What makes a healer?

‘Healers are not Holy beings sent down from the light, in fact most have emerged out of the darkness after learning how to heal and radiate the glow of transformation.’

As a Reiki practitioner trying to navigate my way into starting up and running my own Reiki Healing business I’ve had so much imposter syndrome. I’ve been so eager to start posting on socials about wellness, holistic healing, trauma and Reiki but I often freeze, second guess myself and end up not posting. Without as much experience as others (who I view and admire) it’s hard to not feel like a fraud or that I’m just faking it. I guess, in a desperate mindset to not mess this opportunity up that’s exactly what i’m doing but not posting, and not showing up for future myself.

I found a lot of comfort in the quote above, in the role of a ‘Reiki Healer’ I’ve put a lot of expectation and pressure on myself to be ‘forever Zen’’ or in a constant state of love and peace but realistically life is not like that. Some days insecurities make me wonder how can I offer healing and help to others when I’m far from perfect and I haven’t even got my own life together. There are days I make bad choices and don’t always get it right but I’m still learning and hope that these experiences are here to make me relatable to those I am helping.

When it comes to Reiki healing sessions I think it’s important to explain that the healing energy doesn’t come directly from me. I have the ability to channel it from a higher source as I’ve been attuned to the Reiki Energy (via several reiki attunements in level 1 and 2 workshops) . As the healer I am just the vessel or the link between the client and the higher source of energy. My role in each session is to balance and clear blockages in each of the 7 Charkas and intuitively connect the messages between the energy and client. There is nothing more rewarding when all of these connect and we work thought areas together as client and healer.