Half of What You Know about Reiki Is Wrong
As doctors graduate medical school, they are famously told, “Half of what you learned in medical school is wrong, and we don’t know which half.” If only the Reiki community were so forthright.
Offering Reiki in Hospital
GUEST BLOGGER Gianluca De Gennaro shares his insights from one hundred hours offering Reiki treatment to hospital inpatients.
Half-Empty Healers
Even if you practice daily Reiki self-treatment, glass-half-empty thinking dribbles your wellbeing here and there, frustrating your efforts to fill your glass, and you don’t feel as well as you might. Two simple explorations can help you redirect now.
Ask, Ask, Ask
“Ask, ask, ask.” Reiki master Hawayo Takata knew there was a time to practice and a time to ask.
9 Tips for Smarter, Safer Cell Phone Use
Do you know that cell phones and cordless phones carry the same risks? Here are 9 simple ways to use them more safely and reduce your radiation exposure.
What a Reiki Teacher Says…
GUEST BLOG: My decision to learn to practice Reiki was more or less a last resort. I had reached a pinnacle of dissatisfaction and anxiety, and my usual coping methods were not working.
Reiki Research & Reiki Practice
I was comfortable with my practice until immediately after the master class, when my teacher said, “Now you are ready to go out and make other Masters.” I felt a twinge of shock, and wanted to say, “What the heck are you talking about? I am brand new at this Master thing! How could I train another master now?”
Usui Reiki, or Not Reiki?
There is a reasonable expectation that any practice referred to as Reiki traces back to Usui, but we cannot assume this to be true. The lack of agreed-upon Reiki standards creates a buyer-beware market. How can we help the public identify Usui-based Reiki practices?
Getting Your (Reiki) House in Order
After two months of daily Reiki self-treatment, a new student is keeping her house neater–a goal that had long eluded her. Reiki benefits come in unexpected forms.
What is Reiki Energy?
What is universal life energy? How many Reiki practitioners pause to contemplate such a reality, a reality so foreign to western dualistic culture that we don’t even have a word for it.
Talking Reiki & Science: 3 Things to Avoid
Reaching for science to make an impressive case for Reiki treatment can backfire if you are not a scientist. Here are a few suggestions to keep you off the hotseat, and help you avoid discrediting both yourself, and Reiki practice.
Reiki for Cats & the People Who Love Them
Carole Wilbourn began caring for cats and their guardians in 1970. Here she shares the difference learning to practice Reiki has made for her clients.
Reiki Practice, or Self-Medication?
Are you self-medicating with Reiki? Here are the telltale signs…
Reiki, Science & the Media
Do you find Reiki hard to talk about? Practitioners often struggle to communicate Reiki practice to the (literally) uninitiated, especially the media. Caught up in Reiki enthusiasm, a practitioner can easily wind up looking ungrounded, and the practice a bit out there and, well, unscientific. It may be surprising to learn that scientists also struggle to share their work accurately, often for similar reasons.
Reiki Hands Where?–Using a Reiki Protocol
Reiki students often ask if some of the hand placements are more important than others, or if it matters what order of hand placements you use.