Healing

One of the things that has fascinated me most about healing is that it often seems to involve two seemingly contradictory truths. On the one hand, we seek healing because we want something in our lives to be different. We may want relief from anxiety, freedom from a recurring pattern, greater confidence, or to simply feel more at peace within ourselves. On the other hand, we are repeatedly told that healing begins with acceptance. We are encouraged to accept ourselves exactly

There’s often a misunderstanding at the heart of the healing journey. It’s the idea that we are somehow broken, incomplete, or in need of becoming something other than what we already are. But what if healing is not about becoming… but about remembering? In many traditions, including Reiki, there is an understanding that beneath all the layers of experience, identity, and conditioning, there is something whole, steady, and unchanging. Something that is often described as our