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Reiki: Self-Healing in the Palm of Your Hands

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by Laura Palermo

Healing is about returning to your true nature—allowing life-force energy to flow through you dynamically and naturally. I could list many things I love about Reiki. But most of them aren’t even about a 45-minute healing session. The brilliance of reiki is how it changes you. Yes, partly, this is on an energetic level; reiki clears any blockages to us being an open healing channel. As it flows, it subtly and powerfully shifts you into a lighter and clearer state of being.

The onus is on us as healers and lightworkers to first and foremost look after ourselves energetically. This can be as simple as placing your hands on your heart chakra when you go to bed and allowing the healing to do its thing. You see, reiki knows just where it is needed. It flows through the pathways. Therefore, it will work through any blockages, shift stagnant energy, bring energy to depleted spaces, and balance areas that are in excess.

We should all have self-care tools at our disposal. Once you are conscious of your connection to the flow of reiki, everything you touch can be imbued with its love. If you’re feeling anxious or stressed at work, it only takes a moment to connect with the energy intentionally. If you find it difficult to fall asleep or sleep through the night, reiki can help. The possibilities are endless.

 

This article was first published in Mystical Dragon’s healing newsletter on Friday the 10th of January 2025.

Laura runs reiki workshops at Mystical Dragon in Seaford, Victoria. Click here for more info about Level 1 or Level 2.

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Channelled Message for January 2025 – Archangel Gabriel

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“We, as the Archangel Gabriel, have a message about pretences. For too long, your world has operated in accordance with a façade. As this false cladding is stripped away, be not in fear. Hope is here to guide you to a new dawn. Yes, it seems ugliness is surmounting. However, you must see it as not so. The sword of truth prevails. Archangel Michael is at the helm, breaking down old constructs and removing old barriers. Have faith; all is working out by divine order. You will see it for what it is if you maintain peace in your heart.

Remember your strength and resolve as the tests present themselves to you. For these are all a reminder to maintain the integrity of your heart. Live in peace and tranquillity while all seems as chaos around you. You might say to this: “Easier said than done.” And we understand this is a very human response. Don’t forget you are held in love, always. Don’t forget we are here with you. Divine order restores everything as it should; if you believe and hold faith, it will do so.”

 

If you like working with Archangel Gabriel, you might be interested in one of our
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A Bit About Sound Healing and the Benefits

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What is sound healing?

Sound healing, the art of intentionally harnessing vibrations in the form of sound to inspire healing and a coming back to a more natural state of resonance. Sound healing dates back, as far we know, to the most ancient of times. The ancient Egyptians utilised sound in their healing and sleep temples, while in India, they practised the art of sound through mantra and chanting. In Tibet, the same. The Native Americans held the shamanic frame drum as sacred and chanted to the stars. And the list goes on.

At the core of sound healing is intentionality. A clear and focused intention is the key to harnessing the power of sound for healing. This deliberate approach allows us to work with sound in various ways, drawing on techniques and wisdom passed down through generations. Sound is particularly effective for chakra balancing, with specific drum rhythms, musical notes, or frequencies aligning with certain chakras. If a chakra is out of balance, we can bring it back to its natural state through entrainment. In Shamanic traditions, the drum was also used to induce altered states, further highlighting the intentional nature of sound healing.

Drumming rhythms, a key component of sound healing, have a profound effect on brainwaves through entrainment. Entrainment, the synchronization of biological rhythms to an external rhythm, is the mechanism that allows us to tone or tune the chakras. Different drumming rhythms can elicit specific effects on brain waves. For instance, slow drumming rhythms can promote relaxation and sleep, encouraging the production of more delta waves. This understanding of the effects of drumming rhythms on brain waves provides a deeper insight into the science behind sound healing.

Our bodies are about 60% water, which is why sound can penetrate so deep and profoundly affect us. Everything is vibration, including our bodies, right down to the smallest cell or organism. When, for instance, a chakra is out of alignment, we might focus on a particular area of the body connected to that chakra to encourage the healing process.

But what are the benefits of sound healing?

We cannot pretend to understand the wide range of effects on all manner of our being. As Johnathan Goldman states in The Seven Secrets of Sound Healing, to do so, we would need to be a scientist in all fields related to our physiology, mental and emotional health etc. We must also remember that this connects with ancient wisdom, energy, and high-vibrational beings whose understanding far overshadows our own. However, we can certainly say, and it has been scientifically proven, that sound healing can assist in:

  • Reducing stress and anxiety management
  • Pain management
  • Chakra balance and harmony
  • Overall wellbeing
  • Balancing emotions and emotional release
  • Past life healing and integrations

Working with sound, we encourage relaxation, lulling you into a state known as the alpha-theta border. This is a deep state, not quite asleep. But in this state, the body’s natural healing process is triggered. It also allows space for awareness and personal breakthroughs, encouraging you to feel more empowered. Healing is not in the hands of your practitioner alone but in yours as well. We work with you to get the ball rolling, shift any resistance, and clear what might be standing in your personal healing journey.

If you would like to experience the benefits of sound for yourself, check out our upcoming group healing events:

Crystal & Sound Immersion

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Channelled Message – Archangel Sandalphon

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“Your world is shifting frequencies. Some would have you believe it is a lost cause. With much change and upheaval, strife and unrest, you might call into question all you once believed to be true. Hold your vision and hold your light. For when you allow your vibration to dip, you hold back your progress.

“Yes, kindness and compassion is necessary, always. But do not forget that you cannot fix everything to the way in which you would have it. That is not your right to behold. It is not in your power to change others; you can only change yourself and your mindset. It is your part in the world that you need to envision. And it is integral that you focus on your inner world now. The outer world—or what you perceive to be external to yourself—will follow.

“We are all one, after all. Are we not? So, this unity consciousness, it gives you much power. And where lies this power, you ask? Why, it is within you. It is within all of you.”

This message was from Archangel Sandalphon, channelled by Laura Palermo on the 18th of June, 2024.

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Channelled Message — Archangel Chamuel

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“You remember a time when things were much simpler, yes. However, that state of unconsciousness was not serving your purpose. We ask that you get back to the heart of it, the love. For with love in your heart you can do, achieve, be anything. It is a false perception that your abilities have these limits. You limit your experience through this perception. These barriers you place before you for your protection inhibit your ability to access your true power. This is found in the heart, too.

“Remember, you cannot be fully empowered or embrace your true nature without self-love and acceptance. This is no mean feat, we know. For you have been programmed to place conditions upon self-love and self-worth. You afford others some leniency in this regard but not yourself. You are worthy because you are. You are loved because you are. All else is mere lessons and learning.

“So, when will you love yourself enough to choose happiness? Fulfilment? Prosperity? when will you realise joy and fulfilment should be non-negotiable? We see that you have still some ways to go to realise the true beauty of this life you have and your power in it. So, first step, come back to the heart. Let Spirit that flows through you guide you from there.”

This message was from Archangel Chamuel, channelled by Laura Palermo on the 12th of June, 2024.

 

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Channelled Message – Archangel Michael

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As the year that is 2023 comes to an end, we encourage you to reassess your direction. Many of you on the Earth plane have asked for assistance on many levels and in many ways. Though we angels as a collective hold much sway over Earth’s world matters, we need you all to play your part. And so, this means that there are some wishes we cannot grant. This is due to your prior agreements and the original blueprint for your lifetime. We cannot interfere with the preordained and prewritten. No matter how much at this moment you wish for us to do so.

What we can do, however, is make things smoother for you. We can bring you respite and relief. Angels unite with specific codes and activations to help lift you out of the old ways. We can bring to your attention the ways in which you are undermining your own progress. If you intellectualise the trajectory of your pathway, you miss the point. If you hold to practices and processes that only band-aid the situation for a time, you stay stuck within the cycle of which you might have already learned the lessons.

Once, the direction you were headed seemed right. It was meant to be. But now, perhaps it was only meant to get you to this point. And now that you have reached where you are, some changes must be made to progress to the next level. That is not to say that pathway is null and void. However, it has evolved, transformed, upgraded, just as you have.

– This message was brought through by Laura Palermo on Saturday 25th November, 2023.

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Channelled Message – Archangel Gabriel

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Below is a channelled message shared in our May 2021 newsletter:

 

Many lifetimes have gone into the making of this moment. Today is a culmination of all that was, all that is and will be. Many endings are occurring on a global and cosmic level to make way for an influx of the new. In your day-to-day life, you will recognise this as leaving circles of association and moving into others more aligned with your path onwards. Be mindful of all non-verbal communication. There is much to be learned as the veils are quite thin. Spirit is talking to you through shifts in the air, and some of you will feel your senses heightened.

We are working with you to uncover the undercurrent of dysfunction in areas that you would not expect. Many of you might confuse heightened awareness for paranoia. When this occurs, remember to breathe deep and come back to the heart. When you return to that sense of peace, you will find your answer.

At times, you will feel you are walking inside a movie reel, present yet not part of the goings-on. This is because there is much that needs to come to light. There is a need for you to retract your energy from certain situations, people and outdated roles that continue to play out and distract you from your true path.

Call on us. We will assist you in making sense and extracting meaning from the madness. The unnecessary layers filtering the light are gradually falling away. Steer clear of judgement as best you can. For peace in the heart is what is needed at this time. Truth, love, honesty, integrity, ownership, non-judgement—these are integral to stepping up and shifting the rhetoric.

I Gabriel am here. Speak your truth. Own it. Live it. Be.

This message was brought through by Laura Palermo.

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Channelled Message for April – Archangel Metatron

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It is time to release those old ways and patterning for good. April holds the potential to propel you forward, however uncomfortable it may be. What is needed from you is a commitment, dedication to this path. Maintain your newfound boundaries and continue your positive affirmations and practices, despite all energy that compromises your trust and convictions.

April is a crossroad moment for many of you. Will you finally take up the mantle? Or will you delay until the opportunity arises once again?

We are with you through it all. In those moments of fear, despair and doubt, call on us for a sign. We will present in ways that you accept. There is no limit to these reminders, as long as you keep calling for them. It is critical now that you disallow the chaos, external forces, to disturb your equilibrium. Be firm. Stand strong. Hold out your hands to the divine so it may manifest in your life in healthy ways. That light inside you is your guide to recognise it in everything and everyone.

I am Metatron. We are here. Call us forth to blaze your path forward.

This message was brought through by Laura Palermo for the month of April. It was originally published in the Amethyst Light Therapies monthly newsletter on Friday, 26th March 2021.

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The Importance of Being Grounded in the Body

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I can virtually hear the eye rolls. Yes, the term grounded has been used to the brink. But what does get grounded, or ground yourself, actually mean? It is much more than connecting with the earth, getting out of your head and dropping your centre; for me, being grounded means that I am more connected to my heart-space. It’s about being fully present, aware of your environment—seen and unseen, within and without—in each moment.

 

Connecting deeper with Mother Earth, firmly planting your roots as a tree does, is part of the process. However, there is another aspect to this notion—being one with your body. Our physicality is made of the earth. It is our vehicle to navigate her terrain. How can we drive this carcass if we are not connected to it? If we do not feel and acknowledge our body’s wisdom and functions, how can we harness its maximum potential?

 

Good question! That is the thing; we can’t. The more we feel one with our body—though we are not only physical in nature—the more our body can work with us. This requires a level of respect on our part. And sometimes, this takes a long time to achieve, especially when we have experienced a trauma or illness. Just as our interpersonal relationships require mutual respect, care, compassion (I could keep going. . .) and love, so too does our relationship with our body. And as with every relationship, it takes commitment, perseverance, and good old-fashioned work.

 

So, I encourage you to commit to a healthy connection with your body, as this is a “long haul” type of thing. If your body is telling you its tired, then let it rest. Shape and size, age and height are not even part of the equation. Physical acts of nurturing cultivate positive shifts within, which in turn begins to radiate out into multiple aspects of our being. The thrashing we give ourselves under the guise of “healthy habits” may never stick if not born from a positive intent. Love always comes first; the rest is a beautiful byproduct.

 

 

Suggestion: If you feel unsupported or “all up in your head”, perhaps try running your hands over your knees. This can help focus your energy downward. After a few moments, do the same down your shins and up over your calf muscles. This act will assist in the grounding process. It will also help bring your focus back to the present and stimulate your body awareness.

 

This article first appeared in our newsletter on Friday, March 26th, 2021.

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BODY: The Vehicle for Our Experience — Body Image and Separation, Part 1 —

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BODY: The Vehicle for Our Experience

— Body Image and Separation, Part 1 —

By Laura Palermo

 

This article—and I have a feeling it won’t be the last one on the subject—is about our relationship to our body. I have changed shape many times throughout my life. I have grown taller, put on weight, lost weight, put it on again, one day I may even get shorter . . . You get the picture.

 

Since a young age, I thought the way I looked directly related to my value. This belief was partly due to the experiences I endured when I was little. It is also because of my tenuous relationship with my body. I dared not look too long in the mirror; I did not listen to what my body was telling me, I neglected to nurture it when it was not as strong—in essence, I felt separate from my body. I hid away from being fully present in my form.

 

I hope that through reading this series helps others come to realisations about their own experience with body image. I have learned so much from my experiences that continue to fuel my progress. Yes, I would like to be fitter and stronger. And I will be. But for it to stick and for my happiness, the internal must change along with the external. Even writing this article is therapeutic for me.

 

 

Trauma can have a direct impact on how you see yourself. You can be slim and toned and still feel uncomfortable in your skin. I have experienced this first-hand. Any physical discomfort, whether it be pain or from your perception of how you look (which can manifest in physical sensations) can have a significant effect on how you experience life. These issues keep your focus internal and make it difficult to appreciate what is around you. You see your insecurities, feel your anxiety, hear your self-deprecating thoughts, and you might even shy away from physical contact in fear of being looked at “too closely”. I think by now, you get my point.

 

There are lots of articles about “negative body image” out there. Many of which have a heavy focus on being overweight or too thin. But, what about the person that is perceived to be healthy? I’m talking about the one who’s insecurities are not visible to the naked eye; the one that is good at hiding in plain view. In a recent article on positivepsychology.com, Courtney Ackerman discusses the definition of Positive Body Image. It is worth a read.

 

I appreciate articles that discuss positive actions you can take to get out of this spiral of self-depreciation. A recent article by Jade Yap on tinybuddha.com comes to mind. Many of us aren’t conscious of the ways that we are adding fuel to the fire of our insecurity. One thing is for sure. We only have one body in this life. We cannot trade it in for a sleeker model. And even if we did, at some point that cycle will resurface, ready to be dealt with from the inside out.