11/04/2025
🔥Reiki Retreat Thoughts on Fire 🔥
As I sit here and excitedly prepare for our upcoming Reiki Retreat in Barbados, the nightly bonfire there keeps popping into my mind! I’m thrilled to have found a place with fire because after being by the water during the day, I think it’ll be nice to sit by a big fire at night. In the world of elements and healing, having a good grasp of our inner fire energy is essential for emotional balancing which affects every aspect of our lives. Something I’ve learned here through constant water study is that you can’t fully understand water, peace, healing, or magic without also understanding fire.
I spoke before about following the guidance of a powerful shaman about “going into the forest” to study the elements, and when it came to fire, I found it harder than the rest to grasp for various reasons. It’s also the only element that doesn’t occur naturally, meaning fire has to be created. And there was something in me that just wanted to slither past that one. I felt I was being asked to get in touch with my inner fire, which scared me to death. I was in no hurry to leave the healing waters. But I did proceed, slowly and carefully as one would approach a frightened child. Slowly gaining its trust and showing respect for where it is and how it feels. My first step into fire territory, or assignment, was to notice and get to know all my fires– meaning all the ways one fires.
As a fire person, a fire sign, fire in my charts, and fire in my blood thankyouverymuch, you’d think I’d know how to own my fire by now. But it was all too much. I grew up feeling intensely for everything, and no way to express it, other than dancing, without my words and actions scaring others or making them stay away. It’s like seeing that you hurt others by being yourself.. it’s anguish not knowing the power you hold. So I learned as a way to survive and also to make friends that I had to hide it away, behind a big heavy door.
Here are some of the fires I’ve learned about: Rapturous fire, childish greed, feverish old hurt, survival, RAGE, j e a l o u s y, soul passion, being i n l o v e, and pure desire.
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