My name is Jessy van der Walt, born in Belgium and immigrated to South Africa in 2003.  I studied Public Relations and event management and I have been a Reiki practitioner since 2015.

 

Chronic pain

 

My journey started when I was struggling with a chronic muscle spasm in my shoulder.  I had been exploring the usual conventional healing methods like massages, dry needling, acupuncture, physio and even went to a chiropractor.  None of these methods were giving any improvement and so I started on searching for alternative methods.

 

One day I was discussing my issue at work and one of my colleagues suggested to go for a Reiki session since it had helped her a lot.  Not even knowing or understanding what Reiki was I was willing to explore it.  After only one session I was pain free for nearly 8 months!  This had made such an impact on me that I decided to research this field of healing and finally completed my Reiki healing course in 2015 now able to help friends, family and anyone else who is seeking for a safe alternative solution for any emotional and physical issue.

 

It was also then when I realized that the main underlying issue for my chronic pain was emotional trauma and that I needed to address this in order to move forward.  Through prayer and meditation I was able to uncover and heal the trauma and have never looked back since!