I’m into spiritual stuff. Crystals. Sage. Journaling. Moon meditations. I love it all. I believe that what you put out into the world is what you get back, one way or another. Charging myself with good energy and positive vibes is my thing. I’ve had Reiki healing a few times in my life and was recently presented with the opportunity to get certified in Level 1 Usui Reiki for self-healing. Me being me, I lit up some sage and jumped at the chance. Here’s what went down in my spiritual sesh at Miracles Dubai.
First thing first, wtf is Reiki?
I’ve had Reiki a few times in the past, but honestly, every time I get it, I kinda just lay there, close my eyes, and relax. But, what *exactly* is the Reiki practitioner is doing? Tbh, I have no idea.
Here I am getting Reiki from Jane. Ask me what’s going on and the only answer you’ll get is “energy werkk.”
Luckily, I got the deets at the start of my Level 1 course. My Reiki course instructor, Jane Elizabeth Muff, who is also a Reiki master, told me “Level 1 of Reiki is all about learning how to use the universal life force energy for self-healing. You can use Reiki if you’re having trouble sleeping, stressed with school or your career, feeling emotionally drained, or anxious.”
Reiki is an ancient technique that uses universal life force energy to balance and heals energies in our bodies where ever we need it the most. It can treat physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual imbalances.” Essentially, she channels the healing energies from the Universe to enter through her and go to me for healing.
~Anyone~ can do it
Was I qualified to do this on my own? I would say I’m the master of a few things, including my ability to place multiple Deliveroo orders in a single day (to be fair, they’re the one who sends me a ~good morning~ text), but using universal energy to self-heal? I feel like an imposter.
Jane assured me that “anyone can do Reiki self-healing. Once you receive an attunement from a Reiki master, you can use the energy on yourself, whenever and where ever you want. It’s a great way to give yourself a burst of energy and healing during the day.” Well, I *am* up for anything when it comes to the spiritual side of life. And anyway, what do I have to lose? It sounded legit to me so we proceeded to take a deep dive into the coursework.
Get lit
After explaining the five principles of Reiki to me (less anger, more gratitude) and the history of the technique, we moved along to a few of my fave spiritual topics– chakras and auras.
Chakras
Jane told me to think of our seven chakras as “wheels of energy in our bodies. If one of the wheels isn’t functioning properly, it affects all the others.” Each chakra resides in a different area of our body and serves a different purpose. Reiki balances the energy within our chakras so it flows smoothly throughout our bodies.
Auras
Auras are vibrating energy fields that look like a coloured haze coming out of our bodies. Their colours depend on our current mental, emosh, physical, and spiritual states and represent the vibes of our soul.
Have you ever taken an online quiz to figure out your aura colour? Lol, I have. Do those quizzes work? Probably not. Some people have the ability to visibly see auras with their naked eye, some use Kirlian aura photography to see auric energy fields, and other people, take online quizzes. *wink wink*
Sacred Space
“Declutter, create, and cleanse,” Jane explained to me as the mantra behind crafting my own sacred space in my home. This is an ideal spot to perform my own Reiki self-healing as “I will be able to feel more connected and aligned to the Reiki energy.” Jane suggested using “crystals associated with the chakras, sage, frankincense, a salt lamp, and aromatherapy oil” as inspo to get me in the spiritual mood.
Attunement
The next step involved attunement. I had zero ideas what this was so Jane told me that it’s a “way of opening your energetic field to the universal life force energy.” Since Jane is a Reiki master, she is able to imprint Reiki symbols into my aura and chakras and let the life force energy flow through my crown and down throughout the rest of my body.
The attunement started with deep cleansing breaths and I closed my eyes as Jane began the process. Immediately afterward, I felt very alert. My body was tingling and I felt both incredibly peaceful and energised at the same time. Jane then walked me through an entire session on how to use my newly found channel to bring the Reiki energy to different parts of my body. Later on, I felt tired after my Reiki attunement which she assured me is quite normal.
You can use Reiki for manifesting, too
Jane knows how much I love to practice the art of manifestation, so when she told me I could send Reiki energy to my goals, I was shooketh. She explained that “all I need to do is to write down what I intend to manifest on a piece of paper (in present tense). I can send Reiki energy to my goals by letting it flow through me to the piece of paper. This removes any blocks that are preventing us from manifesting what we want.
Since I began my Reiki journey, I’ve felt more grounded. I am loving my new self-healing abilities and enjoy taking a lil’ time out for myself each day. (Supplied)
You can get certified in Usui Reiki Level 1 at Miracles Dubai, too.
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