A WOMAN’S journey from redundancy to Reiki has inspired her to fulfil her childhood ambition of writing and publishing her own book.

Jody Woodbridge, from Middlewich, has published ‘So, What Even is Reiki’ on Amazon – a beginner’s guide to understanding Reiki.

Jody explains how Reiki is a Japanese word which, when broken into Rei and Ki, means ‘universal’ and ‘energy’.

She says: “During a Reiki session, you’re held in a healing space, channelling the universal energy, releasing negative emotions and healing on a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level.”

Speaking about how she first discovered Reiki, Jody said: “I worked for a business for 17 years, then in October 2019, a restructure took place and I accepted redundancy.

“Turning 40 the following year, my boys were getting older and I felt this was my last chance to do something for me, but I didn’t know what that was.

“I researched many different things, started a blog, joined a writing course and took a part-time job in a stamp auction house.

“Through the writing course, I came across Soul and Spirit Magazine – reading it, I felt I had come home.

“I booked a reading with a psychic medium and started looking into spiritual training.

“I found a Reiki course and enquired, but it was January 2020, and they stopped taking bookings due to the pandemic threat.”

Throughout 2020, Jody continued to learn as much as she could about spirituality, while also setting up her own virtual assistant business.

In January 2021, the calling came again for Reiki and Jody found her teacher.

She added: “Through the teachings and practising of Reiki, I have been able to heal on all levels, allowing me to break free from the fear of judgement, overthinking and worrying.”

As a result, Jody found the self-belief to write and release her book which can be found at amzn.to/3fcMeaq.

Jody offers group Reiki sessions with membership groups or part of workplace wellbeing packages, has developed a group mentoring programme and launched The Healing Circle, a weekly group healing session.

The next Healing Circle takes place on Monday at 1pm.

To book, visit eventbrite.com/e/the-healing-circle-by-spiritual-wellness-tickets-247874749047.

For information, email info@spiritualwellness.uk.