After being attuned to Reiki in mid-May, I’ll be looking for as many opportunities as I can create for myself to practice, practice, practice.  I’ll be doing self-Reiki daily, but I will also want to practice on others.

When I have a practice up and running, I plan to do some volunteering, and for whatever reason, I’ve imagined that being in a hospice setting.  But when I received an e-mail on Monday from Michelle inviting me to a volunteer training session tonight at New Avenues for Youth – since I’ll be attuned by the time there is a Reiki clinic there – I figured I might as well.  From the New Avenues web site:

“Our mission is to work in partnership with our community to prevent youth homelessness and provide homeless and at-risk young people the resources and skills needed to lead healthy, productive lives.”

As you might imagine, trust of adults is hard to come by in this population, and there are strict guidelines around establishing physical and emotional boundaries, so it’s a big deal to be setting up a Reiki volunteer program there.

Honestly, some of what I learned tonight gave me trepidation, but this entire adventure has me FINALLY (that word deserves caps lock every time I use it in this particular context.. it will be a running theme on the blog) stepping outside of my comfort zone.  So I look forward to being of service to the at-risk youth community, as well as having some new experiences myself.