Elaine Johnston Therapies

Elaine Johnston Therapies Energy healing and teaching. Angelic breath and sisterhood circles Thank you for looking at my page. I came into energy healing with Reiki.

I now use a range of healing modalities. So each persons treatment will be unique to their needs. I have a lovely therapy room at my house where I see people on a 1-1 and I host workshops. I also work with clients online. I am blessed to have the full range of aura some bottles in my healing room. I teach Reiki to master level and am a member of the Reiki Federation. Get in touch if you would like to know more �
www.healing-energies.com

More of the reflections on why am I good at what I do?⠀✨ Because I don’t do it for the money Yes, I’m grateful to earn w...
12/12/2025

More of the reflections on why am I good at what I do?
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✨ Because I don’t do it for the money
Yes, I’m grateful to earn well, but that has never been the driving force. My motivation is feeling useful in the world, and my love for people. I am grateful money flows to me in many different ways.
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✨ Because I hold space without judgment.
Whether mentoring, guiding breathwork, teaching Reiki practitioners, or supporting someone through a major life moment ,I truly see them. I hold a judgment-free space for whatever needs to rise.
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✨ Because I let the work flow through me.
I don’t need to perform.
I’m the channel a space holder, kinda like an anchor ⚓️
I’ve seen me open the door to a client to find them crying, while traveling to the very appointment they began to feel what they have before not been ready to feel.
witnessing this, over the years has given me huge confidence and taken any pressure off me personally, I have a deep trust in the energy of love.
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✨ Because I’m comfortable in my humanness.
I love learning, not knowing everything. I am growing alongside every person I work with. Every experience teaches me something.
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✨Because I’ve journeyed through my own darkness, so I can now sit really steady with others and hold the light for them.
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✨Because I trust My work It’s not for everyone, only those who feel drawn to it. I have no need to convince anyone. I just be myself and those that I am the correct person to support find me.
I’ve a client who heard about me in the Que in Tesco & I’ve another who over heard talk about me in a Pilates class.

I have been privileged over the years to work with so many amazing people and witnesses the benefits so thats built my confidence and faith up.

I have a great way of keeping this work grounded. I didn’t always have this ability but this is how I need it to be, so I see this as a gift.

Anyway. So grateful to have been asked the question that inspired me to think deeply 🤍 I’m a deep thinker who’s big on feelings …
obviously that helps too 🙏

A client asked me, “Why do you think you’re so good @ what you do & always so busy?”⠀She made me think. and I felt inspi...
11/12/2025

A client asked me, “Why do you think you’re so good @ what you do & always so busy?”
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She made me think. and I felt inspired to answer here, not as a brag, but as a celebration of me owning my gifts.
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First, the term “so busy” doesn’t land for me. Im proud to have a work life balance.
It’s a huge part of who I am, and I truly believe I’m doing the work I’m on this earth to do but it fits around my wellbeing & family.
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Before any of this became paid work, my life was preparing me.

Pre children , I was a travel agent.
Post my babies, We had shops & once they were up and running I was grateful to step back & focus on doing what I enjoyed doing.

I trained as a birth & postnatal doula. We fostered for three years. I volunteered with Sure Start, supporting families navigating the intensity of early parenthood.

Looking back, I see my life as an apprenticeship for this work.

Even my Saturday job in a hairdresser’s from I was 12 to 16 years old, I can now see how I was then learning to read people’s energy.
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I “officially “began my energy-work 14 years ago with Reiki.
What started as a personal passion naturally grew into a business. Today, I’m honoured to teach Reiki up to Master level, hold breathwork groups, and support others through spiritual mentoring.

I have actually written more on this but it’s too long for one post 🫣
so I’ll save that for another time 🙏✨☺️

A little heads up for my regulars ✨In January I’m taking some extended time off as I’m heading on a retreat ….to Egypt 🇪...
02/12/2025

A little heads up for my regulars ✨

In January I’m taking some extended time off as I’m heading on a retreat ….
to Egypt 🇪🇬✨🙌🏽💫
Because of that, I’ll have fewer appointments available — so please plan ahead for any sessions you’ll want in January.

December is showing as fully booked online, but I’ve kept a couple of slots aside for my nearest and dearest.
So if you’re a regular and can’t find anything that suits you online, please just send me a text and I’ll do my very best to fit you in. ✨

As I am working this weekend I had today off.
I went to yoga & then Graham & I decided to head up the north coast for the day which felt like such a treat ✨

this is one of the joys of a recently retired husband 😉 we can now be spontaneous on a school day 😉🫶🏼🙏🦋

Hormones as Messengers of Changemy hormones no longer follow the predictable rhythm they once did.And the result?Sometim...
12/11/2025

Hormones as Messengers of Change

my hormones no longer follow the predictable rhythm they once did.

And the result?

Sometimes I feel lit up, full of drive and other times like I’m on an emotional rollercoaster.

I’ve learned that estrogen and progesterone are deeply tied to the brain’s chemistry: serotonin, dopamine, GABA, endorphins, the same messengers that shape mood, motivation, and meaning.

When estrogen drops, I can feel my serotonin and dopamine dip too, and it feels like the colour drains.
When progesterone ebbs, sleeps effected, my tolerance for stress thins, and I say f**k a lot more.
lately it’s like I feel every vibration of life WAY more intensely.

🧬 The Recalibration Within

I can feel old versions of myself dissolving, the one who lived by certain roles and expectations,
In my earlier years, I built much of my identity around being what others needed of me.
Now, as estrogen, the great nurturer, wanes, I no longer have the urge to overextend, to prove or to please others.

This phase has me questioning everything; relationships, work, how I care for & nourish my body.
I feel a hunger for deeper knowing, There’s a kind of moral inventory taking shape within me, asking, “What’s true for me NOW ?”

Carl Jung called this the second half of life, when the goal shifts from outer success to inner wholeness.

🌑 perimenopause feels like The Liminal Space

I am in between: no longer who I was, not yet who I’m becoming.
This liminal space feels confusing and destabilizing, but it is fertile ground for transformation.

Through the turbulence, something else is emerging:
💫 An even clearer “no.”
💡 A even more authentic “yes.”

Perimenopause feels like a recalibration of sorts. I’m not finding it easy. The men who live with me aren’t finding me easy either.

I’m certainly not pretending to have the answers.

In comments is a list of what best supports me. (note most of it’s free - don’t fall for the money making nonsense that’s around menopause these days)

The 1/2 term holidays and a cold knocked me off my balance recently 💚

Last night breathwork group was divine. I never take it for granted that I get to call this “work”.I get as much from th...
12/11/2025

Last night breathwork group was divine.

I never take it for granted that I get to call this “work”.
I get as much from these gatherings as every one else does. Maybe more sometimes 😉

We talked a little about manifesting last night & as I sat there surrounded by some of the most amazing women I know. I thought how grateful I am …

3 things I’ve gratitude for this morning
🍂A home where my kids feel safe to be themselves, I took this wee video as I was getting my room ready. 💚
🍂people in my life that I care to make homemade gifts for
🍂I have time and space to appreciate making homemade gifts

Some people think it’s the big house or the nice cars that measure success.

We all know by now it’s not,
it’s these wee moments when you realise you are truly living your best life.

Big thank you’s to everyone who comes to my groups , book’s in for 1-1’s and supports my work.

💚
Elaine xx

This plant was a housewarming gift when we first moved to holywood. ⠀To be honest, it wasn’t a plant I would’ve chosen. ...
22/10/2025

This plant was a housewarming gift when we first moved to holywood.
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To be honest, it wasn’t a plant I would’ve chosen. Often it looks drab and lifeless, just kind of there.
But over the years, we have bonded - she’s blooms around this time of year. (Samhain 😉✨)
Slowly she started to flourish. And now that I know how beautiful she can be when in bloom, I appreciate her through all the other seasons ;the quieter ones, when she doesn’t look like much on the surface.
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reminds me of myself ✨
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It’s taken me years to feel truly at home here — not just in this house, but in myself. Like this plant, I’ve learned that I’m not always meant to be in full bloom. There are seasons of stillness and rest, and those are just as important. Because when the time is right, the blossoms are worth it.
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also she makes me think of many clients whos transformations I’ve witnessed
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Sometimes, when someone first comes to me, they’re already in their blooming stage 💫radiant, curious, ready to grow even more.
But often, I meet people when they’re in a quieter season — when they can sense there’s more available in life, even if they can’t quite see it yet.
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What I love most about my work is witnessing that transformation — watching as, session by session, more of their true self starts to show.
With trust, consistency, and vulnerability, I get to see them bloom in their own time. It’s such a privilege.
I explain it to students that if we really pay attention, we can get to see more of the client with each session.
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So having this plant in my workspace right now, in full bloom, feels like a reflection of that ✨a beautiful reminder of growth, patience, and the power of nurturing what’s beneath the surface. 🌿✨

Delight“A strong feeling of great pleasure, joy, or satisfaction.”When was the last time you thought about delight?What ...
02/10/2025

Delight

“A strong feeling of great pleasure, joy, or satisfaction.”

When was the last time you thought about delight?

What delights you?

What we focus on, we get more of, so let me suggest you start catching the wee sprinkles of delight in your life and paying attention 💚
(You can thank me later 😂).

I’m off work this morning as I’m on tonight, and this little change to my “normal” routine makes it so easy to spot my delight.

Delight doesn’t need to be big or showy. What delights me might even have the opposite effect on you. It’s personal. It’s changeable. And that’s the beauty of delight 🌟

It’s not something to hide, dim, or keep secret…
Maybe thats a Northern Irish ☘️ thing…?

Sometimes there can be a bit of fear in really feeling delight ;
Never mind celebrating it 🙌🏽
Maybe our parents didn’t mirror it for us.
Personally, I used to have a wee voice in my head whispering:
“Who does she think she is?” 🫣
or
“Well, it’s all right for her…”
As until I could really embody my own delight I found other people’s to be triggering.

I’ve found it’s my delight that fuels me to show up in service. It’s because I’m connected to my delight that I can celebrate yours. It’s my delight that carries me through the darker moments of this crazy world ☺️

So whether it’s catching a wee shimmer of something delightful or planning a full-on afternoon of pleasure…

Take this as your sign to notice delight in your day 🪧☺️😉 🦋












🌬️ What do I Actually Do ✨it’s not always easy to explain.At its heart, my work is about holding space energetically. Th...
28/09/2025

🌬️ What do I Actually Do ✨

it’s not always easy to explain.

At its heart, my work is about holding space energetically. That can look very different for each person:
💫 A breathwork journey — not gentle yogic breathing, but deep, activated breathwork that can bring profound release and healing in the body.
💫 Energy balancing and clearing — realigning the chakras, calming the nervous system, and helping you come home to yourself.
💫 A safe space to rest, be seen, and feel nourished.
💫 Mentoring and training other therapists — supporting them as they grow in their work with others.

Just last week, my clients ranged from overworked students, to burnt-out mums needing a “pit stop” to reconnect, to businessmen seeking grounding and clarity (about a third of my clients these days are men 🌿).

Most people find me through word of mouth, and I’m deeply proud of that. I trust that those who are meant to work with me will find me 💛.

Every session is unique, but my intention is always the same: to support you in reconnecting with your energy, your breath, and your own inner wisdom. ✨

And while I adore this work and the amazing souls I hold space for, my most important work is within myself & my home.

Beyond my practice, I’m also:
🌱 Mum to 4 boys
💍 Wife to Graham
🐶🐶🐶 Dog mum x3 + 🐈 Cat mum x1
🌸 Gardener-in-training
📚 Daily reader
🧘 Yoga lover
🏋️ Strength training newbie
🐝 Beekeeper in the making
💫 Essential oil queen

What I’m most grateful for: my health & wellness, the freedom to enjoy a healthy work–life balance, my supportive husband, being in bed by 9:30pm (when I can!), and the privilege of sitting with others without needing to be anything other than myself.

This is me — a mix of healer, guide, teacher, mum, and forever student of life. 💛

Delight , service , flow. My words of the season.Chilling for a moment after work Feeling deep gratitude for my day of d...
25/09/2025

Delight , service , flow.

My words of the season.

Chilling for a moment after work
Feeling deep gratitude for my day of delight , service ,flow ✨

My teacher was in working with me today. 🙏💚🦋

My next breathwork group session.Is Thursday 2 Oct evening . Book via my website . Link in comments. This session will b...
06/09/2025

My next breathwork group session.
Is Thursday 2 Oct evening .
Book via my website .
Link in comments.
This session will be dedicated to the 3 words that I’m feeling deeply lately
✨delight ✨service ✨flow ✨

This willow basket and flowers sit on my table , everytime I glance at them I feel delight …

A few more photos of things that I have delighted in lately … 💚

Today is officially the last day of my month off work… Graham retired at the start of July so I wanted to be more availa...
31/07/2025

Today is officially the last day of my month off work…

Graham retired at the start of July so I wanted to be more available for the first 4 weeks incase he found the shift difficult… but actually it’s been a breeze ✨

My month off has flown by, I have definitely missed my regular clients.

The weather has been great for a staycation.
I’ve worked out most days, I’ve spent time daily in the garden, cooked more from scratch, I’ve had a good few afternoon naps , I’ve been in a number of coffee shops, I’ve read lots. I even took myself out for dinner alone a night ( jumon in Belfast )

I’m back to work on Saturday afternoon & I am totally feeling the benefits of the extended time off.

I’m very grateful to say that August is fully booked but there is still lots of availability in September.

Here is the link to book online.
https://elainejohnston.co.uk/offerings/

I have a few breathwork groups coming up. Including a men’s group but I haven’t got round to putting them online yet. As the admin part of being self employed is my least favourite 🥴 I’ll get that all up online next week.

Big love
Elaine 💚

28 years married tomorrow ❣️I love the life we have created together. I love what a good team we are. I love that tomorr...
25/07/2025

28 years married tomorrow ❣️

I love the life we have created together. I love what a good team we are. I love that tomorrow on our anniversary Graham is heading off on a men’s retreat. 💪🏾I love that no matter what’s going on in life, Grahams love and support for our family is consistent. ⚓️
I love that he bought amble tickets for our anniversary and was that excited he told me last week 🤣 I love that I get to do life & raise 4 men with a man that I am proud to call my husband 💫

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