Social Justice

The Best Reiki Practitioners Don’t Have Perfect Lives

Choosing a Healer Who Gets It Photo: Vanessa Owen & Gavin Stewart You know what nobody tells you when you're looking for a reiki healer? The best ones usually don't have it all figured out. Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying they are huge messes. It would be hard to start and operate a reiki practice in that case. They're human. They're still learning. They're navigating life while also holding space for others. But what they do have is devotion to their own healing and a cal

Rev. Marshall K Hammer

1 day ago7 min read

Listening to Grief: Where Our Losses Point Us Toward Healing

(Part 2 of 2) In Part 1, we looked at how grief—both personal and collective—carries sacred information about what we're losing and what matters most. We looked at how our culture struggles to hold space for even tangible losses, let alone the perceived, energetic, and collective grief we're all carrying. We named the grief of late-stage capitalism and how the system that creates our grief also denies us time to feel it. Now, the question becomes: what (tf) do we do with all

Rev. Marshall K Hammer

Nov 114 min read

Grief as Prophecy: What Our Losses Are Trying to Tell Us

(Part 1 of 2) This two-part series explo res grief as sacred information rather than something to simply "get through." In Part 1, we'll look at what our personal and collective losses are trying to tell us. In Part 2, we'll explore how to work with grief as a teacher and guide toward healing. What if grief isn't something to get through, but something to listen to and to be guided by? Photo by Anthony Lim / Unsplash What can I say? We live in a culture that treats grief l

Rev. Marshall K Hammer

Oct 215 min read