Just a quick post on New Years Resolutions today because there are resolutions and there are RESOLUTIONS… to turn one into the other… just add Reiki!! Here are a few questions to get things off to a good start:

• Have you made your New Year’s Resolutions yet?
• Have you Reikied your New Year’s Resolution(s) yet?
• Have you made a resolution or two specifically related to Reiki?

The secret to New Year’s Resolutions is making them reasonable. You should always be striving to better yourself and New Year’s Resolutions should be designed with that in mind. They should be doable (not too easy, yet not too difficult) and clear (it’s much easier to get where you’re going if you know where you’re going). Once you’ve decided on a good one (or a few good ones depending on the difficulty) you should write it down so that you always have a reminder of them someplace where you will see it often. Then you’ll always be reminded to stay on track.

Once you’ve got them located in a prominent position then you can give them Reiki. Just beam Reiki onto the paper they are written on and do so whenever you see that piece of paper (or until the resolution has been fulfilled). The more Reiki you give it, the more you empower it and let the universe know you’re serious about it.

If you haven’t done your resolutions do it today!!! And make sure to do it every year… Reiki style!!!

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!

As I settle back into my usual groove I’d like to wish all of our readers a very Happy New Year!!!

I truly hope all of your wishes and dreams come true during this Chinese year of the Earth Ox and remind you that in order to have a dream come true you must first have a dream.

Have you sent Reiki ahead to those times during the new year when you know you’ll need it?

Have you re-evaluated your Reiki goals with the new year in mind?

Have you read through my post on New Year’s Resolutions? Of course not… you’ll have to wait until tomorrow for that!

It’s great to be back and I’m looking forward to another wonderful year, full of those wonderful Reiki blessings!!

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!

Just a quick note to let y’all know that I’ll be gone until after the holidays. I may not have Internet access, so I’m not sure if I’ll be posting or not.

Will do my best…

In the meantime… keep on Reiki-ing.

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!

There are some styles of Reiki that teach that Reiki is purely the result of mental processes and that it is really only necessary to give Reiki to the head for an effective Reiki treatment. Whether or not this is entirely true, there is a lot of supporting evidence, so I thought I’d take a quick look at it here.

The basics of reflexology revolve around certain points in the hands or feet that correspond to certain points of the body… the heart, the liver, the head, etc. Treating these reflex points has exactly the same effect as treating the corresponding part of the body. In some cases this can be quite convenient… for example, lower back pain is difficult to self-treat because of the difficulty in reaching it effectively and holding the position long enough for the Reiki resonance to take effect.

The head also contains similar reflex points, which are in all likelihood much more powerful than those in the hands and the feet since those points route through the brain and/or route to the brain for healing to take place. So the head is actually the center of that type of treatment.

Another theory holds that all healing happens in the brain and that it must first be healed before any other physical healing can take place. Affirmations, hypnosis, NLP, Sedona Method, Silva Method, etc. are all based on changes occurring first in the brain/mind of the individual and Dr. Hayashi taught that the same is true of Reiki, that is, that the head is the most important place to treat.

There was a doctor who did research on cancer patients finding that all forms of cancer had a corresponding lesion in the brain. I’ll discuss more about him (Dr. Hammer), and his theories when I finally get around to blogging on Reiki and Cancer. His research is quite compelling and I don’t believe the results should be limited to the study of cancer, but to the possibility that all dis-ease occurs first in the brain.

The bottom line is, if you are short on time, treat the head for as long as you can and chances are you will be sending Reiki to the right place. Combine this with affirmations (both the healer and healee) and the effective will be multiplied. The same goes for yourself… give your head a healthy dose of Reiki whenever you get the chance… the benefits surely go a long, long way.

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!

We had just enough snow to make our first little snowman of the season, so I thought I’d try something I hadn’t before, I gave it a Reiki Master Attunement… and presto… my first Reiki Snowman!!

The procedure is pretty basic, just build the snowman and give it an attunement. The only difference being on the intent of the attunement… which is to constantly give Reiki to all the people passing by… and since today’s Reiki Snowman was right at the front door to my 100+ family condo there are always quite a few people in and out (and about) all day long.

Does it work? I don’t know… it was kind of a spur of the moment thing, and since I’ve Reikied other inanimate objects in the past, this didn’t seem like too much of a stretch. I’d like to think it did work though… and I hope he (at least I think it was a he… I never checked) has a nice long life… at least until spring… and that he keeps spreading his Reiki warmth until then.

As long as he doesn’t melt I’ll keep giving him Reiju (Reiki Tune-Ups) all throughout the winter season and if I manage to catch a cold, I’ll give him the first shot at healing it… just to see if he’s got the juice!!

My daughter said it was pretty silly… and maybe she was right… but then again…

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!

Just a quick note to wish all of our Reiki - What It All Be Like readers a Very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years full of Reiki Love, Reiki Magic and Reiki Blessings!!! May the joy of the holiday season last you throughout the year and always!!!

~love & light~

They say that youthful looks are the result of a youthful exuberance, and while that may or may not be true I know that if used correctly, Reiki can help you to stay young while if used incorrectly, like many forms of energy healing, the results can be quite the opposite.

In order to be aimed at the dis-ease of old age, Reiki needs to be used at the cellular level for nuclear rejuvenation. To do so you merely set that as your intent and focus on re-energizing tired energy at the most fundamental level. This needs to be done regularly and if combined with other techniques or preventive measures the results can be amazing.

One of the dangers of Qi Gong is that it can deprive you of vital life force energy if used incorrectly. That is the main reason I generally veer as far away from Qi Gong as possible. In order to use Qi Gong, you must charge up your body with the energy you will later utilize. If you use Qi Gong without having enough energy stored for what you are doing, the exercise will substitute stored energy for your own life-force energy. That alone should be reason enough to be wary about it.

The same is true for Reiki, if you do not allow the energy to enter in through your crown chakra and channel naturally, you may very well be using your own energy, which, rather than supporting youth will make you grow incredibly old, incredibly fast. That alone should be reason enough to be wary about who you trust to teach you how to do Reiki.

There are Aromatherapy blends for skin repair and rejuvenation which work the same way as the Reiki outlined above. Those essential oils (one of the best being Carrot Seed Oil) refresh skin at the cellular level and if used in conjunction with Reiki, the effects, again, can be most satisfying.

It is said that a youthful attitude also effects your appearance. Experiencing the world through the zen mind, or the eyes of a child do exactly that and can go a long way towards allowing your body to reflect your mind.

A good night’s sleep is also essential, and as I’ve stated before, one of the greatest benefits of Reiki meditation is the most restful and relaxing sleep you can possibly enjoy. The hormones secreted during sleep and deep meditation not only make you feel better, but make you look better as well.

Finally, living a stress free life is probably the best way to retain your youth. Again, Reiki, for stress reduction/elimination is second to none and is just a side benefit of this wonderful practice.

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!

I remain convinced that one of the biggest problems in this day and age is poor communication skills. People just don’t know how to communicate effectively and this results in problems too many to mention. While Reiki cannot make you a better communicator it can be used to improve the level of communication. Read on to find out how…

I am of the opinion that the biggest problems in communication are the result of poor listening skills. Being a language teacher by trade this is something I’ve spent a considerable amount of time studying. The bottom line is that no matter what language is being used, people are terrible listeners. 9 times out of 10 when you are talking to someone, they listen to the first few words you say and immediately form an opinion about what you are communicating. Then while you continue talking they are thinking about what to say and how to say it. Chances are you do the same thing.

Even if just one of the parties involved in a conversation practices good listening skills the level of communication achieved is multiplied many times over. This is one of the ways that Reiki can help out. When you are engaged in conversation send Reiki to the person (or persons) you are communicating with with the intent to understand and be understood. Use the mental/emotional symbol and this will generate a relaxation aimed towards the mind and the heart and the result will be true communication.

One of the reasons that people don’t listen is that everybody is always in a hurry. Even waiting on line at the bank or mall there is an impatience to get on to the next thing. There’s just no time nowadays to have a decent conversation. Reiki relaxes and in that relaxation comes the desire to understand and the ability to be understood. Continuously sending Reiki to whoever you are talking to… whether a friend, waitress, clerk, policeman, etc. greatly aids in this communicative endeavor.

Another problem in communication is that everyone communicates through different filters. We all have different knowledge, experiences, thoughts, feelings, etc. and these shape the way we view the world. They also shape the way we interpret what other people are saying. There is a psychic component to Reiki that greatly enhances our ability to empathize and truly understand the perceptions of the person we are talking to so that we can see the world through their eyes long enough to understand what they are trying to communicate.

Another problem in communication is, as the Buddha said, all words are lies… they are merely pointers to the truth. The word honey is not honey, and if you have no experience of honey you will have no idea what that word is pointing to. You could write a book about it (the chemical properties, different types, how the bees manufacture it, etc.) but without that experience you will never truly know honey. Nowadays thought are increasingly more and more complex and the limited abilities of language to express those thoughts are limiting enough without the failure to take the necessary time to adequately ensure that what you are saying is the same thing that is being understood.

So when you’re talking to someone, keep these things in mind. People are not expert communicators and need all the help they can get. Luckily, Reiki can help considerably by boosting patience, understanding, empathy, filter awareness, and the psychic abilities needed to effectively understand and be understood.

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!

If you are planning a trip to Japan in the foreseeable future I’d like to recommend that you visit some time around St. Valentine’s Day in 2009. On that day, Saturday, February 14, 2009 from 3:00 p.m. to approximately 8:00 there will be a Reiki Party at Luna Hall in Ashiya City, Japan.

The party will open with a performance by Hiroki Okano entitled Echoes of the Earth, followed by a panel discussion with Hiroshi Doi (Gendai Reiki) Aiko Iwamoto (Yawaragi Reiki) and Hyakuten Inamoto (Komyo Reiki) entitled Visiting the Source of Reiki. This will be followed by a performance by Halko entitled Peace On Earth.

With optional Reiki treatments offered by various Reiki healers and FREE Organic Herb Tea it is destined to be the Reiki event of the year and who knows… I might throw something special in the kitty as well as chances are very high that I will be attending.

So mark your calendars and plan accordingly as this is one happening you surely don’t want to miss!

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!

As promised, here is my report on Hiroshi Doi’s Christmas/New Year?s/End of the Year Reiki Koryukai. It was, of course, a great success and I had a most enjoyable time.

The most interesting part of the day was a viewing of a DVD of Dr. Chiaki Kudoh, a Japanese Neurosurgeon, detailing on-going clinical research in is called the Clover Project. In this session, a woman was strapped into an EEG Helmet and her brainwaves were recorded. After setting a baseline, Hiroshi Doi Sensei proceeded to give her a Reiki treatment while the computers analyzed what was going on. There were noticeable color changes as the relaxation brought her into an Alpha State and while Dr. Kudoh seemed satisfied with the results (as did the Koryukai participants) I am not so sure that it was a meaningful analysis at all. Of course it was all in Japanese and I didn’t understand a lot of the technical explanations, and even though I remain unconvinced, it was quite an interesting study.

The Year End raffle was also a smash, with prizes ranging from Tibetan tingshas and incense to Reiki books and CDs as well as tickets to next year’s Valentines Day Reiki Party (details of which will be coming soon).The rest of the Koryukai consisted of the usual Solar Imaging Training, Jiko Joka Healing and Hatsurei Ho. Gone was the usual Reiju, in its place the Reiki Masters beamed Reiju to the other participants. It was nice, but I definitely prefer the Reiju.

All in all it was a wonderful Reiki filled event leaving me thirsty for more… which of course will have to wait till next year.

For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!