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How to Get the Most Out of Your Reiki Session

PUBLISHED ON MINDBODYGREEN Many of my clients ask how they can best prepare for and receive the most benefits from their Reiki session. First and foremost you’ll want to check in with your Reiki practitioner and ask for his or her recommendations. However, below is a series of ideas to take into consideration both before [...]

By |2022-04-11T16:23:18-06:00May 28th, 2015|Features, Reiki|0 Comments

Long-Distance Reiki: What It Is & What To Expect During A Session

PUBLISHED ON MINDBODYGREEN I do a fair amount of my Reiki practice via distance, which frequently prompts the question: “does distance Reiki really work?” The answer to that question, “yes,” is always followed by another question, “how?” 2nd degree Reiki practitioners learn and receive three symbols, one of which is the distance symbol. When invoked [...]

By |2022-04-11T17:15:07-06:00March 2nd, 2015|Distance Reiki, Features|0 Comments

What to do When You Can’t let (It) Go

PUBLISHED ON ELEPHANT JOURNAL We’ve probably all seen the Zen proverb “let go or be dragged,” and maybe even groaned a bit as we resonated with the concept. Yet how many times do we still find ourselves hanging on for dear life to a person, belief, situation, or even past event, as we are dragged [...]

By |2022-04-13T12:53:06-06:00February 16th, 2015|Features, Reflections|0 Comments

What is a Reiki Circle?

*Originally published on MindBodyGreen* Reiki Circles (also called Reiki Shares) have grown in popularity over the last several years. Reiki Circles began as a way for practitioners to practice on one another and the community, honing their skills and also gaining healing. They’ve expanded to incorporate distance healing, healing for causes and circles specifically to [...]

By |2017-05-04T22:50:57-06:00December 15th, 2014|Reiki|0 Comments

An Introduction To Reiki Circles & How To Host Them

PUBLISHED ON MINDBODYGREEN Reiki circles or reiki shares began as a way for reiki practitioners to hone their skills and receive healing themselves. Over the last several years, these gatherings have become a popular way to send the loving, supportive energy of reiki healing where it's needed the most. What is a reiki circle, and [...]

By |2022-04-13T12:57:17-06:00December 14th, 2014|Features, Reiki|0 Comments

What Are The Reiki Levels & What Do They Mean?

PUBLISHED ON MINDBODYGREEN Admittedly, when I first embarked upon the process of becoming a Reiki practitioner, I knew little about the various levels and their meanings. I didn’t even really understand what the attunement process was all about, although I had several friends who had achieved Master level as well as taught Reiki courses. In [...]

By |2022-04-13T13:00:19-06:00December 1st, 2014|Features, Reiki|0 Comments

Releasing the Fairytale

*Originally published on Rebelle Society* I’m mourning the loss of this fairy tale relationship I now know I will never have. I’m finally surrendering the vision I’ve held in my mind’s eye: He’s holding my hand we’re laughing in bliss I feel the sunny rays of his complete acceptance of all that I am. I [...]

By |2017-05-04T22:51:03-06:00September 27th, 2014|Reflections|0 Comments

Song for My Body

*Originally published on Elephant Journal* I want to sing a song to my body and direct it to the parts that ache; its melody seeking out the places inside of me that creak and groan, that shift and shiver, that have gone so long untouched for not being recognized, for not being held in love. [...]

By |2017-05-04T22:51:03-06:00May 30th, 2014|Reflections|0 Comments

Learning How to Love My Mom

I wake up this morning, wiping the sleep from my eyes and the corners of my lips. As the mental fog clears, I remember that today is Mother’s Day. A quiet tension begins in my belly, crawling up toward my heart, born of the obligation attached to this holiday. It’s pushed along as I roll [...]

By |2017-05-04T22:51:03-06:00May 11th, 2014|Reflections|0 Comments

Making Myself Unnecessary

PUBLISHED ON ELEPHANT JOURNAL There once was a time, not so very long ago, that I endeavored to make you need me. Finding ways to be invaluable to you, I’d become utterly necessary, completely indispensible. I’d found all the holes in your floors, your squeaky wheels, your cabinets hanging off their hinges; I’d searched out [...]

By |2022-04-11T16:36:36-06:00February 17th, 2014|Features, Reflections|0 Comments
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