Your clients are always mirroring YOU!
This can be a challenging one to wrap your head around at times! However, the more closely you pay attention to your clients, the more and more you will notice elements of their story are actually reflecting a part of you. This might feel a little overwhelming and even confronting at times, and that’s perfectly normal! However if you can sit with it, explore the themes that are arising, and take the time to look at yourself deeply, your clients can reveal much about yourself. If you have the courage to go deep with yourself, you might come across areas of your mind, emotions, and your life that need more love, understanding, or healing.
Reduces judgement
By understanding that there are elements of every client that is being mirrored back to you, it allows you to release all judgement. Any time a client comes in for a Reiki healing with me, I open my mind and ask questions from a curious space. I know that whatever the client chooses to share with me will be important not just for them, but for my own learning and growth too. We are both teaching each other, and that is both humbling and allows respect and gratitude to flow equally both ways. Just as much as my clients are grateful to have someone to hold space for them to share and to heal, I’m equally grateful for each and every client coming in, and mirroring back to me a part of myself.
Doing the inner work
Not every Reiki healer or practitioner will understand this concept of mirroring, or want to do the work! It can be confronting and challenging, and it does require an open mind, open heart, and a knowing that there is always work to be done. It also requires you as a healer, to take the time to sit with yourself, and ask yourself the hard questions. Some questions you might like to ask yourself is, what themes are presenting themselves to me this week? What are my clients struggling with, and how does this related back to me? What elements of my clients do I see, and where do they show up in my own life? As a Reiki practitioner, if you can do this work, it has the power to transform you, give you so much self awareness, and enable you to understand not just your clients, but yourself in a much deeper way.
Increases compassion and empathy for your clients
Doing the inner work on yourself can increase compassion and empathy for your clients. By doing the challenging work, asking yourself the hard questions, and diving in deep to your own limiting beliefs, self talk, and even traumatic life experiences, it can give you experiential insight into what it takes for your clients to go there. It can be painful at times, and you might experience some profound realisations about yourself. But doing this inner work will allow you to develop more empathy for the emotions your clients may be experiencing too. This will in turn give you the insight and understanding needed to be able to be there for your clients in a way they can relate, and feel safe and understood by you.
You have the power to shift everything
The energy outside of you, including your clients, are always mirroring your inner energy. It can be helpful to look outside of you to give yourself insight into what is going on internally. However, know that the outer is simply the mirror – the point of power lies within YOU. We so often want, hope or expect our outer world to change. But really, you have the ability to transform your outer reality by shifting your energy within and raising your own vibration. The moment we want others to change in order for us to feel differently, is the moment we give our power away. Take back your power by reminding yourself that the ability to shift your reality is within your internal thoughts, emotions, and energy. Change your energy, and you’ll notice the world around you changes too.
There is always work to be done!
There are always lessons to be learned, and inner work to be done! The moment we think we are complete, is the moment that life or the Universe will throw us another challenge. Stay in a curious state of mind, embrace being a student of the Universe, and lean into any challenges with the idea that this is an opportunity for growth. With this growth mindset, we start to see our life’s path as a way to build inner strength, greater awareness, increased empathy and understanding, and higher wisdom. The art is learning to enjoy the journey and whatever life brings! That really is where the magic lies, not at the completion of the end goal. If you can see this with your clients, and really understand that your clients are mirroring YOU, you will never be bored, there will always be something to learn, and each day will present you with new opportunities for growth.
Book in for a Reiki healing!
If you are practicing Reiki professionally, make sure you also book in for regular Reiki healings yourself! In order to show up in the best possible energetic space for your clients, it really helps to receive Reiki yourself to clear your energy, and keep you grounded. This also ensures your energy stays in a high vibrational state, which is of course the energy that you put out into the world around you. And what you will attract back in too! If you are ready to book in for a Reiki treatment, you can book here.
Learn more about Reiki
If you are keen to learn more about Reiki, you can also check out our upcoming Reiki Courses here. At Melbourne Reiki & Wellness, we offer all levels of Reiki: Reiki Level 1, Reiki Level 2, Reiki Level 3a Reiki Master Practitioner, as well as Reiki Mastership. All our Reiki Courses are certified, and registered with the Australian Reiki Connection. You can check out our Reiki Course prices and information here.
