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.
Reiki Treatment Brings Clarity, Serenity and Comfort. Want Some?
Trish Guglielmo’s enthusiasm for her Reiki practice shone from the beginning. Here she shares the benefits of her first two months of daily self-treatment.
Practicing Reiki? Hold the Chakras
When speaking about Reiki practice, there is a tendency to make it more complicated and esoteric, and less credible.
How to Practice Self Reiki
Mahatma Gandhi encouraged being the change we want to see in the world. Daily Reiki self-practice is the simplest way I’ve found to engage that transformation. Here’s how you can keep it simple.
Hospital Reiki Internship
GUEST BLOGGER Alice Risemberg discusses her participation in a 100-hour hospital Reiki internship program.
Reiki Passion, Reiki Precepts
The Reiki Precepts guide us through the gray areas, as well as those where we have too much passion.
When Reiki Diversity Becomes Reiki Adversity
What to do when Reiki diversity feels like Reiki adversity?
When Reiki Treatment Doesn’t Seem to Be Working
You’re practicing, but not getting the same results. It’s enough to make you throw up your Reiki hands and ask, “Why? Why isn’t my Reiki working?”–but is that a reasonable conclusion?
Reiki Nerve Stroke
GUEST BLOGGER Reiki master and Takata student Susan Mitchell tells us how Mrs. Takata performed the Reiki nerve stroke.
Japanese Pizza
When we mix up our practices indiscriminately, are we celebrating diversity–or obliterating it?
Reiki Treatment: A Balancing Act
Having a basic understanding of the mechanics–or even a plausible model–helps people appreciate how practical Reiki treatment is. It helps to demystify the practice, and make it more accessible.