Moving into the Heart
Aloha lovely ones!
How wonderful that you found your way onto my post. Today, I want to share the start of something exciting with you!
Two weeks ago, I spoke with a dear friend of mine who had just managed to move to another country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic! She had planned this leap-of-faith move way before the virus spread and it was so nice to connect and hear how she was getting on. We talked about the world, our families, our anxieties and old patterns. Our work to unravel those beliefs that didn’t serve us anymore. We talked about our dreams. And about Reiki, of course.
I shared with her what I had put on a piece of paper at the beginning of the year. Not so much as New Year’s resolutions but as vows to myself for the next season. I’d like to share it with you too. Those are the two things that I wrote down:
I want to live more wildly. I want to grow organically, like plants do, taking up space to put down roots and catch the sun. I want to know what the seasons bring, what flowers bloom, what birds are migrating where from and where to. I want to touch the earth, the soil, the life that grows underground. I want to let the Divine Feminine lead me, moving upwards from my root and the centre of my womb into my whole being.
I want to become softer. In the moments when I think I can’t be softer, I want to become even softer. With myself and with others.
When we hung up, I sat with it for a while and I realised that it was time to move some things around. I reflected back on the past year since the Reiki Master retreat, missing the kitchen filled with laughter and longing for those longer, sunnier days in the beautiful surroundings at Tilton House in East Sussex.
It was a very special time and I left the retreat with a joyful life force bubbling and dancing inside me, ready to burst! This was going to be the year! I was healthy again, I was going to build my practice, start teaching and everything was just going to be great! I was proud of myself, and that doesn’t happen that often.
So here I find myself, almost a year later, seemingly still in the same spot as I was back then. Except that, I’m not. I only just realised that something profound had started changing and shifting.
I have matured both in my spiritual and hands-on practice. There’s more confidence and trust in what I do. It’s gets easier and easier to go with the flow. All this time, I was thinking about the concepts, the thoughts and principles of Reiki. And Life.
Now it feels like it’s time to move down. Move back home, into my heart. It is time to move out of my head and into my body. And from the body into the Earth. A transition and translation from thoughts to feelings. And eventually from feelings to actions. I am sure this will be a cyclical journey, like everything else in life. But for now, I am so drawn to the trees, the lush green of their leaves, their roots, the soil and the tranquility of a journey through the woods. I yearn for the quiet and knowing space that resides in my heart.
I just had to change the way I present myself and my practice to the world and so I’ve given my website a little revamp to reflect that shift!! Of course, I’m still obsessed with the moon, anything to do with our cosmos, all the wonders above us…but now it’s time for some special Mama Earth love!
I will start my journey with lots of time spent outside (as much as is possible at the moment) and a deeper dive into Heart Rhythm Meditation (head over to The Bookshelf section for more info). I’ll probably write a post soon on how this is going.
I will be sharing much more of my journey here with you, in the hope that it inspires and comforts some of you out there. Until next time!
With love,
Ariane