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Episode #154 Kathleen Ahern Healing with Reiki: A Guide for Neurodivergent Individuals
Tracy Searight welcomes Kathleen Ahern a nurse coach specialized in supporting neurodivergent adults, for a powerful conversation about reconnecting with authenticity through energy healing.
After self-diagnosing with ADHD in her twenties, Kathleen's journey led her to combine traditional nursing with Reiki and somatic practices. She shares how her first experience with a Reiki circle at a nursing conference left her feeling deeply rejuvenated and changed her perspective on what was possible within her medical profession. "I can be a nurse and a Reiki practitioner," she explains, describing the liberation of merging these seemingly separate worlds.
When skeptics dismiss Reiki as "woo-woo," Kathleen offers a beautiful analogy: like wind that can't be seen but whose effects we observe in moving trees and windmills, energy work's impact is tangible even when the force itself remains invisible. This accessible explanation opens doorways for those curious about energy healing but hesitant due to misconceptions.
The conversation delves into why energy conservation matters deeply for neurodivergent individuals. "Knowing how much battery you have left is important," Kathleen explains, framing boundaries not as selfishness but as necessary self-care. Both women share vulnerable moments of overwhelm and how Reiki has helped them respond differently – placing hands on the heart center rather than lashing out at loved ones, showing the practical application of these healing modalities in everyday life.
For those seeking emotional regulation tools, Kathleen offers a simple yet profound practice: identify the emotion, locate where it lives in your body, place your hands there, and breathe deeply into that space. "You always have your breath," she reminds listeners, emphasizing that healing tools need not be complex or require special equipment.
The episode concludes with a beautiful guided somatic practice connecting participants to divine energy, grounding forces, human connection, and inner love – a perfect demonstration of how Kathleen's work bridges the physical and energetic realms. Ready to explore how energy work might support your authentic self-expression? This conversation offers both inspiration and practical starting points for your journey.
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This is Ready Set Reiki, a podcast about Reiki and all energy work, from the curious beginner to the seasoned master teacher, welcoming all systems, all lineages and all levels. Reiki is a journey and not a destination, and on this Ready Set Reiki journey, I refer to myself as a guide. So I'm Tracy Seawright and this is Ready Set Reiki. Hello everyone, welcome Tracy Seawright here and let's begin our journey today. So what an honor it is to have my guest here today. Her name is Kathleen A Hearn.
Speaker 2:Now she is a coach, supporting neurodivergent adults in their 20s and into their 40s to reconnect with their authentic selves and create lives aligned with their strengths and values. Now, drawing on somatic practices, energy work, writing and nervous system awareness, she offers a safe, transformative space for growth. Now, after self-diagnosing with ADHD in her 20s, kathleen realized that she has been comforting to external expectations and conforming to them. Embracing her neurodivergence, she now helps others move through executive dysfunction, imposter syndrome, fear-based belief and, overwhelmed with compassion and practical tools, overwhelmed with compassion and practical tools, her work empowers clients to unmask, gain clarity and build confidence while aligning body, mind and spirit. Now she believes every person deserves gentle support and a space to be fully seen, and her mission is to help neurodivergent individuals move from disconnection to authenticity and from self-doubt to a joyful life on their own terms. Welcome Kathleen to Ready Set Reiki.
Speaker 3:Thank you so much for that beautiful introduction. Tracy, Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 2:Wonderful, so can't wait to get this journey started. This is a really important topic to talk about. You know, as many more people seem to be getting diagnosed with neurodivergence. You know, as a teacher I was teaching in the 90s and we're seeing way many more now and it's great that people are finally getting answers that maybe thought something was wrong as they were getting older and now they're able to have this as a resource to really know what's kind of going on. So let's begin by telling us a little bit about yourself.
Speaker 3:Sure. So I am a nurse coach. So I've been a nurse for wow, nine years now. I can't believe it. For wow, nine years now. I can't believe it. And I have been on my nurse coach journey unofficially since maybe 2020, but officially I've been doing this for about wow I think it's been a year already and so it's been a process. It's been a lot of unlearning and learning things. It's been a lot of unlearning and learning things.
Speaker 3:I originally found out about nurse coaching when I went to a conference by one of my North Stars of nursing. Her name is Dr Jean Watson and her theory of human caring has been a guiding force in my practice. In addition to having the caring moment between a nurse and their patient, she also embraces the metaphysical phenomenas of spirit source and anything and that kind of really like wow, like I can be a medical professional and embrace my other interests, like Reiki and chakras and everything in between, and it really felt good that this is something that I can do. So I did my nurse certification course last year and I've been just slowly but surely just building up myself and really doing what I do with joyful purpose, and I've been enjoying it. There have been setbacks, but it's nothing I can't handle.
Speaker 2:Right, so the Reiki. So did Reiki find you, or did you find Reiki? When did it come into your life?
Speaker 3:you know it's it's hard to say because I first I first experienced it actually at a conference for um, one of Dr Watson's um, one of her theories, I think. It was like upstate New York. I begged my mother, mom, can we go, please? It'll be really fun, it'll be really cool, let's go. So we went and that was where I had my first Reiki session. It was a group Reiki circle and it was just God bless her. It was just one practitioner and I think there was like 20 of us in there, so God bless.
Speaker 3:But I felt so rejuvenated and and like even just talking about it's, just like getting tingles and like I'm re-experiencing that. And even afterwards, um, because you know, like I like my, I like my rocks, I like my crystals, um, and they uh, allowed us to take like a crystal that called to us. So I actually still have that, that crystal from that day as a reminder of what again, like as a nurse, like what we can do, like it's not I don't have to be this or that, I can be a nurse and a Reiki practitioner.
Speaker 2:Right, right, I love it, I love it. It's always good to have someone in the medical profession be in Reiki as well. It's just such a wonderful modality to walk alongside the medical profession. So, as you've been learning about Reiki, as you've been, you've experienced it. What are some of the misconceptions that you find about Reiki?
Speaker 3:I think the most thing that I've come across is it's just a bunch of woo-woo. It doesn't actually work. And I get you know and then also like, oh, you're a nurse, and you like, do this? I'm like, yeah, yeah, I do. And so, uh, the way I I like to explain it is, you know, like when you see a, um, a windmill, or if you see like just leaves, trees blowing in the wind, like you don't see it but you can feel it, uh, you, I'm sorry, no, you can see it, you can feel it, but you don't actually see the wind itself. You see how it affects other things. So the energy that we channel for our reiki sessions, it's your. You might feel it a different way, you might not feel it. I had a couple people say I didn't feel anything like that's okay, just pay attention over the next couple days, see if anything has shifted, even just a little bit, because the energy works the way, the way it wants to, and you know, be receptive, be open and just just let it. Let it happen.
Speaker 2:Beautiful. So you are out there, helping individuals, help move past these dysfunctions and imposter syndrome fear-based belief and helping them to gain clarity and build confidence. So, as you're helping others with their challenges or struggles, what has been the biggest challenge or struggle that you faced in? I think?
Speaker 3:one of the more difficult things is the slow lane. Is the fast lane right? It's not just like, for example, if you're studying for a test, you can't just read a book, memorize and then pass your test. There's no test to pass, it's can you integrate what you are learning, like with? You know, if you do therapy, if you go to therapy, if you use other modalities, you have a coach, you know it's not the here, we're gonna sit down down and I'm going to teach you and then you're going to memorize it and then you congratulations. Here's your certificate of yay, I have healed from my trauma. It's a lot of integration. It doesn't work as fast as we would like it. It and we still need to kind of come back to the teachings that we have received and just continue showing up for the lessons that come up in life and choosing differently than what we may have done in the past and choosing to handle a situation differently because of the new knowledge that you have. Beautiful.
Speaker 2:Now having this new knowledge that you have when you look back at your journey, what do you wish your younger self knew about Reiki?
Speaker 3:I think, just to allow and breathe and it's. Everything will happen the way it is supposed to happen. You can't brute force yourself into healing, right? Because I can only speak for myself. I am an instant gratification type person. So I have, over the past even just the past year alone I've been slowing down and telling myself it's okay, you will get everything you need in perfect timing. It's, and the more you try to kind of grip it, the more it's. It's just going to fall out out in between your fingers. So, um, just do what you can, don't do more and just trust the universe will give. Give you what you need at the perfect time.
Speaker 2:Oh, absolutely. Uh, you know, several years ago I had listened to a businesswoman and she had said come from a place of yes, say yes. So I started saying yes to everything and I'm like, oh my goodness, this is too much. And now you know, now, several years in, it's these things that you are manifesting and all of a sudden they are all arriving right In the same week or the same month and it's the idea of, like, hold on right. The idea of slowing down a little bit and trusting that the universe is what is meant for you will come your way. So just have that faith in it. But it was man that probably wasn't the best advice to give me, because I was saying yes instead of just like okay, I need to be a little bit selective here, not only for you know, just myself, you know self care, right. Saying yes to everything's exhausting, right? There's only one of me and I'm like I need to clone myself, yeah.
Speaker 3:And then I think that's the other thing is listen to yourself, listen to your body. Like even just two years ago, I wasn't really that in tune with with my body and my energy and how I'm actually feeling. So I, like you, I would continue to say yes to everything, because a of I want to be there for everybody, but then I forget to be there for myself. And then, as um, I would get more in tune with my body. I would do more frequent check-ins like how am I actually feeling? Like you know what? I'm kind of tired. I don't think I can go to, uh, this thing today, right.
Speaker 2:So, and just being knowledgeable of your own signals of overwhelm, or like, yeah, I'm good, or just being in tune with that um also is, uh, my younger self would also greatly benefited from that and to actually not just be in tune but actually follow through Right, right, and I heard last week I was listening to this master teacher and she was explaining that you know, think about it, some of these healers, they don't live that long, you know, and she means, you know, under 70 years old, because they were just making themselves so accessible that they got physically sick.
Speaker 2:And so you don't want to be a gatekeeper, you know, with people, and but being selective actually helps you as well, right with your energy, that you're not saying yes to everything, and that kind of really hit me. It's like, wow, like when you think about it, you know, as Zoe Zui passed from a stroke, you know, but then you look at Madhav Takata, who was selective in her process and she lived to be 80. Yeah, so when it is time for you to get an energetic tune-up, what are some qualities that you look for in a Reiki practitioner?
Speaker 3:I actually have only gotten a Reiki tune-up from two people, and one of them I went to her for gosh, I think like a year or two, but she was a referral from one of my friends and when I met her we just kind of like we kind of met on that same like vibration waves, like we were just so in tune with each other and like I just felt so safe. I felt like she was listening to me, she allowed me to express how I was feeling in a non judgmental space, and there were, you know, other besides the Reiki. She also did aromatherapy. So she would you know, if I was feeling like I needed to pick me up, she would give me some orange scent along with, you know, my session, or she would. I would tell her how I was feeling the day before and then she, the incense that she burned that that day she would uh, tailor it to what? To my uh, you know what I said, how I was feeling the day before. So, um it was. It was a very individualized, very personal um, and I, I also, I I like to talk when we're done. So I appreciate she actually like let me stay and like we just talked, and also because I saw her so often, she knew like she would know me, she would get to know me Like. So I got cold during my session. So she'd always lop on an extra blanket for me because, no matter, even if it was in the middle of the summertime, I would just get so cold. My fingers and toes would just be freezing by the time we were done. So, um, I really liked that she got to know me, but then I moved. Uh, then I moved, so I couldn't see her as often anymore.
Speaker 3:So, uh, the second person that, um, I got a, a tune up from same thing. We just happened to meet at our local store and just we like clicked immediately and then I told her I was looking for a you know someone to give me a tune up. And she's like, well, I'm a Reiki practitioner. I'm like, oh my God, this is the greatest day ever.
Speaker 3:So, and when I went to her I felt like I got like the royal spa treatment, like we did sound healing candle dressing, um intentions and like I think I was there for way longer than I should have been, but um, just having that comforting, safe energy and um, um, being able to kind of help me pinpoint what I need to focus on for the session helped a lot and um, and both of them also provided me with resources after the session and say hey, you know, your, your heart chakra was blocked like a lot, like it was blocked a lot. So, you know, go meditate on love, get some rose quartz, maybe have some rose water, and that was just. That was just a very nice touch.
Speaker 2:Beautiful, beautiful. So what advice would you give someone who's just entering this spiritual work?
Speaker 3:Trust the process. There is no right, there is no wrong. There is only what feels good to you. And if you feel like you're doing it wrong, feel like you're doing it wrong. Uh, try different things until you feel like you're. It feels good to you, um, because I, um, I usually do distance reiki because I don't have my own space right now. So I was trying to figure out how to feel comfortable doing reiki on a person who's actually not here.
Speaker 3:And some people they've used they use proxies, like they use like teddy bears I'm like I don't want to use a teddy bear or they have like a printout of you know, like a piece of paper. I don't want to use a paper. So I actually got this beautiful a body map where, if I can show, can I show it to you. A body map where, if I can show, can I show it to you. And it's so funny because my, my cat, my cat loves it.
Speaker 3:Every time I put it I have to shut the door because every time I put it out, she will come and sit on the heart chakra, which is so funny. I've done this three times with this, I've done it three times with this mat and she always sits on the heart chakra. It's so funny. But now I usually have to three times with this. I've done it three times with this mat and she always sits on the heart chakra. It's so funny. But now I usually have to close the door now when I get this out because she'll just interrupt me. So now when I do distance, I have this beautiful mat where it has all of the chakra points on it, some meridian points.
Speaker 2:Also has the knees, wow feet so it's like a size of a of a massage table, healing table pretty much, yeah, so, and then there's also like um, so what happened?
Speaker 3:uh, the concept of this map by um, alice and francis, she, the oh, and there's also to do the back. There's also a little little spine piece to it and the all the chakra symbols came to her in a dream, so she had a spiritual artist create them. So, and because they're not like the traditional you know the Sanskrit Sure, which is neat, and I loved it. I love this. So I use it when I have my sessions now and it's been a good visual for me and a good, good proxy that works for me to use it. But, yeah, just find what works for you and if it doesn't feel good, just change it because you can. This is your practice, this is how you want to offer your spiritual gifts to the people that you serve, so if it's not in alignment with you, then don't do it that way.
Speaker 2:Beautiful great advice. So are there any books that you recommend?
Speaker 3:Yes, I actually remember to get them. So I haven't finished this yet, but so far it's been lovely. It's Reiki for Life by Penelope Quest Beautiful and so that one is a it's kind of. It is for levels 1, 2, and 3. I'm only attuned to level 2 right now, but all of the guidance in here is pretty, it's developed and it kind of I like that. She includes diagrams and charts in here, but it's a good guide, like not textbook, but it's a good comprehensive guide to um reiki and uh, this one it was actually this one was that was recommended to me by by my reiki master, who attuned to me so, um, let's see, else did I bring also, uh, the universe has your back by gabrielle bernstein.
Speaker 3:And this one I liked it a lot because it's a lot, it's it. It's the same message of trusting the process, trusting the universe, and instead of and really taking a look at yourself and where your actions, where your thoughts comes from, and does it come out of fear or does it come from a place of love? And sometimes, things that I thought were coming from a place of love, it was actually coming from a place of fear Because, like, for example, like fear of, like I want being vulnerable. So I would people please, I would do actions that don't necessarily align with me, because I want to be liked. I don't want someone to not like me. But then you know after reading this, it's no, I want to do things because I love myself, because I want to be loved, and in order to attract that, I should love myself. And let's see, what else did I bring?
Speaker 3:So this was a recent read, actually. It's called Live what you Love. This goes into it's actually creative feng shui, which I've never heard of, but it is taking the core tenants of feng shui and their energy map, their magic map, and kind of placing where your energetic needs are like what fits for you, where you would like it, where your energetic needs are like what fits for you where you would like it. And it's a I think it's a good creative book to see where your energy flows and where do you want it to go. So, and then this last one is I like the goddess Bridget. So this is Molly Remmer's Sacred Flame, a 30-day devotional. So I'm on. I should have been done with this already, but I'm on day 21. I skipped a few days, but I just enjoy having a meditation for the goddess Bridget every day to do, to meditate on, to reflect on or maybe on those low energy days. Just read it and just have her words with me for that moment. Yeah, so those are books that I recommend.
Speaker 2:Wonderful. Thank you for sharing that. So what other services or modalities do you offer? Do you offer you know classes? Do you do events, trainings?
Speaker 3:you know classes, do you do events, trainings? Sure, so I do. I have been trying to do workshops, for right now it's breathwork workshops. I am trying to do a live one. I'm going to try to do live and virtual on May 22nd. I had one workshop last month where again it was just. I had one workshop last month where again it was just, it was breath work with the theme of self-love, and then this month will be a different theme. I haven't quite thought of when, of what theme that will be yet, but I it's, it's, I'm hoping it's going to be.
Speaker 3:Third, I still have to make sure I get the place, but this month definitely going to have a workshop, whether it's virtual or it'll be live or both. And I still work my day job from nine to five, so I do healing sessions where I'll do Reiki with someone, breath work with someone. I also am finishing a somatic EMDR course, so soon I'll be able to offer that modality as well. And I am developing a coaching program and for lost my train of thought developing a three-month coaching program. I'm doing market research, so I'd love to. Well, we'll save that for later, but I'm doing market research for that as well. What else am I doing? That's pretty much it. Right now I am trying to do blog posts Still coming, but that's also something that I like to do Beautiful.
Speaker 2:So where can we find you if someone wants to book a session with you?
Speaker 3:So coming, but that's also something that I like to do Beautiful. So where can we find you if someone wants to book a session with you? So someone wants to book a session with me? You can go to my website, hearthandforgehealingcom. You can also find me on Instagram at hearthandforgehealing, as well as LinkedIn. You can also find me on Facebook at my personal, kathleen Ahern, or again my Facebook page, hearth and Forge Healing.
Speaker 2:All right, beautiful. Well, that ends the first part of our journey and I'm going to continue on with you with questions from social media and from Reiki students. So here we go. Number one how do you explain energy work to someone who is neurodivergent?
Speaker 3:So with. I find that most neurodivergent people. They're very like visual or they like the descriptives. So I'll say so. I'll explain.
Speaker 3:Energy work. As you know, it's all around us. It's in the food we eat, it's in the heat that we feel from flames, it's everywhere. And the energy that we work with as Reiki practitioners, it comes from the universe. This is a pure love and we are the funnels. We are the funnels, we are the channels and we bring this energy directly from the source to the client and this is a gentle form of healing.
Speaker 3:I don't have to touch you and, again, this is why I also offer the virtual Reiki services, because we don't have to be present, because the energy can be sent over time, it can be sent over space and it can be sent in the present, the past, the future, and it works the way it does. So it's very gentle and there is nothing forceful about it. It goes, the energy will go where it needs to. Again, just trust the process and drink lots of water when we're done, because after I can, I can only go off myself after my Reiki sessions I feel like I want to drink a gallon of water, because sometimes there's a lot of energy that moves, and where energy moves you're working, so it's always good to stay hydrated afterwards. Very good.
Speaker 2:Number two. Now I have been attempting to respect this individual's unique flow. Who I am living with? Who is neurodivergent? So a little history with that information and understanding that they need to conserve their energy. Why do you think energy conservation is so important to a neurodivergent individual?
Speaker 3:Again. I think it just goes back to. It goes back to where do we want it to go. It goes back to again, like, like we said before, saying yes to everything. If we say yes to something, that's a piece of our energy that goes out.
Speaker 3:We energy conservation also. To me, it also means boundaries. It means taking like sort of like an inventory of how you're feeling and being in tune with your body. Knowing how much energy you have, knowing how much battery you got left is important, because once you deplete your battery, that's it. You're going to go to bed, or your body will. Your body will do something to say, hey, I am done. Um, so energy conversation is important, so that you have the energy to do the things that you like to do, the things that bring you joy. And we, of course, we want to make people around us happy. We want to make sure that they know that they're loved and that they're cared for. But it's important for yourself, especially as a neurodivergent individual, to give yourself that care, give yourself that love, charge your own battery as a way of telling yourself like hey, I love me, I love myself. Yeah.
Speaker 2:I mean, sometimes there's just days where it's just a little too much, like I got up this morning I taught a kid Reiki training, which was seven, several hours, and then went off to the DMV. And then a phone call happens Right, dmv, right, right. And then you already have that experience. And then, like the, got a text message about I have a house I'm selling in Pennsylvania and something happened with that and I was trying to deal with that. And I got off the phone after dealing with the water company because it was a pipe and I just felt so over, like it was just, this is like I could feel it, it's just too much.
Speaker 2:And I pulled over in my Jeep and I just placed my hands over my heart and started to give myself Reiki. I started to pray because I could feel it in my body Like this is just enough, because it was one thing after another, one glitch, one thing, and it was just like my goodness. So it's a wonderful tool to have. You know, a few years ago I would have got come home, I would have gotten grumpy with my husband, right, I would have just been awful to deal with. But I knew like, okay, I need a moment here, absolutely so. That's how. That's how it comes to be of service. You're a better person and then you start liking yourself.
Speaker 3:I'm like I'm really not liking myself right now yeah and yeah, and even just being aware of like, hey, hey, I like I don't like who I am right now, and you know, then you kind of visualize or, like I guess, do a little mini manifestation of like how do I want to show up, how do I want to be here today, how do I want to show up, how do I want to be here today? And yeah, because recently I don't remember what I was, just grumpy I was just. It was just one of those days where my energy was just down in the dumps and my husband noticed, like immediately, and I God God bless him, like he was, he was very patient with me and then, and then he finally said why are you giving me the cold shoulder today? And I'm like I am trying really hard, I, I'm having something's going on. Yeah.
Speaker 3:I don't know what, but I'm trying really hard not to take it out on you. So because you are not the problem I still have no idea what the problem was, but you know, I didn't want to, I didn't want to be unpleasant. But once he realizes, okay, I'm here for you, I'm like great. So then I took some time to myself, gave myself love, gave myself Reiki. Still didn't feel great, but I felt better. But sometimes you just need a moment. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:I needed it. Today it sounds frustrating. Well, I got through it, it's okay, but it just shows you the growth, how I've evolved, because several years ago it would have been like, ah, and now it's like okay, I know to take a moment and just breathe.
Speaker 3:No, I would have offloaded, I would have blamed him. No, it's not my fault. You said this to me three days ago, and that's why I'm like no, that's not true.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I would have been bringing something up from like 2014. It's like wait, what's going on? I just said hello to you. How was your day Exactly? Number three do you have any recommendations on a coping mechanism for someone who has difficulty regulating their emotions?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I, yes, and someone that knows that they have that difficulty regulating emotions. I think one of the things to start with is what are you feeling? What emotion are you feeling? Name, start with is what are you feeling? What emotion are you feeling? Name that emotion, what are you feeling. And then from there so you can go a little bit deeper, and where am I feeling this emotion in my body? Right, like, if I'm feeling here I'll use myself an example again I was feeling anxious right about an hour ago.
Speaker 3:Right, I feel anxious. Okay, so where am I feeling anxious? It's for me, it's usually like in the pit of my stomach, like right, right at the solar plexus, like right there, spot on, right there I'm like okay, I'm feeling anxious, I feel it in my stomach. Um, and for someone who doesn't, who is unfamiliar with their own, with what works for them, I always recommend just try, just start with breathing. Start with breath work because you always have it. Uh, you don't need no special like mats, you don't need special mats, you don't need crystals, you always have your breath.
Speaker 3:And to that person, once they name that emotion, identify where in their body they feel that emotion, whether it's tightness or if it's heat, if it's cool, any sensation that is associated with that emotion, I would advise them just to place their hand so they have that somatic connection. I'm just putting it on my shoulder. I know I said anxious was on my stomach. You can't see my stomach. So if they're feeling pressured right, just if that's the they're feeling pressured, they're feeling stressed. The weight of the world is on their shoulders, right. So I would advise them to place their hands on their shoulders, or they could just do one shoulder at a time and then just breathe into that space, close their eyes and take three to five breaths into that space, no thoughts, no affirmations, just breathing into that space and see how that does. And I lost. I got scared for a second because it was just me on the screen, can you? If nope, okay, tracy, where'd you go?
Speaker 2:so we were doing so good another interesting thing when my daughters, uh, say to me that they're overwhelmed, I'll ask questions like um, did you sleep, you know? Did you get something to eat Right? Did you get a cup of coffee Right? So those are some other techniques that I tell and advise my daughters to do when they get overwhelmed and kind of have to figure out why they're feeling the way they're feeling. Well, that was our last question and, as we've been talking, is there anything else that you have forgotten about or want to share with the listeners? The floor is yours.
Speaker 3:Sure, I actually. You went away twice, so I actually wasn't sure how much of that. The last answer actually came up. So, yeah, okay, great, cool. So for me I don't think I missed anything. I mentioned pretty much everything I wanted to.
Speaker 3:But, um, if it's okay, I would just love to lead us in a somatic send off, just as a thank you for your time and to, just if anyone's listening, just follow along, if that's okay. Right, perfect, all right, beautiful. So, um, to anybody, just if you are sitting, I just invite you to place your feet flat on the floor and we are going to take our hands and just raise them up, with your palms facing up to the ceiling. You can go as high or as low as you want and just acknowledge what is here. There is divine power here. God, goddess, spirit source, whatever you would like to call it and just take a deep breath in through your nose, pause and give thanks and then release through your mouth with a sigh and then bring your palms to the ground. Just point them to the ground. You don't have to touch it. Just go as low as you would like and notice what is here. There is grounding energy. There is the energy of our ancestors, of people who came before us. There are the little bugs, the micro movers of this earth.
Speaker 3:Just acknowledge what is here, take a deep breath in, pause and give thanks and release with a sigh, and then I invite everybody to spread your arms out wide, as if you are going in for a hug, and you can see that our hands are off the screen. So I like to think that we are connected with each other. We are connected through our humanity, our experiences, our sadness, happiness, anger, everything that makes us human. We are connected. Let's take a deep breath in, acknowledge and give thanks and breathe out, and then just turn our attention inwards and you can place both hands on your chest and just notice what is within. There is love here, notice what makes you you, your thoughts, your actions, even on a physical level, your cells, your organs, whatever image you have been created. Give thanks, take a deep breath in and out, and so we say we are one, we are connected and we are blessed to experience each day and every day with love, fulfillment and joyful purpose. And so it is.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much. It was wonderful having you on this journey. Thank you so much for taking time out of your very busy schedule, since you still have your nursing job as well, and thank you for all that you do as a nurse. It's people just don't realize how hard nurses work.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's, and no matter what kind of nursing you do, you are still a nurse and you know there are there's, there's a lot of ways to give thanks, so, and but even just a simple thank, simple thank you, means the world to us, and especially from the people that we care for, that they appreciate us in all of our work that we do. Oh, tomorrow is actually, yeah, tomorrow, tuesday, may 6th, is the beginning of Nurses Week. So if you work with a nurse, know a nurse, tell them happy Nurses Week this week. So if you work with a nurse, know a nurse tell them happy nurses week this week.
Speaker 2:Yeah, beautiful. All right, my wonderful listeners, if you would like your question featured on the podcast, reach out wwwreadysetreikicom. I'm Tracy Seawright and this has been Ready Set Reiki. Thank you.
