But I think a lot of it is you get what you think
you will get. You know, if you're going to it
with a cynical mind, then yeah, you're not gonna
fully invest. You're not gonna fully believe
and you're gonna get exactly what you think you're
gonna get. If you go in believing and you're
open to healing this part of your body, then
yeah, you're gonna come out feeling like a million
bucks. Welcome back to Keep It Good. I'm your
host Carly and I'm your host Emily. Today we
are going to be talking about Reiki. I'm new
to this, but I got my first experience last week
with Carly. It was so great. I wanted to share
about it because it felt so good. It was just
a really, really good experience. But let's start
off with why, what made you want to do this and
get certified in Reiki? So if you know me, you
know I'm really spiritual and I love I just love
all the magical little mystical things and I
feel like energy is right up there with that.
I'm a big believer in like natural healing and
all these things. I go to get psychic readings
a lot and tarot cards, runes, and I just, I love
it. I think it's just really cool and fun. So
a lot of times the psychics would tell me, you
have healing hands. You need to start working
with your hands more and this and that. And I
always associated that with nursing. And I'm
like, well, that's, I'm right there doing what
I'm supposed to be doing then. So it wasn't until
this past November that we went to Florida and
I go to this psychic and she told me everything
about my son. All right. And she knew like all
the struggles that we had. And she says, again,
you have healing hands and you should really,
you know, tap into Reiki. You should learn Reiki
and you should do this with your son. I think
it'll really help not only him, but you as well.
And so I kind of put that in my back pocket and
I was like, interesting. I've heard of Reiki.
I'd never had it done myself. I always wanted
to. It was on my bucket list, but I never thought
of myself as getting certified. And it was like
serendipity. One day I just showed up at yoga
and the owner said, hey, weren't you interested
in getting certified in Reiki? She's doing a
class tomorrow. Of all Saturdays, I wasn't working.
We didn't have anything planned and I said, yeah,
okay This is like meant to be so that's how I
ended up getting certified and getting my attunement
You know, I'm I'm a beginner. I'm a level one
practitioner right now, but It's been really
cool a very cool experience is awesome. How many
levels are there? So there's three levels and
then you can be a master The master you really
want to go into if you're going to be like teaching.
I don't think I'll ever get to that. This isn't
like something that I got into to do for a job
or career, but maybe I'll learn little by little
as I go. It's just kind of getting my feet wet
and experimenting a little bit with my family.
You know, I did it on my husband. I do it on
both my boys now and they all love it. It's just
a cool relaxation. It's just something new to
try and I'll do it on friends and family, whoever's
in need, but no, I'm not gonna, I don't think
I'm gonna go too far into it, you know. Changing
career paths, no? Not right now, no. So what
happened was last week, I was under the weather.
I was getting a cold. I still probably sound
a little bit sick, but typically when I get sick,
I... like it always goes to my chest. I get a
terrible cough. It lasts for weeks, sometimes
into bronchitis. I lose my voice. It's all the
things. So she was like, you know what, why don't
you come over and let me do Reiki on you and
just, you know, have like a relaxing morning.
I'm like, oh, that sounds amazing. So I went
over and Carly has this beautiful little room
in her home and she did on me and it was an hour
long. It did not feel that long at all. So Basically,
she has this table set up. She has heating, blankets,
and all that. I was super comfy. You are fully
dressed. And it's energy, right? I mean, it's
an energy healing. You're not getting like a
massage. Right. It's totally different. And so
reiki itself, the word reiki means universal
light force energy. So this I learned, it's a
Japanese healing technique using gentle touch.
And it promotes relaxation, balancing energy.
And it really just enhances your natural ability
to heal itself, which is what was so intriguing
to me is I'm a big believer of energy. I feel
like your energy enters the room before you do.
I mean, you can just feel it on people. And it
works with your chakras and rebalancing, just
keeping you in a good state. I just love all
of that. all the ideas of that. Yeah, it was
so cool. So Carly went over how many chakras
are there? So seven? There's seven. Yeah. So
she went over all the chakras with me before
we started what they mean and what they hold.
And as she's going through them, I'm like, Oh,
like, I don't really have that symptom. I'm probably
okay. Or, okay, that one maybe is closed off
because that's essentially what you're doing
to correct. You're opening up these chakras and
you go through that first on the person's body.
Yeah, so typically, I mean, everybody does it
differently. Each Reiki practitioner has their
own little flow. I'm still learning as I go.
But every time I practice, I feel like I get
a little bit more in tune with it. And so I'll
check everyone's chakras. And so you have seven
chakras. And it's basically like energy portals
in your body, right? And you have... starting
from your root chakra, which is down at the bottom
of your spine. And that's all about security,
survival, stability. And then it goes all the
way up to the crown of your head. And that's
your crown chakra. And that one's pretty much
about like your highest level of consciousness.
And it's your spiritual enlightenment. Then you
have, you know, moving down your third eye. is
inner wisdom, insight. Your throat chakra is
all about communication, self -expression. Your
heart chakra is compassion, self -love, forgiveness.
Your solar plexus chakra is confidence, self
-esteem. And your sacral is your pleasure, emotions,
and your relationship. And then it goes back
to your root chakra. So if anything is blocked,
a lot of the imbalances can have physical...
manifestations in your body, low self -esteem,
depression, anxiety, all of these things. And
I, when I got my entombment, I had never felt
more just aware, like self -awareness and just
connected to like a higher being, you know, cause
everything was open, everything was aligned.
You're just kind of in this flow state, you know,
where you're just calm. you're very much just
open, your mind is open to any and all possibilities.
It was just a really cool experience. But yeah,
so I would start with the chakras, see what's
blocked. And then throughout the whole Reiki
process, you kind of scan the body and see where
energy is stagnant or where you really need to
focus a little bit more. Now, if you think of
Reiki as water, right? or like water running
through a stream. You know how leaves get bunched
up? There's a dam. The water doesn't flow like
naturally. So what Reiki does is basically gets
rid of the leaves so that you can have an awesome
flow of this energy throughout your body. We
have these energy portals and I mean, Reiki is
just, it's just magical. I just loved it. I love
learning about it. Just one more little trick
to add to my little tool belt for life. Oh, that's
so awesome. And when you did me, I was blocked,
right? All my chakras. Or there was one that
was open maybe, but six at least were closed
off. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. So you use a little pendulum
and you see the movements. And it's wild because
I'm like a believer of things, but I still have
my cynical side. Like, oh, is this really true?
You know? But now, learning it and doing it,
you can see it. And I'm not moving this pendulum.
It's not me. Reiki isn't coming from me, personally.
Once you're attuned and you're certified, you're
bringing it from the universe. You're like a
portal for this energetic healing. And it's just
so cool. Some people might not believe in it,
and that's fine. But for me, it's like, how can
you not believe that these things exist when
we're living in this planet? in this galaxy,
we don't even know half of what is real and what's
not, you know? So I just, it's just one more
way to stay positive in this world that's a little
bit, you know, not so positive right now. Like
other things we've talked about, it's just nice
to have something extra to think of, you know?
And just having that positive energy and that
vibe, it was just a really, really cool experience.
So I just wanna share. what I felt because I
was just not sure. I've also go to this yoga
studio that Carly's speaking of. I've practiced
yoga for 15 years. I've known that that woman
was there. And obviously there's other practitioners
in our area. But if I take the time to do something
for myself, typically it's massage or to see
my chiropractor. I just haven't taken the time
to, you know, try Ricky or anything else like
that. Um, so I really didn't know. anything or
what it was going to feel like. I didn't know
she was actually touching me. If her hands were
hovering, I knew nothing. So she checked my chakras
and she basically scans the body and she went
around with her hands like on all different,
you know, sections. You started at my head and
there was two spots on my head. I think, you
know, you start with one, then you move to another.
And once she got to my shoulders, that's when
I could feel Like this energy exactly what you're
talking about. I just started to feel Bubbles,
it's maybe hard to explain but I started to feel
these bubbles and mainly where she was which
was on top of my shoulders like I'm I think of
it kind of like boiling water like those little
bubbles that come up, but it wasn't like a burning
boiling sensation, but kind of like little pops
and she worked from one side say the left side
all the way around back to my right and I kind
of felt those bubbles a little bit everywhere
throughout my whole body as she was going through
it. And that was my first sign that something
was happening. It was really, really cool. You
also had told me that some people feel nothing
or see nothing. Some people hear stuff, some
people see things. And once you went around my
body the first time, because you did it, what,
two or three times? Okay, because you get a little
lost in it because it's just so relaxing. But
when she got through my body the first time,
I did start to see color. I was seeing like a
light pink, maybe even a lavender tone of color.
You know, it's black when your eyes are shut,
but there was some color kind of coming through.
And I did notice that I felt a little heavy,
but also like I was floating, like my muscles
and my body didn't want to move. But yeah, like
a floating, I don't know, it was heavy, but floating.
It was a really neat feeling and I just felt
calm. It was just very calming all over. My body
was warm and cozy, but my hands and my feet were
a little bit cold, which was interesting too.
I wasn't feeling chilly and I wasn't feeling
overheated, but you could definitely feel like
there was a lot of warmth going through my body.
It was just a really neat experience. And at
the time when I lay down, I did not have much
of a voice. And afterwards I had my voice the
rest of the day, which was kind of weird, right?
Yeah, that was so strange. I mean, when you think
about it, so like what I learned is Reiki, it
has all these awesome benefits, okay? So it can
lower your stress level. It can improve your
immune system, which you pretty much felt. It
releases any negative feelings or thoughts. It
can improve your circulation, your blood flow.
It can help with your sleep, your energy. It
can help lower pain if you have chronic pain
or inflammation, helps with anxiety, and just
lifts your mood. I mean, the list goes on and
on and on about all these benefits to Reiki.
What I had gotten into it for was for my son.
So Reiki for kids is really cool because it encourages
self -awareness. It can help with things like
anxiety, confidence, sleep. It's really good
for ADHD and autism. It helps them just kind
of gain like this positive attitude about themselves.
You know, there's bullying, there's all these
things in school. And Reiki can just kind of
center them every day and just give them a really
good sense of who they are, you know, and that
protective shield. I don't do it every night
with him or my other son, but they love it. I
turn this whole room into a relaxation yoga room.
And the other night I was like, okay, do you
guys want to watch? Whatever on TV or do you
want Reiki and they both said Reiki and I'm like,
oh like that's Yeah, it was like the last time
we did it he cried because he felt like he was
releasing all the stress from the day like it
can be super powerful sometimes and I feel like
it is bringing us like closer, you know in this
lane because it does it helps me to as I'm giving
Reiki I Get Reiki through it And I've never gotten
Reiki before in my life, before getting the attunement.
So I didn't know what it felt like or anything
like that. But now I can feel it. Sometimes I
get tired. Sometimes I get energy. It all depends,
I think, on who you're working on. That makes
sense. Yeah. I feel like I pick up on their energy
a little bit. But it's just wild. It's been super
cool. little journey that we're on since the
new year here. So that was going to be one of
my questions, which you pretty much answered,
but do you get energy from it? So like, what
does it feel like to you? Or does it depend on
who you're working on? Well, so when I was working
on you, I don't know if you felt it, but my hands,
like my pinky, at one point, it was just like
had a mind of its own. It was freaking out and
it was twitching and it was really strange like
that. typically didn't ever happen to me before.
Most of the time I have like a tingling feeling
in my hands, and that's how I kind of know where
it's blocked. The girl that I did on Saturday,
I've been like kind of doing it for free at this
place, and the girl that I did it for, my right
thumb, every time I went over her knee, it was
like a zap, like just my right thumb, and I'm
like, this is so weird. And I'm like, because
I'm kind of learning as I go too. And so that's
why I'm not charging anybody, because I'm just
a novice. Like, I'm literally just experimenting
right now, you know? So I was like, wow, this
is interesting. What is this? And I would go
around every other part, and then I'd get back
to her knee, and my right thumb would zing. And
I'm like, OK. So then I held it there, and I
let the energy do its thing. And then it slowly
started to go away, like the zing of my finger.
And I was like, okay, so I think that's the universe
saying that that part is cleared now. You know,
it's kind of just like listening to your body
and their body at the same time. So it's very,
it's a really cool connection. Yeah, I've definitely
felt some of the vibrating. That's like what
it felt like to me of your hands. Like when you
were touching me, I know you don't always, you're
above. the body as well, but I definitely felt
some of that vibrating. And I noticed sometimes
your hands felt really warm in certain areas
and other times it felt cool. Like the hands
felt cooler. So yeah, some people like it's really
cool to watch everybody's experience because
they're all different. I did one of our friends
and he was twitching and it would be like I'm
touching like his left shoulder and his right
foot would twitch and that makes sense because
the portals like and that was explained to me
that you will feel it in other parts of your
body because the reiki goes where it needs to
go if that makes sense yeah like wherever your
body needs natural healing is where the reiki
is going to go and uh it's just so cool to watch
and learn this new skill are there any side effects
to reiki no I have not heard of any known side
effects, um, other than just benefits. I mean,
better sleep, energy, like all the things, you
know. And chakras won't open all like right off
the bat. That doesn't happen all the time. It
could take a few sessions to really open your
chakras. Like if you have really pent up trauma,
you know, that you're not going to learn how
to communicate right off the bat or... You know,
like there's, it's a process for sure, as is
therapy, anything else, you know, and this is
not to replace any traditional therapies. This
is just kind of incongruent with your normal,
typical medical treatments. This just aids in
it. So like, you know, it can help with radiation,
chemotherapy, it could help with you know if
you um if you just have any type of chronic pain.
Now I wouldn't defer completely from your normal
um you know therapies that actually help but
this is just an alternative in addition to. Yeah
that makes plenty of sense. I mean like I said
I was had just started getting sick typically
I think I said I would go to my chest I get bronchitis
often and I feel so much better at this point
I would already be coughing for many days. So
if it, you know, you said it boosts immunity
and I feel pretty good. So cool. So I'm going
to attribute it to me feeling better for sure.
Um, but yeah, it was just a really neat process
and I hope that you will take me again. I got,
of course. Um, cause I would love to do it when
obviously I'm feeling better too, to really feel
that energy. Yeah. And to see a difference in
like how you feel afterwards. Yeah, totally.
Well, especially since I was so blocked up. Like
there's other ways that you can actually practice
keeping your chakras open is like meditation,
yoga, journaling, getting out in nature. Like
these are all good things to kind of keep yourself
grounded and open. I didn't realize how closed
off I was as well. I kind of, you know, in high
school I was very much into this stuff and maybe
my early 20s. And I don't know, some part of
me just kind of got into this rut of like work.
this, kids, this, da -da -da -da -da, you know?
And I've just kind of been tapping back into
my old self again and things that kind of excited
me or, you know, I was interested in but never
really took the time to get into it, you know?
Like, I just love the idea of alternative therapies.
Yeah. You know? I mean... Even just our talk
with like skin care and food and all these things.
I think everything is just kind of Interconnected
your your mind body spirit It works as a team,
you know, and this is just something that kind
of helps your spirit and your soul and It has
benefits, you know Beyond the list I even gave
it. Yeah, it's just so cool Well, I think with
having kids like you said, you want to do everything
you can for your children and you finding something
else to help your boys is incredible. It's amazing
to have something else that you said in your
tool belt. And now you do and you're seeing the
benefits of it. So yeah, I joke like, you know,
my friends will call me a witch. I'm not a bad
witch. I don't practice magic or anything like
that. You're a good witch. Yeah, I just love
like, you know, lighting incense or Like, I have
these tarot cards that I'll read at my party,
but I'm not really a witch, you know? I know,
but it's fun, and it is so nice to be in your
company because of that positive vibe and energy
that you bring to a lot of things, and it just
feels good. Yeah, I want to just make everyone
feel the best that they can who is next to me.
Like, I'm very much into karma. I would never...
wish bad on anyone because I feel like whatever
you put out into the universe is what you're
going to get back. So this is just another way
for me to put out a little bit more positivity,
a little bit of extra vibes, you know, to the
people that I really care about the most, my
friends and my family. This isn't my career,
but I would absolutely donate my time because
it does. It just, it gives people hope. It gives
people relaxation. If it helps with their pain
and suffering, like, yeah, I will absolutely
donate my Saturday to bring upon this energy
to anyone who comes in contact with me. If it's
not mine to hold, it's mine to share, you know?
Yeah. But I would never take money for it. I
just think it's magic from the universe that
it just, you know, sprinkle a little bit of positivity
into everybody that I meet. I love it. That's
great. No, it was... Honestly, a wonderful experience.
10 out of 10. I highly recommend it. I think
if you can find some time to do something like
that for yourself, like it was incredible. It
felt really, really good. If you picture it like
a massage, you know, you go to get massage to
relax and all these things. This doesn't feel
as good as a massage would, you know, because
massage, oh my God, there's nothing like it.
But this is like a massage for your soul. Ooh,
that was good. Yeah, exactly what it is. Yeah,
so you just come out of it. In my experience,
you feel lighter, you feel more positive. You
just have this like glow, you know, and you're
just in like this positivity little bubble. I
love, I love how everyone so far has been just
saying that was like the most relaxing thing.
And it feels like 20 minutes. Like, it's like
a time warp. Yeah, definitely. It's almost like
meditation. You know, you kind of just let your
mind kind of wander. I put on really cool, chill
music that's like Zen and meditation music. I'll
use the frankincense or lavender, essential oil,
and healing stones. Like, as much as I say I'm
not doing this for my job, I really invested.
That's true. Yeah, no like my house looks very
legit very professional. It's a very Zen room.
I Went full force. I said if I'm doing this I'm
doing it right and my husband he's so cool my
husband He's just like yeah, let's do it. You
know he'll try he'll try anything his thing like
he just laughs You know when I do it to him He'll
find his peace someday. It's just probably, yeah,
it's your wife doing this. You're just, yeah.
I know. I feel like he has a hard time relaxing
anyway, but yeah, he's my toughest client so
far. Yeah. Understandable. Understandable. But
my kids have totally taken to it. And I was surprised
because you have, you know, I have two little
boys, keeping them still, just to eat dinner
alone. Like, no, I was like, okay, let's, we'll
see how this goes. And I started off with like
10 minutes slowly, but they were just like in
it. Like they put their little eye mask on. They
know what to expect now. The other day I did
it for a half an hour each on both of them and
they slept great. It was just like, I love it.
I'm totally obsessed with it now. But I think
a lot of it is you get what you think you will
get. You know, if you're going to it with a cynical
mind, then yeah, you're not gonna fully invest,
you're not gonna fully believe, and you're gonna
get exactly what you think you're gonna get.
If you go in believing and you're open to healing
this part of your body, then yeah, you're gonna
come out feeling like a million bucks, you know?
Like a million times better than when you walked
in. So I'm excited to see how this transpires
throughout the year, but... Thanks for letting
me kind of experiment on you. It was awesome.
And that's why I want to talk about it. Because
I think, you know, why people don't know about
it. Like I said, I've known this woman to be
at our yoga studio for years. And I just never
took the time. And I don't know if I still even
would have. Maybe it would take me 10 more years.
So thank you for giving me your energy. Because
it was amazing. Well, you're so welcome. Anytime,
my friend. Anytime. So like we said. In the beginning,
just, you know, this is something new to try.
Mind, body, spirit, it's all connected. If you
feed yourself well, if you have your good morning
and nighttime routine, and now this is just something
that you can maybe dabble into to open those
chakras and see where this leads for you. I'm
gonna leave you with this quote that I found
today. It's from W .B. Yeats, and it goes, The
world is full of magical things, patiently waiting
for our senses to grow sharper. And that's pretty
cool. It is filled with magical things. You just
have to be willing to see them. And I hope that
throughout this week, you're just kind of opening
your mind to different things, different ways
of healing, alternative ways of healing your
body. So I hope you have a magical week. And
as always, keep it good.