At work I coordinate a bunch of interviews for hiring managers and myself. Once, there was a girl named Carly who applied for the HIV Program Assistant position. During the interview I usually ask what do you do to de-stress and somehow the conversation of meditation and breathing started. Then she mentioned she's also a level 2 Reiki. I remember so clearly that day how shocked I was because I was telling myself how I really wanted to go to one but didn't know how to find someone or who would even know where I could find one. I mean I could Yelp it, but I wasn't really serious about actually finding one. It was just a thought. She was open to seeing clients and even shared her information with me so I gave it some thought. I scheduled my first session with her a couple weeks after we hired her. I asked my close friends who I work with if they've ever been to one and only Diana had. She said she remembers it being really calming so I was totally open to what was to come. Calming?! Sign me up!
Then came the day of my first session and boy was it something! She did it at home in her living room and even if it was in the living room, the environment and space was just so tranquil that it wasn't an issue for me. I had to lay on a massage table and then it began. She played some type of reiki music and started with visualizations. I can't remember the words precisely but it had to do with the colors of the rainbow that colored light going to the different chakras of the body. "So far so good" I thought to myself. Then, it happened... when we got to my heart chakra, I started bawling my eyes out! Around that time it was just a couple of months after I had broken up with my previous boyfriend. I thought I was healed and did all the work to release those emotions, but I guess I was wrong. When she moved up to the crown chakra, I broke down even more and the tears began pooling in my ears (lol). It felt SO good to cry. When it was all done, she gave me a minute to compose myself and talk about how the experience was.
I didn't realize how much emotion I was bottling up. Even after I had left her home, I still broke down and cried on the freeway going home. That first one was definitely a very interesting experience for me!
Soon after, I did another interview at work and came across a Crystal Reiki Master. I was just so shocked with how the universe works and that God will always send what is meant for me. I wasn't even going to go through with this interview because it was for a temporary position, but I still wanted to be thorough. Her name was Celeste and when she mentioned she was a crystal reiki master, I asked for her card and booked my very first session.
Before my session with her, she emailed me a paper to fill out. Then on the day of, before we started the reiki, we went over my answers together.
By integrating the crystals in her practice, it allowed her to use their energy to align my chakras and read me better because she told me things about myself. She even said she can't filter it because it alters the message. So regardless if it hurt my feelings or not, she said it. How she placed the crystals were pretty cool! She laid a tissue over my eyes to keep them closed and because she placed a crystal on my forehead. She also laid a towel over my body because of the crystals she placed on my groin area, belly button, and heart. Then came the reiki.
I also laid on a massage table, same as the first reiki session and she also began with the visualizations. Imagining the colored light going to different areas of my body. However, this time I didn't cry when it came to my heart or crown chakras. When she was done with the reiki and gathered information about me, she told me I have a very kind heart and that I am SUPER empathic. She also shared about my meditation and how I should hold onto a grounding crystal in my left hand because I love to stay in the ethers even after I'm done meditating. That's why I always feel light after meditating because my soul is still floating around and I need to bring it back down to earth. She also shared a bunch of others things that were true and never realized about until that day. Then towards the end of the session, she gave me a free crystal and even picked an oracle card for me to keep. I still have the "black tourmaline" card from that session and it's all about protection. She asked me to pick a crystal that was calling me and not something that's just "pretty" because I wanted the rose quartz crystal since it was the cutest one. I ended up picking the red jasper crystal and she told me she intuitively knew I was going to pick it. I also bought a grounding crystal bracelet that she sold to her reiki clients.
Of course I went back to her after a month because to me, it's a form of self care and I want to align my chakras and see what she picks up on. I remember once she told me she had to do a lil something because my throat chakra was out of whack so she had to unwind it. She even told me that I need to open up myself to my intuition because I'm blocking it or it's being blocked by something. Through journaling or writing little things down during the day then going back to it later will strengthen my intuition. I was even going to ask if there's a shower ritual and she told me because I'm super empathic that in the shower I have to scrub off all the negative energy that attached to me and call back my energy. While it's going down the drain, I have to watch the water and to repeat that mantra in the shower. Once she even asked me how the session was and I said it was good and relaxing but truthfully it was a little distracting because my apple watch was vibrating the whole time so I couldn't relax and she picked up on it. I get super curious about reiki and how it affects her as well but she let me know it doesn't drain her energy. How it works is, she sees different colored feathers and that lets her know where to go to do the reiki.
I think I saw Celeste a total of 4-5 times but after her lease ended she wasn't able to find a spot to reopen back up. She did let me know she can come to my place to do a session, but I never took her up on it. After that, I haven't ventured off to find other reiki person because I love crystal reiki so I'd like to stick with her until she finds a new place.
Anyways if ya'll are ever interested in reiki, I 100% recommend it! You never know what you'll experience. It's such an amazing thing to get insight on yourself or just to align your chakras. What's important is to be open to the experience.
Comments