Friday 3 January 2014

Dabbling in Reiki

So, in my mad run of winning things from raffles last year, I acquired a Reiki session. Being entirely new to Reiki, I was entirely sceptical. But, a freebie is a freebie, and I was feeling a bit bruised from hurting my arm, so thought it would be a case of 'anything can help... surely?'. I went along to a lady called Lucinda's house in Earlsfield (I did this in an entirely trusting manner; if I read the scare-mongering daily tabloids more often, I would have been convinced she was in fact a 68 male nutter from Utah, just waiting to chop my face off, which, as you can imagine, might have put me off somewhat). Once I got to her lovely mews house, I was greeted by Lucinda, a motherly, yet no-nonsense lady, who scolded me for being a little early. Damn. She explained to me the art of Reiki - where someone uses their hands to 'unblock' negative energy and 'feed' positive energy (as far as I gathered). I then signed a load of consent forms and lay down on her massage table. She turned on some plinky-plonky music and lit some aromatherapy candles and she was away. She went round my (fully-clothed) body, hovering her hands just above me. In some places, e.g. my head and lower tummy, it hurt a little - a weird burning; but in the rest of my body I got this amazing warm, relaxing feeling. It was great. After an hour I, very almost, floated out of her home, quite honestly never feeling more relaxed. It was exquisite. A superb experience which, like massages, relaxes you, but, unlike massages, doesn't leave you feeling sick (this can't just be me!). Bonus. Lucinda doesn't seem to have a website, so I cannot endorse her, but, by all means, comment below if you'd like me to pass on her contact details.