Making Decisions... Being Authentic

I've decided to start giving tarot readings in addition to the reiki healing and classes Ive been teaching from my home. With the economy the way it is, I just can't manage rent for storefronts anymore. I've been blessed during my years at Eagle Family Martial Arts inside which I not only taught karate but also ran the Akashic Mind Body Spirit Center, where I sold my bonsai, practiced and taught reiki, and read tarot. Moving from their was painful after spending 20 years of my life there, but divorce happens and sadly I lost my business access along with my marriage. Of course I started again, opening Main Street Yoga, Reiki, and Tarot which was only a few blocks away so not really too far to keep in touch, right? You'd think... lsn't it funny how we can be a person for 20years and everyone thinks they know who we are and become so disillusioned when we sop living the roles for their reality of who they created us to be? Especially if we're still hiding parts of ourselves. My ex used to call me creepy, morbid, too much, too woowoo, too too much. And a whole bunch of people accepted that narrative because the alternative was having to rediscover who I was. Thankfully, I had six fabulous years living and building Main Street Yoga, Reiki, and Tarot, were I rebuilt myself from the soul out and I will always always consider those years my personal best because I became an authentic being and started owning who I was as a person. If you can't embrace your own fabulous and freaky, sometimes morbid and creepy, no one else will... right? So just own it. if you see dead people... if you have a personal relationship to those beyond the veil... if you talk to animals and they talk back... if you know things about people that you definitely should not know... Own that shit!

Prayer Candles

I am always telling people that I will light a candle for them...and I do...because the energy that fills the candle, the faith behind the energy, can change someones life.

I don't think I've actually ever given directions for creating a prayer candle on this blog though...

Of course, the easiest way to start is with a store purchased candle but if you have the time and ability to make your own beeswax or soy candle...go for it! The more personal your candle is...the better.

Choose one that fills you with the emotion you are trying to evoke with the candle. For example, when I am seeking safety or protection for my home or someone I love, I will often choose a spice scented candle because it evokes strong memories of family (pumpkin pies at holiday time)...When I want to charge my relationship I will choose a scent more primal, more exotic like patchouli or frankincense...but most importantly, choose the scent you can identify with. There is no right or wrong...

However, that said...if I have a financial need (a new job for instance or extra holiday money), I always choose by color first (GREEN) and scent second...

When you are ready to fill your candle with intention, find a quiet place or in an emergency try to at least quiet your mind...

Hold the candle between your palms, rolling it so that you are feeling every part of it while you focus the power of Reiki into the candle (just as when you are giving Reiki to a person.)

You can anoint your candle with oil, drawing the Reiki symbols above and below and around the circumference of the candle (you can do the drawings dry as well if necessary.) When you feel your candle is full...state your intention and "seal" it into the candle with three finger "taps" (I will also usually chant the name of the most relevant Reiki symbol)...

When you have "prayed in" the full intention that you are willing (and please, make sure you word your intention VERY carefully...I have had many students call and say...this didn't work because...and after carefully asking them questions discovered that it did work...they got EXACTLY what they'd asked for...even though they'd "meant" something different than what their words had "said."

Never doubt the power that your words have.
Believe in the power of your faith in the power of Reiki in your life.

You know the secret to molding and shaping the events that make your life and that is a giant responsibility. Use your Reiki wisely and for the betterment of all concerned.

White Magic...Spells...Ethics...

I haven't been blogging as much as I'd like to...busy summer, busy days...but that isn't really an excuse because I am so passionate about Reiki and the healing that has taken place in my life because of Reiki...

I feel like I should be doing more, giving more, teaching more...
That isn't to say that I don't use Reiki daily and some days more than others...only to say that I wish I could impact the world more than I am. And then there are days that meeting one person, touching one person makes me feel like I have changed the world(the Universe)in some profound way...but maybe only I changed.

Yesterday, I had a very distraught woman call asking for a psychic reading and having her just utter those worlds my third eye flared to life and I knew so much more than I wished to...I touched my forehead asking for a softer reading...and asked her if I could just throw the (tarot) cards for her. She agreed and I laid out a reading...the cards were for me proof of what I already "knew" in my mind...

To make a long story short, the woman's fears involved her marriage, the other woman, and what the other woman was capable of...

Fears I hear repeated over and over by so many clients.
What I usually say is "Hug yourself, Love yourself enough (respect yourself enough) to walk away from this man...because he is damaging you..."

From my experience, no woman wants to hear this. They want the magic elixir to save their marriage...to make their husband have eyes for them and only them again...

Few are brave enough to ask me for a spell.
She did.

I tried to explain my feelings on white magic, black magic (and gray magic)...
I tried to explain that any spell designed to affect his free will really wasn't in her best interest but that I would more than gladly prepare intention candles for her healing because that was truly what was needed. Healing to replace the energy he'd sucked out from her...healing to reinstate her mind, her body, her spirit to wholeness...

She begged and pleaded fr a spell and in her instance (because she so fervently believed that black magic was already being used) I wavered...but only long enough to smack myself in the head and tell myself "NO!"

Their are ethics to what I do as a Reiki practitioner...
I am no mere white witch.
I am no mere black witch.

I have the power of the entire universe at my disposal and with that power comes responsibility and self-control. Reiki heals. But in the wrong hands it can be changed and manipulated (one of the reasons Reiki is actually feared in some of the rural areas of Japan.) It is easier for Americans to embrace the white light and believe that with the true pureness of intention Reiki heals in a way that is for the good and betterment of all concerned...and that's exactly what I strive for...

It's all about intent.

It's My Birthday!

Today I am doublely blessed because it isn't just my birthday, but it is also my daughter's birthday. Seventeen years ago, she was the best birthday present I ever received:)

And even though my husband is out of town on business, I can feel his love from miles away and see the evidence when I look into the backyard at my raised garden beds he built for me before this last trip...and he promised to build another as soon as he returns.

People ask me how I use my reiki in the every day...and really, today is a perfect example...

I woke up this morning, knowing I would spend most of my day alone, and in the past, that would have made me sad, but this morning, I thought of all of the people who were celebrating their births today, and knew that some of them really do have no one to spend their special day with. So, I spent some time, sending them some reiki and hoping they could feel my love from miles away...

This morning I drew the protection symbol on my car, as I do every morning, hoping the tires hold out another day, and asking for safe passage anywhere my vehicle takes me today...

After the trip to school but before my hot tea, I charged five incense with Reiki, and remembered those I've loved and lost, and prayed for the safety and health of those who I love and live still...the scent will fill the air all day...and I will smile as loved faces come to mind...

A candle burns for my husband, filled with Reiki and the prayer for his safe return.

A candle burns for my daughter, who, turning seventeen, is just beginning on this great adventure of her life, and that candle is filled with Reiki to light her way along the path and the wish that she will always know peace and love, even during the times when she finds herself alone.

As I watered my garden, I also showered it with Reiki, hoping the healing energy will infuse the earth and the plants to produce an abundant crop.

Wow, it's only 11:22am here...that's a lot of Reiki...and that's also a fairly typical day. Are you using your Reiki?

What Is Reiki? Know The Answer? Ask Yourself Again...

I am often asked, "What is Reiki?" and of course I always end up explaining more than the person probably ever wanted to know...


But for my students who have completed Levels I and II, who are preparing to go on into their Master's classes, I sometimes think that if they haven't already figured it out...perhaps they should be asking the question again.

Reiki , as taught by Dr. Usui in the early 1920’s is ultimately a path to enlightenment and for most Americans that is a concept beyond their realm of thought. But what else can you call it besides enlightenment, when you realize that all of the gods and goddesses that we manage to worship in our separate religions are One and the Same?


And what else can you say other than Reiki is a path to enlightenment when you realize that in all continents Reiki is practiced regardless of the practitioners religion, creed, race or social status?


I am awed when I look at the big picture, knowing that Reiki has been the one uniter...that as Reiki practitioners we can gather together, knowing that we may worship differently but we call the power of One. As far as I know this is unprecedented behavior in the history of mankind.


So when my advanced students get around to asking, "What is Reiki?" the only answer I can think of other than all that I have already said is this...

As practitioners and teachers of Reiki, we possess a Sacred access to a Powerful Energy that if used properly we could raise the level of consciousness of every single person on this planet.


Can you imagine what would happen then?

What Reiki Is All About

I am often asked to describe what Reiki is and I never find the answer an easy one...
When I received my first attunement, I would tell people, "Reiki is a Universal Healing Energy that I am able to channel directly into a person or event."

Still true, but I was so very naive then...

Now I tell my students, "If you are seeking unconditional love, if you are seeking forgiveness, if you are seeking empowerment, if you are seeking the utmost in inner peace, if you are seeking the complete healing of yourself in all forms, past, present and future...Reiki can do that. If you are seeking a higher level of understanding, calling it enlightenment, or merely understanding that you will be operating from here on out from the vibrational energies of your third eye and crown chakras...Reiki can do that. If you are seeking relief from suffering in all of it's forms...Reiki can do that. However..."

And this is where my students stop listening...because they want the changes Reiki can bring so badly...

"However, if you do not want to embrace change, do not seek out the powers of Reiki, because Reiki is going to shake you up...Reiki is going to Rock Your World...Reiki is going to cause great CHANGE in your life and your lifestyle..."

And this is where my students always nod their heads, saying, "I understand..."

But can anyone possibly understand the changes that Reiki causes in their life before experiencing it first hand? Healing, intuition, understanding, compassion, unconditional love, bliss...unbelievable gratitude for the Sacred that is in everything and everyone...are just words until they become part of self...

Reiki is a way of life that once embraced changes who you were in the moment you began...
I have never had a student who regrets taking the Reiki Path.

The question is, "Are you ready to face Change?"

My Inaugural Post...

I have been telling my students for years that I am going to start a website...but recently, I'm drawn more and more to interaction...and so my website for the classes and services I offer will be this blog.

If you have managed t find me in this early stage of development, I hope you will return often because I have much to share; however, I believe that we all have something to contribute... and so that includes everyone...students, past and present, and readers, from near and far.I love the strangely intimate relationships that happen online and count myself extraordinarily lucky to have met people globally whom I would have never had the chance to meet prior to the technological generation we live in...and isn't it interesting that some of the people closest to my heart do not even live on the same continent, nor have we even met...

Reiki has brought into my life a true understanding and appreciation for all of the principles that I was taught as a child...Unconditional Love, Gratitude, Creation, Karma...Forgiveness. I do not know where I would have turned if not to the internal strength my father helped me to develop through his many stories, lessons, meditations, chants, and prayers as I journeyed through decades of turmoil, trauma, and tragedies...many harsh life lessons that have brought me full circle, placing me solidly on the Sacred Path that I now follow...

I offer many classes which include Reiki I, Reiki II, and Master Level Reiki, but the greater adventure begins after the first attunement when you start to gain an understanding of the Universal Energy that is in and all around each of us...

Use this blog to ask questions about Reiki...or to find out more about others pursuing a life richer because of Reiki...

I won't promise that every blog entry will be filled with enlightened insights...or even pretty zen moments...because although we're all sacred, we're also human, a combination of lightness and darkness...

I do promise to try to not be overly boring...
For each blog entry and each reader, commenter, and contributor, I will be filled with Gratitude. So please, comment...share your thoughts and own insights into what the reiki Lifestyle means to you.

If you find yourself nearby, I live in a small town between Dayton and Cincinnati, convenient to I-75...and if you would like to inquire about classes, would like a personalized Reiki session, or just have questions about Reiki ... feel free to email me at ReikiDojo@gmail.com.