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What can I say about Christine? There is so much to say about her influence on? me. I was introduced to her through my sister as Christine was a Reiki Master / Practitioner. At the time, I was quite ill and thought ‘yeah okay – what harm will it do?’
I thought so much of Christine – she was a sweetie and very loving. Without the sentimentality, she would make comments to me after a treatment in very few words. She wouldn’t put up with nonsense and ‘youthful folly’. Her answers were clear and definitive and there was no room for doubts. Becoming more aware of my personal growth I needed to make a decision of whatever I was asking about. If I kept asking, Christine would inevitably ignore it all in silence. I know now the teacher was constructively annoyed by my constant mistrustful questioning.
She loved her 2 cats and they loved her Reiki treatments. Those
cats were family to her. Christine’s family lived near Perth Ontario almost 5 hours away and although she would drive all that way by herself to visit her family she couldn’t wait to get home to her cats. While living here in Niagara Falls for 35 years, originally from England with 13 siblings, she chose to be a hairdresser while supporting her family. Her husband became ill and it was up to Christine to keep the family afloat. After her career in hairdressing she moved into energy work and found her niche. She volunteered at Wellspring Niagara for 30 years while practicing and teaching Reiki.
Christine was also a reflexologist and during a treatment she and I would laugh a lot. She had a great sense of humour. One day we were walking from a yoga class and when we were 3 blocks away she would pull out her keys in readiness and I would imitate her with her keys in her hand and walk swiftly forward. It was a standing joke between us. The hanging pictures in her home were always crooked. The portrait picture of her grandson was cut off at the sides of the head in the frame. She was funny and fun. We laughed a lot.
Then she decided to move to Perth Ontario. I asked Christine to teach me Reiki receiving my Level 1 in Reiki Shiki Ryoho in 2007 and when I visited her in Perth I gave her a treatment and she adamantly stated ‘I will teach you Level 2’. When she visited me in Niagara Falls she did just that.
Because of Christine’s influence I continued learning Reiki and she taught me the final level in Reiki Shiki Ryoho. I began to teach. Together we then attended another model of Reiki and received our Level 1 in Komyo ReikiDo.
After being introduced to Komyo ReikiDo I went on to achieve the final Level 4 – Shinpiden – in Komyo ReikiDo and now teach that model of Reiki with Christine’s blessing.
She crossed over in 2014. I went to see her in the London Ontario hospital and 2 weeks later she crossed. Christine’s influence is a big part of me and I am so glad she was a big part of my life. I ask her many times to be with me during a Reiki treatment while working and playing with someone’s energy.
I was taught by a master and stand on the shoulders of a very insightful woman. The picture of Christine in this article was taken while blowing bubbles and playing with her inner child. I miss her.
Contributed by Christine Cresswell's Friend Roxsane Rysdae