Reclaiming Reiki, Reclaiming Myself
For years, Reiki was a guiding light in my life—a sacred energy that flowed through my hands, through my heart, and into the lives of those I worked with. Teaching it felt natural, like I was meant to share this healing energy with others.
But then, I stopped.
Not because I doubted the energy.
Not because I doubted my ability to teach.
I stopped because I was afraid that practicing Reiki at all was wrong.
I let external voices tell me that I wasn’t allowed to hold this work. That I had to choose—either I honoured Reiki’s origins, or I stepped away entirely. And because I was a rule-follower, because I wanted to do the "right" thing, I silenced myself.
I now see that I didn’t walk away purely out of reverence. I walked away because I didn’t trust myself to decide what was right for me.
And that realisation? That was the wound. Not Reiki. Not cultural appropriation. But the fact that I gave my power away.
A Journey of Ancestral Healing & Sovereignty
Stepping away led me down a beautiful, necessary path—deeper into my own ancestry, into Celtic Shamanism, into the healing traditions woven into my bones. That journey was sacred. It gave me roots. It reminded me that I come from a lineage of healers, dreamers, and energy workers too.
But here’s what I know now:
Honouring my ancestry doesn’t mean abandoning the healing that called me first.
Reiki was the door that opened me to energy healing. It was the path that led me here. It shaped the way I see and work with energy, and that will never change. Stopping wasn’t the answer. The answer was to trust myself.
To trust that I can hold and teach Reiki with reverence.
To trust that I am allowed to walk this path with integrity.
To trust that I never needed permission to follow what calls me.
“This is sovereignty: Trusting myself to walk this path with reverence, without fear, and without apology.”
Reiki Is Calling Me Back—And This Time, I Answer Without Hesitation
I return to Reiki now, not with guilt, not with hesitation, but with sovereignty.
Because Reiki chose me. And I am done silencing myself.
Because healing work is alive, evolving, expanding—and I refuse to be bound by rigid rules that tell me I must choose between honouring my lineage and honouring what moves through me.
Because I trust myself now.
And I choose to walk this path—fully, unapologetically, with reverence and with power.
I am now offering Reiki training again, with deep reverence and personal sovereignty. If you're ready to learn, you can find more details here.
Many blessings /|\
Tash
Soul Nest Sanctuary
