REIKI SHARE DAY: CALIBRATING YOUR INNER COMPASS! 🧭✨💗
HI EVERYONE!
24 hours of FREE REIKI with the SPACE CROISSANT CREW!
This week’s theme is:
THE INNER COMPASS: WHEN ANXIETY STOPS NAVIGATING 🧭💙
This week’s meditation is inspired by stories written by Carol Viana on Substack.
It starts NOW!
🌳🌳🌳 FIRST, OUR TREES! 🌳🌳🌳
Thanks to all of you, we reached our original goal of 500 trees!
Now we’re growing toward 800 TREES! 🌳💚
Would you help us grow our forest?
Google “how to plant a tree for a dollar,” choose an organization you trust, plant a tree, and share your receipt in the comments so we can add it to our count.
If you wish, let your tree become your Tree-Self — a living connection you can return to whenever you need grounding, strength, or a reminder to breathe.
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EVERYONE ABOARD THE SPACE CROISSANT!
Last week, we visited our friend Anxiety.
She put down her clipboard.
She stopped trying to solve every problem.
She played with our cells.
And for a little while…
she rested. 🎨💙
This week, something strange has happened.
Captain Camilla Bok Bok is preparing the Space Croissant for launch.
She reaches for the compass.
And the needle is spinning.
Around.
And around.
And around.
🧭
Luckily, Uriel has arrived.
In Pretendland, Uriel is 444, the Angel of Science.
He carries a wrench 🔧, a cup of coffee ☕, and absolutely no patience for broken instruments.
He opens the compass.
Looks at the spinning needle.
Then looks at Anxiety.
Her alarm light is blue now.
Not red.
And Uriel understands immediately.
The compass isn’t broken.
It’s free.
💙
For years, whenever Anxiety sounded the alarm, the compass pointed away from whatever she feared.
Away from danger.
Away from rejection.
Away from failure.
Away from anything that felt uncertain.
And eventually we started confusing:
“I need to get away from this”
with
“This must be where I’m supposed to go.”
Uriel tells Camilla:
“The alarm points away. The compass points to you.”
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That is our meditation today.
THE ALARM AND THE COMPASS
Anxiety has an important job.
She notices problems.
She warns us.
She says:
🚨 “Be careful!”
🚨 “Something could go wrong!”
🚨 “What if they reject you?”
🚨 “What if you fail?”
Sometimes we need that information.
But Anxiety cannot always tell us where we actually want to go.
That is the job of the Inner Compass.
And the Inner Compass is much quieter.
So today we are going to practice listening.
🪽✨ 444 — A CALL TO ALIGN ✨🪽
Find a comfortable position.
Place your hands open in your lap as though you are holding a compass.
Take a gentle breath.
In for four.
1…2…3…4.
Hold comfortably for four, if that feels good.
1…2…3…4.
Out for four.
1…2…3…4.
Repeat a few times.
If holding your breath doesn’t feel comfortable, simply breathe slowly.
There is no perfect way to do this.
Now imagine your body gently settling into alignment.
Your cells begin lining up.
Not like soldiers.
Like children waiting for the rainbow slide. 🌈😂
Some are giggling.
Some are bumping into each other.
Nobody is in trouble.
Everyone is simply coming home.
🧭💗
Now ask yourself something SMALL.
Tea or coffee?
Read or nap?
Music or silence?
Inside or outside?
Don’t analyze the answer.
Notice what happens in your body.
Does one answer make you soften?
Does another create tension?
Maybe you feel warmth.
A tingle.
A word.
A picture.
Or nothing at all.
That’s okay.
We are just practicing.
Ask another small question.
And another.
We are NOT beginning with:
“What should I do with the rest of my life?”
😂
We’re learning what our own voice feels like first.
💗 MEET YOUR INNER COMPASS 💗
Now imagine a tiny door beneath the compass needle.
The door opens.
Someone steps out.
Your Inner Compass.
Maybe she looks like you.
Maybe he looks completely different.
Maybe it is simply a little light.
This part of you has been there all along.
Quietly waiting.
Ask:
“What would you like me to know?”
Listen.
Don’t force an answer.
Then, when you’re ready, ask:
“What do I want?”
Breathe.
Wait.
Notice what arrives.
A feeling.
A picture.
A word.
A memory.
Or maybe silence.
You don’t have to act on anything today.
You are simply practicing hearing yourself.
💗 THE LOVE CIRCLE 💗
Now imagine the Space Croissant Crew surrounding you with Reiki and UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
If you’d like to receive Reiki, simply say:
“I accept.”
Imagine Reiki gently flowing through your body.
Not moving the compass needle.
Not choosing your direction.
Not telling you what to do.
Just illuminating the compass so you can see it more clearly.
✨🧭✨
Uriel taps the compass with his wrench.
444 — CALIBRATED.
Hopefully he spelled it correctly.
😂
Now imagine Anxiety nearby.
If her alarm goes off, don’t fight her.
Tell her:
“Thank you for trying to protect me.”
“I hear you.”
“But you don’t have to navigate right now.”
Maybe give her a book.
Or some crayons from last week. 🖍️💙
Then return to your compass.
Ask again:
“What do I want?”
Listen gently.
Remember:
The alarm points away.
The compass points to you.
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OUR 24-HOUR EXPERIMENT
For the next 24 hours, practice asking yourself SMALL questions.
What do I want to eat?
Do I need rest or movement?
Do I want quiet or company?
Do I actually want to say yes?
Notice your yes.
Notice your no.
Notice your maybe.
Notice when fear is speaking.
Notice when something quieter is speaking.
And please don’t worry if you can’t hear your compass clearly yet.
If Anxiety has been very loud for a long time, your Inner Compass may simply need some practice being heard.
Be patient.
Listen kindly.
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TOMORROW, COME TELL US!
Did you notice your Inner Compass?
What did your “yes” feel like?
What did your “no” feel like?
And what happened when Anxiety realized she didn’t have to drive? 😂💙
This is an imaginative Reiki and self-reflection exercise. It is not meant to replace professional medical or mental-health care when needed.
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AND DON’T FORGET OUR TREES!
Our next goal is 800! 🌳💚
If you plant one today, share your receipt so we can add it to our forest.
Your Tree-Self might also make a pretty good place to sit whenever you need to check your compass.
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This is Master Storm.
I am an Usui Reiki Master.
I, along with Master Phoenix and the Space Croissant Crew, am responsible for Gratitude Reiki, the website, and our Sunday events here on r/reikishare and r/reiki.
Thank you for allowing us to help all of you every Sunday.
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Below is more info about the Space Croissant Crew.
The Space Croissant Crew is a secular group, and our members are volunteers at Reiki Without Borders, a non-profit based in California.
Our group’s mission is to make Reiki popular, affordable, and accessible to all.
Here are some of the members of the Space Croissant Crew participating today. We’re 38 practitioners total:
1 - Startlight (she/her), Pakistan, GMT +5 (English, Urdu)
2 - Mystical Belle (she/her), India, GMT +5:30 (English, Hindi)
3 - Storm (she/her), USA, EST, GMT-4 (English)
4 - Erevos the Mage (he/him), USA, CST, GMT-5 (English, Spanish)
5 - Ethereal Ethan (he/him), USA, CST, GMT-6 (English)
6 - Phoenix (she/her), USA, EST, GMT-4 (English)
7 - Major Tom (he/him), UK, GMT 0 (English)
8 - Camilla Bok (she/her), Brazil, GMT-3 (English, Portuguese, French)
9 - Morwen Steelsheen (From LOTR) (she/her), Singapore, GMT+8 (English)
10 - Space Coconut (he/him), USA, EST, GMT-4 (English)
11 - Collin, the Alien (he/him), USA, CST, GMT-6 (English)
12 - Puzzle Piece Cat (she/her), Finland, GMT+2 (English, Swedish, Finnish)
13 - Moth (he/him), USA, EST, GMT-4 (English)
14 - Kat-A-Liza (she/her), USA, CST, GMT-5 (English)
15 - Luna, The Good Witch (she/her), Brazil, GMT-3 (Portuguese only)
16 - The 5th Kellement (she/her), USA, PST (English)
17 - Fortune Box (she/her), Germany, GMT+1 (English, German)
18 - Seraphina (she/her, they/them), St. Martin, Atlantic Time Zone, GMT-4 (English, French)
19 - The Lioness (she/her), EST, USA (English)
20 - Cerulelara (she/her), EST, USA (English)
21 - Emerald Hearth (she/her), EST, USA (English)
22 - Unicorn Neige (she/her), PST (English)
Thank you so much!!
Best wishes,
Master Storm – New Gratitude Reiki CEO, together with Master Phoenix, on behalf of the Space Croissant Crew.