The Soul Medicine Podcast (Liz Nerland)

Apologies for the sound quality - my mic was not connecting properly to my computer.

 

In this episode I share two insights i pulled from Marianne Williamson's book, A Return to Love (based on her interpretation of A Course in Miracles).

The first insight is this - pray for a shift in perception.  Let go of trying to control outcomes.  We don't even know what will make us happy, so instead of praying for the outcome that you think leads to happiness, pray for a shift in perception that will move you into a state of happiness (or whatever it is that you seek).

 

The second insight is this - let prayer be a way of life instead of a response to turmoil.  Marianne Williamson brilliantly suggests we live in the realm of the answer instead of constantly returning to the realm of the problem.

 

Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/liznerland/?hl=en

Website, Reiki Course Info & Registration https://soulmedicineyoga.mykajabi.com/

 

I was reading Asha Frost's book, You Are the Medicine, and a single line jumped out at me.

In deep rest, miracles happen.

This line is as accurate as it is simple, and it points to the value of deep rest.  I explore this concept in the podcast, and in the next episode I have attached a non-sleep deep rest practice (a form of yoga nidra, the term was coined by Andrew Huberman of the Huberman Lab podcast.)  THis is a simple practice that will support you in entering deep rest and transitioning from the hormones of stress into the physiology of renewal.  Manage your stress, sleep better and connect more deeply in your life by engaging in NSDR practice.

#reikicourse #reikionline #reikicourseonline #reikitraining #reiki #reikimasterteacher #healing #energyhealing #guidedmeditation #nsdr #non-sleepdeeprest 

A simple guided self reiki practice to support you in harnessing your power, activating renewal pathways in your body, and attuning you to Spirit.  Includes some guided breathwork.

 

The Inner Calling composed by Music of Wisdom - Licensed from https://meditationmusiclibrary.com/.

This is a love note meditation I wrote for mothers who are caring for children during the Covid-19 pandemic.  I invite you to take a pause, take a breath, to find some tiny way to nourish yourself.  And I send you my love.  xo

The three pillars of reiki practice are known as 

Gassho - 2 hands coming together

Reiji - Ho - indication of the spirit

Chiryo - treatment

 

Gassho - 2 hands coming together.

To begin your session start by bringing your hands into prayer position at heart or throat, attention landing on the spot where middle finger tips touch.  

 

The intention here is to open yourself to reiki energy.  We are setting aside ego and control, and opening to something greater, something Beyond the ordinary, something beyond ordinary perception to move through us.  You may trace or visualize a symbol 3 while intoning mantra "hon sha ze sho nen". May this healing energy that moves through me transcend time, space and rationality.  Then trace or visualize symbol 2 while intoning mantra Sei He Ki ("say-hey-key") with the intention 'may this energy recalibrate mental and emotional bodies, bringing this client into full alignment with their highest expression.'  Then trace symbol 1 Cho-Ku-Rei, inviting the power of the universe into the space (or more accurately, you are simply attuning yourself to be aware of the universal energy that is ever-present).

 

Reiji - ho  Induction of spirit.  This is an invitation to make your session a spiritual ceremony.  To soften to the grace of the Divine and allow yourself to become an instrument, letting go of control/outcome.  This is your opportunity to amplify your own spirit and intuition.  A few reiki breaths (joshin kokkyu ho)breathing in to the tanden point, holding, breathing out through mouth hands and feet (golden light).  See yourself flooded with this divine universal energy, and trust in the perfect unfolding of God’s plan.

 

CHIRYO - treatment methods

Ask for your hands to be guided by spirit.  

READ the energy before responding.  Scanning the energetic field (byosen reikan ho).

 

Calm the impulse to jump into action.  Take a moment to feel into the space, to energetically scan the person’s body, to notice where you are drawn to work.

 

Surrender your ego and open to God - as many times as it takes! 

 

When used in your sessions, the 3 pillars of practice set the energetic stage for a spiritual and profound experience.

This episode is a recording of an online workshop I led (video version can be found on my Youtube channel).  In this workshop I discuss the specifically how yoga can be practiced to alleviate stress, making reference to Stephen Porge's polyvagal theory.  Learn how mantra, meditation, movement and breathwork can specifically support you with depression, anxiety, insomnia, and more. 

In this episode I share a rather personal story of going through amenorrhea for two years during university.  This issue was completely dismissed an unimportant in my medical care, and really it was a precursor to a rapid decline in my health.

 

Women, our cycles are our fifth vital sign.  They carry so much information about the state of our health and physiology.  By learning to align with our natural rhythms, we empower ourselves to utilize our physiology to enhance our health, fitness, business and relationships.  Ignoring our rhythms can lead to struggle and burn out.

 

Recommended reading if this topic interests you:

With the Flo Alissa Vitti

Do Less Kate Northrup

Recommended Womb Priestess for 1:1 work, retreats and group sessions, Shae Savage (www.shaesavage.com, and on Instagram @shae_savage_)

 

Interested in an upcoming day retreat where I host Shae Savage for a 2 hour Awaken the Womb workshop?  This is happening April 22, 2022 in Squamish BC, 10am-2pm, and it is an amazing unique opportunity to gather in a small private group for womb wisdom and soul nourishment.  Details and online registration here: https://soulmedicineyoga.mykajabi.com/womb-workshop

This episode is a guided meditation offering, referred to by Andrew Huberman as Non sleep deep rest.  This is a form of yoga nidra.  Use it to manage stress, to fall asleep and to shift your physiology from survival to renewal. 

Through repetition, this practice will allow you to gain inner mastery over your mind and nervous system, recalibrating your body and mind, and developing confidence in your ability to respond to stress in your life.

#guidedmeditation #yoganidra #nonsleepdeeprest #NSDR #reiki #reikimaster #reikiteacher #psychicreiki #healing #energyhealing #healthyself #stress #stressmanagement #emotionalregulation #reikicourse #onlinereikicourse #reikimasterteacher 

In this episode, we explore the struggle with imposter syndrome for people working in the healing arts.  Ultimately, we must become humble servants to liberate ourselves from the pressure to fix or heal another person.  We are not here to fix or heal anyone else, we are here to serve people, to be open channels of consciousness, to impart insight into a person's potential blind spots.  We must show up empty, with only one goal - to serve.  

#reiki #reikimaster #healingarts #impostersyndrome #humbleservant

Today I am thrilled to host pelvic care practitioner, and womb wisdom keeper, Suzi Zobrist, to speak in response to an audience request for information about healing the pelvic floor after birth.  Scroll down for her full bio.   Connect with Suzi on Instagram at @suzizobrist, or via her website www.rootmedicinehealing.com.  She offers 1:1 online sessions, 1:1 in person retreat style intensives, and group work in her Sacred Body School.   In today's episode we discuss some key themes: - Healing is an internal process and you are your best healer. - Reframing "tightening the pelvic floor" to "toning the pelvic diaphragm." - The importance of ease and presence within your healing journey. - Re-establishing a connection to your sacred anatomy after birth. - Scar and tissue remediation and massage - tending to your postpartum body. - Keep your own fire lit & stay turned on in your life.   SUZI ZOBRIST (she/her)  Offering Sacred Pelvic Care + Ceremonial Bodywork   Womb Wisdom Keeper, Pelvic Care Practitioner, Sexological Bodyworker, Yoga Teacher   Suzi was initiated into Womb Healing Work after suddenly losing her womb to ovarian cancer at age 30.  After a radical hysterectomy that left her totally numb and disconnected from her womanhood & pelvic space, Suzi became an apprentice to her own womb healing path.    After years of feeling gray in her sensuality, turn on & womanhood, she finally started to feel entirely alive again. Her zest for life returned as she gained an understanding of how to heal, release & surrender to her own pain & pleasure.    Suzi is a skilled Pelvic Care Practitioner & Mentor who brings her extensive knowledge of yoga, bodywork, ritual, sexuality & ceremony into her work. She will carefully guide you on the journey of coming back into the power & pleasure that lives in your body.   You can find Suzi on Instagram @suzizobrist and leading SACRED BODY SCHOOL, where she supports you into the physical, emotional & spiritual realms of being wildly turned on & alive in your everyday life. Suzi is also available for Immersive 1:1 sessions, please be in touch to begin your journey deeper into who you are. www.rootmedicinehealing.com   #wombhealing #pelvicfloor #pelvicfloorwork #pelvicfloorhealing #postpartumhealing #sacredsexuality #healingmothers #wombenergetics #energyhealing #wombhealing #pelvicfloorafterbaby #motherhood 

For intuitive healers and those interested in psychic development and manifestation, self trust is essential.  It does not come naturally or easily for most of us, and needs to be developed.  In this episode, I discuss why self trust is such a foundational piece and how we can cultivate it in our lives.

 

Tags: reiki, reiki master, reiki training, intuitive development, intuition, psychic development, psychic, self trust, yamas, satya, empowerment

This #guidedmeditation begins with a #yoganidra style guided awareness practice, and then we transition to feeling BEYOND.  You are guided to soften your resistance to life and feel into the fullness, the magic and the mystery of life that is within you.  All that you seek, Dear One, is seeking you... it is you.  You are the answer you are searching for, and this practice brings you into an embodied knowing of this truth.  Be nourished, relax, and re-inspire your wild self.

Episode 2

Link to Purchase "Into the Chrysalis" program - use coupon code "soulmedicine" to save $200!  Lifetime access to the Soul Medicine library included as special gift!

This is the third  episode in a free mini-series on conscious transformation.  

In this episode I discuss the biology of habit and introduce Joe Dispenzas formula for change.

 

#joedispenza #drjoedispenza #manifesting #consciouscreation #manifest #create #neuroscience #breakingthehabitofbeingyourself #supernatural #youaretheplacebo #guidedmeditation

Explore the manipura (third) chakra.  This is our power center, and is largely tied in to the theme of will.  I discuss the difference between free will and will power, and the importance of living with a Vision.  We explore themes including - will, power, force, empowerment, vision, drive, fire, heat and warmth.  As with all of the chakras in this series we will explore the manifestation of a balanced, excessive and deficient manipura chakra, along with balancing practices for each.

Key Words: manipura, manipura chakra, chakras, third chakra, energy healing, energy medicine, energetic anatomy, will power, will, free will, vision, empowerment, fire, transformation, create, manifestation, manifest

My spirit guide is trying to connect… how can i pick up their message>

 

5 Clairs - our intuitive senses

 

Energy and information is all around us.  While this may sound woo woo, ask yourself how radios work, or how your phone works… information is carried on invisible waves of energy.  Tuning in to the spirit world is no different, we just have to practice tuning in - adjusting our psychic antennae to perceive what is there.  In a world full of flashing lights and intense flavours and smells… most of us need to learn to pay attention to what is subtle.

 

The clairs are channels of perceiving the subtle information of spirit.  You are using your normal five senses but you are attuning them to what is typically wayyyyyy more subtle.

 

Clairvoyance means clear seeing. This is where information comes as visuals, most often in the mind’s eye, but occasionally people see flickers or flashes or light or energy. I once had the walls turn pink.  I’ve seen a letter in the fluff of a blanket, i will get a vision like i’m looking at a sunset.  Flash of vision, much like a day dream.

 

 

Clairaudience means clear hearing. When we tune in to this clair we often hear things - typically again we hear it internally.  What often throws people off is that what we hear comes in our own inner voice. A song lyric may pop into your head, or a name, or a sound like a dog barking… I have rarely heard audible sounds that have literally turned my head because it is physically striking my inner ear, but this is very rare. 

 

 

Clairsentience means clear feeling. This is when you start to FEEL what another person feels.  Most highly sensitive people are very clairsentient and don’t even know it.  When you go out and start to take on what others are experiencing - anxiety, birthing pains, stress, grief etc.  If we don’t recognize that we are feeling something that belongs to someone else then we may attach to it and keep it alive. As someone who is very clairsentient I find the best way to support myself is to have a morning ritual of tuning in to what is mine, getting clear on how i feel, then any inexplicable deviations I can be fairly sure i’m taking something else on.

 

 

 

Clairalience means clear smelling. This is when we start to notice scents but cannot trace a physical source. roses, cigarettes, vitamin c

 

 

Clairgustance means clear tasting. 

This is the ability to taste something that isn't actually there. I have never experienced this.  But it can be a sudden taste flash of your grandmothers soup, or fresh bread etc. Something that would connect you. 

 

Claircognizance means clear knowing. You just KNOW.  Best way to describe this is information that just pops into your mind.  There is not rational reason for you to know or think or suggest something but it’s just there. I saw an eagle and knew it was someone who passed on

 

So circling back to the original questions - how do I know what my guides are telling me, how do i know if something is a sign…. you practice paying attention and you practice trusting what comes through.  It is always always incredibly subtle.  Answer this - what would I think they were trying to communicate if i didn’t allow spade for doubt and fear and etc

 

You don’t need someone to do this for you.  Most of what i bring through is a reminder or affirmation of what you already know but don’t feel confident affirming to yourself.

#reikimaster #reikimasterteacher #reikihealing #onlinereiki #onlinereikitraining #mediumship #psychic development

How can we start to develop our psychic gifts naturally?  In this episode I explain how my psychic gifts have been unfolding in their own time over the last 12 years of devoted reiki, yoga and meditation practice.  I discuss feeling how to start tuning in to the energetic vibration of the patterns that underlie physical manifestation and how when we learn to read and speak this vibrational language we can course correct our lives when they are headed in the wrong direction BEFORE we receive a manifest form of something we do not want (like dis-ease). 

You can also watch this episode on my youtube channel.

Tags - Reiki, Reiki Master, Psychic development, Mediumship, Spirit, Soul, ESP, psychic, energy work, energy healing, soul medicine, manifestation, manifest, vibration

 

This guided meditation is designed to move you out of the biochemistry of stress and into the physiology of rest, renewal and creation.

Cultivate peace and bring that peace into the chaos of the world, instead of absorbing the chaos of the world into yourself.

 

Background meditation music:

"The Inner Calling" composed by Music Of Wisdom - Licensed from: 'https://meditationmusiclibrary.com/

In this episode I explore the concept of manifesting -not as a process of attracting but as a practice of BECOMING someone who is in alignment with what you are hoping to create. 

I discuss the importance of shifting your habitual patterns of thinking, feeling and doing.  We must do something new to create something new in our life.  The old loops of thinking and feeling will just keep us stuck.  We need to recognize these patterns and find ways to interrupt them.  One of the best ways to interrupt habitual programming is to do something new!

Journal Prompts in this Episode

1. Write down goals.  What are you hoping to manifest?

2.  Why is this a MUST for you?  Stop dabbling and get to a compelling reason as to WHY you need this.

3. Reflect on what has stopped you in the past.  This serves you to show your red flags - the reasons, thoughts and feelings that have been keeping you stuck.

4. Decide what actions can be taken RIGHT NOW to begin building momentum towards who you are becoming.

Your homework is to cast your vision.  Next week I will drop part 2 of this series - a guided meditation that will take you into a state of EMBODYING your vision.  And it is precisely when you begin to embody this vision on a regular basis that everything begins to change.  

Episode 2

Link to Purchase "Into the Chrysalis" program - use coupon code "soulmedicine" to save $200!  Lifetime access to the Soul Medicine library included as special gift!

This is the second episode in a free mini-series on conscious transformation.  

In this episode I discuss living with purpose, on purpose.

You have unique gifts, talents and abilities that are meant to be mobilized in service of the greater good.  Your deepest happiness and fulfillment come from serving according to your soul purpose. 

 

#joedispenza #drjoedispenza #manifesting #consciouscreation #manifest #create #neuroscience #breakingthehabitofbeingyourself #supernatural #youaretheplacebo #guidedmeditation

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Is there room for God in Reiki?

Yessssss.  While we generally think of reiki as a system of energy healing, it is first and foremost a spiritual practice.  Ki refers to universal life force – also known as chi prana Spirit Christ Consciousness, quantum field, the One, Creator/Source.  A successful reiki practitioner is not the source of Ki, they are the channel.  So an effective reiki practitioner succeeds by softening all the ways we grip on to oru ego, soften our attempts to control and take action and actually LET GOD MOVE THROUGH US. 

A common follow up question is ‘do the practitioner and client need to have the same beliefs?” 

I believe that the practitioner needs to have some concept of a Higher Power because the whole system is built on channeling this universal energy.  If you don’t open to a higher power you are immediately limited to you as a human and let me tell you the wow factor from that is limited at best!  Not only will this person likely burn out TRYING really hard but the power of reiki is in channeling something BEYOND ourselves.  The more we can empty ourselves of ourselves and open to something Divine, the more powerful the session and experience will be for both.  The grace of God may override an atheist practitioner but working cocoreatively will be most effective.

As far as the client – a good reiki practitioner can achieve powerful results even if the client is an atheist, because a well trained and experienced practitioner will be able to support a recalibration of the clients nervous system, moving them out of stress and into renewal – do this with touch, guided breath, guided meditation or NSDR to calm a jumpy mind… sheparding into a state of deep relaxation.  In this state of relaxation they may be receptive to the grace they experience, maybe don’t even have a name for it and that’s ok.

As far as having the same beliefs, well this comes down to needs and preferences of the two people involved.  For me personally, I will use whatever terms/names resonate w the client for their session, and I use my own terminology for my own sessions. 

The way I see it, I don’t worry about agreeing on how to say the word son (soleil, sol, zon), I’m more interested in guiding someone to feel it’s warmth on their skin. In a world desperate for more connection to Source, Creator to God, I personally am not going to waste time on semantics and philosophy.  If you connect to the God of your unique understanding and you live rooted in values of love, kindness and servitude, then I’m gonna give you a huge high five and cheer you on as your spread that light in the world… I’m not going to convince you that my terms are better than yours.

Saying that, I think it also lands that some people will use very specific terms for God as they understand it and they wll be unwaivering in their terminology… their practice will be there to serve whoever resonates with that, and it is not for people who don’t.  If you have a really strong Christian faith, bring Jesus into your session, and invite your client to do the same.  Others may resonate with a female goddess and their practice is to  serve others in the same beliefs.

Some people say well how do you know you’re working with God, what if it’s evil forces at work?  First, I think people can feel the difference between what is Divine and what is Evil.  If you are connected to divine you are going to feel hopeful, sense of rest/faith, expansiveness, a LOVE that pulls you beyond ordinary perception.  If you are working with evil you will feel fear, contracted, separation and hate. 

Second, first pillar of reiki is to start each session in prayer – invoke energy of Ki and guide client to do the same. 

 

 

#reikionline #onlinereikicourse #reikimaster #reiki #usuireiki #reikimasterteacher #reikiteacher #reikicourse #reikitrainer #reikimaster #reikihealing #spirituality #chakras #crystals #healing #energyhealing #intuition #psychic #intuitive #psychicreiki #medium #psychicmedium #reikimedium

This guided meditation focuses on recalibrating the nervous system, and supporting you in physiologically moving into a state of rest, relaxation, renewal and creativity.  We begin by connecting to the Earth, then opening to the heavens, and experiencing the coalescing of earth and sky within the body. 

Key words: recalibration, guided meditation, soul medicine, meditation, reiki, reiki master, heal thyself, Spirit, visualization, self-healing, neuroregulation

In this episode I discuss and lead you through 3 simple breathing techniques that can help move you from the physiology of anxiety & stress into a state of calm and renewal.  

First we explore the physiological sigh - a double inhale followed by a long slow exhale.

Second we explore the 4-7-8 breath.

And finally the brahmari, or bumblebee breath, which works to calm anxiety through the nervous system and endocrine system (tapping into your "inner pharmacy" to create your own inner anti-anxiety medicine.)

Try these out and let me know how they land for you.  Find me in instagram at @liznerland.

 

Much love. xo

Connect with me on IG at @liznerland.

Visit website (info & reg for reiki training) https://soulmedicineyoga.mykajabi.com/

 

Five things I would tell myself if I was starting this Reiki journey today

1. There is no rush. Spirit is already here. 
   1. You don’t have to be someone, somewhere else, Spirit is always here, fully.
   2. Often rush, push, grind on our spiritual path.
   3. Spirit is so close to us that we don’t see it. It’s not hididng in a cave in the Himalayas, not on the other side of your diet, - while yes practices like refining diet, taking a daily practice, silence can be supportive, God is as present now as it will be at any other point and any other place.  It’s more about changing the way we show up and pay attention than it is about changing externals.
   4. What if you let it be easy?
   5. What if what you seek is evading you because it’s SO familiar…. SO close… so all encompassing
   6. It’s right in front of your eyes but you do not see it
   7. Keep it simple. When we try to wow, we often distract.
2. Surrendering to a higher power is the only way to mastery
   1. Sounds easy, sounds lovely, but for most of this this is the hardest part. Surrentder to God means letting go of control and outcomes.
   2. Focus on service – doubt and performance anxiety is cue to turn towards God.
   3. When in doubt, pray. If that doesn’t work, pray again… louder.
   4. Focus on service to ease performance anxiety.
   5. Faith is the antidote to stress.

 

3. The more you practice, the more skilled you become. There is no way around this – practice is the path forward.

•  Your journey won’t be a straight line but ultimately you can’t mess this up.
• Don’t take it too seriously, it will cause you to contract when what you need most is to expand.

4. Trust your intuition. Trust the signs.  Trust yourself.
   1. Ties in to trusting yourself. Give messages exactly as they come.  You will misinterpret things, you won’t be able to explain everything.  I din’t believe humans – any human – has the capacity to understand the full scope of the universe.  Stop making that your job.
   2. Know the clairs and share isnights exactly how they come to you.

 

5. Surround yourself with people and books that support and inspire you, but know you'll break all the rules.

• Find a safe community where you can ask questions and share inspiration. You will progress so much faster and enjoy the process so much more!
• Books teachers peers are great, but you are the ultimate authority on your own life. Never give that power to anyone else.  To truly succeed at some point you will throw away the rule book and do it in a way that onily you can.

 

In this episode I share personal experiences in my reiki practice...

These are some of the moments that deepened my belief in the power of this healing practice.

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This is another meditation for the holiday season.  If you are feeling heavy, experiencing grief or overwhelm during this holiday season, this meditation is for you.  It is a simple practice, focused on bringing you back into your body, and back into the whole-ness of your Spirit.  Enjoy.

This meditation is structured around the work of Dr Joe Dispenza.  We being with a specialized breathwork to activate the pineal gland and then progress into a body awareness practice, followed up by a visualization of your future.  A background in Joe's work is highly recommended (or this may seem super weird lol!)

#joedispenzameditation #joedispenzainspired #guidedmeditation #pinealglandactivation

In my work as a reiki master teacher, I have a gift of reading patterns, collecting information and being able to bring through transformative information..

"Your path towards growth appears to be..."

When I nail it - when I really hit on something that a person needs to change in order to get the healing or manifestation they're deeply desiring, it is usually met with..

"Ya, but..."

"I know, but..."

"but, but, but..."

Most people, when faced with the choice of transformation, automatically respond by justifying all the reasons they should stay exactly the same.

In this podcast episode, I riff on what it means to stay stuck, and what is required to break free.

#reikimaster #reikiteacher #transformationcoach #metamorphosis #change

This is your reminder... your gentle nudge... to truly LIVE.

We were all born with a purpose, a passion a dharma (or sacred duty).

And while we are conditioned to forget ourselves and pursue happiness, as defined by cultural norms, there will forever be a lack of fulfillment when we ignore the calling that exists inside us.

Your life is meaningful - not just for you but for all the people you were born to serve.

As you ignore your deeper calling, you not only disappoint yourself, but your corner of the world is not being tended to. 

Your gifts, talents and even challenges have shaped you into the person who is needed to do the job that ONLY YOU CAN DO.

This is your reminder... this moment is a gift, this breath is a gift... and the world is waiting for you to step into your full expression.

This guided meditation is inspired by the work of Dr Joe Dispenza. 

Expand your awareness beyond your body, and you merge with infinite space and possiblity.  Plan the seeds of your vision in a sea of endless possibilities, as you shift from survival to creation.

 

#joedispenza #joedispenzameditation #guidedmeditation #meditation #creation #quantumfield #manifest #reiki #reikiteacher #reikicourse #onlinereikicourse #onlinereikitraining #reikitraining #spiritual #spiritualhealer #energyhealer #chakras #crystals #energymedicine

Feminist movements are often rooted in the patriarchy.  While feminist movements focus on moving biological women into positions of masculine power, a feminine movement focuses on redefining what power is.

 

The feminine is rising to bring balance to this world.

 

This is a love note to the women, the healers, the mystics, artists, poets and all other people who align with the Divine Feminine Energy and are ready to bring a shift into the world.

In this episode I discuss how to share psychic messages with clients.  

Often we start filtering what comes through during a client session because we think what we have received is:

-too big/sensitive

- too small/insignificant

- too silly

OR because we are:

- scared to be wrong

- afraid of how the client will perceive us 

In this podcast I share HOW to share psychic hits in a way that takes the pressure off.

As always it comes back to service.  Stick to the basics.  Share what comes through, share how it came through, and strictly avoid trying to guess at what it all means.  Trust Spirit and trust yourself.  

#spirit #reiki #reikimaster #reikimasterteacher #reikiteacher #psychicdevelopment #healer #healerteacher

#psychicmedium #mediumdevelopment #intuitive #femininerising #soulmedicine

 

In this episode we explore butterfly medicine.  The butterfly is the animal associated with the fifth lunar cycle (flower moon).  The butterfly is here to demonstrate how our challenges can lead to our greatest beauty and expression.  They teach the sacredness of pausing.  They teach us to listen to our inner callings.  To dissolve the old, the heavy and the illusion to make space for our greatest Becoming.  Butterfly is the most potent teacher of transformation.

#transformation #butterflymedicine #flowermoon #moonmystery #chrysalis #reikimaster #reikimasterteacher #youarethemedicine

This is a guided reiki treatment you can practice on yourself.  Most people find this practice to be deeply restorative and nurturing.  It is best practice to commit to a daily practice if possible, even if  you just adopt a handful of intuitively guided hand placements in your own personal practice.

This guided meditation takes you through a mini yoga nidra practice, followed by guided visualization.  The goal is to recalibrate the nervous system and change your biochemistry, so that you start to embody the thing you want most.

An exploration of chakra 7, sahasrara chakra.

Have you ever seen a dandelion in the breeze?

This episode is an inspirational gift for healers, created to guide you into remembrance of your gifts and your connection to Source.

#reiki #reikimaster #usuireiki #reikicanada #reikiinternational #reikimasterteacher #reikiteacher #onlinereiki #reikitraining #reikitrainingonline #youarethemedicine #medicine #healingarts #healing #healer #healers

Background music: "Our Peaceful Ocean," composed by Music Of Wisdom - Licensed from: 'https://meditationmusiclibrary.com/'

In today's podcast episode I am sharing an entry from my journal that was inspired by a state of surrender. I went to a coffee shop with the intention of doing writing, but when i arrived I was STUCK.  Nothing was flowing.  So I decided to surrender to the moment and enter some free writing instead.  What I share in this episode is what poured through me.  The big take-away? To soften the ego and open to grace.  When we become rigid we block the flow of Spirit.

 

Softening the rigidity and opening to the moment

 

Let’s be serious 

this isn’t flowing, and I can’t make it.

I’ve showed up

Ready to create

And yet i feel blocked

like what i’ve planned 

is not what needs to come through.

 

So i simply write

whatever needs to be expressed in this moment.

 

My God… the world is beautiful.

these humans around me

the sun

the light

the warmth

the earth

the dirt and rocks and sand

the plants

the bugs

the intricate interweaving of life

so fucking awe inspiring. 

 

When we get rigid in our thoughts & practices

we become rigid in how we are willing to show up

When we become rigid we can only serve ego

rigidity makes us deaf to the word of God

rigidity makes us unable to hear the whisper of the soul

it makes us unable to show up for our life purpose

 

Spirit requires us to live in a state of adaptability, suppleness, flow. 

Spirit asks us to embrace a state of ease and trust

 

Lighten up

Celebrate life

this breath

this pulse

this moment

This life is as sacred as we make it

 

How would this moment change if you paused to feel and experience what is actually here instead of living in the illusion of your thoughts & the delusion of your repetitive stories.

 

What if this moment you felt the sun on your skin, the pulse of the heart, the breeze of the breath, listened to the sounds around you.  What if in this moment instead of focusing on productivity, you focused on being alive.  

 

Drop in to your sensual nature and indulge your senses in what is alive and real in this moment of grace that if gifted to your Now

 

The question I am often asked is how I left nursing.

How did i develop the courage to leave?

How did I transition from a stable income to the entrepreneurial unknown?

In this story, I recount the moment I knew I had to leave nursing. 

Grab a tissue, because this one is a bit of a tear jerker.  It has been 13 years and I still can't tell the story without shedding a few tears. 

Background music "The Inner Calling" composed by Music Of Wisdom - Licensed from: 'https://meditationmusiclibrary.com/'

This episode continues our journey up the chakras.  Today we explore the second chakra, known as the svadhisthana.  We discuss major themes - pleasure, polarity, flow, creativity, sexuality, Divine feminine, moon, water - and discuss how blockages and balances in this chakra manifest in the real world.  I then suggest balancing practices for any blockages you may experience.

 

Key words: chakra, svadhisthana, second chakra, energy healing, wheels of life, energy healer, reiki, reiki healing, reiki master, energy medicine, duality, polarity, unity, creativity, sexuality, pleasure, pain, creation, divine feminine, shakti, shiva

This is a beautiful colour meditation that includes a body scan.  Deeply nourishing, this practice is an ideal way to prepare for rest or to recover from a stressful day. 

Together we can breathe hope and life into the darkness - for this is the most basic and distinctive gift of the feminine.

There is a rising of the feminine.  You may feel it as an uncomfortable inner-stirring.  A feeling of not quite being content.  

While you look around your life and see that all is well, you feel in your bones that there is more.  That you are more.  And that you are being asked to Become more.  

Ancient feminine codes are woven into our DNA and they are awakening, ready to come to full expression.  Women are being called to restore balance to a hyper masculine world.

#masculine #feminine #masculinefeminine #femininemystery #ancientcodes #awakening #spiritual #femmespirit #wildrising

When we learn that our lives, like our physical world, move through seasons, there is an ease in our suffering.  Spring always returns... I repeat, Spring always returns.  Aligning with the energetics and promise of Spring can bring us through some of our hardest times.

As the days get longer, warmer and more colorful, take a moment to reflect on what is ready to bloom in your own life.  What areas do you want to focus on and consciously plant seeds.  What aspects of winter are you ready to release so that you may rise?

This episode is a follow up to last week's episode.  

Once you have crafted a vision of what you wish to create, you are ready to drop into a daily meditation practice.  This will help you EMBODY your intention, allowing you to become the person from your future vision. 

 

Your physiology begins to align with the fulfillment of your vision. 

Your thoughts, words and actions begin to align with the fulfillment of your vision.

And with practice, your vision becomes your lived reality.

#guidedmeditation #manifesting #joedispenzainspired #alignment

"The Sanskrit name of this chakra is ajna, which originally meant “to perceive,” and later “to command.” This speaks to the two-fold nature of this chakra – to take in images from which we command our reality, commonly known as creative visualization. To hold an image in our mind increases the possibility that it will materialize.”

Anodea Judith

The essence of the sixth chakra, or brow chakra, is the gift of seeing. This gift refers both to the actual observing of the world around us, and to seeing what lies beneath, between and below the physical. As Anodea Judith beautifully puts it, “through seeing we have both a means of internalizing the outer world, and a symbolic language for externalizing the inner world.”

Themes explored in this chakra: seeing, intuition, perception, command, clairvoyance, light, pineal gland, Om

Key words: third eye, brow, chakra, ajna, clairvoyance, chakras, chakra therapy, chakra healing, energy healing, healing arts, heal thy self, energy medicine, reiki, reiki healing, reiki master, reiki master teacher

In this practice, Liz leads you through breathwork and a guided self reiki practice to help you calm the nervous system - taking you out of the physiology of anxiety and into a state of renewal.

#reiki #reikimaster #reikimasterteacher #soulmedicine #brahmaribreathing #breathwork #selfreiki #selfhealing #energyhealing #guidedmeditation #guidedbreathwork #guidedbreath

We have all heard that change is uncomfortable.  But there is a difference between the discomfort of enduring change, and the complete anhiliation of rebirth.  When we are going through profound change, it’s not uncomfortable… its a pain so wild and unimaginable that it feels it is consuming us.  And indeed the fires of these kind of changes are burning away any illusion, delusion that keep us from really moving forward. 

 

Some change is uncomfortable.  We are putting ourselves through a new routine, learning something new, interacting in a new way… there is a challenge. With these kind of challenges usually we see them coming,. 

 We sign up, we dive in…  They are hard, we struggle, we suffer, we sometimes fall short. These challenges may change us in small or temporary ways, but often, because we are prepared for them, we muscle our way through while maintaining who we are in the process.  We come out with something new - a promotion, a degree, a wedding ring - but we are not new. We come through it carrying all the baggage we started with.

 

This is uncomfortable in the same way that a workout is uncomfortable… you push your comfort zone but at the end you don’t look or feel a while lot different.

 

But then there are  the profound changes - the ones that transform you, the ones that reshape you.  These changes that don’t just change your life, they fundamentally change who you are and how you view and interact with the world.  These changes are not discomfort, these changes are re-births.  These are the moments that tear us open… that strip us of our baggage, our illusions, our old patterns  no matter how we cling to it (and side note the longer and harder we cling the harder it becomes).

 

Rebirth is the best way to describe it because it so closely parallels the birthing process.  The changes starts as an idea. Spark in your eye, an idea you nurture over time. You may have been moving toward a change for a while… this evolution has been ripening inside you for a while.  You gestate the change. You may have felt the flutters of it in your life, even though you couldn’t see it.  You keep saying yes to this new life you’re moving towards… and then there comes a moment of no return.  The birthing process begins and it intensifies until a point of transition a force beyond anything you’ve ever known moves through you.  Wave after wave of intensity pounds against you.  Most people at this point want to quit, they want to go back but that option does not even exist anymore.  The only way through is forward.  And the only way through is total surrender to this other worldly force 

 

These are the challenges that don’t even afford us the option to give up but demand that we give in… to give in to the invisible hand of the Divine, give in to the invisible forces moving through us.  These ,moments demand we  pray for guidance becaus there is no certainty anywhere.  we give in because even to give up just creates more of the same.  There is only one way out but you’re not consciously in control of it… nob amount of doing will fix it, and it often makes it worse.  And so you must sit in the refining flames of this moment in life and wait for a miracle.

 

In these moments you feel torn apart by the constant push pull of breaking down and breaking through.

 

When you feel you cannot go further, when you feel you can’t do it, when you geel like you want to give up, that is your invitation to give in,.

 

 

These are the pain of being reborn, 

 

A pain that burns away all illusions… this is how Truth is born in you. 

 

A pain so intense that it softens your heart towards others… this is how compassion is born. 

 

A pain that shakes you to your core so that all that is left to do is reach for the only sturdy thing left - God… and in this process Faith is being born.

 

I lean in to the practices that bring insight and ease… I cut out the things that I know lead to more pain.  I move my body, nourish my body, i take rest.  Discipline is being born.

 

A pain so bewildering that you questions everything you once believed, you start to question, and start to witness your own conditioning… this is how discernment is born.  

 

A pain so humbling that you lay your heart in the hands of God… and a true sense of service to something greater than yourself is born.

 

A pain so profound that you cannot manage to move forward alone, so you deepen your connection to others, and Love is born.

 

And as with any birth, the transition phase is hardest.  Wave after wave hits you until you think you cannot go any further.   This is the sign.  This is the moment where if you can just hold on a tiny bit longer, you will be delivered.

What if the gap in your healing arts practice is not in your skill or talent...

what if the gap in your practice is your lack of faith.

In this episode I discuss the absolutely essential foundation of a successful healing arts practice - a surrendering and softening toward Divine Will.  You are an instrument of the Divine, you are not "the doer."  

When we truly recognize this, we can soften and take our practice to the next level.

#reiki #reikimaster #reikimasterteacher #healer #healingarts #energyhealing #energyhealer #chakras 

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In this episode we dive into the topics of pain and suffering.  I share insight into how our physiology drives us to do the very opposite thing that we need to bring harmony on a soul level, and offer some tips and practices you can use to help transform suffering.

 

Tag Words: spiritual living, spiritual life, suffering, first noble truth, transform suffering, yoga, meditation, reiki, reiki master, reiki master teacher, yoga life, healing, spiritual healing, soul medicine

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This is the first episode in a free mini-series on conscious transformation.  

In this episode I discuss the inspiration I have taken from the work of Dr.Joe Dispenza.  

We explore the concepts of reclaiming our truth, being proactive (inspired by the work of Dr Stephen Covey), and managing our nervous systems.

You have the opportunity to take full responsibility for the quality of your life.  You have the power to master your inner world such that you influence the outer world in a positive and intentional way, instead of feeling like a victim to the circumstances of your life. The ability to choose how to respond to life is called free will, and it is the birth right of every human being. We ALL have the gift of free will – however most of us rarely use it.  Instead, we default to patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving that we’ve been programmed into (some of these patterns we inherited, others we created through repetition or intense emotional experiences like trauma).

 

The good news – everything you require to live an extraordinary life is already inside of you.  And in this course we will explore ways to consciously re-program our unconscious patterning so that the thoughts, emotions and behaviors we desire become natural, effortless and automatic. 

 

In this first class, the key take-home message is that you are the programmer of your life.  Regardless of what has transpired in your past, from the moment you choose to take responsibility for your happiness and fulfillment, you will have the power to script your future – to choose the thoughts, emotions and behaviors that will define you.

 

Stephen Covey’s first habit of highly effective living (and business) is to be proactive.  Being proactive is much more than simply taking initiative.  Being proactive means taking full responsibility for your life.  The opposite of being proactive is being reactive – reactive people blame their inner world (how they feel) on their outer world (circumstance).  How they feel becomes a product of their environment, and they relinquish power over their lives because they cannot control all circumstances. 

 

“Being proactive means you carry your own weather with you. Your circumstances do NOT define your response. When our lives are a function of conditioning and conditions, it is because we have, by conscious decision or by default, chosen to empower those things to control us. In making such a choice, we become reactive. Reactive people are often affected by their physical environment. If the weather is good, they feel good. If it isn’t, it affects their attitude and their performance.

 

Reactive people are also affected by their social environment, by the “social weather.” When people treat them well, they feel well; when people don’t, they become defensive or protective. Reactive people build their emotional lives around the behavior of others, empowering the weaknesses of other people to control them. They are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values — carefully thought about, selected and internalized values. Dr. Covey teaches that we all have a space between stimulus and response and it is in that very space that our greatest gift – the freedom to choose – can be found. So the next time the weather looks bad – the physical weather or the social weather – will you curse it and allow it to ruin your day, or will you choose a good response to it? Or as my mother used to say, will you make lemonade from lemons?”

• Stephen Covey

 

If you believe, even just a little bit, that you are responsible for your own happiness in life, you can no longer blame circumstances or people for your feelings.  This does not mean that you are always happy – that is unrealistic and even harmful to expect.  What it means is that the emotions you make habitual are the ones you consciously choose. Emotions do not just happen to us – they are the end product of thoughts we entertain (more on the biology of this process in class 2).  We choose our emotions, whether consciously or unconsciously, by the thoughts we think.  If you can become more aware of and intentional about your thoughts, you can master your emotional and energetic life. 

 

Reflections:

- What are the values and principles that you wish to align your life with?

- Start to become aware of the "old program." What thoughts, beliefs and actions are undermining your health and happiness?  What do you want to shift?

- Ask loved ones to help give clarity on strengths, as well as areas of self-sabotage. 

 

#joedispenza #drjoedispenza #manifesting #consciouscreation #manifest #create #neuroscience #breakingthehabitofbeingyourself #supernatural #youaretheplacebo #guidedmeditation

We live in a society that has normalized living under the hormones of stress 24/7.  And while there are many stress reduction techniques out there, I believe the most powerful way to manage stress is to cultivate a  deeper relationship with Faith... trusting that there is an Intelligence beyond our own that is steering the ship in foggy times. As a society, we focus so much on trying to control things, and this causes us tremendous stress.  In this podcast I discuss the concept and practice of moving from a state of physical and mental stress into a state of faith and trust.

#stress #stressmanagement #reikicourse #onlinereikicourse #reikimaster #reikimasterteacher #healing #energyhealing #alternativehealing #wellness

In this episode I lead you through short (about ten minute) a guided self-reiki practice.

The benefits of reiki are felt through consistent practice.  Often we sabotage ourselves by trying to commit to something that is too long.  I wanted to share this ten minute practice to support you in developing a daily practice that is more achievable.

I am starting this year out with a flu - NOT what I had in mind!! BUT I am not stressed about it. Even though I have big goals for this year, I am not worried about falling behind. Why? Because I have built my goals around inputs rather than outcomes. This year I am softening my grip. I am releasing stress over what I cannot control. I am doubling down efforts on what I can. I am tripling down on faith - resting into a belief that all is working together for the greatest good. Faith is the antidote to stress. It allows us to soften instead of try to control.

In this episode I discuss how to unlock the power of reiki symbols.

In the West most Usui Reiki schools Typically teach 3 reiki symbols in levels 1 & 2, and an additional one or two symbols in mastery training.  We are also taught that they each have names, though what most people think of as names are actually mantras that go along with each symbol.

 

So we are taught symbol 1, cho ku rei, is the power symbol, used to increase or decrease power, depending on how it is drawn.

 

Symbol 2 sei hei ki emotional and mental - often activated and or sealed by the first

 

symbol 3 hon sha ze show nen - distance healing symbol.

 

We take these as locks and keys - taught to use each symbol as the key to unlock certain doors.  Want to increase your healing power just trace symbol 1 in your hand, heal addiction… a cool 1-2-1 symbol over the power chakra ought to do it.

 

This has definitely not been my experience.  I actually had an aversion to using symbols initially, as they seemed like hocus focus.

 

But as i work with this healing system, I am learning to use the symbols as symbols.  By it’s very nature a symbol does not align with a single definition or use.  It is open for interpretation.

 

It is said that historically the symbols were not just given ton students in a broad blanket teaching approach as they are now.  A symbol would be gifted to a student to assist them in deepening their understanding of the energy they are working with.

 

It is more fruitful to sit with the sacred geometry of the symbols and to chant their mantras and allow the meaning to be revealed.  

 

For example with symbol one what does the sacred spiral mean to you?  What does it teach us about life and about our own true nature?  What you are using this symbol in what exactly are you invoking? 

 

encoded in these symbols and mantras are profound teachings around life and our place in it.  These symbols are sign posts that are guiding us to Truth.  

 

#reiki #reikihealing #onlinereiki #reikisymbols #chokurei #seiheiki #honshazeshonen #usureiki 

 

The most important part of your healing is a vision of who you are becoming… of what you are moving towards. You must start to imagine what your life looks like to be healed - who would you be, what would you do, how would you serve?

When we think of healing a broken bone we think of it returning back to it’s pre-broken state, we get a cough and we think we want to return to who we were before the cough. this is only true for superficial physical healing.   But deeper healing is not linear.  You aren’t returning to a former state of being - you are evolving, growing, and changing.

If your goal is to just heal this one particular thing - your insomnia, your recurrent infection, your relationship - without changing anything else, you will likely not succeed in the long term. Your current circumstance - especially if it’s something repetitive - is a result of your physical, mental and emotional habits.

The expression of you that fell into a state of dis-ease is not the expression of you that will heal.  An evolution of Being needs to happen.  Introspection, reflection, adjusting, integrating and moving forward in a way that is more aligned with your Truth.

Even if we can fix something momentarily through surgery or a drug, if you fall back into the exact same patterns  - if your life, habits and tendencies to stay the same, you’re not going to experience profound healing, merely a temporary relief of symptoms.

When we enter into a state of dis-ease it is an invitation to look at our life and where we are operating in unsustainable ways or in ways not aligned with the truth of who we are. 

When you look at healing - whether it’s a physical, mental or emotional healing - the question is not how can you fix this, the questions is how can I become the person who is healed?  Am I willing to do the things required to obtain and maintain a new state of being?  

When you move throughout life, the goal isn’t to cling to original versions of you.  When you move through job loss, miscarriage, divorce… you are supposed to be changed.  You are supposed to feel, to express emotion, to integrate lessons, to crack open and discover deeper layers of your humanness.  Let life change you.  We really see this as women transition into motherhood - the term bounce back.  No.  Just hard no.  You aren’t meant to bounce back, you are meant to evolve, to become reborn yourself.  You are not the same as you were - life has changed dramatically, the initiation of the birthing process brings you more deeply into life.  Do not for a minute try to cling to who you were before.  Your capacity to understand life has exploded, and with it come strong emotions and huge changes.  

What is this dis-ease opening you to?

What are your triggers and symptoms bringing into your awareness?

What if you just stopped to feel and express what is true in this moment?

 

#reiki #reikihealing #reikihealer #usuireiki #onlinereiki #onlinereikitraining #energyhealing #energyhealer

 

In periods of expansion, we are goingg to feel dysregulated, to feel off, to feel stretched and uncomfortable.

 

Whenever we begin to create changes, we move outside of our normal range of physiology (nervous system tone and hormone balance), and habitual thought & action.  Often this makes you  want run or hide or quit.  It just doesn’t feel right.

 

I went through this transitioning to having kids.

I am in it now transitioning to a new balance of work and mothering.

 

You have to be careful with your focus and words here, and remember YOU CHOSE THIS.

 

The worse thing you can do is spend your energy complaining.  When you are complaining you are arguing for all the reasons to stay stagnant, you are talking yourself out of your growth and back into the hole of your comfort zone.

 

We have to find ways to expand our comfort zone, and find comfort beyond the comfort zone.  To play with the edges on purpose, to be ok not just in our comfort zone but also our expansion zone.  To be ok even when our tummy is full of butterflies.  To be ok even when our mind is looking for stress.  Learn to let these energies move through you without letting them move you back into the walls you’ve unconsciously built for yourself.

 

Can we feel that agitation, that inner freak out and remind ourselves of what we have chosen what is infront of us. 

 

Breathe deeply.

Trust.

Why am I making these choices. Do these choices reflect my values and desires?  Am i freaking out because something is wrong or because something is new? What if this is what growing pains feel like?

 

And also pray.  Co-create with the Divine.  This is for another topic all together but when we do it alone, when we wrap up our ego in our work, we condemn ourselves to always be performing and proving and striving.  When we concrete with God we can soften, we can trust, we can allow life to guide us, allow god to work through us.  So even in the intensity we can be soft.

This is a message for light workers - the teachers, healers, motivators, influencers - who want to spread Truth in today's dark times.  

Life flows in seasons… and there are no exceptions to this rule.

Your health, your wealth, your career, your relationships…. everything flows through seasons.  Through cycles of expansion and contraction, activity and rest, light and darkness. 

Humans suffer tremendously because we try to live in a state of constant growth, harvest and abundance, and this defies the laws of the universe.

This simple teaching saved my marriage.  I poured my heart out to one of my yoga teachers about how challenging and bleak my marriage was, and she simply posed the question, what if this is a winter?  What if it’s part of a cycle?  What if beyond these challenges, spring is waiting, ready to explode into color and warmth and renewal? 

When the natural world moves into winter, we do not despair that it’s the end of the world.  We get cozy.  We bundle up.  We rest more.  We reflect.  And if we follow the teaching of the trees we draw inwards, we drop what is not essential trusting that what we release will fertilizer future growth and we divert attention and energy towards our core - we focus on what matters most, on what is essential.

But when our relationship moves into a season of winter - when what once was bright and beautiful has fallen away and starts to decay, we mourn the loss deeply, and often leave the relationship.  We don’t believe in the spring that will follow, so we leave to look for a summer somewhere else.  But that next relationship will also hit winter, and if we can’t weather the season, we leave again and never get to experience the rebirth of spring and the joy and expansiveness of seeing life burst forth from darkness.

Our career will similarly move  between seasons.  When winter hits, and things feel contracted and dark, can we take the invitation to draw inward and get clarity on what matters most?  Can we drop what’s not essential? Can we trust in the process, in the evolution?  Can we lean into the mystery that exists in fertile darkness?  Or do we freak out, panic and start to abandon ship in search of greener grass and sunnier skies?

These winter seasons are a necessary time of rest and reflection.  These are times for deep nourishment, and stillness.  It is a season to deepen your trust… a season to rest for the explosion of creativity, blossoming and rising that will inevitably happen in the spring.

Robert H Schuller says “never cut a tree down in the wintertime.  Never make a negative decision in the low time.  Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods.  Wait.  Be patient.  The storm will pass.  The spring will come."

So Sweet One, if you are in a winter, I am here to remind you that it will not go on forever.  That you can soften your body, soften your belly, and unclench your jaw.  

Feel into the earth beneath you.  And let your body and mind soften into a state of faith.  

The spring will always return.  Spring will always return.  Spring will always return.

Place a hand on your heart, a hand on your belly.  Draw inwards with some deep breaths and ask yourself, what can I do to support myself in this moment? How would i show up, how would i carry myself, how would i speak to myself if for this moment I allowed myself to trust that even in the darkest day I can know wholeheartedly that spring is stirring within me and all around me?  And for just this moment, just this hour, just for today, can I allow myself to move into a state of faith, into a state of trust.  Can I surrender to the rhythms of life, to the pulsing of the cosmos, to the eternal cycling of seasons?

 

Empathy

In a world grown numb, the ability to feel deeply is a super power.

 

In a world grown distant the ability to connect with and understand another human is a super power.

 

These people who are able to feel and connect deeply are #empaths.

 

#Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

 

If you are highly empathic or #highlysensitive, you may be having a hard time regulating your own mental, emotional and energetic state.  

 

As we move through intensity of our own personal challenges AND navigate relationships and current events where we are exposed to other people’s challenges and strong emotions, it can quickly feel like too much.  When we are overloaded with heavy emotion, this super power can quickly feel like a curse.  Sometimes something as simple as walking through a grocery store can feel overwhelming when the overall vibe is heavy, fearful or negative.

 

So how can we leverage this super power without carrying the burden of feeling it all?  Working with your empathic gifts is a practice, and only you will know what works best for you.  But here are some things I have found tremendously helpful.

 

Most important thing for me is to have a #morningpractice or #ritual of some kind.  It is an opportunity for you to feel what is yours - before relating with others, before turning on your socials, before taking outward action in your life, there is a pause in the morning to breathe and feel and notice - what is mine?  How am I feeling emotionally, energetically, physically, mentally? 

 

This check in sets the baseline for your day.  Any inexplicable deviations from this baseline as you move through your day are probably not yours.  

 

So if you are heading to the gym, or about to see a client, and you are inexplicably hit with a wave of rage, butterflies or anxiety or sadness, it’s likely not yours.  Likely you are picking up on the electromagnetic signature of the people around you.  

 

This simple recognition - ah this isn’t mine, I must be feeling what’s present for someone else - is enough to break you free from feeding in to the emotional state.

 

You see, feelings/emotions are a result of thought.  We have a thought that creates a feeling… but it also is true that as we have a feeling we start to look for the reasons we feel that way and then reinforce the feeling… and it cycles.

 

When you notice that what you are carrying is not YOURS you consciously dis-identify with it.  Then instead of looking for reasons to feel this way, often our attention turns to the other person and our inner state can shift to one of love, concern and curiosity.

 

This leads to the second skill of managing empathy.  When we see someone struggling, we often want to jump right in there and make it better.  We have an urge to save them, and we are willing to sacrifice ourselves to do so (especially if we are feeling their pain in our own systems).  

 

This desire to “save” creates an unhealthy and delusional power dynamic - one of you being the saviour and the other person being the victim.  

 

In truth we are all eternal souls who are always connected to God.

 

the most powerful thing you can do for someone who is struggling is the remember you are both infinite divine beings.  You can validate their current experience while still regarding them, speaking to them and reflecting back to them that they are powerful, resilient, resourceful infinite beings.

 

So instead of plunging ourselves into the other person’s pit of darkness and despair and suffering there together, you can shine your flashlight into the pit and support them in finding their own light so that they can find their way out. 

 

And finally, when you find that you are stuck in an emotional state, regardless of whether its yours or something you picked up along your travels, there are things you can do to shift your state.

 

Move your body - notice how your body is feeling, how you are carrying yourself, what activities you are engaging in and avoiding - and then consciously shake things up.  What you are drawn to do during these states will result in more of the same.  If you want to shift state, CHANGE something.  Breathe more deeply, vocalize, carry yourself with strength, lift your heart, life your gaze.  Go outside.  Climb a mountain.  Jump in cold water.  Go to a yoga or gym class.  Turn on your fav song and dance and sing.

 

Change what you are reading/listening to/watching.

 

Put down your phone.  Take a social media detox.

 

Do something that makes you feel alive.  When you are in a good state, make a list of things you can do that always make you feel better - something you can refer to when you’re in a dark place.  

 

#reiki #reikimaster #reikimasterteacher #onlinereiki #onlinereikitraining #psychicreiki

 

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Deep Into Nature composed by Music Of Wisdom - Licensed from: 'https://meditationmusiclibrary.com/'.

This podcast episode kicks off an exploration of the chakras.  Understanding the chakras is essential for light workers and energy healers, as they shed light into what is causing upheaval in a person's life.  A chakra can be balanced or blocked.  A blocked chakra may have excessive energy or may be deficient - and these blocks will manifest in various ways.

In this episode we explore the major themes of the first chakra, and I discuss how a deficient and excessive root (manipura) chakra may manifest in one's life, as well as suggest balancing practices.

Key words - chakra, energy center, manifest, muladhara, lam, energy medicine, healing, red, root, rooted, ground, grounded, grounding, tether, reiki, reiki master, reiki healing, reiki energy

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One of the biggest things I want to impress on my reiki students is this – open to Source, and trust what comes through you, even if it doesn’t look or sound like what comes through others.  Even if it doesn’t look or sound like what is written in the text books.  And I think I impress this so deeply because it was not my reality for the first almost-decade of my reiki practice.

Tradition.  Doing things the way they were done in the past.  Walking in the steps of the people who came before us.  Is there value in this?  Yes.  But it’s only as valuable as it is effective.

Let’s set aside the fact that there are conflicting accounts of how Usui actually practiced – did he touch or not?  Did

I can’t help but wonder would Dr Usui practice in the same way – same techniques, same processes, same approach today as he used in the late 1800s and early 1900s?  I would venture to guess that he wouldn’t because the North Americans of today are an entirely different being than the Japanese people of the 1800s.  We are facving different kind of crises – working with different tone of nervous system, different toxins and global crises, over fed, chemicals - and I believe it needs a new approach.

When you look at the teachings, the second pillar (learned in reiki 2) is Reiji-Ho and is a method of placing the hands in a prayer position and asking for guidance. This is the ultimate practice in reiki – to attune yourself to Ki, Spirit, Prana, Chi – and let it move through you and guide you.  It means that when practiced correctly, you set aside your thinking mind and allow yourself to be a vessel of the Divine.

Now I don’t take this idea of straying from traditional paths lightly, I have deeply contemplated it.  It’s not for everyone.  There are purists out there and that works best for them – I am not disputing that.  I am however just exploring the idea.  The other day I was purchasing a book from a spiritual shop called reiki shamanism – I hadn’t seen anyone specifically marry these practices so I was curious about it.  When I went to pay, the man behind the till commented that he is a purist and doesn’t think it’s a good idea to cross paths, and to just pull from different lines.  He pointed out how Yogananada broke from tradition to come to the West and teach tens of thousands of people the practice of yoga.  He ntoed that Yogananda’s teacher had taught numerous ascended masters while yogananada didn’t guide any of his followers to that level.  But I personally don’t think that the goal of a spiritual teacher is neccesarily total liberation.  Maybe some of us are here to simply guide people towards less suffering and more love.  Maybe it’s just to ease the burden of suffering enough to get people back on the spiritual path… maybe that is a win too.  Not everyone is here in this lifetime in pursuit of total liberation. 

Here is an example – in traditional reiki there is a technique whereby the practitioner holds his or her hand above a single point to remove poison.  You are supposed to hold this point for 30 minutes.  You need a very specific client to be able to find mental and physical rest for 30 minutes.  Most people I see are living full lives with jobs and families and deadlines and anxiety and monkey mind.  If I just stand there for 30 minutes holding one spot, most of them will spend that 30 minutes lost in thought and struggling.  Likewise, the people following Yogananada’s teacher need to live a very specific lifestyle in order to follow the teachings precisely.

I’m not saying there is not value in purist teachings.  But I do think that we need a variety of options for a variety of students and practitioners.  For me personally, I am going to strive to meet the unique needs of the person infront of me at that particular moment in time, and allow myself to be guided by Spirit, rather than commit myself to follow the steps laid out by someone else over 100 years ago – likely errors in recording and then errors in translation.

 

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Exploring the topic of boundaries during the holiday season.

In my private reiki practice, most clients have some struggles around the issue of boundaries during this time.

Culturally it is normalized that women, especially mothers, over extend themselves during this time. 

How do we select and uphold boundaries in a loving way?

What do we risk when we fail to uphold boundaries?

I discuss boundaries from my own personal experience and from the lens of my private reiki practice - including looking at how a lack of boundaries is manifesting in the energy system (chakras), and what physical manifestations can come from it.  And then i lead you in a guided practice to feel deeply, to tune in, and notice what boundaries your inner wisdom is asking you to uphold today.

 

Enjoy!

 

Music by Music of Wisdom, "Our Peaceful Ocean"

Guided Reiki Chakra Practice

Hands in prayer, gassho meditation at heart.

Set the intention to open to reiki energy.  

In this moment setting aside ego and control, let yourself soften.  Feel where you connect to the earth beneath you and for this moment let yourself relax into the earths embrace.  Be held, as you release tension, release control and open to something greater… something Beyond the ordinary.

 

If you know symbol 3 you can trace or visualize it now joining the mantra or letting the sound wash over you Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen.  May this healing energy that moves through me transcend time, space and rationality.  

 

Symbol 2 Sei He Ki.  May this healing energy recalibrate the mental and emotional bodies, bringing me into fill alignment with my highest expression and deepest truth.

 

Symbol 1 Power I invite in the spiral power of the universe. I attune to the healing energy that is ever present inside of me an all around me. 

 

Breathe in joshin kokkyu ho.  Draw in golden light, gather in tandem point, exhale move through mouth, hands and feet.  Full body energetic rinse.  See self filling with golden light.  Feel yourself move into a space of infinite possibility, infinite potential to heal on every level.  

 

Allow this practice to become a full spiritual ceremony.  Allow yourself to soften to the grace of the divine.  Release control, release resistance, and for this moment trust in the perfect unfolding of the Divine plan. 

 

Hands to thighs.  Tuning in to muladhara chakra.  This is our foundation.  Feel into the feet and let them fill with golden light.  Know that the ground the divine lays out for your is steady and stable, even when you cannot see the next step.  Soften and trust.  Soften your body and strengthen your faith that in this moment, you are held and cared for. Feel that golden light moving up through the legs and into the bones of the pelvis.  Feel it light up the large intestine, and fill the bones of the spine, rib cage, arms, neck and head.  

 

Bring hands to the pelvic. Svadhisthana chakra, our centre for creative flow, pleasure and letting go.  Feel the golden light filling the bowl of the pelvic, bathing the reproductive organs, kidneys and bladder.  Feel it spill into the blood and move throughout your body pulsing with each heartbeat.  The blood is fortified.  The creative impulse is strengthened.  From the mysteries dark depths of the womb we are reborn in a vibrant golden orange glow.  Breathe in and trust. 

 

Bring hands to the belly.  Manipura chakra - our power center. This is our centre of power, purpose, will and mastery.  We welcome the golden light into this fiery centre of warmth and light.  We let it fill the belly and aid digestion.  We allow this light to bathe the organs of digestion - stomach, small and large intestine, pancreas and also the adrenals.  

 

We let this golden light soften the urge to war with external environment and we redirect our life energy in service of our divine purpose.  We let this light fuel our resolve, light our path forward and trust that the highest power is already within us and all around us.  We breathe vision into life, each day allowing our actions to breathe life into the world we want to create. 

 

Hands to heart - anahata chakra the unstruck chord.

 

Let your hands land here and simply breathe.  Feel the aliveness of the heartbeat.  Feel the breath.  Let your  mind land inside your body and rejoice at this life. This is our centre of expansion, balance, softness and unity. 

 

Invite this golden reiki light to fill the heart, lungs, thorax hands and arms.  Invite in a sense of love without condition.  A love that is only found through connecting to your Spirit.  A love that moves and inspires you beyond your normal limitations.  A love that defies logic and move mountains.  

 

Hands to throat - visuddha chakra.  Our centre of communication, truth, and soul vibration.  See this golden light fill the shoulders, neck, jaw and mouth.  May bring a hum to the exhales - then return breath to effortless rhythm as you feel for the vibration inside you, the vibration that is you - your soul essence stirring alive inside your bones.  

 

Return to this vibration state - your unique healing vibration.  Clear this centre for communication not only can we communicate to each other better, but we clear the channels of communication within.  Let your unique resonance become the dominant vibration within your being, allow it to recalibrate & entrain any cell, and part of you that has been swayed by the external, any part of you that has forgotten who you are.  Any part that needs to be reminded of the power of your spirit.  Allow a state of total coherence within your body, mind, energy and soul.  Coherence of divine will and personal will. Feel the golden light flood through you, as your whole system recalirbrates to your  unique Divine frequency.

 

Hands or awareness land on area of third eye, or simply any place they feel comfortable. Ajna chakra, our centre for clear seeing, intuition.  A centre of both perceive and commanding, as we cast our vision and co-create the reality we are moving towards.  Feel the golden light spread throughout the entire head and face.  Let it fill the eyes, space behind the eyes, space between the eyes.  

 

Let this golden light clear away anything that clouds our perception of reality.  Let us see clearly what is here, now.  Feel into your soul and come alive.  

 

Allow this light to make manifest your deepest prayer.  Cast your vision for the future.  As we work with ajna chakra we can USE our vision to shape our reality.  Through this chakra we exercise our co-creative nature and work alongside the Divine to usher in transformation and birthing something new… something miraculous.

 

So cast your vision and let yourself feel it in this moment.  Let this vision recalibrate your cells, as you invoke the emotional response to this vision… making it more real than anything else.

 

Finally sahasrara chakra - hands or awareness land on the crown.  The golden light fills the head and begins to spread beyond the physical borders of your skin.  Feel into the space above you and let this golden light guide you back to Source.  Come home to the Creative Power that is always with you, within you and all around you.  Remember your place as a holy being, an embodiment of one small spark of Divinity. 

 

This is a centre of knowing, understanding, transcendence and bliss.  We allow the golden light to flow in now through the top of the head, bathing the brain and central nervous system, feel it pour down the spine, flood throughout the entire body and stream out through the hands and feet - a river of continual replenishment and renewal.  You are always in this Divine stream of renewal and inspiration.  Let it wash through you and around you.  let you awareness feel for it. 

 

In this moment soften all resistance and let the river of God flow through you, restore you faith.

 

Feel the internal shift inside of you. Know that you are infinitely power because you are always connected to Source.  

 

When you are ready to rise, do so knowing that your prayers have been answered.  Hold on to that inner state of certainty, trust and renewal.  

 

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Music Credit:

The Inner Calling composed by Music Of Wisdom - Licensed from: 'https://meditationmusiclibrary.com/'.

 

 

 

 

m the active fiery solar plexus, we are thrust into a new and different realm. From the realms of the body and manifestation, we move into the softer touch of spirit. From the focus on the self and its desires and actions, we embrace a larger pattern, and dance our small part within the greater web of relationships. We transcend our ego, and grow toward something greater, deeper, stronger. As we reach for the heavens, we expand.”

Anodea Judith

As we rise in our ascent up the chakras, we continue to move into more subtle realms. This movement to the fourth chakra of the heart is a big jump from the ego-centric nature of the lower chakras. Once we have met our human needs – safety, pleasure, passion and willpower –and we are no longer distracted with merely surviving, our energy and awareness is free to move into the more spiritual realms, and our focus on self begins to soften as we expand our awareness to all that is.

Themes we explore in this episode include: unconditional love, breath, softness, balance, expansion, unity.

Key words - chakras, chakra healing, heart, anahata, reiki, reiki master, reiki master teacher, heal thyself, self healing, healing, wellness, energy medicine, love, unconditional love.

In this episode, I offer a meditation for the holidays.

 

This time of year can be very stressful.  In this meditation, I guide you to alchemize the mundane busy-ness into an opportunity to spark wildfires of love, hope, faith and warmth throughout your community.

In this episode, I am joined by Kundalini priestess and ceremonialist, Shae Savage.  We explore motherhood, and dive into the dark and wild experience of being rebirthed into motherhood that is seldom talked about in our culture.

Connect with Shae on instagram (@shae_savage_) or hop on over to her website to check out upcoming opportunities to work with her.

Website: www.shaesavage.com  Access to free Heathen & Honey Seasonal Workbook on my website as well as my free community Savage Clan & Sadhana & Ceremony virtual library of Kundalini Yoga, Work Work, Ceremonies, Meditations and breath work.    The Temple: Doors are open & we begin May 8th for 13 week foundational course in homecoming. Pre-req for the 500hr Kundalini Priestess Initiation in 2024 https://shaesavage.com/the-temple-courses    Feminine Embodiment Retreat: April 20-23, 2023 Sunshine Coast. Come weave the wisdom of the Wild Woman over this 4 day journey. https://shaesavage.com/retreats-and-workshops 

Online reiki training with Liz Nerland https://soulmedicineyoga.mykajabi.com/

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Reiki Training

What makes a good reiki practitioner?

Intention, Practice and Skills.

First is the intention/cocreation.  You have to hold the intention to be a channel for Ki/Chi/Prana/God.  If someone comes in to this work with the intention to be the healer, to fix other people, to be the saviour, and they aren’t humbly stepping in as a servant of God,  the session will be limited to that human’s physical capabilities.  In Reiki, we always hold ourselves as the channel and as the servant.  We are calling in a miracle… we are calling in something beyond our ordinary human powers.  We are asking God to move through us.  In striving to be the healer we limit ourselves.  IN softening to allow life to move through us, we call in a power beyond our own.  We have to take ourselves to zero in order to merge with the One/ the infinite.  

 

Second is simply practice.  How committed is this person to the lifestyle of Reiki.  Do they live and breathe it to the best of their ability both in and out of sessions?  Have they experienced the ups and downs of a consistent practice?  Have they developed a strong enough foundation that they can stop overthinking their sessions and start being moved by something greater.   You can literally pay $20 and do an online reiki course in a day and call yourself a reiki master.  But you’re still in the thinking phase and have literally mastered nothing.  You are a beginner.Joe Dispenza speaks of a formula for mastery - with any skill we move from thinking to doing to being.  First we think about what we are creating - learn the theory, read the books, gather info, create a vision.  Then we move into doing… this is where we put the theories into practice.  We do the thing.  In this case, you engage purposely in self reiki and start seeing clients.  You will still need to be very much in your thinking brain to remember what to do, what’s next, how do I do this thing, how to I support a client with certain condition etc.  

 

The next phase you start to move into a state of being… you have practiced so much that the skill becomes automatic.  You don’t have to use your thinking mind to remember what to do, you don’t even consciously think about what you do, it just happens.  Your awareness is then free to focus on something else, because you don’t need to focus on physical task.  As a reiki practitioner, this means that your awareness and energy can shift from doing to perceiving… from acting to noticing… this is when you start to pick up the subtle energy shifts, you start to see the shifting of their breath or the restlessness in their body, or tune in to clairs… you are able to shift into a receptive intuitive state because you aren’t stuck in your head trying to do it right. 

 

Finally - experience/skill sets.  This builds off the previous.  Have you practiced enough to develop your skills as a reiki practitioner.  And when you feel confident and effortless in your reiki skills, have you expanded your other skills and knowledge base to further help your client?  Example - nervous system… do you understand how the nervous system works?  Do you know how you can use guided breath or meditation to shift a client out of the physiology of anxiety?  Do you know how to use sound to shift stubborn energetic holding patterns?  Have you developed your intuitive capabilities so that you understand the subtle messages coming through?  Do you know how to use touch and breath and sound and imagery and scent etc to better meet your client’s needs at that moment?  Do you have a level of mastery that allows you to adapt your treatment plan when what comes up is totally different than what was expected?

 

Those are my top 3 differentiators between amazing reiki practitioners and not. 

 

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In this podcast episode I discuss women and body image.

I, like so many women, have struggled with body image my whole life.  Programmed by society to strive to have the body of a 14 year old boy, when I've been a curvy full-hipped woman since puberty has led to suffering.

What if, Wild Ones, we are here to usher in a new paradigm for all the women who come after us?  What if we are meant to be more than a voice for the feminine, but also we are here to be the hips of the feminine.  

What if we could take the self-criticism out of the back of our throats, and live a hell-yes life that sets the soul on fire?

This episode is an invitation to live wildly, to celebrate your body, to uplift other women and to drop into your sensual nature by living IN you body, instead of living in your head while criticizing your body.

#wildfeminine #wildfemme #rewild #wombhealing #bodyimage #summerbody #lovetheskinyourein #womenhealth

This guided self reiki practice is designed to help you sleep better.  The hand positions come from the book, "The Original Reiki Handbook of Dr. Mikao Usui."  I have combined some breathing techniques and guided yogic awareness practices to deepen the practice.  Let's get you sleeping better!

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Today we are exploring wealth activation.   Wealth is not an endpoint, or a dollar figure in a bank account.  Money is a single aspect of wealth activation, but often when used as a final destination, our money goals leave us feeling more lack and suffering and feeling stuck.  This is the opposite of what we want to create.  We want your wealth goals to inspire you, to MOVE you into action and innovation. 

This guided practice is used to spark remembrance of your soul wealth, and to shift your energy in such a way that who you become on the way to monetary wealth is more important than the numbers 

Come home to Soul Wealth.  Come home to remember and reclaim your unique wealthy frequency.  Break through your financial and wealth blocks to pave a path for others to do the same.  Liberate yourself by reclaiming who you were born to be.

All wealth rises from connection to life force, humanity and divine inspiration.  We are creating a wealth of abundance, financial freedom, time freedom, radiant health, joy, impact and meaning.  A life that feels like a universal YES. 

As you root into the prana, the life force within you and around you, as you root to the earth and expand into the cosmos, feel the wholeness of your Being start to bring into your vision specifically what you are calling in.  What are you creating, cultivating?

 

Financial freedom, time freedom, richness of relationships, radiance of health… If just for this moment, let yourself feel what true wealth feels like in your body, in your cells in your heartbeat.  Without searching or striving, notice what comes alive inside you as you hold this vision as truth.

What does this state awaken in you? 

How are you moved to serve?  

What are you called to create or innovate? 

How can you serve in a meaningful way that uplifts those you come into contact with? 

What decisions do you make form this space?

What context does this set for your life?   

How does it feel to create and pursue this full bodied multifaceted wealth?

 

Listen for the call of the Divine.

Something wants to awaken inside you,

something washes over you. 

Allow the remembrance to rise in your Being. 

What does this wealth look like to you.  What does it mean to you?  What does it make possible?

Remember what wealth feels like so that it can move you, inspire you, motivate you to take the actions you were born to take, to make the impact your were born to make.  To become the full expression of who you were born to be. 

Move, breathe, create, innovate as if the creator, the divine believes in you, trusts you and collaborates with you to move mountains.  Allow yourself to slip into a state of faith and trust.

Body is soft, awareness is sharp as you recalibrate to the unique vibration of soul wealth, a wealth that transcends a bank account, a wealth that creates positive ripples throughout the universe.  The richness you long for is not just about bringing wealth into your life, it’s about using your life to ENRICH the people you were born to serve.  Let yourself trust the unseen.  Let yourself become familiar

 

Really anchor into this energy, and expand it.  Allow your passion and remembrance to burn so bright that others feel it, they see it. Commit to let this energy change you, to keep this connection to humanness and divinity burning as you move back towards your day.  As you breakthrough your wealth blocks you pave a way forward for many to follow. 

 

Music Credit: "Deep Into Nature" composed by Music Of Wisdom - Licensed from: 'https://meditationmusiclibrary.com/

 

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“Sound...rhythm...vibration...words. Powerful rulers of our lives, we take these things for granted. Using them, responding to them, creating them anew each day, we are the subjects of rhythm upon rhythm, endlessly interweaving the fabric of experience. From the first cries of a newborn child to the harmonies of a symphony, we are immersed in an infinite web of communication.”

- Anodea Judith

Moving into the fifth chakra, visuddha, we begin to move into the very subtle energetic realm. We are entering the top three chakras, which share the theme of unity, and lack the boundaries and separateness that characterize the lower chakras. The element associated with this chakra is ether, which represents the world of vibration. The ethereal realm is associated with Spirit – the vibration of life inside of you and all around you. Meaning purification, the visuddha chakra requires mental and physical purification to sense into this very subtle field, and in working with this energy center, through sound, mantra and breathing practices, we purify our minds and bodies to further enhance our abilities to sense into the less dense planes of existence.

The visuddha chakra is our center of communication. Communication is so integral to our lives; we can easily take it for granted. Our ability to communicate our vision, inspiration and ideas to others is an important step in manifestation. The insights and inspiration gained through our connection to the subtle realms of Spirit can only begin to be brought into the world if we can communicate them. The throat chakra is a medium that supports the transition of ideas into reality. It mediates between what is abstract – the concepts in our minds – and what is concrete. As such, our communication both shapes our reality and creates our future.

Themes we explore in this episode: communication, purification, truth, sound, vibration, resonance, Spirit, telepathy.

Key words - chakra, chakras, chakra therapy, chakra healing, reiki, reiki master, reiki master teacher, reiki healing, energy healing, healing arts, self healing, energy body, energetics, prana, ki, chi