Metatron

Through the higher consciousness meditation I have met Metatron. I will confess my ignorance. Maybe I have heard the name before, but ask for Angels and I would have said Michael, Raphael, Gabriel.
Metatron came to me as a loving golden light. What I saw was a golden outline of a human form and I could see golden coloured hair - treacle coloured - tight curls. The whole thing was very intense and very beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes and I felt such joy. I let the light flood my body and felt immersed in it until the meditation was over (which was all too quickly).
There was such peace and energy. Of course I now learn that Metatron is connected to the crown chakra and is God's high archangel. I feel very honoured and privileged that he should come to me during a meditation. The voice was loud and clear when asked what their name was. The message he gave me was to spread love and healing through the world.
Will do this one again when I'm feeling in the right frame of mind. It was certainly a beautiful meditation and I'd love to know if others have tried this one and what their experiences are with it.

Someone also kindly sent me this article written by Kevin Core about channellings with Metatron.

"At this time in the history of the Earth, the vibration in which the earth exists has changed. All existence is based on vibration. There is at this time on the Earth the raising of the vibration of the Earth and this is allowing the higher vibration in which the Angelic Kingdom exists to now anchor upon the Earth.

In truth, this means that your consciousness is raising its vibration. Your consciousness and the consciousness of the Angelic Kingdom are therefore meeting and con joining and creating wonder upon the Earth. Angels are part of the Divine, and as such, the vibration of the Divine Mind flows through them. As your consciousness raises its vibration, you also are connecting now into the Divine Mind.

The Angelic Kingdom is your guide to being the channels, the tools of the Hand of the Divine. Part of this knowledge, which we will give to you, is that system which is now known as Angelic Reiki. It is through this system that you will be trained to carry the energy of the Divine Mind. You will feel the very thrill of the Life force flowing through you into your fellowmen. This life force has the power to change reality, as you know it. It is the blessed Breath of God.

By being the channel of this energy, you will allow yourselves, your consciousness, to merge with the Divine. This bringing together of human consciousness and Divine consciousness is that process which you now term Ascension. Those of you who are reading this have heard the call. We are calling to you all, to join with us, and to bring to the Earth the Divine Mind. The joy you feel in your heart, is the very being of our existence. By being in this vibration, all your troubles and worries will disappear. The thought form that humanity has held, which states that suffering must and does exist, is now fading away.

This knowledge will become a knowing for all of you. As this vibration anchors into your consciousness, you will see that suffering has no foundation in fact. Indeed, it is this vibration, which will lift from all the people you seek to treat, that which they call illness. For illness cannot exist when joy is in the heart.

This system, therefore, is transmitted to you now through that which you have known as Reiki. These symbols are doorways in consciousness and stretch through time and space. By opening these doorways the vibration, which we will channel to you, can treat all beings through time and space. We will reach into Earth's past and heal all memories of suffering. The Light of the Godhead shall anchor upon the earth. The healing arts of the ancient times are re-awakening and will be given to you in this practice. Let the joy you feel in your hearts as you read these words guide you now into this vibration, which is embracing the Earth. The Angels have guided you to this place. They are embracing you now. Can you feel us? It is perfect that we are one. It is perfect that you are here. Perfection is the very life within you, and it is guiding you now. Open your hearts to the New Age, which is coming now. Let all doubt drop way. Let the highest vibration of love anchor into your hearts. Start to breathe the whisper of love's breath. Become the radiant child."

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Past Life Regression

For a long time I have been interested in past lives. Have we all lived before? Are there people in our current lives who have been with us throughout time? And if so, why? I've never wanted to feel I've lived in a particular place and I've never been drawn to the notion of maybe I've been someone famous. I've simply been intrigued by the idea and wanted to explore it.
Through reiki, forums like this and the spiritual development group I attend, I've been able to meet like minded people and been able to begin this journey.
It all began with starting to discipline myself and do daily meditations. Here I began to meet a man. Middle Eastern - very handsome. His mouth would move but I would hear nothing. He played beach volleyball with me, served me Pimms and was a gentleman. Each time the bond grew stronger. I began to hear him. He spoke with an accent. He made me laugh and appears at the most bizarre times. Driving to work listening to the radio and a song comes on - he appears dancing and singing. It was Perry Como's Mambo song the other day. He took me places and began to show me the light.
So when I came to do my past life regression a week ago tonight, the guide I met at the door was him. When asked for his name, all I could get out was the letter h. I actually said, "Huh" but I couldn't hear.
I'll tell you where he took him. Make of it what you will. Is this my brain adding metaphors and making sense of deep emotions or did this once happen? To be honest I don't care as it was a wonderful place to go and from it I brought back with me many strengths and qualities.
I looked down at my feet and they looked bare. The place was hot, sunny and I was in a bust market. People bustling about and trading. They stared at me. I was wearing a long white dress. When asked where I was, I replied "Egypt" (the ego in my head was laughing at this point saying how typical. This is because for the last year I have developed a strong interest in Egyptian history). As I walked down the street, people stared at me and I didn't know why.
My guide took me to the quayside where people were loading a rather grand looking boat with sails.In the far distance I could see a procession heading towards me. A man surrounded by guards who were keeping people back.
He boarded the boat and I followed. I learnt we were sailing down the river to see a building he was having built. He wanted to inspect it. I was told to look at the man - I knew he was my husband. Looked older than me. When I look in his eyes I recognised him as my father in this life (the ego at this point was going "urgh that's disgusting" but the Guide and my heart told me it was true).
At the building site there was plenty of activity. Columns being erected and lots of work going on. The workers were scared of 'my husband' for who he was, but I wasn't scared. He was my husband and to me that's all he was.
From here the next scene was a lavish banquet. There was food,music and dancing. I was on a platform next to my husband and I was talking to a young man. I got the impression he was a soldier, but not a common soldier, and he was making laugh telling stories of his hunting prowess and generally showing off. While I'm telling this to the therapist, I start to feel quite hot under the collar and get very breathless and flustered. I realise I'm attracted to this young man and there's a feeling of great love and affection there. However, when I look into his eyes I do not recognise him at all.
We then move onto another scene. It's the woman I have seen in my meditations crying in the sand. The pain and the heartache is unbearable and I know realise it is me. This young man has been killed - murdered I discover by my husband. I feel a huge black hole in my heart and felt so icy cold, like a part of me had been torn away.
I then meet my past self and my husband round a campfire. This is where we tell each other how we felt and why we did what we did and make peace and cut the ties in order to move on. It seems my husband was jealous because of the age difference and had this man killed - a trap was set. He said he was sorry. I forgave him and I told him I loved him and that he simply had not understood my feelings for this other person. I got the feeling though it was deep love, it was not a physical one, it had never been consumated and therefore I felt not bad.
I was then asked whether my past self wanted to meet the man and I said yes. The minute he came to the fire I was sobbing my heart out. We hugged each other and kissed and then he told me I had to live my life and keep loving and that one day we would meet again.
Thinking that was over, I then found myself in a forest wearing black boots, red trousers and coat with a metal helmet on. I was in the English Civil War - a soldier fighting for the Parliamentarians. Though throughout this journey I kept hearing the word "turncoat" being shouted at me, which explained the mismatch uniform. I obviously kept switching sides. Here I had a wife and three children - (the wife turns out to be my mum in this life and my eldest daughter was or rather is my sister in this life) they were being interrogated by soldiers as to my wherebouts but they didn't know. I saw myself being killed in battle here. Round the fire, all my past life could say was that I was fighting for the cause as it was important, though he loved his family and would do anything to protect them. This man was very passionate about his beliefs, but his wife hated him and was angry for what she saw as being abandoned. Again we made out peace and cut the ties.
I felt these two lives have taught me lessons about who I am and the strengths and qualities I have. It also introduced me to my guide and I now have a name.

Now the question I ask is has my brain attributed these people in my life to these "strangers" I saw in these past lives? I wish I could draw as I can see them all as clear as day and they look nothing like anyone I know.

Catch up

It's been a long time, but I've been so busy. Been away for a week to North Yorkshire for a much needed break and then been busy working. Also started treating people at the room I hire from Healing Angels in Immingham, N E Lincs.

Anyway will soon write some new blogs and catch up with all the great things that have been happening including the treatments, meditations and my chickens!

Pagan Pages.org

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Check this new column out written by Alice Langholt - Reiki Awakening - she's a new columnist on PaganPages.org

Look forward to reading more from Alice. Have been following her blogs, which are a good read and very informative!

Rose Reiki - Life's ups and downs

What a couple of weeks! I finish work to enjoy two weeks of bliss and both my son and I have been laid down with some kind of virus.
I felt wiped out and totally lethargic, while he had a runny nose, sore throat, cough, fever. I rang the doctors when things started to get too bad and they told me I was not to bring him in, just in case it was swine flu and to ring the NHS hotline. I rang them, went through all the questions, to be told "I'm not medically trained so I can't say whether it is swine flu and get your GP to assess him." So, I called the GP back and they were a bit perplexed, so put me on to the nurse, who told me to put him in the bath frequently to cool him, give plenty of fluids, paracetamol and rest and under no circumstances venture out of the house. All the things I had been doing!! Today for the first time, his fever seems to have subsided and fingers crossed he is over the worst of it. The world's gone mad. What if hadn't got flu, but a throat infection or something else.
Yesterday was my sister's birthday. My dad came to babysit and in the afternoon I took my sister and mum to a new therapy centre which had opened in the next village. Things work in mysterious ways. When we arrived they were doing free mini treatments, so we all ended up having aromatherapy massages, reflexology and the others reiki. I got chatting to the owner and told her I was a qualified reiki practitioner and that I was also qualified to do ear candling. She was overjoyed as she'd been inundated with people wanting ear candling. She already has a reiki therapist, but said there was room for more. So now I've got myself a day a week using her treatment room, which I will start once the insurance has come through. It had lapsed last month and I hadn't bothered renewing, thinking I wouldn't probably need it again. Well now I do and I'm so looking forward to this.
Out if it as well, the owner Mandi, is running a spiritual development workshop so I'm going aong to that to meet other like minded people. Things seem to be looking up and sending those messages out seems to be paying off.
Mandi was over the moon as she said her prayers had been answered. So here's to another journey, which I'll keep you informed about.
Back to my "real" job next week, but then I'm off again for another two weeks and that's when I hope to start at the centre and then it'll be one day a week there from September.
Going back to the birthday, to top if off after we'd been to the centre, which my sister thought I'd planned (I swear I hadn't), we took her out for a meal to a pub in Swinhope called the Click Em' Inn - fantastic food and great views over the Wolds. While we there the Grimsby Morris Men turned up. Well we told them it was my sister's birthday and they invited her to join in with a dance (though again she said I'd planned it - what she has to remember the universe works in mysterious ways). She loved it and it was a great way to end a fantastic day! And out of it, I've got the Morris Men coming in to the college (where I teach media to try) and educate the students about English traditions. So they'll do some dances and they've also put together some photo boards of the history of the group.

Energy Waves

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Check out the above blog (copy and paste the link) by an American woman called Sophie Lhoste. I found this writer through Twitter and have enjoyed following her blogs. This particular blog I found interesting as I wondered how many people in the UK are currently experiencing the same feelings?
To briefly put you in the picture, she's writing about these waves of energy that came through around 11th July and how six other people also felt the same way. Waves of sadness followed by increasing waves of joy and it is put down to what is happening with the planets, but also to our planet generally and man's next evolutionary step towards spiritual enlightenment.
It seems healers would have sensed this. Has anyone else? I've had a splitting headache for two days that nothing seems to shift, not even reiki or lavender oil. Though as I write this blog sitting in the garden, I do notice it now seems to have gone. Not sure if I'm a) sickening for something, or b) suffering with what I call a thunder headache. Or is me picking up on these subtle energy changes. We've had quite thundery, humid weather at the moment, so I'm not sure.
I've been reading a lot of posts about the move to 2012 and the fact that man is heading towards spiritual enlightenment. It seems people will be or are starting to become aware of the needs of the planet and the move to self-sufficiency. More people are growing their own, keeping chickens and using herbs as a way of treating disorders and illness. 
Let me know your thoughts about this energy wave? Can you feel it as the late Michael Jackson said?

Music is a drug

I love music. I'm open to any kind of music. My musical collection consists of classical to opera, folk, pop, ambient, alternative, dance and rock. I don't have a specific favourite.
Anything which gets me moving - a good, strong rhythm or it might be some uplifting lyrics or a haunting melody. The power of music is amazing. Its ability to stir up emotions in people is out of this world. There's music for every occasion.
Only yesterday I discovered a fantastic new group called Empire of the Sun - an Australian duo who play "1980s-influenced soft pop synthesisers and blissed-out space beats (which) have already taken them into the Australian top 10."
They have a website and are currently touring Oz. I'm hoping they'll come over here as I'd love to see their stage show. Their videos are pretty way out. Very colourful.
EOTS are also on an epic journey to seek out ancient cultures across the globe, "searching for inner enlightenment while creating a musical dynasty that will last for ever".
I'm sure their music will not be to everyone's taste, but I love coming across new groups and listening to them for the first time. It was the same when I first came across folk singer Seth Lakeman. I saw him on the TV performing at the Cambridge Folk Festival and I was hooked.
I love the feeling a song can make you feel from happy to sad to melancholic. The images you can conjure up and the far off places they can transport you to.
There's times when music can help me unwind and soothe me. Music is everywhere and having a good old sing song is wonderful - even though I don't think I can sing well, I like to belt out a tune or two in the car.
What about your favourite tunes? What gets your emotions stirred?

Seth Lakeman @ Glastonbury

Intuition

Do you know I should listen to my intuition more. Only the other day I was preparing for another long day of filming and as I was loading the camera kit into the van, I decided to only take one camera. A voice inside my head said something to me about batteries and what if the other battery ran out. I ignored it and left the second kit behind.
So off I went to the job with the crew. A couple of hours into the day as we prepared to film Princess Anne, what should happen - "it looks like the battery is about to run out Emma" - oops! We went back to the press tent, put it on charge hoping by the time she got there it would be charged sufficiently to use. Luckily we found another battery and got through the rest of the day. But why did I choose to ignore that voice?
There's a part of me which thinks I make that decision every time I go out filming, so maybe it was nothing; but then the other side of me says no, you've never heard that voice remind you about batteries.
I sometimes hear that voice at roundabouts when cars don't indicate to tell you whether they're coming all the way round and a voice tells me not to go. It's a good job I wait most of the time as otherwise an accident could have happened.
That voice also tells me other things; it could be a reminder or a warning. I do listen sometimes and I keep telling myself I must listen to it, because most times having heeded the words I have been saved numerous occasions.
So what is that voice - intuition? a guide? you picking up on subtleties in people's body language? What have you experienced with intuition?
I know I'll hear that voice again but I need to rely on it and believe it and go with that gut reaction and not question or dismiss it. Or I am stark raving mad? You decide...

Garden

http://diyrevamps.blogspot.com/2009/06/sunday-garden-beach-hut-party.html

Check this blog out - funny read and I am biased as it is my sister and some great shots of my garden!!

Treating family

I bought a book at the weekend from a remaindered shop about healing. It wasn't about reiki, but more about spiritual healing and as I read, I felt at odds with some of the things being suggested.
One of the things the author said was that you shouldn't treat members of your own immediate family as you are too close to them. This got me thinking, as I believed healing was about giving freely and it didn't matter who you gave it to.
How many of you refuse to reiki your family and close friends? As I thought about it more, I thought about my own situation and to honest, apart from sister and occasionally my father I don't reiki anyone else in the family, they are all external people, strangers if you like who come to me for healing or friends.
I know I have a long way to go in my spiritual development, but feel step by step things are becoming clearer to me and I'm dealing with them. I think one of the things with family is that you are close to them and probably don't see beyond or maybe you're too close for comfort.

I'd be interested to hear what other people do and how they deal with it.

Rose Reiki - Reiki is unbelieveable!!

Reiki is so amazing! And I know you all know and I have known it, but if you've followed my writings will know at times I've felt frustrations. But do you know, I think I'm coming out of this darkness again. I'm beginning to see the light...again! I've been slightly more disciplined with regards to my own self cleansing and performing reiki on myself at every moment. I find an evening is better for me as I'm not rushing to go anywhere.
As part of my development I offered my services up for a charity auction and amazingly people were bidding to receive treatments.
I treated one of the winners the other day. She'd never had reiki before and I went through the usual, this is what it does, this is what you may feel, etc, etc. And so I began my treatment of her. As I was carrying out the reiki, I could sense different feelings in my hands and was experiencing different images (2 bright figures) and colours in my head. At one point I was treating her feet, which I kept being drawn back to, and I was watching clouds through the window and remember thinking they looked like snowclouds.
After completing the treatment I asked the lady what she had felt. She said she had seen amazing colours and then two gold figurines, which came in and then seemed to disappear, but she said when she could sense me doing her feet she saw snowclouds! I don't know if she believed me when I told her that what was I had been thinking while treating her feet.
With another client, the week before I had felt intense pressure building up while I was treating her head and was aware of two bright figures which kept coming in and out. All the time I was treating her head, in my mind I was reciting a "prayer" - I felt it was something I had to do - telling her she was safe and had nothing to worry about and that she was protected. Just as I thought there was going to be some massive explosion, the client burst into tears and started sobbing. I carried on as I felt that was the right thing to do. At the moment she cried, my hands went from red hot to icy cold.
Afterwards she told me that while I was treating her head she felt really queasy and didn't think she was going to be able to continue but then all of sudden her brother and nana appeared and told her they were ok and she was safe and they'd always be there for her.
And then today I was carrying out another treatment and when I laid my hands on the client's shoulders he started to laugh. At the end of the treatment he told me the second I had laid my hands on his shoulders, his head and neck starting burning and it was that red hot that he'd wanted to scream, but didn't dare so laughed instead.
All this is teaching me that reiki is a powerful thing and these three people had never experienced it before, but were bowled over by what it could do, especially as my hands were not touching them a majority of the time. All I need is for them to go and spread the word about the power of reiki

I do feel that last year when I seemed to abandon reiki, that gap was filled by Harry who some of you will know I lost last weekend to colic. Now he has gone I'm back on that journey again. Life works in mysterious ways and I'm so grateful for the opportunities that come my way. Every day I send thanks for these opportunities!

x

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Rose Reiki - Losing Harry

Tonight I learnt that a horse I had been close to for the last two years had died. A silly thing to write about maybe.
I first met Harry two years ago. I'd always ridden, but never been in a financial position to own a horse.
One day I came across Harry through a friend of a friend. She had five horses and Harry had just returned to her farm after being out on loan and she needed someone to ride him.
I jumped at the chance. All it would cost me was new shoes for him. He also came into my life at the right time. My husband had just left me for a second time, I was moving house and in need of something, a pick me up.
Every moment I could I would be at the farm. It was like having my own horse but without the huge financial implications - though that's not to say I did not spoil him. We spent many hours hacking; trying new routes; we went out riding with friends and their horses and had fun.
After two years of horsey heaven, I suffered an injury (a year ago next Sunday). I fell off the mounting block while trying to get on Harry. It put an end to any riding last summer. When I did return mid August I learnt that his owners had made the decision to sell him. I was not in a position to buy him, but even so the news upset me greatly. It felt so sudden. I'd been robbed of riding.
And so nearly a year later, I discovered tonight he had to be put down due to a twisted gut (colic). He was 23 and had led a good life but his new owner felt his age was against him and did not want to risk an operation.
I feel Harry gave me a lot and in return I gave to him too. For the last year I have been carrying around the pain - this sounds so daft, but when I learnt he had been sold I felt like someone had taken part of me away and for the last year I don't think I've really come to terms with it. Tonight I feel at peace. I'll admit I shed a few tears but I do feel very calm as if something has been lifted. I feel I have put closure on this now.
What's really strange, my friend (his previous owner) had been trying to call me a few weeks ago and I hadn't returned her call. At the time I can remember thinking it was bad news and I'd been waiting for a call of this kind. Now it has happened. It's difficult to describe and I feel people will think, "why get so upset about an animal?" But he was more than that I suppose.

Tonight I went back up to the farm to see my friend - the first time I'd set foot there since the day he'd been taken away by his new owner. My friend came to greet me as I got out of the car and I just burst into tears. Then when I went into the barn another horse was in his stable, but as I turned and saw this chestnut head sticking over the door it took my breath away for a second as I thought it was Harry. It was strange being there without him, but at the same time comforting as I felt he'd never left and was sure if I turned he'd be standing at the top of the hill watching. I have some lovely photos of him and I have looked at them and remember the amazing times we've had together. The times that I've cried into his coat or sang silly songs to him when we've been alone, the hours we've shared out in the countryside and the many occasions when he would stop of his own accord just to simply admire a view! These are the magical times and I'll never forget those memories. Tonight I've lit a candle for him and as I sit here I'll admit I'm shedding a few tears again, but in a way they are tears of joy for those moments that I was able to share with him and I feel eternally grateful for those moments.

Someone commented that I obviously felt a deep connection with him, probably beyond what I felt. I think this is true as I know when I was around Harry everything seemed possible and it's almost as if he knew me. x

Rose Reiki - Summer

I've been spending a lot of time outside while the weather has been so good. The vegetables are coming on a treat and the new chicken run is nearly ready.

They will have a lovely spot which has trees for shade and is enclosed and safe. I've noticed while I've been working in the plot the many birds.

There is one blackbird who regularly comes down while I'm working and will be within inches of me. He's not frightened and is quite happy to look for titbits. There's also a wren nest and the pair are often to be found singing in the trees overhead, though sometimes the call sounds like a very shrill alarm.

In another tree there is a blue tit nest within the actual trunk of the tree. There are two small holes which the birds use to access and exit the nest. You can hear the babies and I spend minutes watching the parents fly in and out, their mouths crammed with tasty morsels.

Today when I went down I also came across a baby toad. Not sure where he came from as I cannot recall seeing any toad spawn in my pond this year. What I do have in my pond is five fish - I think they're minnows, but I do not know how they got there. I certainly never put them in as since I put the pond in three years ago it has been a wildlife pond - no fish allowed.

The only possibility is the heron, who has been a visitor over the winter, otherwise can anyone else explain how they got there?

I do love this time of year, everything is flourishing and in the sunlight everything looks fantastic. I'm looking forward to a drier summer than last year!

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Rose Reiki - Human kind

Humans can be a cruel lot. Road rage - wanting to get somewhere so fast that the driver will try and get their car into your boot; trolley rage, pub rage, and so on.

Why is it that most people these days seem to be very wound up, stressed and angry? Busy lives, demanding jobs, not enough me time.

It's such a shame that something has been lost from most people. Kind words, a smile, a good deed, a feeling of compassion for all around.

Even the smallest deed can make you feel so good about yourself - letting someone out of a junction, helping to pick something up.

Today I gave some reiki healing to a person who had injured their hand. They were very cynical about reiki and remained so afterwards, but all the time I was sending healing to them I sensed they were very wound up and stressed. The person admitted they were and that they did not sleep well. We'll see if they take up the full reiki treatment offer. That would help, as well as looking at lifestyle and what other changes could be made.

And that's what it comes down to, making subtle life changes to alter the way we are. Maybe one day, the world will come round full circle again and people will start to chill out and enjoy life again without going to the extremes - excessive drinking, partying and drugs.

Love and light 

Reiki Awakening: Plop!

Reiki Awakening: Plop!

Check this article out (click on the link above). It's a great article and something that I can connect with. "Plop" such a great word!!

Rose Reiki - drums

Well I've gone and done it this weekend....bought a drum. Egged on by my son who had seen the drummers at the festival we went to a few weeks ago. We both loved the sound and the feelings it gave us. We really felt the vibrations deep inside our tummies.
Anyway while out at the weekend we came across a shop selling musical instruments and there was a bodhran (which I've been told you pronounce bow-run?). I don't think our neighbours will love us very much, unless we drum a rhythm which affects them!?
The rest of the weekend has been spent in the summerhouse at the bottom of the garden learning how to use the thing. I think we're getting the hang of it and how to use the beater. Afterwards we both felt very good - a great way of getting rid of feelings.
I'm not a musical person - I cannot play any kind of instrument, though I enjoyed the recorder when I was a child. So here's to our drumming. I'm going to have read up on it and learn a bit more. I don't want to end up with one of those impulse buys that you never bother with again!
I'm off to a do a bit of drumming now and see if I can drum away this rain shower we're having! :)

Rose Reiki - Spiritual development

Every day I have been giving myself reiki treatments, sometimes only for a few minutes, other times longer. I feel different. I'm going through ups and downs, mood swings. Is it hormonal? Is it the reiki?

My senses feel more heightened and aware. I'm at one with nature and am aware of sounds, movements, colours are brighter and I'm becoming more sensitive to energies.

I've had some weird experiences during treatments, some of them very intense. But then it reinforces to me that reiki is working and it's all part of my development.

Love and light and reiki blessings

Rose Reiki - Paganism

I thought I'd tell you how I became interested in paganism. When I was a baby I was baptised in to the Christian church - Church of England - something I cannot remember, being so young. My family were/are not religious. They do not go to church regularly nor do they participate in any kind of religious life. Religion for them is going to a wedding or funeral.

My mother came from a christian family. Her mother was a church verger for many years, but years of Sunday School meant she did not bombard us with the same. 

I have always been interested in religion and the meanings and symbolism behind it all. In my teenage years I went through a stage where I questioned who God and Jesus were. This was when I became a Goth, but even then did not show an interest in paganism. I was there on the fringes of the paranormal, but did not immerse myself.

At university I was very interested in different religions and learning about them and became very interested in the cult of the goddess and nature. I began to think about it and see that at one time man worshipped both gods and goddesses and then it all changed and the coming of the bible seemed to change how we viewed things. The Council of Nicea and Emperor Constantine had a lot to answer for! It made me see that the planet is made up of balance - yin yang, black white, man woman, etc. Now this will sound very feminist, but where had woman disappeared to in all this? She was once revered as something sacred - the carrier of new life.

It wasn't until I became attuned to reiki, that things suddenly opened up for me and my senses became more aware of things.

I developed a stronger interest in the old gods and goddesses. At home I have an altar on which I have the Greenman and a statue of Isis - the original earth mother and said to be where the inspiration for the Virgin Mary came from. I know many Christian symbols and traditions stem from pagan ones. Why change the old? Let's adopt them and give them different names.

Every day I connect with my faith through my reiki and meditations - though reiki is not religious. But for me it's brought me closer to my spirituality and had a profound effect on my life.

I always question everything and I know my beliefs will not to be everyone's tastes, but I do believe through it I am not judgmental and would say I am not a hypocrite.

For once in my life I am quite open about my pagan beliefs and am not afraid to hide it from anyone. I enjoy nature and working with the energies. I enjoy visiting churches and other religious houses, for the sheer calmness and energy that emanates from these places. I have been known to attend services at my local parish church - though I say my own prayers, but I go because there is such a presence in them and that presence, I feel, is older than us all.

Many of my friends come from different faiths. I do not judge them for their beliefs, but we all share something together. No matter what you call that energy - god, Allah, the goddess, etc - to me they share common traits.

The god and goddess are around us and within us all.

Love and light and reiki blessings

x

Rose Reiki - NO REGRETS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0RlIIn1cB0 

This has nothing to do with reiki, but is a song written by my sister after she had appeared on Pop Idol. It's a song about her past and how she does not regret what she has done in her life.

It's catchy and very uplifting and I just wanted to share it with everyone.

Also the video features my mum. it was filmed when she appeared on local ITV news in the 80s. My media students a few years ago edited this video for my sister when she launched her solo

singing career.

Enjoy.

Rose Reiki - Connecting with energy

After being out of touch with my spirituality for a time, I've been spurred back into it all again. If you've read my earlier blogs, you'll know that I got into reiki nearly three years ago. Last year, for reasons I don't really know, I seemed to push reiki and spirituality aside. I stopped treating people and myself.

I think, to be honest, there was a part of me that was angry and frustrated. When I qualified as a practitioner I had the notion that I wanted to heal people and have my own business - hence the name Rose Reiki - I set up a website and got some cards made and did a few fairs. I had a few people but not enough to sustain an income, so still had to work full time and fit in my treatments as and when. In the end I became very despondent. I suppose I was angry at reiki in a way, that nothing had happened for my business to take off and for me to be able to give up the day job.

After a year of frustration I've come back to it again. What spurred me on was seeing a psychic who told me some poignant things, which rang true for me. So thanks to her I've started treating myself and getting back to nature. There was a part of me, which had not totally thrown away my spiritual side and I still sensed energies and felt spirit.

Now I'm going to throw myself into it again, but hopefully not get so despondent. I'd be interested to hear from anyone else who has their own reiki business as to how you started?

I'm going to relaunch my website and look to advertise, but again I've got to do this alongside my full time job, as I'm not foolish to throw it in - especially not at the moment. Which brings me on to the question of,  do people want to spend money on reiki and other alternative therapies during this economic downturn?

I've started to heal myself as this is the first step before I can heal anyone else. Advice would be much appreciated?

Love and light

x

Rose Reiki - Thornborough Henge

Drove for two hours today to reach Thornborough Henge in North Yorkshire. This is an ancient henge - there are three of them linked by an avenue. To quote from the website "Thornborough Henge is a 5000 year old stone age monument consisting of three giant circular earthworks. The entire complex is over a mile in length and the layout of the three Henges resembles that of the three stars found in the centre of the Orion constellation. The Henge monument would have aligned almost perfectly with these three stars on Winter Solstice (the shortest day) 5000 years ago." (http://www.sacredbrigantia.com/index.php)  We were in the central henge to celebrate Beltane courtesy of the Sacred Brigantia group.

This was my first time at such a gathering as usually I celebrate such things solitary or with my immediate family, so it was an opportunity to experience a ceremony. I thoroughly enjoyed it and there such energy there - so positive and alive. Loved the drumming and the feelings. It was also nice to sit down and relax and take in the energy of the place.

The weather was wonderful - sunny, though there was a wind. Everyone I was with enjoyed themselves and we also bought a few trinkets while we there.

I would certainly participate again.

Came back feeling very refreshed and carried out my blessings in the garden.

Love and light and reiki blessings

Rose Reiki - May Day

Last night was the eve of Beltane or May Day. We had a special meal and let the candles and had a fire in celebration. I managed to stay awake to see the new day in, but then had to sleep with the intention of seeing in dawn.

I managed to wake to see the sun and fell asleep again - poor on me I know. But what a glorious May Day it's been and I'm hoping to drive up to North Yorkshire on Sunday for the day and join many others for the Beltane celebrations at Thornborough Henge.

Love and light and reiki blessings

Rose Reiki - Beltane at Thornborough Henge

http://tinyurl.com/c6vxca

Check this site out - celebrate Beltane at Thornborough Henge in North Yorkshire this Sunday May 3rd 2009. It's free and a chance for everyone to come together in a celebration at this ancient site.

Rose Reiki - Beltane

Beltane begins tomorrow evening. When I lived in Oxford we would spend the evening by a fire and then about five in the morning head to Magdalen Bridge to watch people jump into the Isis and then we'd head to the pubs to have a drink, get breakfast and listen to a band.

Tomorrow I'll prepare a special meal and then spend the evening outside by a fire connecting with the spirit.

It's a special time and the start of spring and rebirth and transformation. Waking up on May morning to a new day and a new start as the maiden begins her journey.

namaste

Rose reiki - reiki affirmation

Just for Today...
I will not worry,
I will not be angry,
I will do my work honestly,
I will give thanks for my many blessings,
I will be kind to my neighbour
and to all living things. 

Dr. Mikao Usui

Rose Reiki - video link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaSqNRXCMd8&feature=player_embedded

www.rosereiki.co.uk

Rose Reiki - Pilates

I was introduced to pilates eight years ago. It's very similar to yoga and there are some common moves, but pilates is all about core strength. It's about using your abdominal muscles and breathing to make controlled fluid movements - it's about taking time to execute a move and some of them require a lot of strength. I find it tones you well and makes you think about breathing. It also makes you very flexible. 

Pilates was developed by Joseph Pilates and was based on aerobic and yoga postures. My favourite positions include the cobra, downward dog, the one hundred and scissors. Once you start and become proficient all the moves blend in to one another and create a fluid movement.

I also like to do a bit of yoga and particularly enjoy the sun salutation. If don't get to do any exercise at the start of a day, I do a bit at the end of the day as a way to unwind. However, some of the moves can be done throughout the day and I have been known to do a spot at my desk to stretch my limbs.

Doing them requires great discipline and I would love to be in a position where I could do an hour a week in a class. One day I may be able to....

Love and light

x

Rose Reiki - colours

Your rainbow is intensely shaded brown, violet, and indigo.

What is says about you: You are a deep thinking person. You appreciate beauty and craftsmanship. You are patient and will keep trying to understand something until you've mastered it. Friends count on you for being honest and insightful.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Rose reiki - wordle

Check this out....wordle.net

Rose Reiki - working with colours

I think colour is very important, especially as part of a healing process. When I look around my environment I see colour. I see it in nature and in my decor, but most people wear dark colours and I often wonder what drew them to dig that piece of clothing out the wardrobe and wear it.

Every day when I decide what to wear I am drawn, predominantly, to wear something bright. I wear a lot of green and purple. Green symbolises love and healing and the purple symbolises intuition and psychic development, the connection with the higher realm.

When I first came out of a bad relationship break-up, I wore a lot of pink. Again symbolic of love and healing - the heart chakra.

Colour is associated with the chakras, the aura and wearing particularly colours helps with the healing and rebalancing of chakras. If you've had kirlian photography you will have seen the colours surrounding the aura. I have a lot of green and blue on one side and pink emanating from my chest. I also see also violet/indigo and turquoise there.

When I first moved into my cottage the walls were painted magnolia in every room, except the back garden room which was red brick and dark brown vinyl floor. I did not feel the need to redecorate, as everything was fresh, clean and bright. The one room which received immediate treatment was the garden room. I found the dark colours (though earthy and grounding) too oppressive, so I painted the room white and laid a new carpet in blue. It is now bright and befits a room, which backs onto the garden and receives a lot of light.

Nearly three years on I have now painted the rest of the house. it's taken me this long to really get to know the house, the way the light falls and what I felt drawn to. The colours in the main room are muted and calming, while the kitchen is a bright sunny yellow to lift the spirits. My room has two walls painted purple - my favourite colour, along with green of course.

My summerhouse is painted willow green, as are my sheds, ferret hutch and chicken coop! At least they blend in with the environment.

I have to add that when I decide what to wear I am drawn intuitively to these colours. My wardrobe does have clothes of other colours!

What are you drawn to? Is there one colour that you seem to wear a lot of? It could be trying to tell you something.

Love and Light

DIY REVAMPS: I've officially turned into a Rambling spod! - its very Healing

DIY REVAMPS: I've officially turned into a Rambling spod! - its very Healing

Rose Reiki - Walking the dogs

Had a lovely walk this evening. Beautiful night - sunny, warm with a gentle breeze. It was nice to get into the countryside on one of out regular walks and stretch the legs and still the mind.

The dogs enjoyed themselves, running around and exploring the many smells. It was good chance to for me to de-stress after a busy day at work and unwind my mind before coming home and starting the evening dinner and routine.

More people should take time out to enjoy the peace of the countryside, even if it's only for a few minutes. It helps to re-energise us and focus our minds - clearing our heads and occasionally giving us inspiration and the answers we need to our "problems".

Meditation

Every day I take time out to meditate and still my mind. Sometimes this is done through lighting a candle and enjoying the peace, while on other occasions I do it while walking the dogs. Getting out into the fresh air and taking a walk in the countryside is very relaxing and a great way to reconnect.
I try to spend 10 to 15 minutes in the morning doing a spot of pilates or yoga. Afterwards I feel very energised and relaxed - it's a great way to start the day, but you do have to be disciplined. It's all part of engaging with my spiritual side and developing my intuition.

How we are drawn to places

I moved to my current house two years ago. It's described as a cottage and on seeing the photo in the newspaper, immediately fell in love with it and knew I had to live there. Within a few hours I was viewing the property and the second I entered the door I felt I had come home. In all my years of looking round houses, I have never felt this strong feeling before. The house and the large garden were amazing and pretty much there and then the woman said it was mine as she wanted it go to someone who would love it. There was one other offer in and he wanted to buy it and rent it out.
On returning to my place (I can't call it home as it had never felt like it) I phoned the estate agent and put an offer in, which was accepted and that's how I ended up in Healing - great name for a village!
I feel it was so meant to be. I had tried on three other occasions to move to this village but on each occasion my offers had been rejected or something had happened to stop me. Now I was in and do you know, I will never leave here. I feel I am here until my last breath.
Everyone who visits the house says what a lovely relaxing, loving feeling it has. And when I moved in I had a previous occupant visit me. From day one I kept smelling tobacco smoke in the front room. I kept opening cupboards and smelling inside, thinking it was the last owners and couldn't find anything. Then I had a notion it was someone spirit. One day while off work ill, I was laying on the sofa dozing when the smell came again and I got the impression of man with a beard in my head.
A couple of weeks later my sister came to visit. Now my sister has the gift but chooses to ignore it, as at times she has scared herself with what she can see and hear. She says it's like watching a movie and the sounds and smells are so real.
That night while she was sat in the armchair, for some reason I asked her whether she could feel anything. She pipes up "What the old man with the beard standing in the corner". She then proceeded to have a dialogue with him and some other people until five am. They were so happy it seems to talk to me. It seems the chap with the cigarette smoke was a previous occupant called Bert (which I have had clarified) and he'd been wanting to say hello since I moved in. My sister also told me other things that had happened in the house, that she could not have known to do with my daily chores. It seems Bert finds it amusing when I go to the wheelie bin and the lid falls on my head and I curse - something my sister has never witnessed me do.
I've never smelt the smoke again, I suppose Bert is content that he said hello and every now and again I'll talk to him - how daft am I?!
The contact with the others I'll save for another time, because that conversation was really intriguing and connected at the time with a project I had just started working on, which my sister knew nothing about.
For weeks after my sister regularly kept seeing people and getting messages and then she stopped. I don't push it with her. She feels she's not ready to use it properly yet and as I said was overwhelmed by what she saw - especially the night a soldier from the 1st WW turned up and she smelt the smells of the battlefield, which made her ill. But that's for another time...
How are you drawn to where you lived? Two separate psychics confirmed my house had been chosen for me and that I will never leave - I don't want to leave, as I've finally found home.

Reiki - strange encounters

At times when I have been giving reiki treatments on people I have experienced strange feelings, which I can't explain. I suppose it all began when I was learning reiki two years ago.
One day I got the feeling my deceased maternal granny was with me. This has now happened on numerous occasions. Her name pops into my head and I feel very emotional and sometimes cry. It's very comforting the feeling I have when it happens and not distressing. Three psychics have confirmed she is with me and have even given me her name - as at times I can still be quite cynical. I like to have concrete facts and evidence, that's the journalist in me! I need to have proof.
When I was practising reiki on my friends while doing my level 1, I learnt a lot of things about them. While treating my best friend I felt immense joy - I have never felt such a feeling. This was while my hands were in the heart area. Afterwards she said she had thought she was floating in the air and believed that she if she had opened her eyes, she would have found herself suspended in the air!
At work one day, a colleague who had heard I did reiki asked me to demonstrate, so I started scanning her body and talking to her about why I was doing this. It was then I suddenly got a very strong sensation in my hands in the area of her abdomen and felt a sharp pain in my body in the same place. On telling her this, her face fell and she confirmed she had been suffering with problems in that area and the pain I described was exactly what she felt. Suffice to say she came to me for some treatments after that, as she was blown away - so was I, as I had never experienced that before.
It happened again while I was treating a family member. I was treating them when I experienced crippling pains in my abdomen, which were excruciating. They disappeared, what felt like minutes, after. It was then after the treatment, that the person said that was exactly the pain they suffered. Now you could say they were family and I knew their problem. I did, but did not know how the pain felt that they experienced. It gave me an insight into their life and what they suffer.
This has happened on numerous occasions picking up on people's pains, but I've also felt happy sensations and feelings of joy but also sadness and frustration. On one colleague while their head rested in my hands, I felt immense anger and felt my face grimace and my teeth clench. I felt like I wanted to throttle someone. Afterwards I asked my friend what she had felt and she had felt the same experience - was that me? Or her?
On other occasions I've also felt as if someone was helping me do the treatments. I've felt a very strong presence - very loving - and the right hand side of my face feels strange. It feels tingly and goes warm. One psychic has said I have an Arab spirit guide, who was coming through stronger and stronger. The person told me I had healing powers, though I had never mentioned I practised reiki.
I did read somewhere that most healers have Arab guides - has anyone else experienced this?
I had a very strange encounter one day while taking time out and I'm not sure whether it was with this guide. It was a summer's evening and I had decided to go lay down for a bit on my bed for some peace and quiet. My son was playing downstairs. As I lay there practising my breathing I felt as if someone was giving me a reiki treatment, starting at my head and working down my body. I couldn't move, but was aware of my surroundings and could hear my son downstairs.
I felt very relaxed and comforted. I don't know whether there was something there or whether it was my imagination but I can remember hearing the dog run upstairs and push open the door - now normally this excitable terrier would dive on the bed, but on this occasion he didn't and I heard him go back downstairs. I cannot explain this, but know that it felt like someone was giving me reiki.
The most strangest experience was after I had treated my sister in my parents bedroom. I had given her a full reiki treatment, for which she was very grateful. The next day I got a phone call from my parents asking what I had unleashed in their bedroom and would I come round and cleanse the room.
It seems my father had gone into the room in the evening to see the lightshade swinging violently from side to side and heard a whooshing noise as if someone had let go of a balloon. My father is a very down to earth, rational man and he was totally perplexed by the incident, as was my mother whom he'd shouted to come and witness the event.
I went round the next day and on entering the room suddenly felt the right hand side of my face prickle and burn. I told my mother what I was feeling and when I turned round to face her, she noticed a red mark on my face. When I stood on the bed to to look at the lampshade I felt very strong energy which made my hands tingle. I then cleansed the room and went through the whole house as they said they felt very disrupted. Did the treatment I gave my sister cause this? I don't know, but I do know from being very young, we had always experienced strange things in the house - from smelling cigarette smoke to seeing black shadows walk past doors. So had I simply enraged this spirit? I'm not sure as I can't explain. I know only the other day when I had gone round and was sat talking to my mum and sister, we all distinctly heard a stone being thrown in the hallway. On investigation we could not find anything and there was no-one else in the house. Does anyone have any answers?

Healing - how reiki entered my life

They say reiki enters your life when you need it the most.
I had never heard of reiki two years ago and then one day while at a Mind and Body event in my home town I had, what was supposed to be a 15 minute taster, but turned into an hour and a quarter, as the woman said I was in need of healing.
And boy did I need it. I had just come out of a relationship - the second time it had happened - and was in the process of selling my house and moving to a new one with my young son. I was down, life was terrible and I was doing my best to keep going.
The feelings I experienced were overwhelming. Afterwards I cried but then the next day was in a high state of jubilation, followed by weeks of feeling blue and upset. I was warned this would happen, but I was hooked and wanted to know more about reiki.
I devoured books on the subject, searched online for information and then one night came across an advert for a course being held for the first time not far from home. I signed up and before I knew it I had level 1 and was practising on everyone and everything.
I loved it - the feeling it gave me and how others felt was unbelievable. I then took level 2 the following year and started treating more people. People came to me during the lunchtime in my day job to help them with all kinds of things from headaches to back pain. The feelings I experienced and the strange things that occurred made me want to know more and question things. I became more spiritual and began to take an interest in other related things.
Some people think alternative therapies are a bit cuckoo, but I say until you've tried it, you can't knock it. Also one of the key things is finding the right therapist for you. Listen to your intuition and let it guide you to the right practitioner.

Rose Reiki

Reiki is the name given to a system of natural healing which evolved in Japan from the experience and dedication of Dr Mikao Usui. Dr Usui was inspired to develop this healing system from ancient teachings after many years of study, research and meditation.
As a practitioner people come to me for healing for all kinds of reasons (stress, tension, aches and pains, or just for relaxation). The recipient lies on a couch fully clothed and then using my hands I place them on various parts of the body in different positions and channel energy to help with the healing process.
A treatment usually takes between 1 hour and an hour and a half and costs £25.
Reiki healing can be given at any time, anywhere. For some more than one session is required. I also treat animals (cats, dogs and horses).
I set up Rose Reiki in 2006 and operate in the Lincolnshire area.
For more information e-mail elingard@btinternet.com.
Appointments can be made, but usually it is through recommendation.