I am soooo excited! I am officially a Certified Crystal Healer and can use the initials CCH after my name! I know that I'm a wee bit late writing this post, but I've been busy as my grandsons have been here!
I love working with the crystals and seeing the results that they bring. I am working with my Clients as to what crystals resonate the best with them. It was interesting to see a Client "testing" four different stones (all of the same type but different sizes and shapes) to find which one was perfect for her. There was no doubt which one she needed as it literally was felt within her heart. She said it felt like a jolt!
The stones do talk to those that need them. If you take the time to stop and listen, you can feel, if not actually hear, what it is that they wish to tell you.
I love working with these gifts from Mother Earth. The more that I work with them, the more that they teach me.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Thirty-Four Years ago Today ...
Thirty-four years ago today I married my best friend. I remember saying the wedding vows, "For richer and poor, through good times and bad, through sickness and health, I promise to love and cherish you from this day forward until death do us part." At the time, it was emotional to be saying those words, but the reality of what they meant had not sank in yet.
We have been through all of those vows. We have had hard times where money was tight and we pulled together and made it through to easier financial times. He was there for me when my Mom passed away and again when my Grandmother passed away. I was there for him when he lost his best friend and his parents as well. The bad times, but that makes the good times just that much sweeter and more appreciated.
Through sickness and health. I didn't realize that we would use this one quite as much as we have. He helped me through MS. He learned to clear IVs with saline solution to keep them from clotting, he learned to hook up the medications as well when I was on a five day solu-medrol run. He would have made someone a very good nurse, oh, that's right, he made ME a very good nurse. He took care of me and he still does. Some men would have ran from this responsibility, he embraced it and held to the challenge.
I am much better now, no more IVs for me! Now it's his turn to be the patient. Through sickness (or injury) and health, the full package. I find that when I am his nurse, things flow better and for that I am grateful.
I love him more today than I did the day that we said those vows, yes, even with the injury grumpiness! We are on a journey together and that journey continues. I knew from the moment that we went on our second date picnic, my three month old daughter in tow, that he was the one for me. I felt safe, loved, warm, and accepted.
I will not lie and say that there haven't been difficult times, but if you line the difficult along side of the happy times, there is no comparison.
Thirty-four years ago today I married my best-friend and I've never looked back. Thank you for always being there for me, for us. I love you.
We have been through all of those vows. We have had hard times where money was tight and we pulled together and made it through to easier financial times. He was there for me when my Mom passed away and again when my Grandmother passed away. I was there for him when he lost his best friend and his parents as well. The bad times, but that makes the good times just that much sweeter and more appreciated.
Through sickness and health. I didn't realize that we would use this one quite as much as we have. He helped me through MS. He learned to clear IVs with saline solution to keep them from clotting, he learned to hook up the medications as well when I was on a five day solu-medrol run. He would have made someone a very good nurse, oh, that's right, he made ME a very good nurse. He took care of me and he still does. Some men would have ran from this responsibility, he embraced it and held to the challenge.
I am much better now, no more IVs for me! Now it's his turn to be the patient. Through sickness (or injury) and health, the full package. I find that when I am his nurse, things flow better and for that I am grateful.
I love him more today than I did the day that we said those vows, yes, even with the injury grumpiness! We are on a journey together and that journey continues. I knew from the moment that we went on our second date picnic, my three month old daughter in tow, that he was the one for me. I felt safe, loved, warm, and accepted.
I will not lie and say that there haven't been difficult times, but if you line the difficult along side of the happy times, there is no comparison.
Thirty-four years ago today I married my best-friend and I've never looked back. Thank you for always being there for me, for us. I love you.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Healing is a Team Effort
I have discovered that as I progress along my journey, I am constantly delighted by the things that I discover and learn. Things appear along this journey just as I need them. I no longer believe in coincidences, though there are times that I have to be patient in understanding why things happen.
I firmly believe that to be healed is not necessarily the same as being cured. While it's nice to be both, when you are healed and whole, the stress and worry over a cure is no longer there and the body is in a better position to deal with the task at hand without any distractions.
True healing comes from the heart center. It starts with the ability to love and accept yourself as you are. It means that you can look into the mirror at any given moment and embrace the person looking back at you.
This is my main objective in all that I do. My Reiki, Crystal Healing, Vision Boards, and all the other tools that I have in my tool box are geared to helping you heal from the heart center. Like an onion, each person has layers upon layers that they have created around themselves as they've moved through their lives. To peal back these layers, we will work together as a team. This team consists of myself and my Client. The Client's medical/mental health practioners (if there are any) are also a part of this team.
Through both Reiki and Crystal Healing we can begin to break through the layers, making it easier for the body to respond to the treatments that are being facilitated by your physcian/mental health practitioner. At no time will it ever be a recommendation to stop any treatments prescribed by the medical community. We will work together in this process of healing. The physicians can cure you, we will work to heal you.
I offer to you a process to facilitate healing. Each person is unique in how this is achieved. Working as a team, we find out what will work for you. As each of us have our own individual and unique fingerprint, we all have unique and individual needs that have to be addressed in order to heal.
Reiki sends the eneregy where it is needed. It can relieve the symptoms, but the root cause of the symptoms needs to be cleared so that they do not return. This is where we go deeper, we allow the enegy to travel to the cause of the symptoms and we begin to heal at this very basic level.
Crystals are very powerful allies in this journey, they bring our bodies into sync with Mother Nature once again. Many of us have lost that ability to feel what Mother Earth provides. This is a big part of the healing process, learning to reconnect with Mother Nature.
Healing comes from the heart and it is pure love. Learning to love yourself is the ultimate goal for true healing. This is my goal for those that come to me for help. We are a team and we will work together to achieve this goal. It's not easy, but it is worth the effort. The tools are all there in my tool box and I will gladly share them with you. I will help you to start your own tool box so you will have what you need to heal.
I firmly believe that to be healed is not necessarily the same as being cured. While it's nice to be both, when you are healed and whole, the stress and worry over a cure is no longer there and the body is in a better position to deal with the task at hand without any distractions.
True healing comes from the heart center. It starts with the ability to love and accept yourself as you are. It means that you can look into the mirror at any given moment and embrace the person looking back at you.
This is my main objective in all that I do. My Reiki, Crystal Healing, Vision Boards, and all the other tools that I have in my tool box are geared to helping you heal from the heart center. Like an onion, each person has layers upon layers that they have created around themselves as they've moved through their lives. To peal back these layers, we will work together as a team. This team consists of myself and my Client. The Client's medical/mental health practioners (if there are any) are also a part of this team.
Through both Reiki and Crystal Healing we can begin to break through the layers, making it easier for the body to respond to the treatments that are being facilitated by your physcian/mental health practitioner. At no time will it ever be a recommendation to stop any treatments prescribed by the medical community. We will work together in this process of healing. The physicians can cure you, we will work to heal you.
I offer to you a process to facilitate healing. Each person is unique in how this is achieved. Working as a team, we find out what will work for you. As each of us have our own individual and unique fingerprint, we all have unique and individual needs that have to be addressed in order to heal.
Reiki sends the eneregy where it is needed. It can relieve the symptoms, but the root cause of the symptoms needs to be cleared so that they do not return. This is where we go deeper, we allow the enegy to travel to the cause of the symptoms and we begin to heal at this very basic level.
Crystals are very powerful allies in this journey, they bring our bodies into sync with Mother Nature once again. Many of us have lost that ability to feel what Mother Earth provides. This is a big part of the healing process, learning to reconnect with Mother Nature.
Healing comes from the heart and it is pure love. Learning to love yourself is the ultimate goal for true healing. This is my goal for those that come to me for help. We are a team and we will work together to achieve this goal. It's not easy, but it is worth the effort. The tools are all there in my tool box and I will gladly share them with you. I will help you to start your own tool box so you will have what you need to heal.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Principles ...
As a Reiki Master and a Munay Ki Initiate, I have two sets of principles that I am to follow. I have both of these printed out and posted on my bulletin board. The Reiki principles are also on my bedroom mirror and I have them posted in my office. I read them daily and I make the attempt to follow them as well. I use the word attempt as like all those out there reading this, I am still human and I have my ups and downs.
So why do I, or anyone else for that matter, need to have a set of principles to follow? What's the big deal, just live your life as you see fit, why write something out? Writing something out, having it posted to look at, does make a difference. It gives you an anchor, something to look at and remind you of the principles that you agreed to live your life by.
The Principles of the Munay Ki are as follows:
Non-violence
Bring no harm to yourself or others
Truthfulness
Be true to your word, and let your word be true
Integrity
Do not steal, not even a glance; walk your talk
Moderation
Use wisely the life force within you
Generosity
Give more than you take, for nothing in the world really belongs to you
The Principles of Reiki are as follows:
Today I am free of Anger
Today I am Free of Worry
Today I work to improve myself with diligence and appreciation
Today I am kind to all Living Things
Today I am Thankful for all of my many blessings
As you can see, there are places where these two sets of principles are the same. The wording is different, but the intent is the same. With the Reiki principles, the word today is used as you only need to take care of today; it isn't intimidating to do something for one day. If they read, for the "rest of my life" I might not have even made the attempt to follow them! One day at a time. One day moves into two days, and then three. Eventually a series of days have gone by and the attempt was made each and every one of those days to follow the principles that I agreed to follow.
It is a good thing, having a set of principles to model your life after. In a situation that would normally become stressful and upsetting it is helpful to take a deep breath and think, "which principle might apply to the situation that I'm facing now?" Just moving your mind to that thought will take you from the trigged "normal" response to the situation and put you in a better place to deal with what is going on.
Principles can be a very individualized thing. You can follow those that come to you through the different paths of your life, or you can model ones that look and feel right to and for you. There can be only one or two, or you can have as many as you'd like. This is something that I am planning on helping others with, finding their own set of principles to live by.
So why do I, or anyone else for that matter, need to have a set of principles to follow? What's the big deal, just live your life as you see fit, why write something out? Writing something out, having it posted to look at, does make a difference. It gives you an anchor, something to look at and remind you of the principles that you agreed to live your life by.
The Principles of the Munay Ki are as follows:
Non-violence
Bring no harm to yourself or others
Truthfulness
Be true to your word, and let your word be true
Integrity
Do not steal, not even a glance; walk your talk
Moderation
Use wisely the life force within you
Generosity
Give more than you take, for nothing in the world really belongs to you
The Principles of Reiki are as follows:
Today I am free of Anger
Today I am Free of Worry
Today I work to improve myself with diligence and appreciation
Today I am kind to all Living Things
Today I am Thankful for all of my many blessings
As you can see, there are places where these two sets of principles are the same. The wording is different, but the intent is the same. With the Reiki principles, the word today is used as you only need to take care of today; it isn't intimidating to do something for one day. If they read, for the "rest of my life" I might not have even made the attempt to follow them! One day at a time. One day moves into two days, and then three. Eventually a series of days have gone by and the attempt was made each and every one of those days to follow the principles that I agreed to follow.
It is a good thing, having a set of principles to model your life after. In a situation that would normally become stressful and upsetting it is helpful to take a deep breath and think, "which principle might apply to the situation that I'm facing now?" Just moving your mind to that thought will take you from the trigged "normal" response to the situation and put you in a better place to deal with what is going on.
Principles can be a very individualized thing. You can follow those that come to you through the different paths of your life, or you can model ones that look and feel right to and for you. There can be only one or two, or you can have as many as you'd like. This is something that I am planning on helping others with, finding their own set of principles to live by.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Healed vs. Cured
My sister and I had a very interesting conversation
yesterday. I was telling her about my thoughts on healing, that it comes from
the heart and that in order for a person to be healed they need to be able to
love themselves unconditionally. I should put in at this point that my sister
is a Nurse-Practitioner, a very good one at that! She said that there is a
difference between being healed and being cured. I agree!
To help you to understand what is meant by this I will
give you two examples. The first woman has breast cancer and as part of the
treatment, she has a mastectomy. Her breast cancer is cured and it is no longer
present anywhere in her system. She never is able to come to terms with the
treatment, in this case the mastectomy, and she becomes bitter and broken
because she sees herself as broken. Has she been healed? Has she been cured of
the disease, but left unhealed and open for new disease and unhappiness to
filter into her life?
The second example is of a woman once again with cancer.
This time, the woman is at peace with herself, her complete self, even the
parts that have cancer. She is enjoying the life that she has, she moves
through her life with joy, passing that joy and love to others around her. She
eventually dies of the cancer, so it is clear that she was never cured, but was
she healed? I believe that she was. She lived a life of peace and joy, even if
she was living it with cancer, she never lived as a victim and she brought joy
to all around her. It is a fact that all on earth are going to pass on at some
point as it is the way of the Universe, we may not be able to control the way
that happens but we can be healed at the very core of our being and live life
to the fullest.
I have Multiple Sclerosis, I was diagnosed in 1992. I
went downhill rather quickly; steroids and I became very good friends. I couldn’t
walk without holding on to something; balance was not in my cards at that time.
I went blind in my left eye. I have been numb from the waist down with bruising
all over my legs and no idea how it happened. I have to laugh at the many, many
times I have dropped something to the floor when I was attempting to place it
on the counter, I had no depth perception at all. This was in 1992, 20 years
ago. I was on IV meds for five days at a time; I came back down on Prednisone.
I have had knee surgery as part of my thigh bone broke off and was floating
around inside my knee cap. This was due to the large amount of steroids that I
have taken in my life.
Most people would have no idea that I have an incurable
disease, or a disease that has no cure known to the medical field at this time.
I have “healed” myself; I have healed myself in the definition of healing given
above. I still have an injection that I give myself every day, I will not stop
taking the medicine until I am instructed to do so by my Neurologist, but I have healed. I embrace the path that I have gone down and
there are times that I can see where it has changed my life for the better. I
have empathy for those with disease, I can understand the thoughts and feelings
that they express in regard to what they are going through. I can honestly tell
them that true healing comes from the heart and from the way we handle the disease.
I have experienced this myself and I can talk to them from my heart and
understand what they are saying with compassion. I also know when it’s time to
move forward and not let the disease control them, but to have the Client take
control of the disease.
I have tested “normal” for an eye test (I don’t remember
if it is an EEG for sure) that I should not have tested normal on. I have MS
and I have Optical Neuritis. These two together should make it to where I never
test normal on this. They say it’s impossible; I have had more than one Doctor
comment on my normal results. Does this mean that I am cured of Optical
Neuritis? I think that I might be cured and I know that I am healed.
I hope to one day be cured of MS, as I heal more and more
each day and get closer to that level of total unconditional love of self I
know that the cure of this disease is getting closer.
I work to heal people and in their healing I hope that
they are cured. It is a team effort, the Client, myself, the energy, and their
Doctor or Therapist. Healing comes from
the level of the heart and unconditional love. I do not claim to cure people,
but I do claim to help them to heal. There is a difference.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Healing from the Heart ...
I have a very firm belief that true, lasting healing comes from the heart. The Institute of Heart Math has done several studies on the power of the heart and I find them to be very interesting. Are you aware that the electromagnetic field of the brain can be measured up to a four foot circumference around the brain? Let's compare that to the electromagnetic field of the heart. The heart has a circumference of twelve feet around the heart! I wonder which one has more influence on things, the brain or the heart?
I have written that I work with my Client as a team effort. It takes a team at times to accomplish the goals that we wish to accomplish in our lives. Healing is no different. Lasting healing comes from a place in the heart center. I can help to clear your aura, balance your chakras, send energy to assist with a multitude of things, and we will see great progress. We will see a complete disappearance of the original conditions that you, the Client wished to clear up. I've seen this over and over again. It truly is a wonderful thing to follow the progress that is made as the team works together.
I will return to my first statement "lasting healing comes from the heart". As a Reiki Practitioner, I use pure love from my heart center to begin each and every treatment. It has to come from that place to be as strong and as effective as I wish the energy to be. My focus is on my Client, on what I sense and see, and for the time that they are in my office, they are my world. The treatments are amazing and my Clients have amazing experiences as well.
The one thing that I really want to get through to everyone is that until you can learn to love yourself, unconditionally love and respect yourself, things will still slip in and cause you new types of dis-ease. You will be back to see me with a different set of things that the "team" needs to work on. It isn't an easy thing, this learning to love yourself unconditionally. To love yourself beyond the level of words and have it be something that you know, deep within your own heart center, that it is the truth.
To heal completely you have to get to the point that you can look into the mirror at any given moment and love the person that you see looking back at you. This is not an easy thing to do by any means. I work myself not to cringe at that "baby belly" that I see in the mirror. It is part of me and to be healthy in all aspects of my life, I need to love that part just as much as I do my little feet!
I call this "Heart Magick ... Where Healing Begins". It's a team effort to get to this point of unconditional love, but we can all get there. When you love yourself unconditionally, the rest will start to fall into place.
I have written that I work with my Client as a team effort. It takes a team at times to accomplish the goals that we wish to accomplish in our lives. Healing is no different. Lasting healing comes from a place in the heart center. I can help to clear your aura, balance your chakras, send energy to assist with a multitude of things, and we will see great progress. We will see a complete disappearance of the original conditions that you, the Client wished to clear up. I've seen this over and over again. It truly is a wonderful thing to follow the progress that is made as the team works together.
I will return to my first statement "lasting healing comes from the heart". As a Reiki Practitioner, I use pure love from my heart center to begin each and every treatment. It has to come from that place to be as strong and as effective as I wish the energy to be. My focus is on my Client, on what I sense and see, and for the time that they are in my office, they are my world. The treatments are amazing and my Clients have amazing experiences as well.
The one thing that I really want to get through to everyone is that until you can learn to love yourself, unconditionally love and respect yourself, things will still slip in and cause you new types of dis-ease. You will be back to see me with a different set of things that the "team" needs to work on. It isn't an easy thing, this learning to love yourself unconditionally. To love yourself beyond the level of words and have it be something that you know, deep within your own heart center, that it is the truth.
To heal completely you have to get to the point that you can look into the mirror at any given moment and love the person that you see looking back at you. This is not an easy thing to do by any means. I work myself not to cringe at that "baby belly" that I see in the mirror. It is part of me and to be healthy in all aspects of my life, I need to love that part just as much as I do my little feet!
I call this "Heart Magick ... Where Healing Begins". It's a team effort to get to this point of unconditional love, but we can all get there. When you love yourself unconditionally, the rest will start to fall into place.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Catching up
It's been a bit since I've written, am I getting a bit rusty in the writing arena? I hope not! I have been busy, though I'm not sure that's the main reason that I haven't written in a while. I'll work on the reasoning behind the action, it's somewhere floating around in my head and I will find it one of these days.
There is a new, revamped website up and running for Ethereal Touch. I will get all the quirks figured out sooner or later. I am also getting my classes set up to teach on the Internet as well as live in my office. The classes are fun and I've discovered that I love to teach!
I am on the "Faculty" of The Ohio Nursing League and am teaching Practical Reiki (8 CE's for Nurses) through the Reiki Awakening Academy. It was a bit of a smiling moment to see the OK come through and realize that my name is on this list. Who would have thought?
Where do I go from here? What direction do I continue in? I love what I do, I love the people that I meet and interact with on this path that I am on. It is something that is both humbling and rewarding as I listen to the words of appreciation and know that I've made a difference in someones life. I've been looked at and simply told "fix me".
Energy work is a powerful thing, it's an empowering thing. Working with energy and a Client is a team effort, the Client helps themselves as the energy moves through their own systems. It is empowering to know that you are helping to bring your body back into balance so that it can heal as it was meant to do.
I can give Reiki all day long to a person that doesn't want to get better, for whatever reason that might be, and while they may or may not improve, they won't stay that way. Give me another person that is ready for things to be better, the energy is received and the progress is truly amazing. It is a team effort, and the team is comprised of myself, the Client, and the energy that flows all around us.
I read a short statement the other day. It read "Empowerment through Knowledge". I like that statement. I completely agree, knowledge is empowering. Having an open mind to new ideas and understanding helps in gaining that empowerment. I encourage everyone to be like a sponge and soak up all the information that they can. Don't take things at face value that you are told, research what interests you, find the truth behind it for yourself and make it your truth as well.
There is a new, revamped website up and running for Ethereal Touch. I will get all the quirks figured out sooner or later. I am also getting my classes set up to teach on the Internet as well as live in my office. The classes are fun and I've discovered that I love to teach!
I am on the "Faculty" of The Ohio Nursing League and am teaching Practical Reiki (8 CE's for Nurses) through the Reiki Awakening Academy. It was a bit of a smiling moment to see the OK come through and realize that my name is on this list. Who would have thought?
Where do I go from here? What direction do I continue in? I love what I do, I love the people that I meet and interact with on this path that I am on. It is something that is both humbling and rewarding as I listen to the words of appreciation and know that I've made a difference in someones life. I've been looked at and simply told "fix me".
Energy work is a powerful thing, it's an empowering thing. Working with energy and a Client is a team effort, the Client helps themselves as the energy moves through their own systems. It is empowering to know that you are helping to bring your body back into balance so that it can heal as it was meant to do.
I can give Reiki all day long to a person that doesn't want to get better, for whatever reason that might be, and while they may or may not improve, they won't stay that way. Give me another person that is ready for things to be better, the energy is received and the progress is truly amazing. It is a team effort, and the team is comprised of myself, the Client, and the energy that flows all around us.
I read a short statement the other day. It read "Empowerment through Knowledge". I like that statement. I completely agree, knowledge is empowering. Having an open mind to new ideas and understanding helps in gaining that empowerment. I encourage everyone to be like a sponge and soak up all the information that they can. Don't take things at face value that you are told, research what interests you, find the truth behind it for yourself and make it your truth as well.
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