One of the greatest weekends ever!

Hey Everyone,

Well, I just got back to Carrboro last night, and all I can say is what a hectic weekend!  Definitely worth it, though.  I went back home to the beach last Friday so I could take a Reiki workshop hosted by a friend of mine who co-owns an aromatherapy shop.  Talk about a great experience!  I learned so much about Reiki, and I definitely want to take the 2nd workshop in January.

For all who don't know what Reiki is, it is the universal life energy that practitioners channel to help heal people on a physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual level.  The great thing about Reiki is that it is an intelligent life energy, so it knows exactly what the person who is receiving it needs.  Which also brings up the hardest trick to Reiki, letting it do whatever it needs to and not try to force it to your agenda (which I find the most difficult part of the practice).  It was (officially) discovered by Usui Mikao in Japan in the 1860's, and then carried on through his students up until the modern day.

I was originally interested in taking this class last year, but because I was on-campus without a car, I couldn't make it to the workshops.  This year, however, I'm definitely going to both workshops so I can be a certified Reiki 1 and 2 practitioner.  I absolutely love this practice, and I hope that I can help others that I know and care about with it.

Besides the workshop that my friend hosted, I got to see my family for the weekend.  Unfortunately, the dog is still as deaf as ever (maybe some Reiki will help him?).  My little birdies are back home currently, since my mom was so nice to take care of them so they wouldn't have to endure the 4-hour car ride three times in the same week.  Fall Break starts this Wednesday (yay!), so it wouldn't really be fair to them to traumatize them that much.  I'm sure Roberto (the little gray cockatiel who is such a perch potato) is happy since he is absolutely infatuated with my mom.

Well, that's the oven beeper, which means that my sweet potatoes are done!  So it's off to eating dinner and then belly dancing classes in Durham.  See you all next time (and hopefully it might be a little more varied in content).

Hasta luego,

Maria