Create Your Own Bowl of Reiki Healing Messages

There are mornings when I struggle with getting out of bed. The comfort of my bedroom entices me to linger. My arms and legs ask me to not move and to not let go of the total relaxation. Overnight all of my muscles have melted like butter. My dog will sense that I am stirring, so she will come over, lick my nose, and then she goes right back to snoring at my side.

Those are the mornings when a small bit of inspiration would help me to get up. A little bright spark of something to look forward to when I arise. I need a message from myself. A message that I wrote, with the aid of Reiki, to get me connected, centered, aligned, and send a bit of vibrant healing to myself.

Enter the idea for creating your own bowl of Reiki messages! A beautiful bowl of inspiration and meaningful messages that you yourself crafted. I hope the following allows you to create a method that is all your own.

Why a bowl?

A bowl is a receptive vessel for holding your thoughts. It allows your handcrafted messages space to nestle. A bowl allows you to reach in and shuffle the pieces of paper. It offers enough room, so you can feel about and intuitively select the message for that moment. A bowl is welcoming, the way it opens up and doesn’t constrict. It invites you to use it as part of your spiritual journey.

My bowl for Reiki healing messages is a vintage Fireware in Peach Lustre, because it’s my favorite kitchen item. Now, if my husband had chosen the bowl? It would have been a plastic food storage bowl that we had lost the lid too. Neither way is right or wrong. We each selected the vessel we thought was the most appropriate and useful. Does your bowl need to be special? If you want it to be. It can be a bamboo salad bowl from the thrift store. Or, it can be a special heirloom piece. This is not something that needs to be the focus. The bowl is only the container.

My bowl of Reiki inspirational messages is open to my family. They can select one if they feel drawn to it. For fun, they can even craft their own. Sometimes, together, as a special way to bond. Or just spend time together, connected as a family, and unconnected to social media. We write messages together. It’s almost like a family game night. You could start with a single word and then ask your family to write their own message inspired by that word. Or, ask them to think of a time they felt happy and ask them to describe the sensations and create a message with their sensory words. Ask each person, “What message of light, happiness, and inspiration would you want to read?” and then ask them to leave that message in the bowl. Maybe they will pick their own message, or, maybe, it will brighten someone else’s day.

Writing can be intimidating. Writing can feel like your thoughts are being judged. A blank piece of paper can stare at you like a test you forgot about. Sometimes, a paper never feels the tip of a pen sliding over the grains of fiber.

When you’re about to write your messages, try and shake off any anxiety that you might have. This isn’t about writing like your favorite poet. This is about your Reiki, your vibe, your spark of light. We all have this inner spark of creativity that just needs to be allowed to flow. Your words can and will heal. Your words are the right words. Let the words flow onto the paper. Let the healing message come out and form onto the page. This is your message and it deserves to be seen. The inspirational caring and loving being that you are is creating words to help you channel Reiki.

Before I begin to write out my little slips of paper for my Reiki bowl, I do a self-healing Reiki session. For me, it’s essential that I’m centered and feeling the energy. I visualize the energy, I sense it, and then I close my eyes and just let words, images, and sensations come to me. I write anything that arises in my mind down onto a piece of paper. This is my starting point.

For instance, the other day, after doing my self Reiki, I wrote down these words: Recharge, one of a kind, heal, this moment, daily, Now, clarity, joy, balance, humanity, awe, light, fizz, warmth, awake and more.

Then, just sit with those words for a bit. They might spark more words or thoughts. Or, try just writing the one word down and see if that leads to a full thought or sentence. Take the word “Fizz” for instance, it reminds me of soda, but it also reminds me of the electrical pulsing of Reiki. I used that word to make a quirky, fun little poem.

Fizz, Pop, Buzz
Bright Light
Warmth
You’ve got the energy vibe!

Each day, when I go to my Reiki bowl, I allow my hand to sense the energy of each message. I use pieces of paper, fold them, and use the sense of energy and intuition to guide my hand to select the right message, for me, the right message, for that moment. It then becomes my saying for the day. I sit with it, reflecting upon its meaning in my life and the greater world. How does, or, how can I use that Reiki message to infuse, inspire, and generate positivity and further my spiritual growth.

The message that you pick also carries Reiki energy. It’s literally a healing message. It’s a way to channel a small bit of Reiki and to inspire yourself to generate more connections in this world through your Reiki practice.

The Reiki bowl of healing messages is a personal journey. It’s also a fun, creative way to use your connection to energy and share it with your family. I hope your messages bring you joy, peace, healing, and connection.

Here are a few examples of some of the other words in my Reiki list and the messages that I crafted for my bowl:

• I feel fully awake and alive with Reiki.
• Reiki is the light that makes the darkness fade.
• Your Reiki hands hold the Universe!
• Reiki is a Gift to the World.
• With Reiki by my side, I will always have a Guide.
• Reiki is Always.
• Reiki always helps.
• Reiki always heals.
• Reiki always knows.
• Reiki is Always.

Article by Carrie Anderson

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Carrie earned her Ph.D in Metaphysics and Energy Healing through World Metaphysical Institutes. She is a Reiki Master Teacher, Animal Reiki Master Teacher and holds degrees in several types of Reiki. Her focus is on Distance Reiki. Carrie is a Master Level Psychic Intuitive and gives daily readings. She combines Reiki and Divination to create unique readings. She is accredited through World Metaphysical Association and Council of Holistic Healers. She also has certifcations in Teen Guided Meditation,. Additionally, she is a Professional Yoga Facilitator with a focus on Gentle Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Yoga Nidra. Carrie is a co-author with Mellisa Dormoy for the book, “Easy Mindfulness for Today’s Teens”. She is an active member of the Natural Healer Society and may be reached at www.caresreiki.com