Tag: Shamanism
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Shamanic Reiki: my interview with Fay Johnstone
Earlier this year I had the distinct pleasure of being interviewed by the magnificent Fay Johnstone, a wonderful author and teacher who also weaves an interesting path between Reiki and shamanic practices. We had a lovely chat about how I have come to weave my own Shamanic Reiki path for her podcast Shaman in the…
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Meet your Reiki Spirit Guide
For this month’s Reiki Skills Lodge we had a good long talk about spirit guides! This is not a traditional part of Reiki, but it is an aspect of traditional shamanic work that is easily brought in to Reiki practice. On this workshop we covered how to meet and build relationship with spirit guides, and…
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Thursday Healing Thought: Cord cutting and re-weaving
Happy Thursday, dear healers! Today I am thinking about cord cutting – and the other half of the equation that is often overlooked…. Ready to cut some cords? Reiki Cord Cutting on 19 October is open to Reiki 2 and above (any lineage) and there is still time to book on! Get in touch with…
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October schedule: Questing for power
I am writing this from the Scottish Borders, a home from home for me, where I currently have the added bonus of a very loving canine companion as I wander along a favourite river walk. This morning, before Storm Amy came blowing in, Ruffin and I enjoyed a long walk along the river, high and…
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Cord Cutting is also Power Retrieval
Cord cutting is a well established healing technique based on the premise that, with our thoughts and interactions, we create an energetic web of connection as we move through the world. The situations and relationships that summon the strongest responses in us, and therefore the most energy, create the strongest connections. Sometimes, those connections become…
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Holding space for the unknown in healing
Reiki healing is a gentle, flowing and intuitive healing art. In a standard Reiki session we can trust to the feeling of the energy in our hands, and read the client’s body as we work. We can trust to the healing source to work in the body – it is a simple and deeply relaxing…
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Group healing – and getting brave with your healing ways
I’ve been thinking about group healings a lot lately – mainly inspired by the recent Reiki Skills Lodge on group healing techniques. This workshop was for Reiki-attuned people, and we covered working as a group as well as ways that I work with groups on my own. The healing was incredibly powerful that night –…
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Symptoms of Power Loss
Are you tired, my lovely healers? I am seeing a lot of reports of people feeling low energy, out of sorts and even the dreaded healer’s burnout in recent months. I even had to take a little break myself recently to restore myself – yes, sadly I am not immune… So, what’s going on? Other…
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Compassion in cord cutting
I spent a wonderful day teaching Reiki Block Removal on Saturday, and we talked a lot about why Reiki is the perfect energy source to be connected with when we are doing such deep healing work. Part of it is the essence of the Reiki source itself – it is naturally protective for the practitioner,…
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Using the voice for healing and seidr – an interview
Last week I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Katie Gerrard – hypnotherapist, Seidr expert and author of “Seidr: the gate is open” – about my healing voice work. Katie and I had a talk recently about Seidr, the Old Norse shamanic rites of seership, and my preference to use voice instead of drums…
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