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November Angel Message: Flowing

Here is November's monthly message from the angels. Enjoy! Allow yourself to flow. The human mind wishes to analyze, calculate, and figure everything out. That, too, has its place, but this weighing is not everything. There is so much more to life, right in this moment. How is your heart? Where is your breath? You, too, are a spark of the Divine, the face of love. “If you could see yourself the way God sees you, you would smile a lot.” Imagine the love you have for a child but multiplied a thousandfold. You are God’s beloved. So don’t worry, and don’t fret. Know how loved you are and allow yourself to simply be. In the moments when you forget yourself, you shine the brightest. Allow...

The Healing Power of Reiki

After years of studying and practicing Reiki, I often feel like I take the subtle healing power of Reiki for granted. I began studying Reiki when I was 23. Back then, it was an amazing revelation. I was astounded by it. Over time, I got used to it. I studied other healing modalities. Reiki was cool, but so were all these other healing paths, I thought. But something happened last week that really upped my appreciation for Reiki. I began working one-on-one with a student in need of healing and guidance. As I began teaching her about Reiki in this intimate setting, I started to truly appreciate its power and promise. What a beautiful method, so accessible and simple, and yet beyond our human understanding. Reiki...

Imagination and Healing

Why do we use our imaginations in healing so much? This was something that really struck me as different when I first started on this path. I didn't quite understand the reasoning behind it. These days I use imagination and visualization in my daily meditations as a sure tool of peace and connection without even thinking about it. My first visualizations were in my Reiki 1 class, when we visualized our chakras, and later did a guided meditation to meet our spirit guides. I wondered whether I just making all of it up. I remember thinking, "ok so I just imagined meeting my spirit guides, did that mean I really met them?" It seemed strange and different. After many years of being on this path, I've come to...

Shining Your Light

Each of us is born with unique gifts that make us who we are. Your gifts could include an ability to listen well, a great sense of humor, helping others, being good with money, or many many more. While your gifts are remarkable just as they are, all of us benefit when you use your gifts to help humanity. It's like a key in a lock that opens a door to shared peace and growth. You may already know what your unique gifts are. You may still be searching. In a world of social media and hype, it can seem like everyone else has amazing gifts, while you do not. I've felt that way, at least! One way to learn what your gifts are is to see...

Inner vs. Outer Worlds

One of my greatest coping mechanisms after my trauma was learning how to seem "okay" and even "successful" in my outer world as my inner world spun out of control. The technique helped me stop getting in trouble with my family, and helped me feel in control of my life. For a long time I even believed that I was okay because I had it all together on the outside. How wrong I was! I learned that lesson when my outer world stopped working for me. My heart kept calling out to me to heal beneath my successes through forms such as anxiety, insomnia, and depression. Friends from that time in my life might not have noticed, and I wonder if many of them may have...

Trusting your Heart

Our hearts are the inner compasses that guide our lives. They are our connection to Source. When we heed our hearts' wishes, we honor our truest selves. We may choose to ignore it, especially when its yearnings seem hard or not in keeping with our ego's wishes, but we will eventually return to it. When we honor our hearts, we step into our truest natures. Following the thread of my heart led me to my greatest healing. By getting still and quiet, I learned my heart's wishes. It also eventually led to my experience of the Divine. In the beginning, honoring my heart was a joyful exercise. I was happy to have found a connection to my truest self after being so disconnected. While connecting to my...

Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020!

The 2020s have so much potential for new change for growth, healing, love, and peace, and I've been thinking a lot these past few days about my vision for 2020. What would you like to experience in 2020? Are you making a vision board? Writing a list of goals or resolutions? Or forgoing the whole thing to live in the moment? As for me, I am hoping that in 2020 I can continue the work I've done personally to share my story with a wider audience. It hasn't been easy for my ego to let go of its tight hold on how I present myself to others. I've kept my stories hidden as a protective tactic. I hope I can continue to share and remember my reason for...

Staying Focused

When you have discerned what your heart is calling for, it's important to stay focused on it. Bring your awareness and attention back to your heart truth regularly in meditation and throughout the day. It's so easy for the breezes and winds of life to redirect your sails if you don't steer with awareness. Focus on where your heart is leading you. I have often had a hard time with focus in my life. Even after my experience of the light, I often and willfully decided that I would ignore it. I would get distracted and pay attention to the other many things going on in my life to find, years later, my heart was still calling to me to do the same things I had...

Remaining in Peace

Happy Wednesday! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Mine ended up being awesome, with a beautiful time spent with my sister and family. And now we're already in December. I'm so excited for the holidays that are coming up so quickly! I wanted to write today about remaining in peace amidst difficulty and strife. It's something that's come up for me this week as I've been navigating some heavier emotions. I can't pinpoint exactly why, but it feels a lot like worrying about the earth, nature, and the many people who are suffering. I don't even know at this point whether I'm projecting or not - in therapy in the past, that was often the summation. But our earth is going through a lot. Climate...

Come as You Are

I’ve just arrived at my sister’s house today after traveling halfway across the country for Thanksgiving. I’m so happy to be here! My family, her family, our parents, brothers and sisters-in-law are coming together to celebrate the holiday. As our families come together this week, it has made me think about how valuable and important it is to accept people for who they are. No family is perfect, and no person is perfect, but each one is who they’re meant to be.   Of course, I’ve grown in this area, and self-care is still important. Sometimes we have to take time for ourselves and set our boundaries. But today, right now, I’m really happy to have the kooky cast of characters that is my family. I love...