The Reiki Evolution

My friend and Reiki teacher, Rev. Trudi Denison, asked me if I'd write about some of my experiences with Reiki and healing. She is going to be a keynote speaker at a Vermont Reiki Association conference and wanted to share some testimonials. I have been meaning to write down some of my thoughts and experiences with Reiki for some time, so this works out well.

About a year before I took my first Reiki class, the healing power and beauty of Reiki began courting me to its mandala. I knew instantly upon seeing and hearing the name Reiki, before ever experiencing a session, that it was something I needed to connect to, that it would be a part of my learning in this lifetime. It took about a year for right timing to occur and for me to choose my first Reiki teacher, Amy Rowland. Amy writes a lot of neat articles for Reiki News now and has just recently published a new book. Amy was a wonderful Reiki I teacher, and continued to guide me with Reiki long after the class ended.

O, my first Reiki class was amazing. My hands lit up and I felt sure mini fires burned beneath my palms. Reiki was like coming home. It felt familiar, intimate, a long lost soul companion returned. Days after being attuned to Reiki and practicing like a maniac on myself and all my surroundings, a beautiful miracle occurred. Looking back the miracle was just a way to tell me I was on the right path and to give me confidence which I needed. What happened was I gave a practice session to a friend of a friend. He had lots of lower back issues and pain. I gave him a full Reiki I session, and the next morning I got a call from him, and he disclosed that he had been previously unable, with out serious difficulties and physical maneuverings, to bend down to put on shoes or tie laces. The morning after his first Reiki session his back pain ceased and he could easily bend down and put on his shoes. I was ecstatic and so happy for him, that this pure energy called Reiki had worked through me and actually helped someone feel better. I was hooked!

Reiki has brought me on a journey that has been so full of what really makes my heart happy, that imagining my life without Reiki is difficult. I soon studied the rest of the Reiki levels with Rev. Trudi Denison. Trudi has been a constant source of inspiration, guidance, and wisdom to this day. I still call her to seek sage advice. Reiki has introduced me to so many wonderful people and teachers that I wouldn't have met otherwise. My studies with Reiki have encouraged me to learn more about the body, leading me to a massage school in Boulder. Upon finishing school, I opened my own office and healing arts practice, which enables me to share Reiki with more people and in diverse, manifold ways. Reiki has essentially been a catalyst for big, life altering, positive change in my life. In my practice, I see the sparkle of Reiki touch and shape many lives. I feel truly blessed to be witness and collaborator with a such a beautiful, universal energy that hardly ever fails to give the gift of a smile to replace our hardships and pains.