About Sabine

When I think of healings I always seem to focus on the physiology of disease first. So many ailments in the body: chronic pain, headaches, stomach aches, complications from surgery, the list goes on and on.

It took a personal experience years ago to make me see very clearly that "Healings" happen on more than just the physiological level. Healing can mean the absence of an ailment, but it can also mean the acceptance of a situation, and starting anew with making the best of it. I have been there, and I can say today, at the 10th anniversary of my own situation: sometimes healing the physical body may not be possible to the extent we would like, but if we can heal into accepting what is, everything opens up again, and the sky is the limit.

Years ago at the end of January I woke up one morning with a detached retina. I had surgery, and within 3 days the retina detached again in the same eye. I had more surgery, complications arose, more surgery, more complications, more surgery, and even more complications. I ended up being totally blind in my left eye for over 1 1/2 years while having more surgeries to 'fix' the problem. It did not get fixed, and I was no longer the same person.

When you are used to having two eyes for seeing, losing eyesight in one eye causes you to lose your peripheral vision on that side. I started bumping into things, cabinets, people on my left side, and for a few weeks I constantly had some bruises on my face. Losing vision in one eye also causes the loss of depth perception. It took me months to learn how to compensate for that. Squeezing tooth paste on the tooth brush would take up to 7 attempts before being successful. I was able to drive due to normal vision in my right eye, but parking with the loss of depth perception is a different situation. I could not see how far away I was from other cars when I tried to maneuver into a parking spot, and every time I had to go out I was afraid not to find three space parking because that was what it took for me to be able to park the car at all.

Another change that was hard to adjust to was the fact that I could no longer operate at my normal speed. I was a multi-tasker, used to do things at 100 miles a minute, and all of a sudden I was reduced to the speed of a slug - and they were faster than me on most days. The whole situation was devastating, and I frantically waited for the day when everything would be back to normal again.

That day never came.

After 9 months of this blindness in my left eye, and the subsequent changes in my life, and the continuous attempts to fix the problem with more surgeries, I had a Reiki healing session with my Reiki instructor. Nothing changed on the physical level, but on a different level I suddenly was ready to accept the situation, and it made the difference between being miserable or making the best of it. I accepted what had happenend, and what was still happening, and I decided to move on, and to not let this stop me from anything.

It was the biggest lesson in my life - it gave me back my sanity, and it gave me the strength to change other situations in my life that were no longer working, and which needed to be corrected. This simple act of accepting what is was like being reborn.

I had been waiting so frantically for the day when everything would be back to normal. And now I was ready and willing to accept that everything in my life had become a New Normal. And it was okay. I went back to contradancing which I had always enjoyed, and which was a bit tricky in the beginning - it took some adjusting without peripheral vision in one eye. I missed cues, did not see my dance partners to the left, and it made for many awkward moments. The contradance community is wonderful - they are patient and kind people, and I learned to adapt.

I went back to Karate practice which was like starting all over because my spatial orientation was so out of whack. Again, my Karate seniors guided me to never give up, and I made brown belt that year which I would never have expected.

I went back to doing pottery. I am the eternal beginner, and that had not changed. I still am, and that's okay. It's my love for the process that keeps me going, and even though my progress is slower than snail's pace, I have learned a lot about firing techniques, glazing techniques, and, my favorite, Raku.

Life after acceptance had a different quality, and today I am grateful for all the experiences that being totally blind in one eye has brought me. I used to be the quick multi-tasker, now I am able to find beauty in doing things slowly, and only one thing at a time. My most memorable experience in regards to slowing down was a holiday crafts event at my kids school. I was totally useless and could not do anything, the noise, the people, the hustle and bustle totally overwhelmed me, and I finally gave in to the realization that I had best just sit in a corner and out of the way.

And then something really strange happened: mothers, who had been doing the hustling and bustling during this crafts event stopped in front of me, pulled up another chair, and remarked on the peacefulness of just sitting there, and watching the crowd. And when one mom left, another one sat down for a moment, and I realized that I had a new purpose in life: to provide a small space and a moment of peace by just being there. And it was then that my journey of accepting and making peace with my own situation had come to its conclusion: Things were just fine the way they were. I was just fine the way I was with my blind eye. The new normal was no longer new, it was just normal.

Most recently I discovered another aspect to the situation - something I would never have noticed if it had not been for my 'eye opening experience':

I am an empath, someone who feels other people's emotions in her own body. Empathy is a feeling of another's true emotions to a point where an empath can relate to that person by sensing true feelings that run deeper than those portrayed on the surface. An empath can sense the truth behind the cover and will act compassionately to help that person express him/herself, thus making them feel at ease again.

Today, I work with people on a daily basis in a variety of settings, and I see every day that healings can happen - on the physical level, emotionally, and mentally with just accepting what is, and taking it from there.

The one and only component that made a difference in my own situation was to receive Reiki healings during a Reiki session. Nothing changed on the physical level, but everything shifted on any other level. The healing I received was in the form of accepting what is, and to move on from there. I am healthier today than ever before, my life is better than ever before and all that because of a healing session that brought me to acceptance.

It was this amazing Reiki experience which showed me that everything is possible, and it was then that I  started to use my skills, education, training, and experience to teach Reiki to others, and to offer sessions to those who need them. 

Reiki sessions are a blend of energy healing modalities, intuitive counseling, and guided imagery. Clients report an increased feeling of peace, serenity, and the strength to return to everyday life after a Reiki session.

The word healing means 'to make whole and sound'. Allow me to awaken your self-healing abilities, and to help you become whole and sound again. Healing sessions never replace traditional medical care - check with your health care provider before scheduling a session.

For Reiki training or session please contact me at sabineprice@juno.com

Sometimes, just finding a peaceful place to take a deep breath is enough to heal. We offer Sabine's Quiet Guesthouse for rest, relaxation, reflection, and rejuvenating. Please check outhttp://www.sabinesquietguesthouse.blogspot.com/. We offer daily and weekly rates.