TANYA REIKI

Going back to my old playground! So excited! 🥰
Virgin Atlantic 10h30min flight to LAX! If any of you are in California the next 3 weeks let me know! I'll be travelling up and down the coast with my niece, would be lovely to catch up! 🥂♥️🇺🇸

Song (“Love has crept...”)~ by D. H. Lawrence

Love has crept into her sealed heart
As a field bee, black and amber,
Breaks from the winter-cell, to clamber
Up the warm grass where the sunbeams start.

Love has crept into her summery eyes,
And a glint of colored sunshine brings
Such as his along the folded wings
Of the bee before he flies.

But I with my ruffling, impatient breath
Have loosened the wings of the wild young sprite;
He has opened them out in a reeling flight,
And down her words he hasteneth.

Love flies delighted in her voice:
The hum of his glittering, drunken wings
Sets quivering with music the little things
That she says, and her simple words rejoice.

Gentleness is stronger than severity,
Water is stronger than rock,
Love is stronger than force.

And here is a doctrine
at which you will laugh;
It seems to me, Govinda, that LOVE is
the most important thing in the world. ❤

♡ Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

Practice for today: GROUNDING! ❤️
Back to Basic, back to Self!

The energy of Muladhara/ Root chakra allows us to harness courage, resourcefulness, and the will to live during trying times. It connects us with the spiritual energies of our ancestors, their challenges, and their triumphs. It governs our physical energies, giving us a sense of safety and security with ourselves and other people.

Close your eyes, focus on your tail bone, and breathe yourself deep into the ground.
The deeper you go, the higher you rise! 🌈

Sound healing for grounding:
Root Chakra vibrations 🎶 (15min)

https://youtu.be/7Xhof7mETqI

Sending Reiki Love and Light to All 🙌❤️

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Reflection:
You are a Masterpiece
and a work in progress at the same time!

The anguished realization of our wounded condition is actually the first step toward recovery of our lost/ forgotten wholeness. Wholeness doesn’t necessarily mean not having a wound; rather, it is to inquire about the cause of the wound, to embrace the pain as a message, and to release it.
The archetype of the wounded healer symbolizes a type of consciousness that can hold the seemingly mutually exclusive and contradictory opposites of being consciously aware of both our wounds and our wholeness at one and the same time.

Finished the Therapeutic Psychology Module with a reflective gratitude and self empathy meditation! So grateful to Professor Doctor Angela Gosling for the amazing insights, expertise, knowledge and practice she so gracefully shared with all of us! 🙏

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Psychotherapy is a collaborative "talking therapy" with a trained professional designed to help individuals overcome emotional, mental, and behavioral challenges. It provides a confidential, safe, and non-judgmental space to explore thoughts and feelings, heal from trauma, improve relationships, and gain self-insight. It is effective for depression, anxiety, addiction, and complex life issues.

Key Aspects of Psychotherapy
Approaches: Various methods exist, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to alter negative thought patterns, psychodynamic therapy for exploring unconscious motivations, and humanistic approaches focusing on self-actualization.
Process: Sessions typically last 45–50 minutes, often on a weekly basis, and can be short-term or long-term depending on the complexity of the issues.
Effectiveness: Evidence confirms it works for both mental health diagnoses and personal development.
Relationship: A strong, trusting relationship between the patient and therapist is foundational for success.

Common Types of Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT):
Focuses on changing current, unhelpful thinking and behaviors.
Psychodynamic Therapy: Explores how past experiences and unconscious processes influence present behavior.
Humanistic Therapy: Emphasizes personal growth, free will, and self-awareness.
Integrative Therapy: Combines different approaches tailored to the individual.

When to Seek Therapy
Psychotherapy is useful for coping with grief, addiction, trauma, and relationship issues, but also for personal growth and dealing with everyday anxiety. It is not strictly for, or limited to, people with diagnosed mental illnesses.

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Everyone can benefit from a session!
If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me for a free consultation. 💌

First win of the day: lovely walk in the sun ☀️
Your Presence is the present to the world 🎁
Life is a gift, enjoy every moment! 🎉
Sending Reiki Love and Light to All 🙌❤️

My first win of the day: catching the train on time!
Always start the day by being grateful for all the unknown blessings already on their way! 🙏
To anyone going through a tough time:
Keep going, all you need is one step!!!
Sending Reiki Love and Light to All 🏃‍♂️💜

Love is the seventh sense which prevails all the six senses... Love is the vital core of the soul, and of all you see, Only Love is infinite... ♾️

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LOVE TRANSFORMS ALL 💗
God is Love! Love is All. Love is You! ❤️
Happy Day Beautiful People ☀️
Sending Reiki Love and Light to All 🙌💜

New Vision 🤓
..free your mind and the rest will follow...
Going back to my Vipassana practice. 🙏
As I have done the 10 days, now 3 is enough.

Vipassana means "insight" or "seeing things as they really are," representing an ancient meditation technique focused on self-observation and mental purification. It is a non-sectarian practice that involves observing body sensations and mental states with equanimity — without judgment or reaction — to understand the universal truths of impermanence and suffering.

Synonyms and Related Terms
Insight Meditation (direct translation)
Mindfulness Meditation
(specifically focused on sensation)
Special Seeing
Bare Insight (Sukkha-Vipassana)

Core Usage Examples and Techniques
10-Day Residential Courses: The most common application is a 10-day retreat, often taught in the tradition of S.N. Goenka, involving strict silence and intensive meditation to train the mind.

Observing Sensations (Body Scanning): Practitioners methodically observe physical sensations throughout the body from head to feet to develop awareness and equanimity.

Breath Awareness
The first few days of practice focus on concentrating the mind by observing the natural breath entering and leaving the nostrils.

Daily Life Application: Vipassana is used to manage stress, improve emotional regulation, reduce reactivity to life’s challenges, and enhance personal relationships.

Addiction Recovery and Therapy: Used in clinical settings to help patients observe cravings without acting on them, reducing relapse rates.

Key Aspects of the Practice
Non-Sectarian: It is considered a scientific, practical tool rather than a religion, focusing on universal mental purification.

Purpose: To gain direct experiential knowledge of the true nature of the self, aimed at removing mental impurities such as craving, aversion, and ignorance.

Focus: It emphasizes the "three marks of existence": , suffering, and non-self.

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Overview

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of the world's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was rediscovered by Gotama Buddha more than 2500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art Of Living. This non-sectarian technique aims for the total eradication of mental impurities and the result of highest happiness of full liberation.

Vipassana is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It focuses on the deep interconnection between mind and body, which can be experienced directly by disciplined attention to the physical sensations that form the life of the body, and that continuously interconnect and condition the life of the mind. It is this observation-based, self-exploratory journey to the common root of mind and body that dissolves mental impurity, resulting in a balanced mind full of love and compassion.

The scientific laws that operate one's thoughts, feelings, judgements and sensations become clear. Through direct experience, the nature of how one grows or regresses, how one produces suffering or frees oneself from suffering is understood. Life becomes characterized by increased awareness, non-delusion, self-control and peace.

The Tradition
Since the time of Buddha, Vipassana has been handed down, to the present day, by an unbroken chain of teachers. The current teachers in this tradition were appointed by the late Mr. S.N. Goenka, who was Indian by descent but was born and raised in Burma (Myanmar). While living there, he had the good fortune to learn Vipassana from his teacher, Sayagyi U Ba Khin, who was at the time a high Government official. After receiving training from his teacher for fourteen years, Mr. Goenka settled in India and was authorised by Sayagyi to begin teaching Vipassana in 1969. During his life he taught tens of thousands of people of all races and all religions in both the East and West. In 1982 he began to appoint assistant teachers to help him meet the growing demand for Vipassana courses. Before he passed away in 2013, he left behind a comprehensive system for training and appointment of future teachers in the tradition.

The Courses
The technique is taught at ten-day residential courses during which participants follow a prescribed Code of Discipline, learn the basics of the method, and practice sufficiently to experience its beneficial results.

The course requires hard, serious work.
There are three steps to the training.
The first step is, for the period of the course, to abstain from killing, stealing, sexual activity, speaking falsely, and intoxicants. This simple code of moral conduct serves to calm the mind, which otherwise would be too agitated to perform the task of self-observation.
The next step is to develop some mastery over the mind by learning to fix one's attention on the natural reality of the ever changing flow of breath as it enters and leaves the nostrils. By the fourth day the mind is calmer and more focused, better able to undertake the practice of Vipassana itself: observing sensations throughout the body, understanding their nature, and developing equanimity by learning not to react to them.
Finally, on the last full day participants learn the meditation of loving kindness or goodwill towards all, in which the purity developed during the course is shared with all beings.

The entire practice is actually a mental training. Just as we use physical exercises to improve our bodily health, Vipassana can be used to develop a healthy mind.

Because it has been found to be genuinely helpful, great emphasis is put on preserving the technique in its original, authentic form. It is not taught commercially, but instead is offered freely.
No person involved in its teaching receives any material remuneration. There are no charges for the courses - not even to cover the cost of food and accommodation. All expenses are met by donations from people who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the opportunity to benefit from it also.

Of course, the results come gradually through continued practice. It is unrealistic to expect all problems to be solved in ten days. Within that time, however, the essentials of Vipassana can be learned so that it can be applied in daily life. The more the technique is practiced, the greater the freedom from misery, and the closer the approach to the ultimate goal of full liberation. Even ten days can provide results which are vivid and obviously beneficial in everyday life.

THE COURSE TIMETABLE
The following timetable for the course has been designed to maintain the continuity of practice. For best results students are advised to follow it as closely as possible.

4:00 am Morning wake-up bell
4:30-6:30 am Meditate in the hall or in your room
6:30-8:00 am Breakfast break
8:00-9:00 am Group meditation in the hall
9:00-11:00 am Meditate in the hall or in your room according to the teacher's instructions
11:00-12:00 noon Lunch break
12 noon-1:00 pm Rest (and interviews with the teacher)
1:00-2:30 pm Meditate in the hall or in your room
2:30-3:30 pm Group meditation in the hall
3:30-5:00 pm Meditate in the hall or in your own room according to the teacher's instructions
5:00-6:00 pm Tea break
6:00-7:00 pm Group meditation in the hall
7:00-8:15 pm Teacher's Discourse in the hall
8:15-9:00 pm Group meditation in the hall
9:00-9:30 pm Question time in the hall
9:30 pm Retire to your own room--Lights out


https://www.dhamma.org/en/about/vipassana