#TweetingAngels

Writers are told to express ideas concisely. If you can say it fewer words, better! Not sure if this applies to Angel Readings though I have found myself editing mine lately. Snip, snip, cut and hopefully the message is clear. If you say too much people can get lost. But if you don't say enough they miss the point altogether! 

I found myself a new challenge: Tweeting Angel Readings under 140 characters! Can it be done? We are about to find out! As of today I will be Tweeting Readings under the hashtag #TweetingAngels. 

This is how it works:  

1. Follow me on Twitter: @reginahcouza
2. Send me a question with the tag #TweetingAngels.  
3. I'll read for the people I'm drawn to that day.
4. Readings are for entertainment purposes only

Here is a short list of the #TweetingAngels: 

• AA-M stands for Archangel Michael, the patron saint of armies, soldiers, police and anyone who needs courage or protection. AA-M appears when you need that extra oomph. 

• AA-G  stands for Archange Gabriel who is known for stimulating communication, creative expression and fertility. 

• AA-R stands for Archangel Raphael, the healing angel. He helps us let go of emotional and physical pain. Raphael can also help us heal fears so that we can move on unhindered. 

• AA-U stands for Archangel Uriel. This is one of my favorites, he helps us find our life purpose and direction. Uriel works behind the scenes. He introduces us to the right people.  

• AA-H stands for Archangel Haniel.  She has lovely female energy and can help us get in touch with our intuitive side. 

• AA-R stands for Archangel Raziel, the angel of secrets revealed =) 

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Regina 

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The Story of Bottled Water

Today I was walking through Hyde Park and I remarked on how beautiful nature looks when there is no litter. The first few minutes it was totally clear and then I started spotting empty crisp packs and water bottles on the floor. Such a shame when people litter though if you stop to think about where trash goes after its binned, we're just littering that we won't see. The thought of landfills full of old computers, plastic bottles and other trash isn't a pleasant one. 

It also dawned on me that I personally consume a huge amount of plastic bottles. When I'm out and about I'm quick to buy myself a bottle of Evian or Pepsi or fruit juices. Even though I try my best to stick that in a recycle bin it would be better if I didn't buy so many plastic bottles in the first place. As of today I have resolved not to buy a drinks that come in plastic bottles anymore. I will still have fizzy drinks at the cinema when they're out of the tap. And if I'm thirsty I'll refill my favorite Bobble Bottle. It's even worth investing in a small new Bobble that I won't mind toting around. 

This is me doing my bit with the environment! Although, I may still cave when convenient - it’s a shame

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Reiki Milkshakes vs Energy Healing Smoothies

A couple weeks ago one of my friends asked if I thought it was sad that it is so much easier to promote myself as a Reiki Practitioner when my Energy Healing qualifications are "better". This is a question that I get a lot from the energy healing world. I can't ignore the fact that a lot of time, energy, and effort has gone into my Energy Healing qualification (and I'm still a student!). Fingers crossed I will pass my practical exam in May, after more than two years of classes, homework and dozens of case studies. The past two years have given me a solid base in energy management, clairvoyance, channeling and intuition. By comparison, a Reiki qualification can be relatively easy to get. Though it depends on the teacher; one weekend workshop is usually enough to get you started with Reiki. 

Learning to channel Reiki is quicker because the teacher attunes you to the energy and then you just have to practice. Thinking about it and placing your hands on or near the area you want to heal is enough. Hands on, Reiki On. One workshop is all you need to become attuned to Reiki. This is enough for self-healings and also to give hands on healing to family and friends. It takes time for the flow of Reiki to build and with time you'll be able to channel more of it. The next weekend workshop attunes you to the Reiki Symbols for Power, Distant Healing and Mental and Emotional Healing. Strictly speaking, this is all you need to see clients professionally. How much time it takes depends on how much time and energy the individual dedicates to learning Reiki: studying the philosophy, channeling Reiki and learning to manage their energy successfully.  

Initially, I signed up for Reiki I because I was curious. People asked me what the difference was between the two and I didn't know what to say.  I didn't want to sign up for another full blown healing course. Reiki is easy to learn so I though what the heck, let's sign up for a weekend workshop. I didn't expect to like it so much. If you ask me now, I'd say Reiki has a different flavour to it. It's like drinking a strawberry milkshake when you have had vanilla or pineapple smoothies all your life. I still love my smoothies but it is nice to alternate between the two. 

The Reiki Philosophy is also something I have thoroughly enjoyed. The Five Reiki Principles are similar to Buddhism in that they teach you to be grounded, proactive and non-reactive. Yes, Reiki is easy to learn and it can be less work for students. I think that's a big plus. More people could learn to channel Reiki for themselves.   

I also like the idea of being a Reiki Practitioner because it rhymes with my name. Reiki with Regina has a nice ring to it. What can I say! Before healing I was in marketing and promotions. It makes good business sense to start with Reiki. Even so, everything I have learned in healing school with make me a better healer overall. If a client wants a specialised energy healing session I can also offer that. We'll see how it goes. The next six months I am going to focus on Reiki. 

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Dealing with Unresolved Anger

Last year I was angry and hurt when something didn't go my way. I thought it was unfair and I didn't deal with it properly. A few months ago a tiny mole appeared on my back, near the heart. When I asked my intuition what it meant, the answer was "You're still angry. You feel you've been stabbed in the back." This made complete sense to me. One of the things I'm writing about in my book on Energy Healing & Cancer is how our emotions can leave a mark on the body, especially when we are not able to manage the emotional aftermath of a situation. I believe emotional and mental patterns can be linked to just about any any physical imbalance. 

Louise Hay also discusses this theory in You Can Heal Your Life. Her view is that for every disease or symptom, there is a mental or emotional pattern that caused it. She links every disease to either anger or fear as the root cause. The classic example is stress leading to tension headaches, backaches and even ulcers. Stress is the way we experience fear of failure, for example failure to meet an important deadline or failure to pay our bills and rent. I believe a person's inability to release that fear from their  consciousness is what lead's to them feeling stressed. When the stress accumulates we start to see the negative effect on the body, be it a headache or hair loss. 

The full range of human emotions can be held in the body, not just tension and stress. In my case I was angry and that little mole was an expression of the anger. It is also a visible sign telling me that I haven't dealt with the situation emotionally. Of course, I also made a trip to the doctor to have it looked at*. For whatever reason I was born with scores of moles. I have them checked out periodically as there are too many for me to keep track of. In old times people thought witches could be identified by their moles. I think they were onto something with me! I might have a mole for each past-life as a clairvoyant, healer or witch as I'm sure I had a few. 

So back to my self-healing. There were two people involved in the situation last year. One moved away and I haven't seen her since. Though we were close I haven't felt like staying in touch or telling her about my new plans. The other person I forgave pretty quickly because I never really blamed them. I think I still need to deal with my emotions about what happened and release them. The past few days I've been sending Reiki to the memory.  With her I tried the other F word -> FORGETTING. Wrong approach. The only way to heal traces of anger is to FORGIVE. 

In this case it was easy to forget because I didn't see her again. I don't know if my anger was even justified. Emotions are often irrational anyway. Anger is not a nice emotion to hold onto, even if you forget about it and bury it to get on with your life. Forgiving is about giving yourself a Get Out of Jail Free card. It doesn't affect the other person or condone their actions. Being mad at life is even more pointless than being mad at at person. If we're angry the best thing you can do is work through the feelings and let go. Otherwise the only person who gets hurt is the one in the mirror. 

Energy Healing is complementary to medical care, not alternative. But it can help us understand what makes us tick under the surface. Try both approaches. 

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Writing a Personal Story

One week ago I wrote about suddenly feeling motivated to finish my book. I have been working on it loads, and while I still feel like I am dragging my feet (maybe I am just too impatient), I am nearly there! Met with a friend who also happens to be a writer and a healer last week. She gave me constructive feedback and I have been applying her comments as well as going over the structure of the book. 

One of the things she suggested was that I build more of a narrative around my introduction. The opening pages are where I speak of my own family's experiences with illness, it helps to talk about a dilemma by giving it a personal spin first. This is a lesson that I learned, oddly enough, by listening to a Shakira song in the 1990's. It is my favorite, called Inevitable, and at one point Shakira says something about leading with your own feelings when having a difficult conversation. 

The song is in the context of a break-up - but it made me think about my book on energy healing & cancer. The question: how to approach a difficult topic, one that could be painful. If we are introducing a topic that some may not be able to assimilate head on, phrasing it in terms of your own feelings and experience takes the focus off the other person and gets the dialogue going. It is easier for people to relate to personable stories. The question for me is how much do I share? 

Some of the experiences that I am sharing also touched others. Family mostly. Not everyone is comfortable with an open approach. This week I have been refining the personal side and thinking about how to phrase it. Some aspects need to be described in a politically correct way. The wording I have now still has to be scaled back to accomodate for sensibilities. I suppose this is the case in any narrative that touches on real events. How much of it is just my story to tell? Not a lot. 

Inevitable by Shakira

Update: The personal story was published in 2013. Learn more about A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love here.  

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Regina

How Learned is Your Soul?

When I can't quite wrap my head around a new concept I try to write about it. Somehow my intuition kicks in and it gives me an interpretation that I can relate to. A couple weeks ago I attended a Kabbalah class that I couldn't quite grasp and this was my solution. It was the third in a series on spiritual graduation and evolution. The overall theory I can relate to: a soul goes through many lessons before graduating from one stage of spiritual development to the next. The process can be compared to our school system where a child graduates from elementary school before moving onto high school and eventually university. We covered 3 of the 4 stages, known as Nefesh, Ruach and Neshama.  

I like to think of them as: 

• Elementary School: This is when we're learning the survival basics; at this Nefesh stage people are very much concerned with materialistic and ego based considerations like money and power. The more money you make; the stronger and safer you feel. People who believe that you can never have enough are at this level; as the ego is always desperate for more. Eckhart Tolle qualifies this group in his book A New Earth; when he says that the Rolling Stone song I Can't Get No Satisfaction personifies this stage in human development. Though this may come across as a selfish group, it is also the one that suffers the most. We all go through this phase during our soul's journey.

• High School: This is when we start thinking beyond our bubble; like high school students to dream of leaving their small towns to explore the world, those of us in the Ruach stage start to become aware of other people and how our actions influence their lives. You still want to be successful, but it has to be meaningful and it also has to make a positive impact on the world. Soul's at this stage still care about their own physical needs; but they also care about others. This is the point where being rich or comfy is not enough, there is still a drive to continuously improve your life and that of others. If a person starts believing they are better than others because of this; they flunk out and go back to elementary school. Reminds me of the children's game known as Chutes and Ladders!

• University: According to our teacher, at this level souls are self-less; they put others first and see the dignity in each individual. The rock star and the homeless man are one and the same. Kabbalah refers to this level as Neshama; it also happens to be where the class lost me. The teacher mentioned that people grow through pain; and after many many growth experiences we no longer feel pain. This kind of makes sense to me, especially having read Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth. The book talks about the pain of humiliation, defeat and pride being hurtful to our ego-self, not to your spirit. When you detach from your ego-self you stop feeling emotional pain. Stubbing your toe will still hurt; but losing face will not. When you realise that losing face does not make you less of a person, the experience is no longer painful. Now that's freedom!

Now that I've written about it I think I have fuzzy understanding of this Neshama phase. The part that still gets me is the role of pain and discomfort and whether we need to feel it to grow and move forward. Though my Kabbalah teacher says yes, my intuition says I don't need to be motivated by pain to grow. We can also be motivated by a desire for meaning, beauty, love or fulfillment. Change will always bring some degree of discomfort into your life, but it isn’t necessarily the catalyst. I'm not sure what the teacher meant when he said pain was necessary for growth. I will have to ask when I go back this week. What are your thoughts on the subject? 

2022 Update: It's been almost 10 years since I wrote this post; since then I moved onto classes with a more traditionally jewish teacher in Mexico. There are two additional parts to the soul which remind me of the chakra system that we studied in school. I may share this in a workshop along with intuitive meditations to bring more of your soul's light into your life. More on that here: Inner Wounds Can Be Healed to Reveal Light. 

 

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Regina Chouza is an energy healer, astrologer and author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. She holds a BA in Philosophy from Tufts University; Regina’s passion is bringing self-love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. Read her books to awaken your intuition and channel energy healing. Available on Amazon.

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