The Brain, Peace, and Reiki
The Science of What the Mind Seeks By Julie Russell Reiki Master Teacher & Founder, Sacred Mirror Technique™ Reiki Verde Valley – Cottonwood, AZ The Mind Searches for What It Believes Modern brain science shows that the mind does not passively observe reality it actively searches for evidence that confirms what it expect Neuroscience calls […]
Reiki and Healing Trauma
Why This Work Matters So Deeply Trauma lives quietly within the body, the nervous system, and the subtle energy field. It is not always visible, yet it shapes how we feel, respond, trust, and experience life. Many people carry trauma for years, sometimes for a lifetime without fully realizing how deeply it has influenced their […]
The Power of Meditation: How Presence Heals the Brain, Body, and Heart
Meditation has been one of the most stabilizing and life-shaping practices of my life. Not because it removed challenges or difficult emotions, but because it changed my relationship to them. Over time, meditation became less about something I did and more about a state I learned to return to. It was a state of presence, […]
How Sacred Soul Psychology™ Lives Inside My Sessions
This reflection was received through the Reiki field, where each word carries the vibration of healing light and loving intent. People often ask whether Sacred Soul Psychology™ is something I “do”during a session. The truest answer is this: I do not apply it as a technique. I listen for it as a truth already present. […]
What Is Sacred Soul Psychology™?
For many years, in my work as a mental health professional, I sensed that something essential was missing from the ways we were taught to understand and support people. While behavioral and cognitive approaches can be helpful, they often stop at the level of symptom management and insight. Again and again, I witnessed individuals who […]
Connecting to Divine Love with Reiki
Of all the teachings Reiki has offered me over the years, this is the most important one for me personally. I have come to understand that we do not heal through effort, self-correction, or striving to become something better alone. We heal through LOVE. In my decades of working with people across many stages of […]
Reiki Energy in the King’s Chamber
Last year, my husband and I received an invitation to visit Egypt and experience the ancient rituals of initiation at sacred sites with the purpose of “aiding humanity.” Although I knew nothing about this subject, I felt strongly drawn to it. It felt like destiny. About 20 of us gathered from different parts of the […]
Creating from Coherence: What I Am Learning to Embody
There is often an unspoken pressure to begin again to push forward, set intentions, and create momentum. For much of my life, I understood creation through that lens. Yet through my own lived experience, teaching, and deepening spiritual practice, I am learning something very different: true creation does not come from striving. It comes from […]
The Beauty of Reiki Sound Healing
There is a moment in every Reiki Sound Healing session when the air itself seems to shimmer—when sound and light blend into one harmonious field. It’s subtle yet profound: a sacred dialogue between the human heart and the universal vibration of life. I never realized, now more than twenty years ago when I first began […]
Honoring Jane Goodall: Awakening Our Sacred Connection with All Life
Honoring Jane Goodall: Awakening Our Sacred Connection with All Life by Julie Russell, RN, LRMT, CHt – Reiki Verde Valley “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall This month, I felt deeply moved watching the extraordinary interview Dr. Jane Goodall […]