I woke up today feeling to share some reflections around a path of my journey I rarely speak about.. The following words are coming from a place of deep honour, vulnerability and awe for this practice.

༓･ When I was 21, I had my first initiation into the healing forces of Reiki with my much revered teacher, Alison Strandberg in Scotland. I still remember the rush of energy moving up my spine like it was yesterday - and the feeling of being bathed in a golden light, in the universal vibrations of love and harmony. At 23, I did my second initiation..

༓･ At 29, by mysterious means, I found myself sitting in the middle of this star-shaped mandala at the sacred Mountain of Kurama in Japan, known as the birthplace of reiki. This is where Mikao Usui underwent 21-days of shugyo (deep mind and body training). He fasted, prayed and meditated near a cedar tree, called Osugi in Japanese. In Shinto Religion, these old, massive trees are worshipped as deities (kami), guardians of ancient wisdom. On the last day of his training Usui received the healing rays of reiki, and began offering his services to anyone who were open to receive the healing. Thousands of people have since benefitted from giving or receiving reiki.

༓･To me, reiki is a force of intelligent wholeness, a spirit which is alive in me, ever more present, and demands that I stand up, speak up and remain clear and dedicated to my path. At 31, completed the advanced Reiki training. In light of my deep reverence for this lineage, it has taken time for me to find the core stability needed to feel ready to share the medicine with my community. It happened to be at my most vulnerable when the spirit wanted to move through me again.

༓･In the darkest hours of Covid-19, I was recharged and reminded, able to rest in the fertile silence and soil of these higher dimensional states. Usui Sensei recognized that there is an inner healer within all people and life forms. He created a way to teach others how to allow Usui Reiki to awaken, realign, and enhance the inner healer while bringing the healing balance and harmony of universal energy to all atoms in mind/body/spirit together.

༓･Like Usui, I have found that I can integrate reiki with my own healing modalities - nordic touch therapy, acupresence and forest therapy. After all, it is the innate life force of nature that is allowed to move freely through my being - to clear blockages, purify and release.

༓･When channeling reiki, I am empowered to facilitate deep transformation and life changes in my clients. The practice works for anyone who feels ready to move beyond their current perceived boundaries, limits, challenges, traumas and negative life patterns. Reiki recalibrates vibrations of conflict and disruption, and opens for peace and tranquility on a deep cellular level 〜 alignment to the natural law, the law of light, our dharma.

"Today’s world is swamped by artificial energy and mechanically manufactured fields of energy. This can have a negative impact on a quiet world that was regulated by the natural influences of pure universal vibrations. Usui Reiki Ryoho in its pure form as Mikao Usui founded it is the raft that helps you through the murky waters of manufactured energy." - R. Barnes

"One cannot be on the path without becoming the path” - Siddharta Gautama Buddha

In deep gratitude,