Soul Weather Mid-May 2025 | Embrace the Wiggles, Shed Old Skin & Spark Joy
Shed the Old Skin and Let Joy Move Again: A Reflection for This Season of Change
As I tune into this season, what I feel most strongly is that you are not being asked to force a brand new life into existence. You are being asked to let an old skin fall away so that the life already pressing from within you can finally breathe. That is why this moment feels so relevant to Reiki. Reiki does not ask you to become more performative, more polished, or more spiritually impressive. It asks you to become more present to the energy already moving through you. In the transmission, I speak about snake energy, endings and beginnings, and the courage it takes to shed what has become too tight. Through a Reiki lens, this becomes a deeply practical invitation. You place your hands on your body, quiet the mental noise, and begin to notice what no longer fits your truth. That is where renewal starts, not in drama, but in honest energetic release.
One of the clearest messages in this content is that the beginnings you want are already forming, but they are asking something of you first. They are asking you to respect the ending. Too often, you want the fresh start without the discomfort of letting go. You want the brighter expression, the clearer voice, the more peaceful relationship, or the freer version of yourself, but you may still be gripping the identity, habit, or fear that belongs to an earlier chapter. Reiki helps because it slows you down enough to recognize that holding on creates friction in the system. When your body is braced and your mind is overworking, change can feel threatening. But when you sit with Reiki, even for ten or fifteen minutes, you begin to experience that release does not have to be violent. Sometimes it is simply the moment you admit that what once protected you is now preventing you from growing.
I also speak about the image of the snake rubbing against the rock and scraping off the old skin, and I think that is such a useful picture for your Reiki practice right now. Reiki is gentle, but gentle does not mean passive. You still have to participate in your own liberation. You still have to say yes to the truth when it rises. You still have to notice the pattern that keeps repeating and stop pretending it is someone else’s fault every single time. The transmission makes the point that resistance is often not mainly in your environment but within you. That may sound confronting, but it is actually empowering. If the old skin is yours, then the power to shed it is also yours. Reiki gives you the steadiness to stay with the process. It softens fear, reduces reactivity, and helps you meet change without collapsing into self-judgment. Instead of attacking yourself, you begin to cooperate with the transformation already underway.
A very important part of this message is that joy is not supposed to be an afterthought. Joy is not the reward you get once all your problems are solved. Joy is part of the medicine. In the content, I talk about movement, dance, swimming, twirling, handstands, playfulness, and allowing the body to express life rather than just function efficiently. That matters for Reiki because energy responds to flow. If your spiritual life becomes too mental, too controlled, or too solemn, you can miss the fact that the body itself is trying to help you heal. Reiki and movement can work beautifully together. After self-treatment, you may feel drawn to walk, sway, stretch, dance in the kitchen, or simply breathe more deeply and let your chest open. This is not fluff. It is a way of telling your nervous system that expansion is safe. It is a way of letting joy move from an idea into an embodied reality.
The transmission also describes what I call the wiggles, and that is such an accurate way to talk about spiritual transition. Sometimes you do not feel calm and centered at first. Sometimes you feel restless, uncomfortable, emotionally stirred up, and not quite able to settle. You may be tempted to assume something is wrong because your system does not feel smooth. But the wiggles are not necessarily a problem. They may be the sensation of change working its way through old structures. Reiki is especially valuable here because it gives you a way to stay present without overinterpreting every sensation. You do not need to turn every uneasy moment into a crisis or a story. You can place your hands on your heart, belly, or throat and simply let the energy move. In that quiet, you may discover that what felt like instability was actually the first stage of release.
Where this content gets especially useful is in the area of relationships. I say very clearly that this is a powerful time to shift relational habits and undo codependent patterns. That is not abstract. It means noticing where you go silent, where you over-accommodate, where you defer, where you over-function, or where you keep giving your power away because the familiar dynamic feels easier than honest change. Reiki can support you here in a grounded way. When you practice consistently, you begin to feel your own center more clearly. You become less dependent on external emotional weather to tell you who you are. That makes it easier to speak, to set a boundary, to name a truth, or to step out of an old pattern without unnecessary drama. The content describes this as undoing cables, especially where there is a power imbalance. That is exactly how it can feel. Reiki helps you loosen the energetic knots so that your relationships can move from control and fear toward respect and clearer personal power.
There is also a strong warning in the transmission about gaslighting, verbal abuse, and any voice that keeps broadcasting an untrue story about you. That kind of conditioning can sink into the body and start to sound like your own inner voice. This is why Reiki matters so much. Reiki creates space between you and the false narrative. It does not argue with every thought in a loud way. It gradually reduces the charge around the untruth so you can see it more clearly. The content speaks about the liver, gallbladder, intuition, and the eyes of the heart being activated so that you can perceive yourself accurately in the present, not through an outdated construct. That is a profound Reiki principle in practice. Healing often begins when you stop identifying with yesterday’s distortion and start listening to the quieter truth underneath it. You are not here to keep recycling a humiliating story that was never accurate to begin with.
Another essential theme is intuition, and I think this is where many people misunderstand spiritual practice. In the transmission, I say that intuition is not primarily about pulling information from outside yourself. It is about allowing wisdom to rise from within once the mental field is less cluttered. That is a very Reiki-friendly way of understanding intuition. Reiki does not usually arrive as noise. It arrives as clarity, spaciousness, a felt sense, a clean knowing, or a subtle but unmistakable inner correction. If your mind is crowded with decades of false beliefs, family conditioning, unconscious bias, and old fears, then of course it becomes harder to hear that inner wisdom. So Reiki becomes a clearing practice. You are not manufacturing intuition. You are removing some of what blocks it. That is why self-treatment can feel so simple on the surface and yet so transformative over time. You begin to trust that your deepest guidance is not missing. It has just been buried under too much static.
I also talk about how bright the light is right now, and I think that is worth taking seriously. When the light is on, you see more. That includes the chaos in the wider world, but it also includes the chaos in your own mind. If you are not careful, you can mistake visibility for instruction and start believing every anxious thought simply because you can suddenly see it. The content is clear that these thoughts are there to be noticed, not repeated. Reiki helps you develop that distinction. You can witness what rises without making a home inside it. You can observe the old fear, bias, resentment, or self-criticism without assuming it deserves obedience. That is a crucial skill right now. If the room is bright, then let the light help you clean. Do not let it convince you that the mess is your identity. Reiki gives you a gentle discipline for staying with awareness while letting the debris thin out and fall away.
One of my favorite parts of this message is the 80/20 guidance. I say to place 80 percent of your focus on joy, good work, truth, growth, and the people who are actively creating healing in the world, while giving 20 percent of your attention to the chaos, violence, and dissonance that you still need to stay informed about. That ratio is not about denial. It is about energetic intelligence. If you feed yourself a constant diet of fear, your capacity for useful engagement weakens. Reiki reinforces this beautifully. When you treat your energy with respect, you become more selective about what gets prolonged access to your mind and body. You can still care deeply about the world without drowning in its noise. In fact, you become more effective when you are not chronically flooded. Reiki helps you stay in your heart song, which means your contribution comes from steadiness rather than panic.
The transmission also makes a strong call toward encouragement, mentorship, and patience with people who are changing. That is worth emphasizing because spiritual maturity is not just about your own healing bubble. It is also about how you meet others as they awaken, question old assumptions, and begin to grow. Reiki can make you softer in the best sense and also clearer. It can help you become someone who does not react instantly to every imperfect conversation. Instead, you become more capable of holding space, teaching gently, and noticing where a person is sincerely trying. I say in the content that we need teachers right now, and I believe that. You do not need a formal title to embody that role. If you have done some healing, you can offer steadiness. If you have learned to listen, you can offer presence. If Reiki has helped you come back to your own heart, then you can help make it safer for someone else to approach theirs.
At the deepest level, this entire transmission is really about becoming the change rather than waiting for a perfect moment to arrive. If you feel hemmed in, start with your own energy. If your relationships feel stuck, begin by recalibrating your own presence. If your mind feels crowded, clear what you can and stop feeding what weakens you. Reiki is such a beautiful companion for this because it is both humble and powerful. It meets you right where you are, whether you feel joyful, shaky, brave, exhausted, or somewhere in between. You do not have to be finished to begin. You do not have to be fearless to shed old skin. You just have to be willing to place your hands on your body, tell yourself the truth, welcome the movement of life, and let joy become part of your practice again. This season is asking you to release, to listen, to move, and to trust that what is true in you is ready to live more openly now.
Your 7-Day Reset
Use this as a daily check-in. Each day, do the action, answer the prompt, and tick off what you completed. Keep it light, honest, and doable. The goal is not to fix your whole life in a week. The goal is to help you shed what feels outdated, clear your energy, and make more room for joy, truth, and intuition.
Day 1: Notice the old skin
☐ Sit for 10 minutes of Reiki with your hands on your heart and solar plexus.
☐ Write down 3 habits, roles, or thoughts that feel too tight for who you are now.
☐ Finish this sentence: “What I am ready to outgrow is…”
☐ Circle the one thing that drains you most.
Check-in:
How heavy does that old pattern feel today, from 1 to 10?
Day 2: Wiggle instead of freeze
☐ Do 10 minutes of Reiki.
☐ Move your body for 5 to 10 minutes in a playful way. Stretch, sway, walk, dance, or just shake out the tension.
☐ Ask yourself: “Where am I resisting change?”
☐ Write one tiny action you can take instead of staying stuck.
Check-in:
Did movement help shift your energy today? Yes or no?
Day 3: Clean up one relationship pattern
☐ Do Reiki with your hands on your heart and throat.
☐ Notice one relationship where you go silent, overgive, over-explain, or over-carry.
☐ Choose one small reset for today. Examples: pause before replying, speak more clearly, stop rescuing, ask for what you need.
☐ Finish this sentence: “A healthier pattern would look like…”
Check-in:
Did you act from fear or from self-respect today?
Day 4: Listen for your own intuition
☐ Do 10 to 15 minutes of Reiki in silence.
☐ Afterward, sit for 2 minutes and do not check your phone.
☐ Write down the first 3 things you know deep down right now.
☐ Star the one insight that feels calm, clear, and true.
Check-in:
What does your inner voice sound like when fear is quieter?
Day 5: Choose joy on purpose
☐ Do one thing today that brings simple joy through your body. Ideas: music, sunshine, dancing, swimming, walking, laughter, stretching.
☐ Make a list of 3 things that lifted your energy today.
☐ Finish this sentence: “Joy feels natural to me when…”
Check-in:
Did you wait for joy, or did you create it?
Day 6: Use the 80/20 rule
☐ Do Reiki with your hands on your heart and belly.
☐ Spend 80 percent of your attention today on what is good, healing, growing, or honest.
☐ Limit the other 20 percent to checking necessary news or stress sources once, not all day.
☐ Write down 3 people, projects, or ideas that deserve more of your attention.
Check-in:
What got most of your energy today, fear or purpose?
Day 7: Be the change
☐ Do a full self-treatment, or at least 15 quiet minutes.
☐ Review your week and note what shifted.
☐ Write 1 thing you released.
☐ Write 1 truth you heard.
☐ Write 1 next step you will take this week.
☐ Finish this sentence: “The change starts with me when I…”
Check-in:
What feels lighter in you now than it did 7 days ago?
Quick daily scorecard
At the end of each day, rate yourself from 1 to 10 on:
Presence
Honesty
Joy
Self-respect