reiki

{Have you heard of Reiki before? Yeah I hadn't either... }

I meet Ali through our Rewards & Recognition committee and we have become close work friends. She is a Reiki master and is always telling me about the benefits of holistic healing. I've always been a strong believer in positive thinking and found her approach to having a mind/body connection very interesting. Being pregnant I've really gotten into yoga and meditation. Every night I stretch and try to feel in tune with my body's needs. I have also been thinking a lot about my friend Danielle and her frustrating adoption process. Since she has done acupuncture before I thought she would be interested in Reiki as a form of relaxing and distressing. After a little research we made a date out of it and loved trying something new!

Reiki= a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

We learned that our bodies have 7 Chakras or "energy centers" that each represent different areas in our life. When Ali held a pendulum over these different areas apparently its supposed to show if its out of balance or something and what areas she needed to focus on. Very new aged thinking. I strongly believe that our minds are way powerful and can heal our bodies so it was interesting to me.

We both had a very relaxing experience. If anything it was a good half hour for me to forgot about the outside world, take some deep breaths, and focus on me. I actually read an article that says it can make you feel connected to your baby... I didn't feel any connections but I did feel at peace. Ali said there was a lot of love surrounding me :) She could feel angels at my feet helping me with my balance. She also said that the whole time she got the impression that it was a BOY... we'll see if the Reiki master was right soon! Overall it was fun to experience something new... if I ever felt way stressed or had super bad anxiety I would do it again.

if any of my wisco friends are interested here is her website
healinghands-reiki.abmp.com/home