Reiki in the Name of Jesus
Have you met a Christian you thought was uncomfortable with Reiki practice?
Reiki Integrative Healthcare Talk
The Integrative Healthcare Symposium is held annually in February in New York City. I have been asked to give a Reiki presentation twice. The second time, in the name of integration, I invited James Dillard to join me. James is a physician who is an integrative pain specialist with an unusually diverse background: he was
Reiki Integrative Health Care Talk
I have twice been asked to present Reiki at the annual Integrative Healthcare Symposium in New York City. Here is a recording of the second presentation.
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
Avoiding Autumn Pounds
Have you reached the time in life when the natural tendency to add a few pounds in autumn has become problematic? Here’s some help.
What Is Reiki? What to do?
What is Reiki? is a question many Reiki practitioners dread. Here’s help.
Reiki & the Bishops in the Boston Globe
The Boston Globe reports on the American Catholic bishops’ proclamation. What does that mean for the Reiki community?
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.
Retreat as Reminder
GUESTBLOGGER Kimberly Fleisher of the Reiki School + Clinic in Philadephia shares her experience of the Usui Virtual Retreat.
Practice Makes Present
If you approach Reiki healing as a technique, you feel anxious to do it perfectly. If you approach Reiki healing as a practice, you simply do it.
A Discipline for Happiness
The negativity around us — and our own negative thoughts — don’t have to determine how we feel. Daily practice is the antidote.
Fixing Good Intentions
Just because something hurts doesn’t mean it is broken. How can we know whether something needs fixing, or not?
Reiki Journal ABCs
Journaling or free-writing helps you engage more deeply in your daily practice. These suggestions will get you started.
Happy Birthday, Usui Sensei!
Happy Birthday, Usui Sensei! You live on through us in the form of our Reiki practice.
Usui Virtual Retreat Welcome
I recorded a retreat as a gift to the community in honor of Reiki founder Mikao Usui’s 144th birthday and it remains available to you here any time you want to refresh yourself.
Retreat a la Mode
Daily self-treatment is a mini-retreat everyday, and from time to time, we want more.
Fewer headaches, Less meds
A senior resumes her daily Reiki self practice and reduces headache medication by more than two-thirds!
Star-powered Healing
NFL running back Ricky Williams brings positive attention to holistic healing,
Tour de Reiki
Even weekend warriors who receive Reiki treatment note that it seems to improve their recovery time. It did much more for Olympic cyclist Hayden Roulston.
Today only
Contemplating the Reiki Precepts brings ever-deepening nuances of support. How does that sound to you?
Reiki Connection
Daily Reiki self-treatment gently expands our awareness into that oneness we can only experience from within.
Want Reiki–have nun?
On July 1, 2009, The New York Times reports that American nuns are under Vatican scrutiny, facing two sweeping investigations. According to the Times’ article, American Cardinal Levada, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, said an investigation by his group was warranted because the Leadership Conference of Women Religious had not been
Want Reiki — have nun?
It might not be Reiki practice that bothers the American Catholic bishops.
Reiki Flakey?
The Reiki community itself is the source of most of the less credible information about Reiki.
12 Years of Back Pain Relieved
How fast can Reiki treatment help and how much is needed? Most people experience a reduction in pain and anxiety from a single Reiki treatment, a clinical observation that is supported by research. And some people hit the Reiki jackpot. A student practicing daily self-treatment since last month’s First degree class shared the following report: My
Bishops’ Syndrome
American Catholic bishops use Reiki practitioners’ words to discredit the practice.
Relief for Women with Cancer
Women in treatment for breast or ovarian cancer receive Reiki treatment at the annual JCC Spa Day.
Mothers Daze
Five exhausted moms came for Reiki healing. Several are Reiki practitioners and smart capable women who don’t make the connection that care of their families starts with self care.
How much, how fast?
In 23 years of Reiki practice, I’ve never seen Reiki treatment fail to improve endocrine balance (and it may not be all that is needed).
Exercise Is Not the Answer
We cannot exercise ourselves into weight loss, but there is something simple and effective we can do.
Really?
The conventional approach to weight management only makes sense if you don’t think about it. Here are some points to consider.