HOW MY REIKI JOURNEY STARTED

Growing up my mum taught us about angels and how they were there to protect us. She was also very open about spiritual things. She loved watching Derek O'Corah in spooky old places finding spirits and things like that. As I got older I watched them with her fascinated. Starting to think about afterlife and souls. I always remember her having readings and loved hearing about how spot on these people were about our lives. People she'd never met that could tell her so much. It was amazing to me I wished so much I could do it. That I could give people messages! I was so excited when my mum brought me my 1st pack of angel cards. I loved doing my own little readings and checking in the book what my messages were. I still use them now although without the book.

We never went to church or really believed in a religion but what we were taught was love. One of the best lessons I've ever learnt. I loved how open I could be with my mum, when I saw things that others didn't or felt a presence I could speak to her and wasn't told it was nothing.

From quite a young age without even realising it I was able to feel other people's feelings. By being around them or hearing their story I was feeling the pains. It wasn't until a few years ago I really understood that this meant I was an Empath. (I'm planning a blog post about what an empath is if your interested) For years I didn't even know I was picking up stuff an carrying it around as my own. I felt so burdened an sad a lot of the time and suffered badly with depression throughout my teenage years. But despite that I got good grades an went to college.

I struggled with knowing what I really wanted to do for a career but just knew it had to do with helping people in some way. I decided to do a holistic therapy course. I wasn't too sure what it was apart from massage an facials. It turned out to be just what I needed. I learnt so much about the body and ways of healing it without medication. I started drinking water and still to this day carry my water bottle around with me everywhere because of that course! One aspect was reflexology which for those that haven't heard of it is a treatment on your feet. Its not just a massage though it works on your entire body. We had to find people we didn't know to do a 6 week case study on. My mum suggested a friend of a friend that would be interested Sarah.

I had my massage couch set up in my bedroom and gave her the first treatment. After I'd finished she said my hands got really hot and that she could feel a lovely energy from me. She was a Reiki master and explained to me what it was. An ancient energetic healing technique. I'd never heard of it before. But it made sense and sounded interesting so after college I went to Sarah for my attunement. It was a group session in a random building in town. I think there was about 4 of us and Sarah. She talked us through the history of Reiki and how it's been passed down. I remember having a treatment from her so we could feel what it was like. It was like nothing I'd ever experienced before, it's hard to describe. I like to say it's like a hug for your soul. It feels so calm. l will always remember once she had attuned us an we sat an felt the energy between our hands. I was shocked to be honest, I could really do it! I was excited for what this could lead me to. We got the chance to practice on one another to feel comfortable with it. I actually gave people healing for the first time and had great feedback. I was buzzing!

When you attune to Reiki you have a 21 day cleanse. This can be a bit of an emotional roller-coaster clearing out anything you no longer need to step into your new power. I was only young still and once the excitement was over I didn't practice much. I found when I told people about it and what I could do, they'd laugh or just be like 'yea ok' so I kept it to myself a lot and just connected when I remembered to.

I can't quite remember how the timing happened for the next level but I know I had planned to do it when I did level 1. I think maybe a year later. I went along to meet Sarah for a 1 to 1 session this time. It was such a lovely day in a little converted shed with candles an incense. It felt so warm an smelt beautiful! I remember being there most the day talking about Reiki and what it can help with. She attuned me to level 2 and I practiced on her. To be honest I don't remember much apart from picking up things about her I never knew. It was amazing that it felt stronger than before.

This time I was more quiet about what I was doing but stuck to my cleanse a lot better and felt good for doing it. I felt more ready now to start having clients and make a business out of it with my holistic therapies. But this isn't quite how it went, I ended up in a relationship where my spiritual side got slowly pushed down. I wasn't able to fully be me. I still spoke to my angels but didn't practice anything else. Then the most amazing thing happend I become a mum! I felt love of a different kind. It was the best thing in the world even if I was sleep deprived for about 3 years lol.

Being a mum made me want to be the best version of myself I could be but I had a lot to learn and a long way to go. I strived on with support from my guides. Set up a loving home for me an my son and worked as much as I could. I still so badly wanted my own business so I squeezed in where I could doing massages and facials and even some Reiki.

It was a good few years later when I got on my self development stage in my life where I began to become more in touch with my spiritual side again. I watched so many YouTube videos about connecting with your guides and grounding. I came across a wonderful lady named Tina who was a spiritual empowerment coach at the time. I invested in some courses with her. My most recent one was my masters in Reiki. She came to my house and it was a lovely summers day so we could do it in the garden. It was absolutely amazing learning the new symbols and the energy I felt was so powerful!! Once she had attended me, I practiced attunement on her. The feeling is indescribable but calm and excited in one I guess. I was now able to teach others Reiki and be able to tap into a higher level of healing for my clients. I did my cleanse and got great feedback once I was back doing treatments again. I love Reiki. I use it every day on myself and send healing to people. There's so much more I could say and explain Reiki in more detail but I don't want to keep you too long. So that's a bit of my spiritual journey to becoming a Reiki Master. See you next time Xxxxxxx