11/06/2025
🍁 Fall Issue of Reiki News Magazine🍁
Reiki, Creativity, and Healing
by Debi Barr Debi Barr
🎨 artwork courtesy of
In “Reiki, Creativity, and Healing,” author Debi Barr shares how healing doesn’t only happen on the treatment table, it can also emerge through painting, writing, movement, and creative expression. After grief caused her to abandon art, Reiki helped her remember who she truly was and gently reopened the doorway to creativity as a form of spiritual healing and nervous system restoration.
Debi explains that when we invite Reiki into creative practices, our canvas, page, or song becomes a space of release, reflection, and transformation. She prepares her creative time the same way she would a Reiki session, by setting intention, drawing symbols, and allowing the energy to guide her. Over time, this became a living, soul-centered practice rather than just “making art.”
She reminds us that you don’t have to be an “artist” to allow Reiki to flow through creativity. Whether cooking, journaling, dancing, intuitive color play, or even blessing a written page with symbols can open a channel for emotional release, clarity, and healing.
💛 A few practices from Debi you can try:
✅ Invite Reiki into your creative space with intention or symbols
✅ Paint or write while tuning into a single Reiki symbol
✅ Reiki journal by placing your hands on the page and asking, “What does my soul need to express today?”
✅ Use creative expression after a session to help process energy
