Nicole Doherty Reiki Healing Los Angeles, California

What is Reiki and How Does It Help Me?

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What is Reiki energy healing?

When potential clients ask me what Reiki is I always ask them to simply book a session and experience it themselves. Describing an energetic healing session is like trying to describe Burning Man to someone who has never been.  You just have to experience it for yourself! Every session is different and the energy healing customizes to your bodies’ personal energy map.  That being said, I’ve described what it is, how it works, how it was discovered and its main benefits.

How Does it Work?

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that is done through touch. A warm and soothing energy flows from the practitioner’s hands into the client and promotes relaxation and release of tension.

Reiki is a Divinely guided healing light energy that we all carry within us. Reiki practitioners get attuned* to this energy and become more available to the understanding that we all have the capacity to move and work with energy. We are all powerful, energetic beings.

Reiki is guided by Source. The practitioner does not guide the Reiki, the Reiki guides itself and the practitioner is simply a channel for its direction. As the client, your energetic body tells the Reiki practitioner where it needs assistance and the practitioner becomes simply a conduit.   The Reiki practioners also receive healing while giving healing, so it’s a beautiful exchange of energy.

Reiki is easy to learn and gets more powerful and attuned as you practice.   There are various levels of Reiki and in each level you receive symbols that help different aspects of the energetic system.   Once you are proficient and receiving good bio feedback using the first system/level, then you will feel confident to move to the next level, until you reach Master status, thus then attuning others to this energy.

Reiki practitioners practice deep meditation on these specific symbols during your healing based on downloads they are receiving from your energy field.

How Was it Discovered?

The symbols were discovered in the same way that enlightened masters throughout time have received downloads – through a meditation journey high up in the mountains.

Reiki is a practice that is referenced in scriptures from ancient Tibet and was rediscovered by Mikao Usui in 1922, a doctor of Theology with the command of the English, Japenese, Chinese and Sanskrit languages.

After a 21-day meditation in solitude at Mt. Kurama, he was spiritually awakened and delivered the ancient symbols that are keys and vehicles for Reiki healing energy. Usui began to create healing miracles with this energy the moment after their discovery.

He opened up healing clinics all over Japan and subsequently it has spread in popularity in hospitals, clinics and private practices around the globe.

What Are People’s Experiences?

Here is some feedback that I have received from clients, so you can understand the wide range of experiences you can have.

“ During my session I felt energy and colors moving throughout my body. She helped me …. areas that were blocked… to help unblock these chakras. I left feeling grounded, yet light…”

“I always leave appointments … feeling energized and inspired…”

“… incredibly intuitive and identified my main areas tension and depletion without my telling her.  The treatment itself was super relaxing ….having left the treatment I was able to see more openness and capacity to give in my interactions with others. “

“… I felt uplifted, as if the air around me became galvanized….personalized the treatment based on my bio-feedback… I literally felt the world dissolve away.  I experienced powerful emotion at times and left feeling grateful.”

“… dredged up and released stored anger and frustration in me, leaving me feeling like I am walking on air. “

“…the minute you placed your hands above my head I saw a white beam of light and so much warmth and relaxation…”

What Are Some Benefits?

Here is list of benefits you may experience:

    • Balances the flow of energy for overall well-being
    • Provides relaxation and release of tension
    • Offers better and deeper sleep
    • Nourishes the physical organs and tissues
    • Supports the cells of the body and vital functioning
    • Shifts negative thinking and releases blocks that cause illness
    • Raises the vibration of the energy field
    • Cleans the aura
    • Clears the chakras, nadis and meridians
    • Brings up relationship issues to the surface for clearing

If you are interested in learning more about Reiki for your own healing, or interested in learning how to become a Reiki practitioner, feel free to contact me. As a Master Reiki practitioner, I can attune you to the Reiki energy or provide you with healing sessions.

*My next Reiki 1 Training & Attunement is on Saturday, January 31st 12:30pm to 7:30pm in a private residence in Venice.

Email nic@nicoledoherty.com for more info.

 

 

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2105: The Year of Infinity

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Happy New Year!

What a year it’s been already! 2015 is the Year of Infinity! It’s about BELIEVING, KNOWING, getting comfortable with UNCERTAINTY and TRUST. It’s ACTIVATION time light workers! Get ready.

In the Law of Attraction we talk about setting off Rockets of Desire. When you set off rockets of desire with the Purest of your heart’s intentions the Universe co-conspires with you to Create and Manifest. Our job is to be in a State of Alignment with Source so that we can receive the Great Blessings that are to come without Resistance. The Universe is working in the field of Infinite Possibilities. Our Third Dimensional Minds want to figure everything out and Control how all things will show up and appear based on past circumstances and evidence. The fact is – that that’s the Past and that’s old news!

The New Earth and New Thinking is to set off your desires (and really let ’em rip), Surrender and Believe. Know that the Universe is working with you for the Highest Good of You and for all of humanity. Any challenges that come your way are gifts to help you come more fully into alignment with your Higher Self.

When you practice this New Thinking and really Believe, you will be absolutely amazed at what appears! One of the main obstacles that you need to watch is the Ego. When you actually receive these Blessings, watch your Ego struggle and create Chaos in its disbelief!

This is what is happening right now in the World. Chaos. From Chaos we find New Order. Destruction and restructuring is happening around the entire planet. (Watch this video from Deepak Chopra‘s Down the Rabbit Hole series.)

According to Guru Singh, an enlightened Kundalini Master teacher, the year of 2015 is the Year of Infinity, or 8 (2+0+1+5). We moved into the Age of Aquarius and the true Ascension has begun. Have you seen all the shifts since 2012?

The year of Infinity is going to be about BELIEVING and KNOWING and getting comfortable with UNCERTAINTY. Nothing in life is certain. We must believe and KNOW ultimately that all of what is occurring is for the benefit of humankind and ourselves all set to the Divine Plan. We must TRUST!! Everything is happening according to a Divine Plan.

According to The Power Path, the theme for January is ACTIVATION!

“The year starts off with an intense period of release and initiation and a push from spirit to get all your ducks in a row. As we move from the more organized influences of 2014 into the chaos, creativity and destruction of 2015, it will be truly useful to take charge of what is being activated in your life, especially this month. This is not the month to be passive, apathetic or be waiting for someone else to solve what is not working in your life. This is a month to be disciplined about your boundaries and to step into your own creative power of choice around what gets activated and how.”

Get Activated! Set your heart’s desires on FIRE!

 

Nicole

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Don’t let money prevent your happiness

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I want to know your thoughts on this…my download that I wrote this morning.

For the majority of my life I used the excuse and societal programming “I don’t have enough money” to prevent me from doing things I wanted to do.  I’ve never made a ton of money. My largest income to date is $55K. I’m 42 years old. AND…I can pay all my bills, travel the world, be debt free, live on Venice beach, give to charity, have a new car, continually educate myself, get healings/massages, gift to my friends, play and eat well. I’m content and creative!

My message:  Don’t let money prevent your happiness and be the obstacle to getting what your soul really desires. Money is a mask for fear of taking risks and an excuse for not prioritizing yourself.

The lack mentality is so prevalent today. When your soul has passion for something, go for it and don’t let anything stop you!  The thing is, our society tricks us into believing that we need certain materials things. We have shifted our priorities away from our own healing, nurturance and ability to share.  We have become hoarders and slaves to material pressures. When you start to prioritize your heart, you can actually receive the gifts of true wealth, love and kindness.   Your heart recognizes the ability to share and when you can share, what follows is abundance of the heart, contentment and support.

In my experience, when I decided to stop running the scarcity program so many doors opened for me and what I needed appeared. I am still working on my relationship to money. I have had real fears and programming around it, instilled in me since birth.

I stopped hating money and using it as an excuse to shine my light.  I decided to treat it as an energy exchange only. I began to let it flow out naturally and to appreciate where it was going, to whom it was helping and would be grateful for it leaving my hands. I also began to let it flow in naturally because I could see that I truly deserved it coming to me for what I offer to the world as well. I tried not to get too entangled with it as being a symbol of materialism and viewed it as a symbol of exchange. Burning Man taught me about the gifting economy and I’ve begun to apply it more truly to all aspects of my life.

I’m learning that it represents an exchange that I co-create with just as much as I can co-create with the exchange of time. I can offer my services to people that help them feel well and they have talents that they can share with me. That in turn helps support me to give more and the cycle of love unites us. Time and money disappear, we become an exchange of love. When you give from your heart’s intention its energy is of the powerful Creator. Love begets more love.

What I have learned is that when you invest in yourself and your happiness abundance comes in many forms. If you believe you DESERVE happiness and you clear your vessel, the pathways will appear.  The universe co-creates and conspires with you if you BELIEVE in abundance.

Here are some things I have discovered around creating abundance:

1) Heal your wounds, limitations and relationship to the Self so you can believe you deserve abundance, love and money. You need to start with YOU.  Then you can help others.

2) What do you want to share with the world?

3) Do you have the skills/ability to offer this to the world?

4) Invest your time and energy into creating a toolbox that you can fill with all sorts of magical things to offer the world.

5) Don’t let anything stop you.  When there is a will there is a way.

6) Think creatively.  There are always creative ways to receive so you can give. Trade your time, assist a mentor, volunteer, share costs with a group.

6) Your happiness and abundance is not about money –  it is about your deepest desires!

7) Be clear about what your soul is here to do. The rest will come in time.

8) Your abundance and happiness depends on sharing it with those around you.

How do you create more abundance in your life?

I would love to hear your thoughts.
~Nicole

The Practice of Purging

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Dear friends & family,

For me, writing is a cathartic release. This is a creative form of purging. It’s an opportunity for me to challenge my weaknesses, self-reflect, let go of what I may bottle up and share myself with my community.
If there is one thing I practice well, it’s purging! We all need to do this to purify our bodies and minds, so we can grow, expand and see our divine true nature.How do we recognize our limitations, habits (samskaras) and the things lurking in the shadows that we need to release?

We practice turning inward. We pay attention to the people that reflect back to us. We see challenges arising again and again, so we stop and pay attention. We listen with great intent. We practice being alone.  We reconcile with our loneliness. We see and feel the stagnant energy. We shed light on the shadow. We make friends with our inner demons.  We face them with compassion, loving kindness and nurturance.  We practice tenderness. We practice being our best friends. We practice until we feel oneness in all and everything.

In our society, we are bombarded day in and out with extrasensory information. We are pulled out of ourselves and our center daily. Turning inward seems jolting. The landing is not always soft.  It’s easy to stay outside of these bodies looking at the pretty pictures, blinky lights and Facebook posts.  Yet, these temporal distractions can take up valuable real estate in our day and on our journey of expansion.

As I have moved classes into longer cool downs, seated poses and meditation as of late, I see the agitation, anger and frustration percolate to the surface. This is the purging process.  This comes from deep within the well of karmas.  Our ugliness needs to be seen and heard to transmute to beauty. We need to stop the “Spiritual Bypassing” and go deep beneath the surface and purge.

We are in the Age of Aquarius, we are raising the Kundalini energy of the planet and humankind. We are being called to burn through toxic karma, wounds, and ancestral patterning. We are being called to be subversives to the current paradigm.  We are here to raise our consciousness and spiral into the higher dimensions. It’s a huge responsibility, so let’s own it and purge!

I encourage you to take up practices that are inward reflecting and cleansing. I encourage you to spend time alone in silence to really see. I encourage you to sit in the shadows, cry and bang pillows against the floor to let out your rage and heal.  As challenging as it can be, it is more conscious than hiding and masking pain. The patterns of the past cannot be broken unless we spend time illuminating them.

We all have obstacles and suffering – that’s the path of being human.  We chose this Spiritual Warrior path and this time/space reality to expand and ascend. It’s time to stop beating ourselves up for our imperfections, shame, guilt, fear or anything that comes with being whom we are and what we’ve experienced.

We must love ourselves first and foremost with the utmost compassion that we can muster.   We must learn to love ourselves, our thoughts, words, emotions, bodies, minds and actions so unconditionally that nothing pulls us out of love. Let’s forgive, forget and keep on loving.

Then, we can truly share our hearts with one another and bring consciousness, peace and harmony to all that we touch.

Bowing humbly to the Goddess Mother Earth and all her beautiful beings! Sending you infinite love and light as this journey of awakening unfolds…

xo,
Nicole

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Yoga & Empowerment Retreat in Costa Rica with Nicole!

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YOGA & EMPOWERMENT COACHING RETREAT
in COSTA RICA with Nicole Doherty
at Buenaventura Rainforest Wellness Center & Encantada Beach-Front Retreat

Join Nicole for her signature Yoga & Empowerment retreat in Costa Rica! Spend 4 nights immersed in the rainforest along a pristine river at the sacred wellness center of Buenaventura in the Savegre River Valley and 4 nights on a peaceful and relaxing beach at Encantada on Playa Esterillos. Connect your Soul and Spirit to the Earth and Dive into the Magic, Beauty and Adventures of Costa Rica’s remote Jungles and Beaches. About: www.buenaventuracr.com | www.encantadacostarica.com

Experience Nicole’s powerful “Empower to Evolve” workshop series that was created for personal transformation. This rejuvenating and regenerating week-long retreat is designed to give you effective, practical tools that will empower you to explore new visions for your life. Enjoy daily yoga, pranayama, meditation, farm-to-table organic vegetarian/ vegan meals,“Fountain of Youth” waterfalls, blue clay skin treatments, rock pools, nature hikes and epic sunsets, and optional workshops and activities including “Cacao to Chocolate Making Workshop”, canopy ziplines, surfing, horseback riding and more!

What’s included:

  • 8 Nights Lodging (4 at Buenaventura / 4 at Encantada)
  • All Meals
  • All Ground Transfers
  • Daily Yoga Classes & Meditation
  • 3 Yoga and Empowerment Workshops
  • Edible Food Forest Organic Farm Tour
  • Avatar Adventure Hiking Tour to Waterfalls & Blue Clay Mud Baths
  • Trip Planning Services by Tico Guide Travel

What past retreat goers say about Nicole & her retreats:

“WOW. I really don’t know where to begin. I’m sitting here eating my bland, boring, non Chef Robin made dinner and just reflecting on the weekend. This entire weekend was just incredible and I am so grateful that I was a part of it. You are so AMAZING and I can’t thank you enough for putting on a magical retreat that allowed me to reconnect with myself and also connect with other spiritual, curious, and open people. I look forward to the another retreat with you : )Thank you again Nicole!”
xoxoxo,
Allie K

“Ahhhh…  I am just reading this and drawing in a deep breath.  Thank you so much once again for the beautiful support and love during the retreat and after. Life has so many gifts!   I am moving forward and finding my glass half FULL and full of HOPE. With Gratitude and love…”
Cindy
Ojai Retreat Fall 2014

“It was so amazing and empowering…and I feel so blessed that it was my first yoga retreat experience led by Nicole Doherty, I don’t have the words to even describe how i feel but just blessed!! Xo”
Sheryl
Goda Yoga Student, Ojai Fall Retreat 2014

Retreat Cost:
$1,662 USD (Double Occupancy) / $1,942 USD (Single Occupancy*)
Rates are Per Person / * Single Rooms only available at Buenaventura
$250 Non-refundable Deposit lock down the best rooms when you sign up early
Balance due by January 15th, 2015 so we can book best fares/accommodations/tours

LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE.  INTIMATE GROUP SETTING.

Additional Expenses NOT included:
Airline Fare (~$650-$750 from LAX or SFO), Travel Insurance (~$150), Airport Exit Fee ($29), Tips, Alcoholic, Beverages, Lunch on 03/15, Optional Tours/Excursions not listed above, and Miscellaneous Travel Expenses (getting to/from LAX or SFO airports)

To reserve your space, first contact Nicole at:
nic@nicoledoherty.com
or call 415.378.8547

After we talk you can pay directly here through Paypal $250 non-refundable deposit per person.

And for travel logistics/accommodations:
Harlow Newton
Tico Guide Travel
harlow@ticoguidetravel.com
415-646-6917