Viveka Chauhan
Hi! I love sharing my knowledge and facilitating sessions to help people enhance their lives through a holistic approach to mental and emotional health. Practicing for the past 5 years and have trained for almost a decade in the field of mental health and energy healing. Trained and insured Reiki Master, therapeutic facilitator and tarot card reader. Get in touch to book sessions or to know more.
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Reiki is a form of energy healing where the practitioner uses their hands to send positive healing energy to the person to align their chakra’s or energy centres to increase a flow in their system. Reiki has been shown to reduce stress and to enhance the bodies ability to heal from physical and emotional health issues. Distance reiki , or channeling reiki from a distance has been practiced for many years and has a great healing effect
A reiki session online with Viveka means being on a video session where the person sits or lies down comfortably while Viveka channels healing Reiki energy to you from a distance after an initial scan of your energy system to see where the blocks are and where most energy needs to be channeled. After a brief introduction and settling into the session, the Reiki session will take place for 25 minutes. Viveka spends ten to fifteen minutes, afterwards discussing with you about the outcomes of the session and shares some valuable information to you that you can use for your everyday wellbeing, according to your unique energy system.
Tarot readings with me are about using the symbols to tap into your own unconscious and healing abilities and to use the session to see patterns that might be blocking us from achieving what we want to or letting us know the areas that are already working for us. I use the tarot deck not as a prediction tool, but as a safe space for people to get support and answers they are seeking.
The tarot Session is 45 Mins and includes an interpretation of the card readings and a therapeutic discussion with me to decipher the wisdom of the tarot.
Testimonial:
“Viveka’s most valuable quality is her ability to listen without judgement. She creates a space of warmth, comfort and amiability so you always feel like you’re in safe hands. She takes time to understand you and gives you the room to open up at your own pace without ever waning in compassion. Her guidance doesn’t ever come at the detriment of you, and it’s never preached or dictated, rather it’s explained with patience and empathy. Viveka is unique in the way she is open to knowledge and perspectives. She works hard to make sure her foundations are solid and balances different disciplines with nuance.” - Mae Thomas, June 2020
The yoga mat has been rolled out on the perfect spot, drapes open to let golden streams of sunlight through. There is a lovely glow in the room and it seems like the perfect space to sit and do some meditation.
I sit down and fold my legs, just about to shut my eyes when I remember the incense! Incense sticks are brought out and swivelled around the space. ‘Wow that gorgeous smell of lavender!’ I cross my legs and close my eyes. I’m transported to those fields of purple lavender; my friends and I sip wine through our girl’s trip through Provence last summer.
I snap back to the yoga mat. ‘Oh yes, meditation! Okay… Okay let’s do this!’ I shut my eyes and take a deep breath in and out.
‘What was it they said in that meditation video that day? Was it three breaths in, hold, and then 6 out, or was it 5 breaths in and then 4 out? Darn it! Okay calm down Viveka, this is supposed to be me time- peaceful, relaxing time.’ I take a few deep breaths in and out and I’m finally feeling a sense of calm wash over me. Birds chatter outside the window and cars go by in the distance. I sit there breathing in and out for a few minutes. The door-bell rings and I’m the only one home. Sigh, ‘tomorrow will be better.’
How many of us have struggled with days like these, when we sit down to do that meditation or mindfulness practice but our minds resist, jumping from one thought to the next? Even the most seasoned of meditators have gone through these days of resistance. From the Dalai Lama to Ekhart Tolle, many spiritual leaders have written about how the mind has a tendency to sway and get distracted. It is through patient practice that this skill of meditation is enhanced.
Meditation does not have to be for long periods of time.
When we first begin, five to ten minutes of meditation or mindfulness can be a good place to start. As you get more used to it, the time can be increased to your liking. Even on our everyday commute to work on a bus or in the tube, one can sit in meditation for a few minutes and reduce that stress that builds up over a tiring day.
Another technique to get into a space of mediation is by breathing and letting your mind observe parts of the body from head to toe. Less distracted by external thoughts, the mind can focus and increase awareness to areas that feel relaxed or tense. Guided meditation is another method for enhancing one’s practice. There are many types of guided meditations, online or in person. One is guided through music, speaking or chanting and is given a kind of blueprint for that meditation session.
You can choose from an array of methods to sail through the initial frustrating blocks. You begin to see your mind focus inward for slightly longer periods every time. Like any other skill, once you have been through the initial road bumps, the satisfaction is worth it.
Alternative forms of therapy are fast getting known for helping with mental health. Although talk therapy is necessary and helpful, there are other holistic therapies that one can explore alongside traditional forms of therapy that have been seen to work wonders to reduce stress and anxiety. Here are four forms of holistic therapy for you to explore.
Reiki:
Reiki is a Japanese term a form of holistic healing where healing vibrations are transferred to the person through a practitioner’s hands. Reiki has been seen to decrease tension built up in our systems and improve long-term emotional health. Research studies done through controlled testing show the positive affects of Reiki on decreasing tension, increasing wellbeing and calm in the body and mind. ( https://www.centerforreikiresearch.org/)
The NHS and many medical facilities around the world have seen the benefits of Reiki in alleviating the body’s ability to health from mental health and physical illness. Although Reiki should not replace any advice given by a medical professional and should be done in addition to medical advice.
Reiki works in a way where the person receiving sits or lies down while the practitioner transfers healing vibrations through their hands to various parts of the body. For those who prefer no touch Reiki, it can be done with the hands transferring the vibrations hovering above rather than touching the areas that need the Reiki healing.
Somatic Therapy:
Through the work of seminal therapists and scientists such as Peter Levine and Gabor Mate there has been light thrown on the knowledge that the emotions have a tendency to get stored in the body and not only in the mind.
The body’s evolutionary coping mechanisms of fight, flight and freeze are ways of surviving when faced with threat. Over time we have reduced the ability to “shake off’ the trauma and get back to a state of homeostasis. Instead we go through series of shocks and traumas in our lives that often get stored in our systems. Over time those traumas could be triggered by seemingly unrelated events or can build into chronic emotional and physical health issues.
Dr. Peter Levine coined the term ‘Somatic Experiencing,’ a system of somatic therapy where one learns how to listen to what the body is telling us and to access and release the stuck anxieties or stressors. This is done with the help of breathing and body exercises and is best done with the help of trained somatic therapists who can help process and work through to release the trauma.
Meditation:
There are many types of meditations available these days, either through group programs or online-guided meditations. Meditation can also be done on ones own, at home and does not need to be associated to any belief systems.
Some people find the idea of sitting for meditation daunting but it can be done for short periods of time and built up from there. It can be done for ten minutes a day at first and doesn’t need a specific quiet place to doit. Sitting in meditation during a commute or at a park bench during lunch break from work can work wonders to reduce stress and anxiety in our daily lives.
Breathing techniques:
In yoga there are some breathing techniques known as ‘Pranayam’ that help balance the two hemispheres of the brain and to decrease blood pressure and anxiety. These breathing techniques can be done on their own or after an exercise or yoga session.
‘Shavasana’ is a form of relaxing where you take your minds focus to various parts of the body and try and ease and relax those areas while breathing slow and purposeful breaths.
There are many options for one to choose from alternative therapies these days. The thing to remember is that we can try out what best suits us, since there isn’t a one size fits all way and that is the advantage of getting to understand our uniqueness. That each person has a unique mind, body and soul composition and that the journey to finding what suits you is worth it.
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