Embarking on a transformative journey with MysticMag, Marisa Garner discovered her calling in the enigmatic world of Reiki, leading her to establish Awaken Your Healing Light.
Initially puzzled by the concept during her interview, her curiosity blossomed into a profound spiritual commitment, fueled by signs and synchronicities that pointed her towards a path of healing and enlightenment. Garner’s mastery of Reiki, achieved in 2017, is not just a profession but a divine mission intertwined with angelic communication, aiming to bring about significant positive changes and healings in the world. Through her practice, she offers both in-person and long-distance Reiki sessions, leveraging her intuition and the universal energy flow to facilitate individual healing processes.
Her insights and experiences shared with MysticMag serve as a beacon of light for those seeking holistic well-being.
What motivated you to pursue a career as a Reiki Master and establish Awaken Your Healing Light?
Well, Reiki….what in the world is that I thought when I first heard the word?! I did not quite understand but my mind was intrigued enough to know more. Fast forward a few years from just hearing the word, I knew without a doubt that I was Divinely guided into the path of Reiki. I began my Reiki journey in March 2014 and acquired mastership in 2017.
I remember becoming aware of repetitive number sequences “synchronicities” a few years prior to my first Reiki attunement. I would see these numbers on the clock, receipts, or license plates. I had a feeling they meant something especially given that I was seeing the same ones day after day. A friend invited me to an Angel 101 workshop and there I found my answers. Angels communicate with us through repetitive numbers.
The meaning of the number sequences that I would see time and time again was that my life purpose and mission involved working with the Angels and Archangels to help others and also to create positive healings & changes in the world. I think that describes Reiki 110%! Reiki has been a true blessing and so rewarding!
Can you describe Reiki as well as the difference between the in-person and long-distance Reiki sessions you offer?
Reiki is used to rebalance the “Ki” within the chakras and auric field. Our bodies are made up of “Ki” which is life force energy. That is what keeps us alive and breathing. We have what is referred to as chakras in our bodies which are energy centers or points that vibrate and turn to channel energy into the body.
Each chakra is connected to different organs and tissues. There are 7 main chakras- Crown, 3rd Eye or Brow, Throat, Heart, Solar Plexus, Sacral, and Root or Base. We have an aura around our body which is the protective energy field made up of many layers. Stress, negative energy/thoughts, traumatic events, loss, or grief are a part of most of our everyday lives which affects the energy in our aura. It becomes lodged within the aura and your chakras which can eventually cause blockages in our “Ki”. When our “Ki” becomes out of balance then that is when you can become ill or diseased. You need the “Ki” to flow properly to stay healthy. When energy is flowing freely through the chakras, we feel grounded, creative, powerful, loving, confident, intuitive, and connected. When energy is obstructed in our chakras, we feel constricted, sick, depressed, confused, fearful, and disconnected.
Reiki practitioners become what is called “attuned” to Reiki energy through a Reiki Master during a relaxed or meditative state which opens the energy channels. Reiki is God-consciousness or wisdom and always knows where to go and where it is needed for everyone. Once attuned to Reiki energy, then the practitioner is merely a vessel or messenger for the energy to flow through them to deliver to someone else. The energy flows out the palms of the hands.
Reiki is an alternative/holistic approach to healing. The in-person sessions last approximately an hour if not longer depending on the individual and their needs. You lay clothed on a massage table, and I am intuitively guided to work within your auric field, chakras, and body meridian system. The Higher Divine Spirit (Angels, Archangels, Ascended Masters, Spirit, and Reiki Guides) work through me to help create healing. Things you can feel during a session are coolness, warmth, tingling, pressure, numbness, floatiness, or heaviness. You can also see colors that can relate to many things as well as visions.
Most of the time, a person will feel relaxed and uplifted by Reiki. You may experience a time of feeling “different” somehow minutes, hours, or even days after a Reiki session. You may feel fatigued. A healing crisis may have only slight symptoms, or it may be quite severe. The symptoms could include what you would experience if you were flu-like. As a person’s vibration goes up, toxins that have been stored in the body will be released into the bloodstream to be filtered by the liver and kidneys and removed from the system. When this happens, sometimes a person can get a headache or stomachache or feel weak. If this happens, it is a good idea to drink more water, eat lighter meals, and get more rest. The body is cleansing as part of the healing process, so this is a good sign.
We are all one and connected by energy, so therefore Reiki works to a distance. During Reiki II attunements, you receive a symbol that can be used for sending healing energy to a distance. It doesn’t matter where the recipient is located…they will receive.
Distance Reiki sessions allow you to relax in your own home or space and still receive healing. The client and I agreed on a certain day and time that they would like to set up the session. I message them shortly before to make sure they are settled into their bed or a recliner chair or really any kind of relaxing space. You can play relaxing music as I do as well. I begin the Reiki send at our designated time and do not communicate again until after the send is complete. The distance sessions seem to go about 30 minutes. The client and I spoke afterward about what they observed or felt and where I was guided. There have been many amazing experiences at a distance as well. The clients feel the sensations, see colors, or anything that they could in an in-person session. Reiki is truly amazing either way no matter whether it is in-person or long-distance.
Can you describe the role of intuition and the flow of Reiki energy in your sessions, and how these elements contribute to the healing process for each client?
Reiki is God-conscious wisdom, and it knows what everyone needs. When channeling Reiki energy, I don’t question anything as far as what a client might need but I just follow that intuitive guidance. When I go into a session, I set my human ego aside and just become that full open messenger or channeler for the Reiki energy to flow through me to my client.
Their mind, body, and soul process that energy for their absolute greatest and highest good in whatever ways that may be….emotional, mental, physical, or Spiritual. Intuition and intention play a big role in Reiki. I am very kinetic when I channel and can always feel where to go for each client. I know on many occasions clients have said, “I don’t know how you knew that area was bothering me.”
What role does sound healing play in your practice, and how do you integrate it into Reiki sessions?
Sound healing put simply involves sound vibrations to relax your mind and body. Music was used by the ancient Greeks to cure mental disorders and throughout history. Humans have a natural instinct for sound therapy, so many believe that it can heal the body. Sound can shift low energy frequencies to high vibrations. Sound healing can release energetic blockages bringing a state of ease and harmony to the body.
I have a set of crystal singing bowls which would consist of 7 that correlate with the main chakras. Clients have the option of adding the singing bowls to their in-person Reiki sessions for additional healing purposes. When the singing bowls are included in the session, then I am intuitively guided to play certain bowls for each client. There seem to be certain sequences they are played in as well and all emit different frequencies. Again, it is whatever that client needs that they will receive from them.
Based on client feedback, what are some of the most common benefits they experience from your treatments?
As a Reiki Master, I channel the love and light of Reiki energy to my clients whether I am working with them in person or at a distance. It is delivered through the palms of my hands. I have had clients feel amazing results just from one session whether faced with stress, anxiety, depression, or even something physical. Reiki can help to promote healing on all levels and is being sought after as an alternative way even in some of the top hospitals such as John Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, MD Anderson, and many others.
Over the years, I have had clients schedule Reiki sessions for different reasons whether that be for something emotional, mental, physical, or Spiritual. The most common benefits that clients have reported after a Reiki session are relaxation, inner peace, calmness, and clarity. Some clients that have presented with tension in a certain area have seen significant changes or it released completely. Emotions manifest in the physical. If you address the emotion, then sometimes you can see changes in the physical which I have been able to see with some of my clients.
I feel that no matter what you have going on in your life, Reiki can offer you something. It can be that helping hand, love, or comfort that you need. If you are open and willing, then that is all that is needed….no beliefs. Reiki’s intelligence will know what you need.
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