I once found myself on a flight seated next to a mother with two young boys. I believe they were around one and three years old.
The minute I sat down, my heart sank. Not one, but two kids? Not my ideal seat mates.
The one-year-old was fussing, and as soon as we took off he started crying hysterically. The mother explained they travel often, so the child was familiar with the pressure change, but they’d just said goodbye to her husband at the airport, and the baby was too distraught to sleep.
The older child was trying to be a kind big brother, by allowing his mother to soothe the little one, but it was obvious he wanted her attention too.
I felt a shift in myself, one of empathy for the mother. I suddenly felt protective of this woman who had to know that other passengers were silently cursing her child who showed no signs of settling down.
I silently began offering Reiki to comfort the child, but the energy does not always work exactly the way we intend, it works how it is needed. I quickly felt a need to open the energy to the entire plane, to bring calm, compassion, and patience into the space.
The baby kept crying, but then something else happened.
The older child eventually relaxed and fell asleep, slumped against me for the rest of the flight.
The mother got a small pocket of relief, and no one on the plane seemed irritated or confrontational.
I felt my energy lift, staying calm and steady, despite the noise.
Reiki energy is not always about “fixing” what’s happening. Sometimes it’s about shifting the energy so we can all move through a situation with more peace.
And that’s exactly why, when I decided to begin offering distance Reiki healing as a service, I included Reiki for specific times or places. It lends supportive energy to events, spaces, and moments that matter. Whether it’s a big presentation, a tense meeting, surgery, or even clearing a space before you move in, Reiki can set the tone in a way you feel, even if you can’t see it.
Just this week, I sent calming Reiki to a tense meeting with estate attorneys in a situation where one sibling was asked to be the executor of the estate instead of their older sibling. The sibling named as executor, a dear friend, told me afterward that she felt the calming energy during the meeting, but it didn’t seem to follow her when everyone returned to the family home.
That’s the thing about Reiki. It meets the moment. I can set a clear intention, but I can’t control exactly how the energy will move or where it will linger. Sometimes its purpose is to shift one small part of a situation so you can face the rest with more strength.
I am also offering chakra-balancing sessions to help people move through amplified emotions, relieve persistent pain, sleep better, or release the need to say “yes” when they really want to say “no.”
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