Love-Reiki

28/11/2025

Pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone creates confidence. But we have to find courage first.

I've been qualified to teach Reiki for the past five years but have resisted because it felt too scary. However, a lady knocked on my door a few weeks ago asking if I would teach her and a friend Reiki Level 1. She'd seen my business sign during Covid and had finally decided to ask. With her standing in front of me, I found the confidence eventually to say yes.

I had to smash through a lot of barriers to overcome my fears but I'm so glad I did. I absolutely loved teaching it a couple of weeks ago. Passing on the sacred practice of Reiki is so special. They're now coming back in January for Reiki Level II.

What was extra special was I happened to look at my certificate for when I'd completed my Reiki Level 1 and it was the 15th November 2015. Their training day was the 14th November so ten years, one day to the day. Perfect timing.

09/10/2025

01/10/2025

If you have an anxious child, it's really helpful to include 5-10 minutes each day where you think about breathing and having 'calm time'.

During bath time or before bed is ideal. There's a great YouTube video called 'Your Secret Treehouse' which you could listen to together.

It's all too easy for you as Mum to become anxious about your anxious child. Your child senses your anxiety and it becomes like a game of tennis between the two of you with each other unconsciously feeding the anxiety of the other.

This is where CO-REGULATION helps. Co-regulation means borrowing someone else’s calm. You both help each other by matching each other's breath. It helps children to feel safe and grounded. After all as babies the first sound they heard was your heartbeat in the womb.

By placing your hand over your child's heart and them doing the same you soothe each other's nervous system. Or you can place one hand on your child's heart and place the other hand on their back and gently stroke the back as they listen and feel how the breath calms.

When you're in the car or walking to school use conversation to ask your child to notice how their breathing feels. Tell them how your breathing feels.

Chat about how if they feel unsure or anxious about something they may notice their heart beats more quickly. By noticing they can help themselves using the breath. It's about introducing awareness.

Get them to imagine they have a balloon in their favourite colour in their tummy and they have to fill the balloon with breath, and release with the breath more slowly. It will make them feel instantly calmer. Children have vivid imaginations so make it a game. See who can make their tummy bigger!

As humans, we're hard-wired for connection but children are still learning how to regulate big emotions. Co-regulation really helps with this 👐

24/09/2025

Children are so receptive and responsive to Reiki. It soothes their nervous systems. Seeing them leave my Reiki room relaxed and smiling is so special! With my experience of anxiety I feel huge empathy for the suffering of others. Reiki has helped me so much and receiving feedback like this makes it all worthwhile.

I've been practising Reiki for 5 years. My technique and confidence have evolved over that time and it feels very different to when I finished my training. Back then I was someone who knew how to do Reiki whereas now I am Reiki. I can't separate it from me.

As with anything new it took me time to find my rhythm and confidence. I feel the flow of energy more deeply and it is more intuitive. When I'm sharing it with a client I feel like we're in a bubble of relaxed calm together. Time seems to stand still.

It feels so natural. I feel very privileged to share it with others. When I place my hands on a client it takes only a few seconds for the energy to begin flowing. I feel heat in my hands and I see the energy flowing from my fingertips. It looks like a haze.

3for2 Reiki sessions for children & young people 👐

21/08/2025

I’m excited to share that I’m now introducing Indian Head Massage as part of my therapeutic offering. It complements Reiki beautifully so can be given alongside or on its own.

This soothing treatment focuses on releasing tension in the head, neck, shoulders and face, areas where we often carry the weight of our worries.

Benefits include:
👐 ease headaches and tightness
👐 improves circulation and energy flow
👐 melts away stress and calms the nervous system
👐 leaves you feeling deeply relaxed

Can’t wait to share with you 🙏

29/07/2025

As parents, you naturally want to protect your children from every upset and disappointment. But life is full of ups and downs – and one of the greatest gifts you can give your children is RESILIENCE – the ability to cope, adapt and grow stronger through challenges.

Looking back my I had zero resilience as a child and that hugely impacted my ability to cope with life, problem solve and recover from adversity.

Here are some gentle ways to build your child’s resilience every day:

🫶 Let them feel their feelings. Instead of rushing to make it all better, listen and validate: “I can see that really upset you. It’s okay to feel sad.”
🫶Teach calm coping. A few slow breaths together, a cuddle, or going for a walk – it shows them how to soothe big feelings.
🫶Encourage problem-solving. Ask, “What do you think might help?” rather than always giving the answer. This builds confidence and independence.
🫶Focus on effort, not just success. Praise their courage, kindness and perseverance – not just the “win.”
🫶Model resilience yourself. When they see you coping calmly with life’s bumps, they learn they can too.

Children might not LISTEN to everything you say but they will MODEL your behaviour.

Resilient children aren’t those who never fall – they’re the ones who know they can get back up, with your love and support by their side.

What do you do to help your child feel strong and capable? Let me know 😊

25/06/2025

Sharing Reiki yesterday with a year 11 pupil whose anxiety manifests as tics.

When she arrived for her first appointment, it was quite clear how unsure and nervous she was, which was very understandable. It was such a pleasure to see her, therefore, emerge from the session in a very different state. She was smiling and chatting and said how much she enjoyed it and how good it felt. Tension had melted away and she looked so much calmer.

Reiki isn't a quick fix. Symptoms have taken months, maybe more, to become ingrained so it takes time and patience for Reiki to work its gentle magic. It's like a comfort blanket that feels secure and soothing.

After her fourth appointment now she can feel the gently profound difference it is making. Each session builds on the previous one allowing for a deeper state of relaxation. Reiki allows the body to remember it does know how to feel calm.

Reiki calms the nervous system by:

1. allowing the body to relax deeply; “you’re safe now.”
2. touch (or even no-touch) reassures the body energetically
3. energy unblocking = flow = less tension
3. slows brainwaves — hello alpha and theta states
4. emotional releasing without needing to “figure It out”

Reiki gently encourages energy to move again — like smoothing out tangled wool. And when the energy begins to flow, the nervous system softens alongside it.

**3For2 on Children's Reiki (£40 for two, 3rd session free** for however long treatment is needed.

06/06/2025

It's amazing how people will project on to you, call you names and get ruffled feathers when you pop your boundaries and assertiveness in to place.

Always remember, it's never about you, but always about them.
They refuse to accept personal responsibility. More often that not, they are in denial about their behaviour and their actions.

For them, it's far easier to name call, project and be vile than to accept that they couldn't possibly be doing anything wrong.

Keep your head up. Stand strong in your beliefs and don't let them get you down!

06/05/2025

Reiki can be a real balm for the heart and soul, especially when it comes to your mental and emotional wellbeing.

Reiki promotes a state of deep relaxation. Like that lovely, floaty feeling after a warm bath or being wrapped up in a duvet while it's raining outside. Reelaxation that helps to quieten the mind, reduces anxiety, and soothes your overworked fight-or-flight response that’s constantly being triggered in modern life.

You don't have to understand how Reiki works. It just does 👐

08/04/2025

As I take time to reflect on the three years since starting my business; Love-Reiki, there's much to consider. How difficult it's been to put myself out there at times but it is getting easier. How easy it is to compare yourself with others on social media and end up going down a rabbit warren of despair. Whatever obstacle I push through there's always another one waiting. How easy it is to lose confidence, faith and hope etc.

What I never forget is my "why". How retraining to become a Reiki therapist helped me overcome ,and come to terms with, a lifetime of mental struggles, particularly those I experienced back in 2016. When redundancy, bereavement and menopause almost destroyed me and that's no over-exaggeration. For a long time I was broken. I had to put myself back together, very, very slowly. When you go through something like that it changes you profoundly. I felt so raw, exposed and vulnerable. When I did recover I was so grateful to be able to smile again.

Now I use my experience to help others; women, as well as children, and young people. By helping others, I help myself. When clients step inside my Reiki room, they find solace, as I do. Peace, tranquility and a soothing atmosphere that restores and recharges the soul 🫶

Each and every testimonial I have received over the three years means so much. This is the latest one. It is all the recognition I need to continue planting seeds for Love-Reiki and watching it grow.

26/03/2025

In celebration of Mother's Day on Sunday, I'm offering one lucky follower the chance to win a complimentary one-hour Reiki session with me in my Bengeo based Reiki room.

You can look forward to an indulgent hour of blissful relaxation with a heady mix of white sage, incense and soothing background music melting away tension and leaving you feeling wonderfully refreshed..

All you have to do is to sign up for my Newsletter. The winner will be chosen on Sunday and invited to attend shortly afterwards. Session needs to be taken by, and including, Saturday 12th April 2025.

See comments for link to sign-up, You can unsubscribe at any time 🙂