Reading Time: 3 minutes Roadblocks can turn into cornerstones if you learn to leverage them. : I went to Nashville for a training course back in March but it got terminated earlier due to Co-Vid. I rushed to Singapore and served a 14 day quarantine, hoping to get my work visa renewed on time, but that didn’t happen. Then […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes When I started my nursing career back in 2001, I was a mature student but I didn’t feel that way faced with individuals, families and communities during their most emotive times due to death and thereafter grief. Just two decades ago there “were” three types of grief: normal, absent, or delayed. So you were either […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Stress, according to the World Health Organization, will be one of the, if not the biggest, contributor to human morbidity and mortality by the end of the year—scary prediction. Now not all stress is bad stress. we have “eustress” and that is the thing that gets things done, providing optimum efficiency. It is however when […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Self-improvement was something I continually strove for. I was always looking for a way to step out of my comfort zone and learn through new experiences. My interest in energy and alternative healing began with dedication to my yoga practice. I tried different styles from different instructors. Some classes were more fitness-based, with a strong […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The novel coronavirus is causing stress on so many fronts. It’s the uncertainty of so many unknowns that is raising the collective anxiety around the world. People worry about their own health and that of their loved ones, how to best take precautions and the possible impact of an economic downturn. The situation changes daily […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Every day, Reiki practitioners are encouraged to sit in meditation with their hands in Gassho (Anjali Mudra or Prayer Position) and recite the certain principles aloud or to themselves. Just for today… Do not be angry. Do not be worried. Respect your teachers. Do your work diligently. Be grateful. Be kind. These principles passed down […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes I have been meaning write about my perception of the darkness for quite a while, and have written a few poems about it. Now it’s time to try prose! The catalyst comes from reading last week’s Healers’ posts on vulnerabilities, diagnoses, shadows and water. I enjoy nature in the dark, the mild air and sometimes […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes At some point in our lives we will all feel enduring pain, whether it be from the smallest paper or the loss of of one’s greatest love. We all experience this signal from our bodies that something’s not right. When you stub your foot, your foot is not at ease. When you lose a loved […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes “Relax. Just do it.” It’s easier said than done for the majority of the world population that is living in a globalized, stress-based society. Stress is one of the biggest modern epidemics and its damaging effects on people’s health and immune system are widespread all around the planet. With the immensely increasing number of burn […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Have you ever seen a rabbit leap into the abyss of its hole? No thought. No contemplation. Just a simple move to escape, to hide or to win. What is the rabbit’s intention? I’ve been conquering my rabbit hole for years and I think I might just have it figured out. I suppose one could […]
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