Mark Twain famously said there are liars, damn liars, and statistics. Last week’s poll illustrated his point.
PollDaddy lists the number of votes rather than the number of voters. Many readers didn’t notice this detail, and some expressed dismay at what seemed to be a low percentage of practitioners giving themselves daily Reiki treatments. But the [...]

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Public interest in Reiki treatment and practice is rising rapidly, leading many to wonder, What’s the best way to learn to practice Reiki? Here are some points to consider.

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What ingredients make a Reiki practitioner credible? How can you know if a practitioner is trustworthy and well trained?

Since there are no agreed-upon standards for Reiki education, Reiki certificates are essentially meaningless. A First degree (beginning level) student might have more training than someone who advertises herself as a Reiki master. This creates a credibility challenge both for people who are new to Reiki, and for practitioners who want to showcase their credibility.

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How does Reiki work? This question comes up often. The answer is simple: We don’t know.

We don’t know.

I find those words liberating. They free me from the common explanation, “the Reiki energy comes through and goes where it’s needed,” and enable me to explore and contemplate my practice. Perhaps you’d like to do the same. Let’s chew on this together.

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This could be a very short post, because when it comes to the science of biofields, there isn’t any. Until such time as doctors are ordering kirilian photographs instead of CT scans and MRIs, don’t risk running your argument aground by confusing frontier science and conventional science. But here’s what science is telling us thus far…

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Ask an artist What is art? and you’ll likely get either more than you bargained for in language you can barely recognize as your native tongue, or a cold, frustrated stare. To many artists, art is something they do, not something they talk about.
Reiki practitioners can relate. The question What is Reiki? floods them with such [...]

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Do you approach Reiki as a technique to perfect or a practice to explore?
Maybe you’re wondering, What’s the difference?
If you approach your Reiki self-treatment as a technique, then you likely have some concern–anxiety even–about doing it correctly, or well, or even–perfectly.
Then on any day that your Reiki self-treatment doesn’t meet your expectations, you struggle with [...]

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Common wisdom tells us: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. If the system is functioning, don’t intervene.
But how can we tell if something is broken?
It’s unwise to assume that everything that hurts is broken and needs fixing. There is unavoidable discomfort and pain in life’s cycles, and we’d be in danger without the ability [...]

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What’s the ideal length for a Reiki treatment?
Simple answer: as long as is needed.
But how frequently is that an option?
More often we’re looking at how much time we have. Of course, professionals need to finish before the next client arrives–and we’ve given enough treatments to know how far apart to schedule–but even sharing treatment with [...]

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Reiki connects us to that which connects us.
All the changes that occur with Reiki practice—physical, emotional, mental, spiritual—come from connecting and reconnecting with the largest context, our immediate and ultimate connectedness to everyone, and to all that is.
As our hands lightly connect with our bodies in daily practice, the limits of our awareness touch infinity. We become [...]

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