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21 Day Practice: Days 8 and 9 – Source codes, unicorns and rainbows
I spent yesterday facilitating a life coaching workshop and was wiped out when I got home, so I’ve had to combine two days into one. The workshop participants all happened to be my Reiki students as...
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21 Day Practice: Days 10 and 11 – That’s why they call it a practice
I woke up yesterday feeling pretty good and the first part of the morning went as usual. Then, there was an unexpected change of plans and suddenly, a wave of stress and anxiety hit that I couldn’t...
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21 Day Practice: Days 12-14 – Discomfort zone
The last few days have been hard. Really hard. Certain aspects of my personal and professional life that are entwined (for better or worse) now require change, at a time when the future of my business...
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Respecting choices, offering care
Ever since the news broke about Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her odds of getting breast cancer, the holistic health community has been awash in opinions regarding...
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Psalm 23 Summer Faith Challenge – God in our space
For the summer sermon series at our church, Decatur Presbyterian Church, our congregation was presented with an intriguing choice: a deep dive into Psalm 23. I admit I was surprised, since I tend to...
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It’s love that builds community
When we participate in a spiritual or healing practice, we become one with the source of abiding and ever-present love. We share, co-create and sustain a safe place where compassion and wholeness can...
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Psalm 23 Summer Faith Challenge – green pastures and still waters
He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. – Psalm 23 This week’s activity for the summer sermon series at our church, Decatur Presbyterian Church, is...
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Psalm 23 Summer Faith Challenge: honoring God’s name
He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. This week for our Summer Faith Challenge at Decatur Presbyterian Church, we’re asked to choose an activity that honors God’s name. Many of the...
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In the depths of our true Self we are peace, freedom, well-being, and...
Reblogged from Jim Palmer: In the depths of our true Self we are peace, freedom, well-being, and contentment. On the surface of our lives there is drama because of our preferences, attachments, and...
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Psalm 23 Summer Faith Challenge: the comfort of God
This week at church, we are asked to provide a picture of or describe something that God uses to offer comfort, either now or in the past. I struggled a bit with this exercise because my inclination...
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Bees here now
The abundant rain this summer has been a huge boon for my garden. Last fall, my husband and I expanded the garden beds by creating a low rock wall border. I went a little crazy, as I usually do in...
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I am I am I
Reblogged from Teacher as Transformer: This beautiful poem requires little explanation. Whatever I live through. I end up back at I. Beautiful - speaks to the richness of our human experience and the...
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Listen to the Spirit
I was looking through some boxes of books in our basement and came across Let There Be Light: Based on the Visionary Spirituality of Hildegard of Bingen. It had been given to my husband by a Sister of...
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Whole, perfect and beautiful
Take heart and know that you are beloved and worthy beyond measure by our Creator. You are whole, perfect and beautiful, regardless of your circumstances or issues. Good People, most royal greening...
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Life is my monastery
Last night, my husband and I finished watching the beautiful documentary, Into Great Silence, an illuminating look at the lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse monastery in the French...
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Mikao Usui's Legacy: Healing the World one Person at a Time
Reblogged from Simply Jikiden Reiki: A lesson in limits for Jikiden Reiki practitioners Guest blog by Elaine Rainey At a recent UN High Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness, discussion turned to...
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Today only
I recently held a workshop, where my students and I examined the Five Reiki Principles (sometimes called the Reiki Precepts) and discussed how we can find ways to apply them to our daily life and...
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The wounded heart is the healer
“In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light...
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Alive to the self
My daughter is 6 years old, and it has taken me her entire lifespan to fully return to myself. Within hours of her birth, I had suffered a massive postpartum hemorrhage. This was not the near-death...
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Not "if", but "when"
Reblogged from Lil' Rev: Tonight I preached at our CAYA (come as you are) service, we call our service "New Song". It was the first time this service was held outside and on our new concrete pad...
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