Ok, I am definitely on a new leg of my journey through life. I know Beltaine was a new beginning and I thank the Gods for aiding me in opening my eyes to take this opportunity, and I thank my parents for their emotional and monetary support, and I thank my friends who are so gracious to offer their bodies up to the gods of massage to help me with my homework. This is, truly, going to change me, and I accept the fact that I will no longer be the same little cat that I have been up to now. I’m not really expecting that I’m suddenly going to become this laid back hippy, but I’m definitely going to be more open, more receptive, and even more patient than I already am. I will have to be or else I will fail at being the type of therapist I am studying to be. My one main hang-up at this point is the eventual energy work that I will be learning. One part of my CMT NMT training is polarity (read, watered down, anyone can do it, reiki), and the reason I have a hang-up with it is because it’s reiki, without permission to use the energy. At this point, I’m going to call the Priestess to the grove, and ask her if she would be willing to instruct me in reiki, or if she knows of someone near me that I can learn from. Call me odd, but this all goes along with my ethical issues and my dedication to my religious path. You don’t walk where you don’t have permission to, and that includes the energy you work with. Thankfully, this is the only hang-up I have at the moment, but I do believe this is where I need to be going. Everything about what I am embarking on feels way too right for it to just be a test. The main philosophy of my training is to unite and work with the body, mind and spirit of my clients. Just as the triskele is the symbol of the individual’s 3 parts, the 3 realms of existance, and the 3 states of existance. With honour, truth and justice I will be trusted with the well-being of new individuals in my life. On my honour I will earn their trust.