If you've ever felt like your sensitivity or intuition was something to fix or apologize for, this episode is for you. Host Charla welcomes Jay Vee Jackson — senior licensed Reiki Master Teacher, former ICU and hospice nurse, and founder of Illumine Reiki Academy — for a deep, honest conversation about energy healing, physical pain, grief, and what it really means to return to the light already within us.

Jay walks through the origin of Reiki, founded by Mikao Usui in early 1900s Japan, and explains the concepts of byoki (blocked, negative energy) and jinki (healthy energy). He shares how Reiki reduces physical pain — including a striking story of an orthopedic patient who fell asleep within three minutes of a Reiki session after a double knee replacement — and discusses the documented link between depression and lower pain tolerance.

Some of the most powerful moments come from real medical experiences: a colleague who survived a massive aneurysm against a 2% survival prognosis, two unforgettable ICU patients who reshaped Jay's understanding of unconditional divine love, and the peaceful, medically unexplainable decline of his own father at the end of life.

Jay closes with a short guided practice called "The Light Within" — a simple, accessible tool for pausing, listening inward, and letting your own inner wisdom shine a little brighter, plus reflections on meditation, ADHD/neurodivergence, lucid dreaming, and living close to nature in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador.

This episode is a gentle, honest reminder for anyone feeling weighed down by grief, physical pain, or the belief that they need to be "fixed": you are not broken. You are worthy of divine love exactly as you are.

Topics covered:

- The true history and origin of Reiki

- Byoki vs. jinki: blocked vs. healthy energy

- Why sensitive and intuitive people often feel shame around their gifts

- Reiki as pain relief: a knee replacement patient's story

- The link between depression and physical pain tolerance

- A 2% survival story doctors couldn't explain

- End-of-life peace, advance directives, and a father's story

- Distance Reiki and generational healing

- The Light Within: a guided presence practice

- Meditation, neurodivergence (ADD/ADHD), and lucid dreaming

- How to connect with Jay and explore working with him

👤 ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Jay Vee Jackson is a senior licensed Reiki Master Teacher with the International Center for Reiki Training, a former ICU and hospice nurse, a widowed gay man, and the founder of Illumine Reiki Academy. He teaches Usui Reiki, Holy Fire III Reiki, Holy Fire Karuna Reiki, Animal Reiki, and Reiki Crystal Healing — helping sensitive, spiritual, and intuitive people build confidence and a deeper relationship with their own inner light.

🔗 Connect with Jay: illuminereikiacademy.com

Here is a wonderful free meditation from Jay: https://illuminereikiacademy.com/podcast-gift/

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