Contributed by Victoria.

I am Victoria.  I am a Reiki Master Practitioner and Teacher.  I am.

Reiki is a word comprised of two Japanese words, Rei – meaning Higher Knowledge or Wisdom and Ki – Life Force or Light Energy.  Reiki, the technique I am discussing, is a form of vibrational healing.

When I began my journey into the realm of Reiki, I truly thought it was rubbish… I found myself unable to come to terms with anyone not medically trained being able to promote healing in themselves or another living being.  But I wanted to believe!  I was open to sitting amongst other men and women of varying ages, listening to stories about fasting, and messages from the Divine.  I was fascinated by the prospect of someone running energy through their own body to benefit another person.  Part of my training included a process called an Attunement… Where Source Energy that has been passed down from Teacher – to Student, who becomes Teacher – to Student (Reiki Lineage) was then shared with me.  The Student.

I half expected nothing to happen – I half expected my world to turn upside down.  What happened was somewhere in the middle.  During my initial Attunement, I felt awash in a feeling of safety and well-being – of what I imagine Peace to be.  I witnessed my first Animal guide – which, I have to say, I was initially quite disappointed with.  As the Attunement was being done, I saw multiple colors then quite clearly, a Salmon jumped before me…. You read that correctly.  A Salmon.  Not a Dolphin, or Whale, not a Bear or a Deer or an Eagle.  A Salmon. I quickly realized this was a wonderful gift, but my initial reaction was more along the lines of “Of course it is an animal that spends it’s time swimming up-stream – how fitting” Alas, that is a story for another day.

I began practicing the skills I had been taught, breathing exercises, visualization, meditation, hand placements… and I realized I felt better than I could ever remember feeling.  I had suffered chronic headaches since I was a child.  Not a day went by that I didn’t suffer with head pain… sometimes at the base of my skull, sometimes directly behind my eyes, sometimes Migraine.  Every. Single. Day.  After a week of daily practice, my headaches were gone.  For the first time in my memory, I didn’t wake up and immediately grab for my medication.

Normally Students will take 6 months to a year between Reiki I and Reiki II trainings however, I was determined to learn as much and as quickly as I possibly could.  I began my Reiki II training just 3 months later.  I learned various techniques and experienced feelings, visions, emotions and knowing such as never before.  I have always been intuitive, sensitive / borderline batshit crazy (and I say this with love and affection, as I know Mental capacities are different for everyone) – I began experiencing all those magnified.  Reiki opened a door I had long ago closed.  I began to see things in my life as they were, not as I had wanted them to be.  This started me on a journey of self-discovery, of facing hard truths and of the most amazing, soul deep healing I never imagined.

This second course hit me so intensely in fact, that I shut it down after about 3 months of intense daily work.  It frightened me.  The strength of my own experiences was simply too much.  For almost two years, I waited.  When I contacted my Reiki Master / Teacher to ask about additional training, she wasn’t surprised.  She had been waiting for my call.  She knew I would be back when I was ready.

Ready.  I was ready.  I was hungry for more.  I felt called to pursue the ability to share my experience with others… I also figured if I was going to be seeing, feeling, hearing, and knowing things, I better figure out how to work with them.  That’s exactly what I’ve done.  I am now a Certified Reiki Master and Teacher myself.  While I still live with migraine headaches, I don’t have a continuous headache every day.  I am no longer afraid of my own Shadow – theoretically speaking, I like her!  I have a keen connection with animals and have been able to assist many of them past issues that had kept them from experiencing the trust in humans they so desperately need.  I see people for who they are – not as who they present themselves to be.  I can speak publicly without crying.  I assist others on their own journey to sort or their own rubbish to the reality they were born for.

If you doubt the ‘power’ of Reiki, do what I did…. Learn it, practice, then tell me what you’ve decided.

Find Victoria online, here.