Article by Reiki Master Sunetra Dasgupta
I was once surfing my Instagram profile and there was a beautiful quote I came across: to have a beach body you need to be at a beach and have a body! It was simple, funny yet such a deep and profound quote. We keep criticizing our body and our self for not being good enough or perfect enough. The problem is we do not realize that our body is the best doctor we can have, but only if we listen. Usually, we don’t. We keep looking for answers from “fit people” or websites. To make the situation even worse we let media reprogram our subconscious mind that we are never pretty enough, fit enough or good enough.
If you think this article is about how to reduce weight, it is not. There are many effective techniques already present on the Reiki Rays website, written by some really talented Reiki practitioners cum writers. The article aims to make you feel your body loved by your own self, and in the process you may reduce, gain or keep your weight intact, however you want it!
Reiki is an intelligent form of energy and it works on our intent. We ask it make us lose/gain weight, take off/add on excess fat, transmute it, etc. And we do see results, but then again it comes back to square one. So what are we doing wrong? Is Reiki not good enough? It is perfectly adequate but we give up too soon! What causes the issues? Here is the list below:
- Lack of self-love
- Emotional weight
- Karmic weight /Vows, promises, and contracts
- Miscellaneous causes of weight gain/loss.
Let’s tackle one point at a time:
1. Lack of self-love
We are never good enough, smart enough or talented enough. What we forget is that our USP is we are our own self and no one else is that. Once we start embracing our “flaws”, life becomes easier. The bitter pill is life; it’s not a movie where someone else will come and teach you how amazing you are but it is something that one has to realize for themselves. To combat lack of self-love please give healing to the thyroid glands. You may use affirmations like “I am loved”, ”I am amazing”, ”I am the best”, etc. or whatever you resonate with. Take one day at a time, even if you do not feel it keep doing it, you will soon find changes in yourself. To boost it, you may also keep or wear a rose quartz crystal.
2. Emotional weight
Some of us are emotional eaters or some of us don’t eat at all when we are stressed; people exist on both the sides of the spectrum, and neither of them is better than the other! We are empaths and we almost act like a magnet for people in stress or distress. Most of the time, when we “reward” ourselves by eating for solving someone’s problems or when we starve ourselves for being unable to get to a crux of an issue, these are generally projections of other people’s energies. It is proven that most of the cravings or the stress we feel is not ours, it belongs to someone else. Our body is so sensitive to energies around us, picks up these thoughts and makes us crave for food or starves itself. How to go about the issue then? Keep repeating to yourself “Not my circus, not my monkeys” when others discuss their issues with you or just dump their problems on you. In this way, you are not taking up their energies. Even if they are paying for the session, it will help you not getting attached to the personal problems. Keeping Selenite crystal between you and the client also helps, or drawing a huge Emotional Healing symbol between you and the client; this way, both of us do not dump your projection on the other, and yet there is a solution.
3. Karmic weight /Vows, promises, and contracts
Thanks to our beautiful writer and Reiki practitioner Rinku Patel. I realized that many of us may be suffering from the inability to gain or reduce weight due to the traumas that we are carrying from our past lives and not tackling them from the core. Further when I did the Akashic Course, I also realised that in previous lives we have taken some oath or vow or made a promise to ourselves that “We will always be hungry/fat/have a lot to eat/not eat at all/skinny” depending on the circumstances then and those memories don’t serve us now, hence it is a good idea to heal those memories using Distance healing or Emotional symbol. We can say “I connect to those memories of my past across space life and dimensions, which is making me lose/gain weight” or “I clear all my vows, promises, contracts, and curses across space, life, and dimensions regarding my body and weight”, whatever you resonate with and heal them with Reiki. You may feel irritated or clumsy or borderline depressed. Understand it’s all past life memories coming up and they are to be released from the soul level.
4. Miscellaneous causes of weight gain/loss
We may gain/lose weight for various reasons – it may be medical or genetic too. When we practice the above 3 methods along with proper exercise, the fourth point gets combated, as genetic or medical issues are also due to our some repressed emotional issues. We don’t need to work out to gain or lose weight; we work out to keep our muscles active and mind fresh. Also, it is a great form of “Me Time”.
What we need to understand is merely just putting Reiki in our food is not enough. We also need to tune into our body needs and want. Few ways to do so are as follows:
- When you feel hungry, drink a glass of water. Most of the time we confuse our hunger and thirst.
- Eat mindfully and slowly. More likely you will realize that after 3-4 bites, the food will start tasting like cardboard, which is an indication, you need to stop.
- When others are throwing their negative projections on you, just say “it’s their point of view; I bless and send it back”. This way you don’t absorb their energies.
- When you open the fridge or are in a buffet, ask your body: “What do you want to have?” Then again ask: “Are you sure this is what you want?” You will get the right answer. It may take some time to tune in with self but it will help.
In the whole process, you are not only falling in love with yourself and your body but also will reach your “Body goals”.
P.S: You are beautiful/amazing just the way you are.
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A lecturer by profession, teaching undergraduate students Mathematics, Statistics, Research Methodology and Business Communication, Sunetra Dasgupta is also Reiki Teacher & Healer. She strongly believes that Reiki came to her rescue in difficult phases of life, helping her to cope and transform. Sunetra is currently affiliated to Alohahappiness - an MNC specializing in various healing services, remedial products, Vaastu, Numerology, Astrology and Past Life Regression to name a few. At Alohahappiness, she is an active Guide, Healer and Teacher regularly taking up cases for healing and courses for teaching. She has channelled Gajanan Vinayak Reiki, and heals with and teaches Traditional (Usui) Reiki, Karmic Reiki, Karuna Reiki®, Soulmate Reiki, Fusion Reiki, Wagle Reiki, Angel Reiki, Tiger Reiki, Lavender Flame Reiki, 30 more types of Reiki, Magnified Healing, DLA, Akashic Records, Access Consciousness, Aura Brushing, Cord Removal, Hypnotherapy, Past Life Regression, EFT, Psychic Surgery, Angel and Tarot Card Reading, Runes, Tasseography, Violet Flame, Herbs and Oils, Candle Magick, Signature Analysis, Vastu, Numerology, Feng Shui, Bach Flower, I Ching, Fairy Ring, LOA, Diceology, Lithomancy, Hydromancy. She is also an Angel whisperer. She has also written a book “Lessons I learned from Reiki” which can be bought from Pothi.com.
She lives in India and can be contacted via Alohahappiness official page facebook.com/alohahappiness. Her personal Pages are facebook.com/soniele.daniel.
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Our connection to and love for Self is imperative if we are to joyfully open to our infinite possibilities in this incarnation. This article is brilliantly written!
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Peace, Love & Light to you and yours