Meet Tharanga: Reiki Master Teacher and TURA's Founding Member

In our latest interview, TURA President Alvin Soh speaks with Tharanga who is a Reiki Master Teacher and also a founding member of TURA.

Like many healers, she started working in the corporate sector and disease led her to seek alternative treatments.

Alvin: Hello, everyone. I'm Alvin and I'm the current president of The Usui Reiki Association of Singapore, also known as TURA. So today we are very fortunate to have Tharanga with us. She's one of the founding members of TURA, and today we'll be doing an interview with her. So welcome, Tharanga. Maybe let's start off with telling us, introducing yourself, who you are, your background, and maybe what inspired you on this journey into holistic work.

Tharanga: Okay. I'm Tharanga and I come from a business management background. Actually something completely different. Feeling I was working a very stressful 9 to 5 job and maybe overnight or sometimes so. So much of work stress and anxiety. And also I got very, very sick. Sick. I had severe abdominal pain as well. Finally, I ended up in hospital and they diagnosed me with stage four endometriosis. So over the years, they performed three surgeries to relieve the pain. And when they were trying to do the fourth surgery, I was like, isn't there any other way? You know, I tried different, all holistic healings as well, like ayurveda, acupuncture, and things like that. They gave temporary relief, but nothing to heal me. Then finally, you know, I heard about Reiki and went for a Reiki group healing. And during that time, I was given a Reiki attunement. And after receiving the attunement, I was giving Reiki to myself and the pain reduced and went away, you know, from. For that whole one hour, the pain was gone. So I was thinking, this is like a miracle, you know, magic, magic healing. So I quickly learned Reiki and then within about four months of doing Reiki on myself, I was able to completely heal the pain. So it is like a really fascinating journey. And that's how I came into Reiki.

Alvin: So you kind of come into Reiki because of pain management? Of course, there's a lot of people that come into Reiki for different reasons, and pain management is one of the main reasons for you to step into Reiki.

Tharanga: This after about 25 years of severe pain, enduring pain, that I found this healing finally.

Alvin: It's wonderful. I think Reiki for pain management is very beautiful. A lot of times when we have pain, it's just so natural that we will just activate Reiki and just let the energy flow for that management of pain. What are the services you offer as part of your wellness practice?

Tharanga: So everything that worked for me in my healing is what I offer to my clients as well. So Reiki then I do tapping, acupressure, point tapping, and then meditations, different meditations to suit different people. And then also tarot reading. You know, get an intuitive understanding of the future and everything. So all these services are the ones that work for me.

Alvin: I see. What inspired you to start offering these services to others?

Tharanga: Because I realised like different people have their own different needs. So I mainly focus on distance healing and animal Reiki as well. So when I do a healing, it's a combination of these modalities. I will do tapping, sound, healing crystals, Reiki, all that together too, you know, but tailor made our healing for the person's own needs.

Alvin: Because people respond differently and everybody individually need different type of healing.

Tharanga: Especially animals also. Yeah.

Alvin: So how does your service support someone on their healing or spiritual journey?

Tharanga: Reiki works at all levels, mental, physical, emotional and spiritual. So it's a slow way of healing. Totally like total soul healing, basically. And also so tapping releases and rewires your mental pathways. So the way of thinking and things like that can be changed initially. Anxiety, panic, those kind of severe thing symptoms can be easily relieved with tapping. So while doing tapping, then doing Reiki, then some thistle and other healing together gives a holistic way of. And then a person practices meditation. So it's very easy to, you know, heal at all levels. Especially like.

Alvin: It's very beautiful. I think healing at all levels, really that healing at what you mentioned, soul level healing, when you mentioned tapping, it just come into my mind that is it EFT or is it some other form? EFT. Okay. It's very nice. What can clients expect when they come for a session with you?

Tharanga: First I would ask them what are their needs. I have a small discussion, understand. And the client also really needs to be ready and open to do their own healing. This is their own healing. So then I will tailor make this healing solution to fit their specific needs. So if a client like is responding better to Reiki, then I'll do more Reiki. Or then if it's tapping, then we'll do more tapping and even tarot reading to see, you know, the future, to understand, get an intuitive understanding of what is coming to you.

Alvin: I think that's very beautiful. Each client has their own needs. Different clients at different stage of their healing journey or of their consciousness need different type of modality. It can be tarot. Sometimes when they have that mental clarity, it helps them more than energy type of healing. Sometimes at that point of stage there is some energetic block or that there is some energetic misalignment and they need that more. And it's beautiful that you offer at the whole level of healing for clients. Is there a memorable client experience or like a transformation that you would like to share with us?

Tharanga: There's a client I've never met. I did distance healing and she actually was disowned by her family and had a lot of issues even with husband, so much of, you know, so for her, I did distance healing, tapping, you know, all that. So it worked really well for her. And she's now pursuing higher education and really managing everything. And now everybody around her is surrounding her again because her energy is completely changed. Yeah, and there was another experience with another client who had five miscarriages. Fifth. Fifth time was triplets at five months. And she was able to give birth to a healthy baby after Reiki, even cancer. Yeah, cancer patients, a lot of cancer patients. For side effects. I would like to specially share story about my own dog. So he was one day staring at me and telling me, you know, my right eye is hurting, take me to the vet. I was like, ah, what are you saying? You know, so. But I, because he was blocking my way. I was about to go out, but he was blocking my way, wouldn't let me go. So I decided, okay, I'm going to take him to the vet. I'm going to listen to my intuition. And then I told the vet, you know this, my dog is saying this and can you check? And he first initially just did a cursory check and said, oh, nothing is wrong with your dog. No, no, I'm a Reiki master, you know, I know what I'm talking about. This dog is telling me his right eye is hurting. So he did something called the fluorescent diet test and he was able to find an ulcer in his eye. So he gave two types of antibiotic and he thankfully, within a week or two, my doggie Cookie healed. But you know, the vet told me that this kind of thing, it was very difficult to diagnose. It's only when the dog goes blind in eye and knocks into other furniture and things like that that owners notice something is wrong. So this is like amazing that he was able to tell me and he specified the eye also. It was like, I still can't believe it, you know. So animals have their intrinsic way of communicating and by listening to them, I'm able to tailor the healing sessions for them to their own needs, even distance healing. You know, animals, they watch the camera the whole time.

Alvin: Oh, beautiful.

Tharanga: So interesting, you know, and the healing is to it. They walk away.

Alvin: So Reiki can be done on animals as well. And in fact, animals really love Reiki. So there's two things that you mentioned. One is distance healing. So Reiki as well. We can send healing energy, basically Reiki to someone that is not with us. So can be on other countries, can be in very far away. It works. They mentioned that story is beautiful. Also for Reiki, it actually helps in a way that sharpen our intuition, build that trust as well. So not everyone will have a message after you learn Reiki that your pets tell you something slowly. You might, but it's not 100% that. Oh yes, I learned Reiki, I'll have that. But if you do, it's a very beautiful thing. And you can basically heal your pets in even a better way sometimes and really work on what they need. What makes your approach unique or different compared to others in the field.

Tharanga: Basically, like since I do a combination method and I am also very open to client feedback and then change accordingly to what they really need for the delivery. Especially like even animals. Also I will like do different types of healing for like when a bird will have a different, you know, than a cat or a doggy.

Alvin: So do you have any personal message or intention for those people that are seeking healing or any guidance for them?

Tharanga: Yeah, actually you. You have to be very open to your own healing and be ready to open your heart and heal from inwards. So the world around you actually changes. When you heal yourself, you can manifest everything. So my message is that first love yourself and provide yourself with this opportunity to heal from within. And then the world as you know it will change and transform beautifully to mature, energetic vibration.

Alvin: That's a very beautiful message. I think a lot of times when people seek healing, they are triggered by something external. It can be different people, different situation, different environment that triggers them. But healing really works on changing ourselves, healing ourselves from within, like mentioned. And when that happens, the energetic alignment, the energy change within ourselves, it changes how we react to external. And that is really the healing journey. Sometimes it might take longer, sometimes it might take shorter. Really depends on the situation. But that's a very, very beautiful message that we have just shared. Where can people find you or book a session with you? If you like to share the website.

Tharanga: With the audience, it's www.peaceandlovehealing.com. my business is also called Peace and Love Healing. my contact number is 9640-6859. Yeah, and you can always reach me through TURA website as well.

Alvin: We will list her information down. I think it's somewhere here down in, in the description box or if you are looking at Facebook, it should be on top. So we'll be listing her information there. You can find her if you are looking for mainly distance healing.

Tharanga: And also combination modality.

Alvin: So if you are interested you can always look for her.

Tharanga: If you're in Singapore, of course you're welcome to come over but if you're abroad and you cannot. Yeah.

Alvin: And the last question, how is being a member of Tura benefited you so far?

Tharanga: It was an amazing experience coming together with fellow Reiki healers to form the association. I was the founding treasurer and then secretary and also vice president, president throughout the years and I got to know a large community of like minded individuals who support each other in their healing journeys, who practice different modalities in addition to Reiki as well. So this really helped widen the horizons for me. And also like they are there when I needed them most during crisis situations, when each other, we support each other. So, so I call them my tribe. So yes, Alvin is also part of my tribe. Yeah. And thank you today for coming and you know, doing this interview with me. It is very nice talking with you and yeah, thank you.

Alvin: So if you are interested in finding your healing tribe, you can join TURA. You don't have to be a practitioner. The the basic membership is perfect for people that are seeking healing, wanting to find a place where we share different types of healing, mostly connected to Reiki. Sometimes we share different modalities as well. That is not of Reiki. If you are a Reiki practitioner, you are a Reiki teacher. It is even better to join TURA via accredited association and, and you're more recognised with us when you're joining us. So that is the end of this interview and thank you once again.

Tharanga: Thank you.