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Reiki your 7 Chakras for health, vitality and happiness

‘Chakras are energy centers and serve as gateways for the flow of energy and life in to the physical body. Each chakra is associated with the glands and organs in that part of the body. They react and respond to energy and vibration. The energy flow of the chakras can be in disharmony as result of imbalance or stress in the emotional, mental or spiritual aspect of an individual. This disharmony can eventually cause physical illness. The chakras will be individually balanced by placing your ...

Studying Reiki: Find the right Teacher for you

There are suggested standards for Reiki practice or education but none are able to be regulated by law in New Zealand so it is up to the students to identify their own qualified Reiki Teacher Pamela Miles’ book, REIKI: A Comprehensive Guide (Tarcher/Penguin) explains what to look for.  “It’s really a buyer beware situation" says Pamela, a well-known Reiki Teacher in the USA....

Your Reiki Practice: Working safe and smart

It's only natural that some of you will be drawn (and asked) to share Reiki with friends and people you may not know. 'Energy exchange' is a valuable part of others acknowledging their gratitude for your time, training and Reiki. it's very important not to move into giving Reiki professionally until at least 6+ months after 1st or 2nd Degree. It's a huge leap from giving Reiki to your family and yourself to giving Reiki to the public. There are many other skills, sensitivities and nuances ...

Reiki healing in hospitals

‘In today’s hospitals, we see a brilliant show of hands—from the dexterity of a finely trained surgeon to the strong and efficient handiwork of a nurse. More hospitals are adding the balancing touch of a Reiki practitioner to their ranks. Pamela Miles, a Reiki Master with 27 years of experience, advises Western health care professionals on how they can use this Japanese practice of “laying-on hands” to help ease pain, relieve stress, and speed recovery....

Book Review: 'This is Reiki: Transformation of Body, Mind and Soul from the Origins to the Practice'

I recently reconnected with this book, one of the many Usui Reiki books researched authentically in Japan and written by international Usui Reiki authority, Frank Arjava Petter. I particularly love how Frank reconnects the reader to the history and stream of Reiki flowing down the decades via the Usui Reiki Teachers Lineage …. so much of today’s Reiki is focused on ‘this lifetime’ that it’s easy to feel Usui Reiki is a stand-alone modality, not a powerful lineage of deeply co...