I was going to wait until Spring, but my intuition told me it’s time to just go for it. So I’ve scheduled the final class to learn how to pass Reiki’s teachings on to others. A week from today I’ll be taking Reiki III. I looked back in my journal and it was in January […]

Last Friday night I was at a wonderful party to make sure the sun rose again the next day called a Yule Vigil. One of the conversations that came up was the difference between a mystery and a secret, and it occured to me that the Reiki Symbols are a mystery, and not a secret. […]

Everything I know about the traditional energy system in Japanese Reiki I learned from The Original Reiki Handbook of Dr. Usui Mikao by Usui Mikao and Frank Arjava Petter, as well as from Bronwen and Frans Steine on their website The International House of Reiki and their book The Japanese Art of Reiki. This is […]

In my studies of Reiki, I’ve discovered that there are opposite views on the use of chakras in teaching and healing. For people like myself who learned about chakras long before learning Reiki, I don’t see a problem with combining this particular knowledge. But, from what I’ve read, in traditional Japanese Reiki training, they focus […]

It’s not every day that dramatic changes take place in your life, unless you’ve recently received a Reiki Attunement. I had read that major changes happen in your life following Reiki II, sort of a complete house cleaning. So I was completely prepared and allowed extra  time for sleep and incorporating a healthy lifestyle […]

Time flies when you’re having fun! I just realized that it was three weeks between my last two posts. I was so busy with Thanksgiving, and then helping my new cats settle in and get used to their cousins, I just haven’t been posting very much. Well, that’s going to change right now!
Last night I […]

I read somewhere that gratitude is the key to joy. As my life gets busy during the holidays, it’s been difficult to find time for my daily meditations and self-practice. So when I finally took some time out last night, I managed to find a moment of stillness to express my gratitude. This reiki journey […]