02/15/2026
Hi everyone, Julie here, I thought I would share a personal experience I had a few weeks ago, I had to undergo heart surgery — a minor one but something I never imagined I would face. The days leading up to the operation were some of the most frightening of my life. My mind was filled with “what ifs,” and the uncertainty felt overwhelming. Even though I trusted my medical team, and not to mention the divine intervention of the TWO REIKI Master Teachers that were my operating room nurses, the reality of having surgery on my heart was deeply scary. I felt vulnerable in a way I never had before.
The moments after the surgery brought their own challenges. Waking up, feeling disoriented, sore, and emotionally raw — it was hard. There was relief that the operation was over but also fear about recovery and whether my body would heal the way it needed to.
During this time, Reiki and energy work became a powerful source of comfort and support for me up to the dreaded date. Before the surgery, Reiki helped calm my racing thoughts and settle my body for the procedure It allowed me to breathe more deeply and enter the procedure feeling more centered and grounded instead of consumed by fear. Not to mention that my two operating room nurses who I mentioned were Reiki Masters said “we got you “. That alone gave me comfort just before I went to sleep.
After the operation, energy healing felt like a gentle companion to my physical recovery. The nurse told me that I could have one person come in to see me while I had to lay flat for 3 hours and I was so out of it I remember saying “I choose the one with the healing hands”….which I laugh about now because I left my poor husband sitting out in the waiting room and choose my daughter who is a master energy healer. They were both doing rock paper scissors with each other to see who was going to come in but I had already made the decision.
At that time, it was about who was going to lay their hands on me and keep me calm to lay still for the long period and help with my pain. It was about the calming feeling you receive when you receive Reiki or any kind of energy work. I was scared, my head was pounding and she helped me relax into the healing process rather than resist it. When my body felt fragile, Reiki reminded me that healing isn’t only physical — it’s emotional and energetic too. I felt supported, soothed, and more connected to my own inner strength.
For me, Reiki didn’t replace the skill of my surgeons or the medical care I received — it worked alongside it. Medicine and surgery repaired my heart physically, and energy work supported my whole being as I am healing. This also taught me that as a Reiki Master and Energy Teacher myself, that I sometimes need to let go and let someone else take charge. This too was a hard lesson for me.
This experience taught me that true healing can happen on many levels at once — body, mind, and spirit — and that even in the scariest moments, there can be calm, support, and hope.