Ep 31: Heartbreak to Hope: A Personal Reiki Healing Experience

Embarking on a transformative journey, Fay Johnstone shed her corporate identity and found a world where energy, intuition, and nature intertwine. This episode unfurls her fascinating story, from the first brush with Reiki  to the rhythmic heartbeat of shamanic drumming.  I also weave in my own experiences, revealing how our paths crossed through spiritual synchronicity.

Through anecdotes and practical guidance, we illuminate the path to engaging with plants as living, breathing partners in healing, offering insights tailored for both seasoned Reiki practitioners and newcomers alike. This episode serves as an invitation to open the senses to the lush tapestry of plant spirit Reiki and the grounding call of the shamanic drum, fostering a partnership with the natural world that transcends the ordinary.

Fay Johnstone combines over twenty years of reiki practice with elemental qigong, plant medicine, and creative shamanism to bring the healing power of nature to assist us with our personal transformation. As well as studying Herbal Medicine, she ran an organicflower and herb farm in Nova Scotia for some years before returning to the UK and settling in Scotland. The path of the drum and reiki has led Fay to connect even more deeply with nature and plants. The author of three books: Plant Spirit Reiki, Plants That Speak, Souls that Sing, and her latest book Shamanic Reiki Drumming. Fay offers training and retreats from her garden in Fife, Scotland and has an online community with monthly offerings.

Connect with Fay
 www.fayjohnstone.com
Fay's books are here
Substack community 
Fay's Instagram
Youtube
Facebook Page

Books mentioned:
Artist's Way - Julia Cameron
Plant Spirit Medicine - Eliot Cowan
Healing Wise - Susun Weed
Plant Spirit Healing - Pam Montgomery
Stephen Harold Buhner - anything by him!

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

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Rose shares a personal story about  heartache, and loss and how discovering Reiki gave her more clarity and courage to embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing.   If you have ever experienced a broken heart you will want to listen to this inspiring story.

As Rose continued to heal she never looked back on what could have been.  For her, it was about discovering herself through the heartache.  She realized that old feelings of unworthiness and abandonment were woven through ways of relating.  And finding that light in the midst of darkness was achievable.  One day, she met someone that would introduce her to Reiki and it gave her the one thing she needed to help her truly move forward.  Listen to the episode to discover what that was.  

Join your host, Rose Wippich, as she opens up her heart and soul in order for you to get to know her better and her intention behind the podcast .     

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

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In this interview with William Rand, we talk about how Reiki can heal past life wounds and trauma in this lifetime.  Reiki is life force energy and it can heal on all levels.   According to William, it is 'imbued with Spiritual Wisdom' and that we all have the gift of intuition or inner guidance and we can cultivate a greater relationship with it and use it, along with Reiki, to guide us.  

 Learn more about William's personal journey with Reiki and the birth of the World Peace Grid and his trip to place one at the North Pole! 

 You don't have to be a Reiki practitioner to listen to this chat.  William's anecdotes, and love and respect for Reiki may inspire you to learn more about Reiki healing and becoming a practitioner. 

Here is a link to Part 1 of my interview with William - Part 1

Here is an article about the World Peace Grid

You can learn more about William and his current class schedule, and how to become a member of the International Center of Reiki Training  by visiting https://www.reiki.org

I want to thank William and the International Center of Reiki Training for their support, guidance and resources.  

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

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William Lee Rand is a pioneer in the world of Reiki.  William is the  founder and president of The International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), The Center for Reiki Research and The Reiki Membership Association. 

 William’s books and manuals are used by Reiki teachers around the world.  He is also the publisher and editor in chief of the Reiki News Magazine.   William's dedication to the practice of Reiki, his passion to share it with others and a deep connection to his own inner guidance has helped change the landscape of Reiki since Mikao Usui first introduced it in the early 1920's.   

This is a 2 part interview.

In this episode, listen as William discusses:

• His own spiritual path that lead him to Reiki, 
• How an awareness of Reiki has increased and how the teachings have changed,  
• His 'elevator pitch' description of Reiki when approached by skeptics.

In the next episode, William discusses:

• How Reiki can heal karma, past present life wounds/ trauma,
• How one can tap into their own inner guidance/intuition,
• William’s mission to elevate World Peace using Reiki.  
  
  

 William has dedicated his life to Reiki and has practiced and taught full time in classes around the world since 1989. He encourages all Reiki practitioners to work together in harmony to bring peace to the earth.  

 You can learn more about William and his current class schedule, and how to become a member of the International Center of Reiki Training  by visiting https://www.reiki.org

Book mentioned in podcast:  Book of Spiritual Gems by Huzur Maharaj Sawan Singh

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

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Welcome to Chat off The Mat!  It's a New Moon!  
It's a great time to reflect on what your goals and dreams are and set strong intentions around them...and to actually write them down.   Even though you cannot see the New Moon it is still very powerful.  In this short episode, Rose talks about the energy around every New Moon and how you can create a ritual each month to manifest your dreams.

Check out previous episodes of Chat Off The Mat.  If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email Rose@rosewippich.com.  

Happy New Moon!

Sending you blessings & Great Energy!
Rose

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

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Clayton Crosley is a US Army Veteran, President of the National Qigong Association (NQA), our friend and mentor.  

 Clayton  was introduced to Qigong through his martial arts practice over 35 years ago. For the last 8 years Clayton has been volunteering at the Veteran's Health Administration and he has completed over 2,000 hours of service to the community. During the Covid outbreak, he moved to an online platform to provide care and this model has been adopted by many other VA Medical Centers. Clayton is currently a VA Community Care Network provider working in concert with the Doctors at the VA providing Complementary Integrative Health Care. Clayton works with the staff at the VA and also educates them in the healing principles of Qigong. He advises other instructors that are also providing care. His passion to have the largest healthcare system in the world embrace Qigong and the therapeutic benefits it gives has given him the purpose, motivation and drive.

 Clayton also serves in the capacity as a Senior Instructor for Long White Cloud Qigong (founded by John Munro) and performs clinical treatments at the Oakridge Wellness Center in Savannah GA. 

 Qigong is not just a practice of gentle, fluid movements but life changing.  Listen as Clayton talks about his role in introducing  to the Veterans and the many ways this practice has healed this community. 

 If you are a veteran and interested in participating in Qigong the first step is to go to your doctor.  If you would like more information on this, please email Clayton directly at claytonbcrosley@yahoo.com and he would be more than happy to answer your questions.  You can participate in Clayton's classes on Mondays and Thursdays 9 am (EST).  Email Clayton for the zoom link.  

 Links:

To contact Clayton Crosley and learn more about the Veterans program, you can email him here: claytonbcrosley@yahoo.com
Learn more about Long White Cloud Qigong
Become a member and support Qigong here in America through the National Qigong Association (NQA)

To learn more about Rose & Jennifer you can visit their websites:
Jennifer Eash Yoga
Rose Wippich

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

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How do your emotional and physical body relate to each other?

Is it possible to evaluate one and use it to help the other?

In this episode, join Jennifer and Rose as they explore recent healing journey’s that they have undergone and what they did to evaluate it and work towards making it better.

You will hear about:

• The importance of individualized approaches to personal health care.
• How healing is not an overnight fix, but a long term goal that requires consistency and persistence.
• Different organs and their relationship to our emotions and physical ailments.
• Their personal struggles as they go deep and personal about recent hardships.
• Their desire to help people take control of their health care to reduce dependency on the pharmaceutical and medical industries. 

Be ready for a raw, real, and revealing episode that goes deeper into who Jennifer and Rose are and how they manage their healing journeys in hopes that it will help you with yours. 

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

You can learn more about Rose at https://www.rosewippich.com/
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In the final episode of the season, and year, Rose and Jenn chit-chat about their energetic journeys from the past year.
From what they have practiced and learned, they provide some amazing tips on moving slower, the power of prayer, asking for help, and inviting in creativity.
Happy Holidays beautiful listeners! We look forward to chatting with you off of your mat!
To learn more about Rose & Jennifer you can visit their websites:
Jennifer Eash Yoga
Rose Wippich
Chat Off The Mat Website

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

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Jennifer and Rose are back with another exciting interview with Heather Johnson, founder of Ayurveda Life School and the Ayurveda Life School podcast.

Heather is a licensed Ayurvedic Health Counselor, Massage Therapist, and Yoga Instructor. 

We first met Heather during one of her amazing 28 day ayurvedic immersion programs, and she has forever changed how we view a healthy approach to eating, sleeping, and forming healthy habits that blend with the seasons and nature.

In this episode, we ask her to talk about a very common problem in Western cultures today: Long term stress and overwhelm, and ways that we can incorporate ayurvedic practices to help reduce the negative impacts this can have on us physically, mentally, and emotionally. 

Listen as Heather discusses:

• What drew her to Ayurveda.
• The origins of Ayurveda and the importance of it.
• Common symptoms from long term stress and overwhelm.
• Leading/root causes of long term stress.
• Changes one can make to help with stress.
• Living in harmony with nature and the rhythm of the sun.
• How patterns, routines and aligning your habits with nature can help with long  term stress and overwhelm.
• Living a Pathogeniscist (path following life).

Food list/recipes recommended by Heather in this episode:
Golden Milk recipe:

Ingredients
1 ½ Cup Milk-(almond milk is a good nut milk alternative
2 tsp spice mix
1 tsp ghee
Honey or maple syrup (based on your dosha)

 Spice Mix:  Blend the following and store in a glass, airtight container
 ¼ cup Turmeric
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger powder
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cardamom 
Bring milk to a low boil. Turn heat off and add 2 tsp spice mix while stirring gently. Once milk has cooled a bit, add desired sweetener to taste and a tsp of ghee. *If using honey, never add honey while milk is still hot. Cooked honey denatures and turns into an ama-causing substance. Honey should always be raw and only added into food or drinks that are warm, not hot. Always measure ghee and honey to be equal in weight. 

 Other helpful foods/herbs mentioned in this episode:
Ghee- 1 tsp each morning is recommended.  Helps with lubrication of joints.
Rejuvenation tonics: Fenugreek tea, Triphala, Amalaki
Licorice Root- soothing for stress and burning digestion
Sesame oil and seeds- can

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

You can learn more about Rose at https://www.rosewippich.com/
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 In this episode we chat with Janet Straightarrow.  Janet is a Shaman, Healer, Teacher & Sage and founder of Be The Medicine.  Her  journey began at the age of 15 years old when she understood that her path was to be a healer.    Janet works with people of all ages and all walks of life to help them break patterns, discover hidden lessons and gain clarity.  Janet has a powerful and direct (straight arrow) approach to healing.  She shows people how to uncover blocks/issues, remove them and become more aligned with their purpose and truth. 

 Janet teachers others to 'be their own medicine' by sharing tools to connect with and trust their inner spirit.  Janet offers so much wisdom and guidance in this episode.  We hope you enjoy it.  

Show Notes:

More about Janet & Be The Medicine
  Janet discovered her Shamanic Calling in nineteen-ninety-two while working as a top Realtor who had been studying healing and spirituality for twenty-five years. Her gifts and abilities opened very quickly after that soul awakening.
  She followed her inner guidance and pursued extensive research and training with Shamans and Masters in many worldwide spiritual healing traditions and began to heal and teach immediately. Each tradition had so much to offer, and together they answered her questions about healing and living mastery today.
  Continual practice and refinement created a healing-teaching work, Be The Medicine, unique, powerful, and straightforward. Her big energy of love, joy, and light offer you compassion, profound healing, with down to earth wisdom. Sessions and Classes illuminate and heal you in ways that surprise you as they unfold naturally.
 
A Shaman is known as one who heals themselves. This is one of the most powerful teachings we accomplish in Be The Medicine. We can all heal ourselves and so much more. Join the journey.
  Be The Medicine offers a direct path as it encourages and empowers you to bridge many worlds with wisdom, knowledge, courage and strength as you learn to live your purpose, enjoy abundant health and happiness. 

Connect with Janet
www.Bethemedicine.com
Email:  janet@bethemedicine.com
Youtube:  Janet Straightarrow

Rose Wippich is a Qigong, Yoga, and Reiki Master Teacher. Like many Spiritual Warriors, she has faced challenges that have helped her become more aware of the power of self care, self-compassion and a positive mindset. She combines her passion for life, great energy, spiritual wisdom, Reiki healing, and a genuine desire to help and inspire others to grow and live their best life.

You can learn more about Rose at https://www.rosewippich.com/
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