For a while now, I had been sending occasional e-mails to a few friends telling them about some of the things I have been doing with healing or energy. I had been doing this to keep in touch, and to show some of the things that are possible. This is also the reason I show other things besides Reiki at my classes. I figure that if someone sees something that they might not otherwise have seen, they will know that it is possible where they might not have thought about it before. Seeing it is possible, they might eventually believe that they can do the same thing.
As I work with energy, now and then, it occurs to me to try something else, do something differently. Had I not seen people do some things when I was starting out (like Reiki), I would not have known they were possible. It may have taken me a while to get to the point that I could do what I saw. But I knew that it was possible. If I talk about astral projection, or psychic surgery, or just moving energy, it is something I have learned, and tell about so that others may believe that these things exist, and maybe some day, will try it. Or in believing that something is possible may lead them to trying something else that will open them up. My hope is that I have removed 'ego' from this. The purpose is not to promote me, but to present opportunities for others to learn from what I have done, whether they be the right thing, or mistakes.
Now, "journal" may be the wrong word, but it was the only one I could think of that came close to fitting. (Actually, "diary" was the only one I could come up with, and seeing a friend's web site, I stole "journal".) So, I hope you enjoy my ramblings, rantings, and teachings. Feel free to drop me e-mail, or comments to let me know what you think of this section. Also, if you have any questions, ask through e-mail. I will respond and answer what I can. Take care. May light be with you.
(Some of these postings are short, some are long. It depends on the subjects I cover in them. The original postings, October 1999, through September 2000, are long as they started out as e-mails. The rest are whatever length they needed to be. I hope you enjoy. To read these in order, you need to go to the bottom and work your way forward.)
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I have to get this down before I forget it. I just came from the most spectacular healing session I have had in a long time. There were three of us there from the physical plane, and many others from another.
A journey is an incredible thing, but I’m not talking about packing your bags and going abroad. We have physical journeys, spiritual journeys, healing journeys. Anything we do, any goal we set starts us on a journey. The problem is that we sit around without goals, so we have no where to go.
I was talking to a friend online tonight that I had not talked with in a while. He was lost and needed direction.
I had some nice comments from clients last week.
Well, I expected it to happen some time. For the first time in four years, I had to pay rent out of my pocket. The problem is that I really don’t have it there either.
September turned out to be a hot month for Caring Palms. Unfortunately, this was not due to a huge amount of sessions but high temperatures and a failure of the air conditioning system.
Ok, now the universe is screwing with me. It keeps tossing me possibilities, then taking them away.
Ok, I know it is always a slow time of the year, but it better pick up or I will have a problem come end of month.
I heard from a friend yesterday that I had not heard from in quite a while. Something she told me did not surprise me, yet it did.
I was in the pet store today where I ran into my 81 year-old client. She told me that she had to have Angel put down.
I taught a Reiki 2 class at the studio today. It was a very good class. I like the Reiki 2’s because I get to get on the table and receive healing. But when I did something interesting happened.
Today’s life has a good amount of stress. In fact, the stress levels of people have quadrupled in the last 30 years, maybe even the last 10. Computers have made things faster causing business to live or die on how quickly they can make decisions and implement them. This, of course, makes people have to react faster, work harder, and work longer.
One thing that bothers me about riding out the storm is how many businesses think that their employees lives are worth less than making a couple of bucks. Greed in this country is out of control.
Today, we rode out the storm. Tropical storm Fay passed our way. It dumped lots of rain and heavy winds in the area. While that was happening, I kept reinforcing the protections around the house.
I talked with a friend today that I have not talked with in a long time. John had just been to a mediumship workshop in the Orlando area, and through spirit, was convinced he needed to call me.
I was on my way to school this evening when I was hit by a large truck. I got banged around, but other than that I am unhurt. It was what my neighbor said when she looked at the damage to my car that threw me. She told me “You’ve got more damned lives than a cat.” Wow.
Guess what? I made my expenses for the month.
My 81 year-old client was in again today, and she told me something else that stunned me. She told me that she thinks I would be a good person to have around when one dies. As I pick up my jaw from the floor, please read on.
I was talking with a friend today, and we were discussing problems. Suddenly, this pops into my head… “How we deal with problems is as important as the problems themselves.”
I had a client in today that I have seen several times before. She had some issues and wanted a good massage so she could relax, but something said I should do MFR.
I saw my 81 year old client again today. Her comments were priceless.
Today turned things around thanks to my mediumship teacher. Believe it or not, there really is light there.
Some time ago, I wrote a post that I called Darkness Descending. For some reason, it has not only come back, it seems to be enveloping me.
I know I have talked about distant attunements before, but I think after yesterday’s class, I have more to say about them.
I taught Reiki 1 today. The experience was less that fantastic.
Things have been crazy lately, and it is getting crazier. We are rushed. We are stressed. We are feeling pinched in everything we do and want to do. The cause? Well, there are many causes, the most predominate right now being the price of gas. But that is only a part of things.
Well, my friend's pain didn't stay away as long as I had hoped.
Today, I did some work on a friend that I have not seem in some five years. The results were more than I could have expected.
Well, I’ve now done it. I turned down an opportunity to teach Reiki at a very large, fairly local spa. What I lost was a month’s rent. What I kept was my integrity.
I had a client in today for a 90-minute massage session. Did she ever get a pleasant surprise.
Today was our last day of Esalen class. We started by dancing.
Classes continued today with a 12 hour marathon class. It may have been a long day, but it was a very good day of practice, and I got some feedback I didn’t expect.
Tonight was the first class in the Esalen Massage workshop in Asheville, NC. It was very different than I had expected, and very enlightening.
Tonight was the first day of class. But before I went there, I got to run around a bit, and the place to go in Asheville is the Biltmore Estate.
I was sitting in another class tonight when one of the students asked if anyone had something for a headache. No one had any pills or anything, and the only thing I had was… me.
My mediumship teacher was up today to give me another class. As always, it was interesting.
I had a new client in today. She was a referral from another client. She made an interesting comment after I had been working on her for a few minutes. She said that she felt totally at ease and felt secure trusting her body to my hands.
It was dream time again last night, or should I say today? I was not feeling well, so I stayed home from the shop today. While laying on the couch (wich I was sharing with my dog, Bebe, and my cat Isis), I had a strange dream.
I gave a talk at Heritage Institute today on energy and Reiki. One of the things I had the students do was to feel each others energy fields. As usual, I got the response I usually get… It’s just their body heat.
I have heard something from two clients in the past few days that is neat to hear, and amazing, but I know that I have to continue to earn it. They told me that I have a client for life.
I received a call from my 81 year-old client today. She wanted to tell me how the cat was doing.
This was an interesting day. I taught Reiki 2, and then worked on a cat (yes, that’s correct, as in feline).
I had two phone calls today. One was from the person that referred the 81 year-old lady to me, and the other was from the lady herself.
Over the last 11 years, I have been a Reiki master, even though I have been doing this for a while now, I am still amazed at what it can do, and how amazing, almost miraculous it can be. By now, one would think that I would be used to it. I mean, people come in and get Reiki, and then leave feeling better. That is normal. But every now and then, it is like the sky opening up and everything falling into alignment.
I had a cancellation today that was weird. No, it wasn’t weird that I had a cancellation, but weird how it happened.
When we talk about energy, we usually mention chakras. So, what are chakras, and what do they control? Read on, and you will find out.
I had a new customer come in for a massage today. She works for the lawyer that just moved into the next building.
I meet some interesting people doing what I do. For instance, I have worked on Chuck Yeager, John Corbett, Linda Williams, Jimmy Olson, Nancy Walker, and Linda Hamilton.
I received a call from a man from India who is in this country that wanted healing.
I had a client call to come in today for massage, but only because it said Reiki in the description.
I worked on my youngest client today, a 2 ½ year old girl.
Last night was a dream, actually a series of dreams. As most dreams do, they come with the alarm clock’s tone and the swatting of the snooze button. Each time this was done, I went back into the dream.
I don’t know why, but I spent the year in fear and nervousness. Considering what I wrote yesterday about the new year’s curse, this is not a good thing.
Curses. The curse of the mummy? Curses, foiled again? How about the old Chinese blessing which is also referred to as a curse… May you live in interesting times? Or how about, may you get what you want (knowing that you won’t want it after you get it)? But I have one for the New Year…Every day of the year will be a reflection of the first day.
I have a friend that is very much into energy (like I’m not?) and the coming earth changes. He was giving me a warning.
Did you ever feel like things just suddenly took a sharp left? Life was going great and then the bottom fell out? Well, that’s how I feel now.
Each year we hear the same thing… “It’s a new year, time to turn over a new leaf.” Maybe yes, maybe no. What it is time to do is make commitments. Now I’m not talking resolutions here, as resolutions have become the standard joke. We expect them to be broken, therefore they are temporary. What we need to do is make commitments, and one of the places to make those commitments is in our own healthcare.
Teaching at nights at a local corporate college has really opened my eyes to the state of education in this country. I’m really scared when I see what is coming into my classes.
One of my students had a migraine during class. It was Reiki to the rescue again.
I heard from my client whose grandfather popped in the other day. He was a bit confused at how this could happen and had questions.
I would think that I’d be used to spirits popping in, and the means they use to get my attention, but I guess I’m really not. Here’s one that did something a bit unusual.
Now I think I’m getting a bit cocky. Or maybe not. I did two massages today to regular clients. Both of them were freeform.
Tonight was the next to the last class for this current group of students. Last night I had shown them a video on Esalen massage, and the movements form that were so totally different to what they were doing, that it just blew them away. Tonight they wanted to see some moves, so I chose a ‘victim’ and did a massage… from nothing.
Having a large class has a lot more problems than having a small class. Trying to get everyone taught on the massage routine when some are out on various nights is especially hard. Trying to keep everyone up to date with book work is easier. Trying to deal with 10 different personalities is fun, but here’s a new one… having a student faint in the middle of class.
As a skeptic (and yes, I really am one), I keep having doubts about doing energy work distantly and if it really has effect. At the same time, I keep on sending. And every now and then I get confirmation that something is happening.
Class has been interesting this mod. I have 11 students (yes, that is more than the night class has ever had), and many of them have contraindications (problems that can be made worse by massage. In fact, while one of my students was being worked on, her problem flared up and she was in great pain, so much so that to lightly touch the area hurt.
Let’s see… Massage sessions: $60 per hour, Reiki energy and mediumship readings at no additional charge.
Did you ever hear of the Healing Zone? Well, I was there last night. It’s not quite like the Twilight Zone, and one doesn’t see visions of Rod Serling, but it is a unique place where magic happens.
After having a really nice bodywork trade today (yes, I got worked on), I had a walk-in for a Reiki session.
Last week, I did Reiki on a client that kept coming up with new problems as I treated her. This week I started with MFR, and the same thing ensued.
I had a client in today for a Reiki session. That’s where things started, but they definitely took a sharp left.
I finally had a night off and got to go to Mediumship class tonight. We each brought a picture of someone that has passed over. Those went into envelopes and then randomly paired up. From those we did readings without opening the envelopes.
I did a Reiki session today on one of my former students from several years ago. This was the first time I had seen her in at least two years.
Someone once said that we should act locally, but think globally. The idea behind that us wonderful, but not always possible. At the same time, doesn’t everything we do reflect outward?
I’ve been lost in proverbs again. I’ve been looking at my business and trying to figure out what to do next to get customers in.
A friend called this morning whom I had not heard from in a very long time. In fact, it was the friend that originally introduced me to Reiki. She had a healing request.
My mediumship teacher stopped by to get a healing session and teach a class. Today’s class dealt with doing a reading through psychometry, which uses the vibrations off an object to connect with the person being read. Sometimes this can be simply a psychic reading, but can connect through to spirit and become mediumship. Today’s session became mediumship, and I got slammed.
I was at the bank today, using the ATM when a car pulled up with their stereo blasting. One person got out while the other stayed in the car with this boom-boom-boom vibrating the parking lot. Everyone that came past me into the bank looked over there and commented about the people in the car. I guess my question is… why do people feel they have the right to be rude?
My class was receiving massages form one of the advanced classes tonight. This was part of a trade that the other teacher and I had arranged. There was one student sitting out because she could barely walk.
It started out to be a strange class tonight, teaching-wise that is. One of the teachers was supposed to be out. The other called in sick. That left me to teach a combination of three classes.
I gave a talk and demonstration this morning at FMU on Reiki. Everything was fine for the most part, then things just suddenly went south.
I think I have a new way of taking tests… ask spirit for the answers.
Tonight, I talked on Reiki to a combined class at Florida Metropolitan University.
Tonight, because my student did not show up, I ended up sitting in on the Chinese medicine class where they were showing a video on Reiki. Oh my gosh! What a piece of Felgercarb! But what it lead to was absolutely spectacular.
All right. Here’s a new one. I just lost a session because I’m not a Christian female.
What’s the buzz? Well, bees. What about bees? Do you know that they are dying?
Ok, I have to admit it. A good way to get rid of a migraine seems to be to get Reiki.
Stress! These long days are really getting to me.
I find it interesting that the universe gives us what we need.
This has been a long time coming, but I taught my first Couples Massage class today for money.
As our society changes and advances, I sometimes question if what we truly have is advancement or not.
After going through yesterday’s exercise, we had a little time left, so Marilyn asked if I wanted to try the exercise she was planning for last night’s advanced class. She told me that she was going to have the students write down a name, and have someone else come up with words for each letter and then give a reading. I initially had my doubts if I could do that, which I figured meant that I needed to.
Marilyn, my mediumship teacher was in today. Since I can’t make the monthly classes because I am teaching in the evenings, she is willing to give me personal training in exchange for Reiki sessions.
Well, I just finished my first full mod (module) at school. I hope it was what was needed.
I’ve seen where doctors are on call for emergencies. How about energy workers?
I was starting class tonight, and looked at my students. One seemed to be having a problem, so I asked what was wrong.
I was asked by someone to send white light to a particular situation. Looking back, I find it interesting that they asked me to send it to the situation, and not to specific people. But as it turned out, that was the correct focus.
Here’s a scary one. While I have had my studio open, and even before, I have been learning what it takes to run a business. Well, looking at the profit and loss report for this year, go t me thinking.
Well, I got the news. It looks like I’m going to be a teacher.
Hand jobs! Get your fresh hot hand jobs to go! You wouldn’t believe this phone call.
I talk about energy a lot, how energy can affect someone, do various things, even affect how people act. How about considering energy as a permeating force driving a group of people? Well, tonight I saw it first hand, and was part of it.
I know things tend to go in cycles, but this is actually silly, yet not.
Energies of the universe flow in many directions. It’s like currents and eddies that sometimes take you where you should be. That may be happening in my case.
I had a client today that was particularly interesting in how she reacted to energies.
Strangely enough, it was a slow month last month, yet the best month on record.
I was working on my client yesterday when she told me something. She told me “You’re a very gifted healer.” This got me to thinking of something a friend and I had been talking about the other day… what is the difference between a massage therapist and a healer?
Well, I had an awesome week last week. It just would have been nice to bring in some money.
We had an interesting mediumship class last night. We did readings with paint chips.
With all I said yesterday, I am finding it hard to be positive.
Ok, let’s talk energies. What can you do with them, and what can they do for you? What prompted these questions is a video I watched (which is from a book) that everyone seems to be putting down. It’s called The Secret.
I had a really good Reiki 1 class today. I had five students which is more than I have taught before, and that created a problem or two.
Stuff happens (of course it’s usually spelled differently). We know that. But it seems to come in waves making us live crisis to crisis.
I did a massage session today that by the time I was done, had opened the eyes of my client to insight that she had not thought possible.
I taught Reiki 1 today. It was an interesting group, and one of the comments was very interesting.
We’ve all at some time heard someone say “Please God, give me strength.” Someone made a comment about this the other day that I found quite interesting.
Well, I just returned from four days of training in Temple Lomi Lomi. It was a very rewarding experience, and most of the moves I learned are completely integrateable into what I do now.
I was doing Myofascial Release (MFR) work on a client today when in the course of the session, he made a pretty insightful statement. He said that ignorance leads to pain and suffering.
I had an unusual situation today that started out as a massage and ended up into an unwinding.
Yesterday, I talked about religions, and how one of the major religions on the planet did some ‘major marketing’ to promote itself as the number one faith on the planet. But I do have some questions. Why are people so passionate about their faiths that they want to force others to follow what they do? Why do some people believe so much in what they are told by their religious leaders that they will do evil or plain old stupid things because they are told to do so? Why is it that religions teach tolerance, but that doesn’t seem to be anything practiced by their people? Just a few queries that I will take a bit more in depth as you read on.
Politics and religion, two things that tend to get people very angry. Why is that? Well, I tend to stay away from politics as much as I can in this journal because there are way too many opinions, mine included. But what also incites people is talk of religion, especially when it differs with someone’s beliefs. Because of this, I’m not going to talk about religion here, right? Not!
Inventions are amazing things. You might look at something and wonder where people come up with the ideas that they do. Well, I have a theory based on an invention that I had an idea for many years before it actually was invented.
Fact. Fantasy. Reality. In all things, there is darkness, and there is light. And even in those, there must be balance.
I did an awesome massage session today. It was like nothing I have done in quite a while.
One thing I notice about mediums is that they seem to have different goals.
I have been reading a book that I am finding very interesting. It’s called “Ask And It Is Given “ and tells how to match vibrations with what you want.
I had an interesting time in mediumship class tonight. We did inspired speaking and writing, and it was a very interesting process doing this.
I was giving a Reiki session today, and suddenly it turned into an impromptu reading (mediumship reading that is).
I had my third mediumship class tonight, and pulled information from a card I pulled out of a deck. My teacher called them ‘inner child’ cards. What I got was interesting, but I just couldn’t put it all together.
I taught Reiki 1 today to two students. One of them had had the class previously by another teacher a long time ago. The other was new to it, although she seems to be doing it already. And another thing, she is a very open empath.
Alone again… naturally?
Ever since taking the Myofascial Release (MFR) classes in Las Vegas, I have been in a new mental and energetic state when doing all massage.
You know sometimes that no matter how much you know you’re going to get hit in the face, you really don’t know it until it actually happens.
Well, I knew this was going to happen some day. My partner told me that she is leaving.
As part of the mediumship workshop, the regular class go to meet with Simone and get a spiritual assessment. She went down the people one at a time spending five minutes with each of us. What she told me was fascinating.
Today was an amazing day. I attended a mediumship workshop taught by Simone Key of the Arthur Findlay School in Britain.
I met with Simone Key for my first ever mediumship reading. I have had readings before, psychic readings, but not mediumship ones.
I had my last MFR class today, and I was surprised when I said goodbye to one of the assistant instructors.
I have written a few articles on finding a therapist over the past couple of years. When one is out of town, it can be quite hard to put those suggestions into practice, as I found out in Las Vegas.
Today was the last day of Unwinding, and I got to work with one of the assistant instructors.
One of the most interesting parts of the Unwinding class was the group sessions. This is where one person did the unwinding, and up to three others worked with them.
Well today’s class ended with something unusual (as if this stuff has been normal). I was doing Reiki on someone I had been working with in class yesterday as she had wanted to see it. I had gotten part way through when she suddenly started unwinding.
I had my first class on Myofascial Unwinding today. Now, I have been through some bizarre classes before, but this takes the cake.
Making my travel to Las Vegas was an experience. A good experience surprisingly.
I had a dream last night that I thought was totally bizarre. But then I woke up and realized what the date was.
I haven’t addressed this yet, but I think I need to. Something in the news last week has put us all in the hands of fear again.
Well, we had probably the best week we have ever had last week. It at least made up for the week before.
I tried a new method of advertising this month. I put a five-line ad in the city newspaper.
Here’s one for you. I have been thinking about food and eating. Read more, you’ll like it.
What a difference a week makes. Business has changed.
I had a client in here today that made a comment that made me think a half second or so. He said “you do massage spiritually, don’t you?”
I just came off a weekend where I taught Reiki both days.
I know I have complained about business being slow before, but there's slow, and there's unbelievably slow.
Appointments. Cancellations. More appointments. More cancellations.
Hello. Caring Palms. This is Brian. **click** Caring Palms, this is Brian. I‘m sorry wrong number. And this is just culminating a bad week.
Trends. I am slowly noticing how things change, and how we define things as being ok to do or not. The way we do things is different than it was several years ago.
Ok, here’s another one. We had two appointments this morning. At least that is how it started.
I had a very interesting evening tonight. I attended my first mediumship class.
I’m getting real tired of the bubba BS from people. We had a couple clients come in this afternoon that wanted massages. Then things turned south (and I don’t mean heading toward the equator).
I have been attending the Florida State Massage Therapy convention this weekend. While picking up some good marketing information in a couple classes, I did get to assist with the Lomi Lomi class that Alice gave. It was fun.
I had an interesting encounter with a snake today, and no, I don’t mean the door to door sales person.
Well, it finally happened. I hired a female employee. Actually, today marks two weeks that she has been with me.
I taught Reiki 1 today with two students. One of them had taken it just because he has heard me talk about it, the other because I had worked on her a week or so before. (She was the one that had the tendril attached to her siphoning her energy off.)
A funny thing happened at the beginning of the Lomi class the other day.
I just finished auditing the advanced Lomi Lomi class in Plantation, Florida. I wanted to take this because I felt I needed some guidance on some of the moves. I wasn’t prepared to see that I knew it a lot less than I thought I did.
I notice that things tend to go in cycles. Lately, I seem to be doing a lot of Myofascial Release.
I had a client come in today (who was a massage therapist) that wanted a full Reiki session and a massage.
Last night, I dreamed that I was dying. Tonight, I dreamed that I killed someone.
I had a dream that I was dying. It was very strange.
I had a massage scheduled for this morning. Unfortunately, I ended up going through a lot of trouble for nothing.
I had gotten a call yesterday that ended up involving three massages.
The lady that I did the MFR work on last week returned.
I have been working with Myofascial Release (MFR) for over a year now. I don’t do it that often, but every now and then someone thinks that this may be what they want, or I may suggest it. I have had some success with it, but nothing consistent to ‘write home about’… at least… until today.
I attended my first meeting as part of the Program Advisory Committee for Remington College, a local industrial school. It was at the least educational. What it also was, was very interesting.
Ok, it’s rant time again. I got a call this morning that really set me off.
Well, a problem with my DSL modem at home has kept me from publishing the entries I have written. So since I couldn’t publish, I kept writing, and you get stuck with one more saying. J The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Today, I got another big sale for a short session. This is cool.
I did 35 minutes worth of work today, and that brought in some big money.
This is the last one. I promise (well at least for a while.) It's a great satisfaction knowing that for a brief point in time you made a difference.
I don’t know why, but I am still amazed by the way people find me.
I had a client today that gave me an interesting referral.
Ok, so here’s another saying…Happiness is a perfume you can't pour on others without getting a drop on yourself!
Here is another proverb to think about…A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
I’ve been running into proverbs and sayings lately that make good sense. Here’s the first one… Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. -- G.K. Chesterton
For a long time now (probably since I moved to Florida), I have had nothing but complaints about the medical industry and doctors in general. In fact, finding a good doctor is a major trial. Well, that trip took a sharp turn the other day, and lead on an interesting, yet disappointing journey.
I have come to realize the power grief has on us. There are a lot of emotions that radiate through us, some happy, some sad. But grief seems to make them all pale in comparison.
I participated in my first expo this year. The Forever Young Expo at the University of North Florida (UNF) campus was an all day health products show geared for people who are looking for alternative methods of healing.
A friend of mine sent me a link to an article on MSNBC that dealt with a chiropractor in Ohio. He is in jeopardy of losing his license for doing energy healing work.
I was talking to a friend online tonight in Connecticut. He was talking about auras and colors and such.
I just got back from Ireland. It wasn’t a long trip, maybe five minutes.
There are a few more things I wanted to talk about from John Edward. He made some valid points as he tried to teach some interesting information to the people in the audience.
Well, I had a very interesting evening. I just got back from seeing John Edward. And to answer your question before you ask it, no, I didn’t connect with someone on the other side. And although that may be a small disappointment, I do understand that I didn’t have the need, while others did.
Well, now that I will be seeing John Edward in a couple of days, I find it interesting that I have had a couple of visitations in my dreams.
I did a couples massage today, and it was very, very neat.
We are a touch starved society. Somewhere along the line, society became afraid to touch. Yes, it’s rant time again.
We talk about Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, and many other healing modalities. One thing that they all have in common is that modern day science (modern medicine) doesn’t believe in them. And that mostly stems from the inability to measure them.
Here is something that came to me that seems to make a lot of sense… Your touch is your introduction. Your energies are your intent, and define who you are.
I taught Reiki 1 today. This was a class that seemed destined to happen no matter how many times it should have been cancelled.
I had a man come in today while I was talking to a student from one of the local colleges. He wanted massage.
With the death of our Siberian Husky, Cheetah, last February, we adopted another Husky in May. This dog had been very badly abused, and she was reacting very poorly to our attempts at affection. Now, this may sound like a dog story, and for a part it is, but it is also a people story with something to think about.
Well, this is going to be something new. I purchased tickets to a performance at the Florida Theater on March 23rd. Now, you might be wondering what band or musical performer I’m going to see. Well, performer would be correct, but musical would not. The tickets are to see John Edward.
Ok, somewhere there has to be a subliminal message to things of late. I’m starting to think that maybe it is Breast Cancer Awareness month… or should be.
I did an interesting massage session today. I had a lady that had had breast cancer, and had a double mastectomy. Since she couldn’t lay on her stomach, I did a regular massage (with oils) in a massage chair.
I worked on (I guess you would call her) a breast cancer survivor today.
Terry Rogers was in town today to give a talk about Reiki and healthcare. What he had to say was quite interesting.
I just completed my second day at an AIDs summit. I was there to talk about Reiki from my table and in a presentation.
I taught Reiki 1 to one person today. Although the class size was small, it was a good class.
I worked on two older ladies today. After working on the first, and then talking to the second, I can relay a funny incident that happened that I was unaware of.
I had a lady walk in the shop today asking about massage. She lives in Kansas and will be moving to this area soon.
On my way in this morning, I had stopped off at Emily’s shop up the street to drop off a flyer. While I was there talking with Cynthia, a prospective client came in and asked some questions. Her response to the answers was very strange.
Well, I’ve created a new product, Massage Class for Couples. That’s right, I’m teaching massage now, but not for students looking to be massage therapists. I’m teaching the general public.
I did Reiki today on a 90 year old lady.
Well, this has been a month. Today was my first day back at work after being out sick a week.
I taught Reiki 1 today. I had two students, but it was a good combination.
I did something today I should have done a long time ago. I joined a gym. Now that in itself was not so mentionable or strange. The person I had to deal with was another matter, and it was very scary.
All right, it’s only five days into the new year, and already time for the first rant. I ask you, why do people have to be so ignorant?
Numbers, numbers, numbers. Well it is the end of the year, so I am entitled to look at numbers again.
Back in August of last year, certain learning energies were made available to us. This will continue until August of this year. Time is running out.
Control. We are, in our own ways, control freaks. We want to feel in control of ourselves and our surroundings, but all too often we don’t have control at all. Maybe it’s time to let go.
Well, here it is, the New Year. What will it be filled with? What will we let it be filled with?
So much for hopes and desires. I got blown off for the last time this year.
Well, this week was a surprise. I didn’t expect anyone to come in, yet I did get to do some work.
Since mid November, I have been running a special on gift certificates. My special is that if someone buys four of them, they get a fifth one free. Well, I didn’t sell as many as I had hoped, but I did sell a total of 31 which isn’t anything to sneeze at.
It has been a slow month as far as work goes, yet I seem to be staying afloat.
I have been selling gift certificates for the holidays with a special to try to boost sales. Some of the responses I have gotten have been interesting.
Now I’m concerned. There is this company in town that epitomizes the throw away society we’ve created. They throw away massage therapists.
Well, it has been a long weekend, but the shop is finally back in order.
Well, it finally happened. I got new carpeting in the shop.
Something unique happened during a session today. I enabled my client to visit with her mother.
As I said in the other day’s post, I changed the format of the entire Reiki side of the site, with the exception of the journal entries. This is something I will be working on, but couldn’t get it all done immediately because there’s so bloody many of them. In fact there are 550 entries (if I counted correctly). Now I ask one question… What the hell could I have to say that I wrote so much about?
Well, I have finally come out of my hole. What hole you might ask. Well the one that I was in while I as chained to the computer making massive changes to the website.
I got a call this morning by someone wanting a massage. And I, of course, had an opening. J
Today, I took part in a job fair at Remington College, a technical institution in Jacksonville. Since I am actually looking for someone, this seemed like a good thing to do.
It was a very pleasant evening. I went to a Reiki share that one of my students had held.
When I was in Sedona in February, I learned a lot about the earth’s magnetic field and how the migrations of certain animals have been disturbed by what can only be called a shift. Well, my wife just got back from California with another interesting story.
Well, things in the studio are changing, and the changes are nearing completion. But, there seems to be one big snag that is becoming very troublesome.
All, right, it’s Halloween, or better put, All Hallow’s Eve, the day the dead walk the earth. So, why wasn’t I expecting a visitation?
So much for big expectations. Last week was great. This week was a disaster.
I had a record week last week. Cool!
I had a very interesting morning. I went out to a local technical school and gave a talk on Reiki to the massage students there.
I saw the gentlemen that came in after class yesterday. He had gone to bed feeling good, but was in pain again.
I taught Reiki 1 today with three students. After that, I did a Reiki session on someone. Talk about being in the right frame of mind. J
I set a new shop record today. I worked on five people. This is the first time that I've done that many since opening the doors here.
My landlord's assistant was having some pretty bad pain today, so she came over to see me.
Yesterday, when I was teaching class, I went to the office next door to one of my neighbors to see if they wanted to be a body for my student. She came willingly.
I finished up Reiki 1 today with Kerrie.
My landlord brought her son over today as he was in great need of work. His comments were priceless.
Remember I said I was doing a lot more Reiki session? Well now I have numbers.
After my student had left this morning, the two Ukrainian ladies had stopped by to say goodbye. I have not known them long, but will miss them.
Well this has been a very busy week, and I’m loving it.
My student from the Ukraine (the one that speaks English J) was in today for a post job massive cleansing. Now this was an intense session.
I know things go in cycles, but even I can’t believe how many Reiki sessions I am doing lately.
Ok, I’m dreaming again. When I was waking up this morning, I dreamed that I had broken a tooth. Now talk about a bizarre dream. And I thought it was… until it happened.
I had been going up to an assisted living community to do Reiki on one of the people there. John’s daughter had contacted me from Washington, DC to go in and work on him. I had done that several times until her brother told her that it was not affordable. She called me today to let me know that he had died.
Wow. I need to get this down before I forget too much. The thing is it has been over 12 hours. I had a couple very weird dreams last night.
Did you ever consider anger as an energy? I mean an energy that seemed to have its own mind and will? I think I saw that today, and it was astonishing.
Well this has been one busy weekend, and I’ve loved it.
I taught Reiki 3 today to three people, one of which was Natasha, the lady from the Ukraine that does not speak English. It was a fun class.
I had a very interesting day today. I ended up doing a massage and two Reiki sessions.
I hate to say it, but I am getting more and more discouraged with modern healthcare today. The more people I talk with, I hear too many things that make me just shake my head. Yes, it’s rant time again.
For years now, I have been told by several people that I will eventually end up in the hills of Virginia or North Carolina. It is from there that I will watch (or survive) the earth changes. One of the people that told me this said that when the calling comes, “don’t ignore it.” Seeing the destruction wrought by the hurricane last week, I had several gut feelings about what ever warning I might get.
What is it with people? Why do they think that their properties are worth more than their lives?
For the last month, I have been doing outcalls to an assisted living center to do Reiki on John. I didn’t get to see him this week as things have changed.
I have been having a lot of dreams lately, and they all seem to have the same theme.
As I have said before, I tend to have my ups and downs. I seem to ride that roller coaster even though I am aware that it exists and that I shouldn’t get on it. But, like most therapists, I’m up when I work, and down when I don’t.
What a difference a day makes. Through the marvels(?) of television, we have seen things go from impending doom to total disaster.
Storms. I’m really starting to hate storms.
I had a long day today. I taught a Reiki 2 class followed by two massages.
I had a client today that has moved to this area and is looking for a regular therapist to go to. She found me in the local free health paper.
I had a client come in today on a gift certificate purchased by her boyfriend yesterday.
Today, I feel bad. I did a massage that was less than it could have been. I don’t know that you’d call it a bad massage, but to me, it was lacking.
I had a client in four days ago that had a lot going on. Today, I called to check on her progress.
The week before last, I worked on someone that had really bad neck problems, so bad in fact that when she left, she still had some pain. I was unhappy that I couldn't help her more, but I had done all I could do. But then the realization hit me of how few times this happens.
So far I've done 10 Reiki sessions this year. Today was the third this week. It was very interesting, and preparing for it was a process.
I got a big-time reminder today about how much energy can do.
I again worked on John in the assisted living community. This time, a couple of things happened that struck me as unusual.
I taught a very interesting Reiki 1 class today. I had one student, and her translator. You see, my student couldn’t speak English.
I worked on John today at the assisted living health center. It was an interesting session, and then something happened.
Every morning, I do my energy exercises, and cleanse the studio. I'm starting to wonder if how I clean the studio has anything to do with the clientele I get.
I did two massage sessions today, but the first one was a very bad experience.
I thought last week turned out to be a very good week, and it did, but this one was better.
Well, I finally did it. I decided that I needed room in my filing cabinet, so I started pulling out files of those that I had not seen in a year.
I had another busy day again, after a beginning of the day cancellation.
Well, so much for the low profile. Someone had said that there are lots of dark things going around now and that us lightworkers should be keeping our heads down.
I had an interesting session today. It all started out to be a simple Reiki session, but turned into a bit more.
I had a repair person over to the house this morning, and did not get into the studio until about 12:30 this afternoon. When I did, I had two people asking about Reiki classes.
Class scheduling has become an interesting thing lately.
I finally caught up with my neighbor today to find out how her hands are doing.
I had two clients today, so this makes six for the week. Cool.
My neighbor stopped me as I was on my way out this evening and asked if there was an alternative medicine approach to carpal tunnel syndrome (keep in mind that she is a cardiac nurse, a medical professional).
I went up to the assisted living community today to fill out forms so I can be cleared to go in there as a health care professional. (It seems there are a lot of retired high ranking military and someone that used to work for Reagan when he was president living in there. No wonder they’re hot on clearance.) At any rate, I put my ‘Be Back By…’ sign up, and went out to do this. I was gone maybe 30 minutes. When I got back, I had a surprise.
One of the people I worked on yesterday was a Methodist minister. I found him to be a very interesting person, and we had a wonderful conversation while I worked.
After many weeks of a person or two one day, and then no one the next one or two, I had a busy day today.
I heard from John’s daughter today. He seemed to be doing much better after the Reiki session the other day.
Admittedly, I’m extremely left brained. I’m good at analysis (and used to do that for a living), and like getting into technical things. Every now and then I get fascinated by numbers, and thanks to the requirement for national recertification, I have some very interesting numbers which show some interesting trends.
I had an interesting healing session today. I did an outcall to an assisted living community to work on an 88 year old gentleman.
Well, I just finished my second Reiki 1 class in as many days. Both classes were fun and very rewarding.
I worked on someone from out of town with massive rotator cuff damage in her right shoulder. Although I see a lot of people that have shoulder problems, I have not seen anyone with this much damage.
Well, the first tropical storm of the season is headed up the Gulf toward Florida. Already Mother Nature is starting take potshots at us. At the same time, I took my first shot at moving a storm this season.
I got a call from a friend of mine tonight. Her world was crashing, and she desperately needed someone to talk to.
I had an interesting thought today (yes, just one… one interesting thought, not one thought). We can all be healers, and it doesn’t take any training at all. Now, I know that most people are perplexed at my last statement. But read on. Enlightenment comes to those who read.
I got to talk with two people that were interested in class today.
I can remember many times over the years where I was told that I wear my heart on my sleeve. It has also been told to me that I wear my heart on my sleeve just waiting for somebody to come along and knock it off. I never really did know what this meant, and I tend to think that the person saying it didn’t know either as they couldn’t define it for me. So, I decided to look it up.
I have a friend in from out of town for a couple of days. Actually, she is from out of the country. She has seen me do a number of things long distance. Today she asked me to tell her what her emotions were.
I was chatting with a friend online today when I had to make a trip south.
I did a Reiki session today that ended up involving a lot of crystals.
Things finally worked out, and I had my first Reiki Share in a long, long time.
As I mentioned before, I seem to be back in the middle of the fight between Reiki and massage. It seems things have changed, yet remain the same. J
There is this scene in the movie “The Wizard of Oz” where the main characters (Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion) are in the great hall and facing the wizard. There is this huge face at the far end of the chamber with lots of fire and smoke coming out of places around it. For some reason, Dorothy’s dog Toto starts looking around and finds this curtain, which he promptly pulls open exposing a man pushing levers and pulling chains. The wizard’s face tells the intrepid heroes to “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” There are times when I feel exactly like that.
Ok, I have to do it. I have to sound off about something. I have to ask… Why are people so rude?
I had a call from one of the students that was in my last class. She had felt that she really didn’t learn anything, and that she didn’t “have it”. But then she went to use Reiki on someone in need, and magic happened.
This came to me out of the blue at some point. I think it is an interesting comment… Are things too troubling? Well, make light of them. J
Well, I did it again. I opened my big mouth, probably where I shouldn't have, but I did it anyway. Because of this, I now find myself back in the middle of the fight over whether Reiki is massage or not.
Awhile ago I was contacted by a massage student to show her some things on Lomi Lomi massage. Through that contact I was led to what I did today. Today, I talked to a massage class on Allied Modalities at the north campus of Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ).
Because of what someone told me, I have started to schedule Reiki 1 classes on a monthly basis.
I taught a Reiki 1 class today with three students, and one helper.
Well, my migraine fix didn’t last too long. Part of it has to do with what her body is going through right now. The other, well I still don’t know.
Two very interesting things happened today. I did more work on my 14-year old client with migraines, and I did my first outcall since I opened the studio.
For a while now, I have had a lot of people tell me that I needed to see the movie “What the Bleep do We Know?”. Last night, I finally got around to seeing it. It was neat seeing theoretical scientists as well as spiritual people talking about perceptions of the world and how we can change things. The concepts shown were very intriguing.
The client whose daughter it is that I worked on for migraines gave gift certificates to her parents for the holidays last year. They came in today.
Well, here I was sitting on a boat in South Carolina when suddenly there was this need for a healer.
I saw in the news that there had been another school shooting. I have a question. Why can’t society recognize the patterns that cause this and do something about them? Why are we treating the symptoms and not the cause?
I've talked a lot about the stresses I go through. Lately, I've been looking at society and seeing the pressures it has been putting on people. Pressure has been so bad that people more than ever are looking for ways to escape, including suicide. So, the big question is... What do you do to escape?
Today was an unusually busy day. In fact, my entire day was booked. I know I keep saying that I need five sessions each week to be able to pay the bills, and that has been happening at least for the last two weeks. (A client a day keeps the bill collector away.) J
I was on the Myofascial Release e-mail board the other day when I read something someone said that was extremely profound… Don’t just do something. Stand there.
I talked with the girl I worked on last week, the one whose migraine went away when I worked on it.
I heard an interesting statistic today. Actually, it was more disturbing than it was interesting. For the first time, the suicide rate as passed the murder rate. Wow. Now what does that say about our society?
I ask my students to fill out a form at the end of each class (that is if I remember) which rates the material and the instructor. It also asks for more comments, and I seem to get the same one from some people – ‘the classroom is too small’.
I taught Reiki 2 today to two students. It was a fun class, but something surprised me.