For the last several years Reiki Rays has hosted an online Reiki Healing Summit, and this year the summit begins this weekend on November 7th. I always find it nice to hear other experienced Reiki Teachers and Practitioners talking about their experiences and stories, and I wanted to make you aware of this event in case you are interested.
The event is free, and you can read the invitation from Reiki Rays below. For a small fee you can upgrade for a lifetime access to the interviews, downloadable mp3’s and transcripts, as well as bonus interviews and meditations. You can check out the lifetime access pass here.
Read moreWhen putting together my monthly newsletters I look for fun facts and special days for each month to share as a quote or to put on the calendar. I stumbled upon a site that had special days for all of October that were so random that I thought I would share them with you. There seems to be a day for everyone this month.
Read moreLast month I took a trip to Pennsylvania to visit family, and I thoroughly enjoyed driving through the lush green mountains and exploring the state parks tucked within them. There’s nothing like communing with nature to lift your spirits.
Have you ever heard of the practice of shinrin yoku or “forest bathing”?
Read moreNo, I'm not impersonating Fozzy Bear. Waka is a form of Japanese poetry in a 5-7-5-7-7 meter. More popular is the haiku which is 5-7-5, but I found out about waka through Reiki. During Mikao Usui's lifetime the Meiji Emperor ruled over Japan and was also a notable waka poet. Usui sensei used the Meiji Emperor's poems as a part of his Reiki Association meetings. Some of them have been translated and you can find them in the appendix of the book The Spirit of Reiki (Lubeck, Petter, Rand).
Here are a few examples:
Read moreTake care of yourself during these times. I was reminded this past month of how off kilter I get when I don’t get enough sleep. I get very irritable when I am sleep deprived, and I first shared that story after my son was born (here). I don’t always notice it as soon as I would like to, but recognizing it and making adjustments is more important than how fast I notice it. Shortly after I allowed myself one more hour of sleep in the morning my temperament started to shift. It was then I started seeing connections back to 9 years ago.
In 2011 after receiving my Reiki Advanced Practitioner attunements I fell into a bit of a depression, and upon reflecting on my life path at that point I started to consider changing careers. And in changing careers my entire life would change. That was a very emotional two year period in my life making that adjustment.
Here we are in 2020 and my life as I had built it over the last 9 years has been placed on hold, and that has been quite challenging to process especially when having no certainty on when, if ever, I can go back to doing the work I was doing and in what capacity it will be available…
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