On one of the pages there was a question: If you had one
superpower, what would it be?
I scribbled: To Open Hearts!
I smiled at myself and reflected
on what those words mean to me now. A
huge part of my Reiki journey has been about opening my heart to self-love and
in turn being a source of compassion and healing for others. Beyond that, though, I knew there is a reason
this question was being revisited at this time.
After that workshop, I attended a
weekend retreat with the same facilitator where she asked us to write a letter
from our future selves. As I began to
write, I felt a presence from across the room and a wave of energy crack my
heart open to release a flood of emotions.
As I looked up, I saw a bright emerald green light emanating from my
future self’s heart chakra. In looking
back, I realize this was a form of self-healing transcending time.
About a year and a half later, while
teaching my Journeying Between Worlds class, I partnered with a student to go
on a shamanic journey. When she
journeyed to return with an answer to my question, she described being led into
my heart chakra and that it was emerald green, just like the Land of Oz! I never told her about my previous healing experience.
I immediately knew my higher self was
reminding me of that moment as an acknowledgment of how far I had come in my
growth.
When you are open in the heart chakra, time stands still, allowing you to be in a space of love and acceptance for yourself and others.
There is no
anger or grief over the past or fear over the future. There is just meeting the moment unconditionally
and in a state of trust that everything you need is already within you.
This year has been incredibly
challenging, scary, overwhelming, and full of grief over the loss of loved
ones. It can be hard to remain open-hearted
when your whole being is aching from the emotional impact and yet, being open-hearted
and unconditional with yourself is how the path to healing begins.
When the heart is ready to open
and begin the healing process, the fear, anger, and grief that arise are meant
to be honored, not shaken off, “gotten rid of” or pushed away. Grief means that you deeply loved another and
its energy is there to help you remember that love. Anger, fear, and anxiety are trying to keep
you safe, so speaking to these emotions with love will help you remember that
you are in charge and can override those emotional patterns at any given moment
to restore a sense of wholeness.
To me the heart chakra is like the
center of the infinity symbol. What rises
and settles must come through the heart and if the heart is open and accepting
of what is, the energy of life flows with ease and synchronizes with the world
around you.
There is so much uncertainty for
the world as a whole and very few are getting out of 2020 unaffected. Yet I hear so many people share how grateful
they are for what they do have.
If you had one superpower to help you
and others heal at this time, what would it be?
The Leo new moon this week is a
celestial invitation to give birth to that power and embody the energies that can
best serve you and others to meet their challenges. Leo’s archetypal patterning supports you in expressing
your power in creative, playful, and passionate ways. This is a time for the flow of the energies
and emotions you’re experiencing to inspire you to explore and discover a
higher perspective and wisdom ready to be expressed.
My Reiki teacher used to always
remind me that everything I need is already within me to claim my power and innate
ability to heal. What does the power you
currently need look and feel like to you?
