I stumbled upon this photo while looking for something else in my archives. This is me in 2017 receiving my Reiki Master Level certificate.
I had completed Level I + II in the first half of 2013. After my final Level II initiation, my teacher leaned back on the table in front of me and asked what I wanted to do with Reiki. I said, “I think I want to dedicate my life to it.” She said, “Good, because you are called to.”
The next few years I would practice on myself every day and practice on others whenever I could. In 2016 I would leave the cubicle life and start seeing clients for the first time on my own.
I had no intention to take the Master Level unless it really called to me. It is the level that one takes when they are ready to teach. And they say at that point you must see everything as energy.
During the fall of 2017 I felt like I was receiving the call from my guides. Within days a friend of mine said she saw my teacher. My teacher had asked my friend if I had thought about taking the Master Level. I knew then it was time. The one training she has each year just so happened to align with a trip back home I had at the same time. This is when it is silly to say no to the Universe, when all the lights are green.
At the end of the training we took a photo and my teacher was surprised by the glow over my head. We were in a windowless room and she used no flash. Who knows what it was, but of course it felt like a good omen.
It’s been a long, strange journey since then. I didn’t start teaching until about a year later, I didn’t feel ready. I wanted to hone my craft more.
When we finally did it was pure magic and it hasn’t stopped since.
This year I plan to deepen my experience with additional trainings by some great teachers. People I admire and want to be like. I feel grateful.
I also know the journey of learning and growing is never ending. One of my main intentions for 2022 is “listening.” Maybe I should add humble in front of listening.
I know a lot, but in that I realize how little too. I want to learn and grow and support and serve. Humbly. With humility and grace.