It’s time to get out of the Reiki closet!
It’s not so much the “You don’t believe that kind of stuff, do you?” comment that tends to make me feel singled out, it’s usually the slightly awkward and insecure silence and looks that follow whenever I say that I am also a Reiki practitioner. I’ve come a long way since walking into my first ever Reiki session four years ago and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s time to be unapologetic about how I feel about Reiki and the way I wish to live the life I have fought so hard for!
My mind and my body used to react in multiple, uncomfortable ways to a statements like the one above (it probably still does, depending on who I’m having a conversation with). It goes something like this. First, my ears burn and my cheeks blush a little, my eyes start wandering into any direction other than back into the eyes of the person having expressed said question about energy healing. My mind gets busy, bouncing off of every justification I can come up with - scientific or otherwise - my chest gets a bit heavy and I end up flinging my arms in the air, in resignation, “well, you know, each to their own.” No. more! By doing that, I not only give my power over to someone else other than me, but I am also negating the voice in my heart, my truth and the emotion in my gut to be unapologetically authentic. And that has gotten me nowhere in life. It’s made me sick. Literally.
Committing my heart, time and attention - and intention - to the path of Reiki (the teachings, the principles, the system, the life-force; you name it, I’m in!) has lead me to follow my wonderful teacher Brighitta through Reiki Level 1 and 2 and into the deepest level yet, the Master level. By recognising that we are one with the great bright light we step into the light so we may carry it forth for others to remember that we’re made out of stardust and all the other magical jazz! It has made my life and my relationships so much better and I like the wilder woman I am becoming. On the way, I picked up a great desire to share my experiences, my insecurities, my hopes and my dreams.
And here we are. You are reading my first blogpost on my very own Reiki website. It’s a really big deal for me. I am not who I was a year ago and I don’t want to hide anymore. The truth is out, I got out of the holistic closet, this is what I believe in. This is how I live my life, this is what I teach and what I have to share with my fellow souls. And I’m not sorry about it!
The very thing that my teacher said might happen, actually did. The more open about it I am, the more I find that people know this about me already. Or I encounter people who open up to me because I opened up to them. It’s just so beautiful and empowering.
“You don’t believe that kind of stuff, do you?”… “Yes I do. I believe that we live in a kind Universe, that love is the key, that nature is magic and that we are here to lift each other up. We are here to live, to experience life, supported by our great and wise mother, Earth.”
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