I often tell a story in my First
Degree Reiki class where an acquaintance said "I'm glad to see you
again, now that you do Reiki. You are SO different!"
I had no idea what she was talking
about - and when I questioned her, she finally confessed, "You used to be
a B**ch - but I like you now!"
This struck me as very odd, so I
approached a close friend and asked if she noticed anything different about me
over the past few months (That is, once I started practicing Reiki on myself daily.) She
said, “Oh, yes! You are much more relaxed and happier!” I then asked another friend the same question
and got a similar response.
I realized that if 3 unrelated people noticed a change in
me, it was most likely true. It took me
a while to recognize what they had all noticed – Before giving myself Reiki
everyday, I had constantly felt overwhelmed and never caught up with all my
tasks and responsibilities. Even when I
was at a social event, my mind was thinking about what I had to get done later
that day and the next!
No wonder this acquaintance thought I was a B**ch – I was
never present or paying attention to anyone else! I was so trapped in just coping with my life,
I never got to really be the warm, loving person I thought I was.
When we are feeling stressed in life, we are not able to
be our "best selves.” By simply doing
Reiki self-treatments regularly, we are able to be our nicer, "best
selves"! Reiki nourishes us and
replenishes the energy that is depleted by stress – so we are able to be
healthier, happier and ‘nicer’!
