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Twenty Years with Reiki

Martin
Martin, with Olga Sampson and Wanja Twan in Kaslo, BC, Canada
Martin, with Olga Sampson and Wanja Twan in Kaslo, BC, Canada

This month I celebrate twenty years with reiki! It is quite unbelievable looking back to when I first learnt reiki in Melbourne, to where I am today. At that time I had been travelling through Asia and had a one-year working visa, for stay in Australia. I’d left England thinking I’d find the answers to life and in many ways I did, but not what I expected. I thought a good woman was my salvation and I met a few of those; but leaning reiki was the real gift of all that searching. At that time I was still controlled by addiction, so life wasn’t straightforward, things had to get a lot worse before they improved! But improved they have, beyond my expectations and with the constant presence of reiki.

Throughout the years I’ve had regular contact with other reiki people, with personal friendships developing through share groups and retreats. All have made life that bit more fun and meaningful.

For a long time I kept my practice of reiki more personal, with occasional treatments for close friends, family and pets. I was able to bring some comfort to my mother, who suffered with chronic arthritis. She used to like reiki for her feet, after which the pain with walking was eased. My old pet dog was a pedigree who lived 17 years; 12 years is considered a good age for a dachshund – I wonder how reiki contributed to his long life?

The last couple of years I’ve followed a yearning to open up and share more reiki; this has manifest in practicing reiki for a living.

Over a year ago, I met Olga at her North London reiki share. Through our meeting, we’ve developed a relationship and we are both very happy, together. Last autumn we travelled to Canada for an adventure staying with friends for two months of reiki, Native American ceremonies, BC wildlife and Wanja’s stories. Near the end, I was initiated a reiki master by Anneli Twan, enabling me to teach others!

In December I was honored to initiate my brother and soon after, a long-term client with reiki level one.

Life isn’t always easy, as I thought I was choosing 20 years ago, but today I feel alive. I often wake up and feel I have an adventure ahead of me: what will this day bring? I have a good life today and all the more enriched with reiki……enriched with love.

Reiki Share

A special reiki share

Martin
The gathering at Olga's
The gathering at Olga’s

Continuing on from previous years, Olga Sampson organised this months reiki share on the same day as Wanja Twan’s birthday. As part of the share, the group of us sent distant healing to Wanja; I’d spoken with her the previous evening and knowing many people from across the globe were also sending, she said she’d be taking a lie down at that time.

Wanja was made a reiki master by Hawayo Takata during the autumn of 1979, since that time reiki has touched many lives, either directly or through her lineage. As soon as I started sending, I had images of the time I’d spent with Wanja last year and felt joy; it felt like a fitting way to give back a little.

Taking part in a regular reiki share has really helped me to develop and maintain a sense of community, with others who practice. I tend to go once a month and enjoy the connection with others; I get the chance to practice and receive a reiki treatment.

Reiki shares are typically held by masters for their students and those who are inquisitive and / or interested to learn. If you are interested to learn reiki or would like to attend a share, please contact Martin.

Reiki Tasters

Free Reiki Tasters at Ealing’s: ‘As Nature Intended’ Health Store

Martin

460923_519784128069772_807459105_oWhat is reiki? It’s one thing to define it as the universal life  energy; or to tell you how it’s done; or to say that it was discovered by a Buddhist monk in Japan; but all of that doesn’t tell you what reiki is on a personal level.

My experience is that people need to feel the energy of reiki for themselves, to ‘know’ what it is. When people ‘know’ reiki, more often than not, they have a treatment, others go on to learn it and are able to share healing with those close to them.

Knowing this I like to offer free tasters and have been doing so on a regular basis at the local health food store: As Nature Intended. If you would like to experience reiki and ‘know’ it for yourself, I am offering free tasters (5 – 10 minutes). Come and meet me in the Ealing Green store at: As Nature Intended,  17 – 21 High St, Ealing on Friday 19th of December from 3pm to 5pm. I look forward to meeting you……….

Martin

Reiki Tasters

Free Reiki Tasters at – As Nature Intended

Martin

460923_519784128069772_807459105_oWhat is reiki? It’s one thing to define it as the universal life  energy; or to tell you how it’s done; or to say that it was discovered by a Buddhist monk in Japan; but all of that doesn’t tell you what reiki is on a personal level.

My experience is that people need to feel the energy of reiki for themselves, to ‘know’ what it is. When people ‘know’ reiki, more often than not, they have a treatment, others go on to learn it and are able to share healing with those close to them.

Knowing this I like to offer free tasters and have been doing so on a regular basis at the local health food store: As Nature Intended. If you would like to experience reiki and ‘know’ it for yourself, I am offering free tasters (5 – 10 minutes). Come and meet me in the Ealing Green store at: As Nature Intended,  17 – 21 High St, Ealing on Tuesday 2nd of December from 3pm to 5pm. I look forward to meeting you……….

Martin