User:Reflexiki

I was born in Romania during the communist regime. Ever since my youth, I had premonitions and premonitory dreams. My parents never blocked me; on the contrary, their only request was to keep this to myself. In Romania at that time, practicing these abilities was punished by law. In the 80s I studied Computer Sciences and I got my BS ​degree in computers. Computer science is a career that I have pursued on and off pretty much my entire life. It was after the revolution in 1990, when I had an outstanding spiritual experience, and the revelation of the spiritual world. I had the chance to meet my spiritual guide. That changed my life completely. ​ ​Much later, in 2002 I started to practice Qi Gong, both physical exercises and meditation. I studied with Master Lin Kai Ting in Romania. (I still keep studying with him). During one of these meditations I was able – for the first time – to send, remotely, energy to my mom, who was undergoing surgery to her toes. The results were amazing. The doctors had no explanation for the fact that – after surgery – my mom had no pain at all and she didn’t need to use any painkillers. After this type of surgery, the doctors would have expected swollen and dark red toes. Instead, my mom’s toes were light pink and the dressings were loose on her toes. ​ Shortly after this experience I immigrated to Canada, where I spent about seven years in Vancouver. The immigration brought me so much more than I expected. I had the chance to read about people having the type of abilities I also had. I was very happy to learn that I wasn’t the weird human being I thought I was. I attended a few sessions of regression in past lives and I learned amazing things about myself. ​ ​It took me quite a while and another impressive healing energy experience, which convinced me to study Reiki. I had first heard about Reiki in 2002; however I decided to commit myself to study it at the beginning of 2008. I browsed the Internet for weeks until I decided who my Master should be: Rick Rivard. Rick trained me in Threshold Reiki, deriving in direct lineage from Usui Reiki. I cannot be grateful enough to him for all his teachings and for the way he cares for his students. You might want to browse his website in order to check the lineage from Mikao Usui and to find out more about Threshold Reiki, about Rick and about his students. ​ I received my first Reiki level in March 2008, the second level in May 2008 and the third in November the same year. Before taking my Master degree – still with Rick – I had the chance to attend his Channeling classes. I have to admit that – besides the Master level training – this one was the deepest and strongest spiritual experience I had during my whole energy work training. I took my Reiki Master degree with Rick, in June 2009. ​ Once the door to energy work opened in 2008, I started to explore other opportunities. I started my training in Therapeutic Touch (TT) with Marie Preissl, one of the pillars of TT in Canada. I took all three levels between May and October 2008. It was the most challenging training regarding energy, as we practiced not only TT, but also energy exercises during the classes and we used to get homework too. We used to work in small groups and we learned much more than TT. ​ The same year, in August, I decided I needed new challenges in the energy work, so I took the Basic Holistic Foot Reflexology at the Pacific Institute of Reflexology in Vancouver, Canada, with Chris Shirley. I graduated in January 2009 and my teacher expected me to work in this field, although at that time I had a full time Data Analyst job. ​ This training opened other doors for me and I wanted to learn more and more about this field, so I turned to Yvette Eastman, the owner of the Institute of Reflexology and Kinesthetics, Vancouver, Canada. At that time she was offering a broad range of classes in this field, plus other courses, so I thought this would be the right choice for me. It was the right choice. Between November 2008 and March 2009, Yvette opened the windows towards a completely new world: Meridians on the Feet, Face, Body, Hand and Ear Reflexology, Chakras on the Feet and Touchpoint Quick Fixes for Health. ​ While I was taking Yvette’s classes, I learned about Emotional Freedom techniques (EFT) which piqued my interest. I had the chance to take Christine Wheeler’s class in February 2009. It was amazing to witness the changes in myself and my class-mates with this very simple tapping method with affirmations. It became part of my daily life. ​ By the time I started TT - after I took the second Reiki level – I also started offering Reiki sessions to my Canadian friends and remote Reiki sessions to my Romanian friends and to my family. I also enjoyed very much the Reiki exchanges I had organized at my place with a couple of Reiki masters and Reflexology and TT practitioners. I also practiced intensely reflexology since August 2008 as I had to go for my Basic Holistic Foot Reflexology exam. After the exam I kept practicing – this time as a practitioner. ​ I am driven by the fact that people can be healed once their own energy becomes balanced. Once a disease has taken root, the medical procedures are always the most important in getting back to a normal life, but the holistic therapies might help support the medical treatment. I myself had this experience with a diabetic friend, under medication; she still could not keep her blood-sugar level within normal range. While receiving Reiki from me plus reflexology sessions, still under medication, her doctor was impressed by the sugar values, although her eating habits did not change. ​ There are also instances when more than one holistic procedure might help a person to get well, supporting the medical treatment. The results I saw from my clients were mostly in joints and bone pain and diseases, gall bladder issues, kidney issues, swollen legs and feet (lymph issues), migraines, sleeping troubles, sinusitis, weakness and tiredness. In order to get acquainted with my results, please see the testimonials page. ​ The more I worked and studied, the more I dreamed of becoming a practitioner, for I could watch the results of the people who received sessions from me. Finally my dream of opening a Reiki clinic comes true this year in Leicester.