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CAN REIKI HELP MY ANXIETY?

Reiki: A Complementary Therapy for Anxiety, Mental Health and Wellbeing Reiki for Anxiety | Alternative and Complimentary Therapies | Japanese Reiki Melbourne When Katie * came to see me, she had endured debilitating weekly panic attacks for a sustained period of two-years following a traumatic event in her life. Acknowledging her anxious predisposition prior to the traumatic event, Katie was a self-professed chronic worrier and anxious personality. She came to Reiki with in

Fiona Phillips | Certified Japanese Reiki Shihan (Teacher)

Jan 30, 20247 min read

Homework #2 - trying to read from objects or jewellery.

In my excitement I asked my friends to bring jewellery from loved ones that have passed to see if I could read energy from it.

Two friends told me who their jewellery once belonged to - which totally defeats the purpose of the exercise! 😂

When I tried to read the jewellery I found myself stuck with performance anxiety and pressure (which I put on myself) to come up with something impressive! Instead, I came up with nothing. Like ziltch!

Why am I posting about this? Because often we see the finished product of the efforts of our labour and practice, and not often to we share the stumbles, the challenges, the crisis of confidences that happen along the way.

I don’t know whether I will be able to read from jewellery, but I am keen to keep trying. And next time, I will give myself more of a chance to see what is possible by making sure I’m in a quiet environment (rather than a restaurant) or with people there waiting to hear my insights! It’s important to ease ourselves in rather than jump in the deep end without floaties!

Dinner was fun though! 😂🤍✨🥳

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Practicing my Clairvoyance through Tarot this morning! I’m attending a circle for psychic development and this was part of our homework.

I did my first blind Tarot reading today for a friend and it was way too much fun!

What does that mean?

It means pulling cards for someone in response to their question and reading them through Clairvoyance rather than looking at the card. The card remains upside down while tuning in. Once I have some psychic downloads, I then turn the card over to see what card it is and what it means.

To be honest, it wouldn’t matter if I saw the card, I have no idea what the cards mean (it’s on my agenda to learn!) - so for now, I have to get ChatGPT to tell me the cards meaning and then combining that with the psychic images in my mind’s eye.

It was mind-blowing for me as someone practicing this for the first time! And so much fun!

There is so much to learn and I don’t know when I will ever feel confident with this but I am just loving the learning process! It’s so energising to try new things and to keep learning!! Isn’t that what life is all about?! 🙏🏽✨🤍

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My student’s cat joined us for the entire online Reiki practice group last night. Here’s the result! 😂🐱🤍✨

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LAST SHODEN LEVEL 1 COURSE FOR 2026! All other classes are full.

If you’re feeling the pull toward something deeper in your life, a practice that promotes overall well being, inner peace, reconnects you to your intuition, and offers a pathway to spiritual, physical, emotional and mental healing…this is your invitation!

Join me, Fiona Phillips, Reiki Shihan and Practitioner at Within The Space, for a truly transformative Shoden Level I Reiki course taught in the heart of Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Specialising in non-Westernised, traditional Japanese Reiki spiritual and healing practices, this course offer the lesser known aspects of the original system of Reiki, which over time have been adapted or removed from Teaching.

This course may be for you if you want to:

• Reconnect and deepen your relationship with yourself

• Learn hands-on healing to care for yourself, family, friends or pets

• Cultivate emotional balance

• Deepen your self-care

• Explore Reiki as a spiritual path and a way of living with greater intuition, spiritual insight and inner peace.

Whether you are completely new to Reiki or a Western-trained practitioner wanting to reconnect with the original spiritual roots, this course offers a space to experience the depth and subtle power of this practice.

Group sizes are intentionally small for private-style individualised guidance with the benefit of group connection. In-depth teaching of the practices and techniques with plenty of time for questions, discussions, sharing and practice.

BOOKING AND INFORMATION

Link in Bio to reserve your place or learn more!

If you feel called to this practice, I would absolutely love to share this journey with you!

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Reiki to the rescue again!

Inspired by this weekend’s class, and mentioning to my students that I had lost my power bank and earphones for a while now, first thing this morning I decided to use a variation of the traditional Reiki technique, Reiji Ho, to find lost objects.

Within 10-20 seconds of invoking the technique, in my mind’s eye I saw a drawer and then more specifically a cupboard in the living room. I went and cleared it out, only to find both zipped up in this toiletries bag! Voila!!

I keep telling my students, Reiki is worth its weight in gold for this technique and also the fresh injuries technique (only because I’m prone to cutting or burning myself cooking!) 😂

Super excited now to go on my walk and to listen to some music after months without it!! 👏🏽👌🏽✨🤍🥰

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It’s hard to put words into what we experienced this weekend. Incredible love and friendship amongst the group, and such beautiful support of each other throughout the weekend!

Congratulations to these beautiful four souls who have now learnt the full traditional system of Reiki - completing the second part of Okuden Level 2!

Delving into the deep inner spiritual teachings and the final practices, they were deeply engaged, with a depth of conversation and sharing that made for a really profound weekend.

It’s quite the journey from the first class to this, each level deepening the relationships and the commitment to the practice.

As a teacher, it feels like such a privilege to walk this path with them! And a moving one.

I am deeply grateful for each and every one and have such love in my heart. My cup is full! Whatever they decide to do with Reiki, personal or professional, I know that it will continue to transform them and in turn transform those around them! 🙏🏽✨🥰🤍

For anyone interested in learning Reiki for themselves, there are still some places open for the last two classes of the year, August and October. Link in bio! ✨

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Day 1 of Okuden 2. Two little peas in a pod receiving distance reiki from the students in the other room! Beautiful day of learning, sharing and practicing!! 🙏🏽🥰✨ #ReikiMelbourne #wellbeing #mindfulness #selflove #spirituality

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