Reiki in the Valley

09/18/2025

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09/18/2023

H O M E O S T A S I S //

You can eat all the kale🥬 and run 🏃‍♀️5k a day to optimize health while living with fear and worry😟.
You can also eat a cheeseburger 🍔 post-meditation 🧘quite joyfully thank you! 😋
You get to pick and that's the adventure of the journey.
But none of us can't outrun, out-eat, out-meditate, or out-counsel imbalance.
Static balance is as much an impossibility as trying to balance on your bike when you're not peddling. Homeostasis requires our action and choices and the energy that creates. It requires copious amounts of patience and a whole lot of grace that we won't get it perfect (we're not supposed to). It requires community to learn from and lean on. And it requires loving attention to the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual because they're all connected. It's in the moments of imbalance (illness, emotional breakdown, mental fatigue, and spiritual questioning) that we get to see how connected it all is. How what we feel and think affects us physiologically, and conversely how our physical health impacts us emotionally and mentally. So how do we deal with all these variables happening at the same time? The journey is exhausting and unending. Do we ever reach homeostasis? We do, in moments, small powerful moments born of intention and action. Progress, not perfection, as they say.
Keep pedaling friends. I'm pedaling too 🚲❤️

08/31/2023

S A F E S P A C E S //

1000% yes to this! I've said it before. Proclaiming a space to be safe, doesn't make it so. Safe spaces are cultivated & curated. They are informed, protected, & clean (literally & energetically). They are birthed from the Work. Of learning, listening, testing & adjusting. Holding space for your growth as the giver & their needs as the receiver.

How does someone discern if a space is safe? It may not be easy to trust your intuition when you're hurting or seeking. But you can look at actions & interactions, because they reflect character & integrity. Actions always speak louder than words. Reputation is not marketing & perception. Outwards shows of success. It's word of mouth, community stories, & how they've treated others.

So next time you consider a service, session or retreat, look at whether it's a safe space. It's a privilege for others to have your trust (& your money). Believe that you are worthy of that. ❤️🙏

08/17/2023

B O U N D A R I E S //

Love this! 'My plate is as full as I'd like it.' It illustrates an equal balance of respect for oneself and for the asker. Allotting the necessary space to maintain your balance and quality of output, while not taking on extra, which would not receive the fullness of your efforts. No apologizing, no guilt, just a healthy boundary. It's self-love and mutual respect at the same time. And it's just damn smart at work and in your personal life!

06/30/2023

I acknowledge the Anishinaabe Algonquin People whose traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory that I work and live on. 

I am grateful to live in this country, Canada, as we approach its birthday. Yet my throat chokes and eyes fill as I acknowledge how this country was created - of lands that were taken, children stolen, and generations of systemic racism. Though I cannot go back to change it, I can live in reverence and appreciation for these lands and its caretakers. I can walk in ways to heal hearts and trauma, learn and listen, work against the colonial systems that exist and still cause harm, and pray for peace for all.

06/05/2023

The actual quote from Brene Brown is that it lives in 'the muscle.' Her quote is based on an ancient saying from the Asaro tribe in Papua New Guinea, which says it lives in 'the bones.' suggesting that the truth must be so deeply rooted within us that it affects us from the inside out.

Maya Angelou once said 'when you know better, you do better', and while I love that sentiment, I know it's not as simple as that. You CAN know better and still repeat the pattern like on automatic pilot. We shift patterns when we embody truth and knowledge, into our muscles, our bones...our body.

06/02/2023

I grew up assuming people were good, then become hurt when they turned out not to be. Maybe it was naive or innocent, or maybe I didn't want negativity to give me a cynical heart. But as I've grown, I've come to appreciate that seeing people as 'Good' or 'Bad' is unfair. Good & bad are subjective moving targets, & most often they are temporary states of being. What is more important to me now is what is REAL in people. We've seen 'good' co-opted as an identity to mask all the 'not good' they do. They are the bullies at recess who are praised by teachers for their manners in class. They are the business owners who have an attractive customer-facing presence but don't do right by them behind the scenes. Or the customer who shoplifts & justifies it by the business success, then volunteers at church. On the world stage 'good' is defined by a wide spectrum of opinions & religious beliefs, often weaponized against vulnerable people. 'Good' as an identity too often justifies sh*tty behaviour (if you've ever said to yourself 'but I'm a good person' perhaps check in with yourself).
But 'Real'...doesn't worry about hiding anything. Real is authentic, transparent, & very often willing to listen & learn. Real has done the work. Real knows when they've been sh*tty & when they've been good (and they don't wear either like a badge).

I can deal with an assh*ole anyday if they are being really true to who they are. I may not like their approach, but I know what I can expect from them. But someone who shakes your hand & smiles then stabs you in the back behind closed doors while maintaining a 'good' image...nope, those folks are not for me.

So, do I believe there is 'real' good in this world? Absolutely. Do I believe there is 'real' bad in this world? Yep, it exists (in fact it has to for illuminating what's really good). Do I still give folks the benefit of the doubt? Sure.
But actions speak louder than words. Show up real & you'll have the respect of many. Anyway, those are my random thoughts from the universe today.
Keep it real friends ❤️✌️☮️

05/23/2023

H E A R T F U L L //

There is nothing like post reiki feels. Your heart filled with gratitude for the beauty of reiki energy and an overflowing sense of connectness with the special people who place their trust in your hands. It is something sacred and I'll never take it for granted. Thank you for the honour to introduce reiki as a first-timer, and the privilege of continuing with it as part of your care and growth.

10/09/2022

Beautiful story of how reiki helps.

05/16/2022

Living your truth often means disappointing the expectations of others. That’s okay. Let them come to expect someone different, someone transformed. Let them come to expect your fierce commitment to being real. Let them come to expect your inability to compromise yourself for the benefit of those who are more comfortable when you’re small. You don’t need to change yourself to meet the world’s expectations. The world will figure out a way to love you as you are. Or not. Either way, you’re free.

~ Scott Stabile [Artwork by Catrin Welz-Stein]

05/16/2022

Full Blood/Flower Moon & Lunar Eclipse. A good time to do a release exercise and meditation. If you have essential oils such as these, it will elevate the experience. Remember, what you focus on increases, therefore release the thoughts that are bonding you to the people, places and things that no longer serve the life you deserve.

03/29/2022

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Kind hearts are the gardens ,
Kind thoughts are the roots ,
Kind words are the flowers ,
Kind deeds are the fruits .
Take care of your garden
And keep out the weeds,
Fill it with sunshine,
Kind words, and Kind deeds ..

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~

Artist Jeannie Vodden