Finding Your Inner Happy: Guidance and Techniques to Enhance Your Spiritual Practices and Cultivate a Place of Peace Within

By Amanda Kelloway

Do you crave inner peace and contentment?

Imagine if you could find a way to nurture yourself by learning how to smile from the inside out.

Let Amanda show you ways of nurtur

• Language: English
• Publisher: Amanda kelloway
• Release date: Sep 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9780645675719

Amanda Kelloway

Hello, dear friends! I'm Amanda Kelloway, a Reiki master teacher with over two decades of spiritual exploration including teaching, mindfulness, meditation and spiritual development under my belt. I have traveled to India many times studied with Guru's and expanded my knowledge. Through a profound journey of mindfulness, meditation, and a deep-rooted love for the great outdoors, I've uncovered the secret to inner happiness. In my book, "Finding Your Inner Happy," I pour my heart out, sharing the insights and experiences that have shaped my spiritual path.My passion lies in unraveling the keys to inner peace and using them to unlock a sense of true happiness. Nature is my sanctuary, and I find immense joy in exploring the beauty of the world around us.

Book preview

On a beautiful summer’s day overlooking the river, I sat under the she-oak trees. The sun glistened on the water, the birds were singing, and all was well in my world. Out of the blue, with no pre-planned intention, I began to write.

There I was, writing my very first book. Who said I couldn’t do it? That would be me.

It just goes to show that yes, I can do it, and I did do it. As I was writing, I deliberately blocked out any other thoughts and stayed in the moment as the words flowed.

This book is filled with guided teachings you can use to enhance your spiritual journey. They are teachings that I have personally experienced. I have had profound experiences from each one, bringing me to a place of more love and peace within.

My gift to you is guidance to enhance self-love and achieve inner peace.

I want you to understand the power of learning just how capable and special you truly are, and it all starts with uncovering the power of I AM.

Allow me to introduce myself. I am Amanda Kelloway. I am feeling very excited to share with you my personal experiences on how I became the person I am today and how I started on my journey to heal my life. It is my hope that in sharing my experiences, you will recognise parts of your own journey and know that you are not alone and that happiness is waiting for you – just around the corner.

My personal journey to finding my inner happy began in 1997 after my parents passed. I was 39 years old with two children, a dog called Jess and a husband.

My world was turned upside down and inside out. I had never experienced grief before, and I let it consume me. I cried myself to sleep every night, praying for help for what seemed a very long time. I was feeling sad and angry and just plain miserable. I wasn’t coping with life at all. I started going to church, looking for answers. I also started reading the Bible, searching, and praying to God, asking for help.

All my life, I have been a nurturer and have always sought to take care of others. One weekend I was sitting in the waiting room of a local naturopath waiting for my friend to complete the treatment that I had arranged for her. While I waited, I absent-mindedly was flipping through a Mind Body Spirit magazine and was confronted by a full-page spread of something called ‘energy medicine’. My friend finished her appointment, and we left. A few days later, however, curiosity overtook me as I was walking past Caringbah Healing Centre, and I felt drawn to go in and enquire about all this light stuff everyone kept talking about. Luckily for me, they had time because they offered me a Reiki session, and onto the massage bed, fully clothed, I went.

I lay there with my mind racing a thousand miles an hour, wondering why this strange lady was hovering her hands all over my body. Eventually, though, I settled in, and the effects were profound. After the session, I felt spaced out, but as if someone had miraculously turned my inner light switch back on.

Reiki was my miracle. My emotions were back in balance. I felt lighter and clear. More importantly, I was able to function again. I will always be grateful for Reiki and the power it has to heal emotions and bring us back into balance. I was no longer drowning in the black hole of my own misery.

That day I found myself at the beginning of my journey to finding my inner happy and healing my life.

In 2001, with a passion lit within me for the power of Reiki to change lives, I learned how to channel Reiki for myself. Eventually, I progressed through my studies and became a Reiki Master teacher. I wanted to share it with everyone. Part of Reiki involves the use of sacred symbols, and I use them every day. I draw them in each corner of the shower, into the water flowing from the shower head, into my feet, and then I feel the tingling of the activated water and energy flow up through my feet and all through my body. I use the symbols to bless my food and drinks and my home. As I fall asleep at night, I pull the energy down through my body to release my day, prepare my body for sleep, activate my inner healing properties and protect me while I rest. When I go outside, barefoot on the grass, paddling in the ocean, feeling the sand beneath my feet, I use Reiki to ground my energy and send healing into the Earth. I have been doing these things ever since I learned Reiki.

This was just the beginning of finding my inner happy.

Since then, I have studied many different modalities with many teachers over the years. I am eternally grateful to all of them for their wise teachings. I have studied