Today we’d like to introduce you to Madaline Jones.
Hi Madaline, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I’ve always felt very connected to something out there that I wasn’t raised with the vocabulary to identify. As a child, I strongly felt the energy and emotion of other people, and even trees and animals, for example. I had a profound connection with nature and the outside world to a degree that I remember feeling the consciousness of it all long before I had the words to articulate it. I would talk to the squirrels, the plants, the earth, the moon. Then, like so many of us, as I grew older the conditioning and limiting ideas of reality became stronger and I started to acclimate to the world around me. “That’s just your imagination”, “you’re so creative with your stories”, “you’re too sensitive”, “that’s not real”, etc. I always felt very different from the people around me because that connection was always very present (as it is for all of us to varying degrees) but I did my best to carry on within the bounds of a “normal” life.
The trauma I experienced in my childhood also contributed in many ways to what I used to feel was a straddling of two worlds. I never fully committed to this material life but I didn’t understand any of that at the time. I was just trying my best to exist in what seemed, to me, a confusing and painful world. Then, in my early 30s, one of my best friends passed away at the age of 33 and that was the year that my entire life changed. His passing, and the subsequent passing of three other family friends in the following months, led to a mental/emotional breakdown that carried me into the most powerful awakening of my life to date. I began meditating daily and practicing yoga regularly, which very quickly opened my awareness and energy channels to the “something that I always knew”, which I now know to be the consciousness of the universe. I soon found my way to energy healing, became a certified Reiki practitioner and began my own home studio only to find that this was only the beginning.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
This is such a wonderful and important question for everyone out there thinking about a big life transition. Whether that is starting a new business, ending a partnership, moving to a new city or country, whatever is calling you that might be bringing up some fear and resistance. These are the summons of your soul and they are trying to get your attention for a reason. For me, the road has not always been smooth and there continue to be challenges that arise. However, I can say unequivocally that if you are following those nudges inside of you (not the voice of the monkey mind but the deep feeling of knowing within you), if you commit to flowing with the current of YOUR being, then you are along for one of the most remarkable rides this life has to offer. My struggles have varied from financial fears, external opinions and judgment, my own self-doubt, pain stirred up from trauma healing, etc. Though I have learned that within each of our struggles is a most vibrant and valuable gift. Everything we experience is an opportunity for growth, learning and transformation. I made a decent living before I left the conventional workforce. Leaving that to pursue my own business and all the unknowns that came with it brought up a lot for my human/conditioned mind: fear, worry, judgment, doubt, etc.
I also went through a period where it was difficult to communicate and interact with the outside world when all of these changes were happening within me. I want to stress this for anyone who is currently going through a spiritual awakening. It can feel very lonely in the beginning. You start to completely shift the way you view the world, your life, your challenges, your relationships, your boundaries, your mental and emotional patterns and you may not have other people in your life who will understand. While there are SO many incredible resources available to us in the form of books, podcasts, healers, therapists, and so on, it can still be very challenging to integrate your new vibration & awareness into your old (or existing) life mold. However, this is also part of the process and it, as with everything else in this physical life, is temporary. It also gets SO much easier and more fun when you release the resistance and open up to all that is available to you. I encourage you to keep following that feeling. Keep reaching out to others who are going through or have gone through the same journey. Keep reading, feeling, healing, writing, learning, and remember you are exactly where you’re meant to be. Ask for help when you need it but remember you can trust yourself. You’re the only one who really knows what is best for you anyway.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
So many things! I am a Reiki master, spiritual guide, meditation guide, medium, and cosmic doula, just to name a few. When you work in this space, you know that one door opens and there are 100 more waiting for you and on and on it goes. It is an endless path of divine exploration. The bulk of my work right now is practicing Reiki, guiding meditations and helping others along their spiritual & personal evolutionary paths. There are countless ways that Reiki can benefit the mind and body and I treat people up and down the entire spectrum. I have clients who see me for physical symptoms and conditions such as arthritis, neck & back pain, fertility issues, sleep issues, chronic illness, mental health, etc. I see people for emotional distress, trauma healing, spiritual development, as well as those who simply want to deepen peace and relaxation in their lives.
One of my most cherished specialties is my work as a cosmic doula; helping women, through Reiki, in their various challenges with fertility. This term “cosmic doula” was given to me by another healer in Costa Rica who channeled this message to me from higher consciousness, not even fully aware of the work I had already been doing. The work is expansive and very individual but essentially I, along with Reiki and universal guidance, help women prepare their vessels to create and hold new life, with an astounding success rate. This involves clearing energy, removing blocks, recalibrating and recharging energy centers, and so much more. Again, I have worked with the entire span of the spectrum. From women who, after years of trying, were told by western medical doctors that they were “unable to conceive” on their own to those for whom conception seemed to be taking longer than expected, causing them to seek alternative assistance. I’ve had women come to me who had been trying to conceive for years and those who had only been trying for a few months. Some feel they have a “problem” preventing them from conceiving, others just want to clear their energy fields and prepare their bodies for this most sacred experience. In all cases, something led them to energy healing and the results have been truly life-changing. I am not a doctor and I always recommend supplementing Reiki with conventional medicine if you are experiencing a diagnosed condition. However, energy healing is just as real and measurable as that which we’ve deemed “standard science” and there is much to be gained from its use and research.
Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
I could talk for hours about all the lessons I have learned and continue to learn! I would say right now what is coming up for me is the importance of being present. In my life before this journey, never could I have imagined that so many of my struggles and periods of pain could have been eased simply by learning the art of being present. All we have is the present moment. That is true for all of us no matter who we are, where we are, where we came from or what we’re doing. The only time that actually ever exists is now. When we can learn to accept this truth, we are met with the most brilliant sense of clarity and peace. By training our minds to stop traveling into the past (where we often become overwhelmed by stress, regret, pain, trauma, etc.) or into the future (where we become consumed with worry, fear, or anxiety over something that hasn’t even happened yet, and may never happen!), we are able to sit calmly and clearly with what is.
Most of the time, the present is actually pretty great. And when it’s not, say we’re dealing with grief, physical pain, or a major life challenge, by being truly present we can then be with whatever it is that needs our attention in order to make us feel better or to get us to the next step, with clarity vs chaos. It sounds counterintuitive to our egos but when we stop hiding from our pain, we can finally start to find freedom from it. When we’re not constantly obsessing over stories of the past or worries about the future, our minds begin to open up to all of the possibilities available to us in the present. This lesson has been monumental in my journey. A second and equally important one is that WE ARE NEVER ALONE. We all have access to so much wisdom and assistance from the universe and from our own consciousness. We just have to learn how to quiet the noise so we can tap into that unlimited supply of love, peace and guidance.
Pricing:
- Reiki session (virtual or in person): $140/1 hr.
- Personal evolution session: $140/1 hr.
- Private meditation: $70/30 min or $140/1 hr.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.MysticMad.com
- Instagram: @mysticmadreiki
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mysticmadreiki/
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/mystic-mad-reiki-and-holistic-healing-los-angeles
Image Credits
All photos taken by me or my husband, Kerry.
