Tag: emotional healing
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The wounded heart is the healer
“In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.” ― Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging I recently came […]
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21 Day Practice: Days 12-14 – Discomfort zone
The last few days have been hard. Really hard. Certain aspects of my personal and professional life that are entwined (for better or worse) now require change, at a time when the future of my business seems uncertain. I’ve known for some time that these changes need to be made, but resisted because I needed […]
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21 Day Practice: Day 7 – Dead space
When I woke up yesterday, the body aches and fatigue were gone, only to be replaced by late afternoon with a deep, hacking cough. I spent a mostly sleepless night, tossing and turning. Oddly enough, it wasn’t because I was coughing a lot. I just could not relax. Every time I attempted Reiki self-treatment, an […]
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21 Day Practice: Day 6 – Stories we tell ourselves
“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” – Pema Chödrön As luck would have it, I came down with some version of the viral crud that’s been going around. The combination of rest, Reiki self-treatment, fluids and vitamins do seem to be helping. I find that when I’m not feeling well, the […]
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21 Day Practice: Day 2 – Return of the light
The sun is out! It feels absolutely amazing to see light and blue sky again! Hello Sol Invictus! I must admit that after I sent my daughter off to school, I went back to bed. I used to resist sleep (my mental refrain used to be, “Only wimps go to sleep when they’re tired!”) but […]
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21 Day Practice: Day 1 – Grumpy Monkey
A small group of my Reiki students and I have embarked on a 21 day challenge to support mind/body balance and spiritual development. We are committing to 3 weeks of daily Reiki self-treatment (many of us already do this) combined with an exercise in mindful speech that involves refraining from complaint, gossip, judgment or criticism (self […]
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