I don’t normally share my personal stuff publicly, but feel this might help another somewhere somehow and felt compelled to share my surgical story and the power of reiki healing.
For years I suffered from various issues that ultimately led to surgery recently involving my ovaries. Leading up to the surgery itself, I had been experiencing an increasing amount of anxiety and insomnia. I was stumped as to what was possibly causing such a surge of emotions, because I do practice what I preach with lots of rest, healthy eating, exercise, meditation, and self reiki. So I was a little surprised as to why the sudden increase.
I feel the source could be part karmic and part life changing. I really don’t want children at this stage in my life, but at same time, I mourn the loss of my own. Without going into details, I suffered years of abuse much of my life. Although, I have spent the last 10 years working on healing the roots from all the traumas associated with abuse.
So I decided to just sit and embrace whatever emotions surfaced at that time. This is important to pause and nurture the child within while staying present at all times. If this was so called past stuff emerging, I embraced what is. I accepted and through mindfulness based techniques, reiki, and other energy work, I lovingly assisted these issues to past through me.
I also chose two mantras to repeat:
The first one: “I accept what is. I surrender to what was, and I have faith in what will be. … and so it is.”
The second one is the Gokkai in Japanese or the Reiki Precepts in Japanese: “Kyo dake wa (Just for today).
Ikaru na (Do not anger).
Shinpei suna (Do not worry).
Kansha shite (Be grateful).
Gyo o hageme (Work diligently/dutifully).
Hito ni shinsetsu ni (Be kind to others).”
The surgery experience
I went to the hospital and experienced a phenomenal staff with some profound spiritual experiences which is a story for another time. I will say my surgery was more than a medical procedure for the physical body. That part went superbly well and experienced no pain afterwards. This was part of a larger spiritual journey and healing karmic cords not just in my life, but the lives of those nurses brought into my life to care for me pre-op and post-op.
I recently had my post-op follow-up with my surgeon. Since my surgery, I’ve been doing lots of reflecting and realization.
The more I partner with my soul, unite with soul, live soulful, the more I reclaim my power. I no longer accept the demands or perceptions of what society wants to dictate to me. Instead I trust my soul, and lively more authentically.
The Power of energy healing such as reiki is way under estimated. It is because of the self reiki prep I did pre-op and all the distance healing sent from all of you, I experienced no pain after the day of surgery. I had some discomfort, but nothing worth taking even a motrin for that reiki couldn’t do.
The only complications I had were due to being told by the surgical prep team, I was not going to be fully incubated due to history of brain bleeds only to wake up to realize I was completely out for over 2 hours. I experienced some unanticipated brochiospasms, difficulty in speech and breathing, and faintness. If I knew I was going to be fully put under anesthesia, I would have prepared there too. This only goes to the power of reiki again, because of what i did experience when reiki was used.
My surgeon, although an Osteopath, was a little shocked I took “no” pain meds after surgery. I told her I had a wonderful team of healers and reiki practitioners behind me so it was not necessary. I thought to myself, if modern medicine and our society as a whole would embrace again the ideology and belief that our bodies were designed to heal themselves and used treatment options to embrace this, the drug use in America may look different.
I wanted to share my story, because I wanted everyone to be reminded that our bodies are designed to heal themselves. The power to heal lies within us all.
Not only doing reiki, but living reiki and being reiki is even more important. I thank you for being a part of my spiritual journey.
Wow what a September it has been. Talk about a roller coaster ride. Our soul has been tugging on us to wake up. Have you been feeling this?
I have been noticing for some there have been major breakthroughs and a sigh of relief.
For others, the challenges just seem to be piling on.
If you are like me and have been talking to others in the Spiritual community or even in healthcare especially psychotherapy, the synchronicities have been amplified like we have never seen before in this lifetime.
There are common themes I have been noticing.
We are not alone. We are all one and connected energetically as one. Many of us already knew this, but it seems to be really drilled home.
Many people are reporting similar chaotic experiences occurring at the same time.
Those who are experiencing challenges especially involving a parent/child relationship, have been greatly tested.
Those who are resistant … deliberately, not deliberately or even subconsciously … to the current cosmic shifts and calls from the soul are experiencing heightened health issues such as insomnia, anxiety, panic, heart issues, digestive issues, moodiness and more.
For those feeling frustrated, anxious, or having sleep difficulties etc … There are a couple of things that could be happening.
Here are some tips to help you sort out.
Ask yourself what is it that you are still resistant to change? If you are resisting what your soul is beckoning from you why? Let go and trust your soul has got your back.
Your physical body may be purging, recalibrating energetically, downloading, or if you are a sensitive or empath, you just might be plain ol feeling the effects of all the cosmic shifts from mercury retrograde to the full moon lunar eclipse on September 27, 2015 to the solar flares etc
We are being called to align with soul. For those who have been following me, have been hearing me say “Trust, your soul has got your back” for quite some time now. And our soul and Spirit have been bombarding us with signs to help us along the way.
Have been experiencing such phenomena?
Here is my experience just the past few weeks and I am amazed at Spirit every time. We are always receiving messages from heaven. It’s just whether or not we choose to see the signs from our soul, our loved ones, guides, and angels.
Repeating Signs?
For me personally, I have been hit with lots of “signs” from Spirit and soul.
Every day it seems like something whether through repeating numbers or other signs such as:
Walking to the car, home, in nature, or the like and a feather is somehow beneath my feet. This happening once? Ok, but happening sometimes as much as ten times in one day? That is something one can not ignore. I must preface to say that if you are going and deliberately seeking to find signs, you may not get them. In every one of my experiences, the signs have fallen upon me without seeking like a detective. They just happened.
Certain wildlife interactions as if they have something to say. These are not the normal run ins, but ones that either suddenly repeat occurrences, are profound in how these interactions occurred, and usually occur in themes such as you are upset at something, or worried about something, having relationship difficulties, unsure of where you are going in life etc.
Signs through the elements – Spirit can alter the elements such as water in the clouds or fire to reveal what they want you to know. I have been receiving signs for years, but the last 30 days have been extraordinary.
Signs such as hearts or pennies. Again, if like me and they are happening numerous times in one day, then you need to stop and really pay attention and listen.
Signs? Everywhere there are signs?
Here are some signs I have been guided to share with you that I have personally experienced over the last 30 days.
On this day, I was walking to my car and just happened to look up at the clouds to see several signs. These cloud pictures were taken on the same day at the same location.
It was like a spirit mural of messages.
“The Angel” Copyright 2015 Laura Healing With Spirit. All Rights Reserved
The swooping heart downward was the first that caught my eye yet the last in the messages.
Then when I glance over I saw the Angel with a cardinal beneath her holding a ball of white light. Can you see the image in the picture to the right?
The feelings of peace instantly filled me up as I was having a challenging week. These are the words not spoken but clearly understood, and grateful.
A smile instantly over came me and my worries instantly dissipated that day.
“The Spirit Messenger Bird” Copyright 2015 Laura Healing With Spirit. All Rights Reserved
However, it was not until I decided to clean out my photos a few days later that some very striking images appeared that I did not see before.
There are two that I am posting here.
The first photograph is to the left … The Spirit Messenger Bird. Every time I look at this photo, I just want to go WOW.
I am in complete awe at the size of this image and the clarity of the details. The photo can not give you the sense of scale, size, or emotion as it was quite large in the sky.
I’m almost speechless. When I saw this bird in the clouds, it did bring me a tear of joy.
Things are changing my friends.
Keep the faith.
Stay positive.
Never lose hope.
“The Medieval Horse Rising From The Flames” Copyright 2015 Laura Healing With Spirit. All RIghts Reserved
The second image I took several weeks ago. Do you see the image? This particular image was not revealed to me until few weeks after it was taken.
I was sitting at around this fire pit while on Cape Cod and felt a spiritual presence around with a very transformative message for someone who was with me that evening. I was also guided to snap a few pics.
The message I channeled that was helpful and healing to that person and something this person needed to hear to heal karmic ties with multiple past lives.
I am also grateful for when Spirit materializes or gives us signs such as this to confirm those messages and prove the continuity of life.
This message was both for me and the other party. The image was to validate the experience we both shared in healing the past and knowing we are divinely protected at all times.
This month’s energies have been quite challenging to say the least, but I am still smiling. I’m still grateful. I’m still filled with peace in my heart. When we come from a place of gratitude instead of fear, the challenges we are faced are met with clearer and swifter solutions.
We are shedding off the old to reveal the new.
We are in this together. Together we can choose to enjoy this ride called life. It is important to try to embrace these energies with welcome arms even in times of adversity. Let go resistance, and trust your soul has got your back.
We are all going through great transformations.
It is time to shed the old to allow the new. We are emerging into the beautiful butterflies from the dark cocoons. Embrace the change
What signs from heaven have you been getting? I’d love to hear.
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Interested in knowing more about reiki as part of your self healing?
Want to learn how to do reiki either on yourself or others?
My goal is to help make this world a better place, and help others find their own magnificence and healing within.
As Glenda from the Wizard of Oz would say “you’ve had the power all along my dear”
As someone who worked in the healthcare industry most of my life, I used to get frustrated at where we were headed. This frustration stemmed from patients thinking a pill or vaccine will fix everything including viruses to doctors treating your parts and symptoms not root causes. I’ve dedicated the last 9 yrs to studying and learning holistic therapies and alternatives.
Reiki has by far made the greatest impact in my life personally, and what I’ve seen reiki do for others is like watching your child take their first step. It’s utter magnificent.
I’ve worked on clients with cancer, trauma associated with abuse, spinal stenosis, arthritic pain, eczema, stress, anxiety, ptsd, insomnia, addictions, bad habits and so forth.
I’ve studied Western Usui Reiki with the influence of Mrs. Takata and I use William Lee Rand’s teaching materials.
I’m currently studying other forms of reiki with the emphasis on the “original” non westernized form of reiki with Jikiden Reiki being the primary focus. I was fortunate to have studied with Frank “Arjava” Petter, who is the Vice President of the Jikiden Reiki Institute, Kyoto, Japan.
Along the way, I’ve been honored and blessed to have met some amazing people who have changed my life forever.
My goal in teaching reiki comes from the heart teaching what I’ve learned to help you become empowered and understand we all have the power to heal. Like our founder, Mikao Usui, I focus on the individual needs of the student. Are there guidelines on what to focus on? Yes, but how it is taught changes.
Here is a list of upcoming fall dates for upcoming reiki healing days, reiki shares, and reiki certification classes in Hingham, MA
(dates subject to change. Please email us for confirmation):
Open Reiki Share and Healing Day Dates: Sunday, 9/20, 10/18, 11/15 starting at 3pm.
First come first serve by donation.
Open to practitioners of any lineage who would like to share and exchange and anyone interested in receiving reiki or learning more about how reiki can help with self healing. …
Open Reiki Share and Healing Day Dates: Monday, 10/5, 11/2, 12/7 starting at 7pm.
First come first serve by donation.
Open to practitioners of any lineage who would like to share and exchange and anyone interested in receiving reiki or learning more about how reiki can help with self healing. …
Reiki Healing Guided Meditaion and Attunement:
Dates: Monday, 10/5, 11/2, 12/7 starting at 6pm.
Registration required
Reiki Level I Workshop and Certification
Sunday, October 11th from 10am-6pm
Open to anyone interested in learning this wonderful Japanese healing modality. Level I focuses on the physical plane. Learn the history of reiki, its various applications of use, hand on techniques, the importance of practicing reiki, receive an attunement, learning the reiki precepts and why they are important and more. Text book included. Lots of hands on training. Recerts available at discount.
Reiki Level II Workshop and Certification
Sunday, November 1st from 10am-6pm
Open to anyone who wishes to progress their reiki training to the next level who have successfully completed Reiki Level I training. Reiki II focuses on the mental plane. Learn the Reiki symbols, receive an attunement to reiki, learn additional tools and training in the applications of use, and additional hands on training. Recerts available at a discount.
Want to learn reiki, but unable to attend these workshops? Inquire about private individual reiki training or retraining.
For more information about services, events, or reiki classes, please visit www.healingwithspirit.webs.com or private message us.
The Universe has been busy trying to show us the way back to our soulful path and live a more authentic life. Some of us get it and have been working at following it. Others may feel lost and not sure what is going on.
I would like you to take a moment right now.
Pause.
Take a deep breath and answer the following questions.
How is your emotional plane today? How are you surfing these latest emotional waves?
Those who have been around me, have been hearing me say quite frequently like a skipping record to “trust … your soul has got your back”.
We are all experiencing changes. Some of us are experiencing changes that are easier than others. However, none of us are immune. This is just a simple reminder to follow your soulful path, and to know your soul has got your back.
Here is a thought to ponder for the day:
“What am I attracting into my life? What vibrations and frequencies am I sending out?”
You can not control what others do, and sometimes you can not control certain situations and circumstances, but you can control your reaction to them.
If you are looking for solutions to your current situation, circumstance, or road block, the answers you seek lie within.
If you are thinking, “But I pray and ask, but I never get anything?”, you may be doing one of the following:
You may not be listening to the signs and answers sent to you from the Universe
You may be resisting the changes needed in your life to help you live a more authentic or soulful life.
You may be trying too hard, blocking the flow of information and energy to you like a tourniquet cutting off blood supply to your spirit.
As a society we are bombarded with technology, microwaves, artificial electrical waves, external stimulus, distractions, and a go go go mentality with very little time to attend to the needs of the self leaving many feeling like:
We do not know who we are
Why we are here
What did we come here to do in this lifetime or
What we like without fear of what society thinks or caving to the pressures to the demands of society.
I was recently talking about my trip to Africa, and what I learned about the impact of these types of energies being completely unplugged for approximately 30 days. When I returned, I was shocked to learn I became more heightened to the sensitivities of all these electrical stimuli. I began hearing simple buzzing of the tv and appliances that were plugged in, yet were turned off.
I was completely astounded by this experience and wanted to learn more about the impacts to the human body. So over the years, I learned more about the physiology of the human body as well as paid attention to the many scientific studies regarding electrical impulses on the body.
First and foremost, we must realize that the human body generates its own electrical currents. Without the ability to generate electricity, we would be dead. As soon as we can realize this, we can begin to learn to unplug once again, and restore our bodies to the natural state of homeostasis. This is the beginning to opening the self to understanding the relationship you have with your soul and how all the “junk” in our lives blocks us from following our soulful path.
Here are seven simple steps to learning to trust in your spiritual path and letting your soul guide you.
Unplug. This is simple. Unplug from technology, microwaves, artificial electrical waves, external stimulus, distractions, and a go go go mentality. Knowing this and actually implementing this simple change are two separate issues and maybe difficult for some to do due to habits and lifestyles.
My thought to you:
You may never know how good you could have it, if you never do this and see what happens.
This does take time and patience as this is a lifestyle change.
Partner with your soul. – This means you need to learn to become your soul’s best friend. Talk to your soul as if you would your best friend. Discover your soul’s likes and dislikes. Discover why you are here and let your soul help you in your daily life. If you are saying to me, how do I do this?, the answer is by quieting the mind and learning at attune to the energies within and listening.
Create affirmations and mantras. Here is an affirmation to help you through the day: Today, I am letting my emotions surf the waves with uttermost confidence knowing my soul has got my back.
Let go resistance to change. Resistance is fear based. The two strongest emotions are fear and love, and they can not coexist. We must realize that what our soul wants and the Universe is stronger than what we want, which by the way is ego based. By learning to surrender ego and resistance, you release that tourniquet and open the flow of energies. When these energies are opened, anything is possible. The choice is yours and this is where free will steps in.
For me, it’s about learning to let go, and trusting in the process. Be mindful of your choices and reactions. That’s part of the lesson. How we react to people, …situations, and things can dictate which path you travel down.
Ride the waves of energetic changes with confidence and poise. If you have noticed over the past year, those who have fought hard resisting changes, are the ones with the most difficult lessons. Those who rode the waves, stayed present, and embraced whatever changes came their way, had much smoother transitions.
Trust in your path. This is especially evident with those struggling with faith and trust. Here you are asked to trust and have faith in the divine. I hear a lot of people say to me, “But I am all alone and it is difficult”. My answer to you is “You are never alone. You are always loved and surrounded by the divine. You just have to quiet the mind long enough to feel it, see it, and hear it.”
Practice daily awareness and mindfulness. This means, pay attention to your thoughts, vibrations, and actions. These all create ripples. Are you creating positive ripples or negative ones? Please visit my post on the ripple effect on how to create the ripples you desire in your life.
The Universe is reminding has been reminding us, like Dorothy in Wizard of Oz, we’ve had the power all along.
We have been tested. Many spirits have been broken. BUT now, we learn that what we are truly seeking lies within us.
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All the answers to your prayers … All the healing to you ailments … All the peace, joy, happiness … All the abundance you desire … All lie within.
This is a lesson about going within and learning to shift. You just need to get out of your own way and partner with your higher self and the Universe. Success is closer than you think.
Try it. What do you have to lose? What do you have to gain?
Much of what I share with you comes from Spirit as part of my own personal spiritual journey, healing and growth. I share because I know I’m not alone. I share because I know somewhere someone else can benefit. I share because it helps me in my spiritual development…. For that I thank you. We are all in this together. …
There have been lots of synchronistic events and transitions over the past week with an overwhelming feeling of “Have Faith”. Can you feel it?
All these shifts seemed to have started beginning with the Summer Solstice followed by many solar flares. For me personally, I have experienced an extraordinary amount of synchronistic events with the “faith” theme beginning to sound like a skipping record. Does that resonate with you?
These shifts seemed to come in like waves of energy bursting bubbles, shifting the sands, removing what no longer is necessary, and freeing us to move into our soulful path.
So with these shifts, I decided to move outside my teaching comfort zone, which can be quite structured and regimented, and listened to Spirit in regards to the planning of my most recent Reiki Continuing Education Class.
Since we had a small group, I decided to take a chance and do the first portion of the class blending reiki continuing education with the energies from the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace that was visiting us until the following day before it was shipped to its final destination in Australia.
2015 Reiki Continuation Group at the
Jade Buddha For Universal Peace
As nervous as I was about doing this at this location, with wandering thoughts of
“What will people think”,
“Will I or the class be effective there”
“Will I be able to convey the history of reiki with its roots to Buddhism”
“Will I be able to get my students to feel the kind of energies at that location with a definite purpose”
These feelings and thoughts by the way, neither of my students know until now. What I learned was to get out of my own way, and have faith in what Spirit was showing me, because this posed an opportunity for all of us to grow spiritually.
What a great decision to come here that day for 1st part of the class. Tomorrow is the last day before it heads to Australia.
What an incredible day it was with lots of reiki energy, reiki healing, reiki love, and just being reiki. I worked myself up for no reason, but quickly recognized that and “chose” to listen and follow spirit.
We brought our Tibetan bowls to be used to start off the day, and we were graced by the presence founding Buddhist Monk of this site in Abington, MA. His words of wisdom he gave us and his use of the bowls were priceless and synchronistic.
Where am I going with all this?
My own schedule lately has been quite a hectic one and I have my problems too like everyone else, but the only difference between all of us is how we perceive what is around us, what is in us, what moves through us and how we react to situations, people and things.
I wanted to share with you my morning experience with a message behind it.
Within minutes of walking to my car, I experienced some beautiful magic. Between these beautiful flowers filled with honey bees, my three turkey visitors, and my very vocal cardinal friend, who could ask for a better start to the day.
My trio of visitors as I left the house.
What a beautiful start to the day.
Thank you Great Spirit for this day.
Photo (c) 2015 Laura Healing With Spirit
Everything in our life is all how we perceive our world. We all experience challenges, but it is how we face them and view them is what makes all the difference.
(I apologize in advance for the language, but felt it was important to drive home the message) Everyone is either in a shit storm, just getting out of a shit storm, or currently in a shit storm.
I could have chose to think, feel , and say things like:
“I am broke and life sucks”
“I have no place that I can call home”
“I hate my job”
“My family doesn’t appreciate me”
“I hate the way I look”
“I am not good enough”
“What’s wrong with me”
However, I didn’t. Do any of those things sound familiar? Are you laughing right now at how silly the things we say to ourselves? Ok are you at least smiling? Those are things, thoughts, and words I use to say to myself daily, but made a conscious decision to stop doing that.
I choose to be grateful and appreciate everything. The day we make that choice, is the day we begin to create new neuropathways in the brain. With new neuropathways, we create new habits and thoughts and life begins to change.
We can be a victim of our circumstance or we can rise above. We choose how we view the circumstances in our lives and how we react to them.
Don’t be a victim of circumstance. Champion above them.
I believe in you.
I have faith in you.
It I didn’t, we would not be connected – regardless of how much or how little. We are connected.
I remember when it down poured the other day, I saw many posts saying things like:
“Ugggg my weekend is ruined”
“this sucks, cuz I can’t go to the beach”
However, I saw the much needed rain after the week of divine synchronicities and messages, as an opportunity. This was an opportunity to go within. This soaking rhythms of the rain provided us a gift for the opportunity to listen to the soul.
Remember, the Universe is constantly providing us with opportunities. We just need to be open to see it and take notice so we can act. The biggest challenge many times is getting in our own way and not going with the flow of the Universe, which is a theme that has been carried through since the year 2015 began. So, get out of your own way and begin living the way of your soul. What do you have to lose?
So be mindful of your thoughts. None of us are immune. Change takes time and discipline and above all faith.
You ARE capable. Have FAITH! As the wizard would tell Dorothy:
“You have had the power all along my dear”
#Thoughtfortoday: focus on faith not fear.
As always, I would love to hear your thoughts on my writing as it helps me help you.
Have an enlightening day. Namaste
A gift from spirit sent to you with light and love,
Well I did it … 1st phase is complete with your help. I cannot say thank you enough to all who made this journey possible.
I am officially Jikiden Reiki® trained in Shoden and Okuden and will be receiving my certificate from Kyoto, Japan. This has been a dream of mine since I first learned about reiki and I have indirectly studied with Arjava throughout the years through his books.
I have firmly believe that Jikiden Reiki® was the key to help me move forward in my work especially in the healing work in the abuse communities such as domestic violence, sex abuse, and child abuse for which I am passionate about.
Spirit was with me the whole time guiding the way sending messages and confirmations along the way.
I enjoy sharing my experiences in Jikiden Reiki® with you which come from the heart in hopes you find your own inner peace and healing. My hope is you discover how we all have the power to heal ourselves by connecting to the Universal energies.
In this blog:
What is Jikiden Reiki®
Laura Embarks on a Jikiden Reiki® Journey
The Week Long Spirit Messages
Since Laura’s Week in Connecticut
Laura’s Jikiden Reiki Path
How you can help fulfill this dream
Laura’s Jikiden Reiki Lineage
Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a simple form of energy healing from Japan known as “Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho”, which translates as “Usui treatment for the improvement of body and mind”.
Jikiden Reiki is the original teaching of Reiki presented with credibility and clarity that is free from Western influence.
The word Reiki itself means “universal life energy“, which is the natural, vital healing force found in all life.
Jikiden Reiki® sessions focus on removing toxins from the body and guiding it towards wholeness.
Jikiden Reiki is known for its effective treatment of acute and chronic conditions, as well as to address deep rooted beliefs, habits, traumas and addictions.
Reiki has been effective treatment option like alleviating pain, pre-op and post-op surgery recovery, anxiety, skin conditions and posttraumatic stress.
Laura Embarks on a Jikiden Reiki® Journey
When I left Massachusetts to embark on this new journey, I had no comprehension as to what to expect except that I experienced a fluctuation of emotions from excitement to nervousness to fear to gratitude all at the same time.
I believe in my gut learning Jikiden Reiki® is necessary both for my continued self healing from abuse as well as using it as another tool to help others heal from the long term physical health, mental health, and spiritual health affects from abuse. My goal is to help break the cycle of abuse through long term permanent healing and to provide complimentary services to traditional health care services provided by domestic violence organizations and medical offices.
Dolce Conference Center, Norwalk, Ct
I was so eager to learn all I can from Frank “Arjava” Petter in a beautiful awe inspiring conducive learning environment with an amazing group of wonderful healers from all many countries and backgrounds including hospice and sexual trauma. I had NO idea how valuable this weeklong training would be for my personal healing from past abuses I endured until Spirit smacked me upside the head in a gentle loving manner with some of the best teachers I could have ever asked for.
“Arjava” is one of the foremost experts, healers, and historians on the original form of reiki by Makao Usui in Japan who doesn’t come to the US that often to teach. I can’t express into words how blessed I feel to have the opportunity to learn from him.
The rainbow spotted on a cloudless sky on day 3
The Week Long Spirit Messages
Many of you may know I get many messages from Spirit as either a direct message or a confirmation.
Day Two: One of the other students and I had an interesting experience with a dragon fly. Upon discovery, it appeared dead and had ants crawling all over the head. However, it was still alive. In attempts to pick it up, it flew away and fell in the pond upside down. We then rescued it once again, and placed it on the bench when the messages began to flutter in from Spirit.
The dragonfly is very symbolic in many spiritual beliefs. To me, it meant to shift beyond the fear and illusions of the past. In Jikiden Reiki® that week, it represented the shifting of vibrations leading the way thru all the mists of change. It also was a reminder that we are all divinely supported while we transition to our true power and inner wisdom.
The ants to me were very representative of teamwork to help remove toxins that are blocking our way from living our true life.
Dragonflies are also a very prominent symbol in Jikiden Reiki and many other Reiki modalities.
Day Three: I saw a rainbow (as pictured above) while on my morning meditative walk on the way to class on day three of my training and viewed it as a gift from Spirit and Ascended Masters to all of us in our class.
This was the 2nd day with a clear message from the Universe. This had been such an incredible journey so far. The experience is far better than any conceived expectations I may have had prior.
There was so much to learn and the more I learned, the more I realized I don’t know and unlearned certain aspects of what I thought I knew.
I have been practicing Reiki for 9 years now, and I feel we have just scratched the surface and all its potential to heal any known disease including those associated with abuse such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, insomnia, digestive issues, and more.
I feel so blessed to be surrounded with such soulful loving inspirational healing energy. I can’t wait to see what’s next. Here is the Youtube video of the moving rainbow.
Conversations with a catbird – While on break I also came across a catbird which seemingly went out of his way to get my attention of squawking from branch to branch then hopping on the ground with direct eye contact, I listened. Only then, after I began to listen, the catbird flew off.
The message I received was confirmation about the new people I was meeting that week who taught me valuable lessons especially in the areas of simplification and communication.
Day Four: Let the birthing begin. We experienced another incredible day with nature being our communicator. We had a family of geese with two babies swim up to us seemingly from nowhere and a blackbird nest just above us.
To me, here is a great explanation of what I knew and was experiencing regarding the blackbird and the birthing that was taking place. For that I am grateful to Spirit and all those I learned from that week of training as it changed my life.
From What’s Your Sign : “Black birds demand our commitment to learning their wisdom, and do not reveal their meanings unless they are convinced we’ve devoted ourselves completely to the path of understanding (both dark and light sides of) energy.
This is a fundamental concept of alchemy which is: Transition and Transformation. The bird is symbolic of life in the heavens (higher ideals, higher path of knowing) and the color black is symbolic of pure potential. Between the two, there is no limit to human transformation – all we have to do is close the shutters of the rational mind, and start sojourning with our darkly feathered friends.”
The geese were reminding me to stay grounded, forge ahead with confidence, and never forget all those who helped me along this journey.
Yohei Yamaguchi (Chiyoko Yamaguchi’s Grandson)
Laura Joseph and Frank “Arjava” Petter on the final day
Since Laura’s Week in Connecticut: It sure has been with whirlwind for sure even with mercury in retrograde, but blessed at all the opportunities to share what I have learned. The past few weeks we’ve seen an upsurge of emotions, trials, and tribulations. This most recent mercury retrograde has a lot of us on our toes and stress levels at a high as if it knew which buttons to push to aggravate us.
Well it’s not about aggravating you. It’s about helping you become who your soul came here to be. When we can pause a moment and stay present, all situations seem to work themselves out. The biggest challenge many times is getting in our own way and not going with the flow of the Universe.
As a result, over the last several weeks, I have been helping my clients break that cycle by helping them address their own unwanted habits and remove toxic energies from the body. Through the gentle use of Jikiden Reiki® and Spiritual Guidance, I observed the reduction of stress and anxiety which were replaced with inner peace, calmness, and clarity. Removing unwanted habits is just one of the many benefits of experiencing Jikiden Reiki.
The first miracle I witnessed was a small hematoma I had that was not healing after a week, and while administering Jikiden Reiki on the way home, the bruise began to heal. I was amazed that upon my return, I could clearly see where my fingers were on my leg as that was the part of the bruise that completely healed. I wrote about this experience and others which you can read here.
Laura’s Jikiden Reiki Path: My experience learning Jikiden Reiki from these two beautiful souls, Frank Arjava Petter Sensei and Yohei Yamaguchi was priceless to me.
This is not to mention the wisdom I learned … the building of trust and confidence in the gifts of universal energies that we can all tap into and most importantly the bonds created and the self healing I experienced I will cherish for a lifetime.
For the first time in my life, I feel like I am trusting in the path Spirit has laid out for me and Jikiden Reiki was the key missing piece of the puzzle. Maybe I am an idealist, but I believe we truly can change the world through healing and compassion. Wars will die out and mother earth healthy and bountiful again.
Please join me in this journey together.
Thank you all for helping make this dream come true. All of you helped make this possible. Can’t express how blessed I feel.
Laura giving a presentation on the benefits of Holistic Healing
for victims of abuse as a viable treatment option.
How you can help fulfill this dream? I feel like I have a lot still to learn if I want to help others find their own healing not to mention my passion to break the cycle of abuse through the power of healing.
However, to continue my training is quite expensive and requires case studies and clinical hours. If you would like to support my continued training with some of the world’s leading experts, please click here to read my complete bio, mission, incentive lists, and updates from my training in Connecticut in May 2015.
I would love your feedback to my story and if you have a healing story you would like to share, I would really like to hear from you. This could be on how Jikiden Reiki helped you heal or it could be on holistic therapies helping heal trauma associated with abuse.
I wanted to share my personal story, spiritual journey and experiment through Usui Reiki and Jikiden Reiki®. Most of my background in Reiki over the last 9 years has been primarily in the healthcare setting or at various spiritual locations. I have worked on pets, children, and adults. I have used Reiki for cancer, digestive disorders, anxiety, anger, kidney diseases, abuse related issues etc.
A Little About My Background:
As many of you may or may not know, I have worked a cumulative 15+ years in various aspects of healthcare from direct patient care to administration to teaching in a college setting.
Since 2006, I began including more holistic health and complimentary alternative medicine modalities or mind-body medicine therapies such as reiki.
The Journey To Self Healing:
As a domestic abuse survivor who has gone through the legal system as well as worked in the healthcare system, I realized something wasn’t working in my own healing. Instead, I felt there were band-aids applied and massive judgments and discrimination with the courts systems only made my healing less possible.
With what began a journey in self-healing from an abusive marriage, I dived into learning ways into healing trauma associated with abuse such as domestic abuse, child abuse, and sex abuse. I began learning the medical side such as treatments, medical statistics, the problems statically of the re-traumatization of family courts, meditation, nutrition, mind-body medicine therapies, importance of spirituality, reiki, yuen energetics, sound therapies, and more.
With self-healing and learning these alternative methods, I began to finally see improvement in self and others as time went on. I even discovered a personal statistic that no agency or organization has been able to provide me with medical documentation to back up my preliminary findings … A 100% link between breast cancer and abuse.
What I Do To Help Healing Survivors Of Abuse:
As more and more abuse survivors began seeking me out for help, the more and more I wanted to help them based on what I learned which started out with basic guided and mindfulness meditation in my office and at one of the local battered women’s shelters.
With each recorded success, I felt empowered to learn more both for self-healing and for healing for others. I began studying and learning various alternative modalities like reiki over the years and worked directly with domestic abuse, child abuse, and sex abuse survivors.
Beginning 2011, I coached and used subtle healing and mindfulness based practices in the college setting as an adjunct instructor where students who were in an abusive situation sought my assistance. At the time the college was not equipped to assist in such matters so I became the go to person.
I also became a volunteer and board member for Massachusetts Survivors Outreach in hopes to bring to light the benefits of alternative therapies such as reiki in healing abuse. My goal was to research and back up in the office the successes or findings I was experiencing clinically. Hence, finding a different way to break the cycle of violence through knowledge and healing.
The graphics on this page are just one campaign I was a part of called the “Did You Know Campaign” educating the general public about the issues surrounding abuse statistically as well as showing the benefits of alternative healing modalities such as reiki from a scientific standpoint.
I also recently spoke at the 2015 Celebration of Reiki Conference “Reiki Reaches Out” Panel on my experiences using reiki to heal traumas associated with abuse.
My Jikiden Training:
In May 2015, I had an amazing opportunity to continue my Reiki training by learning Jikiden Reiki® from Arjava Sensei who came to New England May 12th in Norwalk, CT.
Jikiden Reiki® is something I have been feeling deeply compelled to learn for a couple years now. All Jikiden courses taught by Arjava Sensei are accredited by the Japanese Jikiden Reiki® Institute in Kyoto, Japan, and I will receive my certificate directly from Japan.
Jikiden Reiki® is a simple form of energy healing from Japan known as “Shinshin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho” which translates as “Usui treatment for the improvement of body and mind.” Jikiden Reiki® is the original teaching of Reiki presented with credibility and clarity.
Jikiden is entirely free of Western influence. Its roots go back almost to the discovery of Reiki itself. It differs from “Western” style Reiki in approach, attitude and ideas. I will experience Reiki in its original beauty and simplicity.
This is a rare opportunity for me to study with someone so closely related to the culture and ideas that Reiki is steeped in and I am very excited about it especially on the ways it can assist in healing various traumas associated with abuse.
This training is just one more notch to help me on my path to help find long term healing solutions to abuse so a survivor no longer has to become a statistic.
As a result of the recommendation of one of my students, I created a GoFundMe account to help make help make my dream a reality. I can not express the level of gratitude and appreciation I have for all those who contributed to the campaign as I am experiencing incredible healing like I have never experienced before.
Shoden and Okuden Jikden Reiki Training
PHOTO: Yohei Yamaguchi, Laura Joseph, Frank “Arjava” Petter
2015 Doce, Norwalk, CT
AFTER JIKIDEN REIKI TRAINING AND THE EXPERIMENT:
Well after I left Connecticut after studying Shoden and Okuden in May of 2015 with amazing teachers, with Arjava Sensei and Yohei Yamaguchi, from the Jikiden Reiki® Institute, Koyoto Japan, I decided to try an experiment.
BEFORE CT:
Just prior to coming to Connecticut, I had taught a Reiki level 1 class using the materials provided by William Lee Rand.
While cleaning up and removing the blanket off of the exam table a corner had gotten caught and ricocheted back jamming my leg into the corner of the table causing a small hematoma.
AFTER CT:
One thing I noticed all week is that the bruise never healed and actually looked a little worse …. So after the last day of class, which happened to be exactly 8 days after the initial bruise with no change, I decided to try the experiment.
I figured what the heck, I’ll be sitting in a car for three and a half hours or more driving back. So I administered Jikiden Reiki® on my leg with my left hand while driving on half of the bruise.
THE RESULTS:
The side I did reiki on it cleared 80% by the time I arrived and unpacked the car (approx 5hrs) with clear finger print marks in it and completely in that side within 12hrs. Now, just to remind you, I have been a practicing reiki professional for over 9 years now. This result even completely dumbfounded me.
The side I did NOT do reiki is finally starting to heal after 2 weeks and finally cleared up at a month. I find it so incredible and love the healing power of reiki.
What amazed me was this was “just a bruise”. What could be the results when applied to cancer, infections, insomnia, anxiety, trauma, surgery, etc?
SINCE MY JIKIDEN REIKI® TRAINING:
I am amazed at how Spirit works every time and the Universal energies of healing. Just in the short time I have trained I have bared witness to other instances such as:
A 6 mo post-op cancer patient going from non-healing and facing more invasive procedures to wound healing and reversal of original medical plans.
severe chronic eczema with numerous doctors and unclear diagnosis for years with no relief to an 85% improvement for the first time in years just after one treatment.
and finally here is what another reiki practitioner had to say after a Jikiden reiki treatment who had serious sleep issues, fibromyalgia, and other health complications “WOW, that was a powerful session of Jikiden Reiki with Laura Joseph yesterday! Slept like a baby last night for about 10 hrs. last night! Feel great today! Thank you, Laura (grin emoticon) xxx”
My goal will be to eventually provide clear evidential case studies of the value and benefits of Jikiden Reiki® with a qualified professional.
I can not wait to see what lies ahead.
“If everyone knew they had the power to heal themselves, they could change the world and how we view medicine.” – Laura Joseph, RMA, RMT, BFA
Curious about Jikiden Reiki®? I am currently offering 60/90/120min Jikiden Reiki® treatments in my Hingham, MA office. Please email me or call 857-880-0365to schedule an appointment.
“Buddha Time”
2015 Laura Joseph, RMA, RMT, BFA
THE OPPORTUNITY … WHY DONATE:
If you would like to assist in helping me continue my Jikiden Reiki® Path or to read more about my journey, please visit my GoFundMe account to help make help make my dream a reality.
My goal is to continue my training with Arjava and attend the 2016 Jikiden World Congress event and training in October of 2016.
Any amount you can give is greatly appreciated and will help me attend the necessary training. I am so looking forward to growing in my Reiki practice and incorporating what I learned into my sessions and classes, but especially to help me continue my passions in the abuse community and to help continuing establish reiki as a viable healing modality to heal traumas associated with abuse.
“Today is Friday. As we move throughout the day, don’t forget to be kind to yourself. Energies have been quite intense lately. There’s been a lot of drastic and some very hard energetic shifts that has affected Mother Earth and everything in us and around us. We hear your cries. We hear your pleas. We are letting you know we are here to help. All you have to do is ask. Be open to receive. Then listen and be patient as we help you work through the sit…uation. In the meantime, it is important to be mindful of your internal dialog. So many say such dreadful things to self you would never say to another. Please stop. Be gentle and kind with yourself as we help you and guide you through these waves of change.”
A gift from spirit sent to you with light and love,
This is a great little collage of dialogue with some the world’s leading spiritual teachers on Oprah. The exercises described and presented are brief but quite powerful. Change your life through soul healing.
The past couple weeks have been nuts say the least. Do you agree? There have been many blessings, but many catastrophic tragedies here in the United States and abroad.
Like many of you I have felt a huge sense of emotional fluxuations over the atrocities we have been hearing about all over the world. Spirit has compelled me to share the peace and healing with as many people as I can reach here, in person, or social media to create positive ripples of prayer, faith, and healing. Hope you will join me in promoting healing.
I started yesterday morning sending great healing to mother earth after hearing the catastrophic earthquake and aftershocks in Nepal …. The chaos currently happening is devastating to say the least to so many and to have so many in short period of time is a sign to pay attention.
There is lots of activity in the Pacific with the devastating earthquake in Nepal …
The catastrophic storms the ripped through Australia …
The continuation of violence here in the United States and across the globe, but especially Baltimore, Maryland right now…. Baltimore is crying out and many people are in pain. Violence does not and has not solved any conflicts. Never has and never will. Only peace can.
This is not to mention the new massive cauldron building under Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming that is 11x the size of the previous discovery. If Yellowstone blows, we are all in a lot of trouble. Do you realize that?
We are being sent messages from the Universe to extremes. Have you been listening or have you been making excuses as to why you can not do something? If you have been following my posts, you will know what I have been speaking of.
Photo and Design: Laura Healing With Spirit
Questions to ask yourself
Are you following your soulful path?
If you have been praying and asking for help, are you opening yourself up to receive?
Are you reacting to current events with peace in your heart or anger and rage? This can not be peace in one area and anger in another as each of these are lessons for us to learn.
Are you mindful of your actions and reactions?
Have you let go of people, situations, and things that no longer serve you for your highest and best? aka those so called energy vampires.
Are you paying attention to yourself, inner workings, and your surroundings?
We ALL need to stop and think about how we either show our Mother Earth love or do we abuse her. I keep feeling a lot of what’s happening in the Pacific has a lot to do with her being upset at all the nuclear waste from Fukushima that is poisoning our oceans, sea life and everything else it comes in contact with not to mention our continuation as a species to abuse her and each other as well as all the other atrocities …. Some may call this the beginning of the end of the world. Others say it is Armageddon. I say it is a wake up call for us to choose how we are going to evolve.
Many have lost faith and their path. I discuss this to some degree in my last post in Spirituality and Your Health where I discuss my experiences after the Boston Marathon bombing. At that time of the Marathon bombing, I was teaching medical classes at a local college near the Marathon finish line. Classes were cancelled that day because of the marathon. I wrote about my experiences of that tragic day and the subsequent events that followed. My journey Boston Strong was quite a spiritual one with many revelations.
We hear so many times about the power of prayer and healing, and many of us I believe sometime doubt how powerful it really is. Well I can attest to you the overwhelming feeling I was experiencing at the growing memorial site was just that. I wish everyone could have felt and experienced the immense love, prayers, healing, and unity on a global scale at the newly developing and growing memorial site that I experienced that day. Words
cannot describe it. It can only be felt.
So I ask you to PLEASE be more mindful of your choices, thoughts, decisions, prayers. We are ALL in this together. None of us are immune. We all know what it feels like when another person or situation takes takes takes from us to point we are depleted and energetically exhausted.
Just like we’ve been undergoing lots of changes, so has Mother Earth. Let’s show Mother Earth we are united together to heal her, and we will no longer abuse her nor each other. Let’s help her transition more smoothly than what she has been showing us lately.
Can I please ask we send our Mother Earth healing, ask for prayers for healing, and begin with ourselves? #Peace peace peace … I pray for peace and it starts with me. It’s an internal job creating peaceful ripples of love outward and onward into the world and the Universe.
PRAYER FOR THE DAY: “Infinite God of love and light, our country and our planet is in crisis. Many of your children are currently going through a healing crisis at this current time and are in desperate need of your divine help. So many of your children are confused and blinded by greed, self interests, and conflict.
We desperately need your guidance now more than ever to help us see what is needed to create peace, balance, ad liberty for all life on Earth. Help us find the path to work together instead of conflict in order to find the solutions we need for all life.
Please send the necessary Angels, Ascended Masters, Guides and whatever reinforcements needed to assist us in this matter. Please shower us and bathe us with love and healing light. Help us see and acknowledge the necessary changes needed to restore our world. May all the healers and lightworkers unite together sending healing energy throughout the world that is so strong it pulverizes any dis-ease, evil, and negativity in its path.
We ask you to invoke the violet flame to permeate every cell, molecule, and spaces in between in through and around us beginning with us and expanding the healing light outwards encompassing our Mother Earth transmuting all misguided energies. We ask of this with much gratitude and love. Thank you Great Spirit for your assistance in this matter. Have a blessed day.” – Laura Healing With Spirit
Please share this post and let the peace and healing spread far and wide. Namaste. As always, I would love to hear about your experiences. Please leave your feedback as it helps me help you. Have a blessed day.
Laura Healing With Spirit,
Spiritual Medium, Public Speaker, and Teacher
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