About
My Reiki story.
My first experience of reiki was when I was in hospital with a brain haemorrhage. The headache was relentless and the worst I had every had. A friend came to visit and said she’d just done a course on Reiki and had no idea if it would help but would I like to try. Of course, I said yes. I had no idea what it was, but I would have said yes to anything. She sat beside me in my hospital bed and held her hands over my head. She moved them around a bit and almost at once the pain stared to lift. It was like a wonderful cool breeze washing the pain away, and feltr like sitting under trees in a calm landscape. I was amazed and very grateful.
Years later I adopted an overseas rescue dog. She was very traumatised and in a very bad state. I didn’t know what to do to help her. I consulted many dog experts, binge-watched YouTube videos, but nothing worked. She accepted me but anyone else was greeted with a foaming of the mouth and manic barking. It dawned on me that she didn’t need training, she needed healing, and I was lucky to find a reiki master who worked with animals. I have never forgotten Louise’s first visit. I had Faun on the lead, growling, barking, and lunging at Louise who was sitting on her hands on the sofa not moving.
She said very quietly. ‘I’m going to start the reiki now’. She had nothing with her, and I had no idea what she’d do, but all of a sudden Faun not only stopped her raving, she actually fell over and went fast asleep!
I did all my reiki training with Louise Wilson and am very glad I did so. She is still my mentor and I’m so grateful to her for her inspired and gentle teaching. Louise is from Yorkshire, and very down to earth and natural about the whole subject. And that is how I practice too. It is a natural energy flow that everyone can learn to get in touch with. I really find it wonderful to help people with this ancient but powerful healing energy. www.touchofreiki.co.uk
I am an artist, I paint watercolour and I am a printmaker. www.carolynnichollsartist.co.uk
I am also trained in the following disciplines.
Certificate in Transpersonal Psychology. (Barbara Somers & Ian Gordon Brown) 1984-5
Mental Colour Therapy. The Maitreya School of Healing, (Lily Cornford and Joseph Leech) 1983. I continued as Lily’s helper for a further two years and ran a private healing practice.
National Federation of Spiritual Healers. (certified member 1985)
Tai Chi. I studied Tai Chi in London and Brighton for many years. Qi Gong. I studied Qi Gong in Melbourne
Usui Reiki 1 (2019) and Reiki 2 (August 2020) Reiki 3. (June 2021)
Creative Writing MA, West Dean College.
Alexander Technique, MSTAT, Constructive Teaching Centre. Walter Carrington and Dilys Carrington. www.carolynnicholls.com
Alexander Technique Teacher Training MA, University of East London
