My Reiki Story
My Reiki journey all began when my life was in shambles during the '90's. My first husband and I had parted after ten years of marriage with so much emotional pain and agony. It was overwhelming. We were apart in our personal lives but worked together in the same school. At the last parent teacher conference session, I met the mother of a sixth grade girl who was in my art class. I had meant to contact this woman, but kept conveniently forgetting, putting it to the “I’ll do it later,” mantra which never usually helps anyone. So, Spirit put her right into my path. I didn’t know that she was the mother of my student and but as as soon as she introduced herself, I knew exactly who she was. She had a different last name than her daughter and she explained that Brazilian women do not take their husband’s names. They keep their own. I liked that.
After she introduced herself, I explained that I’d meant to call her but did not. So, Spirit settled it right then and there. It was Reiki time! She gave me her business card and we made arrangements for me to take my first level of Reiki training with her. Reiki comes to us when we need it. It often appears as a Godsend or angelic intervention. It was not a surprise that her business card had an angel on it.
She came to my apartment for my Reiki course giving me the level one manual and several sessions of my Reiki 1 class. She gave me two attunements. It was the second attunement that gave me such an amazing vision. During the attunement I saw that I was a humungous tree in the Amazon rain forest. I was big, old, tall and strong and so majestic. I towered over everything! I will never forget that vision. It’s always in my mind when I go back to the evening, where she told me to sit in a chair, close my eyes and receive the attunement. Although she never explained what exactly happened during an attunement I knew that the attunements she gave me were very powerful and very special. In the beginning of my level 1 course she revealed that she was an Amazon medicine woman and that the gift of being a medicine woman from the Amazon had been passed down to her from her mother. What an amazing experience and a true honor, to receive a Reiki attunement from a Reiki Master who was steeped with the power of an Amazonian medicine woman!
Later when I took my Reiki Level 2 course from her and I told her that I was moving to Brazil, her native country, she gave me a gift because I was moving to her homeland. She took me on a visualization journey so I could meet my spirit animal. When I saw what it was, I was not surprised. It was a horse. I have always had such an intense love for horses. In fact, when I moved to Brazil, I was able to continue my love for horses. I met a man through a co-worker, and we rode horses from outside of Brasilia into a little town called Sobrajinho. It was like right out of the movies. We would clip clop ride our horses down the sidewalks to a little outdoor restaurant, tie up our horses across the street and have drinks and snacks as our horses patiently waited.
That love for horses made me decide to move back to Canada and buy my own horse. I met a horseman and we had a family. We owned many horses over the years and during those years I took my Reiki Master course. I began teaching Reiki courses and have never stopped.
I love the energy of Reiki whether my sessions are in person or by distance. Both work and both are very powerful for deep healing sessions. One of the best things about Reiki is that in the first level course you learn to work on yourself and then others. I remind my students to give themselves a Reiki treatment when they feel stressed, are low on energy, cannot sleep, or when their lives have been turned upside down.
Reiki literally means universal life force energy. A Reiki practitioner merely channels that energy in a healing session. When you understand energy, you KNOW that it does not matter if you are physically present during a session or if it’s done by distance, because energy is energy.
If you have taken a Reiki course, I encourage you to give yourself regular Reiki treatments at least once a week. If you have taken the second level of Reiki, then make a Reiki paper and send healing to any issue that you have and would like to release. Also make use of your distance healing ability and offer a distance session to anyone who is having a difficult time AND are open to the idea of receiving a healing energy session. And of course, those of you who are Reiki masters, know you can do almost anything when it comes to working with energy. Above all, enjoy the gift of healing that you can share with the world and its beings.
And finally, if you are interested in taking a Reiki course, please contact me and we can discuss the opportunity for you to learn this fantastic energy healing system.
After she introduced herself, I explained that I’d meant to call her but did not. So, Spirit settled it right then and there. It was Reiki time! She gave me her business card and we made arrangements for me to take my first level of Reiki training with her. Reiki comes to us when we need it. It often appears as a Godsend or angelic intervention. It was not a surprise that her business card had an angel on it.
She came to my apartment for my Reiki course giving me the level one manual and several sessions of my Reiki 1 class. She gave me two attunements. It was the second attunement that gave me such an amazing vision. During the attunement I saw that I was a humungous tree in the Amazon rain forest. I was big, old, tall and strong and so majestic. I towered over everything! I will never forget that vision. It’s always in my mind when I go back to the evening, where she told me to sit in a chair, close my eyes and receive the attunement. Although she never explained what exactly happened during an attunement I knew that the attunements she gave me were very powerful and very special. In the beginning of my level 1 course she revealed that she was an Amazon medicine woman and that the gift of being a medicine woman from the Amazon had been passed down to her from her mother. What an amazing experience and a true honor, to receive a Reiki attunement from a Reiki Master who was steeped with the power of an Amazonian medicine woman!
Later when I took my Reiki Level 2 course from her and I told her that I was moving to Brazil, her native country, she gave me a gift because I was moving to her homeland. She took me on a visualization journey so I could meet my spirit animal. When I saw what it was, I was not surprised. It was a horse. I have always had such an intense love for horses. In fact, when I moved to Brazil, I was able to continue my love for horses. I met a man through a co-worker, and we rode horses from outside of Brasilia into a little town called Sobrajinho. It was like right out of the movies. We would clip clop ride our horses down the sidewalks to a little outdoor restaurant, tie up our horses across the street and have drinks and snacks as our horses patiently waited.
That love for horses made me decide to move back to Canada and buy my own horse. I met a horseman and we had a family. We owned many horses over the years and during those years I took my Reiki Master course. I began teaching Reiki courses and have never stopped.
I love the energy of Reiki whether my sessions are in person or by distance. Both work and both are very powerful for deep healing sessions. One of the best things about Reiki is that in the first level course you learn to work on yourself and then others. I remind my students to give themselves a Reiki treatment when they feel stressed, are low on energy, cannot sleep, or when their lives have been turned upside down.
Reiki literally means universal life force energy. A Reiki practitioner merely channels that energy in a healing session. When you understand energy, you KNOW that it does not matter if you are physically present during a session or if it’s done by distance, because energy is energy.
If you have taken a Reiki course, I encourage you to give yourself regular Reiki treatments at least once a week. If you have taken the second level of Reiki, then make a Reiki paper and send healing to any issue that you have and would like to release. Also make use of your distance healing ability and offer a distance session to anyone who is having a difficult time AND are open to the idea of receiving a healing energy session. And of course, those of you who are Reiki masters, know you can do almost anything when it comes to working with energy. Above all, enjoy the gift of healing that you can share with the world and its beings.
And finally, if you are interested in taking a Reiki course, please contact me and we can discuss the opportunity for you to learn this fantastic energy healing system.