Everything you need is already within you. Bill Bowerman
Reiki is a gentle healing system in which the Reiki practitioner tunes into universal energy to affect healing of the mind, body and spirit. Reiki helps to create a harmonious environment within a living being, and assists in releasing physical and emotional blockages, that have been accumulated throughout life, so true healing can take place.
Originating as a Tibetan Buddhist Practice, it was rediscovered by Dr. Mikao Usui in the late 1800’s. It is a very safe healing method with many beneficial effects like relaxation and feelings of peace, security and overall wellbeing.
I had my first contact with Reiki, when my soul horse “Reverence F” (“Revi”) was diagnosed with laminitis in 2016. Within 6 weeks it had spiralled so badly out of control, that we decided to release his soul from his aching body.
It was one of the most challenging times of my life and I was willing to try anything to help Revi get better…So, I enrolled in my Equine Reiki Level 1 and 2 training with Sonja Bollnow. Since then, Reiki has become an integral part of my personal and professional life. I completed my Equine Reiki Master training in May 2021.
To hear the whole story, go here to watch my video talking about the beginnings of my Reiki journey and practice.
How does Reiki work?
From a Reiki perspective, we believe that every illness is an energy pattern that changes from moment to moment. A Reiki Practitioner works with illness not from a medical concept, but from being lovingly present with the actual energy pattern in the present moment.
The energy pattern is not conceptualised and struggled with. It is loved and allowed to complete it’s dance. Labels of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ and prescriptions of ‘should’ and ‘should not’ are released. In their place is becoming sensitive to the actual distress pattern that a being feels and letting the Reiki energy gently transmute their pattern into a feeling of peace. We believe, the distress is really a call for love and Reiki energy is loving energy responding to the call.
Every being will only be healed to the degree that they allow themselves to be changed by the energy. A Reiki practitioner lets each being work out their own healing process, in their own time and in their own way. This is not a helpless stance, but a positive confidence in the strength of every beings own destiny.