Seeing with the Heart Chakra

This week I am trying something new. I will close my eyes and see people with my heart. Still not entirely sure how it will work but I hope it will help me see the good in people. And it may also make people with more love in their hearts more noticeable. And others less so.

The thought came to me yesterday when I was sitting on a plane. Long flights bring lots of opportunities for deep thought and contemplation, lol. It also dawned on me that seeing that part of people is more useful than paying attention to what they do (for a living).

Its also a nice way to sense and feel your guides and angels. Rather than visualize them, you can feel them in and through the Heart Chakra. I can feel an angel around me sometimes. Today I also noticed a Merlin-type wizard guide. He gave me a pair of dice.

Its like he was giving me the gift of luck. How cool is that! It was also a message to get in the game though I am not entirely sure what that means. I will keep it in mind though as these messages and gifts are often given a few days or weeks before they are relevant.

Just landing in Mexico now! Adventure-time!

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Taking it one step at a time

The past week or two I have hardly had time to post so I thought an update would be in order. I feel like a big chapter in my life is closing behind me. After four years in London, most of which I have spent juggling a day job and my healing studies, its all coming to completion. Reiki training is done, healing school is done, book is done and yesterday I moved out of my London flat. ;-(

It feels weird.

I am going home to Mexico for the summer, and though it is supposed to be a temporary holiday, I have cut so many strings that it feels a little too final. It feels odd to be home-less though I suppose its also cool to be able to pick up and leave for a couple months. A few days ago I had a reading from one of my friends at the College of Psychic Studies. This trip is meant to kick off a soul journey that I have travelled in many lifetimes. It will seem familiar though I still do not know where it shall lead. My homework the next few months is to ground and connect to the earth energy in Mexico. And to be fully present in the moment, letting go of time as a linear concept.

When the summer is over it will be time to settle down again. For now I will practice grounding and awareness. Taking it one step at a time and then we shall see where this new road leads ;-)

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Regina Chouza is a qualified Energy Healer, Angel Medium and author of Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. A graduate of the School of Intuition & Healing in London, she is developing a new technique that combines natal astrology, energy healing and crystals.  

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The Reiki Dance: Bringing Beauty Into Healing

Tomorrow is the last day of my Reiki Master training! It started six weeks ago and I have been through some major ups and downs since then. One big down and lots of ups really. A couple weeks ago someone suggested that I write about the difference between energy healing and Reiki, and I promise I will get around to it. I think that would require looking at the question from a couple different perspectives. I have experienced Reiki and Energy Healing as a student.

Let's start with the similarities. Reiki is described as universal spiritual energy. It is channeled through a reiki healer and they can give themselves healing or give someone else healing. The same happens with energy healing though HOW you go about channeling that energy changes. I also think Reiki has a different flavour or vibration from the energy channeled by energy healers. I wouldn't say one is better, it depends on your taste and what resonates with you.

Moving onto how we channel the energy... In energy healing school we started by meditating. You visualise and feel roots dropping from your feet to the center of the earth. Then you intend for earth energy to travel up those roots to your heart chakra. Next, you send your attention up to the cosmos and visualise white or clear light travelling down to your crown chakra. It enters your crown, gets to your heart. We did this a couple times and then started running the two energies from the heart, down the arms to your palms. At first it feels like its all in your head but soon enough, you can feel it. With time your palms become more sensitive and you can feel energy as well. It is a really fun process but it takes time and after a few months practice it happens easily.

With Reiki, the channeling process was easier. The Reiki Teacher starts by attuning the student to Reiki. You sit still and they bring that energy into your body so that it flowsfrom crown to heart to palm. All you have to do is think about it and it starts to run, and what really surprised me was that I felt it really strongly the first time. Like a pulsation in my palms and as heat on my skin (I had cramps that week and my sacral chakra just soaked it in, with my hand a few inches away). I don't know if everyone feels it so strongly at the beginning. Maybe I did because after two years in energy healing school I was tuned in.

I had one day for Reiki One where we learned the history of reiki, hand placements on the body, where the chakras were, and we practiced giving eachother reiki. Feeling chakras, etc. Then we left and we were supposed to give ourselves daily treatments for a month before giving friends and family healing. It was very relaxed and its a nice way to begin the healing journey. The Reiki attunement also kicks off a personal cleansing process where things start popping to the surface. Emotional, mental, physical. Some people get a bad cold. Others fall out with friends and are forced to deal with issues they had been ignoring. Reiki energy is a catalyst for change and as soon as you're attuned it starts pushing your buttons. This is what I find most useful. The intensity at Reiki One is low, after the Reiki Two attunement I could feel it rising a bit but still pleasant. By the time I got to Reiki III, I could sense loads of light coming through. And I also went though a full blown healing crisis which is over now. I also feel like I am more connected, if that makes sense.

If you ask me, Reiki is a catalyst for personal change and it keeps coming at you. How strong the stream depends on each person and whether they take to it. This is how I have experienced it.

In Energy Healing school we had a lot more schooling. The course lasted two full years and we had 18 full-day workshops, with lots of theory, lots more practice and a lot of structured homework. Giving energy healing is actually a lot of fun, at least for me, as I have always had an active imagination and I tend to see the healing happen in vivid color. Its almost like watching a movie and you never know what will happen, sometimes the energy takes on the form of a stream of water. Sometimes their core star lights up and I see it connecting to the rest of the stars in the universe. Yesterday I saw a steady stream of green light and clear water during a session and it was really interesting because when it was over, the Healee told me she saw green. She also felt energy rushing through her body like a stream and clearing loads of stuck energy. For me, energy healing sessions come alive in very creative ways. Because I have been doing it longer I am also more comfortable as a healer. I just know where to go and what to do (most times).

Reiki has more ritual to it, especially when you start using the symbols to things that you can do in EH just by intending for it to happen. I think you may be able to do as much with Reiki as with Energy Healing but I just haven't worked out how to get there yet. There are symbols, movements and mantras that you can use to have a certain effect. It's kind of like going to a Japanese tea house, with all its ritual and tradition (Reiki is also Japanese!). I am still familiarizing myself with the ritual so it takes me a little bit longer. Reiki is a dance and I am still learning the moves. :-)

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Regina Chouza is a qualified Energy Healer, Angel Medium and author of Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. A graduate of the School of Intuition & Healing in London, she is developing a new technique that combines natal astrology, energy healing and crystals.  

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Washing Out My Mouth With Soap

A couple days ago I read a blog post on religions and how they have historically oppressed women. The author mentioned that the men in these religions are in control, though need women if they are to survive as an organization. The author is a well known atheist blogger and he suggested the atheist community could offer religious women an alternative that wouldn't oppress or discriminate against them. He also wondered why women don't quit religion when they have more to gain. And why is it that the atheist community is predominantly male?  

To which I responded with a comment that, in hindsight, came across as sexist and unfriendly towards atheists. Essentially, I said women have a tendency to be more spiritually aware than men and maybe that is why there are more male atheists than female atheists. Women might stay with religion because of societal pressures, or maybe they stay because they intuitively feel something that makes them believe in the supernatural. And then there is alternative spirituality, which is heavily skewed towards women. Maybe some of us are already finding a different road that doesn't favor one gender. 

Even as I was commenting, I remember thinking it sounded like a generalisation. Are men less spiritual? Hmm, maybe, maybe not. Who am I to say? I can't speak for all of the men and women on earth, in the west, east, etc. Igh. I really should have edited the comment but I ignored that thought. I went back to check-in today and when I saw the responses, I realised that it my comment must have sounded especially bad to the male and/or atheist readers. I apologised and I hope they realise I meant it. The irony is that the blogger meant to dial up gender equality and tolerance and I reacted, going the other way...

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Regina Chouza is an Energy Healer, Angel Medium and author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. She studied angels, tarot and astrology at The College of Psychic Studies in London, and qualified as an Energy Healer at the School of Intuition & Healing UK. Blogging since 2010, Regina's passion is bringing the qualities of love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. 

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I am a qualified Energy Healer!

After two years in healing school, a hiccup and a brief writing interlude - I am finally a qualified energy healer!!! 

This past weekend I completed a demonstration healing in front of a panel of tutors at school. You would think that a ten minute healing would be a piece of cake, especially after two years of lessons, case studies and practice. But as it turns out, I still had to practice to keep my nerves under control. Last September I went in to heal for the panel and underestimated just how nervous and shaky I would be. It didn't go so well. I missed the clues my intuition sent me and for the first time, I failed an exam. Wait, that's not true. As an eight year old Catholic School student, I got a spectacular ZERO when I failed to memorize the Nicene Creed. (See what I mean here) 

Anyhooo, I am not going to rehash my first attempt, though you can read about it in my earlier post called The Hanged Man (or Woman?) ... The experience did teach me a few things. First, that everyone makes mistakes and you just have to keep going. I carried on writing my book on Cancer and Self-Healing, carried on with my Reiki trainings and with my volunteering. Eight months later I am not sure the setback made a difference - at least not the way I thought back then. I am really proud of the book I'm about to launch, and I am also grateful for Reiki, which I had the pleasure of learning while my energy healing work was on hold for a few months. 

I also learned that I need to practice a lot, especially where my nerves are concerned. A couple years ago I watched an interview with Will Smith or Jim Carrey (can't remember who) and he talked about the work they put in behind the scenes. As a comedic actor, they need to make sure their timing is spot on, the tone is right, etc. So they run through the lines over and over again until they are happy with the result. It helps them find their groove. In my case, practicing also helps keep the jitters at bay. Note taken. 

This weekend I gave myself Reiki before the exam, focusing on my solar plexus (Butterfly Central) and sent healing to the future so that the reiki would keep me calm during the exam. It worked like a charm! I also asked Archangel Michael for help staying grounded. What else ...?  I got a sense that the path my life has taken wouldn't change if I had to take the exam again this fall (though luckily it didn't come to that). I am relieved its over and happy I passed. =)

Funny thing is its all coming together this month: I'm putting the final touches on my book, finishing healing school and completing my Reiki Master. May 2013 turned out to be a very busy month! 

Next on the list, a nice holiday! 

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Paying it Forward

The past few months I have made a shift from worrying about myself to thinking about how I can help others. Whenever I get nervous about my new healing path, the guidance I get is "think about how you can best use your gifts to help others." And that in doing so, my own needs will be taken care of. The first person to tell me this was a friend and fellow healer, Alison from A.M Healing. About a year go, she pulled an angel card for me with that message.

So I have decided to pay it forward. The way I do this is by blogging, writing, sending distant reiki and giving away angel readings on my Facebook Page. Reiki clears, heals and balances mental and emotional imbalances. Angel Readings can help people make sense of their current situation, making it easier to navigate next steps. They also point out blind spots in our consciousness.

With the exception of my published books, the rest of these are free. I do them for fun, because I enjoy readings and reiki. And really I hope it helps (especially the readings, as I am still a student and essentially, all you lovely folks let me practice on you). Yesterday I was thinking about this and I had a visual of a karmic ripples that pay that love, light and goodwill forward.

I will keep sending free reiki and giving away angel readings. If you feel that these have helped you in anyway, please consider donating a few dollars or pounds to the charity of your choice (or better yet, buy a nutritious snack for a homeless man on the street). Kindness, good deeds and sharing make the world a better place, one person at a time. It also means we benefit and then pass that spark of light or healing onto the next person. Let's pay it forward!

If you feel that my angel readings or reiki shares have helped you, please consider donating to a good cause. No pressure to donate and either way, I wont find out lol. If the giving spirit moves you, these are some of the charities and causes that I personally support (financially or vocally):

McMillan Cancer Support (UK) and Community Cancer Centre (West London) : both of these fantastic charities are dedicated to helping patients, families and carers. They offer reliable information and and provide a space for volunteers and survivors to help others through it.

Tufts School of Medicine and CancerResearchUk: both of these facilities do wonderful work in the areas of prevention and treatment. Research is one of the reasons why more and more people are surviving cancer every year. Visit Cancer Research Uk's website for stats on cancer incidence and survival. Survival rates for total cancers are increasing.

One last thing on paying it forward. I have this theory that sharing financially and caring actually brings more mula into our lives. What goes round comes around. Start with a few dollars or pounds and see how it goes. Share with love, gratitude and with the knowledge that no matter how hard you have it, someone else needs it just a little bit more. I would say that fear of lack creates more financial lack and when we overcome that hurdle, abundance will flow.  Just a hunch, lets try it out  :-)

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Shamanic Sound Healing

I had an amazing time today! The Healing Forum organised a sound healing and shamanic journeying session to open heart chakras and channel healing. The evening was run by Patricia White Buffalo of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, an amazing woman. This shamanic thing was new for me so my description might be a bit off. We were supposed to connect with the five elements and with spirit, as the Native American tribes would have done back in the day. By connecting to the earth and feeling spirit in and around us, we bring a taste of heaven to earth. And how do you go about connecting? You dance :-)

We started with the Root Chakra, at the base of the spine. This Chakra is our connection to the earth and the sustenance it can give us. Before humanity went urban and cybernetic, we were a lot more in tune with our Root Chakras and with the Earth. A strong Root Chakra will make it easier for you to enjoy life in high definition because it grounds you in the moment. This was the most fun of all the Chakra dances too. We were in a gallery near Shoreditch in East London, not the most nature based place in London (it is the hipster part of town, cool but not shamanic lol)

We got up to dance on the concrete floor and were led to stomp out feet as if we were dancing around a campfire. It was loads of fun and I imagined myself kicking up a dirt storm around me lol. Then when that was done we moved onto the Sacral Chakra, which had a hoola hoop dance to it. Patricia told us to imagine we were painting the room orange with each swoosh (how does that work, exactly? Imagine a paint brush between your legs haha). The Solar Plexus dance reminded me of the "Lets Twist Again" song - oh and each of these had its own tune too.

Finally we made it to the Heart Chakra. The song played here was a Hawaiian luau. We danced about and visualized Hawaii. All along I kept spotting my grey converse and they threw me off lol, but it was still good fun. When it was time to awaken the Throat Chakra we listened to italian opera and sang along at full volume (though thankfully the song was louder than our voices) and for the life of me, I can't remember what we did for the Brow Chakra. I think I did my own thing and visualized the Tibetan Reiki Symbol in my forehead. The Crown Chakra dance was about letting the light in and it had very little movement. Lots of soaking in. All in all really cool.

By then we had had a really good shake and on came the trance music. Intense but still fun. i haven't listened to trance music since I was in university. Just when I thought I was tired, the music slowed down and we settled into out shamanic journey position. That was pretty amazing too, similar to some of the spirit guide meditations. I had a wolf and a horse as a power animal. It was pretty cool over all, the image that came to mind was the Page of Swords from Doreen Virtue's angel tarot deck, a card that features a young warrior surrounded by her power animals.

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Regina Chouza is an Energy Healer, Angel Medium and author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. She studied angels, tarot and astrology at The College of Psychic Studies in London, and qualified as an Energy Healer at the School of Intuition & Healing UK. Blogging since 2010, Regina's passion is bringing the qualities of love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. 

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