@ Kathy Heffernan – Thank you! I realized in retrospect that my comments do reflect the biblical story of the “man who was blind from birth” of whom Christ’s followers asked: “Who’s sin was it that caused this man to be blind, his or his parents?…” (Christ’s answer was “neither”.)

@Jeanne Nelson: I just had this conversation with my own oncologist. I have heard it said that many healthcare professionals tend to look at Reiki somewhat dismissively as simply a “feel good” therapy, to which I would have to answer “YES!!!” For my part, as a person faced with serious health issues and trying hard to be a good patient and work with my cancer-care experts, it is invaluable to me that Reiki picks up where medical care leaves off. Reiki, as a therapuetic and spiritual practice, together with my own Christian beliefs, has provided me a meaningful dose of peace and calm that is preventing me from experiencing the level of depression that I otherwise might in these circumstances (facing a possible cancer re-occurance). I often feel quite “hugged” by spirit as a result of my regular practice both on myself and as a practitioner/receiver working with my local reiki healing circle friends. That goes a long way with me — sometimes our inner state of being is more impactful for us personally than our actual outer circumstances.

Congratulations on giving birth to Reiki Central, and after a great year I am very joyful to wish you happy birthday! I particularly wanted to thank you for your incredible work in bringing Reiki closer to the mainstream public.

I admire your great contribution in making Ms. Takata’s wish “I want Reiki to be as common as aspirin.” come true every day more by offering credible resources, posing great questions and sparking stimulating discussions around the subject. I have certainly been able to develop a renewed approach to the way I communicate Reiki and as a result engaged the interest of people within the more skeptical corporate and business world as well as friends and family members who do not really identify with the more New Age spiel they had previously been exposed to.

This is actually the area in which I would like to gain more input from you if possible, how can we all keep building more communities, virtual or live in the form of events etc., to keep making Ms. Takata’s wish more and more of a reality.

I would love to receive the connection to participate in the Birthday Webinar.

Many thanks once again and Buon Compleanno Reiki Central!
Gianluca

Unfortunately, I have another comittment tomorrow during your webinar. Looking forward to future webinars to participate in.

I have been a level 2 Reiki practitioner for about 2 years but just recently began self Reiki healings and comitted to deepening my practice and internal Spiritual growth. I am so hungary to hear about Reiki and the many stories that it brings. I often wonder about distant healings. Is a hands on healing ever a priority over a distant healing? Is there a time frame that is appropriate for a distant healing session?

I know that part of my process in learning is “getting it right”. So, maybe I just need to get out of the way and simply practice and allow myself to learn through doing. On the other hand, maybe I do not have to reinvent the wheel. Thoughts?

I am hoping to attend the webinar (please send the info., I’ll do what I can to make it). One question I have came from a physician client recently, and I could see it coming up again. She had recently been given a possible diagnosis for some pain she had been experiencing and was about to undergo a conventional treatment that would serve as both diagnostic and pain management (basically, if the shot doesn’t help the pain, the possible diagnosis wasn’t right). She was concerned that if she also had a Reiki treatment at or around the same time, she wouldn’t know what had “worked”, the Reiki or the medication. Thoughts on how to respond?

Also, in general, as a practitioner who is slowly building a professional practice, I am interested in anything related to the “business” side of things. I am extremely mindful of keeping my personal practice at the heart of my business, but building and running a business is a whole skill set I’ve never needed before; sometimes it feels like the “opposite” of my spiritual and healing practice and skills.

I am also curious if there are directions you would like to take the blog yourself that haven’t been explored yet.

Congratulations once again!

Alice

I would also be interested in joining the Webinar (I think it will be 5pm for me in the UK?)

A question I would like to see discussed is whether you feel the spiritual aspect of Reiki is as important as the healing/therapy aspect and how, if at all, the spiritual aspect should be approached when speaking to medical professionals.

Thanks.