“It’s been a long December, and there’s reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last.”
 Counting Crows – “Long December”
 
As we head into 2023, there is a common phenomenon that we share as a collective society. That is the desire to reshape, recreate, or reform ourselves into something more than what we were the year before.
 
Celebrating and mapping the New Year for growth can be a time to gracefully dig our heels into reflections, resolutions, and reinventions. It can also be a time to open the inner wounds of rejection, resistance, & remorse.
 
If we are not careful, it can be a slippery slope into repeating the same habits and behaviors.
 
There’s a vapor-thin fine line between facing our challenges and rejecting ourselves. Some challenges may easier to accept than others, but at times the thought of our current position gets in the way of what we desire to become.
 
After a while, the voices of our past actions, memories, and behaviors begin to saturate the true growth desired from setting intentions with what we desire for ourselves, and we end up reverting back to what was comfortable… the reason that we created the resolutions/intentions in the first damn place!
 
[Focus on the physical heart center and take a deep breath]
 
There may be a solution to prevent remorse for not being our most authentic expression of who we know we could be if we just gave it a chance…
 
Practice accepting the worst parts of ourselves.
 
In the later years of his research, psychoanalytical pioneer, Carl Jung expressed the importance of working with our “Shadow” to achieve true liberation & growth through inner vulnerability. This would prove not to only relieve mental/emotion woes, but also offer a holistic solution for expansion.
 
Essentially, this would mean that nothing could stand in the way of those initial cliché goals we all tend to set. The thing about clichés is they are typically oversimplified truths that in this instance we are all aspiring to but often fall short. You cannot change what you don’t accept. If we are afraid to own the parts of us that create the guilt we feel, then we are telling those parts that they are greater that we are. We give them our power, becoming a victim of our own shadow.
 
“I want to be healthier.”
                                                                                          “You can’t stick with healthy habits.”
 
“I want to be happier.”
                                                                                           “What is there to be happy about?”
 
“I want to be healed.”
                                                                                                        “It hurts too much to let go.”
 
 
If “Self-Acceptance is the key to liberation, accepting the things that we reject most about ourselves (“The Shadow”) can be our most valuable assets in having bulletproof vulnerability reinforced in steel. This creates the ability to integrate those inferior qualities of ourselves with the best parts of who we have yet to become. It’s possible…
 
Why do you think we create New Year’s Resolutions?
 
                             “If you think that I could be forgiven… Wish you would”
                                       – Also, Counting Crows – “Long December”

There are many Benefits to a Reiki Practice.
Here are a few of the Benefits of Reiki:

• Promotes Harmony & Balance

Reiki is extremely effective in promoting overall wellness. Through the transfer of energy, the body is able to restore balance in the mind, body, and spirit. This creates balance and harmony allowing people to live a positive lifestyle.

• Relaxes and Releases Tension From The Body

Reiki relaxes the body, releases tension and stress of the day. 

• Balances The Mind, Body, and Spirit
• Breaks Down Energy Blocks 

Regular Reiki treatment promotes the consistent and unlocked flow of energy throughout the body. This allows people to feel less stress, enhances learning and memory, promotes mental clarity, and physical healing/ less physical pain. 

• Cleanses Body of Toxins and Supports Immune System

Reiki technique is used to remind our bodies how to go back into the “repair” or “self-healing” state of rest and digestion. By triggering this state, our bodies begin to cleanse themselves of useless energies. It also allows the body to protect itself from exhaustion, burnout, or immune system failure.

• Clears The Mind and Improves Focus

Reiki helps to be in the present moment. Reiki allows the mind to focus on current events, not hold onto past mistakes, and not fret on anxieties about the future. 

• Helps You Sleep Better

You can always expect to feel extremely relaxed after a Reiki session. Reiki relaxes your body and helps our bodies to sleep better, to heal better, and to think more clearly. It is not uncommon for people to fall asleep entirely during a Reiki Session.

• Helps Spiritual Growth and Emotional Cleansing

Reiki addresses the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—not just the physical being. This means that the positive energy transfer through Reiki is extremely helpful in elevating the receiver’s mood and general attitude towards life. 
Accelerates The Body’s Self-Healing AbilityReiki balances your internal body levels to return to a near-natural state. This means that your breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, circulation, and other bodily systems will improve. This normal balance will allow your body to heal itself from within.

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