Reiki Lungta

23/11/2025

Calm and Supportive Energy for the Thinkers and the Worriers

Having a dog who is a thinker and a worrier is very interesting from an energetic perspective and Finlay our beautiful springer spaniel has certainly been an excellent teacher.

When a dog or other animal goes into worry mode it can sometimes be quite difficult not to be pulled into that worry energy cycle along with them and this is because it is very natural for us to react with worry if we think that something is not right with our animals.

Over time I have found that if Finlay tells me that he is worried about something and I react with worry I am in fact reaffirming to him that he is quite right to be worried and we end up in a downward worry energy spiral that is not very good for either of us.

It is in fact much more productive to maintain a calm neutral energy while working out what Finlay is telling me and then considering how I can best support him.

An easy example is when we are on a walk and Finlay comes back to tell me that someone is walking towards us, and to ask if this is okay. This works very well since I can verbally tell Finlay, “Yes, I think they are friends,” and “It is okay,” and when I do this, I can convey to him the feeling of looking forward to meeting up with nice friends. Or if it is not okay, I can pop him on the lead, and we are then ‘holding hands.’

This is a lovely way of sharing reassuring and supportive energy with Finlay, and we all know the feeling of looking forward to meeting up with nice people and animals that we like to spend time with.

Sometimes it does not take much of a change to cause Finlay to have a loss of confidence and a good example of this was when we changed our car.

Finlay was always very enthusiastic about jumping into the old car to go for his walks but when faced with a new car he turned around and instead decided to go and lie on the couch which to him felt like the safer place to be. So we ‘held hands’ for that one too, while I thought about and conveyed the feeling and anticipation of going for a fun walk.

Sometimes it is also great just to laugh at a challenge, or situation since this is a lovely way of lifting the energy around us and our animals. Laughter really can be the best medicine, and it certainly worked well when Finlay decided that the couch was a safer place to be than the strange new car.

Finlay is a beautiful kind, patient and intelligent boy, I love seeing the world through his eyes and he has certainly taught me the benefits of working with and sharing lovely calm supportive energy around him.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

19/11/2025

Fun in the snow this afternoon ⛄

12/11/2025

Limited Places Still Available

The next Reiki for Riders clinic at Hayfield, Aberdeen is on

Saturday 22 November and the theme for this clinic is

Balance

When we feel balanced within ourselves our riding experience as well as life in general just feels better.

Reiki is a lovely way of taking some well-earned time out to relax and rebalance our energy.

The one-to-one sessions are £45, which is a special Hayfield saving of £5

There are limited places available, so if you would like more information or you would like to book a session, please get in touch through messenger.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

05/11/2025

The next Reiki for Riders clinic is on

Saturday 22 November

and the theme for this clinic is

Balance

When we feel balanced within ourselves our riding experience as well as life in general just feels better.

Reiki is a lovely way of taking some well-earned time out to relax and rebalance our energy.

The one-to-one sessions are £45, which is a special Hayfield saving of £5

There are limited places available, so if you would like more information or you would like to book a session, please get in touch through messenger.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

26/10/2025

The Power of Positive Mental Energy

I have previously written about the wonderful effects of thinking and speaking about our animals positively and how this can lift and direct lovely positive energy, not only towards our animals, but also towards ourselves and any challenges that we might face together.

I love to give the example of the end of my riding lesson when my coach says, “Tell me something that went well.” This is an excellent way of helping to focus positive energy, not only towards myself but also towards my equine partner no matter how things went during our lesson together.

When we look at this within the broader context of our lives we must first realise and accept that life is not simple and that one of the certainties of our lives is that we will face challenges, some huge and seemingly insurmountable, while others may be small and more easily resolved.

The challenges that we face are all part of the wonderful fabric of our growth and self-development within this plain and since each of us walks a different path our overall life experience will always ultimately be unique to us.

When things are going well it is quite easy to enjoy bouncing along delighting in the moment and relishing the wonderful positive energy that surrounds us.

The great challenge always comes when things are not going so well, and it is during these times that it is most important to be kind to ourselves since this will help to nurture and support us while we are working our way through the messier more difficult parts of our lives.

As well as this, taking time to think of a positive, even if it is only a tiny one will help to lift our mental energy and shine that tiny candle of light into what might otherwise feel like or be quite a dark situation.

By keeping that tiny candle of mental positivity lit it will quietly nurture and support us until we feel more able to light that second candle, then the third and so on.

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

What an excellent saying this is and it really makes me smile, especially since it comes a from piece of children’s fiction, I am sure all Harry Potter fans will recognise it.

And I suppose I am taking the long way round in saying that it is just as important to nurture our positive mental energy, as our physical energy, and a wonderful way of doing this is by finding a way of looking for the positives within life even if this can be difficult at times.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

19/10/2025

A huge thank you to Caroline and Lorna, the new therapy room at Hayfield Riding Club, Aberdeen is wonderful and I feel very privileged to have been the first to use it.

What a lovely quiet and peaceful space it was for yesterday's Reiki for Riders clinic.

I am very much looking forward to returning for the next clinic on Saturday 22 November

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

12/10/2025

12/10/2025

Reiki for Riders Clinic -

There are still some places available for the clinic on

Saturday 18 October

at Hayfield Riding Club, Aberdeen

the theme for this clinic is

Feeling Great

Give me a shout on messenger if you would like more information or you would like to book a place.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

02/10/2025

I am very much looking forward to the clinic on the 18th

Reiki for Riders Clinic

The next Reiki for Riders clinic is on

Saturday 18 October

and the theme for this clinic is


Feeling Great


Reiki is a lovely way of taking some well-earned time out to relax and rebalance our energy.

This in turn has the effect of helping to support our body’s own natural healing abilities as well as helping us to generally feel better within ourselves.

The one-to-one sessions are £45, which is a special Hayfield saving of £5

There are limited places available, so if you would like more information or you would like to book a session, please get in touch through messenger.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

28/09/2025

Bring a Little Bit of Extra Colour into Your Life

I do love the changing colours of the leaves on the trees at this time of year, and the beautiful variety of colours can be quite stunning.

The vibrant burst of colour also provides some welcome cheer as we head towards the colder shorter days and longer darker nights.

Colour like everything else in the world contains energy and although we cannot see it, we are in fact surrounded by the beautiful colours of our auras all the time.

The individuality of the colours within our auras can also match the individuality of the colours that we are attracted to and that we choose to have around us within our lives.

The lovely energy vibration contained within the different colours that we choose to have around us can additionally help to influence the way that we feel.

There are no good or bad colours and within different cultures and peoples around the world colours can mean totally different things. For example, we consider the green of the four-leaf clover to be lucky while in China red is a lucky colour.

A great experiment is to try adding different colours to what we wear and then taking time to notice how they make us feel. This could be for example wearing different colours of socks or scarves on different days.

You might notice that on some days you are more drawn to one colour rather than another, and one colour might help you feel more confident while another might help you feel more comforted. It is amazing how the different energy vibrations of the different colours can help to brighten our day.

So, as the days are getting shorter why not brighten things up and have some fun by bringing a little bit of extra colour into your life.

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master

24/09/2025

One year old today, where did that time go?

25/08/2025

Sports visualisation is a fascinating area, and I have recently read a couple of articles where top riders have spoken about using visualisation as part of their competition preparation.

Visualisation is a powerful tool and training aid within sport which involves using images and associations to remember the past and imagine the future.

By bringing these images to mind, and the feelings associated with them we can refine them into a desired outcome.

It also allows us to work through different scenarios along with the outcome that we would like to achieve within a safe environment.

For example, with a spooky horse we can visualise a situation where our horse has a spook and then work through the feeling of remaining calm, relaxed while also working through the reactions that we would like to employ to bring our horse back to a place of safety and calmness.

Visualisation backs up neural pathways in the brain so the better we are able to imagine doing a specific skill internally, the better control and accuracy we are likely to have when doing the task externally.

This means that visualisation is an excellent additional training tool for dressage, jumping, cross country or any other equestrian sports setting.

Visualisation can also be used in many day-to-day equestrian situations, and the lovely thing is that we can all give it a go.

We have a saying within Reiki that where the mind goes the energy flows and since Reiki energy can bring calm and balance to a situation, using Reiki along with visualisation brings a lovely additional boost of positive supportive energy to aid us when we are working towards an outcome that we would like.

If you would like to find out more about Reiki along with visualisation or Reiki in general, please get in touch or visit my website at Reiki-Lungta.co.uk

Tanya Leiper
Reiki Master