In our most recent blog, we focused on the benefits of Holistic Life Coaching with Sabrina Washington. We also promised to take a deeper dive into Sabrina’s work as Forward Emotion’s Reiki Energy Healing Practitioner to help you get a better understanding of how you might benefit from this alternative healing modality.
Reiki and Chakra Energy Basics
The Japanese symbol for Reiki translates as “universal life force energy” and is based on the belief that there are energy centers in the body aligned along the spine that allow us to connect with, give and receive, this life energy that flows through everything in the Universe. Each energy center is called a Chakra, which is a Sanskrit word meaning “wheel.” Each Chakra corresponds with specific glands and organs in the body. Each Chakra is also connected to certain emotional and mental functions.
A Reiki practitioner seeks to channel universal life energy and direct it to flow through the client’s body in order to balance their chakras. Through Reiki, a practitioner can help move energetic blocks to help balance out a chakra that is related to a specific issue that a person is trying to overcome.
Sabrina Washington, Reiki Energy Healing Practitioner
Sabrina Washington is our Reiki Practitioner at Forward Emotion. She has always been fascinated by new-age treatments. At first, energy work and Reiki seemed to be somewhat mystical and interesting, and the more she went through her own journey of exploring a holistic lifestyle, the more curious she became and the more drawn she felt to explore the world of energy healing.
Sabrina became interested in Reiki after an experience in which the owner of a large crystal store offered to read her energy. He took a large piece of rose quartz, which is beneficial for your heart chakra, and asked Sabrina to stand and relax with her eyes closed. He placed the piece of rose quartz a few inches in front of her heart. Before she knew what was happening, she felt her body spiraling and being pulled forward physically until it touched the crystal that was being held in front of her. The store manager did it again with a large piece of carnelian, which is for your second chakra, and that reaction was even stronger.
Since then, Sabrina has been very in tune with feeling energy. She describes it as feeling like a magnetic push or pull, and she can feel the endpoint where it no longer pushes and starts to pull. Sometimes a person’s energy is visible and looks similar to heat rising on a hot road in the summer. Some people can even see colors as part of a person’s energy.
What Happens During Reiki?
From a client’s perspective, some people have expressed that they felt energy moving down one side of the body through the feet. Some can feel it shoot and stop where they know they have a block, or feel a tingle and different sensations. Very often there is a visual experience. When someone goes into a meditative state, they will see different colors form, as well as images of people or different things. Sometimes they see a relaxing color.
Clients often feel heat coming from the palms of Sabrina’s hands. Sometimes clients have expressed that they thought Sabrina was at a certain point of their body and they realized she was at a different part. Although she has never experienced it, some people have felt that a Reiki practitioner’s hands have grown too hot to be comfortable even though they are not physically touching. In these instances, the practitioner can adjust the distance of their palms to the client’s body and still offer efficient energy healing.
Reiki Solutions for Common Problems
Because Reiki is an energetic alternative medicine, it can be used to help move energetic blocks and balance out a chakra that is related to a specific issue that a person is trying to overcome. For example, if a person is dealing with a heartache or hard emotions, a practitioner would focus on the heart chakra, as it is associated with love for oneself or others, relationships, compassion and being connected to yourself and others. If a person is going through a lot of emotional ups and downs, the Reiki practitioner would send some healing to the sacral chakra as it is all about our emotional regulation.
Reiki can help with a variety of areas of concern, from helping ease everyday tension and stress to helping reduce physical pain. It can be used in Holistic Life Coaching to help clients move through limiting beliefs and emotional blocks that are preventing them from achieving the lifestyle that they dream of achieving. Reiki can also be beneficial for clients going through individual counseling, helping them balance the energy related to the work they are doing with their therapist.
Reiki can be beneficial for physical wellness and has been used in conjunction with cancer treatments as well as for people who are experiencing chronic pain or recovering from surgery. Reiki treatments have been linked to better sleep, improved immunity, and reduced pain, as it is known to boost the body’s natural healing system. When you think about the fact that your body is made up of energy, it makes sense that when your energy is flowing efficiently throughout all of the control centers of your body, it will be at optimal health.
Read Sabrina Washington’s biography here: https://www.forwardemotion.com/about-sabrina/
Check out more about Reiki services at Forward Emotion at this link: https://www.forwardemotion.com/reiki/
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