Reiki Lungta

14/02/2026

Reiki for Riders Clinic

Hi everyone, the next Reiki for Riders clinic will be on

Saturday 21 February

In keeping with my latest blog, the theme of this clinic is

Confidence

Most of us experience times when would love to feel more confident within an aspect of our riding.

This clinic offers a wonderful session to help riders with their confidence journey through the relaxing and balancing effects of Reiki.

There are limited spaces available, so please contact me on messenger to book a place.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

14/02/2026

Confidence is a Journey

I have found over the years that confidence is a funny old thing and within the equine world in particular I think that this is especially the case since we all at one time or another grapple with a loss of our confidence.

When we experience a loss of confidence, it can be very frustrating since things we could do quite easily before, can become much more difficult or even seem impossible and we desperately want to flick a magic switch to put things back to the way that they were before.

I have found that regaining confidence is much more of a journey than a magic switch and on the journey much as we would learn other equine skills, we are actually learning the skill of regaining our confidence.

The first place we all look to when we are learning a new skill is coaching and this is always a great place to start since building on our equestrian skills will within itself will always bring us more confidence.

Sometimes coaching support is all that is needed to get us back on track and into our confidence zone again and at other times some additional support is helpful. There is a lot of wonderful extra help out there, it is very much a case of finding what works best for us since we are all after all individuals.

Within Reiki I have found the balancing of my own body’s energy helps me to feel much more grounded, calm and centred within myself and I find that this carries through very nicely to equestrian situations, whether I am doing ground work or I am riding.

I also find that supplementing the balancing of my energy with different techniques such as breath work, mantras and visualisation gives me some lovely additional confidence boosting tools to call on for different situations and even knowing that there are different things that I can try is helpful within in itself.

Working through a loss of confidence can feel challenging, it is important to remember that learning a new skill can take time and so being patient and kind with ourselves is an important part of the process.

And of course, it is lovely when we feel our confidence returning and we can once again share that lovely calm confident energy with our equine partners.

If you would like to find out more about Reiki or you would like to book an appointment, please get in touch.


Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

01/02/2026

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to let you know that the prices for my pet Reiki sessions are now as follows

Pet Reiki - £45

Pet Distance Reiki - £40

Equine Reiki sessions remain the same

All the best
Tanya

19/01/2026

Reiki for Riders Clinic

Hi everyone, I’m very excited about the first Reiki for Riders clinic of 2026 which will be on

Saturday 24 January

The theme of this clinic is

Fabulous confidence

Most of us experience times when would love to feel more confident within an aspect of our riding.

This clinic offers a wonderful session to help riders build their confidence through both guided visualisation and the relaxing and balancing effects of Reiki.

There are limited spaces available, please contact me on messenger to book a place.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

10/01/2026

You are as Old as You Feel

Here is an interesting one to start off the new year, how old do you feel?

Ask anyone how old they feel verses their actual age and most people will give you two different figures. Having thought about it most people I have spoken to about age over the years have told me that they feel younger than their actual age which I have always found quite positive and encouraging.

In fact, most days in my own mind I feel more like I am 35 years old rather the reality which is that I am in my 50’s.

Apparently, studies have shown that if you feel younger than your biological age this a good indicator for your brain health.

As well as ticking off the usual boxes of healthy living and appropriate exercise, practicing mindfulness and meditation have also been shown to have very beneficial effects for our overall wellbeing as well as on our brain health and consequently the age that we within ourselves feel.

Another study has shown that if we believe that we are older so less able, the likelihood is that we will stop doing those activities that keep us fit and active and the chances are we end up within a self-fulfilled prophesy of being less able.

In essence our body will believe what our mind tells it.

Taking some time to set some goals for the coming year is actually a very nice way of aligning our mind and body energy in a positive way as well as giving us great motivation as we step forward into another year.

In the Reiki world we say that where the mind goes the energy flows so keeping a positive attitude towards the wonderful possibilities that are out there waiting for us helps to promote lovely positive energy to support our overall mental, physical and emotional health.

I also love the positive effects that Reiki energy has in being able to gently balance the energy within our body to promote and support our overall health and wellbeing.

So, this year embrace the age that you feel along with the joy and possibilities of what a new year holds, after all, your actual age is only a number.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

08/01/2026

Happy New Year

It has been an interesting start to 2026 both in far north and in the north east of Scotland.

We had a lovely New Year with friends and family in Caithness, and this led to an unexpected and extended stay when the roads south became blocked when the new year snow arrived.

I can tell you that we were very grateful to be comfortable and warm when the weather arrived rather than travelling and stuck in a snow drift somewhere.

When we made it back down the road the countryside in both Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire was stunning and picture post card to look at but conditions were and remain just as challenging, if not more so, than in the far north.

It is great to be home, and I am looking forward to the next adventures that 2026 has in store.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

22/12/2025

Thank you everyone for your fantastic support, it has been an absolute pleasure and a privilege to work with wonderful people and animals this year.

Best wishes for the festive season
Tanya x

17/12/2025

There are spaces still available for this Saturday 😀

Reiki for Riders Clinic

Hi everyone, the final Reiki for Riders clinic for 2025 is on

Saturday 20 December

The theme for this clinic is

Energize

At this time of year our energy levels can feel quite depleted, so why not take some well-earned time out to relax and replenish your energy.

The one-to-one sessions are £45, which is a special Hayfield saving of £5

To find out more or to book a session, please get in touch through messenger.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

14/12/2025

Reiki for Stress

This weekend for the first time in a good while I found myself in a stress cycle through a combination of a generally busier than normal week and then taking on a bit too much at the weekend resulting in my feeling like I was running to keep up with not enough hours in the day.

In my case totally self-inflicted and once I realised and took time to stop I was able to press the reset button, and I have also had some time to reflect on the effects of stress.

Whether it is the stress we place upon ourselves, as in my case, or the stress placed upon us by others, it is an insidious thing, so we don’t generally feel its detrimental effects immediately.

Our chakras are the energy centres which we all have within our bodies, and these centres radiate nurturing energy towards our physical, emotional and spiritual selves, and so they are intrinsically linked to our wellbeing.

Stress depletes our bodies energy centres and without taking proper time to rest and recover this energy, our body is not able to function as well as it should do and consequently over time our physical, mental and emotional selves are adversely affected.

Within our lives we all do stress sprints at some time or other whether it is to meet a deadline or to just squeeze those extra things into our day. It is however important to recognise that we can’t just keep sprinting all the time, we need to take the time to rest and recover.

I have found Reiki to be a wonderful antidote to stress and when I connect with Reiki and look at my own chakras it is always fascinating. When I am feeling great, the colours within my chakras are beautiful and they shine brightly radiating wonderful energy throughout my body and conversely when I am tired these same colours can appear quite dull.

I am very fortunate in that while self-treating with Reiki I can watch as the colours within my chakras gradually begin to brighten before shining brightly once again.

When my chakras are shining brightly and radiating lovely nurturing energy towards my body, I feel physically better and I find that I physically move better. This is not only great for general day to day life, but it is also for the physicality of horse riding.

Additionally, I find I am more centred within myself, I feel better, I think better and I consequently find that solutions to problems seem to present themselves more easily.

Reiki is a wonderful supportive therapy and even taking time out once a month for a Reiki energy top up is an extremely worthwhile use of valuable time and I would recommend it to anybody.

So be kind to yourself and whether it is treating yourself to a Reiki session or something else, take some time to put your feet up and take a well-earned rest because you never know when life’s next sprint might be required.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

07/12/2025

Reiki for Riders Clinic

Hi everyone, the final Reiki for Riders clinic for 2025 is on

Saturday 20 December

The theme for this clinic is

Energize

At this time of year our energy levels can feel quite depleted, so why not take some well-earned time out to relax and replenish your energy.

The one-to-one sessions are £45, which is a special Hayfield saving of £5

To find out more or to book a session, please get in touch through messenger.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

23/11/2025

Calm and Supportive Energy for the Thinkers and the Worriers

Having a dog who is a thinker and a worrier is very interesting from an energetic perspective and Finlay our beautiful springer spaniel has certainly been an excellent teacher.

When a dog or other animal goes into worry mode it can sometimes be quite difficult not to be pulled into that worry energy cycle along with them and this is because it is very natural for us to react with worry if we think that something is not right with our animals.

Over time I have found that if Finlay tells me that he is worried about something and I react with worry I am in fact reaffirming to him that he is quite right to be worried and we end up in a downward worry energy spiral that is not very good for either of us.

It is in fact much more productive to maintain a calm neutral energy while working out what Finlay is telling me and then considering how I can best support him.

An easy example is when we are on a walk and Finlay comes back to tell me that someone is walking towards us, and to ask if this is okay. This works very well since I can verbally tell Finlay, “Yes, I think they are friends,” and “It is okay,” and when I do this, I can convey to him the feeling of looking forward to meeting up with nice friends. Or if it is not okay, I can pop him on the lead, and we are then ‘holding hands.’

This is a lovely way of sharing reassuring and supportive energy with Finlay, and we all know the feeling of looking forward to meeting up with nice people and animals that we like to spend time with.

Sometimes it does not take much of a change to cause Finlay to have a loss of confidence and a good example of this was when we changed our car.

Finlay was always very enthusiastic about jumping into the old car to go for his walks but when faced with a new car he turned around and instead decided to go and lie on the couch which to him felt like the safer place to be. So we ‘held hands’ for that one too, while I thought about and conveyed the feeling and anticipation of going for a fun walk.

Sometimes it is also great just to laugh at a challenge, or situation since this is a lovely way of lifting the energy around us and our animals. Laughter really can be the best medicine, and it certainly worked well when Finlay decided that the couch was a safer place to be than the strange new car.

Finlay is a beautiful kind, patient and intelligent boy, I love seeing the world through his eyes and he has certainly taught me the benefits of working with and sharing lovely calm supportive energy around him.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

19/11/2025

Fun in the snow this afternoon ⛄