with Cynthia Sebry
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1. Reiki teaches you how to self-heal so that on a daily basis you can balance your body, mind, spriit and physical body. A reiki course will empower you to take control of your own health and well-being.
2. So many are looking for direction and guidance in their life, but don’t know where to turn. If you feel like something may be missing from your life, then you will benefit from a Reiki class!
We all need spiritual fulfillment and connection to be truly happy and if we are lacking that connection, then really, we have nothing. Reiki will allow you to connect to your intuition and make the choices that are right for you.
3. Stress is a major factor in a range of illness and millions of work days are lost every year due to employee stress. Reiki can help you find inner peace and clarity.
4. Reiki dosn’t just relieve stress and help you relax – it can be used to work on physical and emotional conditions as well! Taking a Reiki class can really assist with stress, depression, injuries, fractures, surgery, arthritis and more!
5. A process called the “Attunement” is used to connect you to your higher self and help you to know you self on a more intimate level. Reiki shows you who you really are and opens up your mind to the things that you need and in this life.
6. Do you sometimes feel like you are taking, taking and never giving? Reiki will assist you in helping others in a soul satisfying way and there is nothing like being able to offer a healing gift to someone in need.
7. Learning Reiki will help you see others as they really are. We often give others the benefit of doubt, even if deep down we do not really trust who they are. Learning Reiki can make you feel like you’e lived in darkness and suddenly, the “light” has been turned on!
8. We all accumulate emotional trauma in our lives and so many think that by just burying these traumas, they have dealt with “it”. Emotional trauma leave negative energies in our body and if this energy is not released, this may hold us back from shinning our light in the world, or worse yet, manifest into a serious illness.
9. Many of us get trapped is a circle that follows the same unhealthy lifestyle patterns and habits over their lifetime. Despite many attempts to change these behaviors, many are bogged down by their life and are unmotivated to make the changes needed. Reiki can change the way you look at life and deal with situations. Suddenly it doesn’t seem so difficult to make the decisions we need to make, they just naturally occur when they need to!
10. Everyone longs for happiness…very few actually achieve it though. The founder of Reiki, Dr. Mikao Usui said that Reiki is the “Art of Inviting Happiness”.
True happiness comes from being connected to your intuition or higher self and following your true journey on this earth. Without that bond, the soul suffers.
Ahh…Morning Rituals
Every morning, we see renewal and rebirth. This is the perfect time of day to connect and centre yourself, set intentions, express gratitude for all we have and step fully into your feminine divine self.
Each morning what we did or didn’t do and say the day before can all be left behind us. It is a brand new day! A Morning Ritual is a wonderful way to face the new day ahead of us and go forth relaxed and feeling great!
You can build your Morning Ritual with whatever purpose you feel that is most empowering in your life. Here are some exercises and ideas that may assist you to be in charge of your day.
Decide how you want to feel and what you want to accomplish. You can do this with your daily health, your daily work productivity, shopping—practically anything you want to come out as a success. Set your intent to have your day filled with love, joy and happiness. Trust your intuition, find the good in things. Be grateful. What will your intention be today?
I found this definition on setting intentions from About.com: ―A working definition for intention is: “to have in mind a purpose or plan, to direct the mind, to aim.” Lacking intention, we sometimes stray without meaning or direction. But with it, all the forces of the universe can align to make even the most impossible, possible. My intention is to transform the conversation around dreams from fear and doubt, to hope and possibility, followed by action and results.”
As we go about our daily lives, events are created both consciously and subconsciously, the trick here is to create our circumstances consciously.
The way to do this is to consistently Ground yourself.
Start by concentrating on your breath. Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth, slowly and deeply three times.
Now, imagine yourself an ancient spreading tree and feel roots emerge from the bottoms of your feet, growing into the ground. The roots move deeper into the Earth until they reach the core of our mother earth, where your roots will wrap around a beautiful earth crystal. Sit with this beautiful earth energy for a few nice deep breaths and thank Mother Earth for all she does for us, from the water we drink to the air we breathe, give thanks. Then draw in this beautiful Earth energy up through your roots like a straw and into your feet, up through your legs, as the trunk of this tall and wise tree, and bring the energy through every part of your body. Continue to draw the beautiful Earth energy ever upward through your neck and head, out your crown, and beyond your physical body.
Then feel branches begin, spreading like arms up and outward from your trunk, dividing into smaller and smaller branches and twigs. The twigs unfurl green leaves and golden, soft petaled flowers. Feel the flowers first as buds, then opening wider and fuller until the over full petals fall from the branches to the ground. Follow the rain of golden petals back to the Earth, where their essence sinks through the surface to the planet’s core. They become one again with the center of our Mother Earth – do this three times.
(Always end the meditation back at the center of the Earth. Return to the present slowly, stretch and move a bit, be fully present before getting up.)
This method is simply the method of shielding that I use in conjunction with centering and grounding. There are, as with everything else, other methods or visualizations that different people use.
Take that energy that is flowing up through your body and out of the top of your head, and feel it coming down around your body surrounding you. Imagine this bubble as an impenetrable shield, which deflects and carries away energies coming from outside it. And remember, that this indestructible, protective energy is also flowing through you and filling you, and carrying away any unwanted influences, while empowering the influence within yourself that you desire.
The point, again, is not to make what you do match what everyone else does, unless that’s the way that works best for you. The important thing is to become used to calling up and directing the feeling of being shielded and protected. Any of these visualizations are simply your way of symbolizing to yourself the nature of your shield, and the act of forming one, to give yourself the necessary kind of connection to make it real for you.
Once the shield is in place, some people like to imagine the energy that is flowing out the top of their heads returning to flow back up through their feet, and “pinching off” from the earth, so that it is like a closed system.
Again, with all of this, once you have practiced, you are likely to find that you can draw up the feeling of being shielded at will.
Leaving yourself with the idea of a constant energy flow moving through you can set your mind and will to feel like they are being abraded or washed out, or burnt up. Leaving up a shield, constantly, can leave you mentally closed off from the world around you. I don’t believe there’s any major harm in remaining centered, but sometimes it is the things which throw us off balance which propel us forward in life.
Cynthia Sebry owns and operates in Lacombe, Alberta.
www.essentialenergyhealing.ca
cynthia@essentialenergyhealing.ca or call 403-391-4117 for further information.
Essential Energy Healing is a wholistic approach to regaining and enjoying a life of natural good health and wellness for your mind, body and spirit through Reiki, Massage and detoxing your body. I invite you to stop in a for a Reiki session, Indian Head Massage, Essential Oil or Chakra Massage and let yourself be transported to a place of pure bliss…a combination of Reiki and Head massage, well you just have to try it to believe it!
Our Detox Therapy with the Ion Cleanse Footbath and Chi Machine will help to unload unwanted and unwelcome toxins from your body. It will help you feel lighter and more energetic as well as see immediate and progressive results.
10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” – Ben Franklin, famously
“Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin …” – Mark Twain
Post written by Leo Babauta.
Now, let me first say that if you are a night owl, and that works for you, I think that’s great. There’s no reason to change, especially if you’re happy with it. But for me, switching from being a night owl to an early riser (and yes, it is possible) has been a godsend. It has helped me in so many ways that I’d never go back. Here are just a few:
How to Become an Early Riser
In the hustle and bustle of our ever busier lives, meditation can be a calm refuge from the chaos of the outer world and more importantly the inner world. With the growing science and understanding of the body-mind connection we are now aware that stress is mind made. Yes, mind made! Think about it. What stresses out one person may not stress out another. What makes the difference is how each person thinks and feels about it. The good news is this, if we create stress in our over busy minds, then all we need do is slow down our mind, and we slow down or release our stress.
Teachers like Eckart Tolle remind us there are many different ways to practice a meditative state of mind, sitting, walking, drinking and eating to name a few. Anyone can learn how to meditate. The challenge is to be in the practice for what is not some spiritually unobtainable nirvana or non-thought. All meditation is a form of awareness practice which, simply put, means being aware of and choosing where you are directing your attention. Focusing on all the obligations, deadlines, chaos and problems of your day creates stress mentally, emotionally and physically. A simple meditation practice of tens minutes once or twice a day can beneficially lower blood pressure, reduce muscle tension and headaches, increase seratonin and uplift mood and behaviour, reduce acidic and arthritic conditions, improve memory and concentration, reduce anxiety attacks and more. Is it worth it? You bet. Practise and discover the answers for yourself as millions of other supporters have.
If we could all learn to quiet our minds and pay better attention to the messages the body sends we may avoid a lot of health crisis or complications. Just to take the time to sit quietly within yourself, with nothing to do bus be aware, to witness your thoughts, follow your breath, drift into the silence behind the sounds, ride on the wave of the wind or absorb the scent of a flower, is what it’s all about. Once you get into a consistent practice, positive results will be present in all areas of your life but most importantly, the relationship you embrace with yourself. The feelings of calm, pride and confidence that come from the disciplined practice (which is keeping your word to yourself), cannot be understated or understood until you experience it yourself. Imagine the rewards being calm, open, centred alert, focused and peaceful could bring to your life personally and professionally. Meditation practice is a breath of fresh air amidst the congestion of our stressful lives and the simplest way to meditate is to be with your breath.
Take a moment now, even as you read this and do what I call a stress check. Be aware of your brow. Now relax it. Relax your jaw and let your teeth part, swallow, drop your shoulders, relax your belly, let your hips and buttocks settle into the chair. Be aware of a slight sensation of energy or tingling inside your feet. You are feeling, sensing, if you will, the life force within your feet. Now gently become aware of your breathing. No need to control it, just be aware. Notice the gentle rhythm of your lungs as they expand and contract. Just witnessing, you will notice your breathing is nice and calm. If your mind wanders or thoughts get your attention, simple notice them and come back to following your breath. Come back again and follow your breath. You may want to count every exhale just to keep you focused. That is it. Just breathe.
There is nothing more important in this moment that you simply being. Can you do it? Can you give yourself the gift and opportunity to simply be? In time this simple practice can bring you closer to your Self and that will gift your life. Take the challenge. Find a style that suits you best. Commit to the practice and reap the rewards.
Combining Reiki and Drumming creates a sound pathway on which Reiki energy may travel into a person’s energy field. We connect directly with the Heart and the Mind of the Divine when we tap into the vibration of Reiki and drumming is also a way to align with the Divine, as has been experienced since ancient times, through native spiritual and shamanic healing practices.
Reiki drumming is a blending of healing traditions from the east and west, as well as ancient shamanistic ceremonial practices. Shamanic drumming, when combined with Reiki, becomes a powerful tool for awakening more fully to our Divine purpose here on earth.
Stress is everywhere and can cause serious physical problems. Some early warning signs of stress are: irritability, difficulty sleeping, and lack of energy & concentration, never enough time to get things done. Healing Drumming can help to release stress, tension and anxiety. It provides a deep state of relaxation. It improves mental clarity and increases your level of physical energy and mental concentration.
Drumming not only assists with physical health, but your emotional, mental and spiritual health are included in this process. Drum therapy can provide healing and make the changes needed to experience a healthier life on many levels.
This kind of healing takes place for those who are willing to accept it. It is important for us to remind ourselves that drum therapy has many applications. If we fully embrace its power, it can enhance and heal many areas of our lives.
Essential Energy Healing is now doing Reiki Drum Healings! Introductory price of $45.00 for the summer!
