365 Days of Reiki - What I Learned that I did NOT Expect
3 Lessons
A Year of Reiki. A year of tapping into Alignment and sending that to others. A Year of lessons. 3 of them are right here, and each will help you manifest.
By Melissa Borden
Reiki Master Teacher & Manifestation Coach
4 minutes read. Click here for Video Version
What actually happens if you take on a daily reiki practice? I wish I could have told you the answer long before I actually tried it. You see, as a reiki practitioner for over 10 years, I remember the first homework I ever received from my teacher. We were sitting on the floor finishing up Reiki Level 1, he closed the manual, looked at me and said "practice a full session every day for 1 year”. Intimidated by the idea, it quietly slipped away as I went back to my regular life.
What I didn’t know at the time, was once you step into the world of reiki and energy work? Your life is never regular again.
Reiki means “universal or spiritual energy” It is a direct connection to the divine. Who wouldn’t want to hook up to that daily!? I can tell you the answer of who wouldn’t want to: Me, from 10 years ago.
You may be familiar with the concept of an energy block. Something stopping us from living the way we are truly meant to. Something that keeps us from expressing ourselves, from creating deeper connections, attracting more money, or the right job, home, or partner. Even the way we spend our free time changes depending on what energy blocks we hold.
And me from 10 years ago? She carried enough blocks for a lifetime. Fast forward 10 years, and a lot of reiki later, those blocks had softened… in Autumn of 2023 I heard my intuition loud and clear tell me “You’ll do reiki every day in 2024”
Knowing myself, and the enegy blocks that were still present in me. I knew I may not follow through although I desperately wanted to listen to what my intuition was guiding me towards. I thought: “if I actually sat down and did a full reiki session everyday, at the very least my skills would improve, and at the most - it may open up a world I couldn’t even imagine!”
I was down to try. I was excited to try! Except… I feared what many others may fear too.
“I feared what many others may fear too”
I thought to myself: “What if I quit again, what if It doesn’t work out, what if I fail, and then let myself down.” I feared the disappointment I might bring to myself too. One of the beautiful things about building a strong intuitive connection? Is that you can have a back and forth conversation.
Like any strong intuitive, I took my problems to my best therapist: Source Energy. Expressing that I was nervous on how to actually get myself to follow through (a full session EVERYDAY!? What if i was busy, or too tired, or or or… the thoughts ran wild in my head).
With a lot of love and a little laughter my guides replied that I was good at holding my word for others, if not (yet) for myself. They simply said to offer it for others.
The lightbulb moment happened. Of course! The thing that would take daily reiki from being a chore for me, that I worried I’d fail on, to something EXCITING. Offering it to others. I immediately saw how it was the perfect complement to what my clients in the Manifestation Program were already learning. And thus, the Reiki Membership was born.
An affordable way to receive reiki every single day. Rain or shine, in an airplane or grounded, I was at that session like clockwork, loving being able to send it out and excited at where we’d all be by the end of the year.
And wow. It was a ride. Here’s 3 things I learned, that I did NOT expect, from 365 straight days of Reiki.
1. Waiting for a manifestation to arrive, is a human construct.
Here’s what I mean. When I set out to offer daily reiki, I had a beautiful group of about 30 clients excited to grow with me as I sent them daily reiki. In the beginning I assumed (wrongly), that it would be a simple session. Straight channeled reiki and perhaps by the end of the year my skills would have greatly improved.
I had my intentions (my “ask” if you will), for what I wanted to manifest & get out of it.
I wanted deeply improved sessions, channeling capabilities, and whatever else Source could show me that I didn’t even know how to ask for. I relaxed into it on day one sure my manifestations would arrive within the next 12 months (probably by 10-12 months).
Yet by Day TWO it was an experience like I’d never had before. I’d done group reiki before, and thought it would be difficult to clear deep personal blocks in a group setting. But there I was, only on day 2, and I saw a power from Source Energy that I’d never experienced before. Angelic support, colors, blocks, in depth clearings for everyone in the group, all at the same time. Often on theme, meaning maybe we were doing root and throat chakra, but very unique energy results for each of the reiki lines (reiki lines means there is a unique reiki “line” or channel for each person receiving in the reiki membership. Never shared energy with another member). These amplified energy sessions continued to happen every day.
What it taught me about timelines and the “lesson” for manifestation is this:
It was my COMMITMENT to my end goal (knowing I’d be there rain or shine for 365 days) that allowed the manifestation of improved energy skills to come in by day 2.
When I see people try to manifest, they often wobble back and forth between belief that dream is for them, and back to self doubt. There is no commitment to themselves. A true commitment and knowing that dream is for you, and you showing up for it, is what collapses the time to allow it in now. Or at the very least, much easier and faster than without.
Without the commitment - it’s an undertone of telling the Universe: “hmm not yet”. So your manifestation gets pushed out as you manifest more experiences of “not knowing” if it’ll arrive.
Get clear. Get committed to yourself & your goals. That was my first lesson.
2. You are never alone.
You know it, I know it. You are “supported”. But what does that mean, and what happened to make this knowing STRONG?
When we look at it from the energy perspective, it’s all energy. You, me, Source Energy, Reiki, a tree, your pet, your desk. All energy. And it’s all one. Which means not only are you Supported because you are truly one with Source Energy (oh hey there you magical being!). But you are supported by everyone around you. EVERYTHING in your world is trying to support you.
Those negative situations? Opportunities for growth. Guess what your soul loves more than anything!? Growth. Those beautiful situations? Evidence you ARE growing to reach new levels of expanded joyful energy.
“Everything in your world is trying to support you”
I could see it in every session (everyday!), that even in your darkest hours, you are so deeply supported by Source Energy. Your guides, the earth, each other, even if it doesn’t seem like it. Everything around you is working to support you. You’re not alone. Ever. You have a Team lovingly waiting for your “ok”, for them to help you and support you even more. A large reason for the Reiki Membership? Because so many didn’t know how to ask their intuitive team, or didn’t know if they were able to bring that powerful of energy into their lives on their own. They 100% are. And the Reiki Membeship shifted that block to allow the energy in. It was the bridge (our human side likes) to step into their own power.
You are powerful, and supported. All you have to do is ask.
And finally, number three:
3. Relationships are two ways.
Much like I have relationships with those in my life, or my relationship to nature, my house, money. I also have a relationship with Reiki. In all honesty? On some of those days I did not want to do reiki. Jet lagged and about to see Taylor swift!? I’d have rather napped to prep for the concert.
One thing unique with Reiki, you cannot be in a low mood for it no matter what. You MUST get aligned. In fact, just the act of channeling or receiving it puts you in alignment.
Living a life where I integrated reiki into every single day, for me & for the clients I work with, IS a commitment to find alignment every single day. To NURTUE the relationship with the Divine, with reiki, with all that is GOOD in life.
It's a relationship that you continually support, and prioritize. Can you imagine what happens after 365 days of choosing to be in alignment?
In the next article I’ll share with you what that looks like. The tangible side of what reiki actually does for you, and how you can begin using it in your everyday life even if you are not a practitioner. Reiki is Universal energy. It’s open to everyone. That means you reading this? Is not by accident. It’s for you too.
Drop a comment to let me know your biggest takeaway. What resonated the most.. And what are you committing to yourself from here?
To Join a free Masterclass learning more about Reiki and how to Raise your Vibration and maintain a higher vibration, DM here. I’ll be hosting a free Masterclass on Energy & Manifestaion every week in 2026. That’s my new commitment (along with daily reiki 🤍)
What is yours?