Why Some People Feel Drawn to Reiki
Have you ever wondered why some people feel drawn to Reiki, even when they can’t quite explain what’s pulling them towards it?
Maybe you’ve experienced Reiki healing before and something about it stayed with you. Or you keep finding yourself reading about Reiki, energy healing or spirituality. Perhaps the idea of learning Reiki keeps popping into your mind, even though you’re not entirely sure what you’d do with it.
I hear versions of this all the time: “I don’t really know why, but I just feel drawn to Reiki.”
And honestly? I understand that feeling completely.
Sometimes the Pull Starts Long Before We Understand It
My first experience of energy healing happened when I was 19. My boyfriend’s father-in-law at the time was studying energy healing and asked if I’d like a session.
Why not?
The session itself was calming and relaxing. What happened afterwards was another story.
I was supposed to be there for a family dinner. Instead, I ended up crying non-stop in the bedroom, eventually falling asleep and sleeping right through until the following morning.
Whoops. Sorry about dinner. 😂
I had no framework for understanding what had happened, but I never forgot the experience.
Years later, when I became really unwell with ongoing gut problems, energy healing found its way back into my life. After three years of trying Western approaches with nothing working, I began exploring energy healing. My experience with it was profound, and my health returned back to normal – it was truly astounding.
Suddenly I was thinking: What IS this energy healing business?!
I wanted to know more.
Finding Reiki…or Reiki finding me?
One of my first Reiki experiences happened almost by accident.
I was at a wellness clinic offering free trial treatments. The line for the free massages was ridiculously long, so I jumped at the chance to try Reiki instead.
It was only 15 minutes, but that short Reiki healing left such an impression on me that I still remember it nine years later.
In fact, I still see that same Reiki healer today!
I feel like Reiki chose me, as crazy as that sounds, and eventually that led me to Reiki Level 1.
You Don’t Need to Become a Professional Healer
This is one of the biggest misconceptions about learning Reiki.
People sometimes assume that if you do Reiki training, you must want to become a professional Reiki healer.
You absolutely don’t.
Some people learn Reiki because they want to practise self-Reiki. Some want to support their family, friends or pets. Some are highly sensitive and want to better protect their energy. Others are going through a spiritual awakening or major life change and feel drawn towards something deeper.
And some people simply think:
I don’t know why, but I want to learn this.
That was me.
I certainly didn’t walk into Reiki Level 1 knowing where it would eventually lead.
Reiki Level 1 Changed More Than I Expected
After learning Reiki, my life went through some enormous changes.
My relationship ended. I quit my job. I moved house.
For me, Reiki created some huge shifts in my energy, and put me back into divine alignment. Anything that was no longer aligned simply dropped away.
I began looking at myself and my life differently. It was a rollercoaster for a while, but I kept practising and learning. Eventually I completed Reiki Level 2, started my own Reiki business, and things skyrocketed from there.
That little thread of curiosity around energy healing that began when I was 19 had somehow become an enormous part of my life.
I’ve never looked back.
Reiki Can Become a Way Back to Yourself
Of course, your Reiki journey doesn’t have to look anything like mine.
For many people, Reiki simply becomes a practice they can return to. Receiving Reiki healing from someone else can be incredibly supportive, but learning Reiki puts the practice into your own hands.
You can practise self-Reiki when you’re stressed, emotional, exhausted or going through change. It can help put you to sleep and get deeper rest. Over time, it can also encourage you to become more aware of your own body, emotions and energy.
In that sense, Reiki can become another way of learning to understand yourself.
Maybe Curiosity Is Enough
We put so much pressure on ourselves to know exactly why we’re doing something before we begin.
But I couldn’t have predicted at 19 that energy healing would eventually become such an important part of my life. I couldn’t have predicted during that 15-minute Reiki session that I’d still be seeing the same practitioner nine years later.
And I certainly didn’t know when I learned Reiki Level 1 that I’d eventually become a Reiki Master, teacher and professional healer.
I just kept following what interested me. One experience led to another. One question led to another.
And slowly, the path unfolded.
If Reiki Keeps Tapping You on the Shoulder…
If you’ve found yourself feeling drawn towards Reiki lately, you don’t necessarily need to understand why.
Maybe you want Reiki for your own healing, or you want to understand energy. Maybe you’d love to use it with the people you care about. Or maybe you have absolutely no idea what you’d do with it yet!
That’s okay too.
My next Reiki Level 1 course in Melbourne is 12th–13th September, and it’s designed as the starting point for anyone who wants to explore Reiki healing and energy work for themselves.
You don’t need previous experience. You don’t need to be psychic. And you definitely don’t need to want to become a professional healer.
Sometimes you don’t choose Reiki because you know exactly where it’s going to lead.
Ready to book in? Read more and book here.
