A Feel for Reiki Practice
As simple as Reiki practice is, it takes time to develop a feel for the practice, a deep understanding of it (as distinct from a definition).
As with any practice, the only way to develop a feel for Reiki practice is to actually practice it, and to do so consistently over a period of time. There is no shortcut.
Mainstreaming Reiki: Acquiring the Power to Help
As a Reiki practitioner, you know you have the ability to help. You simply place your Reiki hands lightly on someone in distress, and the distress softens. You’ve seen this many times.
But the ability to help isn’t enough, is it? We also need the power to help. How can we get that?
Reiki and Starfish
Last week New York Times columnist and social activist Nicholas Kristof gave a presentation across the hall from our monthly JCC Reiki Clinic. As the clinic wound down, I ducked into the balcony for a few minutes, and heard the starfish story for the first time.
Reiki and Money
GUEST BLOGGER Susan Mitchell: Hawayo Takata always said, “Reiki brings us health, success, happiness, and long life.” When she talked about these qualities, her voice held a wonderful lightness and wisdom. Part of the “success” she talked about certainly had to do with money.
Reiki Blog Birthday
May Day marks the first year of Reiki Central, and what a ride it’s been! Please celebrate with me on Saturday May 1–free webinar to discuss your questions.
Choosing Your Reiki Words
Reiki practitioners often ask me, “How can I get people to open up to Reiki?” This is a curious question to me. I find people to be very open and interested in Reiki. And honestly, I don’t see it as my job to open people up to Reiki. My job is to reach the people who are already open to Reiki (even if they don’t know it)…
Reiki and Baseball
The competition in major league baseball is fierce, but players stay focused on their own practice and maintain respectful, cordial relationships with opponents on the field. Reiki practitioners are colleagues, not opponents, yet they often sideline themselves in meaningless rivalries.
As Common as Aspirin
“I want Reiki to be as common as aspirin.”–Hawayo Takata
Reiki-as-common-as-aspirin means Reiki available mainstream, maybe not at your local pharmacy, but available where the mainstream public hangs out. You could help make that desire a reality. Are you with me?
Reiki & Pain: One Woman’s Story
This week we have a guest blogger sharing how Reiki transformed her relationship with pain.
Hospital Reiki in the News
Balanced journalism covering Reiki is hard to come by, for many reasons. This week, the Syracuse Post-Standard published a piece we can work with. Let me be clear: I don’t agree with everything in this article. Regardless, I encourage the Reiki community to rally behind it.
Evaluating Reiki Research
Reiki practitioners wanting to champion Reiki in health care understandably look for studies that prove Reiki. I can save you time.
Reiki Classes: 8 Points to Know What’s Best for You
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.
Reiki Is Safe
There are so many myths about when Reiki treatment can be safely used. Let’s dispel the myth that Reiki treatment is ever contraindicated once and for all. We can start by looking at what is really happening when we offer Reiki treatment.
Reiki and the Catholic Bishops, Again
The discussion of the US Catholic Bishops’ anti-Reiki advisory continues as PBS’s Religion and Ethics correspondent Kim Lawton interviews a Catholic nun/Reiki master, a lay Reiki master, and a representative of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Recipe for Reiki Credibility
Here are the questions that will tell you if a Reiki practitioner is qualified and credible.