Reflections by Patricia

Happy 2012!

The past few weeks have been very full for me personally, between teaching all levels of Usui and Tibetan Reiki as well as Karuna Reiki(R) classes.  Additionally we were blessed with the Twintreess doing private sessions and workshops.  

Once again, I was reminded of the IMPORTANCE of being rooted and grounded with the Earth.  Once again, I thought I was pretty grounded until I was with Twintreess and immediately recognized that I was not!  Recently I have been speaking with students who expressed that they have felt very off-center and their lives have been in absolute upheaval.  The reminder is to be IN the body.  Not thinking about it  but visualize yourself in your body.  A very easy visualization I do is to imagine myself being a tree having my roots go very deep into Mother Earth and grounding me there.  Then I imagine that I have branches reaching towards the heavens. Also I connect with the Earthstar which is located beneath the feet.

Teaching Karuna Reiki twice in the past four weeks solidified how important it is to be compassionate with oneself.  We all have judgments - they are part of our personality and ego.  Accepting our judgments rather than denying them and then judging our judgments is so detrimental to the body!  As Twintreess often share the greatest violence is what we do to ourselves rather than the violence we impart on others.

While doing Reiki on Wednesday, January 4th, I heard:

I am Healing.  I am Healed.  I am Whole.  Three very profound statements.