About Reiki

Reiki is made up of two parts — the Rei and the ki. The first part means “spirit” and the ki is the same as chi or “energy”. Reiki is also known as universal life energy. Reiki is a method of healing and a way of life. The spiritual growth aspect of Reiki is at least as important as the laying-on of hands aspect. Reiki as in the laying-on of hands energy can be felt where the healer’s hands are or somewhere else. For example, the healer’s hands could be at the head and the healee may feel it at their feet. Reiki can be felt in many different manifestations. It can be felt as hot or cold, wave-like, tingling or vibration-like, electrical, or not felt at all.Reiki as we know it has been founded by Mikao Usui, respectfully called Usui Sensei or Dr Usui. He lived in Japan, from 1865 to 1926. Stories abound about Usui. It is said that he was the dean of a theosophical university in Japan, a Buddhist, a Christian, a Monk, and many other descriptions. What everyone does seem to agree on is that Usui learned from ancient texts and then meditated on top of a mountain for 21 days, where he somehow received the gift of healing. Some say this was due to getting struck by lightening on the 21st day.Usui founded a Reiki clinic in Japan and passed on the Reiki to others, by means of empowerments (a way of passing the gift), and teaching. One of those whom Usui taught was Chujiro Hayashi. In the early 1930′s, Hawayo Takata, from Hawaii, traveled to Japan and was cured of a tumor and other ailments at the Reiki clinic. Naturally, upon discovering such a method, one would want to go out and heal the world! Chujiro Hayashi trained her, and she is the source of much of the Reiki practised in the West today. There are about 142 different disciplines of Reiki. And more than 142 different egos! However, all Reiki is Reiki. Only one discipline of Reiki is needed for a healer to flourish with it. After the attunement process, the healer grows and develops their gift by practising Reiki both as a healing and as a way of life.Attunements can only be performed by a Reiki Master or Reiki Master-Teacher. The attunement process is a way of passing on the empowerments in a quick burst of energy. An attunement is also called an initiation. The Reiki attunements are what differentiates Reiki from other forms of energy or hands-on healing. An attunement tunes the student to the Reiki channel, kind of like a radio being tuned to a particular channel. They will then be able to channel Reiki for life. Even if a person attuned to Reiki leaves the actual practice of Reiki, they never lose the ability to get back in touch with Reiki, and they can re-connect with it again when they wish. Each level of Reiki study has its relevant attunements. There are usually three levels, although this differs from one discipline to another.If you are thinking of taking a Reiki course or workshop, it is advisable that you do so in-person and that you choose a Reiki Master that you feel comfortable with. Find out if they give after-care support and Reiki shares, where you can practise, grow, and develop. You may wish to have a treatment first too, to make sure that the Reiki Master is right for you, as well as to experience how Reiki feels. Enjoy your learning and healing journey!

Do you actually know that a Karuna Reiki® Master is already an Usui Reiki Master? Do you also know that Karuna Reiki® is not a different type of Reiki but simply a further exploration of Reiki energies tracing back to the origins of Reiki? Karuna Reiki® was born out of the research of Usui Reiki Masters who explored the origins of Reiki and channeled energies with respective symbols. So being a Karuna Reiki® Master is equivalent to a specialisation within the Reiki system and is not a parallel path. Any Usui Reiki Masters may one day feel the need to explore further to experience further to heal further to offer further and this is what Karuna Reiki® Masters have felt and engaged in.To make a long story very simple one has to be a Master to register for a class of Karuna Reiki®. One has to know the four symbols of the third level and the two symbols of the fourth level. They have to know how to attune others and having practiced as Master Teacher for at least one year. When Karuna Reiki® enters your home some fabulous boost in energy levels are guaranteed to come your way!. There are no exceptions about that!Being a Reiki Master is not an honorific title. It is actually not a title but a step on a path. The Rei Ki path in this particular case. Well yes, being a Rei Ki Master means that the person is a seeker, a learning healer, an “insighter”, and also a compassionate heart. It means the person has reached a certain level of comprehension about certain matters, and also has made a commitment to search further for answers. I am not sure if every one sees it this way. This is the way my fellow friends I feel to say about being a Reiki Master. Moreover, teaching Rei Ki is a fabulous experience. Personally I never thought I would one day teach Rei Ki although I did instantly nurtured admiration for the Rei Ki Master who initiated me to Rei Ki back in 1999., He had a constant smile on his face and I used to talk about him as though he was a Zen Master. He had this particular skill of always appearing when you are about to expect him.As I now teach Reiki and loving it, I am thankful to all the students who attended my classes. Every time I have taught Reikii I felt some much energy passing through my body that it made me fly. Moreover every time students came to me for advice I was so humbled to give it with great passion. I simply love Reiki and my students.

I am now free from chronic neck pain, despite having a mechanical challenge in that area. But there was a time when I was constantly in agony. One of the methods that helped me was Reiki, but it was via a very circuitous route. This is my story.At the beginning of my recovery from a disease that nearly took my life, I had to sleep stiffly in a certain way, and then I had a mishap when I got back into the gym, the combination of which gave me constant neck pain. I was seeing an osteopath twice a week, way beyond what any medical scheme would pay for, and hardly able to pay him. I even ended up taking a second job when the mounting debt became unmanageable. But pain does that to you. You would do anything to escape it. As well as finances, I paid with my stomach lining, popping huge amounts of pain killers, just to get some relief. Of course, just being in pain all the time was maddening. And no matter what I did, the pain returned within hours or even minutes.I started investigating faith healing, in desperation for a miracle. So when I was invited to a talk about Reiki, I jumped at the chance to find out more. At the talk, I decided that Reiki would be a tool to help me manage this pain. I signed up for my first Reiki course, eager to get started.At my Reiki 1 course, my heart totally sank when my Reiki Master said that Reiki would not help my neck pain. I was devastated. However, I liked other things about the Reiki and decided to pursue it further. I went on to take my Reiki 2 practitioner course and never for one moment questioned my first Reiki Master’s statement. I took it as the absolute truth. I never tried to heal my neck pain or gave myself a healing with that intention. I kept paying more than I could afford for osteopathy and kept destroying my stomach lining.Four years later, still in agony, I was by chance given a healing by another Reiki Master. I told her nothing about my neck pain but simply took my usual double dose of ibuprofen before the gathering in which we met and submitted to a healing in order to please her. This Reiki Master was more experienced than the others before her. She intuited that something was wrong at my neck and shoulders and proceeded to heal it. She made me stay longer, saying there was still work to be done. And although I felt nothing happening during the treatment, by the end of that day, I noticed that I had not taken more pain-killers. The next day, I could really feel a difference. I went from twice-weekly osteopathic manipulations to once fortnightly – literally a quarter of the treatments previously needed. I was so amazed, I started self-healing my neck, offered Reiki pain relief to my clients, and also enrolled to do my Reiki Masters.Since those days, I have added to my healing tool-kit with EFT and kinesiology-based methods, and that chronic pain, which had once driven me to distraction, is simply no longer. But I will never forget that magical day when my eyes were finally opened to the wonders of Reiki. I am truly blessed.

Reiki is an omnipresent divine invisible form of energy influences living and non livings creatures. The universal energy resides in every micro particle of the universe. Reiki is a simple yet divine technique of healing body/mind /spirit. The reiki works on three dimensions of frame working in the whole, complete and correct manner. Reiki works as an atomic reactor it raises the frequency of all heavy, negative and discordant energy into divine vibration of healing and harmony.”Divine mother reiki heal me whole complete and correct” is a very powerful and genuine invocation used for effective healing-sessions. This invocation positively declares and affirms that the healing is done according to the divine mother reiki will and is therefore unstoppable and inevitable and the final result is in the accordance with the divine will.Whole:Any disease manifests itself in three layer of existence physical, etheric, casual. Reiki energy works on physical, etheric and casual levels. Reiki rebalances the energies in each body.When all the energies in each body are balanced health occurs. When the mind focuses continually on one object or idea, the thought form becomes crystallized in the body. The natural flow of cerebral spinal fluid is arrested in the physical body when there is a blockage in the corresponding are of the etheric body. The struck thought or emotion manifests first in the corresponding part of the etheric or electronic body, if not dealt with, eventually causes disease in the corresponding organ of the physical body.The reiki works on the physical, etheric and casual levels. Reiki helps each person to release energy blocks and the connected emotions which in turn helps the release of casual level of diseaseComplete:A human being has a soul, mind and body. The soul is spirit, mind is consciousness and body is matter.All sickness is due to blockages of soul, mind and body. Soul blockages are due to bad karma, mind blockages are due to negative thoughts, beliefs and attitudes and body blockages include obstructions in physical and energy channel systems, nervous system, lymph system and.Much of time the physical illness is caused by the mind being out of synchronization with the soul. Insight into the causes of certain illness shows that various parts of body harbour certain types of emotions, and can thus cause corresponding illness.Reiki works on all levels of existence; it is able to work on the specific level which needs healing, which in fact is connected with other levels. When our all levels works in harmony real healing will occur.Correct:The man is the sum total of the body/mind’s experiences in all previous and present incarnations. Some people create mental/physical diseases for themselves on subconscious level and they do so to learn some lesson, the past lives experiences will manifest itself as karmic debts in man’s physical, mental and spiritual plane in due time. There is always some good hidden in misfortune, no matter how unapparent. If some other person, who is not well versed in higher levels of healing, tries to interfere /correct the karmic debts of other person, he may face some dare consequences related to the negativity attached to that karmic debt.Reiki is a potent karmic debt dissolver device. Reiki has an intelligent and correcting energy of its own, it already knows what you have done in past lives and where your karma needs correction or some karmic lessons should experienced by you for your spiritual growth.Some karmic debts which are causing problems in this life and are not linked with any lesson are completely dissolved in the unconditional love of the reiki.Reiki as a divine mother treats its baby as a complete entity and heals him at all levels. Mother Reiki removes all the blockages of all levels by her unconditional love, compassion, care and forgiveness.BY GEETA JHA [SPIRITUAL HEALER] INDIA

Reiki is healing method that promotes stress reduction and relaxation and is based on an idea that energy flows through us that gives us life. Like many Asian based systems, it has undergone change taking on many identities. Some of those names include: Mikao Usui Reiki, Gendai Reiki Ho, Celtic Reiki, Siechim Reiki, Kundalini Rekei, Karuna Reiki, Western Reiki, spelled also as Rekai, Raiki, and Reke. Regardless the name and system, the basic belief is that if a “life force energy” is low or blocked, a person will fall ill. If it is high, which is the goal, a person’s life would be fulfilled; happy, healthy, and able to work, contribute to society, and love family and self unconditionally.In Japanese rei translated means “wisdom from the universe” and ki is “life force energy”. Applied by a practitioner using his or her hands, a treatment through energy channeling, provides a wonderful glowing radiance that treats the person as whole: mind, body and spirit benefiting through relaxation, a feelings of peace and wellbeing: The value is complete contentment.Unlike what many believe, Reiki is safe and simple. Effective in relieving illness and malady it works in conjunction with Western medical therapeutic. Though Reiki has provided methods of healing, practitioners admonishes anyone from replacing treatment from trained medical professionals and facilities with its method. In some Reiki schools, the techniques are not taught but passed down from one to another, a transference process. This is called attunement that supposedly allows the student to tap into an unlimited supply of “life force energy” to improve one’s health and enhance the quality of life. You don’t need to be a doctor, lawyer or anyone with a high intellectual background. Anyone and everyone from different age groups and backgrounds can learn this through proper training.While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, except a belief and understanding of true wisdom, energy flow, and compassion. With that said, Reiki is not dependent on belief at all and will work there is a belief or not. Because Reiki comes from everywhere, the earth, moon, universe, outside us, inside us, many people find that using Reiki puts them in touch with the experience of their religious belief rather than having an intellectual perspective of it.Dr. Mikao Usui, a Christian minister and teacher, brought Reiki into Japan after spending time in China learning healing techniques from Asian monks. From it he discovered the difference between spirituality and religion. Many have leaned towards the idea that Reiki is a religion. The Catholic Church forbids the practice in any of its facility, though nurses have used it in treating patients in Catholic hospitals. Not a religion, it is still important to live and act in a way that promotes harmony and natural healing, As it addresses simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony (five basic principals), this is universal across all cultures.Ideals developed to add spiritual balance, the principals purpose is to open up the healing spirit by consciously deciding to improve oneself accepting the responsibility for her or his healing and take an active part in it and include an active commitment to improve oneself to complete the process system a live a gracious life, virtues worthy of practice for its inherent value.As a martial artist for 40 years, I’ve trained both Japanese and Chinese systems. Reiki has precepts that I understand. The Five Basic Principals is similar to Gichin Funakoshi’s Dojo Kun. The concept of ki or “chi’s” force and channeling is similar to what’s trained in HsingI, baguazhang, zhan zhuang, qigong and taijiquan. The principals of kindness and compassion is similar to Falun Gong.Though I’ve not witnessed anyone cured from this practice, I’ve hard stories, credible and believable. In my years of practice, I’ve met and had the pleasure of learning from Shihan-dai’s and grand masters with their words of wisdom. Martial arts is enamored with acumens from such teachers, now available on the internet at the press of a button. Either way, knowledge is golden, and how a person interprets the information is entirely up to him or her. Reiki with its subtleties and simplicity provides a great deal of benefit to anyone who practices as well as to those energies are pass through.There’s this true story of one of my students. He was frustrated because he trained so long in the dojo with the intent of winning a trophy at a competition but lost three to zero very quickly in his match. He came to me complaining that his training was inadequate.So I asked him if he ducked, bobbed or weaved away when his opponent attacked. He answered “no.”I asked him if he shifted his weight from one position to another to avoid getting hit. He answered “no.”I asked him if he attempted any blocks when his opponent punched or kicked. He also answered “no.”During practice, I knew he learned the techniques in kihon, kata and kumite because I personally instructed him.I asked him why?He said he didn’t know why? He said that in the dojo, he relied upon my instruction to conduct his training. During a tournament competition, I was not there to instruct him on what to do.And therein lies the problem.In other life’s responsibilities, he was able to conduct himself responsibly, but during a competitive fight even after receiving months of training in the dojo, the conduct of action was not there.Reiki, Zhan zhang, qigong, taijiquan, baguazhang, Hsingi, and any other internal martial and healing arts requires intent, deep and primal, starting with the willingness to go beyond creativity and imagination and evolve into a new realm of possibilities.Channeling energy to heal requires a person to go outside a comfort zone of reality and become the universe. How can a sane person made up of skin, bones and matter become something as esoteric as the universe? One of my instructors told me that without “chi” or the energies life force that God gave us when we were born, the actual attunement or transference of energy from our mother who brought us into this world, we would be a mass of chemicals amounting to about $15 of raw material and a lot of water.It is this focus, as simple as giving birth, that a healer must pull from wisdom and energy before he or she can attempt channeling. My method of practice is qigong and taijiquan. It may created the spark that puts me into that realm. At this time, I haven’t achieved that goal, though from a personal standpoint, I am at peace with the exercise. I recommend you taking the time to research and read from the web, books or however way you find your own source of information. Either way, you will discover the same packets of info that will lead you to conclusions and hopefully provide you the benefit your are entitled.

Reiki found me one day. And since that day, I was propelled onto an amazing ride on my healing journey. I was fortunate to have had input from four very special Reiki Masters along the way. Something happened with each course I attended. I was given deep wisdom along with amazing attunements. I was given amazing healings by gurus in their field, healings that changed the way I look at things and how I felt about life. I was also given advice about how to flow with the energy, emotionally, commercially, physically, and spiritually.My first Reiki Master played a big role in my life. She helped shape my then jaded, bitter, and angry self into a more accepting, less judgemental, calmer person.My second Reiki Master was much nearer the new home I had moved into, and so I chose her for my Reiki 2. She too had a big influence on me. I built my business partly on her business model, and she was a great inspiration to me.After completing my Reiki attunements to Reiki Masters, I went on to receive further attunements and courses in what was then called the Tera-Mai healing system, which incorporated Reiki and other modalities. I took Sakara and Cahokia. One was from the head of the Seichem Reiki Association in the UK, and the other was from the founder of the Tera-Mai system. In each, I have received further refinements and wisdom. In the former, I was taught the power of intuition and how I can make a big difference using intuition. In the latter, I learned how I could not, as a healee, hide anything from an experienced intuitive healer, because they could read my energy and the story it told. I also learned that this was OK, and to let go of needing to be in control all the time.These four Reiki Masters have each taught me something unique and invaluable. I now try my best to impart these four Masters’ wisdom on my own pupils. I am truly blessed to have been given this rich knowledge and unconditional healing energy.If you are looking for a Reiki Master to do a Reiki course, speak to a few over the phone, have a chat and get a feel for who you get on with best. Go with your intuition, and see how you feel. And I sincerely hope you enjoy your learning and healing journey as much as I have.

You’ve probably heard about energy healing, self-healing, Reiki and similar healing techniques. But what are we talking about? Is it safe?The idea behind energy healing is that the practitioner channels energy to the client to break up energy blockages or to boost energy in areas where the client’s own energy is weak. Same types of energy healing have a religious basis, such as the laying on of hands. Others, such as Reiki and Pranic Healing do not.Reiki was begun in 1922 by Mikao Usui after a period of fasting and meditation. He believed that he received the knowledge of Reiki through revelation and at the same time, the knowledge to pass on this ability to others through an attunement process.A Reiki session lasts from 30 minutes to an hour. The client lies down comfortably while the practitioner places his hands over the major chakras for three to five minutes each. Using the Reiki symbols as keys to unlock the particular frequencies of energy, The practitioner allows the energy work to flow to the client. Some people say they feel a warm or tingling feeling during the session, others just feel very relaxed.As for safety, there is no way that Reiki can cause harm. It uses gentle, universal energy for healing. A practitioner cannot give too much Reiki energy to a client, so you can’t overdose on it!Pranic healing is similar, except practitioners use colors of energy to heal instead of the symbols of Reiki. The basic idea is the same, in that the practitioner uses energy to clear blocks and restore a good flow of energy.Other modalities differ in practice, but they all have the same basic approach. Some combine energy with massage or use it in conjunction with other practices, including chiropractic and even medical treatments.But do they really work? That is the question. Those who regularly have energy healing appointments obviously believe they do. Others try it once or twice and don’t really feel they received any benefit from it. In the scientific community, some feel that the healing from any type of energy modality is a result of the placebo effect.Is it worth the time and expense? If you have chronic issues which haven’t been relieved by other means why not give it a try? It is completely safe and quite relaxing. Whether those finding relief are experiencing the placebo effect or not, if it works, why argue over why?Or if you’re just curious, have a lot of stress in your life and want to try something new, go for it. At least you’ll get an hour away from all those worries and cares. There are plenty of sites on the internet which can direct you to practitioners in your area.So if you want to relieve your stress load, or have other issues you’d rather not treat with drugs, check out Reiki. Of course if you have serious health issues, you should never stop your current treatments without talking to your doctor.Energy healing is not a replacement for medicine, but rather a beneficial additional health benefit.

There is so much pressure on children, these days. From the moment they start school there seems to be an exam coming up and this can make children feel anxious and stressed. Reiki can help with anxiety, exam nerves and can even be useful in supporting learning.No one really knows how Reiki works: it is an observable system measurable only in its effects. Research shows that those who have been treated with Reiki tend to report reduced anxiety, relief from stress and enhanced quality of life.How does this apply to your children?Children respond really well to Reiki – they seem to instinctively recognise it as positive and life enhancing, even in the womb. Parents who learn Reiki can help their children relax and release stress, particularly at exam time. A Reiki treatment for a child takes much less time than for an adult and can, if necessary, be broken up into several sessions over a day, helping children relax and sleep well, even under the pressure of revision and national tests. Reiki is, by its very nature a loving, calming touch which can augment the parent/child bond.Parents, too, can become very anxious around exam time. Regular Reiki treatments can help them relax, improving their ability to provide an atmosphere conducive to successful revision.In addition, Level 2 Reiki can be of very practical help. At Level 2, Reiki practitioners learn to send Reiki over time and space. Successful outcomes require hard work as well as healing support and when Reiki is sent to doing well in the future it seems to open a clearer path towards that achievement.Practitioners are also able to send Reiki to exam rooms, filling the air, furniture, papers, pens and everything else in the space. In this way, everyone in the room can benefit, as it is available to all. Since we do not give Reiki to people without their permission, in these circumstances it is available to accept or reject at the students’ choice.It is a personal dream that one day all teachers will learn Reiki as part of their training so that they can augment every student’s capacity to learn and succeed in life. It must be said, however, that not all children are suited to school life, but a classroom space cleared by a skilled practitioner is a most positive aid to learning and good behaviour.Thus, it can be seen that Reiki can be used to support children’s learning and success every step of the way.