“Fall into the arms of the earth,” a soothing, buttery voice said above me, almost a whisper. “I feel the strength of the universe.”
I was lying with my eyes closed on a massage table in a very quiet, candle-lit room at the Maha Rose Center for Healing in Brooklyn, New York, receiving my first try at Reiki, a hands-on Japanese energy therapy. I’m having a session. About ancient technology.Co-founder and holistic healer of Maharose luke simon He presses on my temple with the light touch of his fingers, then his hands, then his feet, trying to transfer his energy, the “energy of unconditional love” into my body. It’s not at all similar to the way your grandma stroked your hair before you fell asleep.
Simon passes a sprig of burning sage through my nostrils “for purification and awakening.” He anointed my heart with rose oil “for love and beauty.” He makes me belly laugh. “Your body doesn’t know if it’s real laughter or not,” says Simon. Whether real or fake, it creates chemical well-being. He made me repeat out loud, “I’m enough, I’m enough, I’m enough.”
By the end of the session, I lay face down on the table and felt like the room was slowly, ever so slowly, engulfing me into its core. Or something like that. I’m an iPhone junkie beyond measure. Before we started, I shared my common mental disorder. I want to let down my mental walls, be more present, and be more patient. Like someone who can calmly get things done. Now I feel as if I just received a massage. . . For my heart.
I’m not the only one making the pilgrimage here, taking three subways from Manhattan. Five years ago, this breezy urban ashram was half the size it is now, offering Reiki and acupuncture sessions to Simon (a 2008 graduate of New Mexico State Sarah Lawrence) and a few of the co-founder’s friends. It was an “underground community” that provided. Lisa Levin. “There was a moment when I wondered, ‘Does anyone want it?'” Simon recalls.
But as the years passed, “it felt like something was changing in the culture,” he says. People I had never met before showed up one after another, saying, “I want to try meditation” and “I want to try Reiki.” Maha Rose’s customer base has grown to hundreds of people, and today she offers treatments such as acupuncture, breathing techniques, tarot card readings, and flower essence therapy (where a flower essence blend is placed under the tongue and its vibrations, or energies, are spiritual and spiritual). There will also be workshops such as ‘Full Moon Circle’ and ‘Healing the Wild Soul’. Their space doubled as his, creating a large gathering area on the ground floor with large white chiffon curtains fluttering at the windows.
“I feel like a spiritual awakening is really happening,” Simon says. “The word on the street is, ‘Hey, let’s open our minds to these things.’ As we rapidly evolve technology, there’s a new big need for meaning. is born within us.”
Welcome to the new new age. There, the plugged-in, stressed-out masses of the digital age are embracing once-taboo holistic healing methods in search of a much-needed moment of Zen.
It’s a bit like Californication in America. Meditation is saturated.Everyone from katy perry to kobe bryant LinkedIn CEO jeff wiener advertised their dedication to it. “Mindfulness” has become a buzzword in both multibillion-dollar hedge funds and schools across the country. Niche modalities like Reiki are emerging again.
And there’s a renewed interest in all things magical, mystical, and spiritual in pop culture. amy schumer Skewering millennial women’s obsession with space orange is the new black This arc dedicated Norma’s quiet healing powers to Don Draper, who spends his days atop the cliffs of the Esalen Institute, a real-life meditation mecca in Big Sur, California, in the final moments of his death. It is. mad men.
