My Story

I came to Reiki after many, many years of searching for answers to a myriad of health problems along with chronic depression.

Following the stress of the loss of my best friend, my mother and my beloved pet of nearly fifteen years, I fell into a terrible depression which I could see no way out of. Then my health which I had dramatically improved through diet change, regular exercise and weight loss started to deteriorate as well. I started to experience terrible digestive problems, ultimately diagnosed as IBS. My right shoulder had locked and I was scheduled for shoulder surgery in February. I felt that all my problems were stress related following the terrible year I had endured.

Then a dear friend invited my husband and I to her home just before Christmas to celebrate winter solstice. While there I was seated at her kitchen table beside a lovely lady named Patricia. This woman oozed comfort, peace and love. She encouraged me to talk and so I told her of my struggles throughout the year. It wasn't long before the tears started flowing and she placed her hand on back, just below my shoulder. I instantly felt a flowing of something peaceful from her hand which infused in me a sense of peace and calmness. During our sharing, I discovered she was a Reiki Master. This information was like a lightening bolt. I instantly knew she was placed in my life for a specific purpose. We made arrangements for me to see her for treatment. Due to unforeseen circumstances though over the next couple of months, we were unable to get together, but Reiki was whispering to me that I needed to look into it much more deeply.

 So, I started researching online. I came across a few websites that offered training via distance. At the time I really had no idea how Reiki worked and wasn't even sure if I could do it. So, I enrolled in a level I course, received my lesson on DVD and one attunement. This is where I learned that one is opened to Reiki ~ anyone can do it. During my attunement, I felt a tingling which started at the top of my head and then work its way down through my body. Then I experienced a sense of being bigger than I actually was, almost an out-of-body experience.

 A couple of weeks after this distance attunement, I finally connected with Patricia and she invited me to my first healing circle. When I arrived at her home, she instantly commented on how different my energy was from December. She said it was lighter and so was I. I received my very first Reiki treatment this night. I had been self healing, but had never experienced a treatment with someone else. It was incredible, I was treated by two channels ~ a level II channel and Patricia, a Reiki master. I continued to attend these weekly healing circles. I was growing as well as experiencing healing every week through the giving and receiving of Reiki.

 After approximately two months of working with this group, Patty gave me four level I attunements. What an incredible difference in my ability to channel following these attunements. The palms of my hands which sparked after the distant attunement were now alive with energy, singing a beautiful song. Even the soles of my feet were humming. Over the next month I experienced a major healing crisis every time I was on the table and I was able to go deeper and deeper when I gave Reiki.

As I work with Reiki, I feel old habits, thought processes and patterns, negativity, anger, resentments and criticisms fall away like leaves from a tree as winter encroaches. These negative patterns that no longer serve my higher purpose have dropped away as a water droplet that once released from a flower petal is gone forever. Negative emotions once bound to my heart are stripped away revealing a heart lightened with love. The energy now flows in and through my entire body, chakras are no longer blocked, they are spinning in perfect harmony, chi ~ the very essence of me is beautifully flowing like a river free of encumbrances.

I have witnessed these miraculous changes in myself and also in others through this universal energy called Reiki.

Every time I receive Reiki, I experience more and more healing. The voice of Reiki speaks louder and louder, calling to me to continue moving forward in my journey. Level II is in my very near future and then I will begin to prepare myself to hold the position of Master so that I too may share this miraculous gift with others, mentoring and nurturing students of Reiki the way my Master mentors and nurtures me.

I am so grateful that I listened when Reiki whispered my name and grateful that I answered the call. I have finally emerged and I like who I am becoming ~ the butterfly that had been ensconced in a chrysalis for a lifetime has finally broken free. Like an eagle, I am soaring to new heights, heights I never dreamt possible.

I am light ~ I am love ~ I am Reiki ~