Roots of Energy: How Movement Shaped My Healing Journey
I grew up in a small farming community in Saskatchewan. At that time, I didn’t realize I was already learning how to work with energy — I just knew that movement made me feel alive. My father, a devoted traditional karate sensi, began teaching me at the age of five — not only the physical forms of the art, but the spiritual awareness that flowed within every movement.
In karate, I learned to focus, breathe, and sense the energy around me. My father used to call it our “sixth sense” — the ability to feel a shift in an opponent’s energy before they moved. We were taught to listen with our bodies, to be aware of our surroundings, and to always be on alert for potential threats.
As I continued my journey with karate, I found another source of movement that made my heart full — dance. Tap and ballet were my first languages of true self-expression. While karate taught me grounding, discipline, and structure, dance showed me flow, rhythm, and release. I loved how the same energy that focused my karate kick could also swirl through a graceful pirouette.
Those early lessons — in both martial arts and dance — were the beginning of my lifelong relationship with energy.
The Balance of Yin and Yang
It’s funny how life prepares us for our purpose long before we realize it. Karate and dance may seem like opposites, but they share a sacred symmetry.
Karate taught me awareness, protection, and the strength of stillness.
Dance taught me surrender, trust, and the beauty of flow and release.
Angela, 7 years old. Performing Karate in the street.
Together, they created harmony between the masculine and feminine aspects of energy — what we often describe as the balance of yin and yang. One anchored me in discipline; the other opened me to grace. Both taught me that energy is not just something we feel — it’s something we become.
Energetic Awareness as a Way of Life
Even as a child, I could feel the energy of a room shift when someone walked in. I noticed how music could change my mood, or how a kind word could instantly lift my spirit. These were early lessons in what I would later come to understand as vibration and frequency — the foundations of Reiki energy healing.
Over time, I realized that these practices weren’t separate paths. Karate, Dance, and Reiki all lead to the same destination: connection to the self through energetic awareness.
When we move our bodies, we awaken energy within us. We release what no longer serves us, and we create space for light, healing, and joy to flow.
Embodying Energy Today
Today, as a Master Reiki Therapist and Healer in Edmonton, I continue to honor the lessons my body first learned through movement. I see energy not as something mysterious, but as the natural rhythm of life — constantly flowing, shifting, and seeking harmony.
Movement is medicine. Whether through Dance, Reiki, or mindful breathing, energy finds its way through us. When we learn to listen, we discover that our bodies have been whispering wisdom all along.
Reiki: The Stillness That Balances the Dance
For much of my life, movement has been my medicine. Karate gave me power and precision; dance gave me rhythm and release. But what I’ve come to realize through Reiki is that true healing happens in the stillness between the movements.
Reiki is the breath after the leap, the pause between the notes — the quiet moment when the body recalibrates, and the spirit returns home. It’s the energy of recovery, restoration, and integration.
Just as our muscles need rest after exertion, our energy body needs stillness to realign and flow freely again. Reiki offers that — a sacred space where movement settles into harmony, where the chaos of life softens into clarity.
Whether we move through dance, strength training, or merely through the challenges of everyday life, Reiki reminds us that healing doesn’t always require motion. Sometimes, it’s found in the simple act of being — of breathing, receiving, and allowing the energy to do what it knows best: restore balance and bring us back to center.
Feeling called to explore your own energetic awareness?
Reiki helps you reconnect with your body, mind, and spirit — restoring the flow of energy that keeps you grounded and inspired.
Learn more or book a session with me at www.sacredconnectionsreiki.com and begin your journey of healing, balance, and transformation today.
