In this Reiki minisode, I open the binders, teachings, notes, quotes, lineage stories, and reflections that have traveled with me through more than 30 years of Reiki practice and teaching.

This episode is a deeper dive into the philosophy, energetics, healing principles, spiritual foundations, and real world applications of Reiki, including the attunement process, the Reiki principles, energy healing, nervous system support, intuition, healing relationships, and the role of the practitioner in holding space for transformation.

I also share excerpts and teachings from my lineage, stories from clients, scientific and medical perspectives on Reiki, and reflections on what it means to live as a more grounded, heart centered, energetically aware human being.

This episode is for anyone curious about Reiki, already practicing Reiki, or feeling called toward healing, embodiment, service, emotional growth, and deeper connection to themselves and others.

In this episode:
• Reiki philosophy and energetics
• the meaning of Reiki and attunements
• the Reiki principles
• chakra awareness and healing
• nervous system support and regulation
• Reiki and emotional healing
• holding space for transformation
• intuition, empathy, and energetic awareness
• scientific and medical perspectives on Reiki
• stories, lineage, and reflections from over 30 years of Reiki practice

This minisode is part of my upcoming:

First + Second Degree Reiki Certification Retreat
September 27–30, 2026
Depoe Bay, Oregon

This intimate oceanfront retreat includes:
• First + Second Degree Reiki certifications
• Reiki attunements
• hands on practice
• sound baths
• beautiful catered meals
• ocean walks
• nervous system restoration
• meaningful connection and integration

Only 3–6 spaces available.

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In this guided chakra meditation, I lead you on a gentle journey through the 7 energy centers of the body, inviting grounding, emotional healing, nervous system regulation, empowerment, intuition, heart opening, expression, and deeper connection to yourself.

This minisode is an invitation to slow down, soften, breathe, and reconnect to the wisdom already living within you.

Through visualization, breath, affirmations, and energetic awareness, we move from root to crown, awakening each chakra and allowing the body to settle into greater balance, presence, clarity, and peace.

I especially recommend listening lying down, before sleep, after a stressful day, or anytime you are craving reconnection and energetic restoration.

In this episode:
• guided chakra meditation
• nervous system grounding and regulation
• root through crown chakra healing
• breath and visualization practices
• energetic balance and embodiment
• intuition and energetic awareness
• emotional healing and self connection
• Reiki inspired meditation and restoration

This minisode is part of my upcoming:

First + Second Degree Reiki Certification Retreat
September 27–30, 2026
Depoe Bay, Oregon

This intimate oceanfront retreat includes:
• First + Second Degree Reiki certifications
• Reiki attunements
• hands on practice
• sound baths
• beautiful catered meals
• ocean walks
• nervous system restoration
• meaningful connection and integration

Only 3–6 spaces available.

Details on the homepage:
www.sageandblushwellness.com

Questions:
[email protected]

Instagram:
@siribaructhornton

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In this guided storytelling minisode, I share the history and lineage of Reiki beginning with Dr. Mikao Usui’s awakening on Mount Kurama and tracing the path of Reiki through generations of teachers until it eventually reached my hands.

This episode is a meditation, a remembering, and an invitation into the deeper heart of Reiki as a living lineage of healing, intuition, presence, and unconditional love.

In this episode:
• the origin story of Reiki
• Dr. Usui’s awakening and the sacred symbols
• the Reiki lineage through Hayashi, Takata, John Harvey Gray, Libby Barnett, Karen Krieger, and beyond
• Reiki as remembrance and energetic healing
• the bridge between lineage, intuition, and modern life
• why Reiki continues to support nervous system healing, grounding, and emotional wellbeing today

This minisode is part of my ongoing Reiki series and includes updated reflections and information for our upcoming:

First + Second Degree Reiki Certification Retreat
September 27–30, 2026
Depoe Bay, Oregon

This intimate oceanfront retreat includes:
• First + Second Degree Reiki certifications
• Reiki attunements
• hands on practice
• sound baths
• beautiful catered meals
• ocean walks
• nervous system restoration
• meaningful connection and integration

Only 3–6 spaces available.

Details on the homepage:
www.sageandblushwellness.com

Questions:
[email protected]

Instagram:
@siribaructhornton

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In this episode, I share the story of how Reiki first entered my life through my mother’s healing journey and how the practice quietly transformed the course of my life and work over the past 30+ years.

This conversation explores:
• what Reiki actually is
• how Reiki supports nervous system regulation, intuition, grounding, and emotional wellbeing
• the bridge between science, healing, and energetic awareness
• why Reiki is far more practical and accessible than many people realize
• how Reiki can support everyday life, caregiving, creativity, relationships, and self trust

Whether you are completely new to Reiki or have been curious about it for years, this episode is an invitation to soften, reconnect, and remember the healing capacity already within you.

This episode is part of my ongoing Reiki series and includes updated reflections and information for my upcoming:

First + Second Degree Reiki Certification Retreat
September 27–30, 2026
Depoe Bay, Oregon

This intimate oceanfront retreat includes:
• First + Second Degree Reiki certifications
• Reiki attunements
• hands on practice
• sound baths
• beautiful catered meals
• ocean walks
• nervous system restoration
• meaningful connection and integration

Only 3–6 spaces available.

Details on the homepage:
www.sageandblushwellness.com

Questions:
[email protected]

Instagram:
@siribaructhornton

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In this expansive and deeply honest conversation on The Authentic Creative: Expanding Our Capacity to Feel Good, I dialogue with an incredible group of women about entrepreneurship, caretaking, creativity, nervous system regulation, motherhood, perimenopause, ambition, sisterhood, and what it means to build a life that actually feels aligned.

We began together in live breathwork, releasing grief, pressure, exhaustion, overwhelm, and expectation before moving into a vulnerable and powerful conversation about the realities of holding so much as women.

This episode is an invitation to soften, to reconnect with yourself, and to remember that you do not have to carry everything alone.

In this episode, we cover:

• The invisible emotional labor women carry every day
• Entrepreneurship, motherhood, caretaking, and creative ambition
• Learning to stop overfunctioning and allowing others their own journeys
• Perimenopause as an initiation into deeper wisdom and self trust
• Nervous system regulation and emotional resilience
• Sacred sisterhood and the healing power of being witnessed
• The importance of creating spaciousness and rest
• Breathwork as a tool for release, reconnection, and transformation
• Letting go of perfectionism and performance
• Boundaries, self care, and understanding your true capacity
• Creativity, divine timing, and trusting what is unfolding
• The relationship between clutter, overwhelm, and emotional energy
• The “witching hour” and listening to the whispers within
• Reclaiming softness, self love, and presence
• Learning to celebrate ourselves instead of constantly moving the goalpost forward

Panelists

• Heather Dimock
Instagram: @whatsthatwhisper

• Johanna Watts
Instagram: @johannawatts

• Elizabeth Munoz
Instagram: @mselizabethmunoz

• Stephanie Fodor
Instagram: @stephanie_fodor

• Tabatha Dobrun
Instagram: @tabatha_debruyn

• Stephanie Minter
Instagram: @beachvibesdoc

• Robin Cohen
Instagram: @robyncohenactingstudio

Work with me privately

If this conversation resonated with you and you are a high capacity woman, leader, caretaker, entrepreneur, creative, or space holder who is carrying a lot and craving deeper support, my private 3 month online Breathwork container may be exactly what you are looking for.

This is intimate, highly personalized support where we work together through transformational breathwork infused with Reiki, nervous system regulation, emotional release, embodiment, creativity, and reconnection to yourself.

You do not have to hold everything alone. Details here: https://www.sageandblushwellness.com/purchase/p/12-transformational-breathwork-reiki-the-artists-way-series

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Website: www.sageandblushwellness.com

Upcoming Retreat

Reiki by the Sea: A Residency for Reiki Practitioners
Depoe Bay, Oregon
June 28 through July 1

An intimate oceanfront retreat experience for Reiki practitioners ready to deepen their practice, reconnect with themselves, receive, rest, breathe, expand, and be held in beautiful community by the sea. Details here: https://www.sageandblushwellness.com/purchase/p/reiki-by-the-sea-a-creative-residency-for-reiki-practitioners

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In this episode, I dialogue with Olga Naiman, a designer, author, and visionary whose work lives at the intersection of psychology, embodiment, and the spaces we inhabit.

From her early life as a child refugee to becoming the voice behind spatial alchemy, Olga brings a deeply personal lens to transformation. We explore how our environments hold our patterns, reflect our inner world, and can become active participants in our healing and expansion.

This conversation moves beyond aesthetics into something much deeper: how your home can become a living extension of your nervous system, your desires, and your future self.

What we explore in this episode:

• Olga’s journey from Ukraine to the United States and how it shaped her work
• How trauma, displacement, and dissociation informed her relationship with space
• The origin of spatial alchemy and the connection between psychology, somatics, and design
• How your home reflects unconscious patterns and outdated identities
• A powerful process for change: seeing what is, dissolving what no longer fits, and seeding what is next
• Why decluttering alone is not enough and what deeper energetic release looks like
• The symbolic language of your home and how to begin working with it
• How small, intentional shifts in your space can create meaningful change in your life
• The role of altars and meaningful objects as anchors for intention and manifestation
• Real examples of transformation through working with space

What you’ll receive from this episode:

• A new lens for understanding your home as an extension of your inner world
• Practical ways to begin shifting your space right away
• Deeper awareness of how your environment impacts your nervous system
• Inspiration to create spaces that support your clarity, vitality, and expansion

Connect with Olga:

• Book: Spatial Alchemy: Design Your Home to Transform Your Life
https://www.amazon.com/Spatial-Alchemy-Design-Your-Transform/dp/1648291473

• 1:1 Session: The Roadmap
https://www.thespatialalchemy.com/the-roadmap

• Website:
https://www.thespatialalchemy.com

• Instagram:
@olganaiman

Call to Action

If this conversation opened something in you, I invite you deeper into this work.

My 3 month private Breathwork and Reiki container is a space where we work directly with your nervous system, your patterns, and your capacity to feel good in your life.

This is intimate, personalized support where what we uncover becomes embodied and integrated.

You can learn more and reach out here:
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This morning’s minisode is completely unscripted and unedited. I followed what was alive for me in the moment, and what came through was a conversation I didn’t plan but clearly needed to have with you.

It began with something simple. A note on my to do list. A message from my son. Love yourself. And it opened into something much deeper.

I explore what self love actually means beyond the phrase we hear so often. I share honestly about where it still feels challenging, even after decades of working with Reiki and spiritual practice. I talk about how love is not always a feeling we can access on demand, and how it often lives in the moments where we choose to stay with ourselves through discomfort, fear, and resistance.

This episode moves through real life examples. Parenting. Losing patience. Showing up in community. Going to the gym when it feels intimidating. Building something as an entrepreneur. All of it becomes the practice.

Self love, for me, is starting to look less like a concept and more like a willingness to face what feels hard and stay connected to myself in the process.

In this episode, I share:
• How a simple message from my son shifted my perspective on self love
• Why self love can feel abstract even after years of spiritual practice
• My personal relationship with Reiki as a practice of unconditional love
• The connection between courage, confidence, and self love
• What it looks like to love myself in moments where I feel like I’ve fallen short
• How physical challenges like working with a trainer are becoming a new pathway for growth
• The role of discomfort, fear, and resistance in building inner strength
• My experience navigating community, vulnerability, and introversion after moving
• How to relate to negative inner dialogue without identifying with it
• Why self love is a lifelong practice and possibly the reason we are here

A note from me:
I would genuinely love to hear from you. What does self love feel like in your body and in your life. When have you experienced it most clearly. You can reach out and share with me anytime.

If you are feeling called into deeper support and want a consistent space to return to your body, your breath, and your own capacity to feel good, I offer a private 3 month container where we work together through Transformational Breathwork and Reiki.

You can explore that here:
www.sageandblushwellness.com

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In this conversation, I dialogue with Sarah McCrum, author of Love Money Money Loves You, and what unfolds is a deep and unexpected exploration of money as energy, as relationship, and as something that is actually responding to us.

Sarah shares how, in the aftermath of a devastating business collapse, she began receiving what can only be described as a transmission. What started as journaling turned into a body of work that has now impacted thousands of people’s relationship with money, generosity, and value.

We explore what it means to be in relationship with money rather than in pursuit of it, and how our thoughts, emotions, and even subtle contractions can shape what we receive or block.

This conversation moves between the mystical and the practical, from channeling and energy transmission to pricing, service, and building a business rooted in integrity.

We talk about
• why money responds to clarity, openness, and trust
• how generosity and service actually create flow
• the discipline of not turning against yourself when you feel fear or contraction
• why making money for its own sake feels empty
• and how true wealth includes purpose, contribution, and alignment

One of the most powerful threads is the idea that as we expand our capacity with money, we are also stepping into greater responsibility. Not just for ourselves, but for what we are here to contribute.

This is a conversation about power, trust, and the quiet, steady rewiring of how we relate to receiving.

Website: http://sarahmccrum.com/

Instagram: @sarah_mccrum

Sarah is an author, educator, and business innovator who explores the deeper relationship between money, value, and human flourishing. Her work bridges business, consciousness, and personal transformation, helping individuals and organizations rethink how money flows through their lives and the world.

If this conversation is landing in your body, there is something in you ready to shift. I want to invite you into my 3 month private container.

Through transformational breathwork infused with Reiki, ongoing support, and real time conversation, we work directly with your nervous system, your patterns, and your capacity to receive. This is about creating the internal conditions where things can finally move. If you are ready for that level of support and depth, you can reach out to me directly or find more at
www.sageandblushwellness.com

Website: https://www.sageandblushwellness.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siribaructhornton

Offerings include
Transformational Breathwork infused with Reiki
Private 3 month containers
Women’s retreats
In person breathwork and sound bath evenings

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“I just let myself feel the ecstatic grief of all of that in the moment.” - Amber Lilyestrom

In this deeply moving and expansive conversation, I dialogue with Amber Lileystrom about what it means to build a life and business that actually reflects who you are now, not who you’ve been conditioned to be.

Amber shares how her work has evolved into something more intimate, more precise, and more truth led. We explore the shift away from constant scaling into what she calls “right sized business,” where your life, your values, and your actual capacity guide what you create.

We talk about identity, self trust, and the patterns that quietly shape our results, especially in business and money. Amber introduces her Money Codes Method and how uncovering adaptive safety patterns can radically shift what’s possible without forcing or overcomplicating the process.

There’s also a powerful reframe around the nervous system. Amber questions the language itself, offering the idea that what we call the nervous system might actually be more like a grounding system or a root system, something stabilizing rather than something inherently anxious.

And at the end of this episode, Amber shares a poem from her book Little Big Beautiful Things, which is truly one of the most powerful moments of the conversation. It’s a visceral, emotional reflection on life, love, motherhood, and being held that you can feel in your body as you listen.

In this episode, we cover:
• The Dream Journal practice and how desire reveals deeper truth 
• What it looks like to stop over holding and begin relating to life differently
• Right sized business and redefining success in a way that actually fits your life
• Why intimate spaces often create deeper and more sustainable transformation
• Amber’s Money Codes Method and uncovering adaptive safety patterns in business
• How identity and past experiences shape results more than strategy alone
• A reframe of the “nervous system” as grounding or root based support
• The role of truth, grief, and fully experiencing your life
• Letting go of outdated identities and returning to who you actually are
• The power of poetry as a transmission of truth and lived experience

Connect with Amber:
Website: amberlilystrom.com  Instagram: @amberlilystrom  Substack: Amber Lileystrom

If this conversation stirred something in you, especially around how much you’ve been holding and the desire to live and lead from a more grounded, embodied place, this is where my work meets you.

My 3 month private breathwork and Reiki container supports you in expanding your capacity to feel, process, and move what’s been held in the body so your life and work can actually align with who you are now.

This is intimate, real time support for women who are ready to stop overriding themselves and start living from a deeper place of truth.

Reach out to me directly to explore if this is aligned for you.

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For 30 years I have been working with energy, breath, and the body, and this conversation meets that same level of truth through the lens of making, creating, and earning mastery.

In this episode, I dialogue with Amy Foster, songwriter, novelist, and maker, in a conversation that is bold, honest, and deeply grounding.

Amy names it clearly
“If you can’t handle the fact that you’re going to suck, then get out.”
“The universe has its own clock. Sit down. Be humble.”

This is a conversation about what it actually takes to make something real.

We talk about truth, craft, mastery, discipline, creative process, finishing what you start, and the willingness to be bad long enough to become good. We explore her life between music, writing, and making, her experience with dyspraxia, cancer, Iceland as a place of transformation, and why honesty is the doorway to real creativity.

Amy does not romanticize creativity. She respects it. Mastery is earned.

About Amy Foster

Amy Skylark Foster, born in Victoria, British Columbia, grew up between Los Angeles and Toronto. She earned her degree at American University’s School of International Service, briefly imagining a career in diplomacy involving kaftans and dinner parties, which, sadly, is not the way diplomacy actually works.

A nudge from her father, David Foster, (a 16 time Grammy Award winning producer behind artists like Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and Chicago) led her to songwriting, where she co wrote hits like “Home” and “Haven’t Met You Yet” with Michael Bublé. She honed her craft in Nashville, writing lyrics as her full time work, and in the process discovered her true passion in novel writing.

She is the author of When Autumn Leaves and The Rift trilogy.

An avid maker, Amy paints, spins, embroiders, knits, and sews both clothing and quilts, while continuing to write novels and the occasional lyric. Now splitting time between Portland and Akureyri, Iceland, she founded Valkyrie Fiber, the first and only Merino Icelandic yarn hybrid, and Valkyrie Craft, where she shares her mixed media art and upcycled creations while building a wider community of makers.

You can find her on Instagram @amyfosterhere and @valkyriefiber.

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If this conversation lands and you are ready to stop circling and start making something real in your own life, I invite you into my 3 month private container.

12 sessions across 3 months, breathwork, Reiki, and deep nervous system work designed to help you release what has been held and create from a grounded, embodied place.

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Breath returns us to the intelligence of the body, where what has been held can finally resolve.

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