Certainly, you have experienced human energy. The shift when someone enters the room; either lighting it up or bringing it down. A person’s mood can cause a domino effect. The words we speak project our energy out into the environment, affecting those who receive them. Human energy is vital, alive, penetrating, and of great consequence. Anyone who has been in a long term relationship knows how a person affects a partner, for better or for worse. Those aren’t just empty vows. They are an energetic covenant which binds the intentions and actions of two souls together.
Even the small, daily, and passive actions cause shifts in the environment, including the people in it. It is important to be aware of what energy is affecting us and to proactively protect our own energy. An observation, most people are oblivious to energy exchange and go along being affected without the awareness to choose how to interact with other people’s energies. Our body language communicates the subtleties that we feel even when unaware. Sometimes we create distance when we are uncomfortable or cross our arms in a protective stance. If someone has positive, attractive energy, we may feel drawn to be closer to them or even touch them.
It’s important to realize that every person whom you allow to make physical contact with you is either drawing from your energy or depositing their own energy onto you, sometimes both. It affects your energy, your mental function, and even your physical body in some direct ways. Be wise, consider your own wellbeing. Learn ways to energetically protect your mind and body. Decide who may touch you, when, and how. Remember how powerful your own energy is and nurture it.
This month, as I am sharing about Reiki, I want to introduce you to a friend and mentor, Kayla. I have a great amount of respect for Kayla as a fellow business owner and Reiki Master. Kayla gave me my first Reiki session and encouraged me to pursue the practice for myself. The following is a conversation exchanged between us that holds valuable insight into her thoughts about energy healing.
What was the reason you became a Reiki Master? To heal myself and help others. What is one thing you wish more people understood about energy healing? That spiritual /energy work on yourself is just as important as exercise for your body. Tell us about your style of Reiki or what is unique to your practice? I am a Usui Reiki Master (Since 2007) who specializes in Trauma and Grief. I became a certified Existential Life Coach in 2022, so now I blend Reiki and Life Coaching to help people overcome their trauma. Do you believe that Reiki/ energy healing can change the world? If so, how? Absolutely! By being the best version of ourselves, vibrating high vibration by LIVING such frequencies like Joy, Bliss, Authenticity, and happiness. When our perception of reality is based in fear, anxiety, guilt, shame, these are low vibration. As we heal ourselves, one by one we raise the overall vibration of our connected consciousness around the world. Is there anything else you’d like to share with this audience? The thing that make up everything are actually made of nothing. – The atoms / molecules that create our physical world are actually only >1% matter. The rest is mostly energy! We are literally energy beings.
If you would only keep your eyes open long enough, surely you would see the signs and mentions of things beyond the normal. Some call it supernatural, or paranormal, or spiritual, among other things. Maybe it’s magic, or maybe we just miss the absolute wonder of life that is always there. Open the eyes of understanding and after awhile the lines a separation begin to fade and everything appears to be connected in ways that are undeniably perfection in their creation. There is no lack of beauty, awe, or wonder all around us if only we would find it. Give it some time, and that which first seems beyond the normal will become quite normal after all.
Once in the realm of superstition, now there is a wide acceptance of simple things having profound meaning. Have you ever seen an angel number? Have you ever noticed a pattern of something popping up in your life as if to present an important message? Have you ever noticed your intuition guiding you toward or away from something without questioning the logic behind it?
We can accept that patterns exist in almost everything. Cycles are the way of the world; the clock repeats every 12 hours, every day has a sunrise and sunset, each month holds a new moon and it’s circle of fullness, the year has it’s seasons, and so on. It’s our awareness of anything outside of self that causes us to notice these nuances and become an active part of the great system. All possibility already exists and anything that will be is already in motion. Most people coast through life unaware of so much that exists all around them. Yet, when the internal world of our awareness and intuition allows us to focus on the synchronicity of everything we are a part of, there is power in our action. That power is intention.
When anything shows up in our awareness, the power is not in that thing, but in our awareness of the potential so that we can set an intention to influence anything. Actions influence outcomes. Words set intentions. Thoughts facilitate energy. Emotions align our intentions and values. Everything is connected. Potential is unlimited. Life is full of magic when you’re living it.
Water is cleansing. It’s a quality that is commonly accepted in the physical as well as the spiritual. Recently, I had an experience of vision and understanding that took this to another level for me. While meditating during a shower, I had an amazing visual of golden aura and watched the water flow through me. I recognized that the water moving down my body was also washing through my energy. This isn’t a new idea, but it was the first time I’ve experienced such on a tangible level.
Understanding auras is largely left to the spiritual community. However, it’s something that every person experiences personally and interpersonally. We put a variety of labels and characteristics to the experience of how our energies interact. For example, the concept of introversion and extroversion is a commonly accepted application of energy exchange. If you are an introverted person, you likely have a larger and more sensitive aura that requires more protection. The need for more personal space physically is a material manifestation of protecting your energy. A highly extroverted person has an energetic aura that is closer to the body, allowing for closer contact. They are also less permeable so require less protection from surrounding energies. We just commonly label this as personality or preference.
What’s interesting is that water always flows into the earth. Water is charged in such a way that it can capture energy and exfoliate it. It carries low energy into the earth to be grounded and discharged. Isn’t it amazing how we feel different after spending time in or near water?
I will be going much deeper into these topics in my book. It’s exciting to see concepts come together in a new light.
“She is a wild, tangled forest with temples and treasures concealed within.” – John Mark Green
It was the beginning of December, an end in itself. I was in the hustle and bustle of a high school basketball tournament in Indianapolis. The Pacer Athletic Center has eight courts which were all active with games all at once. Every squeaking shoe, dribbled ball, yelling teammates and coaches, whistles, buzzers, cheering fans by the hundreds; pure noise, amplified. It’s enough to make your head pound, your ears hurt, and you find total exhaustion after many hours. Still, somehow, when you get into a game all the noise blends together and you can get so in the moment and be present court side for your team.
That’s where I was, completely absorbed into a game for the varsity girls, when my healing journey brought me to a new, deeper level of spiritual awakening. I had no idea that basketball could yield a spiritual experience. It can be emotional to watch a game when you are connected to the players. There is tangible energy in the flow of teamwork, success, and setbacks. Certainly other parents and fans can relate to feeling a rush of joy when points are scored or the frustration when a skilled opponent gets the gain. On this particular day, something much deeper stirred in my soul as I watched 10 young women fight for a victory on the court.
There was a distinct moment when I did not see us versus them. The colors of the uniforms didn’t matter and the numbers on the score board were irrelevant. I realized I was surrounded by, and affected by, pure feminine potential. This isn’t to discount the boys in any way. Rather, it’s personal and profound that I recognized and tapped into the energy of what these young women are doing. I’ve been walking out a part of my own journey where I am facing and dealing with some childhood attachment issues and inner child wounds. I had once thought that I had adequately dealt with these layers until I recognized that you can remodel an entire house but the foundation remains and it will need a little work from time to time.
In the weeks before this moment, I recognized that I was grieving. I did not want to be, but I needed to release the pain and that’s what grieving does. I was grieving losses; of people, relationships, broken dreams, missed opportunities, and most of all parts of my identity that I had either sacrificed or never realized. Heavy stuff.
Grief, doubt, insecurity, and all the negative emotions we carry are not visible. On a basketball court, even the least confident player appears poised and capable to the average onlooker. As I watched the girls playing their hearts out, I saw confidence, intelligence, grace, assurance, dedication, and real, raw beauty. Honestly, I saw so much more than words can describe. They were flawless. They possessed the spirit of divine potential. For the first time in my conscious awareness I scanned a crowd and thought, “This is how God sees people.” I felt an overflowing of love and care for these beautiful ladies and there was not a shadow of doubt in my mind that they can do anything they desire.
I wished that they could feel for themselves what I was feeling for them in that moment. Connecting with my own inner child has revealed to me that I often felt I wasn’t loved for who I am so much as for what I could do or provide for others. So, I hid away the parts of me that were unlovable or unwanted. I created a version of me that made people happy, and I played the role of the people pleaser to keep from making waves. I allowed stagnant water by damning up my potential where there was meant to be a mighty, rushing river. Now, I look around and can see others who have done the same. Healing might require clearing away the sticks and logs a little at a time. Imagine what might happen to the world if we would free up and flow in the divine potential we were created with. If only we would get in the game of life like these ladies do on the basketball court.
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