12/16/2025
For the past couple of years since I've started learning about Reiki I have tried to explain what it is to others. For some reason I often found myself struggling to get the words out. I would start speaking and things became muddled really fast leaving me feeling embarrassed and others confused. But after practicing it everyday, I have learnt that what I get to do for a living is simply LOVE.
What I've been doing these past two years is learning to love myself and others everyday. Each day presented differently. Some were easy, smooth and felt like nothing could go wrong. Then I had some days I felt like I was starting from zero again, all the pain, stresses and worries flooding back to me. But, through it all, I've learned that even when it felt like I wasn't making progress, when I couldn't feel the love and peace as easily, I was.
Reiki has brought so much to my life. I've allowed myself to relive my darkest moments, accepting even the most prickly parts of me and loving them as they are. In love, the prickles begin to sting less. Reiki has been teaching me to love the imperfections of life.
Last night, my husband was having terrible back pain again. I began gently rubbing his back with gentle love - Reiki, not forcing any results or changes, just simply being present to the moment and seeing his pain, meeting it with love. He fell asleep because he found relief. The pain gone.
When he woke up, he got up and told me "what ever you did, helped". He still felt some small twinges of pain, but the worst of it had left. He was able to get comfortable and walk around again without worrying his back would go out. I am grateful he was able to feel some relief in his back.
Reiki (Love) has taught me how to be present, how to allow what is - to be what it is, how to love more, how to look beyond appearances and see the truth of people and how to meet them where they are. I am learning more and more with each day that I GET to LOVE people. I GET to help others see and love themselves. Reiki is what it's called, but the essence is LOVE. The energy of Love. Love heals all things and there is no order of difficulty among them. I am honored to be able to do this for a living.
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