This post is a bad career move for me.
Because I’m a Reiki Practitioner who’s about to tell you why you should not be learning Reiki.
I see lots of people spending money on expensive Reiki courses but then their Reiki journey ends.
Dr Mikao Usui, believed to be the founder of Reiki, hoped Reiki would proliferate. I couldn’t agree more! The world needs as much of this gentle yet powerful energy as possible.
“He believed Reiki was a way for anyone to experience the divine, and because of this, people would then be more willing to work together to create a better world.”*
But the reality is that it takes time and commitment to bring Reiki into your life. Getting a certificate at any ‘level’ of Reiki is just the starting point.
So before you part with your cash, consider the below. (By the way, I share advice like this every week in my Go Slow Friday Letter – sign up here.)
- Practice, practice, practice
First and foremost, learning to work with Reiki requires ideally daily practice to build your connection to the energy and to learn the basic exercises – Hatsu Rei Ho (a meditation technique) is key. It takes me about 10 minutes and I prefer doing this as part of my bedtime routine. Experiment to see how best to weave it into your day.
- Strengthening your connection
Reiju is a form of ‘spiritual empowerment’ that builds the strength of your connection to Reiki. Some Master Practitioners send out weekly distant Reiju empowerments and will explain how you can connect with these energy ‘boosts’.
- Self-treatments are essential
Your Practitioner should give you a few options of how to do this so you can decide which feels the most natural for you. (I imagine a carbon copy of me, giving Reiki to the real me!). Treating ourselves with Reiki was the original intention of the healing system rather than sharing Reiki with others.
- Reiki as ritual
We can remember that Reiki is a form of personal growth and spiritual development. If we do not have a religious practice (and even if we do) Reiki can help to fill a ‘spiritual void’, helping us to feel more deeply connected to life.
Reiki can become a daily experience of how it feels to be connected to something bigger than ourselves – a presence that nurtures, supports and heals.
My Reiki ritual is before bed, a kind of end of day ‘energetic cleanse’ that declutters and brings a sense of peace before sleep (and yes, this helped my insomnia).
- Willingness to go beyond the five senses
We need our cognitive reasoning brain to make sense of the world but we also need our ‘sixth sense’ or power of intuition too. Drop your expectations and judgements, and set aside your ‘will’ as a way to ‘make Reiki work’ – this actually prevents Reiki energy from flowing. Simple is best.
Our relationship with Reiki can be light and playful! I like to use colour and visualisations, drawing on references from nature such as beams of sunlight to bring depth to my meditations and a point of focus for my often noisy mind.
Reiki for Everyone
I hope you have read this far and are thinking “I’m ready to do what it takes to bring Reiki into my life!”
I’ve made it really easy for you to enjoy the multiple mind and body benefits of Reiki.
‘Reiki for Everyone’ will get you started with the essentials – dip your toe in before you jump in with the full Reiki Level One certification!
You’ll learn the essentials of the Reiki energy healing system and practices you can use in your own time that will connect you more deeply to yourself and your life.
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I have been working with Reiki energy for more than a decade. Read here about my Reiki journey and what my clients have to say about their Reiki experiences with me.
Related:
Supporting ourselves with the gentle healing power of Reiki
Top tips on choosing a Practitioner (relevant for any healing modality).
Source:
Walter Lubeck, Frank Arjava Petter, William Lee Rand, “The Spirit of Reiki: The Complete Handbook of the Reiki System”, Lotus Press – Shangri-La, Reprinted 2013
