Reiki Rose & Reflexology

12/19/2025

If you are supporting someone in grief, PLEASE LISTEN to this short reel.

“Everything’s changed.
Love them right where they are, now.”

12/19/2025

As the holidays fast approach (((((((breathe.e.e.e))))))).
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

Although the Nervous System is a very intelligent one (our body actually responds faster than our brains can think!!) and helps keep us safe from harm, it cannot tell the difference between real “lions” and metaphoric ones (deadlines, expectations of others and self, overdue bills, etc).

As we face our “lions”, the Sympathetic Nervous Response (the fight or flight or even freeze response) is turned “on” and the Parasympathetic Nervous Response (rest and relax aka rest and digest) is turned “off”.

In today’s world (especially this time of year), there are many “lions” and the nervous system very quickly responds in the same way it would if a real lion were ready to pounce!

Adrenaline secretion increases. The digestive system turns “off” (who needs that last meal and its nutrients if a lion is going to eat us!). Breathing speeds up. More oxygen is absorbed. Heart rate increases. More blood is pumped to the extremities. The body prepares to fight, or flight, for life and limb.

Optimally, the system switches back and forth between fight or flight (protection) and rest and relax (healing) to allow the body to maintain a state of homeostasis and equilibrium (balance).

However, when we are constantly worrying and fretting about the “lions”, the fight or flight switch remains turned “on”.

When we remain in the fight or flight mode, our body’s innate (natural) ability to heal can be disrupted.

DIS-ease can lead to Disease.

Mindfulness (being aware of our breath, our life force energy, being in the moment, being present) activates the Parasympathetic Nervous Response (the rest and relax aka rest and digest mode).

Practicing mindfulness helps bring peace of mind, reduce anxiety, relieve stress, improve sleep and concentration, etc.

Practicing Mindfulness improves overall mind, body spirit well-being.

With intention and practice we can become more present in our daily lives, and become more well.

I have attended the Mindfulness and Conscious Living Program offered by Dr Bill Cook at The Iris Center on Sunset Drive. I highly recommend him, his wife Wendy, and the program they facilitate. It is an 8 week program plus an orientation and personal consultation. No doctor referral is necessary, and Medicare I believe covers the cost.
Iris Center

There is also a Mindfulness program offered by (retired) Dr Shiona McIntosh at Brookside Wellness Center. Although I’ve not attended this 8 week program, I have attended mindfulness workshops facilitated by Shiona. If you’ve not yet checked out BWC and all it has to offer, from Mindfulness to Yoga and Reiki, it is so worth checking out.
Brookside Wellness Centre

“Mindfulness is the practice of paying full, non-judgmental attention to the present moment—your thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surroundings—without getting carried away by them. It's about observing experiences with open awareness, noticing them as they are, rather than reacting automatically or getting lost in past regrets or future worries, and it can be cultivated through meditation or everyday activities like savoring a cup of coffee.”

It is said we spend 40% of our time thinking about the past (the woulda, coulda, shoulda’s);

And 50% of our time thinking about the future (the what if’s, what and’s and then what’s);

Leaving 10% of our time being present in our life and the loves of others.

Some say 90% of our total thoughts are repetitive. The suggested number of thoughts ranges 6,000 - 70,000 a day. Regardless the number, the point is the majority of thoughts each day are repeated thoughts and thought patterns~ the same thoughts as yesterday and the day before ~ the same thoughts as tomorrow and the day after.

Having awareness, paying attention, and setting intention to notice our thoughts can help us be more present, and activate the Parasympathetic Nervous Response

Reiki, Reflexology, and SO many other AWE-mazing complimentary healing modalities, can also help activate and engage the Parasympathetic Nervous Response, aka rest and relax or rest and digest.

Be Well Friends ❤
And remember to
((((BREATHE.E.E.E))) 🧘 y

12/18/2025

“What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?”

12/11/2025

I’m curious….
constant inner monologue, or no…?

12/09/2025

Our Deepest Fear
~by Marianne Williamson
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

12/09/2025

OnE MiNuTe PaUsE
🔹Breathe
🔸Inhale relaxation
🔹Exhale tension
EagleSpirit Journeys

12/09/2025

TRAUMA TEAPOT

1. The Smash
Trauma isn't the hammer or the event.
It's the cracks, the fragments and the loss of safety that remain.

2. The Breakdown
A teapot is made to hold and pour.
When it shatters, you're still here but your shape, trust and sense of safety feel altered. Different doesn't mean ruined. It means you survived.

3. The Repair (Kintsugi)
Broken pieces repaired with gold become more valuable.
Healing doesn't hide the cracks. It transforms them.

4. The Reveal
You may not look the same as before but you can still hold, still pour and still be whole in a new way.

You’re not broken, you’re rebuilt.

See video 👇

🫖 I’m a psychologist.. give me 60 seconds and I’ll change the way you think about trauma with a teapot and a hammer 🔨✨ Trauma isn’t the hammer. It’s the cr...

12/02/2025

Feeling a nudge to share this heartfelt song for anyone grieving a loved one or any other type of loss.
🤍💕💛💕🤍💕🩵💕🤍💕🩶💕🤍

Common types and sources of loss include (~sourced internet 👇 ):

Based on the Nature of the Event

Loss of a Loved One: This is a profound form of loss, encompassing the death of family members (parents, partners, children, siblings), friends, mentors, or even pets.

Loss of Relationships: This includes the end of romantic relationships (divorce, break-ups), loss of friendships due to moving or conflict, or changes in family dynamics.

Health-related Losses: This category covers loss of physical abilities, autonomy, or independence due to aging, chronic illness, chronic pain, or a significant medical diagnosis.

Life Transition Losses: These include events like job loss, career changes, retirement, moving away from a familiar community, or children leaving home ("empty nest syndrome").

Material or Financial Loss: This involves the loss of physical objects, a home due to eviction or disaster, or a loss of financial security.

Based on the Impact and Experience
Actual Loss:

A loss that can be recognized and verified by others, such as a death or a divorce.

Perceived Loss: A loss that is experienced by one person but may not be immediately verifiable or understood by others. These are often psychological losses, such as the loss of trust or faith.

Primary Loss vs. Secondary Loss: A primary loss is the significant initial event (e.g., a death or job loss).

Secondary losses are the consequential, often numerous, losses that follow the primary event, such as loss of routine, financial stability, or community in the aftermath of a divorce or death.

Ambiguous Loss: A type of loss where the person is physically absent but psychologically present (e.g., a missing person), or physically present but psychologically absent (e.g., a loved one with dementia or a severe mental illness).

Anticipatory Grief: The grief felt in expectation of a coming loss, such as an impending death from terminal illness, a layoff, or a divorce.

Loss of Identity/Role: This occurs when a person loses a core sense of self or a specific social, relational, or work role they are accustomed to fulfilling, such as losing the identity of "spouse" after a divorce or "professional" after a job loss.

Loss of Dreams or Expectations: This is the grief experienced when personal hopes, dreams, or life expectations go unfulfilled, such as the loss of the dream of having a child due to infertility.

Understanding the specific type of loss helps in processing the complex feelings associated with grief.

More information on coping with different losses can be found from resources like the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Ontario.

12/02/2025

Despite our past experiences, despite the trauma we've faced, although we may change and adapt, we are not defined by what has happened to us.

Breathe in, breathe out, sing, repeat..

“I’m not what happened to me, I'm what I choose to be. Each step I take, I shift, I rise. The past dissolves before my eyes.”

Beautiful healing mantra.

12/02/2025

Sing 🎶 Love ❤️
into the World 🌎
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

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12/01/2025

In the Northern Hemisphere:
The winter solstice time is no longer celebrated as it once was, with the understanding that this is a period of descent and rest, of going within our homes, within ourselves and taking in all that we have been through, all that has passed in this full year which is coming to a close... like nature and the animal kingdom around us, this time of hibernation is so necessary for our tired limbs, our burdened minds.

Our modern culture teaches avoidance at a max at this time; alcohol, lights, shopping, overworking, over spending, comfort food and consumerism.
..and yet the natural tug to go inwards as nearly all creatures are doing is strong and the weather so bitter that people are left feeling that winter is hard, because for those of us without burning fires and big festive families, it can be lonely and isolating. Whereas in actual fact winter is kind, she points us in her quiet soft way towards our inner self, towards this annual time of peace and reflection, embracing the darkness and forgiving, accepting and loving embracing goodbye the past year.

"Winter takes away the distractions, the buzz, and presents us with the perfect time to rest and withdraw into a womb like love, bringing fire & light to our hearth".
. and then, just around the corner the new year will begin again, and like a seed planted deep in the earth, we will all rise with renewed energy once again to dance in the sunlight

-Brigit Anna McNeill
Art: Jessica Boehman

Life is a gift ❤ a Happy winter to you all...