February 14, 2015
On a day when much of the world celebrates the joy of the human heart and our capacity to love, a recent morning provided me with an epiphany I am sharing with you for Valentine’s Day:
After a rather intense week of fighting off a cold, pushing forward on publishing my book, and connecting with the griefs, sorrows, angers and fears of an absolutely amazing community of Alzheimer’s caregivers, I finally managed to give myself a full Reiki treatment upon waking in the morning. Due to trying to fight off this cold as I prepare to fly to warmth and the love of my baby granddaughter on the west coast next week, I had been concentrating on my head, nose and throat in my morning Reiki sessions. This particular morning, as I worked my way through a full treatment and finally reached my heart, something amazing happened.
Reiki hands will always linger in the place they are needed most
As I began to give Reiki to my heart, a burden – block – something I didn’t even know was there – began to dissolve. My whole chest got lighter, and as I kept my hands upon my heart, the lightness spread – up through my throat, opening up and relaxing my whole neck, releasing the tension and pain in my throat (dissipating my sore throat) and moving upwards. My mouth relaxed and smiled all by itself, then my nose cleared, tension between my eyes that I had not felt let go and my ears cleared – all of which I did not realize were blocked. I cleared straight up through the top of my head and at the same time a deep sense of relaxation spread down the rest of my body to my toes.
So just perhaps this week I was heartsick –
the word popped right into my head – literally. Whatever the burdens I had been carrying, those of saying goodbye to Mom, grieving over the pains and burdens and cost of Alzheimer’s in our lives and the lives of others, pushing forward to get this written work of love published and out into the world hoping it will relieve the pain of others, and the excitement and anxiety over actually getting away successfully during this February of constant snow, had all combined to create a stuck, blocked, heartsick person. Me. Until I felt the release of the block, I had no knowledge that it was there. And what was my epiphany – that the cold in my head came from my heart! I have been told to trust where Reiki leads my hands because symptoms in one area may be eased by applying Reiki elsewhere. Our bodies are connected and reflect our inner being. Finding the true source of an illness and treating it brings healing. Just recently my clients have been experiencing this same truth, leaving the Reiki table telling me that a burden was lifted from them when I placed my hands over their hearts. Now I knew what they meant!
Which begs the question,
How much of the time do we walk around heartsick?
And; what makes us heartsick? Or; how do we know when we are heartsick? I don’t have the answers to these questions. They are many and varied as the hearts and souls we carry in us. I can tell you the sense of lightness is still with me. I am smiling now and realize I was not before. I am released and my cold is on the go – it feels like retreating clouds on the horizon with the sky clearing and the sun coming out. My chest is feeling stronger and clearer as the day goes on. And I keep smiling.
What I do know is that Reiki releases heartache and heals heartsickness.
And what I do know is that being heartsick is elemental to the human condition. We are a people of heart. If we did not love, we would not get heartsick. When that moment of heartsickness becomes lodged in our beings, Reiki will release us and allow us to move forward, regain our balance and brighten our outlook with hope and joy.
May your hearts be free and light and healed, fully able to be in the love of the universe, fully able to give and receive earthly love, this Valentine’s Day.
For a heart-healing Reiki Session, and to learn about crystals that will support you in the heart healing process, please contact me at:
HealingHands@CrystalReikiEnergy.com
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