender Flame Reiki was released on 01/08/2020 and I have 2 other ones coming in the next few days. One is even a dragon system. Lot of exciting new reiki systems! SO stay tuned!

Stress, what it does to you and how reiki can help reduce stress

I want to talk about what stress and anxiety does to the body. Stress can be caused by many different factors, but it is how we cope with different situations and environments. Each of us deals with these things that affect our life differently. When we have stress, we sometimes become sick or ill, we can feel anxiety and fear. When we feel stressed and anxiety our body goes into the fight or flight mode, it is how we protect ourselves. This is from the time when we, as humans relied on that, fight or flight mode in order to survive. So, when the body is in protection mode it shuts down your growth center that is where your digestive and repertory systems are, in your torso. So, fear and anxiety can, if it is unchecked or prolonged, shut down your growth, your immune systems, reproduction, tissue repair and your inflammatory systems. So, having prolonged stress and anxiety can cause us to become chronically ill.

There are 4 basic sources that we experience stress. 1. Your thoughts, how you persevere your environment can affect your stress level. 2. Your body changes i.e. menopause, adolescence, poor nutrition, inadequate sleep, and your physiological reactions to your environment. 3. Your environment, pollen, weather, noise and air pollution all can be overwhelming. 4. Lastly your social demands for your time and energy and attention.

So, what should you look for when you are looking at how your body responds to stress? You can experience any of the following and more due to each person is different and experiences stress different. Heart-rate increases, breathing rate increases, muscle tension, blood pressure increases, and metabolism increases. You can feel your hands and feet become cold as blood moves to lager muscles that can help fight or flight. Your eyes can dilate, and your sight and hearing sharpen.

How can Reiki help with stress? Well as I have said before in previous posts Reiki helps you to relax! Reiki gently calms all of those over reactive sensations down. It brings balance back to the body and give a feeling of being safe so that the body can get out of the fight or flight mode that stress puts us in. Reiki allows one to return to the growth mode of being. When I have a reiki client that is over stressed, I ask them to tell me where they feel that stress and tension in their body. This then gives me a starting point for their reiki session. I also offer my stress management packet. I won’t make my stress management packet available on line through my website just yet, but if you would like it you can request it through my email/contact page.

Other techniques I use in a Reiki Session.

In my reiki sessions I use not only crystals and ReikiWeave patches. I use talk therapy, amega wand, feathers/wings, and even guided imagery. How do I use these things in a reiki session?

Talk therapy is when you give voice to those problems or issues that you are avoiding or are “suck in”. I find that sometimes we need a safe place that is non judgmental to talk things out. I create that safe place with reiki. I allow my clients to talk to me knowing that it will not leave the room. Sometimes talking helps with the releasing of that issue and I clear the throat chakra as you talk it out. Most of the time when you talk things out you give voice to those problems/ issues and thing become clear and not so scary, and sometimes my clients even find solutions or answers that they were looking for. I just hold space and allow you to talk and be heard. If I feel that there is something that my client needs to talk it out but there is resistance, I simply remind them that they are safe and that I will not judge them and whatever is said in session will not leave the room and whenever they are ready to give whatever they are trying to not give voice to, that they can.

Amga wand is a wand that helps the body go back to Zero on a cellular level. There is a lot of technology that goes into the making of the wands that I don’t fully understand. I know it works well with reiki and crystals. I saw a YouTube video that cut the wand open and there where little crystals inside. I connect to those crystal inside my Amga Wand and channel the reiki through it. I have been told it feels more focused, more like a laser versus a heating pad feel to it.

I use feathers to help move the energies. Typically, I use the feathers/ wings when I sweep away all the “ick” or negative energies out of the aura and away from the body when I am done giving the client reiki and just before I have them sit up. I than run my hands down their spin and arms 3 times. This helps ground the client before they get off the table.

I use guided imagery the same way I use talk therapy. Usually, we all have things we need to let go of. I use the visual of holding on very tightly a rope. We are holding on to that rope so tight that the fingers are turning purple. The rope is the issues that needs to be let go of. So, I give my clients the imagery to help them let go of whatever they are holding on to. That is my favorite guided imagery that I use the most. There are so many different tools and techniques that can be included in with your Reiki sessions that beneficial and supper easy to do. Feel free to share some of your own.

What is a crisis healing after an attunement?

Most Reiki Master Teachers in the traditional Usui Reiki will strongly recommend a 21-day period between attunements. This is so that you can adjust to the reiki energies. I do agree with this for most beginners as this is the period that the healing crisis takes place. I do also tell my students that get my other reiki attunements to wait at least a week between the attunements but of course this is just a suggestion and that they know what they can and cannot handle energetically.

What is a healing crisis? It happens after an attunement where the reiki energies bring up all that does not serve your HIGHEST good. Most of the time you get sick or if you already are it gets worst before it gets better. I have gone through it a few times with even my other reiki systems. It is defiantly not fun, as it is never fun being sick as it is.

I tell my students about this time and I usually do my best to help them through it the best I can by sending them distance reiki and giving them an idea of what to expect. I know it can be scary facing that time alone. Most of the time the healing crisis happens in levels according to the level of reiki that you are being attuned to.

During Usui Reiki Level 1 it is the physical healing, so you get the purification of the body and the physically sicknesses. At level 2 Usui Reiki attunement comes the emotional healing or cleansing. You become an emotional mess dealing with all those emotional wounds that one tends to try to bury or to not deal with.  Level 3 and 4 (depending on how your Master Teacher teaches this) is spiritual healing. I find that at this stage my reiki students have enough skills in self-healing that I rarely am called for help. They also tell me that it is the least dramatic of the healing crisis. When I got to this level in my formal Usui training, I was the one that my teacher demonstrated the attunement processes on and then I allowed the other student to practice on me, so I received 6 attunements in one 6-hour class, so my healing crisis was more than what is normal. I also don’t recommend doing that or anyone to volunteer to do that.

Please feel free to share your own experiences or ask me questions.

ReikiWeave

This was a post that my Reiki Master Teacher made on Facebook, Eva Gairabetoff. I use ReikiWeave in all my in-person sessions, but I do not sell them myself. I always have a hard time explaining what they are but love working with them. This gives more information on the ReikiWeave with her permission and a link to her website I am sharing this with you.

“ReikiWeave Patches are handwoven with an ancient Sacred Symbol representing the consciousness of Divine Love. It creates a powerful, multi-dimensional energy field, clearing and opening communication to every level and raising the frequency of whatever you place on it. The encoded frequencies heighten, balance, and harmonize energy.
Because our fabrics create an energy field, they may be:
``Placed on the body for clearing and opening up blocked energy and aligning chakras
``Used to raise energy and create a protective energy field
``Carried in a pocket
``Used to clear and raise energy of crystals, oils, remedies, vitamins, make up, and medications
``Improve sleep, focus, and relaxation
``Used wrapped around tools or with techniques to deepen the energy multi-dimensionally``
``Applied to computers, televisions, cars, light bulbs, and more
``Used to create sacred geometry layouts and crystal grids
See the Tree of Life layout below.  I put these under or over my Reiki client on the table or on the floor to stand in.  All my Reiki Weave products are discounted 20% for the month of December. Email me at egairabetoff@gmail.com”

Eva Gairabetoff’s website. www.pathtotransformation.info

Mary Hoyer is the Creator of ReikiWeave. Mary Hoyer has an etsy site and her website is www.reikiweave.com

My experience with ReikiWeave is interesting in that when I first was introduced to them, I saw much more angelic energies. Each one had a light about it, usually white light with a hint of whatever color the patch is. When I hold them, it is almost vibrating in very strong yet gentle, loving energy. I knew that I had to have the Reiki Weave patches to include in my own Reiki workings and sessions. I have this tendency to give the patches to people that I feel need them. I had 3 full sets of 12, I was down to 1 miss matched set till I was gifted 2 sets. I use them in my personal reiki practice for everything. I charge my healing crystals, my drinking water and other drinks and foods. I have a few under my potted plants and one even in my cat bed. I have a bigger one on my bed and even have one in my pocket all the time. When I use the ReikiWeave in a session, I usually place the patches in the 12-point Tree of Life formation on the table, then a blanket over that and the client lays on top of the blanket and if they want, I place another blanket on them. Sometimes I will place the ReikiWeave patches on top of the client usually on the 7 major chakra points

What I do to recharge/relax

How do I relax and recharge is by doing my self-reiki, I do wood burning, I paint, and really anything brings me joy. I enjoy doing art and painting and I have been in love with are ever since I was small. My grandma would paint and I would of course want to do it too. I than grew up taking every art class that I could in school and even went as far as a full 2 semesters of only art and photography classes. That killed my finances for school for few years. I continued to do my art as a form of therapy that helps me relax and recharge myself.

I do my self-reiki daily and my meditation along with my reiki. This helps me stay balanced and starts the day off with a positive mindset. We all know that how you start the day makes the day. My meditation consist of repeating my reiki precepts of “Just for today – Do not anger, do not worry, be humble, be honest in your work you do, show graduated, and be compassionate to yourself and to all others.” I repeat this at least 10 times as I breathe deeply and my hands are in gassho or pray hands in front of your heart center. After I say this I start my self-reiki. This also helps with any stiffness or dis-comfort that I may have in the morning. I also repeat this at night before I go to bed.

Some of my other ways that I relax and recharge are way more common in that lots of others do these things to. I go for walks in nature or wooded area and just being the moment. I also pet my cats and give them loving and even give them reiki too. I also enjoy cooking and that really gets me into a Zen/peaceful mood.

Anxiety and Reiki

I find that a lot of my reiki clients come to me with anxiety, seeking a way to cope without medication. I must say this; I will never tell you to not take something your doctor prescribes to you or to stop consulting your professional medical doctors. I am not a Doctor nor will I claim to be one and if you go to any reiki practitioner that claims such you should ask lots of questions and want to see proof of their doctorate. So with that said I want to start by talking about what anxiety is so that you have a better understanding of it.

What is anxiety? According to medical definitions it is a mental dis-order that lead to excessive nervousness, fear, apprehension, and worry. What my interpenetration is that you are worrying about what is to come or the future. It is: the what could be’s, the what if’s, and worrying about the things that are out of your control.  I know that even talking about all this can cause one to have anxiety so let me remind you that you are safe and you are OK and focus on the here and now. Having anxiety is normal human emotion. Having constant anxiety is where it affects your health. It triggers your fight of flight response. When you are in that fight or flight mood your body sends all of its energy to your limbs and shuts down your digestive system and torso area. So staying in that mood for prolonged time, you then start to see other issues like ulcers.

So, how can reiki help with anxiety? Well first reiki is an energy that helps one to relax. It helps you be in the here and now. I have been told that reiki feels like a weight is being lifted off their chest. I have seen someone with severe anxiety come to me, looking like they are deflated. Almost like they have collapsed in on themselves, they were so hunched over that it was painful to see. After one reiki session my client could stand/sit up straighter than they have in years. She also told me that she could actually take a full deep breath and that she felt lighter in heart. She came back for weekly sessions for 6 months. To date she has reported that she has had only a few moments of where she felt her anxiety surface but she was able to manage it quickly. She comes to see me every so often just as something for her to do as part of her new self-care habits.

The energies of reiki are so gentle and loving that it encourages you to relax into it and just let it do what it needs to do. It is hard to resist that beautiful gift that you can’t help but to do as the energies ask of you and trust it and relax.

Benefits of Reiki

Reiki works on all levels of the mind, body, and spiritual. It works on the past, present, and future. It does not follow linear time, because it is energy and can go where it is needed. Reiki is universal life force energy, Chi, Prana, or Mana. It helps one to reach a relaxed state of being in order for you to begin to heal yourself.  There is a quote that I love, “The soul usually knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” –Caroline Myss- This is what reiki helps with.

I have had clients report the effects of reiki as reduction in trauma, anxiety, and stress. It can relieve depression, balances the energy systems, improve sleep, and even helps with pain management. Some have told me that they have more self-esteem, mental clarity and stronger intuition. Reiki can even helps with PTSD, chemotherapy and other medical drug treatment side effects. It promotes self-love, self-care, and healthy life choices. One client had childhood trauma that she needed to work through forgiving the one who caused the pain and herself for allowing it to happen. Reiki and a bit of talk therapy helped her move to forgiveness of everyone including herself. She later told me that she has found an inner peace that she has never known in her whole life and tearfully thanked me for the reiki session that I had given her.

Another client who was a vet with PTSD came to me seeking help. He use to drink to drowned and forget everything he had seen in his time in service. He was angry most of the time and was going through a divorce and some legal problems.  Due to all of that he could no longer drown his problems. He asked me to work with him to find a different way to cope. I gave him one reiki treatment and he was hooked. He wanted to learn how I do what I do. So he became one of my students. He has learned about how having a reiki self-practice can help with even more then he originally had wanted to treat.

So whether you have some health issue or are just in need of some relaxation, the benefits of reiki are endless.