Energy Work

Reiki is the practice I'm most conflicted about and the one I find most interesting.

My relationship with energy work is practical rather than mystical. I don't experience it as something abstract or dramatic; more as a quiet shift in how the body settles, how the nervous system responds, and how awareness organizes itself.

The Honest Problem

The scientific evidence for "energy healing" is weak. There's no measurable "universal life force" in the way Reiki describes.

And yet: the experience of giving and receiving Reiki is real. Something happens in the body during focused attention and gentle touch: whether that's the relaxation response, interoception, placebo, or something we don't have language for yet.

I'm trained in Usui Reiki (Level 1) and practice primarily for self-care. I'm interested in what the experience reveals about attention, intention, and the felt sense of the body, not in making claims about energy I can't verify.

The Chakra System

The chakra system is similar: it's a map, not a territory.

The seven-chakra rainbow model most people know is actually a 20th-century Western synthesis, not ancient wisdom. But maps can be useful even when they're not "real." I'm exploring what the chakra framework reveals about body-mind connections, through practice and through self-experimentation.

The Approach

I'm interested in exploring energy work with honesty and restraint: acknowledging its limits, noticing its effects, and staying grounded in lived experience rather than belief.

For me, it's less about "healing" and more about creating the conditions for clarity and balance to emerge.