Lisa Bedoya Boston Reiki

Lisa Bedoya Boston Reiki Reiki energy healing sessions. Classes also available. Learn reiki online with self-pace course work and live teaching sessions.

In person option if you live near Boston MA USA! Lisa Bedoya
✦reiki master teacher
✦licensed massage therapist
✦qigong instructor
✦eft tapping practitioner

Join me tomorrow, Wednesday February 11, 7pm eastern time, if you have questions about Reiki, need support for your "he...
02/10/2026

Join me tomorrow, Wednesday February 11, 7pm eastern time, if you have questions about Reiki, need support for your "healing journey" or just want to say hi! No charge and two ways to sign up. I'll put links in the comments.

If you’ve ever been curious about Reiki — or taken a class and still felt a little unclear — you’re not alone. I hear qu...
01/30/2026

If you’ve ever been curious about Reiki — or taken a class and still felt a little unclear — you’re not alone. I hear questions like “What exactly is Reiki?” all the time.

It’s also very common for someone to have taken a Reiki class, but still feel unsure how to actually use it — or worry they're not "getting it" and need to take another class.

That’s why I put together this short video. It explains what Reiki is in a clear, down-to-earth way. If you took a class, it helps you understand whether or not you learned all the parts of the Reiki System of Natural Healing.

Whether you’ve already taken a class, are considering one — or simply want a clearer understanding of Reiki, this video will give you a solid starting point.

Link in the comments.

If you have any questions, leave it in the comments — or join my next Office Hours on February 11.

Holiday Resistance: When Your Mind and Heart Are Out of Alignment (and How Energy Work Helps)Are you familiar with these...
12/18/2025

Holiday Resistance: When Your Mind and Heart Are Out of Alignment (and How Energy Work Helps)

Are you familiar with these challenging themes that arise during the holidays? They happen when our minds are out of alignment with our hearts (meaning simply that your heart and head are feeding you opposing stories.)

Identifying Resistance

The most common iteration of misalignment is when the mind resists a heart-felt truth by telling the famous story called "It's Impossible." (Or it's too disruptive. Or it's plain unsafe.)

See if any of these holiday resistances apply to you:

You're angry that no one else offers to host, but you'd feel bad if you refused to do it this year.

You know your migraines occur when you take on too much, but you can't trim down your shopping list or decline a couple of invites to holiday gatherings.

A certain family member incites resentment — not joy, not fun, not anything close to holiday cheer — but extracting yourself from the relationship seems unimaginable.

Breaking Free

To begin shifting resistance, ask yourself:

✨ What am I resisting?

✨ What truth about myself am I hiding?

✨ What could I let go of to invite lightness into this situation?

What did you come up with?

***

How Energy Work Helps

During sessions of reiki or eft tapping, clients often come face to face with their truths and related resistance. This is uncanny, though:

It's sort of an aha moment, but part of the aha is that they really aren't all that surprised!

They are not surprised by the truth. When it steps into the spotlight, they realize it's no stranger. It's actually been circling their thoughts steadily for days or months or years.

What does surprise them is the resistance. They realize it's been living in their body as chronic pain or anxiety or lack of motivation.

Somatics and Resistance

So so many people now have read books like The Body Keeps the Score. They're familiar with phrases like:

somatic therapies,
listening to your body,
mindbody wellness,
heart-brain coherence,

and they agree with the concept that our bodies contract in response to noxious events, thoughts, and feelings. And that holding the contraction relates to physical and emotional pain.

Here's the problem, though:

If the pain of resisting your heart is not strong enough, you will hold tight to the story of your mind which is often → "I have no other choice."

The fear of change is stronger than the pain of staying the same, because staying the same is familiar. We say we are blocked, or beat ourselves up for the crime of "self sabotage."

Isn't it more accurate, though, to say we are keeping ourselves safe? And if we've been keeping ourselves safe, could we agree with ourselvses that maybe that wasn't such horrible choice? Staying safe?

Shifting your beliefs about safety

When you do energy work, it's funny how the tables turn. You realize you did have another choice all along. You were just energetically closed to it. Now new choices are not only available, but safe and even exciting! They become the new non-negotiable!

If you stay the course, you wake up one day with the story of your heart pounding so loudly in your head it drowns out the objections of the worried little mind. They may still blather vaguely in the background. But you no longer allow it stop you from moving forward into alignment with your full and happy heart.

How it works

For any of this to work, you must

Concede that the presence of your resistance is real.

Be willing to take any small step proposed by your heart, even if the step seems too small to solve anything. (It is solving the great divide between heart and mind. Usually, the greater the divide, the smaller the step you are willing to take.)

Be willing to let small steps be ok (or more than ok if, you can swing it :-) )

Let a small step be the focus of your attention. Make the excitement of it overshadow any part of your day that you still don't like.

Keep going. You WILL swing back into resistance. Now you recognize it, though. Accept it as part of the process. And keep going.

In conclusion, remember:

Alignment doesn’t come from forcing yourself to be braver, better, or more positive. It comes from softly loosening the grip of resistance, one small — but honest — step at a time. Let the voice of your heart slowly drown out your chattering worries. Let it happen in your own time. Your heart is patient. Let it all be ok. That's the trick.

✨ This week several clients brought up the importance of "surrender." While many of us think of surrender as weakness or...
12/17/2025

✨ This week several clients brought up the importance of "surrender." While many of us think of surrender as weakness or giving in, it's actually a strong mindset to adopt when you want to feel better. In healing, surrender is the opposite of resistance. Resistance is refusing to acknowledge or accept what's present in the moment.

✦ Around this time of year, it's common to resist

the thought that you really didn't want to host but agreed to anyway;

the migraines that threaten your ability to get everything done in time;

the gut knowing that you'd be secretly relieved if you never had to make an appearance at a certain person's home again.

✦ Resisting is fighting against an inner truth, for example:

You feel angry that no one else offers to host, but feel too guilty to refuse to do it.

You know your migraines occur when you take on too much, but you can't bring yourself to let go of certain responsibilities.

A relationship feels unaligned. It causes stress instead of joy or conviviality, but you can't imagine how to extract yourself.

The clients who talked about surrender mentioned things like feeling free and light, with new energy. They talked about the relief of having a weight lifted from their lives that they hadn't even been aware they were carrying.

The cold dead of winter is a season of awaiting and celebrating the ever-returning light. Even as we distract ourselves from the dark by festivities and shopping, we can take a moment to notice:

✨ What am I resisting?

✨ What truth about myself am I hiding?

✨ What could I let go of to invite in more light?

✨ Why do I choose to hang on to resistance that feels heavy and uncomfortable — instead of letting it go?

Did you get your answer? Let me know in the comments. What's holding you back?

(I put the link to the video in the comments, in case you don't want this long explanation of why it's here :-) )✦ Do yo...
12/16/2025

(I put the link to the video in the comments, in case you don't want this long explanation of why it's here :-) )

✦ Do you think love is good and hate is bad? I do.

Sort of, but sort of not.

Most of us would strive for love more than hate. But what to do when hate arises?

✦ Are you quick to say you don't hate? I am.

Does anyone voluntarily identify as a "hater?"

But have you ever felt hate — even a mild version of it — for someone who did evil things? Maybe you felt justified in your feeling because people like that deserve it.

✦ Is it true that hate is bad, unless the people you hate are bad?

From the point of view of energy healing, hate is hate. It doesn't matter who it's aimed at. Most of us wouldn't want to think we're spewing hate into the collective...or even letting trickles of it seep out.

So yes, it makes sense to try for love instead.

✦ Let me ask you:

Is it healthier to hate what you hate? To let hate come out in response to something that upsets you?

Or is it better to pretend it's not there? To let it smolder inside while you think you're hiding it — but the energy of it still seeps out through your words and actions...

In reiki and qigong, our aim is not to NOT have unhealthy energies. And it's not to try to hide them.

It's to transmute them.

You allow them. You feel them because they serve a purpose. They alert you to danger or at least to unhealthy situations. Also, you work with them so they don't smolder and they don't cause harm to you or others.

I'm sharing this video so you can see how it works. Actually, it's meant for you to follow along.

Maybe you don' think you have a half hour to transmute hate into love. Fair. Not everyone likes to be still for 30 minutes, thinking about negative emotions 😅

This stuff doesn't work if you try to absorb it quickly and passively, like a hack. Reiki and qigong are practices, not quick fixes.

The news cycle was rough this past weekend, though. So I'm putting it here in case anyone else feels loathing — or anything else on the verge of hate — and wants to begin to shift their energy 💖

For those who’ve asked: yes, I also teach Reiki. If you ever feel called to learn, booking a Massage + Reiki session is ...
12/16/2025

For those who’ve asked: yes, I also teach Reiki. If you ever feel called to learn, booking a Massage + Reiki session is a great way to begin your journey. Experience my work and see if our personalities are a match for your learning style. You can sign up to get $40 off at https://www.bostonreiki1.com

in reiki we connect with nature. we breathe in as the trees breathe out. we compost human pain back to the earth. when w...
12/14/2025

in reiki we connect with nature. we breathe in as the trees breathe out. we compost human pain back to the earth. when we feel small we look up to the sky. when life feels complicated we think about how the moon is so mysterious.

If you’re new around here, you can get $40 off your first Massage + Reiki session by joining the email list. It’s an eas...
12/13/2025

If you’re new around here, you can get $40 off your first Massage + Reiki session by joining the email list. It’s an easy way to get started if you’ve been thinking about trying Reiki.
https://www.bostonreiki1.com/booking

Your body notices everything — your pace, your habits, your thoughts, and your feelings. If you’re needing a reset, a Ma...
12/09/2025

Your body notices everything — your pace, your habits, your thoughts, and your feelings. If you’re needing a reset, a Massage + Reiki session can help you reconnect with your own energy and breath. Also available: Reiki treatments and classes; EFT Tapping guided sessions, Massage Therapy.
https://www.bostonreiki1.com

This space has held many quiet moments of clarity and healing over the years. If you’d like to experience a session, you...
12/06/2025

This space has held many quiet moments of clarity and healing over the years. If you’d like to experience a session, you can book here:
https://www.bostonreiki1.com/booking

Reiki is for self healing, or to help friends and family. My clients who end up taking Reiki Level One often started wit...
12/03/2025

Reiki is for self healing, or to help friends and family. My clients who end up taking Reiki Level One often started with a Massage + Reiki session because they wanted to feel the energy for themselves first. If you’ve been wondering what Reiki is like, check it out here www.bostonreiki1.com/boston-reiki

I can't believe this was the first post I saw today. We are kicking off a 10 Day "Now Moment" Grounding Challenge. Today...
09/10/2025

I can't believe this was the first post I saw today. We are kicking off a 10 Day "Now Moment" Grounding Challenge. Today! I just wrote a final sign up email. I'll share it in the comments. Join us in connecting with the earth, your breath, your inner being. 🤩

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“an approach to healthcare that emphasizes deliberate vibrant living, and health-positive choices...as opposed to clinging to diagnosis and treatment of disease.” My page is for connecting about things that make us well, that make us feel awake and alive. I hope you will see something here that makes you smile, or think, or feel uplifted for a few minutes during your busy day.

In my Boston practice I offer massage therapy, especially for headaches and neck pain, and Reiki sessions and classes. The Reiki community offers a safe place for you to do you, to honor and be honored by like-minded folk looking to be still and grateful for a few minutes, to put down our phones, take some deep breaths and just be.

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