Last night I became a Reiki Master. Along with my MA in English and being a webmaster for several pages, I'm more than ever a "jack of all trades and master of some."
If you don't already know, Reiki is a popular style of energy work. It has three or four levels (depending on which branch you follow) and uses a few techniques to focus specific types of energy for healing effect. Even though it's not nearly as effective as the other types of energy work I practice, I've been quite surprised and impressed with what it can do.
My first experience came when a friend (who is either a Reiki Master or at least level two) tried it on me. I had some thought/feeling that was bugging me (I forget the details) and he offered to give Reiki a try. "Sure," I replied, ever interested in new experiences and finding out if there was anything to it. He spent a minute to focus the energy, then "zapped" me with it.
I felt the difference immediately! Whatever had been bothering me was gone and I experienced a deep peace in its place.
Soon afterwards, I persuaded my friend Fred Keller, a Reiki Master Teacher (level 4) who is highly principled and one of the most effective energy workers I know, to get me on board. I bought a book to study everything and over several weeks, went through levels one and two and now the master level.
Anyway, it's just one more interesting thing, one more useful tool.
Congratulations! Being a Reiki master is wonderful because you can share the gift with others and teach them to self-treat and heal. In this way we spread good energy throughout the planet.
Lynda