My Reiki Experience at Bliss Mobile Spa

by:Nadia J. Stark

February 27, 2022

I remember the very first time I saw the word Reiki. I was 15 years old working long hours after school at a horse barn. After a long week of shoveling, grooming, and looking after these gentle beasts I went to collect my pay. Sitting next to an envelope that contained my weekly earnings was my boss’ business card, and the words Reiki Master popped out at me. What on earth was a Reiki Master? I never found out the answer to my question until a decade later when I met Nadya Lopez, the owner of Bliss Mobile Spa.

I was in the south of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula enjoying my afternoon on the sandy beach in Playa Del Carmen when I was introduced to Nadya. I couldn't figure out what she was doing at 2 pm on a Tuesday with seemingly no care in the world. As we were chatting she mentioned she was a healer. And then, there was that word again, Reiki.

Reiki is energy healing, a Japanese practice that uses universal life energy to help take away pain, fatigue, and stress. It is a medicine of sort- however as of right now the International Association of Reiki Professionals (IARP) specifies that it does not “fix” you, it simply allows the Reiki professional to help create an environment in the body to facilitate healing. Reiki takes away the bad and fills you up with the good.

Nadya has been practicing Reiki for years as well as many other forms of energy healing such as Access Bars, Massage Therapy, Astral Surgery, and has been initiated as a shamanic healer in the jungle of the Riviera Maya. She takes a holistic approach to get to the root cause of your problems.

My appointment began as I lay on the cushioned massage table as she began to draw symbols in the air around me, which I later found out was the symbol for life force energy. My practitioner waved her hands around me and gently pressed her fingertips on certain points of my skull. I felt a mysterious wave of sleepiness come over me as I listened to calming meditation music and I drifted off to sleep.

I came back into awareness as my session was ending, and what she told me was not a shock, but I was surprised at how strong her intuition was. She told me about the energy blockages I had and which side of my family was the culprit of some of my stressors. I’m convinced energy is a language of its own for those who can listen. I stood up and felt relaxed. As I walked back to my apartment I noticed I felt lighter, calmer, like I had just taken off a heavy jacket.

Surprisingly, it was noticeable that something was different about me to those who saw me nearly every day. Since my first Reiki session, I have gone back multiple times, as now I can feel when my body needs a session. Reiki is not a one-time fix-all and in many cases, it can take multiple sessions to feel results. But remember, even if you didn't feel anything doesn't mean nothing happened during your session. Your practitioner was working hard with your energy to help balance your energetic field. It doesn’t matter if you are a “believer” or not, Reiki will still help you.

With every Reiki session following, I could feel the energy sweep over me as layers of the bad came off and bundles of the good came in. I was more aware of my own thoughts, the people around me and best of all I quit drinking in excess- (that is a story for a different article.) I was more in tune with my body's needs and what kinds of things I was engaging in that were helping me and which were hurting me. A good Reiki professional is one who will assist you in your healing and give you some of the tools needed to heal yourself, which is exactly what I got at Bliss Mobile Spa.