I arrived at Healing Waters & Sacred Spaces 15 minutes early for my appointment.  I filled out my personal info and waited in the store for Michelle to come get me.  She did, and we walked around the corner to her studio in the same building.

We sat and talked for what felt like a half hour.  In contrast to my appointment with Deborah and without knowing why, I opened up immediately about my desire to practice Reiki on both myself and on clients in the future.  She was enthusiastic about her practice and about Reiki in general, and I loved that she took the time to talk with me before the session.

I eventually got on the table, and Michelle enveloped me in a cocoon of warmth.  I laid under flannel sheets with a blanket on top and an eye pillow blocking the daylight.  As with my first session, I drifted in and out of consciousness as Michelle gave me Reiki.

Once again, I got off the table after the session feeling completely relaxed but without a tangible sense of the energy I’d received.  What was different this time, though, was that I cared about that less.  I felt that the session had been good for me, though I could not explain how.

Subjectively, Michelle said all of my chakras were in balance, which was both surprising to me and not.  I’ve had a general, underlying sense of unease for many, many years, but since I decided on a path to pursue, I’ve been much more at peace with myself.

She also mentioned that my joints needed some attention, and it’s true that my elbows and knees have been hurting lately.  My elbows hurt when I lay in bed and browse on my phone, which I do every night before sleep and every morning when I wake up, and my knees hurt when I exercise and sometimes afterward depending on the activity.  Interesting that she picked up on that.

We continued to talk for what felt like another half hour.  The whole appointment lasted two hours, and I was so grateful to Michelle for sharing her time with me so generously.  She was a wealth of information and inspiration.  When I shared with her that I’d been given doubts about building a Reiki-only practice, she waved that idea away and said, “I’m here!”  That was refreshing.

Michelle holds a Reiki Share Circle on the first Sunday of every month, and I asked her whether it would be OK to attend without having been attuned yet, and thus not being able to give Reiki, only to receive.  She more than encouraged me to attend in order to meet people and ask questions and give others an opportunity to practice.  I thanked her again for her time and told her I just might see her again tomorrow.