Cristina Martins

The turning point in my life happened in October 2013. I was at a dance convention with my daughter, her friend and her friend’s mother (Karen), when one of my constant migraines went from manageable to crippling. Karen asked if I was open minded and that she would like to try reiki on me to see if that would get rid of my migraine.
Let me take a few steps back: I work for a large laboratory group in the world and run a department of about 25 people. My job is day after day of stress and my evening is running around managing a household with two teens. I had always had migraines but in 2011, they started increasing. By 2013 I was in constant pain, taking pain killers and trying not to take too many sick days because of the pain.
OK, back to October 2013 and the dance convention. We had rented a lovely room at the Pan Pacific with a grand view of the street and the tops of the birds flying by -being a scientist, I was not convinced this was going to work and sad that I was not going to enjoy the room. Karen asked me to lay on my back and close my eyes. When she started, I felt heat, comfort and peace. I got up from the session, feeling a bit better, my migraine had gotten better but was still there. An hour later, the migraine was gone and I had a feeling of euphoria. Karen was working towards her teaching certification and asked if I would be interested in being one of her test cases. What did I have to lose?
I started seeing Karen weekly and my migraines subsided, after 3 sessions, they were gone. I stopped seeing Karen, a month and a bit afterwards and shortly after no longer receiving treatment, the migraines came back..
It was at that time that I ran into a friend that worked with my at the lab. I knew his wife (Melanie) -she has her Masters in Science and I remember that she worked for an environmental consulting company. I found out that Melanie was no longer in the consulting business but quit her job a few years back and was a Reiki Master/Teacher.
I contacted Melanie and learned she was holding a level 1 class -I jumped at the opportunity and have not looked back. I am currently working on my level 2, feeling amazing and I am seeing the world around me in a differently. I did not realize how toxic I was and how toxic my life was -not toxic in the sense that I was a bad person or doing bad things, but toxic in the anger I was holding, my outlook on life and my expectation of the people around me.