Ep 2 - Is Your Heart Really Open? Healing the Walls You Built to Survive

Sometimes the walls around our hearts were necessary for survival—but are they still necessary now? In this episode of Reiki: A Return to You, Rhiana explores the energetic shields we can create around the heart after hurt, grief, trauma, and loss. She shares a powerful client story, her own struggle with opening her heart, and simple practices for forgiveness, connecting with the high heart, and identifying what your heart is ready to release. If you're ready to explore Reiki or need support with grief, loss, or emotional healing, visit BeReiki.com to learn about Rhiana's in-person and distant Reiki sessions. Key Moments: 00:00 — Come home to your energy 00:08 — How do you keep your heart open through suffering? 00:38 — The client with a shield around her heart 01:32 — Discovering energetic armor 02:12 — Making the conscious choice to release it 02:33 — What happened when Rhiana saw her a year later 03:02 — Why we create energetic shields 03:32 — When protection becomes a wall 04:02 — Rhiana's own struggle to open her heart 04:39 — “Breathing through a cocktail straw” 05:06 — You can't change the wounds of your past 05:35 — Healing your heart is a choice 06:22 — Do you still need the protection you once needed? 06:51 — Learning to keep your heart open 07:17 — Reiki as a transmission of love 07:44 — Practice #1: Forgiveness 08:10 — Writing the letter you'll never send 08:27 — Understanding the high heart 08:51 — The seven intelligences of the heart 09:16 — How to locate your high heart 09:36 — “I ask for my heart to open and speak to me” 09:49 — Why opening your heart takes practice 10:24 — Choosing your heart over conditioning 10:52 — Listening isn't enough—you have to act 11:12 — Practice #2: Draw your heart 11:42 — What's really living inside your heart? 12:32 — Asking what you need to transcend grief and sadness 12:50 — Experiencing pain without being consumed by it 13:16 — Reiki, grief, and heavier emotions 13:42 — Returning to yourself after loss 14:11 — Reclaiming the lost parts of yourself 14:36 — Carry the energy. Live the light. Connect With Rhiana - If you're struggling with grief, emotional heaviness, or feeling closed off, Rhiana offers in-person and distant Reiki sessions. Visit BeReiki.com to learn more or book a session. Carry the energy. Live the light. Come home to your energy.