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I have never done anything like Reiki - Can I
really learn this?
Reiki is not really taught, it is transferred from
teacher to student, Because of this, the student
does not need to learn a lot of rules, spend years
practicing exercises, be able to meditate, or have
psychic abilities to be an effective Reiki
practitioner. Even if the student does not learn
any advanced techniques, just putting the hands on
or above the area in pain or concern is enough to
create healing. Just using the basic hand
positions is enough. Perception often increases
with practice.
Reiki is not about sheer ability. It is about
having the compassion to take the time to use it
to help the people and situations the student
cares about. Reiki works to enhance divine order
to resolve, so the practitioner doesn't even have
to know what is the right outcome. Most
experienced teacher's Reiki classes are designed
to handle students of a wide range of backgrounds
and ability levels.
I and many other Reiki Master/Teachers offer a
reduced rate to repeat the class, so that even if
not everything makes sense the first time,
students can repeat, and gain knowledge and
experience. If a student wants to then become a
Reiki Master (3rd level of Reiki) with
enough time between levels and participating in 2
Reiki healing nights this is possible.
That being said, most students, even those who
have never done anything like Reiki before are
pleasantly surprised to find out how easy it is to
do Reiki. They suddenly discover that while they
may or may not be able to see Aura's, feeling and
fixing them is quite easy.
I'm a skeptic - Does any of this really work?
First, some people NEED to believe there is
nothing more to the world than meets the eye. To
entertain the idea that the world may not be as
clear cut as they have always believed can be as
terrifying for them as it can be for religious
people to have a crisis of faith. To force someone
to change their belief that is not ready to do so
is impolite. Therefore if your purpose is to
disprove Reiki, please go somewhere else.
Second, Reiki does not require belief, either from
the practitioner or the client. As part of proving
Reiki to myself, and my general service to the
world I have done a great deal of Reiki on nearly
complete strangers, and I deliberately undersell
it. I'm on an airplane, at a party, at an
unrelated conference and some one asks me what I
do for a living. I say "I teach a form of holistic
healing called Reiki" If they show even a glimmer
of curiosity I add "I'd be happy to try it on you
and see what you think. All you have to do is be
still for a moment" I ask if they have any problem
areas have them rate the discomfort on a scale of
1-10, do 2-5 minutes of Reiki and ask again.
Usually the problem area is dramatically improved,
sometimes nothing happens, but I have not noticed
that belief or disbelief has anything to do with
it.
Third, Skeptics are often the easiest people to
teach. You show how to do something once, and if
they can do it too, they believe you. My teaching
style emphasizes student experimentation and
learning from results more than theory. There is
physicality to the Reiki energy that the majority
of Reiki students can feel immediately. For some
it is subtle at first, but it is definitely there,
and gets stronger with practice, and higher levels
of Reiki classes.
Fourth, skeptics are often those who are not
very psychically perceptive themselves and so
are blind to this aspect of the world. Oddly,
many of these people make some of the most
powerful Reiki people. They will complain "I'm
not feeling anything" while the person they
are working on is experiencing major shifts
and change. Those who are less psychically
perceptive have to play scientist and analyst
results, rather than just float in mystical
experience.
I've done lots of things like this, why should I
learn Reiki?
Many psychics and energy healers get a feeling
that they should take a Reiki class, but are
puzzled as to why. There are certainly other
healing arts out there, and some people are
naturally strong healers. Why also learn Reiki?
Reiki is a different, clearer, more powerful way
of connecting to universal divine source. Once
connected, the energy runs along the same energy
channels in the extended body that other forms of
energy healing and psychic perception do. Most
find that after taking a Reiki class, their
healing and psychic abilities increase by at least
50%, and are often easier to use.
Reiki helps to protect the practitioner from
picking up the negative energy 'blahs' from their
clients. Also, because Reiki works with divine
energy, it tends to bring positive resolution to
seemingly impossible situations. Reiki also tends
to heal the practitioner and flow energy to them
even as they work on another, so that after a
session the practitioner and the client both feel
better than before.
Will a Reiki Session really help me?
The best short answer is probably, try it and see.
Like most of modern medicine it usually works, but
sometimes what works brilliantly on one person may
or may not work on another with almost identical
symptoms.
For a longer answer, Reiki has been known to help
every illness known to mankind, and in many cases
creates a dramatic improvement. Because Reiki does
not involve drugs, supplements or physical
manipulation. Reiki does not cause harm, or
interfere with medications or traditional
treatment. Reiki also works on the
mental/emotional level allowing people to better
adapt, make decisions about and emotionally handle
their illnesses and their affect on friends and
family members. Reiki also works on the life
experience level, helping increase positive
synchronicities to resolve the issue, and changing
the type of experiences that are drawn toward the
people involved.
Most practitioners focus almost exclusively on
using Reiki to nourish the body’s ability to heal
itself, by using the hands palm down on the
client’s body. I have found that In many cases
sessions can be made more effective by doing a
certain amount of Reiki upward to lift dense
energy blocks out of the body. Distance healing
can also be helpful if there is past life or early
this life issues, or multiple people involved.
In my own practice, most clients need 1-3
treatments to treat most complaints, with the
majority experiencing significant improvement
after a single treatment. Those with high stress
lives, chronic diseases, or recovering from
something debilitating such as stroke are
encouraged to opt for an initial series of
treatments of 1-2 per week followed by a
maintenance series spaced further apart, monthly
or quarterly.
Most practitioners charge roughly what massage
costs in their area. Considering the degree of
relief that many experience, it is well worth the
experiment!
Many Reiki master/teachers, including myself,
offer a free or low cost healing night, or provide
some other venue for people wanting to investigate
Reiki to do so. Some are willing to be meet with
students before the class. If you have a group of
interested people, a Reiki Master/Teacher is
likely to be more than willing to come and give a
talk and demonstration.
Does Reiki conflict with my religion?
One of the fascinating things about Reiki is that
it tends to strengthen people's sense of spiritual
connection, regardless of what that connection is.
I have had students from the entire religious
spectrum. In addition to lots of 'ordinary'
people, I have had many devoutly religious people
in my classes. I have had Catholic nuns, Buddhist
priests, church of religious science and Unity
ministers. I have had pagans, atheists and
agnostics. I have had many types of Christians,
Hindus, Jews, Mormons and Muslims. William Rand
has written articles on "holding healing services
in your church", and "Was Jesus a Reiki Master".
There are of course some churches that are more
judgmental about anything that does not fit a
particular definition of 'good', but they
certainly are not universal. Reiki essentially
uses the same 'ki' principles as Judo
and karate for health purposes. Is Karate in the
bible?
A useful Judeo-Christian book on Reiki is
Reiki & You: Awakening the Healer within by
Margaret Lyles. This book traces the history of
lying on hands including bible references, and
gives good basic information on how to do Reiki.
I have also been asked if Reiki is some kind of
cult. I once had 2 cult deprogrammers take my
class, and I shyly asked there opinion of Reiki.
They laughed and said, when you teach you
constantly stress learning from your own
experience above reading what it says in any book,
or the voice of any authority. That's about as
anti-cult like as you can get"
It is a big world with many points of view. In my
classes I often do an opening prayer invoking the
energy of 'God by all the names we know and love'
and try to conduct my class with an awareness of
diversity. Most students are well used to
filtering what they hear to fit their own beliefs.
Students with concerns in this area are welcome to
bring it to my attention.
Does Reiki conflict with medical treatment?
Reiki is a great complement to all kinds of
medical treatment. This includes conventional
medicine, chiropractic, homeopathic and herbal.
Reiki does not introduce any substances into the
body, does not forcibly manipulate the skeletal
structure, and works largely by supporting the
body’s ability to heal itself.
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