What Happens When You Receive Reiki Healing Through a Podcast?

This is part two of the episode called What Happens When Reiki Finds You. Instead of waiting until next week to drop the episode, I wanted to get it to you all so you can experience the benefits of Reiki as soon as possible. Come back to this whenever you need to find a sense of peace. The benefits of Reiki are cumulative, so do this is as many times as feels right for you. 

I’ll guide you through a Reiki healing experience intended to help you find a sense of peace. If you want to understand how Reiki can work virtually and through a recording like this podcast, you can listen to episode 5.

The best way to experience Reiki is either lying down or sitting comfortably with back supported. If you choose to sit, I find it’s helpful to have a pillow on your lap to rest your arms.

We’ll start with some breathwork, so you ground, relax, and connect with your body. Then we’ll do a guided visualization for a couple minutes. I’ll then stop speaking and you’ll just hear music for about 15 minutes as you continue to receive Reiki energies. I invite you to open to receiving whatever you need right now. After the session, remember to drink a lot of water throughout the rest of the day. 

In the coming weeks, I'll be offering other recorded Reiki healing experiences focused on rest and resilience, confidence and empowerment, creativity, abundance, and joy and hope. Learn more at www.intrinsicly.com.  

What Happens When Reiki Finds You

What if an ancient healing practice could help you process emotions you've been avoiding and break patterns that keep you stuck? Reiki is now validated by research and used at major medical centers, but for me, it became the key to moving through fear and recognizing how I'd been trying to fix everyone but myself.

In This Episode:

My Story:

After leaving a company I'd been with for 19 years, the pandemic hit and I found myself frozen in fear—not just about COVID, but about my future. Remote Reiki sessions helped me process emotions I'd been suppressing and see patterns around codependency and trying to fix others that went back to my family of origin.

What's Next:

Part II drops tomorrow - a 20-minute guided Reiki healing session where you can experience this for yourself, wherever you are.

In the coming weeks, you'll also be able to access recorded Reiki sessions focused on recovery and resilience, confidence and empowerment, inner child healing, freedom, and body wisdom. Go to www.intrinsicly.com to learn more.

Citations and Studies:

Liu, K., et al. (2025). Effects of Reiki therapy on quality of life: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Systematic Reviews, 14(1), 1-10. https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/integrative-oncology/overview/ovc-20542190

Cleveland Clinic. (2024). Reiki: How Energy Healing Works. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/reiki

Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing. (2024). What Does the Research Say about Reiki? https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/what-does-research-say-about-reiki

Verywell Mind. (2024). What to Know About Reiki Healing for Self-Care. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-to-know-about-reiki-healing-for-self-care-8665540

What happens on the journey of releasing shame?

This is the question I reflected on after my conversation with poet David Morrin.

For me, and I know for many others, releasing shame is at the heart of personal growth and spiritual awakening. It's one of those limiting beliefs that can keep us from truly loving and accepting ourselves. In many ways, releasing shame is the path to self-love.

In This Episode

We explore the complex terrain of shame, self-acceptance, and what it means to  embody healing. David opens up about his journey from harsh self-criticism to self-love, and how that transformation shows up differently in the mind versus the body.

We dive into:

Featured Poetry:

David performs "Double Bacon Cheeseburger," a raw exploration of addiction, shame, and the cycle of self-punishment and numbing.

I share "A Lineage of Masks," reflecting on inherited patterns and the courage to be seen.

Reflections

The conversation reveals that releasing shame isn't a one-time event—it's an ongoing journey that includes the body, not just the mind and spirit. David's story illuminates how we can find mental peace and self-acceptance while our bodies still hold onto protective legacy patterns.

About David Morin

David is a gifted poet and performer whose work explores themes of addiction, healing, and transformation. His new poetry book "Milkweed" uses the metaphor of monarch butterflies to examine how we can transform what's trying to poison us into protection and healing.

Connect with Maridelle

What happens when courageous leadership means heart-led leadership? The word courage comes from the Latin "cor," meaning heart. So when we talk about courageous leadership and heart-led leadership, we're really talking about the same thing.

In this conversation with Daniel Weinzveg, we explore what it takes to lead with courage and from the heart. Daniel shares his powerful, yet simple AWE framework (Acknowledge, Wonder, Express) from his TED talk that has reached over 100,000 views in just three months.

What We Talk About

Life Imitating Art

Maridelle: General Leia from Star Wars – both powerful and nurturing

Daniel: Brother Ali's "Own Light, What Hearts Are For" - being heart-centered in a callous world

Reflection Questions

How do you lead and show up with courage and heart?

How can you polish your heart so it shines?

Connect with Daniel:

http://www.dweinzveg.com/

Daniel’s TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/Is3hmJOD1fQ?si=TZNkVl3clex92Uzh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dweinzveg

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-weinzveg-62b77621/

Connect with Maridelle:

https://www.intrinsicly.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maridelle-leyva-855358/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maridelleleyva/

What Happens When Our Only Intention Is to Connect

In this first episode, Maridelle Leyva introduces Sage Space and asks, “what happens when a conversation isn’t about performing, fixing, or proving anything, but simply about connecting? She reveals the answer…magic. The kind of magic that looks like wisdom, joy, breakthroughs, and healing.

She reflects on recording the first four episodes and noticing how conversations felt more meaningful when she set the intention to connect. She shares a practice she uses called Listening for Connection, which includes:

This episode includes a grounding practice, a lyric from the song The Day Brings by Brad, a story about a conversation with her son, and a reflection on silence inspired by Mister Rogers.

A practical invitation to bring more connection into the everyday…starting with yourself.

Maridelle's business and passion project, Intrinsicly, bridges modern science and ancient wisdom to help people and businesses thrive. Learn more at https://www.intrinsicly.com/. 

What Happens When You Begin to Release the Need to Be Perfect?

So…you're listening to the second recording of this episode. The first one felt off.  I had forgotten to set the intention to just connect. Instead, I was "recording a podcast". I was nervous, wanting it to be perfect, and trying to prove myself.

This time around, I remembered what actually matters: connection, and remembering that connection is far more important than perfection. Which leads to the question: what happens for you when you release the need to be perfect?

In this episode, I talk with Maja Varner about the process of her creating her newest offering. "The Science and Practice of Transformational Breakthroughs." We explore what holds us back from taking risks, and how perfectionism can block us from doing things that matter to us.

What We Talk About

What happens for you when you release the need to be perfect?

Connect with Maridelle Leyva

https://www.intrinsicly.com/

Instagram: @maridelleleyyva

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maridelle-leyva-855358/ 

Connect with Maja Varner

Instagram: @majavarner

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/majavarner/

In this inaugural episode, host Maridelle Leyva introduces Sage Space by exploring a simple yet profound question: what happens when conversations shift from performing, problem-solving, or information-sharing to purely connecting? Her answer: Magic. The kind that manifests as breakthroughs, wisdom, healing, and joy.

Drawing from her experience recording the first four episodes, Maridelle noticed how conversations felt transformative when she set the intention to connect, but fell flat when she forgot this practice. This insight led her to develop Listening for Connection, a framework built on three pillars:

What You'll Experience:

Maridelle reveals that when connection becomes the foundation, conversations naturally explore four themes: what calls us (purpose, dreams), what challenges us (struggles, obstacles), what moves us (emotions, beauty), and what transforms us (wisdom, growth, endings, new beginnings).

A practical invitation to discover the magic that emerges when we show up simply to connect—first with ourselves, then with each other.

Maridelle's business and passion project, Intrinsicly, bridges modern science and ancient wisdom to help people and workplaces thrive. Learn more at Intrinsicly.