Learning the Light: A Journey from Photography to Reiki Teachings

Reiki teachings are a spiritual journey in which a person remembers how to connect with the light of their own soul and universal consciousness. The years in which I learned to see light through photography and to follow it were the first signs of a deeper calling that today finds its meaning in Reiki teachings. In this article, I share how my spiritual relationship with light took shape along my journey from photography to Reiki.

My Journey of Learning Light Began with Photography

My journey of learning light began with photography. What drew me in during those years was not so much capturing technically correct light, but the light itself. A beam filtering through the clouds, a quiet brightness appearing in a reflection on the ground, or a moment of illumination that transformed everything at a certain time of day… All of these felt like a call I could not explain, yet felt deeply.

Over time, I realised that photography was not teaching me light itself; it was teaching me how to notice light. What I was truly searching for was not a composition or a technique, but that familiar feeling I sensed in my relationship with light. Looking back today, I see that photography was a threshold that prepared me for Reiki teachings. Perhaps it was the first language my soul chose to remind me of its own light.

The Many Tones of Light: The Connection Between What We See and What We Feel

Light is often defined through brightness, clarity, and what is visible. Yet light has countless tones, and some of these can only be perceived through shadows. Photography taught me this: to truly see light, one must also accept seeing the shadows. Because shadow is not the absence of light; it is light in another form.

At times, light appears directly; at other times, it is felt only as a reflection, a silhouette, or a subtle darkening. Our eyes often focus on what is bright, yet depth, contrast, and meaning emerge where light and shadow coexist. The connection between what we see and what we feel is formed precisely here.

When I look at Reiki teachings today, I see this relationship much more clearly. On a spiritual journey, there are not only states of light, but also shadowed aspects, unnoticed emotions, and suppressed inner spaces. Light does not arrive to eliminate these areas, but to make them visible. Just as in photography, spiritual light gains meaning together with its shadows.

Reiki Teachings: The Spiritual Dimension of Working with Light

In Reiki teachings, working with light is not about receiving an external energy or applying a technique. This work is about remembering how to reconnect with the light of one’s own soul and with universal consciousness. Reiki does not teach how to create light, but how to make space for the light that already exists.

For this reason, light in Reiki is experienced not merely as an illuminating force, but as a state of awareness that brings presence, touch, and transformation. What often emerges in sessions or trainings is not a dazzling experience, but a sense of inner calm, softness, and deep contact. Here, light works not by force, but by invitation.

Just as I once noticed in photography that light does not take over a scene by force but simply appears at the right moment, I came to see that in Reiki, light also knows its own timing and path. Reiki teachings reminded me that light is not something to be controlled, but a guide to be trusted. This spiritual work opens space for a more honest, compassionate, and whole relationship with oneself.

The Light I Once Sought in Photography, I Find in Reiki Today

During my years as a photographer, following light was not a conscious search. It was more of an inner pull that I could not yet name. Sometimes it was not the scene itself, but the light appearing within it that made me stop, look, and wait. I now understand more clearly that what I was seeking was not merely aesthetic, but carried a deeper sense of connection.

Over time, I realised that the light I was seeking in photography was not just an element that made an image beautiful. That light was a quiet yet persistent reminder calling me inward. What appeared to be an outward search was, in truth, the reflection of an inner orientation.

Today, as I work with Reiki, I see that the light I once sought in photographs had always been here. Reiki taught me to recognise within myself what I had been searching for outside. Photography was the first language of this journey; Reiki became the space where I established direct contact with the light itself. Searching gave way to remembering, and seeing gave way to feeling.

The Light I Once Saw Becoming the Light I Teach Today

In time, I realised that the light I once tried only to see is not something I now pass on as information or technique. That light is a state a person remembers within themselves. Through Reiki teachings, I experienced that light is not something taken from outside, but an awareness that already exists, though often covered.

Today, when I offer Reiki trainings or work through Reiki sessions, what I aim to share is not a method, but the space for this remembering. Every person’s relationship with their own light is different, and Reiki allows this connection to emerge naturally, without force. Light is not taught here; it is invited. Both the one who teaches and the one who learns become part of this field at the same time.

During my years in photography, I learned how to wait for light — without forcing the moment, allowing it to arrive in its own time. Reiki teachings showed me the spiritual reflection of this waiting. Inner transformation, just like light, does not happen in haste; it unfolds when one is ready.

Looking back, the transformation of the light I once saw into the light I now teach feels not like a change of profession, but like a journey of consciousness. Photography was the first language of this journey. Reiki became a deeper space in which the soul remembers its own light. And this journey is still continuing.