The Essence of Working with The Awakened Caterpillar

Joseph has dedicated 13 years of practice to holding a deeply healing space for his clients to transform at a pace that is right for them and their journey. The sessions are held in Glastonbury, Somerset, UK (The Heart Chakra of the Planet).

In the simplest terms, he can resonate with deep-earth energies and higher-frequency compassion, depending on what is needed at any moment for the client.

As an empath, intuitive, and deeply sensitive, Joseph can listen to your system and tune in to where it is asking for gentle presence and attention to invite the possibility and potential for balance and harmony in those areas that may need them.

In Reiki terms, Joseph can listen for areas that have accumulated toxins on a physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual level, and bringing gentle, non-judgemental awareness to these areas can help bring about balance and transformation. 

What to expect during a session

The first session is always longer (90 minutes) so Joseph can take a history and fully understand where the client may want support. Once the necessary information has been collected, the client will be invited to the therapy couch and usually invited to lie on their back, fully clothed, with cushions, blankets, and bolsters to ensure comfort. Seated treatments are also possible for those who would require or prefer it. 

Joseph will then respectfully place his hands gently on specific areas of the client’s body, which is always negotiated in advance. Although touch can be very healing and comforting for most people, some may prefer a contactless treatment, where Joseph can hover his hands above the body instead. The client’s sense of comfort and safety is paramount, and the client is encouraged to provide regular feedback throughout treatment to enable adjustments as needed.

Most people feel very relaxed during the session, and there may be times when certain sensations or perceptions come to the foreground, which is a natural part of the process and the client’s system responding to the healing process.

Every client’s experience is unique, so it is best not to come with set expectations, and one session can be very different from the next for the same client. This is the magic and mystery of this work. Many clients who feel very little or nothing at all still have really positive results, so there is no rhyme or reason to the treatment’s effectiveness based on what the client perceives. 

There are many misconceptions, in my opinion, about Reiki and energy healing, of which I want to address some of the main ones here, should you be interested:

Channelling

The idea of ‘channelling’ energy has, in my humble opinion, become misunderstood. Yes, a skilled Reiki or energy-healing practitioner can connect with and resonate with universal life force energy, but it is the client’s system that decides whether to resonate with that energy. Nothing is passed on to the client. All healing is self-healing essentially.

The role of the therapist is to create an optimal environment for healing conditions to emerge and to facilitate the client’s process in a safe, nurturing space. This is done by resonating with what the client’s system is asking for from a deep space of non-judgmental, compassionate presence.

Attunements

Most Reiki practitioners have been through a process of Reiju, commonly referred to as ‘attunements’  or ‘initiation’ from their Reiki teacher. To be clear, this is not some magical process where an energy or power is ‘passed on’ from one person to another.

It was originally designed as a sacred ceremony to honour the nature of the work and to help the student to connect to what they already have available to them through earth vibrational and higher energies – the universal life forces that are fundamental to life. They are present in each and every one of us, and no one has any special ability to switch this connection on for another. It is through a grounded, skilled practitioner who has spent many years practising with these energies and listening to many different people’s systems that they can serve as a radio signal for the client. It is up to the client to tune in and resonate with the frequency, should they wish to.

Reiki Master

When I first trained in Reiki and completed my level 3 in 2014, I was awarded a certificate as a ‘Reiki Master’. Wow, I thought! What an achievement!

However, my journey had only just begun, and I quickly realised that I was not a Reiki Master and never would be. How could anyone be a ‘Master’ of Reiki? In Jikiden Reiki, there is no Reiki Master, simply a Reiki Practitioner and a Reiki Shihan (teacher). This is more appropriate in my opinion.

My main focus now is very much on helping others as an energy healing practitioner, but I also teach an Energy Healing Meditation Therapy programme for those who want to support themselves more actively, which I highly encourage all my clients to do. I do teach and train new Reiki practitioners and, upon request, discuss this with those who may be interested.