If you enjoy a massage then you’re going to love stone therapy!

I deliberately didn’t ask any questions about the therapy so I’d go into the session with an open mind.

I had only seen photos of people laying on a table balancing stones on their back so presumed that’s all there was to it, how wrong I was. As I lay face down on the massage table warm stones were placed on the base of my back, knees, feet, one under my stomach & in the palms of my hands. Then Jenny used two warm stones in her hands to massage my back and neck. As the session went on I found I could stand more heat each time she changed the stones (probably bad for poor Jenny’s hands judging from the oo, oo, ouch coming from her every now & again!) and the heat actually relaxed you more strongly the warmer you had it. I don’t usually like people touching my feet & but I found the small, warm stones placed between my toes & the stone edges used in the massage, deeply soothing.

I would recommend this therapy to relieve any stress as it leaves you feeling extremely relaxed but oddly invigorated at the same time. I look forward to my next session!

Namaste  Julie xx

Reiki One Testemonial

Having tried Reiki treatments  over  a period of two years I always  found  myself feeling  better able  to  deal  with  whatever was going on  in my life at  the  time. Over these months time  I felt  a sense of wanting  to  know more about  how  Reiki could positively affect  my  life  and allow  me  to  help other  people.

I asked Jenny about  becoming attuned  to  Reiki and she gave  me the  impression  that Reiki had decided that  it  was right  for  me  to come  to her  and  so  she  arranged for me to  attend  my  Reiki first  degree in August 2010.

Any natural nervousness of  the  unknown  seemed  to melt away  as Jenny  welcomed us(myself  and  one  other  trainee)  into  her space. She gently answered all our  questions ,explained what we needed to do  and  then eased us  into  the  mood by inviting  us  to do a meditation exercise  with her so  that  we would  be better  able to  be attuned  to  Reiki.

The meditation itself was an experience for me  because  I had never done it  before and I was stunned  at  how  relaxing  it  was  and  that  it  brought me  to  places in  my  head  that  I had  never been to  before .It left me feeling safe  secure and surrounded by  the  people I  love both  past and present.

While  we  were in  this lovely  state of  mind Jenny carried  out  the  attunement  on  us  one  at  a time. I imagine  the  experience  is  different  for  everyone but for  my  part all I had  to  do  was sit comfortably with  my  eyes closed in observation of  the  sanctity of  the  ceremony while Jenny moved about me occasionally touching  me lightly and moving  my  hands as she  introduced  the  sacred symbols into me  and  completed my attunement.

For me the experience was unbelievable. I felt as though  I had left  my body and  was looking  down  at  the  blue  planet  Earth . I  though I could  see a layer of  rocks revolving  around  the  Earth and  then  this  to  be surrounded  by all the  plants  and  all  the  animals I  could imagine. Time seemed to be suspended. I could  feel as though  I was flying  and  looking  down at fields, tree and  mountains through the  eyes of  various animals and for  a moment I could  feel and see my  wings as  I became an  eagle. After this animal after  animal, lion horse ,bear and  lots more flashed before my  eyes and  then  suddenly a  frog was fixed  in  my  view  and  for  some  reason I started  to  laugh. I was  then  aware of  returning to my  body  and  started  slowly  to  come  round. Jenny ,lovely  as  always , welcomed  me  back and  allowed  me  to  sit  for  a  while  and become fully grounded.

Once  we  had  both  been attuned and  rested it was time  to see if  we  could  now  channel Reiki energy.  We tested this  by  placing  our  hands near the  other  ones  head and  the  joy  and  pure  exhilaration at feeling Reiki  energy  run  through your  hands  into the  aura  around  someone’s  head was scintillating.

We were then  shown how  to  channel Reiki to person using  the  hand  positions over  the chakras so that  the  person  could draw Reiki energy  into  themselves. We were shown  how  to  ground  ourselves, how  to  ask that  the  energy be used for  the  persons  highest  good and  encouraged  to  ask for  protection  throughout and to ask our  spirit guides for  help  and  to  remember  to  thank  them  and  the  end  of  the  session .We were shown everything  we  need  to  consider  before  during  and  after  the  session  and then  allowed to  practice  some  more.

Somewhere in  all  this  we  had  a delicious lunch and needed to  drink  lots  of  water  as  Reiki can  make  you  thirsty.

We needed to  be  able  to  carry out a self  cleansing  programme for  21  days  and  were shown where  to  place  the  hands in  order  to  do  this. These positions were   the ones to use every time you decided you needed to offer yourself Reiki.

We were told  that  some strong  emotions  could  arise and  that  we  should  thank our  guides  for  showing  these  to  us  and  then just let  them  go. After  each  self  treatment  I knew  I  had received Reiki and some  of  the  sessions  were  unremarkable. However  some  of  them  had tears  rolling  down  my  cheeks  and  some  of  them  raised memories and  emotions that  had  been  troubling  me  for  years.  Those left me during the sessions and have not returned.

After the  21  day  cleanse we  met  up  with Jenny  and  talked  through  the  experiences  we  had. We practiced   some more and received coaching on how best to learn from Reiki and to go with our  instincts when  carrying  out sessions.

With our  course complete and  our  questions  answered we were  encouraged  to  go  away  and  practice  ,practice , practice because the  more you  do  the  easier  the  Reiki will flow and  the  more  instinctive  you  become.

I self treat almost  daily and  have  helped people  tackle  stress, fear of  needles, sleeplessness, emotional distress with  husbands, work issues, bereavement and head  period and  back  pains.

Attuning  to  Reiki is  one  of  the  finest  things  I  have  ever  done and  I would  like  to  thank Jenny  for  being  such  a  kind  ,gentle and inspiring teacher.

I   echo  the  sentiments of  a  client  of  mine  who  is  a  chiropractor, who  said “I love  Reiki”.

Reiki Two Testimonial

Having completed Reiki first  degree in  August and  practiced since on myself, family friends and  neighbours I felt comfortable  with  the  feelings  and  sensations Reiki was producing in my  life. I found I could handle all the things that were occurring around me calmly and could see away forward in all situations. The solutions I can up with sometimes surprised me and  I felt empowered to  get on with  my  life  and  live it to the full.  The aches  and  pains  that  had  dogged me  for  years  seemed  to  ease or  perhaps  they  just  did not  seem so demanding of  my attention any  more.

As Jenny, my Reiki master suggested  it  would, Reiki produced the urge  in  me  to  further explore what Reiki had  in store for me and I wanted to  become even more attuned and see where it  would  take  me  on  my physical ,mental, emotional  and spiritual journey.

In November only  four months  after Reiki one Jenny  agreed  to  allow me  to  attend  the  Reiki two  course. Again  there were to  people on  the  course and  after discussions  about  how  we  had  used  Reiki one we were both attuned  to  Reiki  two only  this  time  the  sacred symbols were introduced into  us. The  ceremony  was similar  to  Reiki one  with  each of  us  sitting  respectful  silence  as  Jenny attuned us.I felt  a  stillness and peace  within me and  it  took  a few moments  for  me  to  be  able  to hold a conversation again.

We then  started to  study and  draw  the  symbols  and  start  to  learn  their  uses. As the  day progressed we felt the sensations each of  the  symbols  could  produce and  felt  and  saw things we had  never experienced before. We used  the  symbols  as  we  treated  each  other  and  could  feel  the  Reiki energy much  more  powerfully  than  before and  really  began to  feel as though we were being  guided in the  treatments.

We discussed the chakras in more detail and even more uses for the symbols. We then  started another 21day self cleanse treatment  programme and  again were  encouraged to treat people  and  things  with  Reiki  to stimulate the  flow  more  easily.

For me  the  21  day  cleanse was gentle and  relaxing and  some  of  my  long  standing aches were healed. Each  time  I  asked  for  Reiki to  be  channelled  into  a  person  the  energy  flowed  well  and  all of  my  hand tingled rather  than  just  the  palm and the  energy  seemed  to  stretch  out  from  my  hands  to  a  distance  of  about seven or  eight  inches which  it  had  not  done  very  often before. I learned  to  trust  Reiki  to  do  what  it  needed  to  do  and  managed  to  clear  my  mind  and  relax  as  I  did more  treatments.

It was February  before  the  three of us  managed  to  get  together  again and  as  always Jenny listened to  our  questions and  answered  them  fully. She then introduced us to some more symbols and explained how to use them.

Just when  I  started to  think I was starting  to feel as though I  had  a feel for  how  I would use  Reiki from  now  on  Jenny gave  us  another  insight  into  her  world and  again  managed  to  blow  my  mind.

By doing  exactly  what  she  told  me  to  do  I started into an energy plane where  I could sense all the  layers  of  the  aura . I felt  a  chill  under  my  hands and could  feel the start of  endlessness as  my  hands and  arms were glided outwards.

Jenny then let me do the same exercise on myself thinking  first  about  someone  I  loved  and  then  as  my  arms  and  hands stretched  wide and  I felt  the  blue  chill  again  she  told  me  to  think  of  nothing  at  all. My arms fell slowly  onto  my  lap  and  I could feel  myself  looking  down  into  a space  of  perfect  calm  and  peace.

After some minutes I came out of that place and back to full consciousness. I explained  to  Jenny  that  I  thought  I had found  the  place  where  I would  be for  Namaste. Jenny was not finished there. She  then  let  me  try  the  exercise  on  her  and not  only  did  I get  the  sense of  blue  and  chill   and  sense of  endlessness I  also  seemed to feel a layer of  Jenny’s aura pass right  through  my  face  shoulders  and  back  and  felt  it carry on  moving  off  into  the  far, far distance .Jenny  explained  that  I  had allowed  myself to  enter  the  space  between  the  aura and  that  was  a  great place  to channel Reiki from I have  since  used it  in  conjunction with  the  traditional  hand  positions  depending  on  how  Reiki guides  me  and  each  time found  my  quiet  place  that  then  allows  Reiki  to  flow  to  the  client.

In  conclusion can  I say  that  if  you find yourself  drawn  towards  Reiki  then be assured that  its  one  of  the  best decisions you  will ever make and  there  is  nothing  to but  benefit to  you  and  the  world  in you  becoming  attuned. Just  in  case  it  is  not  obvious I believe Jenny  to be a  wonderful teacher and  guide and  I can  hardly  wait  until  we meet up again  and  she  can help me  take  the  next  step into  her world.

 Mike Farrey     Retired pharmacist