I breeze into Labor & Delivery where I now know the nurse on the front desk on a first-name basis. She buzzes me in, big smile, asks when I’m gonna do some Reiki on her. (I always offer, trust me, but she’s been too busy for a five-minute break. ...
By far the quickest Reiki session I did this week was on a delightful two year old who I tickled and impressed with my cheek-popping and tongue-twisting abilities. (I have done the same tricks on kids from Guatemala to Laos, and only the desperately-needing-naps do...
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. (Plato) The weather has cooled enough that I can write this to you dear reader from my cozy back porch. (Not that it’s exactly arctic: I’ve got my feet soaking in a tub of...
The shape of my Reiki fellowship is like a river — always moving forward and fluid. Now that I’ve finally gotten my volunteer badge (in exchange for my blood, urine, social security and every other number government and Verizon has assigned to me,...
Life seems to be picking up and getting more delicious, and it’s not just the squash blossoms in my backyard garden that’s to thank. Maybe it’s the summer solstice, also known as midsummer, which is the longest day of the year — at least in my...
I’ve had to be at the hospital four days this week as part of GWU Hospital’s volunteer credentialling process. You have to do not one but two different applications, a physical, a background check (yes, I actually do have a record, which precludes me from...
