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Exploring the Healing Power of Reiki through the Art of Poetry: A Reflection on Body Shaking

Writer's picture: Author Honey Badger Author Honey Badger

Updated: Feb 13



A peaceful Reiki healing session, focusing on balancing energy and promoting relaxation.
A peaceful Reiki healing session, focusing on balancing energy and promoting relaxation.


In the quiet hum of evening


when the sky spills amber and gold,


the world begins to whisper,


and within me, a symphony stirs,


a harmonic resonance,


the breath of energy floating,


the unseen currents of life


drawing nearer,


as I settle my thoughts


into the soft embrace of stillness. 



It’s the gentle slide of fingers,


cradling the tender edges of existence,


where the mind drifts, answering


the call of the body,


too long a captive to the weight


of burdens, unyielding like stone. 


And here, in this sanctuary of silence,


the universe unfurls,


as light begins to dance


upon the fingertips of the healer. 



With every heartbeat,


the energy pulses,


an electric tide surging


through cosmos and creation,


a vibrational thread


woven into the very fabric


of all that is seen,


and all that breathes unseen,


a tangible rhythm flowing


from sacred hands,


awakening dormant whispers


nestled deep in muscle and bone. 



Close your eyes


and breathe into the dark,


let breath be your vessel,


the vessel for time,


for remembering,


and as the world recedes,


you’ll feel the earth beneath,


solid yet surrendering;


roots entwining with spirit,


growing deeper into the ancient soil,


where history swells and murmurs


of life once lived, of battles fought,


and love held close. 



In this communion,


the body becomes both altar and prayer,


the temple housing all the echoes,


the cosmos contained


in the space between heartbeats,


and here is where I begin to tremble,


to shake gently as the energy flows,


like branches swaying softly


in the whispering winds of spring. 



Fingers glide, tracing


the map of concerns and cares,


across shoulders stooped


under the weight of the past,


over valleys etched deep—


fear, joy, sorrow, laughter,


the intricate patterns


captured in a delicate tapestry,


a fingerprint of existence. 



The magic unfolds,


a power born of compassion,


a flame kindled with intention,


fingers splayed like wings


upon the spine, the center


of a universe-charted labyrinth,


and with each light touch,


I feel as if the universe is rewriting


the story layered upon my skin,


each pulse in the ether


quaking with life,


shaking loose the heavy drapery


of doubt and despair. 



I find solace in the trembling,


as memories cascade and tumble,


like leaves cast adrift


by the gentle hand of autumn,


each falling leaf


a story of release,


the dance of letting go—


and I close my eyes tighter,


surrendering to the flow,


the ripples of energy


merging with my very own


in a glorious confluence of souls. 



Inside this gentle quaking,


the healer works like an alchemist,


turning pain into purpose,


loss into love;


every touch like a river carving


a channel through the stone,


my body a landscape of possibility,


where once were blockades,


now are openings—


the gateways to healing. 



I awaken to the trembling,


the quivering of bones


that speaks of secrets,


stories echoing through sinew,


rising to meet the light,


my body shaking,


letting the light pour


through fractures and fissures,


across the valley of my chest,


where the heart beats


a wild percussion. 



It’s a dance of bones and breath,


of energy that wants to be heard,


each shake reverberating


against the backdrop of silence,


a clarion call for softness,


yearning for the radiance of touch,


to uncoil the tension


frozen in planes,


to reunite with joy


that once flowed freely,


like rivers finding their rightful course. 



In this thrum of vitality,


I discover shapes of memories,


layers of moments both heavy and light,


grains of sand in an hourglass,


each a reminder of time moving,


a fragile tapestry of existence


woven with laughter, tears, and grace—


all colliding in this electric embrace,


each pulse releasing, unraveling,


the sacred knots of life unlacing. 



As the Reiki flows,


it teaches me the beauty of stillness,


the poetry of body and flesh,


each quiver a sonnet of awakening,


a refrain echoing with the thoughts


that once lay dormant,


a cascade of energy


turning into effortless reverberations,


as love permeates in waves,


an orchestra playing a concert of release. 



Awash with color,


my spirit can finally soar,


the trembling whispers


confirming I am alive,


alive in this moment,


in these flowing threads of existence—


the sigh of a shared experience,


the stories flowing from heart


to heart, an unbroken chain,


the beautiful meeting of souls. 



I surrender to the vibration,


to the quaking waves of healing,


embracing the fullness of life;


like ripples across a vast lake,


each parched silence yields


to burgeoning whispers—


my body finding echoes


to call its own,


to shake and shimmy free


the crystalline shards of light—


the spirit unfurling in the open. 



And in that shimmering cradle,


I encounter all of me—


the shining threads of my existence,


woven through the fabric of time,


a weaver crafting connection,


flowing freely as a stream,


the heart known


among pangs and joy,


in the magnificent orchestra


of life that sings in union. 



Feel the body quaking,


letting ancient truths rush forth


in spirals of unveiling—


the truth of my journey,


the melody of existence,


awash in a river of healing energy,


where boundaries dissolve like wisps of smoke,


no longer held captive


by the weight of the world,


no longer a prisoner


of the past. 



In this dance with Reiki,


the silence swells into music,


and I find the courage


to rise and reconnect—


to touch the core of who I am,


to embrace the light within,


the undying fuel that drives


each heartbeat,


until the trembling transforms,


becomes the gentle murmuring


of a soul awakening,


in the golden dusk of life. 



As the energy swirls


and my body shakes in communion,


the horizon and I melt into one,


a sacred bond where shadows


merge with the light,


each pulse, each shudder,


a manifestation of grace,


the universe unfolding


in the temple of every breath. 



And thus, I am reminded—


in the sacred silence,


in the body shaking with Reiki,


I find the beauty of release—


in the quivering whispers,


the trembling stars aligning,


as I rediscover the piece of me


that has been waiting, waiting


to dance in the light of love


that flows, flows, flows


in this rhythm of healing. 

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