I decided to study Reiki because of a few unexpected experiences with energy. I had eventually learned how to intentionally invite a higher degree of energy through breathwork and meditation, but I wanted to learn how to direct that energy without needing to spend 30 minutes building it first. Reiki was my method of bringing understanding and purposeful action behind the use of life force energy. This was how I learn to increase the amount of energy that I had intuitively already begun channeling into my dogs and across distances to my dad.
- The Popping Sacral
This story is about a girl who had struggled with grounding for 4 years. She had come to me through some of the other services I was offering at the time and decided to try a reiki session together. As I worked my way down each of her chakras (energy points in the body), I eventually got to her Sacral Chakra.
Because of her 4-year struggle with grounding, which we later connected to the loss of a close friend that triggered anxiety around her mortality, I had assumed the biggest blockages would be found in her Heart Chakra from grief and the Root Chakra from lack of grounding. But as I got to her Sacral Chakra I was quite taken aback by just how blocked it was. Which makes perfect sense as this is the emotional centre. I decided to stay there allowing the healing energy of Reiki to unblock and release any stuck energy that had been hanging around in that region, and after some focus it eventually burst open with colour like the poppers on a Christmas table.
After the session we chatted about her experiences during the session and she mentioned feeling an immense pressure in her lower abdomen area (Sacral Chakra region), and eventually feeling a huge release as she felt her body go up in smoke.
Aside from this amazing release, I had picked up a headache while working on her Brow Chakra on the left side of my head that I had wanted to ask her about but had forgotten. Toward the end of our chat she mentioned getting headaches on the left side of her head and I was immediately taken back to the moment I had intended to ask about it.
There have been numerous instances where I’ve picked up on ailments and emotional energies too. When I had first started practicing I intended not to shield myself from their energy as I wanted to have the experience of being that closely in touch. Once I began practicing on strangers I made a point of always shielding myself energetically so that I don’t pick up or take on their energy anymore.
This has been a fascinating journey thus far and it excites me to see what other ways I will help people but also what ways my ability to perform this task will grow and evolve.
You can read My 3 Most Interesting Reiki Experiences: 2 – The Key Code Game here.