Bluebell Reiki

23/01/2023

Pre-mud wrap x

30/11/2021

Mindfulness is so important, especially as we are all so busy rushing around. We all have to take moments to stop, to breathe and to just be.
Here are some tips on how you can be mindful every day:

So many of us spend our days just running from moment to moment. We are busy, have demands coming from several different areas of life, and simply don’t feel like there is time to stop and smell the roses. We wonder if we can get the rose scent in a to-go package.

28/11/2021

Meditation for beginners.

If you are contemplating whether to take up meditation – do it! It is so good for your mind and your soul.

Here is a good place to start. Calm has some fabulous daily 10 minute meditations that are easy to follow.

You won’t regret it!

Tamara Levitt guides this 10 minute Daily Calm mindfulness meditation on letting go.The Daily Calm is a unique mix of meditation and inspiration everyday. A ...

26/11/2021

24/11/2021

Toxic positivity is the assumption that despite a person’s emotional pain and turmoil, they should only have a positive mindset.

When we pretend that emotional pain doesn’t exist, we send a message to our brain that whatever the emotion is, it is in some way bad or dangerous. If our brain believes we are in a dangerous situation, our body will respond as such.

By overdoing positive affirmations, we may be invalidating our or others’ feelings and harming them when they are already in a vulnerable state.

Sometimes, the best way to deal with negative emotions is to let yourself feel the emotions you’re feeling and let them pass, not push them under the rug and pretend they aren’t there.

Sometimes it’s OK to feel what you feel and not try to put a positive spin on it. Acknowledge that feeling as a visitor but don’t let it move in permanently. Give yourself permission to relax and rebalance.

22/11/2021

A great article on depression and reiki.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression affects approximately 280 million people around the world. In early 2020 due to the global pandemic, depression rates in US adults rose from 8.5% to a shocking 27.8%. Even worse, Boston University School of Public Health published new rese...

16/11/2021

A lovely testimonial. Thank you!

11/11/2021

WW1 1914 – 1918. Lest We Forget.

Well over 1 million men from parts of the Empire that are now linked with the UK’s minority ethnic communities served in the First World War. In some theatres of war, they provided a vital proportion of our fighting strength. Over 100,000 of them died or were wounded.

Shortly after Britain’s declaration of war, two infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade of the Indian Army were sent to Europe. In all 140,000 men served on the Western Front, 90,000 in the Indian Corps and 50,000 in the Labour Companies. Indian troops also played a major role in operations in Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Gallipoli. They also served in the West and East African campaigns and in China.

In 1915 the British West Indies Regiment was formed from local volunteers to fight overseas. There was widespread enthusiasm on the islands to help the war effort, and the cost of sending the Regiment to France was raised from public subscription. Two thirds of the total recruitment of 15,200 were Jamaican, though each of the colonies sent volunteers. The Regiment served in Palestine, Italy and on the Western Front.

African soldiers were also heavily involved. Soon after the declaration of war, soldiers from Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Uganda, Nyasaland, Rhodesia and Kenya were mobilised to defend the borders of their own lands which adjoined German territories. They later took the lead in the campaigns to remove the Germans from Africa.

60,000 black South African and 120,000 other Africans also served in uniformed Labour Units which provided logistic support to front line troops. Other uniformed Labour Units were raised in China (with 92,000 recruits), Mauritius and Fiji.

Thank you.

{This picture is a group of soldiers from the British West Indies Regiment in camp on the Albert-Amiens Road, Northern France, September 1916. Courtesy of Imperial War Museum}

09/11/2021

In difficult times, you move forward in small steps.
Do what you need to do, but little by little.
Don't think about the future, or what may happen tomorrow.
Wash the dishes.
Remove the dust.
Write a letter.
Make a soup.
You see?
You are advancing step by step.
Take a step and stop.
Rest a little.
Praise yourself.
Take another step.
Then another.
You won't notice, but your steps will grow more and more.
And the time will come when you can think about the future without crying.

~ Elena Mikhalkova

28/10/2021

An article on what Distance Reiki is and how it works. I often use Distance Reiki to help others who aren’t geographically close to me.

How (and why) distance reiki works.

26/10/2021

Team Wellbeing.

I am working closely with employers to offer wellbeing sessions; sessions for their teams to attend and help to reduce the anxiety that is so prevalent at the moment.

This will help with the stressful transition back to the workplace and result in better mental wellbeing and therefore work performance.

If you are interested in learning more for your team, please do get in touch.

Let your team know you genuinely care about their wellbeing.