I am starting a new series on the blog titled Reiki Stories. These stories will be from kind souls who will share their personal experiences of healing through Reiki and energy healing. I am honored to work with these brave and generous individuals. It has been a tremendous honor to be apart of their healing.
My own story will start this series.
Did you know that elephants are known to mourn the loss of their family members who have passed on? It is really quite beautiful. On the passing of an elephant its family will go to her and stay with her, sometimes for days after she has passed. They will protect and watch over her till it is time to continue moving.
Some elephants are even known to do a small burial ceremony and cover the elephant with a shallow grave of soil and vegetation. They will continue to come back to this grave site for years to come and stay by them.
Elephants have been observed to show intense anger, distress, sadness, and depression after the passing of their loved family member. These animals know what it is like to feel such a loss.
Why did I start doing Reiki? Because I too lost someone who meant more to me than I’ve ever been able to put into words.
Meet my grandma, Meriden Foster. She passed away 3.5 years ago and with her passing I also lost a piece of my identity.
After her passing I had my faith and belief in my Heavenly Father and the knowledge that I would see her again. But everything else felt foreign to me. Love became hard to feel and express. Anxiety and fear ruled my days. I was consumed by my grief.
Like the elephants I wanted to stay by her side and I cried for weeks after her funeral. Time passed and I began to feel numb. I remember shutting off my heart, like placing a vault around it.
A year later, I still was struggling. That is when I found emotional release therapy which lead me to Reiki. I felt immediate peace when I was studying Reiki and knew this was what I had been pleading for my Heavenly Father to put in my path.
Reiki helped me to feel love. I’m talking real love, like the love the Grinch Grinch felt at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I could feel my heart growing. And I was able to turn those painful memories and emotions over to Christ and let Him carry the burden.
Through balancing my energy, Reiki allowed me to see who I truly am, helped me understand the purpose I am meant to serve on this earth and helped me feel God’s love for me in abundance.
To answer my question: I started Reiki to heal the pieces of me that were numb, to feel peace again and to not live in constant fear.
And that is why I now have my own Reiki business. I want others to know peace. I want them to feel joy EVERY SINGLE DAY. I want others to know, to really know that they are loved by God and that pain in any form is temporary.
With love,
Talesha