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.