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  • 28 - How Can I Avoid Merging With My Mother

    28 - How Can I Avoid Merging With My Mother
    2024/10/15
    In this episode, we answer a listener's question, "How can I avoid merging with my mother?" Paula's mother had experienced an unjust situation, and Paula felt angry and protective on her mom's behalf. Listen in on the self-care and reframing tips Reiki Master Geneva Robins had for this situation.Recognize it comes from a Good place - You Care!If you see yourself in Paula's shoes and feel upset or angry about injustice in the world, know that feeling has a very positive core. You care! What an amazing place the world would be if everyone cared as much as you!Sometimes, simply noticing that the energy underneath the strong feeling of distress and anger is actually coming from a place of deep love can help reframe things. As soon as you notice what the core is, you can shift into that loving space.Create a gentle space to acknowledge your feelingsThe next step is to give yourself a space, a moment where you can step away from the situation. To temporarily pause the thinking that is creating the flood of emotion in your body and just give yourself a space to rest, ground, and come back to yourself.This can be very difficult to do when you're in a heightened state, but it is essential if you want to be of maximum service to the one you love.To do this, it's useful to pay attention to the physical sensations in the body. Gently notice areas of tension, of different temperatures, noticing if there are any muscles that are clenched, if your breathing is tight and not flowing. And then just gently working to create space around all the sensations and gently creating room with your breath and awareness into the simple sensations of distress and anger within the body. It's a heightened form of mindfulness. Even a few minutes of paying attention to your inner physiological state will begin to bring in a sense of calm. You might like the Releasing Anger Meditation as a tool to begin anchoring yourself back in the present moment. Come back to yourself and the present - Grounding and your AuraAnother powerful tool is grounding, which connects to the energy within the Earth and allows that nurturing energy to bring a sense of peace into your body. Try the Grounding Meditation to activate that wise Earth Energy.Noticing the energy around your body and bringing a bit of space between you and the situation is also deeply healing. Each person has their own energy bubble, the aura, and when the aura is strong, you feel clear and are better able to discern what is your feeling and what another person’s feeling. The aura is so important if you are an empath or a highly sensitive person! It helps you avoid merging with another person's energy so you can be in a good place to help them.The good news is just imagining a calming and comforting energy in the aura will help you. When you are back in your bubble, it is much easier to hold space for your loved one or the difficult situation you are facing. It is the best place for you to see their strength and cheer on their empowerment.If this is difficult for you, you can also try a Reiki session. Reiki is a gentle way of grounding and reconnecting to the flow of energy, harmonizing you with a state of peace and calm so that you can get clarity on the situation. Try the Self-Healing Meditation to see how even 5 minutes can help.The Reiki Ideals can help you get perspectiveAnger is a normal emotion when a boundary is crossed, and you or your loved one is threatened. It’s a survival emotion that helps us escape danger. The problem is when anger gets stuck and becomes chronic, it just ends up burning us up.In Reiki, we practice the Reiki ideals, which are five principles for leading a happy life. The Reiki ideals are: just for today, I will let go of anger, I will let go of worry, I will be grateful for my many blessings, I will do my spiritual work honestly, and I'll be kind to myself and others.When you're facing a big issue, it can be very helpful to come back to each of the Reiki ideals and allow their wisdom to guide you to a more restful frame of mind. When you're able to come back to that space of clarity, it's much easier to see what your best action will be. When we're in the grips of anger, it is very difficult to know what the best action is because we become erratic and explosive. We still need to feel and acknowledge that anger, but we need to put it to work for us in a way that will be constructive and productive to our ultimate goals. This can be difficult when it involves somebody we care about because we have anger but also vulnerability and maybe worry. When you work through the Reiki ideals step by step, all the way to kindness, you end up getting clarity and peace along the way. So that when you take action, which anger requires, you are taking the best action possible that will help the situation and bring harmony to yourself and others. You can learn more about the Reiki ideals in Geneva's book The Secret Art of Happiness: How to Change Your Life ...
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    38 分
  • 27 - Reiki and Kids!

    27 - Reiki and Kids!
    2024/09/15
    Reiki for Kids' Spiritual Well-Being

    Reiki helps kids in the same way it helps adults; they get a chance to ground their energy, feel calmer, and have good energetic boundaries. We offer Reiki sessions for kids, babies, and teens at LunaHolistic. Create a profile for your child on our booking page and then you can book them in for a session. You can stay in the room with them as they receive their session or wait in our reception area with a warm cup of tea. We let the child decide what makes them feel most comfortable.

    Grounding Technique for Children

    Listen to the end of the episode for an active meditation technique you can do with your kids: the Rainbow Tree meditation. It helps to settle sensitive children and is wonderful right before bedtime or after school. You guide them to balance their chakras, ground, and fill their aura with light.

    You stand up and together pretend you are trees! Then, you fill each chakra with a specific colour of light and imagine a bubble of white light surrounding the body. This practice is wonderful self-care for kids, as it helps them move and settle their energy and promotes a sense of safety. It helps children to connect with the earth and feel more centred.

    The Rainbow Tree meditation can help reduce nightmares and provide a sense of calm and grounding. Use it in the morning to help manage anxiety and set a positive tone for the day.

    Reiki Experiences and Parenting Self-Love

    Reiki helps kids to feel calm, connected, and emotionally regulated. And it's also great for parents too! Reiki can be a valuable resource for parents to better support their children and manage their own emotions. Getting your own Reiki session as a parent can help you feel centred even on the busiest day, and your kids definitely will like that!

    Reiki Courses and Spiritually Sensitive Children

    Learning Reiki is also a great skill for a parent to have, not only for your own wellness but to model the self-care you want your kids to do. Children don't do what you say; they do what you do. So, if you have a self-care and meditation practice, they will be more likely to develop one as well.

    While we don't yet have courses for children, teens 16 years old and up are welcome in our Reiki courses with parental approval. Stay tuned!

    Many parents in our courses mention how much their kids love getting Reiki from them. In the second level of Reiki, we teach you to do sessions for others. Practicing Reiki on your kids is a wonderful way of providing care, comfort, and support.

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    49 分
  • 26 - Embracing the Creative Flow: Make and Share your Best Work

    26 - Embracing the Creative Flow: Make and Share your Best Work
    2024/08/15

    Whether you are creating a piece of writing, art, or a business, moving from the first idea to the finished product is very similar. Getting a creative work started is often more about getting past the nerves of stepping into the unknown. It is all about staying with the idea and just beginning to sketch it out.

    In the middle of a creative work is where things can get stuck for many people. You start with great gusto and then hit a snag, or a delay, or life turns you around. Doubts can creep in and you question if it is really worth it. That is when it is best to get grounded and go back to the energy that started it all.

    Set aside your fears of what might happen or how people will receive the work and simply take small, little steps. Even just five minutes at a time is enough to get things moving again. Even just sitting with the work and being with it without trying to DO anything is enough. It starts tapping you back into the creative flow, and that energy can carry you through or around all obstacles.

    Resources to boost your Creative Flow:

    “The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life” by Allison Fallon

    “The Artist's Way” by Julia Cameron

    “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” by Betty Edwards

    Bluebird Creative with Geneva Robins - A Substack channel full of creative warm-ups and online retreats to boost your creative flow.

    Creative Idea Planner - You can get early access to this planner in the online course - Energetic Eight Business School. It will help get you clear on which idea to start and why. People have used this planner to help them decide if they want to start a business, adopt a dog, or go back to university.

    Book a Session

    You can get one-on-one help to move through any creative blocks or obstacles. A Reiki session can help connect you to Source and the energy of inspiration. An Energetic Eight Coaching session can help you plan out your baby steps to align with your big vision.
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    54 分
  • 25 - Is the Universe Picking on You

    25 - Is the Universe Picking on You
    2024/07/15
    What to do when you feel the Universe is Picking on YouThe first step is to get yourself into a state of calm, or at least calmer! If you're really agitated, then the reframing and introspective techniques are difficult to access. The tide of emotions is just too strong, and the next bit will just frustrate you rather than free you, which is the whole idea of this process, anyway.It is okay to feel all of the feelings when things are not going your way. Instead of pushing those feelings down or feeding them with ruminating thoughts, try to focus on the physical sensations in the body. Notice where you feel tight or clenched and let it all go with big sighs of relief. Stay present and notice your breath and energy without trying to change it at first. Just make room for all the feelings to have space and receive comfort. It will be difficult to look at any deeper patterns in this situation until you are calm and grounded. So take a moment to simply feel everything without judgment. Just make space for it all to be.Making space for your FeelingsWhen the energy is high in a situation, usually more thinking won't calm you down. Instead of thinking your way through it, try feeling it all instead. Our minds create thoughts that either feed the anger or try to suppress it. But if you direct your focus on the feeling sensations in the body, it creates space and awareness of where your energy is at.Get yourself to a safe space. Sit down if you can and turn anything off that creates a distraction or disruption. Screens off. Music off. Phone off. Unplug from the external and give yourself a calm, quiet space.Spend a few minutes just noticing the energy in the body. Are some places hot? cold? buzzing? smooth? What is the quality or texture of the sensations? Are you holding your breath? Clenching your jaw? Notice where in the body each thought is living. How is your body holding this experience?At first, don't try to shift or change anything you are feeling. Just make a safe space for each sensation and practice turning your focus towards the body and away from the thoughts or situation at hand.Everything you feel is okay.There are no judgements or labels at this step. Just space, and awareness, and breath.You might like the Releasing Anger Meditation to help you through the strong energy and make space for your feelings. Or the video "How do you release anger from your energy?" can help walk you through this process.Shifting your Energy through GroundingNow, move into grounding. We've got a Grounding Meditation that can help you connect to the Earth. But mainly, you can go for a walk outside or connect to the present moment by allowing your energy to balance with the flow of energy from the Earth. Just take a few settling breaths and let your energy flow down your body and through your feet.It is happening FOR you, not TO you. How to See the Bigger Picture.Ask yourself, "What is the hidden gift here?"; "What if the outer world pattern is mirrored by the inner world pattern?"This is what I do when I see an outer world pattern, and I suspect that the Universe may be picking on me. You can take it or leave it. It's just something to ponder. I always think that if I see something happening on repeat outside of me, then I will look to see if that pattern is mine. Is that happening within me? Or is there some way that I am also doing that behaviour?For example, if I'm frustrated because someone isn't getting back to me, I'll look to see if I need to return someone else's message. Am I not getting back to someone?Then, I leave the initial situation alone and just go do my work. I'll contact the people I need to contact, and I'll correct my own behaviour rather than try to get someone else to change (since that is impossible).I look for the pattern in other areas, too. Is there somewhere else in my life that the same thing is happening, and I'm not seeing it? Maybe it's part of a larger pattern. Maybe it goes way back to childhood and isn't really about the present situation at all. If that is the case, I'll do some Reiki on my inner child and take care of myself with gentleness.It is impossible for the Universe to pick on you.Even though it might feel like you're being thwarted, the Universe is actually full of love and supports you through all kinds of situations.If you've been redirected by the Universe, look for the magic it is pushing you towards. The hidden benefit of the feeling that the Universe is picking on you is that it immediately takes you out of autopilot so you can look deeper into your patterns and your life.When you look deeper into the patterns, it gives you an opportunity to see where you can focus your healing efforts. Then you start shifting your energy and that is when the magic starts happening.Any change to your inner pattern will have a ripple effect through the quantum nature of the Universe. If you change, the pattern has to shift.This helps you take back the power where you can. You always ...
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    52 分
  • 24 - How Do You Take Care of Your Energy

    24 - How Do You Take Care of Your Energy
    2024/06/15
    Take care of your energy First so you can take care of othersAre you in high demand? Chances are that you have many people who rely on you on a daily basis. You might be the glue holding it all together. This is why it is so very important to tend to your own energy, because what happens to those you are caring for if something happens to you? Yikes!Often, highly sensitive and empathic people get drawn into roles where they are helping others, in the family or workplace or both. This is not a bad thing, not at all. Being in a place of your best service to the world usually brings a high degree of peace to helpers and healers. But even though you love helping, it can drain your energy if you're not careful or if the demands increase suddenly, like during a water main break or family crisis.We have several tools that can help if this sounds like you!Good Boundaries are your Love ContainerThe first place to start is quite practical, but maybe the hardest, healthy boundaries! How do you keep your energy in? Boundaries baby!Boundaries are simply saying no to things that are a 'no' to you and yes to things that are a 'yes.' Just this one move can return a lot of joy and peace. Even if it is hard to say no, it is necessary to reserve your energy for where it is needed most. Often, it's more of a case of saying 'not right now' and prioritizing requests.This is actually the most kind and loving thing you can do because if many people are depending on you, you need to keep a focus on the greater vision. You have to take steps to conserve your energy and have moments of true rest and recharge if you are to remain in your best service.Great resources for boundaries:Trilotherapy - a series of guided workshops to balance the mind and the emotions with your true self, your centre.The Art of Extreme Self Care by Cheryl Richardson - a fantastic book filled with examples of how to say a kind 'no'. Meditation is the Foundation of Your EnergyWe cannot recommend meditation enough. This is a primary tool to reset your mind, heart, and energy. It's a way to clear out the energy of the day so you can recharge. Meditation forms the core of our practice and it can be a huge help even if you feel like your mind will not stop its chatter.Try a guided meditation as a starting point. Do not worry if you're thinking a lot in the meditation at first; that is normal; minds like to think. Just stay still, close your eyes for a few minutes, and relax all the muscles you can. Put on the guided meditation and just let yourself float on the words.Every time you meditate, you are dropping out of the fight-flight-freeze zone and back into the rest and digest part of your nervous system. So you can't do it wrong! Just allow each experience to be unique and approach your whole practice with gentle curiosity.Great resources for meditation:Lightworker Activation Meditation - This one is like a pressure wash for your energy! You'll feel clear and relaxed afterwards.Self-Healing Meditation - This is a short guided self-healing practice. Even if you don't know Reiki, it will bring balance and calm to your nervous system and clear your aura.Aura Flame Meditation - This one is like a gentle yet powerful cleansing of any energy that might be stuck to you. You'll feel at peace and empowered after just 30 minutes.Grounding Meditation - Let everything get settled and connect to the earth in this grounding meditation.Bedtime Meditation - If you have trouble winding down at night, the Bedtime Meditation will help you settle into a state of rest.Clear your Aura to Take Care of Your EnergyProbably our favourite way to keep our energy clear is Reiki! But even if you don't know Reiki, you are able to bring energy and light around you just by thinking about it. As soon as you shift your focus to the energy around your body being bright, strong, and clear, so it is!Of course, taking a Level I Reiki course is highly recommended if you are on the front lines in your work or family life, but until then, you can spend a few minutes each morning simply visualizing an orb of beautiful clear light around you. On the outer edge of this bubble, visualize or intend a violet boundary around your personal space. Try it for a week and see how it goes!Your aura is an important part of your energy anatomy! It is the field of energy that surrounds and protects you. When your aura is strong, you are able to stay steady and clear even if everyone else is in a high state of distress and chaos. Your aura prevents you from being bombarded by other people's energy and is so important for highly sensitive empaths.Your aura is your energy container!Great Resources for your Aura:How do you Clear your Aura? - In this post, you'll learn a few key tools and visualizations to help you take care of your energy.Healing your Energy Field to Protect your Sensitivity - Learn a simple visualization tool to instantly clear and heal your aura. Podcast 02 – Staying emotionally centred as an ...
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  • 23 - Special Sessions Part 2 - Connect and Manifest

    23 - Special Sessions Part 2 - Connect and Manifest
    2024/05/15
    Meet Your Team - Connect to Your GuidesIn the Meet Your Team Session, you will receive help connecting with your Spirit guides, ascended masters, and angels. We help you relax into a soul-level meeting place in a deep meditation that will allow you to create a strong connection with your spiritual team. This connection goes with you! Many people report feeling strongly connected to their guidance and following the session. You get profound insights in this session, and you can ask your team any question you like to get their direct insights. You can also find out what spiritual beings are working with you to help you on your path.We do the whole session within a Reiki setting so that Pure Source Energy keeps the connection in the highest vibration. Only the best and brightest may enter and share in these sessions. Your practitioner will guide you through a brief Reiki session before the meditation journey, aiding you in achieving a meditative state. As you are prompted by your practitioner, you will share your answers to the questions out loud. Feel free to bring a list of questions or discussion topics, and we will consult your spiritual team about each one.Even people who find it difficult to meditate have been able to make solid connections with their Spirit guides and Divine Team. The results have been amazing, and people leave feeling solace and support from the interactions.Meet Your Loved One - Love is the BridgeThe Meet Your Loved One Session is a beautiful journey to connect with someone who has passed away. Our loved ones survive death, and their consciousness continues, held in the Universal Energy of Source. In the session, you and your practitioner will chat for a bit about who you wish to meet. If the grief is strong, we can do a bit of Reiki beforehand. The gentle energy of Reiki can help create a bridge of love so you can connect to your loved one and chat with them. The peace and comfort of these sessions are profound. You get an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from your loved one. You reach a new understanding of their lives and an expanded awareness of the true peace and love they are living in every day, no matter the circumstances of their life or death. That clarity helps you feel more connected to the great love you share. This connection often soothes some of the grief that is felt when someone special dies. You also get clarity on the preciousness of life and insight into what really matters as you continue your journey on Earth. The Meet Your Loved One session is close to the heart and helps you make a lasting connection to your loved one.Creative Manifesting - Align with SourceCreative Manifesting sessions are a wonderful way to explore what you want to manifest in the world. We connect to Source energy with Reiki, which helps you manifest your dreams faster and with greater ease. You can also gain clarity and wisdom about the Divine implications of your manifestations. How does your desire align with the desire of Source? When you are in harmony with what Source wants for all of us, the manifestations occur with ease. Reiki powerfully harmonizes you with the Law of Attraction, and when you are in alignment, everything begins to flow to you. In the session, you gain clarity about what may be blocking your goals and desires from coming to you. You get a powerful focus around the energy of your intention, which helps you fine-tune your creative manifesting. When you are clear, you charge your idea with sustained energy to manifest with ease. You can also preview much of your manifested plan to see if any changes are needed for your vision. Co-created dreams manifest faster. Understanding the positive ripple effect of you getting what you want is liberating and joyful. When your work, goal, or dream helps everyone, it manifests faster than you can believe. Your wish is the answer to someone else's prayers, creating a powerful flow of energy that aligns everything with ease. Pattern Healing - Rewrite the AutopilotThe Pattern Healing session helps you clear numbing or avoiding patterns that are blocking you from positive habits like exercise, good nutrition, meditation, or other self-care you wish to be part of your daily routine.When you identify these old patterns, you can release them through the powerful combo of Reiki and a custom-guided meditation. You clear the old pattern through by simply replacing it with the energy of the new pattern or habit. This is done on an energetic level, bringing amazing results to your life.Often, we get stuck simply because the old habit is on autopilot. Old patterns simply repeat, especially when you're tired or stressed. The autopilot kicks in, and you're in the old pattern without even realizing it. The Pattern Healing session helps you to integrate that new energy into your subconscious mind so the autopilot will lead you towards a healthy and joyful pattern instead of the old ways. You get to remap your life ...
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    44 分
  • 22 - Special Sessions Part 1 - Multigenerational and Past-Life Healing

    22 - Special Sessions Part 1 - Multigenerational and Past-Life Healing
    2024/04/15
    In this podcast episode, Kim Star joins Geneva Robins to chat about new and powerful sessions at LunaHolistic, our Special Sessions! Part one discusses the life-changing magic of Multi-Generational Healing Sessions and Past Life Healing Sessions.In our next episode, airing on May 15th, we'll share more about our Creative Manifesting Session, Meet Your Loved One Session, Pattern Healing Session, and Meet Your Team Session. It is powerful and transformative work, and we're so excited to bring it to you.What could two and a half hours do for you?A potent combo of guided visualization, custom guided meditation, and a Reiki healing session immerses you in a healing landscape of the soul with your skilled guide, Geneva, who helps you clear ancient patterns and beliefs that hold you back.Our Special Sessions at LunaHolistic are massive, and they are also incredibly beautiful and transformative. Led by Geneva, a seasoned Reiki master with over a decade of experience, each session is a unique journey of self-discovery and healing. We start with a brief chat to understand your needs, followed by a custom-guided meditation experience within the context of Reiki. This process helps the energy flow and open, creating a space for you to deeply heal and change old patterns and limiting beliefs.Multi-Generational Healing SessionOur Multi-Generational Healing Sessions offer a unique opportunity for you to engage in a loving conversation with an ancestor. This conversation is a powerful tool for releasing any trauma you might be holding and receiving generational gifts. We guide you to the soul plane, a meeting place of high vibration, where you can release anything that might have been inherited through the family line. This process is effective for both adopted and genetic families, focusing on healing energy patterns. We provide the support you need to hold that energy steady, allowing you to connect in this healing space.We help you put together an energetic family tree and select an ancestor connected to any family pattern you wish to release. In the guided meditation, you hand back any patterns you might be holding in the form of a gift, maybe even what your ancestor needed at that time. You learn more about what generational gifts, skills, and talents that ancestor might have for you.You understand what you're holding and have a healing space to release it. The whole experience is divinely led, and you get a fresh set of eyes to look at things in a new way. You leave with compassion for both you and your family. In these experiences, your highest self can also speak to you to guide you to the best healing plan going forward. The joy and positivity that flow from these sessions are just so profound and help clear blocks and any lingering limiting beliefs.Past Life Healing SessionWe have many past lives, and in each of them, we have patterns of behaviour and possibly traumatic experiences that could influence our present-day lives. We also have wisdom from all of these lives. When you heal the trauma, no matter how long it has been there, you're left with all the gifts, skills, and wisdom.In our past-life healing sessions, you get clear, and all of those gifts, talents and skills you once had come forward in your present life in a remarkable healing way.Past-life healing is especially wonderful if you find yourself in a karmic loop, where you are in repetitive patterns or situations that seem to have no clear cause in your current life. If you notice that there are patterns in your life that are on repeat, say you've had the same kind of relationship over and over, or the same kind of situation keeps popping up in your job even when you change careers or even change locations, these sessions help you get out of those loops. You get a big boost of healing energy and a fresh new energy pattern.We are on a spiritual voyage through time. All moments of time are connected through the present, that powerful NOW moment. In the past life guided meditation we create for you in the healing session, you connect to that powerful and present NOW moment, which helps you connect to your past lives. And when you do, you help clear fears that have been present and clear any karmic patterns or loops. Those qualities and skills you had in a past life you can bring forward into your present life. The sessions help you reconnect to past knowledge; with that connection, you gain a deep healing and connection to the wisdom of your soul.Connect, Heal, and ClearYou can heal the past no matter how long ago it all was. We go beyond time and space to create a massive healing wave in each of these sessions, the multi-generational healing session and the past life session. It brings so much understanding and insight. All of the lives heal and are connected to one life that heals. All this work is about what moves you forward, and we deeply believe you can heal anything holding back your light. You will leave our sessions feeling radiant, ...
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    36 分
  • 21 - How Does Reiki Help with Grief?

    21 - How Does Reiki Help with Grief?
    2024/03/15
    In this podcast episode, Rita Reddy and Geneva Robins share their heartfelt experiences with grief and how Reiki helps grief to ease. Learn how Reiki can fit into your self-care plan while coping with loss.Reiki is very gentle and helps to provide a caring and nurturing space for all kinds of strong emotions, including grief. As part of an overall care plan for grief, Reiki works very well when combined with therapy, family and friend support, and other forms of wellness like exercise and meditation.When the emotions are very strong, as they are in the acute stages of grief, it can be very difficult to access the healing benefits of meditation. Reiki can help calm the mind and provide that centring focus when the tide of feeling is strong. You and your practitioner set an intention at the beginning of your Reiki session, and this is the energy that is held for you. In the session, your practitioner holds that focus on your intention and helps hold space for balancing and harmonizing with this energy. Sometimes, you might have a powerful emotional release. It is not uncommon for people to cry during their sessions, especially when they are processing grief. You might find that you feel a lot during the session, but you leave feeling slightly better than before. A powerful clearing and processing can occur in Reiki sessions, helping move stuck emotional energy and bringing a greater feeling of groundedness and peace.Of course, if the grief is very strong or is accompanied by trauma or PTSD symptoms, we highly recommend therapy as a primary tool for your well-being during your grieving process.Some Resources for Grief:We have many tools we’re fond of in addition to Reiki. Here are a few mentioned in this episode:The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent PealeEMDR therapy and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)The Big Snit – National Film Board of CanadaGrounding MeditationBedtime MeditationInfinite Universe MeditationThe Hidden Beauty of GriefLove is the emotion under grief. When we lose someone dear to us, the pain is enormous beyond words. This strong feeling is often a direct match to how much we love them. The love we feel for the people who have passed emerges more and more as we slowly heal from the anguish of their passing. This keenly-felt emotion wakes us up to the fragile beauty of life and how nothing is guaranteed.The vulnerable uncertainty of life is highlighted when we lose someone close and makes us ponder the deeper meaning and purpose of our own lives. This energy can help give us more motivation to be present and attentive to those who survive with us.We can notice the beautiful subtlety of each sunrise with a renewed sense of awe and wonder as we watch the peach hues soften into warm oranges and vermillion-tinged clouds spread across an indigo sky. We notice the delightful sweet chirps of birds on still morning air and savour the first sips of coffee as the light of dawn stretches across the heavens. We are alive.On a personal note:I don’t think I really noticed so much beauty in the daily and ordinary as I did after losing people I love dearly. All of a sudden, I started paying attention to the life I was living and lost my fears and petty grievances. In exchange, I took hold of the life I had and loved every part of it to the fullest I could muster. This embracing of life following loss radically transformed my career path, leaving behind my science job for a career in Reiki. I put full effort into LunaHolistic and created the Reiki courses. And, most importantly, I started paying attention during every moment with my loved ones. I put down distractions to be with them and make memories together. I’m not 100 percent mindful; I’m still human. But it was a powerful shift in my relationships and my ability to be present with others rather than avoiding or numbing out during interactions. I wouldn’t choose grief, not at all, but it did give me some powerful lessons about the value and preciousness of life and how sacred each moment can be. Death is part of life. One is always connected to the other. So, too, is grief; it’s part of life and part of loving and being loved. When the pain of grief is processed, all that remains is love.
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    44 分