From the stars to the sand

So you may of heard of distance reiki and be wondering... What actually is distance reiki? How does it work if they are not in the same room as me? Will I feel anything? These were questions I had too which I found answers to.

When I started my journey with Reiki during lockdown 2020 I had no idea what Reiki was or how it worked, but I have always been somebody who is willing to try anything once so I jumped in. I had followed a friends journey with Reiki via Instagram and saw how it changed her life and changed the peoples lives she channelled Reiki for. My friend was offering group distance Reiki during lockdown and the logic part of my brain tried very hard to comprehend how I could receive Reiki energy from somebody who was over 400 miles away or the person in the group who was at the other side of the Atlantic.

I followed the instructions I was given, how to prepare to receive Reiki, how to enhance the experience with candles, crystals and music. I affirmed that I was ready to receive the Reiki energy over and over again I put so much effort into affirming it as I really wanted to receive the reiki energy, I was worried it wouldn't work for me. But it did work, it was real I was completely blown away. What I experienced in those group reiki sessions altered my brain chemistry and made me question everything I ever thought about humans and our existence on this earth. It all added up in my head and the only logical explanation that I could fathom to how this worked was ''we are all connected to the same source and to each other''.

I had so many profound experiences during these group distance sessions. Some sessions I was catapulted from my bed into space in a dark sea of stars performing an elegant back stroke, other times I was physically rocked like a baby and held so tightly. I saw colours, felt physical sensations, vibrated as the energy of the universe run through me, I had visualisations and felt a higher presence with me. The best way I could describe how it felt to Reiki energy was as though I had been plugged into the mains. My whole body was electric buzzing with energy, but I was deeply relaxed at the same time. When I first started having distance reiki I would set a timer on my phone so I would know when the session had ended. I stopped doing this as I could feel when the session had ended as I could feel myself been unplugged from the mains.

One experience that is etched in my mind was been dropped somewhere onto the earth after completing a cosmic backstroke set, to a tropical jungle sandy beach I had never been before. I was flung into dancing around a fire with women I had never met before, but did not feel like a stranger. I remember looking up to the stars from which I had just fallen from thinking ''this is magic'' I was part of mother earth and she a part of me, we danced to the beating of the universe synchronised and connected as one. I was the cosmos in a fluid dance. I later learned that several people within the group session had this exact experience. This confirmed what I had started to believe from previous sessions, ''we are all connected to each other and to the universe'' this realisation blew my mind.

Despite now knowing this I felt I was on the tip of the iceberg, just scratching the surface of what we are as humans and energy beings and what our purpose here on earth is. I needed to know more experience more. I have heard people say ''we are the universe having a human experience'' and this couldn't be more true. A different path in life had unveiled itself and I knew I had to follow on this spiritual opportunity that had presented itself.

2 years after these experiences an opportunity presented itself to train and be attended to reiki energy. It happened during a very dark time in my life and I let the universe pull me out of the darkness. The questions I had at the start of this journey changed into, what if I cant channel Reiki energy? What if it doesn't work? What if they don't feel anything?

I was consumed by self doubt that I nearly didn't complete the training but something kept pushing me to complete the next milestone. After completing the in person part of the training I still wasn't convinced I could channel Reiki even after receiving positive feedback from my case study. We then were taught how to channel distance Reiki and yet again I was swimming in a sea of self doubt even though I had received distance Reiki myself numerous times. After completing level 1 and 2 it took a good while to feel confident in myself, and although terrified and excited I started to offer Reiki services. Friends offered themselves as guinea pigs for Reiki sessions to practice and build my confidence. The distance Reiki sessions that have taken place over the past 10 months have completely blown my mind every time.

My questions again were answered again. Trust in yourself, trust in the reiki energy and the universe.