| As a young adult I kept a private journal. Some | | | | make a Reiki box out of a shoebox, or an empty |
| people might refer to it as a diary, but that was too | | | | cardboard box. You can decorate the box with |
| "girly" for me. Each night before bed I would spend | | | | pictures, words, anything that is sacred to you. Or |
| time writing down the event s of the day, important | | | | you can leave the box plain. The idea is to close all of |
| conversations, and any thoughts that I had. I didn't | | | | your worries inside of the box, or anything that you |
| worry about making sense or writing complete | | | | want help with, and place your hands on the box |
| sentences because no one else would be reading it. | | | | while sending Reiki energy to everything in the box. |
| Somewhere along the way I must have decided I | | | | Even if you are not a Reiki Practitioner, you can |
| was too old for a journal because I stopped writing. | | | | simply place your hands on the box and focus on |
| In hindsight, I don't recall having many sleepless nights | | | | holding the intention to heal everything in the box, |
| as a young adult. In fact, I remember being able to | | | | and trusting that it is being taken care of by the |
| sleep for long periods of time, sometimes to 1:00 on | | | | Universe. |
| the weekends. My sleepless nights didn't start until | | | | Other names for a Reiki box are God box, Worry |
| college was over and I joined the workforce. | | | | box and Thought box. No matter what you call this |
| What I have realized is the importance of writing | | | | box, they all work the same and have the same |
| down my thoughts before bed. By writing down any | | | | effects; helping to release worries so that you can |
| thoughts, worries, and concerns each night, it | | | | sleep better at night and manifest the things you |
| transforms them from thoughts to something | | | | desire in your life. If a Reiki box does not appeal to |
| tangible that I can put away until I am ready to deal | | | | you, other things you can do to release worries is |
| with them. Once the paper is full of all of my | | | | put the paper in the freezer to freeze them so they |
| repeating, nagging thoughts, I know that I don't need | | | | do not worsen, bury the paper underground to |
| to keep thinking them because they are written | | | | transmute the energy back into the earth, or burn |
| down. The purpose of writing something down on | | | | the paper. |
| paper is to remember it, without having to store it in | | | | So go ahead, be creative. Put all of those thoughts |
| your brain. | | | | inside a box so that you can get a good night's sleep |
| When Reiki became a part of my life, I learned that | | | | and have a great day. Even if you just want to call it |
| writing down my thoughts on paper is just the first | | | | a "box," it will still help to lift that load off your chest |
| step of dealing with them. Getting my worries down | | | | and get you to dreamland. |
| on paper allows me to sleep at night, but dealing with | | | | P.S. I recommend keeping your Reiki box away from |
| the worries is another aspect. A Reiki box is a place | | | | your bed so that it is completely out of your mind |
| to put all of these worries, concerns, prayers and | | | | and sight. |
| desires once they are written down. Anyone can | | | | |