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Earth Energy Tree Meditation

Beth Hansen-Buth — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:36:51 +0000

Energy Renewal

Here is my basic energy meditation that I do using the Earth’s own energy…call it Chi, Pranic Energy, Ki, Magic, by whatever name it’s still the same and it still works.

Go to a quiet place where you will not be disturbed and can sit comfortably in a chair with your feet touching the ground. Have a glass or bottle of water nearby. Begin by closing your eyes and breathing slowly and deeply, expanding your rib-cage and your belly for six breaths. Notice how this feels by focusing on the expansion and contraction of your ribs. Relax and breath normally. Now bring your focus up between and behind your eyebrows, this is your Ajna Chakra or Third Eye and will help you with visualizing the rest of the meditation. Keep your eyes closed and picture a ball of white light in the center of your body, imagine it growing and expanding filling your body and creating a glow to about two feet from your body all around. At the outer edge imagine that a light blue electric light starts to form, like a forcefield it is protecting you and your space from any distractions.

Now feel the weight of your body where you are sitting, and imagine your chair as a tree stump, with roots reaching deep into the earth. Focus on your contact to the stump, and imagine that the white light flows freely from you to the stump and back again. Notice any sensations you may feel as you connect and ground yourself to Mother Earth. Move your feet back and forth, and wiggle your toes while touching the floor. Imagine your feet have sent shoots down deep into the heart of Mother Earth as energy begins to flow effortlessly like water into your Energy Body. Picture the energy as a warm, golden-green color or loving pink color, whichever you are more comfortable with. Still your feet as they continue to drink and focus on the rising warmth as earth energy fills your legs, knees, hips, torso, arms, hands, neck and finally your head where it flows out the top, down your body, and back to the earth through the trunk of your tree-chair to the center of the Earth to be transformed into clear clean energy again. Allow it to flow at it’s own pace, and imagine as it does so it’s cleaning away all your doubts & fears, anger & frustration, and any negative speck or blocked idea that keeps you from pure love and joy. As Earth Energy cleans out a space, it fills it with love, peace, and contentment. Focus on how this makes you feel.

When you are ready, open your eyes and drink your glass of water. Know that the water came from the earth and is nourishing your Energy Body which just had a good workout! As you continue your day, you can renew your connection to the earth by imagining a vine reaching from the base of your spine to the center of the earth. Like an anchor it keeps connected to Mother Earth and you can make it as large or small in your imagination as you think it should be. Use it any time you need to eliminate any negative or unpleasant emotions or energies throughout the day.

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Reiki and Running

Beth Hansen-Buth — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:50:52 +0000

Last night was Reiki Share night, and it was a wonderfully relaxing evening as always. One of my favorite things is having new people come in, and hearing their stories about how they came to Reiki. Sometimes it’s another Reiki Master who knocks on my door, and they always bring new insight on how they do their sessions. Sometimes it’s someone brand new to Reiki and it’s really exciting to share this wonderful healing modality with them and answer their questions as best I can.

It’s all about the path, and it can take you around the country or around the world as you search for deeper meaning in your life. I myself traveled around the Midwest as an artist, and even as far as Portland Oregon for the Faery World Festival once. Now that I’m firmly settled, I really enjoy listening peoples stories about where they’ve been, the people they met along the way, the the lessons that they learned. So last night I learned a little about Biodynamic Farming and Gardening which was a delightful surprise. It goes hand in hand with community supported agriculture a.k.a. CSA. From the website:

…biodynamic farming and gardening looks upon the soil and the farm as living organisms. It regards maintenance and furtherance of soil life as a basic necessity if the soil is to be preserved for generations, and it regards the farm as being true to its essential nature if it can be conceived of as a kind of individual entity in itself — a self-contained individuality. It begins with the ideal concept of the necessary self-containedness of the farm and works with furthering the life of the soil as a primary means by which a farm can become a kind of individuality that progresses and evolves.

Like Reiki it is a practice that is true to nature and maintains a healthy balance for a full and robust life. This is a really fascinating approach to farming and gardening, which includes an appreciation and reverence for the presence of life in all things.

Tonight I went for a run/walk as I am training towards a 5K run with my co-workers from my day job. It was good to get out into nature and challenge myself a little. While I passed the suburban lawns and gardens, I enjoyed the view of the efforts of both the humans skill at creating a beautiful garden, and the plants enthusiasm in growing extra tall and wide in this years summer weather. Spring came early in these parts, and the fullness of the plants certainly testifies to this. Including the weeds.

As I step up my training and my jogging bursts become longer and longer, I find myself up for the challenge. I give myself little pep-talks as I go, and inch my inch, yard by yard, block by block I progress. While I didn’t accomplish everything I had planned to do this evening, I feel very good about taking care of myself with exercise, and spending time outside.

Now I sit here in front of the computer and my calf muscles are tightening up, so I’m due for a good stretch before bedtime I think, and then a nice self-reiki session to get ready for a busy weekend.

Energy Conductor

Beth Hansen-Buth — Wed, 26 May 2010 03:18:33 +0000

Water is an energy conductor, that’s why electricity and water can be a dangerous combination. Reiki and water, however, work together wonderfully. I was recently reminded of the importance of staying hydrated when doing Reiki work. Last Sunday I taught a Reiki I class, and I remember telling my students to drink plenty of water and get plenty of rest as their body adjusts to working with healing energy. Follow that up with a day of record temperature of 95 degrees here in Minneapolis, and the need for water increases.

So I’m drinking a big glass of water tonight before I do my self treatment. Water really does make a difference, it’s just like after working out or getting a massage, your body really needs plenty of water when practicing Reiki. I’m glad that it’s supposed to rain overnight as well, my flowers need it as much as I do. Mother Nature will provide what we need, and we need to be good stewards of what we have as well.

Reiki flows along with the water, in fact, I like to give my glass of water a shot of Reiki before I drink it. That way I get that healing energy flowing within my system as well. All I do is hold my hands together with thumbs touching above my full glass of water for a few minutes to send the Reiki energy to it. It’s a nice to have small ways to keep up my practice like this, and receive an additional blessing during my self treatment. My CD that I like to listen to when doing meditation or energy work has the sound of running water. I really love the mood it sets.

So today I can say that I’m grateful for water, and the way it quenches my thirst, helps me to stay cool, and bring me joy. Today during lunch I watched a group of Canadian Geese by a pond under the shade of some birch trees. It was a beautiful scene. Water represents the flow of emotions and women’s spirituality. That is the significance of the Suit of Cups in the Tarot. Without water we cannot live. Whether we swim, drink, skip stones, sing in the rain, or just watch the geese playing, we are all blessed by water. So drink water and be filled with Reiki!

May Newsletter 2010

Beth Hansen-Buth — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:35:26 +0000

It’s a beautiful day in May here at the Reiki Artist Studio! I’m just so excited to finally be playing in the dirt, gardening makes me so happy. On average, the last chance of frost here in Minnesota is May 21st, but not this year. It’s long past and the forecast calls for lows in the 40′s overnight. Just another sign of climate change happening in the real world.

Change is happening here as well, read on for the Reiki Artist Happenings including Reiki Shares, Reiki I Workshop, and Faerie Readings at the Eye of Horus Psychic Faire. I’ve also expanded the website just a titch, so you can scroll to the bottom to learn more about that.

Reiki Artist Happenings for May are:

Reiki Share 1st & 3rd Thursdays

Thursday May 6th from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday May 20th from 7-9 p.m.

Having Reiki with many pairs of hands is a wonderful experience, and we learn from each other. Hands on practice for those new to Reiki, or to those who haven’t yet developed a regular self-practice is something that I’m committed to providing as a Reiki Master Teacher and Practitioner.

The Reiki Share begins at around 7:00, and I one Reiki table in my Reiki room where up to 6 people (and 3 cats) can gather around and give Reiki.

Click here for location details

Our only rule is that in order to receive Reiki at no cost, you have to give Reiki as well. It’s all about sharing the gift of Reiki with one another. If you are a Reiki practitioner who wants to introduce a friend to Reiki, or if you are not a Reiki practitioner and would like to try Reiki for the first time, we will not turn you away! I’m happy to help you learn a little bit more about how energy works and how you can use your hands to heal yourself and others.

Please RSVP and let me know you’re coming either through the Meet-up Group if you’re a member, Click here to check out The Twin Cities Energy & Holistic Workers (TCEHW)!or email me using my contact form if you are not a member: Click here to go to my contact form.

Reiki I Workshop

Sunday May 23rd, 2010 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The purpose of the Reiki I class is to learn to sense Ki, cultivate Ki and use this knowledge to ground and heal the self and others. The Reiki I Shoden student will get his/her first experience with working with the system of Reiki. This is a full day workshop, with ample time for practice to gain a deep understanding of how this system works. Each student will both give and receive a full reiki treatment as part of the course. The focus is on personal development and spirituality, with an emphasis on the traditional Japanese teachings. My aim as your teacher is to connect all practitioners with Reiki’s true spiritual depth.

Four elements of the system of Reiki will be taught to you including receiving the attunement or reiju, an energy blessing that clear the body’s energy channels. Over the course of the day the body will begin to adjust to this energy. For some students this is experienced as a connection to a new world as perceptions change, renewing balance and harmony.

Each student receives a manual and certificate as a Reiki First Degree practitioner, and ongoing support through my monthly Reiki Shares.

Click here to learn more about the benefits of learning Reiki I and how to register for this class.

Faerie Readings at the Eye of Horus Psychic Fair

Sunday May 30th, 2010 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

People have been asking for Faerie Readings, and so I’m going to start to provide that service again at Eye of Horus Metaphysical starting at their Psychic Fair at the end of this month.

Click here to register for your 15 Minute Faerie Oracle Reading – $22.50
Register for your Reading before 5/30, and Eye of Horus will take $5 off the price of the reading when you check out on Sunday!

Website Updates

I’ve expanded our shop pages to also feature prints of my visionary artwork, so be sure to check it out:

Where Does the Time Go?

Beth Hansen-Buth — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:47:04 +0000

How it got to be the 17th of March so quickly? Honestly, I’m not sure what happened between New Years and here. Once upon a time I was on a roll: updating my blog, fixing up my website, adding new designs to my zazzle store…then it all stopped. I didn’t stop, but my time spent online became less and less. But it’s all good, because I’ve been doing Reiki like CRAZY with twice monthly Reiki Shares as well as my self practice. Now that it’s daylight savings time, we are in for some brighter evenings in the Reiki Studio.

Because time has been flying, I totally forgot to update the Meetup Calender with tomorrow night’s Reiki Share. I’m happy to say that it’s fixed now, and I even scheduled the April and May Reiki Shares as well. No more Duh! moments and more Aha! moments please. Here’s the list of what’s coming up for Reiki Shares at the Reiki Artist Studio:

Thursday March 18th from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday April 1st from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday April 15th from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday May 6th from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday May 20th from 7-9 p.m.

So that’s the list going forward, and they’ve all been posted on the Meet-Up group calendar.

Click here to check out
The Twin Cities Energy & Holistic Workers (TCEHW)!