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Reiki Practice Links Hello Reiki friends, This is your sign, to join Mandy for two donation based Zoom gatherings every month. The links are provided above and below for your convenience. Student Practice Zoom Tomorrow eve! Tuesday, August 18th at 7pm - Breathing exercises - Guided Reiki experience - Hands-on practice - Q&A session Chanting Practice Zoom Next Tuesday! (Everyone muted for this practice, Mandy will lead) Tuesday, August 25th at 7pm - Okuden mantras - Reiki P

I stepped through the front door and felt it before anyone said a word. The house was tidy. Sunlight came in clean through the front windows, the kitchen smelled like coffee, nothing was out of place. And yet the air in the living room sat heavy, the way a room feels when it has been holding its breath for a long time. The family who lived there had been through a hard winter, an illness, then a loss, then the slow exhaustion that follows both. They had cleaned every surface.

The old cat had not let anyone near her in three days. She sat at the far edge of the room, shoulders drawn in, watching me the way animals watch when something hurts. I lowered myself to the floor a few feet away, rested my hands open in my lap, and did nothing at all. I simply breathed and let the Reiki settle around the room. After a while her ears softened. Then her eyes. By the time the light in the window had shifted, she had crossed the floor on her own and pressed her