Reiki for Beginners

So sorry if you came to my page wanting to learn about Reiki. I'm just learning about it myself. I picked up Reiki for Beginners in Arizona last year. Last night I read several chapters and I found it to be interesting but a little intimidating. It's not something you can learn overnight. Yes - I'm trying to heal myself to avoid a most unpleasant outpatient surgery next week. Will it work? It hasn't so far, but I'm optimistic.
You don't have to buy a book to learn more about Reiki - I just now did a Google search and was pleased to find that the Reiki.org website has a lot of great information. According to that website, Reiki is, "a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing."
This isn't just some random thing I read about on the web in my search for the spiritual. I was at a psychic fair a couple of years ago and had a most wonderful Reiki healing session with a kindly older woman named Alice. Though she's not psychic, she could tell where I "hurt" emotionally and concentrated on healing my heart. Though it was cool in the convetion area, her hands were quite warm and I could feel the energy. This is as close to a supernatural experience as I have ever had. Has anyone else out there had an experience with a Reiki healing?

Mirror Coincidence: Happy Birthday

I was getting ready to go to a birthday party and I was writing the words "Happy Birthday" when the Beatles song "Birthday" came on the radio.

Nothing to report

Well either I've had no coincidences in the past 3 months or I've just been blind to them. Sometimes that happens. Also, if you don't record them, they're easy to forget. I'm going to pay attention now, I promise. In the meantime - anyone out there have stories to tell?

Mirror Coincidence: The best bathroom in the world

I was in Dallas on business and lo and behold my little suburb made national news for having a restaurant with a restroom that won some national bathroom award. I heard it on CNN, the local Dallas news and also read it in USA Today. This is not news, but it was kind of cool.

Mirror Coincidence: Call me the grammar queen

About an hour apart, two people asked me the difference between affect and effect. Ok, so a lot of people don't know the difference, but I haven't been asked that question in months. So how do I explain it? Affect causes the effect. That doesn't always work, but mostly it does. I usually have to ask them to tell me the context.