Direct Experience: Reiki

Reiki is commonly taught as a Japanese method for channeling universal healing energy. However, it actually has its roots in Buddhism and was popularized Japan. Universal energy is vague isn’t it? What does she MEAN by that I hear no one asking. It is energy that belongs to the everything as opposed to a deity, singular person, place, or thing. This energy is harnessed through a practitioner and given to others to help clear out energetic blockages hiding in our bodies and our spiritual bodies or auras. Did you know that science says that your energy - vibration - extends roughly 3ft out from where you physical body ends? Well, technically your heart’s electromagnetic field does.

I have been experiencing energy since I was a child in the form of emotions. I didn’t always have the language for it but I could definately feel things that people didn’t always want me to feel. So for me it wasn’t a big leap to believe that everything in this life is energy. The words we speak, the thoughts we think, the food we eat, even the media we engage with - it all has a vibration - an energy. The first time I was introduced to Reiki as a concept it was actually by a fella I didn’t exactly trust. So, it was something I read briefly about and quickly decided that I thought it was nonsense.

That is until I visited my sister, a massage therapist, for Christmas one year. By this time I was already practicing most of the 8 limbs of yoga. Though I wouldn’t come to understand yoga and meditation that way for many years but that is a story for a different day. My sister decided that for Christmas she was going to give me a message and do some Reiki. She asked if I was familiar with it and I said I was vaguely. She ask if it was okay for her to do Reiki on me and I gave her permission. I didn’t know what to expect going into it, not really. I just knew that my sister is further on her healing journey than myself and she has never once steered me wrong. Let me tell you, I knew when the massage stopped and the Reiki started.

I was laying there on her massage table, eyes closed, deeply relaxed and almost asleep when I started to see color. This is actually not a new phenomena for me. I’ve seen colors with my eyes closed since I was a child. Typically at this point in my life though I was only seeing colors when I was meditating. So it was very shocking to me to see hues of gold. I didn’t know this then but gold is a color that often shows up for people while recieving Reiki. It is seen as the color of universal energy in some circles. However it is worth noting that the next Reiki practitioner I went to didn’t emit gold but blue. So, I’m not convinced that it is truly the color of Reiki energy.

That direct experience set me on a path to learn it myself. I found my mentor about 3-4 years later. She attuned me and I’ve been practicing on myself and my anxious kitty ever since. As soon as I was certified level 2 - I started offering to do energy work for my sister in another state. Who said that I showed up for her in the colors of gold and maroon(my signature color). Now, I want to offer it to as many folks as I can.

With Love,
Mia Marie