Introducing Joel
The past decade has been pretty crazy, especially since 2019. I have become a dedicated yogi and healer, obsessed with education, nutrition, holistic health, natural medicine, and mastering both my body and mind. After spending years using parties, festivals, clubs, etc., for escapism, meditation hit me like a ton of bricks. It became unavoidable from then on. Once I had what I believe was a "Kundalini experience," I was able to relieve both myself and others of mental and physical pain. So, I decided to study Reiki and soon discovered that I had a natural gift for it.
After meeting some amazing friends on the dance floor, it was pointed out to me how negative I sometimes was, so I started consciously working to raise my vibration. Small, random acts of kindness, along with actively trying to stay positive, have had a phenomenal effect on my mental well-being—not to mention the impact on my vibration on the spiritual plane.
After watching as many documentaries as possible on ancient wisdom, science, nutrition, engineering, psychology, religion, etc., this new knowledge, paired with my newly opened mind and meditation practice, gave me a much broader understanding of reality.
Before I went 95% sober (I’m still human, haha), after using various plant medicines, I started seeing geometric shapes and experiencing really strong intuition. Then, in August 2020, it happened—my hands just started moving by themselves. They went into prayer and began moving in and out, hitting my 7 chakras. That very night, I did what I called a “healing meditation” with the friend I was with.
A few days later, I decided to try it again sober, thinking I was losing my mind. But to my astonishment, it worked! My hands did the same thing, and I burst into tears as I realized this meditation stuff I’d briefly been experimenting with was real. From that point on, I began doing self-Reiki regularly (unbeknownst to me at the time, it was Reiki, and I would later go on to study it properly).
In the three years that followed, with Reiki and meditation, I:
Used meditation to relieve mental stress regularly
Halved my asthma inhaler dosage (Symbicort 100/6, down from 200/6)
Went for 5 days without my inhaler
Cured myself of hay fever (I had been trying to cure my asthma through meditation)
Relieved physical pain for multiple friends
Something that stands out as a pinpoint moment: after becoming yoga-obsessed for six months (the yoga likely heightened my healing abilities), in August 2022, at a festival, my friend was in a lot of pain in one leg and couldn’t walk. He had historical injuries from a bad work accident. My intuition stepped in, and somehow I knew I could help. So, I sat next to him, meditated, asked for healing power, and to absorb his pain. After a few minutes of intense breathing and hand movements, he stopped sweating, I started sweating, and his pain was gone. This absolutely astounded me—not to mention him!
Following this, I helped another five people in the same way before I left that festival. The day after I left, I booked my Reiki Level 1 course, which was scheduled for a day when there was a strike planned at my current place of work. It was so obviously meant to be!
Since my first Reiki course, I have helped speed up healing times for a number of injuries, seen slight improvements in a family member with Alzheimer’s disease, relieved chronic migraines, and much more. I’ve also used the Wim Hof breathing method to heal parts of my body, get deeper into yoga stretches, and, paired with cold-water therapy, even reversed hair loss.
I currently have 700 hours of yoga teacher training and have studied multiple forms of yoga, healing, and breathwork from various teachers and lineages all over the world. I also managed to complete my Reiki Master certification in the middle of two teacher trainings on my days off, and I don’t plan on slowing down. I have a lot more to study and offer, and currently provide these services.