What do you bring to bed?

 First I want to say that the art on this page was done by one of my favorite artists, her name is Julia Watkins and she does incredibly beautiful work!

The great thing about her work is that she incorporates the movement of energy around her subjects and allows us to see what we are mostly unable to see with the naked eye, no pun intended.

The artwork below here really shows how the energetic fields of ourselves and our lovers become

intertwined and surround and move through us together.

 

Imagine then how important it is to keep your personal energy field as pristine as possible.

In our field of energy all things about us exist.

How we think about ourselves, our issues, our hopes and fears,

our joys and our angers.

If we judge, love, tolerate, wonder, or obsess about our partner, it 

is absolutely right there in our energy field.

For that matter anything that affects us lives within this subtle energy field and it can pollute

not only our personal energy field but also that of our partner.

The way to work with this is to have a daily practice that keeps you as energetically

healthy as possible.

That means eating foods that are healthy and life affirming like fruits and vegetables.

This also means not judging ourselves for what we eat,

or if we make a mistake in healthy choices.

It means doing your personal work and not being lazy.

  

It is far to easy to put off until tomorrow what we can do today.  

If depression, sadness, pain, fatigue, and bad attitude plague you

it is probably time to get real about your energy and your life style.

If you care for your partner and your relationship

this is just as necessary as brushing your teeth or changing the oil in your car.

The drawing below is just another example of how our energy fields affect one another.

Becoming physically intimate is an important step in a relationship and deserves just as much fore thought and time as deciding what new television or car to buy.

Being intimate with someone that you love is a gift, it is a mixing of your energy and their energy.

If we bring our bad day, argument with a boss, misunderstanding of a friend, or stress of

our family into this Holy and intimate experience we are in essence dumping our garbage in our partners energy field.

Before you argue with me just think back to the last time things were difficult and you chose to make love to your partner... you probably felt great, nice and relaxed... maybe even drifted off to sleep.

And most likely your partner was not thrilled with the experience, may have felt poorly, and most possibly could not easily fall asleep, and even more sad; it might be that your partner walked away

with the feeling that something was wrong, but just could not put their finger on it.

It is our responsibility as sexual beings to put our partners before us and do our best to make sure that we are bringing loving, healthy, juicy thoughts and energy to them before we make love to them.

Face it,

We have enough drama and pain in the world,

why bring it home to the people we love the most?

Do your Reiki,

Meditation,

Prayer,

Chanting, 

Yoga,

Exercise,

And loving from a healthy persepctive...

I'm sure that your partner will notice!

 

Reiki reminding me of my good!

Off and on this week I have found myself day dreaming about the west coast where I grew up and lived over half of my life, so far.

I found some sadness as I miss being in the forests with the trees, the coolness of the air, 

the grayness of the days

the majesty of my favorite mountain Mt Rainier.

The photo above is whales head beach in Oregon... 

I used to enjoy time there as often as I could.

I am such a different person now than I was then.

My children all grown up and moving

along nicely in their lives, beginning their adventures on their own.

I have become more sure of myself and more

at ease with who I have become...

And I realize that if I allow myself to stay in reverie about that past life of mine; I could

spiral into what if's and what could have beens,

which in no way serves my light and life in this

now, so I gently remind myself that today is the day that is most important and

I endeavor to return to my center.

I have had the incredible opportunity today to include a yoga practice 

with an online church service that gives me a great deal of peace and

shores up my inner strength and being-ness.

As I sat in meditation, people that I love came to me,

and I sent joyful Reiki to them...

not to heal them from their lives, or to take away

their pain, or interfere in some way with a judgement about how and what they need...

It was a simple offering of my love laced with Reiki energy for their good,

and in truth only they will know how that

will unfold.

I am ever humbled by the lessons that Reiki brings to my feet.

Reiki reminds me of presence

Reiki reminds me of allowing the flow of all things

Reiki reminds me of comfort

Reiki reminds me of peace

Reiki reminds me of my particular place in our world

And most of all

Reiki teaches me the incredible truth that my past present and future are one, 

I have not lost loves or family members,

I am always connected to my good 

and I am always guided by a gentle and profound source

of light that eternally connects me to all that I love, have loved, or will love....

Knowing that means that I know the West coast is only a breath away

and I have lost nothing.

ALL is well!

Within

me.

Namaste!

I am learning

I am learning.

Isn't that a precious gift? 

Learning never ceases and no matter where you find yourself there are many lessons, many opportunities.

As I take a breath here I find myself glad to be where I am now, the past 6 years have been 

rather difficult.

I am learning.

At the surface of the lessons I have picked up the last few years I have learned that

I certainly can live through a loved ones suicide attempts.

I have learned that no matter what a parent wishes for a child...

ultimately their life is theirs and that is exactly how things 

were made to happen.

I can function even with severe physical pain.

That even in the most heinous of circumstances, forgiveness gives life

and healing to families that many people never thought

could happen.

Yes I am learning.

I have also learned that Reiki Masters have their own issues!

Who knew?

I have discovered that one of my blind spots was my own health.

I was operating upon the false assumption that a daily Reiki practice would and SHOULD

fix any ill.

I falsely held the belief that if I do enough good then I wont ever suffer and I won't ever get sick, and my life will somehow be magically easy.

Guess what I learned!

I learned that even a Reiki Master can be diagnosed with fibromyalgia, tachycardia, anemia, and have a diabetes scare.

Yup.

It does indeed happen.

In my fervent and passionate need to save the universe, run a business, make ends meet, heal my child,  get my kids graduated from highschool, be a mom,

be a kind and loving partner, hold a space of safety and grace for my clients and students,

 work a 40 hour work week, be a positive mentor,

live my talk....

I somehow left me out of the equation

even though I believed I was fully 100%

in said equation...

Well I have never been a math wiz!

I learned about pain

I learned about limitation of body and mind

I learned about loss of partners

I learned about checking out of life and using medications

I learned about the victim archetype

I learned about focus

I learned about allowing love into my heart

I learned about finding the light within people that forget their own light, and to feel okay even when they seem to prefer not to feel or see or experience their own light

I learned to seek my own light

I learned that EGO can be as positive a healing force as it can be destructive.

I learned that a diagnosis is not who I am,

 

And I learned that no matter how many times I seem to be knocked to the ground

I still have faith and trust in God, Spirit, and the quiet and passionate good of the 

Universe.

I have learned a great deal these past few years and that the wisdom of the Universe is indeed

guiding my life whether my definition of success happens or not.

I have also learned from the wisdom that is embedded

deep in the cells of my being.

For a moment,

I simply forgot, 

you know...

I forgot that 

my good is at my own fingertips

I forgot that 

my hands heal others

and in that truth

my own hands

are indeed 

a

source of relief and a haven of peace

for me!

I forgot that I 

am a healer of me

I forgot that I am a source of

light on the planet,

I forgot that

I too

am just as

precious

as any child, family member, friend, or client.

And now 

I remember!

I remember to choose me

and as I do

things fall

simply into place.

Mostly...

I love that I am raising my head again

to shine my light

and to be a positive

presence on 

this planet everyday

wherever I am.

Healing is not something that exists outside of any experience

and Reiki is an incredibly useful tool

in personal healing, even if

we consider healing to be the complete annihilation of disease,

we will often find that

healing is also the allowing of what is,

and the granting of peace

in the midst of the thing

that seems to be less

that peaceful, even in the midst of the thing

we may judge as evil, terrible, and unwholesome to our life.

The very thing that seems to steal our peace like a thief in the night.

Remaining in the center of 

my being is what gives me peace...

and it is what I am meant to learn

by the offering of chaos in my life.

No one ever told me that someday I would have a simple life, 

an easy life filled with nothing but bliss...

I thought if I was a good girl I would find that

just like a fairytale.

Who we are in each moment is a testament

to our faith, our love, and our connection

to eachother...

my actions define me far more than my words do.

I am a healer of me,

I am a shiner of light,

I remember my love of God

therefore

I remember my love of me,

and my love of you!

Happy Reiki Dreams and Love!

Namaste