Life is busy. And more often than not, too busy.

Different seasons in my life have been super busy, and those seasons have also left me with emotional, mental, and physical issues to deal with afterwards. I’m hoping to build more mindful and wise ways of dealing with these extremely busy seasons. Since I am in one of those seasons right now, it’s the perfect time to incorporate it.

One thing that has been brought to my attention a few times, and I finally took notice, is feeling the need to create s-p-a-c-e in myself and my surroundings. In this past year, my life has become busier than I ever could have imagined. I feel a closed-in feeling of moving from one thing to another to another, with no space in-between. And lots of times I feel breathless, my mind is aching to have a break, and my body doesn’t get a chance to release tension and relax. This is not a way to live life on a continual basis, and feel healthy too.

During these busy seasons the Universe has given me many gifts, however some of them are also lessons. In a way, both are gifts, although lessons don’t always feel like it at the time. I’ve found there is often not enough space around gifts and lessons to process, feel, understand, and learn what is needed. And sometimes just one thing is needed—gratitude.

Oftentimes, if I don’t learn the lesson the first, second, or twenty-fifth time, it will come around again to see if I’m ready to finally learn and be able to move on in this area of my life. This way of doing things over and over again feels stagnant, like I can’t seem to move forward. By creating more space in my life—taking time to learn the lessons the first time, and feeling grateful for the gifts right away—I can move forward in a fresh new way.

My plan is to create s-p-a-c-e in my life, starting now, and intentionally allowing it to grow and increase at a comfortable rate. Is this something you are feeling too? Let’s move forward together, and let me know how you are creating space in your life, I would love to hear your unique ways!

With much love,
Tracy

Here are some books I’ve found good tips in…

I hope you all are feeling well. ❤️ Once again, winter has woken up the booklover in me, and I’m embracing this time. I love reading to study and learn, and I also love to get lost in a story for fun too. I am in-between my stories-for-fun books. I loved the last one, and am savouring it in my mind for a few more days. It will be time to start a new one soon. 📖 Maybe a Christmas story…. 🤔🎄 My study and learning books are in full-swing. Have you ever followed a “rabbit trail” of one book that leads to another book that leads to another book? For me, it’s kinda fun to see what shows up. Let me explain…. While I was watching a video, the name of a new-to-me author came up. Have you heard of Tosha Silver? I just finished one of her books called Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead. I loved this book as you can see by my many bookmarks! She also has another book I’ve been skimming through called Change Me Prayers, it has some great short stories in it that are perfect for a quick read. And then, I followed another “rabbit trail”—in Tosha Silver’s book, she mentioned an author she liked, Florence Shinn, who wrote a few books from 1925-1945. I just started the first one by Florence Shinn called The Game of Life and How to Play It. The title didn’t really catch my interest, but the content has been great—exactly what I’m wanting to learn right now. I did not expect this line-up of books for the start of my winter reading, they just popped up and I took the nudge to follow the rabbit trail. Have any books popped into your awareness? The Universe may well be prompting you to check it out, and it will likely be perfect for what you’re wanting to learn, or read for fun right now. I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next!

Happy Winter and Happy Reading. 😊❤️❄️

Tracy

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I am a Reiki Master Teacher, and I have always thought of Reiki and intuition as going together—never, ever separate. Recently, I was surprised to learn that some people think of Reiki and intuition separately.

This “news” to me described Reiki as:
-opening pathways in the practitioner to allow Universal Life Force energy to flow through the Reiki practitioner to the client—yes, I agreed
-placing our hands on or above the client to allow this energy to flow to the client—yes, again I agreed
And that was about it.

In my mind, I said, “But there’s SO much more! I know this, I practice this, I TEACH this!! It’s called intuition!”

Using intuition with Reiki is like opening an infinite wisdom that will guide you as you use Reiki on yourself, and others (including animals) to bring a richer experience to the client you are treating. As I teach Reiki, I teach intuition along with it, and inspire my students to “reach for the stars” as they gain this valuable tool to use with Reiki, and also in their day-to-day lives. Daily, intuition can help you decide which route to drive to your destination, possibly missing congested traffic along the way. It can help you in smaller decisions like which hat to wear for the day, or if and when you should take that trip to the mountains or the lake. Intuition takes practice, practice, practice, and will grow and develop the more you use it. It may feel bumpy and strange at first, but the more you use intuition, the more you will rely on it, and the more you will be amazed and grateful by this inner guidance.

One of the biggest parts of healing is loving ourselves. How does that statement sit with you? Is it something you agree with? Or something that causes a bit of a painful tweak inside? If your answer is painful tweak, it might be something to check out that is needed in your life. Our body, mind, and spirit need love, and that love needs to generate from inside of us, not from external places.

What are some ways that might generate love inside of your body, mind, and spirit?

• a spiritual practice of some kind (meditation; prayer; singing; for Reiki practitioners, a self-treatment, etc.)
• reading a book: for self-improvement, and also reading for fun
• finding different healing therapies that work for you, maybe one at a time, or a few at at a time
• saying “no” to things in order to honour ourselves, or boundaries
• journalling and getting things “out” on paper
• stop and breathe, deep breaths—the in breath, feel it coming up from your feet to the top of your head, and the out breath let it go down from the top of your head back down to your feet
• exercising/moving and releasing stuck/blocked energy to allow fresh new vibrant energy to come in
• taking inventory and managing our thoughts, words, and actions towards life-giving energy
• using our voice for kindness towards ourselves and to others
• sitting in the sun
• taking a nap
• creating your favourite type of art
• watching a favourite movie (happy or sad)

Make a list of things that generate love inside of you, because when your body, mind, and spirit take part in this, your vibration moves higher. Healing happens. And love flows to others.

Take one thing from my list and use it in your life in a way that fits you best, practice it, get good at it, and let it become a part of you. Then take the next thing, and repeat the process over again.

Healing takes change, and change takes intention. Let your intention be to love yourself more today, then more tomorrow, then more the day after. ❤️ Loving yourself is always a good investment in your life.

Sincerely,

Tracy

Today, I offer you the feeling of peace, rest, and a deep cleansing breath. If only for a moment, see what it feels like in your body. Take a deep breath and let your body feel peace, and rest. Allow tomorrow and yesterday to drift away from your thoughts. Be right here, right now, in the moment.

How did that feel?

For me, this feeling was very good, and then for some reason, I felt tears welling up in my eyes. I stayed with this feeling, and my body, mind, and spirit were asking me to do this more often.

Life feels crazy and upside down a lot of the time. I encourage you today, to be in the moment as much as possible. Not thinking of tomorrow and planning ahead, not remembering yesterday and what could have been different. Just breathe, and allow peace and rest to surround you. Our bodies crave some peace and stillness, and they are working hard to keep our vessel (body, mind, and spirit) on the road of life, and out of the ditch as much as possible. Give your vessel a break—even just for a moment.

You can do it. ❤️

Take care, and have a great day.

Sincerely and with love,
Tracy

I’ve been reading about taking a pause or “transition period”—whether it’s a minute, an hour, a day, or more—when moving from one thing to another in our daily lives.

The definition of transition ➞ the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another

Transitions are something I have overlooked in my life. I tend to move from one thing to another in a flurry—definitely without a pause or transition of any kind. This new-to-me idea has merit, and I have started incorporating it into my life. So far, I found I’m noticing more things around me in the moment, and I’ve also found it helps me smooth out a few bumps and wrinkles in my day.

A smaller transition period might look like: sitting down, having tea/coffee, snack, reading, meditation, going for a walk, being conscious of your breath, having a nap, doing lighter tasks before a larger task……

Some examples of smaller transitions:
• Waking up ➞ going to work
• Long conversations in-person or on the phone ➞ carrying on with your day
• Shovelling snow ➞ computer work
• Coming home from work ➞ busyness at home

A larger transition period might look like: a new meditation practice, a new healing modality, de-cluttering, taking a trip to the mountains or ocean, taking a course, doing something you’ve always wanted to do…..

Some larger transitions:
• Being away for a few days ➞ getting back to “normal” life at home
• Single ➞ Married
• Married ➞ Divorced
• An illness ➞ recuperation to “normal” daily life again

I encourage you to pause as you transition to different things in your day-to-day life. A simple (or complex) transition period is kindness to yourself, and also to others as you bring your best self to your next activity.

I wish for you a lovely day as you practice transitions from one thing to another. 😊❤️

Here’s my list… 🙂

• Reiki self-treatments – a few times a day, always first thing in the morning
• Stretches
• Walking down our country road, or in the hayfield, which also provides grounding for me
• Journaling
• Chiropractic
• Deep sleeps at night
• Quiet time
• Watching the sunrise
• Having an occasional nap
• Pets who provide comfort and laughter
• Movie night with popcorn and/or pizza
• Aromatherapy
• Laughter
• Doing what I love
• A hot bath in the evening with bath salts
  
• Wild flowers, sunflowers, daisies
  
• Photographing nature and our pets
  
• Reading: fiction and learning

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🍂 October Self-Care Challenge 🍂

As we’re winding down from Summer, and entering into Fall, it’s nice to stay in-tune to the changing seasons, and be mindful of some of the ways we can take a deep breath, and recuperate from a busy, perhaps even stressful, summer.  One way to do this is to make small acts of self-care a conscious intention for the month of October.

10 Easy Self-Care Ideas

I hope you’ve had a good summer. I’ve been looking forward to getting in touch with you all again. Thank you very much for your patience. As some of you know, my family and I have been through a series of events that have dramatically changed our lives. Loss, heartbreak, 24-hour vigils, the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows. My life looks very different now, but I also know I’ve been prepared for exactly what I’m doing. I won’t go into detail of what happened, it’s still very raw, personal, and stretches over a span of time.

Reiki is part of my life 24/7, and I used it extensively, in different ways, during these past months. I did pause my Reiki business Prairie Sky Natural Healing, and I’m happy to say I’ve started again, just a bit—I’m slowly coming off pause. I did a distant animal Reiki treatment/animal communication session, and it felt great! My days and hours will be different now, but teaching, distant treatments, and in-person treatments will be the same. ❤️

I just started reading a new book that came across my email. So far I’ve read the first two chapters and I’m hooked. It’s great nourishment for my body, mind, and spirit.

Here’s the book:
The 7 Energies of the Soul by David Gandelman

To my Reiki Master students, this complements pages 6-7 of your Master manual 😊
This is also the author’s website: www.meditationschool.us

Please send me an email, let me know how you are doing. I will love reading it, and reply as soon as I can.   tracyreikigal@gmail.com

Have a wonderful day ❤️
Tracy