My new obssession is Essential Reiki. I have been practicing self-reiki every day since taking the classes (at Womon Gathering). Most days I don’t have time to do a “full-session” (laying hands in every position to cover the entire body), but I do use it a little throughout the day and always before going to sleep at night, even if it’s just to hold one hand position on my body for a few minutes. The result is I have been sleeping so much better.

My previous sleep pattern for the past 14 years or so has been to wake up several times during the night (usually because I have to pee about 3 to 4 times a night), and finally just get up and stay up some where between 2 and 3 a.m., resulting in about 4 maybe 5 hours of sleep that has been broken up into mini segments that were not recuperative, and left me drained and exhausted throughout the day.

Since practicing self-reiki, I have only been getting up once during the night and have been able to almost instantly fall back asleep until about 5 a.m. (sometimes as late as 5:30 a.m.). I have been feeling much better. I have less time for blogging and other things now, but getting a restful night’s sleep is much more important.

I also use Reiki throughout the day whenever I have few quiet moments here and there, at my desk, at a red light, etc. I also use it when I feel my tension and stress levels rising. I have noticed that the upper area of my abdomen “feels” the stress first, so that is where I place my hands, and when possible at the same time close my eyes and do some deep breathing. This “tension” sometimes happens for no apparant external cause, and I am sure some of it’s roots are a “body pattern or habit” of mine, which just happens because my body has become so used to being tense and under stress that being in that state feels “normal.”

(Background FYI: Since about age 2 between a sicko pervert father, extreme proverty, and having rhumatoid arthritis, followed by a rape at age 8, and continued stressful events, (including cervical cancer at age 20), for the next several decades, I think my body, mind and heart have a hard time just “being” and that a feeling of underlying tension and fear have been “programmed” into the cells, and it needs to be released and healed, and doing self-Reiki is an excellant tool for this. At least this the “message” I get from my spirit guide about it.)

The result so far as been that the “tension” for no reason happens less often, and it dissipates fairly quickly now as soon as I place my hands on the area.

When there is an obvious external cause for feeling stress or tension, I have been able to handle it much better. For example, I had a tiny disagreement with my hubby last week, which for me meant I would normally in past have been a “major disagreement” and I would end up getting angry and the whole thing would escalate, and then I’d end up mentally and emotionally spiraling into depression and a negative train of thoughts like “how stupid I am, I never do anything right, etc. etc. etc.” This time, however, as soon as the situation started, I applied self-reiki, while staying calm and discussing the situation, and taking a break when it was obvious that one was needed, so that when we did have a discussion later it was productive and calm, rather then more “fighting.”

Life isn’t perfect, and never will be. And my health issues are not going to just disappear overnight (though I’m open to a miracle should one chose to happen). But so far, I have found Reiki to be an excellant tool to help me throughout the day, to sleep better at night, and I’m positive the more I use it the better I will feel mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually and therfore better able to handle the bad times and better able to enjoy the good times.

I am studying and practicing, but not putting myself on any kind of time table or stress about it. As our instructor said, “take care of self first” and that is what I am doing. She also taught us that we when were ready to practice Reiki on others and perhaps move on to also teaching Reiki that we would know it. My plan is to one day do both, but I am going to let it unfold in it’s own time and it’s own way.

Health and Happiness, Lady Rose

(Note: I am happy to answer any questions or help any of my readers learn more about Reiki if they are interested, and also in not to distant future attunements.)

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