Portrait of a Yogini: Anne Paysac, Reiki Master
I met Anne quite by chance in Annecy. She was sitting at the next table, in a restaurant with friends. And as always, I believe in beautiful encounters. Our conversations mingled and we talked about yoga. I immediately felt something special about her. Anne exudes a beautiful communicative energy, a beautiful light and above all an inner peace.
Anne Paysac is a Reiki master and yoga practitioner. Reiki is a healing method of Japanese origin, based on so-called energetic healing by the laying on of hands. One of the goals of Reiki is to relieve suffering, bring mental calm, inner peace and general well-being.
I asked her if she would like to answer my little questionnaire to share her yoga practice with you. Anne agreed without hesitation. So today, on this beautiful Easter weekend, I am sharing her experience with you.
How did you get into taking care of yourself?
I have always been a "helper". As a result, I tended to attract slightly toxic relationships (friendships, love, etc.) to vampirize me and to forget myself a lot. I gave a lot, certainly too much, or in any case, I didn't give myself
not as much. I was looking for love outside of me and not inside of me. I felt
a feeling of unease that made me start a lot of work on myself because I wanted to
understand, learn to love myself, be happy.
I have always been very attracted to all alternative and energetic methods
so very naturally well-being was at the heart of my research. This research has grown over the years and it was following a hypnosis session that everything began to fall into place. Very quickly after this session, reiki entered my life and I experienced an intense spiritual awakening. Reiki brought me a lot and allowed me to cleanse everything that was harmful to me, by refocusing on myself, aligning myself and focusing on my life mission.
This is how I headed, after a career in marketing in the
cosmetics, in hypnosis and NLP support after an intensive 2-month training in NYC during the summer of 2016. Beyond preparing for a
new career this training has enriched me enormously and made me grow in all the
levels of my being. All the pieces of the puzzle came together. I then
passed my reiki master level in November in Bali where I spent 2 months to
recover physically, emotionally and spiritually.
necessary support for my development. I had already practiced but I
was not receptive to the benefit of this practice before. I was not ready.
Now I am. I met myself, I learned to love myself, to accept myself, to
to be more tolerant, gentler towards myself and to really take care of myself.
What practice for your well-being?
My practice must be filled with moments that recharge me and make me feel good.
overall, on a physical, emotional or spiritual level. Yoga allows me to do this. It
also allows me to be in listening, kindness, learning and laughter
also sometimes!
My first passion is traveling. I have lived abroad a lot and plan to go
soon on a world tour. Traveling allows me to feel things even more
intensely, to be in the here and now, to experience, to discover, to
to meet, to open up, to elevate myself. It is essential to my well-being.
Yoga offers me this escape. Each class is like a journey…towards me.
I like to be in movement and whatever the practice, there is always a
new teaching, a different flow, a rhythm to discover, an energy specific to
this moment, a new opening towards oneself.
What is the ritual of your practice?
Being a nomadic soul, I find my stability in instability, when I am in
outside my comfort zone, in the challenge and therefore in flexibility. So, I
prefer not to be attached to a ritual. I personally find a ritual alienating,
limiting. I think my real power, my potential is in expansion,
freedom and instinct. I remain open to all opportunities that may arise
present without depending on a place, a person, a structure, a
habit…
The first thing I learned in yoga is that my physical condition is
different for each practice. Not having a ritual therefore allows me to respect myself
much more, to understand my limits, to accept them or on the contrary to
push me, challenge me and in any case listen to me, be open and
benevolent.
What do you get out of it?
I get a great deal of adaptability from it. I feel a bit at home everywhere!
And above all, I learn a lot from it, I modify my practices as I wish.
of my intuition, of my desires, of my sensations, of the moment, of the energy of a
place, of a person and especially of myself.
I get a lot of freedom and fulfillment from it.
What do you carry in your yoga bag?
The little traveling bird that I am tries to travel as light as possible.
moreover, for me, the practice of yoga rhymes with simplicity and being oneself. So I take
what I consider to be essential… a bottle of water.
What is your favorite object/accessory?
Through my travels, I have had special connections with certain objects.
These connections evolve as we meet people and learn from them....
I acquired a very pretty Mala with amethysts in Bali that I really like and that
I used it in meditation. I also wore for some time a medallion acquired in
an ashram in Bali, with the photo of my guru, a great spiritual master who taught me
learned a lot.
However, like rituals, I think it is limiting to put some of
my power in a fetish object/accessory. I am my own master and I have in
me all the resources necessary for my development, my protection, my
elevation. I try as much as possible to make these resources accessible to my
awareness rather than externalizing it.
So I try not to get attached to objects, but rather to the resources that
I have in me. However, I received a beautiful necklace from my grandmother,
years after his death and this jewel is very important to me so if I have to
to quote one it's this one :).
What would be your advice for Tayrona Yoginis?
At the beginning of my practice I did not understand why the teachers did not help me
no longer correct me. It frustrated me. Little by little, and especially thanks to my training in
hypnosis and NLP and the support that I offer, I understood that a good
The teacher is not there to correct me, but to make me responsible, in my
feeling, my practice, my self-healing. So, it pushes me to refocus,
align myself, be in the present moment to feel the posture, integrate when the
position is right, in my body. He is the co-pilot, I am the driver.
Where/how do you practice?
Mainly in yoga studios/centers or during retreats for the
moment. I like to feel the energy of a group, to follow a teacher. I would like
However, slowly start practicing alone from time to time to
develop a more autonomous practice. This will allow me to take responsibility
as for the frequency of my practice I would like daily. It would bring me
also more freedom to be able to practice anywhere, even when traveling.
Nomadic yoga is definitely a yoga that suits me. So the appearance of
apps is great news for me :)!
What is your mantra/favourite phrase?
It's a mantra that I discovered recently through a friend and which since
accompanies me daily. It is a powerful healing mantra.
The Medicine Buddha Mantra
Tayata
OM Bekandze Bekandze
Maha Bekandze
Radza Samudgate Soha
May the countless sick
be quickly freed from the disease
and may all the illnesses of beings
disappear forever
