How Reiki affects my life: Part I

The start of my Reiki journey kicked off the biggest seven years of my life and I find it very poetic that I am closing this chapter of deep transformation and learning with completing my Reiki teacher training. I look at myself, and my relationship with Pat - we are truly changed.

After completing my Reiki 1, for the first time in a long time I felt I had autonomy over my healing journey. After experiencing headaches everyday for more than a year, Reiki was one of the only modalities that gave me any reprieve. I began to understand energy, how it moved in the body and how it contributed to our physical ailments. 

“Reiki provided a reprieve from the daily grind of health symptoms.” 

Reiki showed up in my life in March 2017; I was 26 and newly married. I studied Reiki 1 under Reiki Master Dave Pollock in Queenstown at Yoga Nadi. It was a surreal experience, I fondly recall laughing non stop during my first attunement. I completed my Reiki 2 with Dave again in July that same year. 

Both Reiki Level 1 & 2 were weekend workshops with a small group of students. These workshops were unlike anything I had experienced before. The energy upgrade was palpable and boomed out into my life thereafter and with that, the awareness of everything around me opened up somewhat intensely. 

My relationship with Pat took a massive upgrade, with my new level of awareness seeing so many patterns clearly. Especially in regards to equality and what that meant to me, in particular, redefining the relationship between the masculine and feminine in our physical life. This was key as Pat and I had been together since 2009 so patterns from our younger selves were outdated and ready to go. 

Reiki 1 also brought the renovation of our first home and Reiki 2 soon after, brought an intense dive into my health; rebuilding my gut and cleansing my liver and gallbladder in the lead up to children. And these are just the physical affects. 

Reiki is an energy field of consciousness, it allows us to step out of our conditioning and listen to our bodies. It empowers, brings into harmony and protects. All we can do is have an open mind and trust in what feels true for us. 

If you are interested in learning Reiki 1 or 2 please express your interest here. Both trainings can be completed one evening a week over a month with myself and  Cathy Cremen.