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CAN'T BE A HEALER TILL YOU'RE ALL HEALED - THINK AGAIN!
Monday, May 2, 2016
REIKI IS ALWAYS PERFORMED WITH THE RECEIVER FULLY CLOTHED
It has bugged me for a long time that if you go to look for images on google about receiving a Reiki session, you invariable see half naked people (usually women), or people minimally clothed, with someone's hands hovering over them giving them Reiki. And of course, as sex sells, you will assuredly see a woman's exposed bosom.
Well, I am here to unequivocally tell the world that REIKI IS NEVER PERFORMED ON A NAKED PERSON - N E V E R - and we also always cover our receivers with a sheet and blanket.
If you are a massage therapist who is running (some people say channeling) Reiki while giving someone a massage, (again the public is being mislead and this is being called a "Reiki Massage" - no such thing), then this might be the case, but even so, the woman in this picture would be draped.
When you receive Reiki you are ALWAYS fully clothed, and we make a big dealabout this. We want to public to feel that they are in good hands and are safe when receiving Reiki. Additionally, we place a sheet and blanket on the receiver (we don't call the people we do Reiki on clients, we call them receivers), for two reasons. One, we are not massage therapists, therefore it is illegal for us to touch people without something covering them up, especially any exposed skin. Did you know there are actually laws about this? Some states are called "no touch" states where you cannot touch someone you are giving them any kind of bodywork session on unless you are a licensed massage therapist, or a minister or priest (spiritual hands on healing thing).
Secondly, your temperature, heart rate and blood pressure will drop as you lie on a massage table receiving Reiki typically for an hour minimum, so you could get chilled, which would make you tense up. As one on the main benefits of having a Reiki session is relaxation, obviously if you were to start shivering that would be counterproductive wouldn't it?
If you were to go to a Reiki Practitioner for a session, and the practitioner asked you to remove your clothes, leave immediately. You are not dealing with a reputable Reiki Practitioner, you are possible dealing with a predator. If you think you are, notify the proper authorities! If they don't cover you with a sheet/and blanket, you are not dealing with someone who was not been properly trained by their Reiki Master Teacher, so again, I'd leave.
In summation - REIKI IS NEVER EVER PERFORMED ON SOMEONE WHO IS NOT FULLY CLOTHED! Reiki is also always administered to a person that we have draped with a sheet and blanket (sometimes the receiver gets too warm during the session because of all the heat coming out of the practitioner's hands, and at this point the blanket can be removed, if the receiver requests it.
Monday, April 18, 2016
A Detox or a Healing Crisis
I am reading a new book out on Kindle about Reiki, and I came across yet another fallacy about Reiki. In this book, the author says that a "healing crisis" is elicited every time someone has a Reiki attunement - not true, misleading, and may scare people off of having one.
The twenty day detox or cleanse elicited each time someone has a Reiki attunement, is NOT a healing crisis. In Helen Haberly's book " Reiki - Hawayo Takata's Story", she describes several incidences where Mrs. Takata's treatments, elicited a healing crisis (I call her the "mother" of Reiki because she is responsible for spreading Reiki over the entire planet through the 22 Reiki Master Teachers she trained). It becomes quite clear in this book, that a "healing crisis" is very different from the detox/cleanse brought on by a Reiki attunement (the sacred ceremony/energy transmission process/initiation you go through in order to be connected to the energy of Reiki so that you can channel it and call yourself a Reiki practitioner, only performed by a Reiki Master Teacher or Shihan (the Japanese word for teacher).
A healing crisis is the bodies response to having multiple Reiki treatments or sessions in succession (typically 2-3 sessions minimum the first week of treatment or more, followed by same the next week, and possible the next, depending on if the healing crisis occurred or not, and then tapering off as needed), which is the protocol for severe and chronic health issues as put forth by Mrs.Takata.
The Reiki Practitioner is actually trying to elicit this response in order to bring to the surface whatever is festering in the body or energy field that is the root of cause of the illness. In one of the many stories in Helen's book about Mrs. Takata's treatments, she describes an old man who is so debilitated by arthritis, he can barely get around. Mrs. Takata has to go to his house to treat him, and along with some dietary change suggestions, he begins to heal but notices a red patch on his elbow beginning to form. It grows and grows until one day it ruptures and began to spurt. Mrs. Takata wrapped in an old white sheet she found lying around, and eventually something like cottage cheese curds came out of it. She said it was calcium and that was what had caused the arthritis. He was now cured! This is the perfect example of a healing crisis!
The detox/cleanse one goes through after a Reiki attunement is nothing like a healing crisis. Immediately after an attunement, the Reiki energy begins to open, clear and balance the root or base chakra for 24 hours, then moves up to the sacral chakra doing same for 24 hours, and so on, until it reaches the Crown (top of the head) chakra at the end of 7 days. This process begins again in the root, progressing up as before, for two more 7 day periods. The purpose being to clears ones "channels" so that you can become a purer vessel for channeling Reiki energy (gets rid of old baggage).
Possible side effects of an attunement can be any of the following or combination of same: feeling either energized or fatigued, feeling like a flu or cold is coming on but it never materializes, feeling sad, angry or blissful, having more frequent bathroom visits either or both ways, finding certain odors or foods off putting, feeling nauseous, or feeling like a headache is coming on but doesn't actually materialize, just to name a few. These symptoms can come and go throughout the typically 21 day or so cleansing process, and the student is advised to take it a little easier, drink plenty of fluids (preferably good clean water), eat a healthy balanced diet and rest if your body calls for it.
I believe that it is vitally important that we get the real facts about Reiki out to the public so we don't scare or put people off who are in real need of our services, or feeling drawn to take Reiki training.
I believe that it is vitally important that we get the real facts about Reiki out to the public so we don't scare or put people off who are in real need of our services, or feeling drawn to take Reiki training.
Monday, April 4, 2016
It's All about Intention
I was taught that when you send Distant Reiki Healing to someone, you never tell the energy to do this or that, as it could be construed as trying to manipulate the energy to do so.
Distant Reiki Healing is a process whereby a Reiki Practitioner (Level II and above typically) sends the energy of Reiki to someone, or something, in a specific ritual we perform to do so. We can "send" Reiki to anyone or anything on the planet, past, present or future, for any reason under the sun. It's sort of like praying.
In the past, I have always instructed my students to never state a desire for a specific outcome when sending the energy, to just intend that it flow to the person or situation in whatever way would be for their highest and best good.
However, I am now rethinking that premise. I also taught that we have the person we are performing an "in person" Reiki session on, set a mental intention for what they'd like the Reiki energy to do for them, at the beginning of a Reiki session, meaning we are not privy to that information.
Then I became a Level I student of Healing Touch, another energetic healing system created by a nurse and very acceptable to the Western Medicine community, much more so than Reiki, at this time. In Healing Touch we set the intention with our client verbally for the session, before we begin the session, and I found this to be very powerful.
I began doing this with my Reiki clients, and found that it made for a much more powerful session, and that things were happening that I didn't think were conceivable during and after a session.
I had an insight yesterday afternoon that if we can set an intention out loud and together with our "in person" clients, then why the heck couldn't we do the same when sending Distant Reiki?
So I am experimenting with it now with a student of mine (we are sending each other Reiki with intention for the healing of several different conditions we each have), and have been incorporating this into the other Distant Reiki Healing sessions I do on a regular basis (I host two Distant Reiki Healing groups, and belong to several more).
I invite all those who are Reiki to consider doing this and see if they don't find that there is no problem with it, that it will actually enhance their Distant Reiki Healing practice, and begin spreading the word.
However, I am now rethinking that premise. I also taught that we have the person we are performing an "in person" Reiki session on, set a mental intention for what they'd like the Reiki energy to do for them, at the beginning of a Reiki session, meaning we are not privy to that information.
Then I became a Level I student of Healing Touch, another energetic healing system created by a nurse and very acceptable to the Western Medicine community, much more so than Reiki, at this time. In Healing Touch we set the intention with our client verbally for the session, before we begin the session, and I found this to be very powerful.
I began doing this with my Reiki clients, and found that it made for a much more powerful session, and that things were happening that I didn't think were conceivable during and after a session.
I had an insight yesterday afternoon that if we can set an intention out loud and together with our "in person" clients, then why the heck couldn't we do the same when sending Distant Reiki?
So I am experimenting with it now with a student of mine (we are sending each other Reiki with intention for the healing of several different conditions we each have), and have been incorporating this into the other Distant Reiki Healing sessions I do on a regular basis (I host two Distant Reiki Healing groups, and belong to several more).
I invite all those who are Reiki to consider doing this and see if they don't find that there is no problem with it, that it will actually enhance their Distant Reiki Healing practice, and begin spreading the word.
As in all things, even though we ask that the energy do this or that, we might also want to add that whatever is for the persons highest and best good be the outcome. We never know what the Universe/Spirit has in mind for someone, which maybe why they are experiencing what they are experiencing, so we do not want to interfere with their process, or take on that Karma.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Who Should and Shouldn't Open Up a Reiki Business
I recently came across a social media post that set my teeth on edge. It was a request for donations on a crowd funding site to help outfit a brand new Level I Reiki student with all the accouterments needed to open her own Reiki business (perform Reiki sessions on the public and charge for it).
Here is what I was taught, what I teach, and what I feel in my heart to be true. A Level I student is in no way trained and experienced enough to open a Reiki business. Only those who are Reiki Masters, have the experience and qualifications to open a professional practice and offer Reiki sessions to the public and charge for it In my lineage (how we trace our connection back to the originator of the system of Traditional Usui Reiki - Dr Mikao Usui), we separate the Master Level into two different levels - Reiki Master Practitioner (RMP), and Reiki Master Teacher, (RMT). I was also taught and teach even a new RMP should not charge what an RMP who has been practicing for years charges.
#1: Each level of attunement (the energy transmission process Reiki Master Teachers perform on their students to connect them to the Reiki energy in every Reiki class) opens you up to channel a greater, and greater flow of energy. So in theory, a Level I student is channeling only one third of the amount of energy a human body is capable of channeling. However, a Reiki Master Practitioner (RMP) or Teacher (RMT) is channeling the full flow of Reiki energy that we are capable of channeling in our dense human bodies. Therefore, if you have a Reiki session from a Level I student and they are charging you as much as an RMP or RMT, then you're getting short changed - big time!
#2 The Symbols: At the second level of Reiki training (Level II), you receive the Reiki Symbols. Depending on who your Reiki Teacher is, and who they trained under, you may only receive the three traditional Reiki symbols (ones we can trace back to Dr. Usui), or five as in my lineage (we also add in two non- traditional symbols because of who our teachers, teachers were). The symbols do many things: amp up the energy in the area we are working on during a session, or focus it more intently, or are good for matters of the heart like grief, sorrow, betrayal, abandonment, etc., or for mental/mention issues, or for Karmic and past lives issues and issues of sexual or physical abuse as children, and one is expressly for "opening the door" so to speak to make it possible to send Distant Reiki Healing to anyone, anywhere, for whatever reason, and more. A Level I does not have these tools, which are essential to any good Reiki session or practice.
We also use them to bless our food, drink, and anything else you can imagine, and clear our healing space, living space, office space and more.
#3 Experience: Every Reiki teacher should offer their students a monthly or even bi-monthly Reiki Share. They offer the students opportunities to work on others, people who are not family and friends, so they can get familiar with how working on someone they hardly even know feels. It is also gives them the opportunity to practice their skills, and get corrected if they need it, and meet other like minded individuals. Who knows, you might end up striking up a friendship with someone in a share, and decide to get together outside of the share and practice on each other - more opportunities to practice your skills, and get lots of experience and feedback.
Anyone who wants to open a Reiki business and perform Reiki sessions on the public, needs to have worked on a lot of different types of people - family, friends, people at Reiki shares, etc., maybe even done some volunteer work, before they set out to open a business of working on the public and charging for it.
Your teacher may also offer some guidance about how to go about open up a business - I do.
The last thing I was taught and teach is that those just starting out their business should not charge what an experienced and seasoned RMP charges. So if the market in your area says $70 is the going rate for a one hour Reiki session, then someone just starting out should only charge about $40 or so for their sessions, until they do have the experience and expertise that would justify them charging the full rate.
To sum up, it is unethical and just plan wrong for someone who has just barely begun their Reiki studies to open a Reiki business and charge the public for Reiki. Just common sense!
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
WORDS AND THOUGHTS HAVE MORE POWER THAN YOU THINK!
I and several of my students had some very eye opening experiences this week. Basically your words and thoughts are a lot more powerful than you think. And also be very discerning about who and what you are connecting with when you use your pendulum, do card readings, or any other form of connecting to Spirit energies to get information.
For me, it started with my expressing my objections to something someone was saying on the Facebook. I ended up getting psychically attacked BIG TIME (for days) and also had some curses sent my way. Seriously! I'm not kidding.
Fortunately for me, I now have the tools to remove all of that stuff, but it did take days and was not pleasant.
Coincidentally (and no, I don't believe in coincidence) there is a wonderful article in the latest addition of Reiki Magazine by Patricia Williams that offers a lot of insight into this issue.
Additionally, one of my students connected with a very nasty energy while innocently using her pendulum to receive guidance.
I am now going to avidly explore more ways of keeping this sort of thing from happening again, and then pass on this knowledge to my clients and students, and whomever else crosses my path that needs it.
It is obviously much more prevalent than most of the population is aware of, and I feel it is something we all really need to start working on. How can we bring about peace to the planet when we are harming each other on a daily basis with our negative thoughts and emotions? I began to wonder how President Obama copes with this sort of thing. The massive amount of negativity spewed daily (or even hourly) at him just overwhelms me. I hope someone is clearing him on a regular basis!!!
Also, just because you think you have a pure connection to a being, guide or Angel, don't assume that you do. When you open yourself up psychically, you become a beacon (like turning a flashlight on in the dark), and there are energies that are just waiting to pounce on those who are innocently or uninformedly inviting them in. Find yourself someone who really knows their stuff, and can teach you all the ways you can protect yourself, your home and family, and who will teach you the ins and outs of calling in only the purest energies of the light!
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