How did Reiki change my life?
In every imaginable way.
In my early 20’s, there was a store that I found and started visiting frequently. I’m not sure if it’s still running, but it was my first exposure to crystals and Reiki. When I saw ‘Reiki Level 1’ on their calendar, I was honestly just a bouncy ball of a woman going every direction with no direction.
So, I signed up. It said, “It’s not necessary, but a 24 hour fast before the class will cleanse the body for the attunement.” (or something like that).
I thought something along the lines of, “Oh, a challenge? Sure. I’ve never fasted before.”
Trying new activities has always been a fascinating hobby, especially if I sniff a challenge. I’ve liked most things and loved many. I’ve succeeded and also failed miserably, before and after becoming a Reiki Master. The main difference between them was how I handled it.
Before becoming a Reiki Master, I was a spitball of fire chasing a leaf in the wind that I couldn’t even see. I would dream of it, hope for it, and simulate it–hundreds of hours building worlds until I couldn’t even see straight-but I would keep chasing passion after passion without stopping to consider myself, only my where and why. I always had a vision of the end destination with no directions or clue on how to even get there, only that every experience lent to it.
In other words: passionate, idealistic, and ignorant.
When something would go amiss, I would simply walk away. When I saw something unethical being done to someone else, I would be outspoken. When I felt abused, I would be silent and raging. When I felt neglected, I would crawl away and hide. Then, when I felt loved and accepted, I would self-sabotage. Then, bounce back to try again or move on.
Through all of this, I was exploring aspects of different theologies including paganism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Christianity. I would regularly discuss them as I was studying Reiki with my communities and my second Reiki Master, who taught me a great deal beyond Reiki itself. The most important of which, I think, was the power of words. I spent hours at her store several days a week, attending most of her workshops and eventually helping in the store some.
Becoming a Reiki Master
After she attuned me as a Reiki Master, I held an event at her store that I called ‘The Libra Fair’ where I did Reiki-Infused performances, Reiki circles, and 4 Reiki Level 1 attunements in a day. A co-worker of the time had a pre-teen daughter, who had an incredible talent for dance and helped me choreograph my Reiki-Infused performances and acted in one of them. Other vendors attended: my down-to-earth Tae Kwon Do master teaching self-defense, a spirited belly dancer, a quirky hairdresser/face painter, and a visionary photographer. All of them were beautiful souls who supported the beginning of my journey.
At this point, I still wasn’t much different. I had become more focused through my training and listened to my intuition more, but I would still be a bouncy, blazing spitball trying to accomplish something. Except, something had started to change through all of the training and studying and excitement.
I was starting to look in the mirror.
Read Part 2 on April 29!
Thanks for reading! Ask any questions you want, I’ll do my best to answer ~ do you ever reflect on how the past has shaped who you are today?
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