My Reiki Story
Hi, I’m Lauren.
I’m the person behind Soul Waves, and Reiki has been a big part of my life for six years now.
Long before Soul Waves, I spent several years as an elementary school teacher before stepping away from the classroom to raise my kids. These days, I’m a wife and mother to 3 boys (and constantly increasing numbers of animals). I’ve been homeschooling for all my kids’ lives, although my two oldest have gone off to high school now (😭). I bake sourdough, brew kombucha, listen to podcasts, and sometimes decide to do construction or remodel my house on my own. I’m a lifelong learner, someone who is happiest when I have time and space to spend on whatever currently has my attention.
I’ve always been a curious person. I tend to follow a question down a rabbit hole and see where it leads, which has taken me through many different interests over the years, including spirituality, energy healing, crystals, yoga, meditation, psychology, and the many different ways we experience ourselves as whole human beings.
I found Reiki during a particularly difficult period of my life. After 4 years of significant emotional and health challenges, I had reached a really low place that I couldn’t seem to climb out of. My nervous system was stuck in fight or flight; I had tried all of the things I knew to try, but I couldn’t shake the dark cloud of doom and dread that followed me around constantly. I had been doing yoga and meditation for years, and they had been so helpful for me. But I had reached a point where I couldn’t seem to find my way back to feeling okay.
I finally decided to try Reiki. I was hopeful, and had nothing to lose.
One morning, a few days after my first reiki treatment, I woke up and felt… okay.
It sounds almost ridiculously simple, but after a long time of not feeling okay at all, it was remarkable. Something had shifted, and that doom and dread was gone.
I didn’t fully understand what had happened, but I knew I wanted to experience more of it. I had more reiki sessions. And, as tends to happen with me, curiosity took over.
I started learning Reiki for myself and my family, completing my first level of training and then continuing on to Level II and Reiki Master. Along the way, I became increasingly fascinated by crystals and their relationship with energy and healing, which led me to a Crystal Reiki certification, and then becoming a certified Crystal Healer.
My understanding of Reiki has deepened considerably since those first treatments, but I think one of the things I appreciate most about this practice is the ways Reiki can meet us at different points in our lives. Reiki creates a quiet and safe space to pause, reconnect with ourselves, and allow whatever needs attention to come to the surface.
I’m grateful that something I initially sought out for myself eventually became something I could share with other people. I’m still learning, still exploring, and still following rabbit holes. Reiki just happens to be one of the things that has stayed with me.
