Ask, Ask, Ask
“Ask, ask, ask.” Reiki master Hawayo Takata knew there was a time to practice and a time to ask.
Category: Daily practice
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.
Reiki Practice, or Self-Medication?
Are you self-medicating with Reiki? Here are the telltale signs…
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.
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.
Spiritual Practice: The Trail Starts Here
Spiritual practice puts us in the heart of unknowing on a daily basis. Through consistent practice, we develop an awareness of when to take action, and when to be still.
Reiki: Spiritual Practice or Energy Medicine?
Is Reiki a spiritual practice or energy medicine? What difference does it make? Let’s take a look.
Spiritual Practice? Energy Medicine? What’s the Diff?
The distinction between spiritual practice and energy medicine is often blurred, as if the two were interchangeable, or even the same. They are both valuable, but they are not the same.
Reiki & ADD
GUEST BLOGGER Ayenda Lambert shares how Reiki practice helped her overcome and heal ADD.
Reiki Cats: Hawayo and Takata
Striding up Fourth Avenue on a cold November morning en route to sit-in on my First degree class at Beth Israel Medical Center, Reiki practitioner and artist Muriel Stockdale finds Hawayo, and Takata.
The Most Important Thing
Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki said, “The most important thing is to know what is the most important thing.” What is most important in Reiki practice?
Reiki Precepts and Effort
Sometimes it’s easy to help. Other times I need the Reiki Precepts to help me help others.
Manhattan Reiki
I live in New York City. I live there with 8+ million people. That’s not counting the millions who visit.
So it sometimes happens that a few other people are strolling the sidewalk or the subway steps just as I am purposefully heading somewhere, no time to spare.
My path totally impeded, the phrase arises: “Today only.”
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.
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 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.
Reiki & Pain: One Woman’s Story
This week we have a guest blogger sharing how Reiki transformed her relationship with pain.
Just Relaxed. Really, Just?
Just relaxed is a biochemical event, the beginning of healing, and what you’re not getting enough of. So follow Dr. Oz’s orders, and try Reiki.
Reiki Is Not Ancient
Reiki is not ancient; it’s either modern, or it’s timeless, depending what you mean when you say, “Reiki.”
Sleep Much?
In this sleep-deprived nation, children and adults alike suffer from too little sleep. Reiki practice can change that.
Peace Work
May we live with the awareness that each time we practice self Reiki, we place another brick paving the road to world peace.
Practicing Happy Holidays
What do you think will happen this holiday season? Will you:
Eat too much?
Drink too much?
Get caught under the mistletoe?
Not get caught under the mistletoe?
Toward a More Plausible Reiki Model
The most common model of how Reiki practice works raises questions and objections. We can do better. Here’s a start.
With Gratitude, Work Diligently
In practice,
there is much repetition,
and there is no repetition.
Waiting for…Second Degree
Good things come to those who wait. That was one of my mom’s favorite aphorisms, offered frequently to her impatient, let’s-get-going child — me. Like Mark Twain, I was amazed how much smarter my parents became as I got older, and I’ve learned the value of sustained effort over time to improve skills and achieve
What Is Reiki? What to do?
What is Reiki? is a question many Reiki practitioners dread. Here’s help.
Reiki & Prayer
Reiki practice and prayer are two distinct practices that have some similarities.
Retreat Reflections
GUESTBLOGGER Deb Hoy, editor of Touch, the magazine of the Reiki Association UK, shares how the Usui Virtual Retreat has been a supportive, gentle catalyst for change.