Reiki - 1st Degree Manual

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Usui Reiki, Contemporary and Traditional Level One Manual
by Peggy L. Jentoft
This is intended to be a simple practical manual for

Usui Reiki.
No manual will ever be complete. There is always more

to learn.
This version of the manual is all on one page for easier
printing or saving.
Contents
Introduction
What is Reiki?
About Healing Energy
About Attunement
Using Reiki
Self treatment
treating others
The treatment
Reiki finish
Hand Positions
Reiki Hand Placements
Additional hand positions
Chair seated treatment
More ways to apply Reiki
Mikao Usui
A Brief History
Reiki Principles
Expanding on the Reiki Principles
Treatment and ethics review
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Reiki treatment checklist.

The exchange issue
HATSUREI-HO
The Aura and Energy
Chakra
Energy balls
Bibliography
USUI REIKI, A UNIVERSAL ENERGY HEALING

SYSTEM
Level one Manual by Peggy Jentoft
General Introduction
What is Reiki? Reiki is a natural system of energy healing. It is done
by placing the hands on or near the recipient . The practitioner runs
Reiki Energy while placing their hands on or over a series of
locations on the recipients body. This energy is the life force that
permeates the universe. Practitioners can also work remotely. Remote
techniques are usually taught at the second degree level.
The process of doing Reiki treatment is thought of as "laying on of
hands" or "spiritual healing" and is considered to be a metaphysical
phenomenon. Reiki also has elements based on the traditions of Asian
medicine and martial arts which have given rise to acupuncture, chi
gong, tai chi and similar practices.
Reiki is related to some practices of Chinese Medicine, Chi gong and
other Holistic Medicine and modes. Reiki is somewhat of a fusion of
spiritual healing and some traditional Asian medical, spiritual and
health practices. The hand placements correspond to some of those
points used in Acupuncture and other practices but no needles,
pressure or massage is used.
Reiki flows through the practitioner but is not generated by the
practitioner and does not deplete the Reiki practitioners own energy
supplies. Advanced practitioners can do
treatments without physical contact.
Mikao Usui Developed the Reiki Universal Healing Energy system

after years of study of spiritual healing of many kinds and received the
ability to heal with Reiki energy during a spiritual initiation after long
fasting and meditation on one of Japan's Many sacred mountains.
What does Reiki do?

Reiki can help alleviate suffering whether it be of a physical,

emotional, mental, spiritual, nature. This means that Reiki can heal.
This statement is not a guarantee or a promise that someone will be
relieved of any ailment whatsoever with a single or with multiple Reiki
treatments. In most cases Reiki does enhance the effects of medical
treatment when used in conjunction with it. An underlying principle of
Reiki is that it can do no harm and cannot be used for any harmful
purpose.
Another Purpose of Reiki Is to help enhance personal and spiritual
evolution and to assist on the path to enlightenment. Reiki is not
affiliated with any one spiritual path and will work for anyone .
Having Reiki does not guarantee enlightenment either.
To get Reiki either means to receive Reiki treatment from a
practitioner or to learn to practice Reiki. Reiki treatment may be
received from any Reiki practitioner .
Reiki treatment enhances the body's natural ability to heal itself. It

increases vitality
and stamina, works throughout the body, on the mind, emotions,
spiritual essence and aura. Reiki treatment releases blocked energy,
promotes relaxation and reduces stress. Reiki energy has an innate
intelligence and goes wherever needed in the body and aura. It helps to
cleanse the body of toxins both energetic and physical and can over
time, enhance stamina, intuition, meditation and spiritual evolution.
Reiki also works on plants, animals, and even machines and can be
used in Earth healing and has been used for treatment of world
events. Reiki will work for you personally and is also a tool you can use
to help others. Reiki and other subtle healing energies are valuable
tools for anyone whether they have health, emotional, mental, or
spiritual issues or only want to empower their personal evolution.
Many people like to get regular hands on Reiki treatments as a

refreshing and
relaxing treat for themselves, in the same way that they might get a
massage or a facial, a
guided visualization session or a mud bath. Reiki can be a door to a
higher part of your own spiritual being. Reiki treatment and practice
can increase the flow of higher vibrations of energy through your aura
and into the physical body. Reiki energy works to harmonize, or bring
into balance, the total you: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.
You do have to actively use Reiki or get treatments to receive its
benefits. Reiki treatment is available
from many Reiki practitioners .

The use of Reiki as a relaxation and stress reducing technique is

becoming accepted and widespread. In addition to its use in supporting
treatment of illness and injury. Reiki enhances other body work and
healing techniques and sports performance as well as assisting with
spiritual development. Science is reluctant to accept the validity of
energy work but double blind studies have often shown significant and
accelerated improvement from energy treatments of many different
forms. Kirilian and aura photos also show significant changes before
and after Reiki treatments .
To learn to practice and share Reiki with others yourself, you must
receive
attunement from a Reiki Master . You can learn to give Reiki
treatments to yourself,
family and friends. Animals, plants etc. Some people use Reiki on
appliances. The Reiki
energy treats and energizes you even while you are treating others.
Sometimes people have unreasonable expectations of Reiki both as

clients and as practitioners . Reiki does not often confer an instant
miraculous cure of any condition. Reiki works with you to restore
energetic balance and repair things like blockages and tears in the
energy field which create disease and unhappiness. This can take
time . Mrs. Takata, who introduced Reiki to the West received
treatment daily for months. People often receive great benefit from a
single treatment but conditions which have taken years to form and
manifest as disease are likely to require consistent treatment over a
period of time . Certainly any Reiki treatment is Good, even a single
short one but for most the greatest effect comes from frequent
treatment . Practitioners are urged to self treat daily.
While it will probably not be practical for a client to come daily for
months as might have been done at Hayashi Sensei's clinic or for the
practitioner to move in with a client for weeks or months as Mrs.
Takata is said to have done, a series of treatments is recommended for
many conditions and often family members can receive attunement so
that they may provide the treatment as needed.
What is a Reiki attunement?

This is the process by which the Reiki teacher (often called a Reiki
Master) passes on the ability to channel the Reiki energy. This involves
a process of clearing any blocks to Reiki in your aura and connecting
you to the ability to run Reiki energy by means of a direct transmission
to your energy body (aura) There are many different energy systems

that use attunement . Reiki is one of the most well Known and is an
excellent basic all purpose system . It is easy to learn and is not
burdened with a lot of esotericism or Dogma.
Usually attunement is given during instruction in the various
techniques involved in
practicing Reiki.
Reiki is most often taught in three levels designated I, II and III, with
III being the Master level. In level one people are taught basic
techniques for hands on treatment for self and others. In Level two one
learns techniques for remote healing and receives attunement for using
symbols to activate specific functions for mental and emotional healing
and for increasing the connection and effect of Reiki. Level three adds
a spiritual or intuitive healing energy function and the ability to
attune others to Use Reiki themselves. In some Reiki systems there is a
Master level distinct from the Teacher (or Master/Teacher) level. To
learn to pass on attunements one must undertake a further teacher
level. Some teachers teach and transmit a unified Reiki attunement
which includes all the functions of the three level system.
Being a Reiki Master is not a sign or guarantee of a person's moral

fiber upstanding behavior, or any form of emotional or spiritual
development. Reiki Masters are as human as anyone else.
Each level requires an attunement or set of attunements. As one
progresses through the
levels there can be a distinct and noticeable difference in the
perception of effects and
sensations of both the practitioner and the client . As one progresses
through the
levels one is taught the Reiki symbols which can be (and generally are)
used in giving a
Reiki treatment. The symbols are usually explored in the second Reiki
level.
About Healing Energy

There are many systems of energy healing , hands on and remote
healing. They all use aspects of the universal life Force energy that
Permeates the universe and the entire reality. This Energy is known by
many names, Prana, Mana, Chi, KI, Orgone energy, Bioenergetic
plasma, Divine breath, Cosmic Pulse, Vital Fire, among them.
Even in those systems that call directly on spiritual entities, Angels,
Healing guides and so forth, the actual healing is effected by aspects of
the universal energy.
Most cultures seem to have at least one name for it even those that do

not officially
acknowledge it as real. Different cultures develop different ways of
working with energy
and different needs evoke different frequencies, techniques and
explanations for that work.
A Hawaiian system, a Tibetan system, and a Hindu system of energy
work will each be
different. Yet each still works with the universal life force. Reiki is a
system of energy healing that was discovered, defined and developed in
Japan. It does use elements derived from Japanese culture, Shinto,
Esoteric Buddhism and from the medicine of Japan and China to
explain how it works and to define its goals. The traditional definitions
and explanations of Reiki practice have the underlying base of the
accepted cultural premises of Japan and may have elements that seem
strange or opaque to people who have not been immersed in that
culture from birth.
Reiki is not religious. There is no Dogma involved with Reiki, well
not much anyway.
Most of what could be called Reiki Dogma does not actually effect the
practical use of
Reiki in the real world. Being attuned to Reiki does not entail any
conversion or adoption
of spiritual beliefs or practices from any religion or particular set of
beliefs. Reiki and
other energy healing modes will harmonize with most spiritual belief
systems that allow for
the existence of energy work.
The word Reiki is defined as Universal or Spiritual (Rei)- Life Force

or Energy (Ki). The Reiki system is a simple and powerful system of
energy work that anyone can learn to use for developing physical,
emotional, mental and spiritual harmony and wholeness in themselves
and for assisting others. Reiki functions on the energy body first,
usually following the same channels used in acupuncture and
acupressure , chi gong and
other traditional Asian Medical and healing modes but not limited to
them. The practitioner
uses the Reiki energy to move & balance energy, remove blocks and
repair tears in the
aura and help restore well being. Advanced practitioners are able to
give treatments
without touching the recipient and even send treatments great
distances, even to people on

other continents .
Reiki is a system of energy healing from Japan using methods

transmitted to and received by Mikao Usui, possibly at the end of a 21
day fast and meditation in Japan. Reiki is a simple and powerful system
of laying on of hands and remote healing that can transform lives. The
Usui System of Natural Healing was introduced to the West by Mrs.
Hawayo Takata, from Hawaii, who received Reiki Attunements From
Dr. Hayashi, who had a Reiki clinic in Tokyo. She was visiting relatives
in Japan and had successful treatments for a chronic illness at Dr.
Hayashis' Clinic.
Dr. Hayashi is credited with formalizing the system of hand positions
and levels for use in a more clinical health oriented practice. Usui
Sensei intended his system to assist people to become enlightened,
physical healing being a side effect rather than the end goal.
The ability to heal physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual
imbalances with energy
channeled through the hands has been viewed as a rare and mystical
gift requiring great
spiritual achievement. However this simply is not true. Reiki is almost
as easily learned as
learning to tie your shoes.
Healing energy can be channeled by any one. This ability can be
acquired by energetic transmission from one person to another. These
transmissions are called attunements or empowerment or sometimes
initiations. They remove blocks in the aura and allow the healing
energies that surround us to come in through our crown chakra and
flow through our bodies and out our hands to where they are needed.
They open the palm chakras and energy channels if needed and
connect you to the specific Reiki Shakti healing frequencies. The
attunements also allow us to direct these energies for specific
purposes.
The ability to channel the specific healing energy Functions called
Reiki is received from a process called Attunement, a direct
transmission of the ability to channel Reiki and the clearing of
energetic blocks to that ability guided by a Reiki Teacher ( Reiki
Master) into the personal energy field of the recipient. Anyone can get
these attunements and channel Reiki, it requires no special abilities and
is a reliable way of doing healing treatments for yourself and others.
Reiki has traditionally been used for treatment of physical issues and
to compliment allopathic health treatments and practices , it is not a
substitute for Medical treatment nor is it a diagnostic system. Reiki is
an intelligent energy of love and wholeness. When you use Reiki you

find many more ways to work with and gain value from it. The possible
ways for working with universal life force energy are infinite.
About Attunement
Before anyone can personally connect with Reiki and use this energy
system for themselves and for others they must receive
attunement, also called initiation or
empowerment. This is a transformation to the energy field (aura)
Which opens, clears and
connects the recipient to the ability to use the universal energy. This is
not a step to be
taken lightly.
This attunement should be considered permanent. It is true that
anyone can be attuned.
The regular use of Reiki is required to continue the accelerated
personal spiritual
development the Reiki helps make possible. The person should have a
sincere desire to
help themselves and a willingness to practice and use Reiki for the
benefit of all life.
Many people can feel attunement as It is done, as heat or waves of

energy flowing into their body or they may see light or even images or
hear music. Many people do not have any such experience at all, other
than perhaps feeling both more relaxed and energized than usual.
Most people but not all who regularly feel subtle energies are able to
feel some of the energy coming in.
Many people choose to fast or refrain from eating meat or smoking
before being attuned to Reiki. This is not essential. You must be sober
to receive attunement, other than that all one really has to do is to
want to receive and accept the attunement from the Reiki teacher. It
helps to be in a meditative receptive state at the time the attunements
are done. Some people seem to reach out and actively pull the
attunement in and others are more passive recipients . You could refuse
to accept an attunement. You cannot be attuned against your will.
The Reiki teacher will explain what you may experience during the
attunement and tell you where to sit and any particular hand position
she wants you to hold. You may be asked to close your eyes during the
attunement.
There are a number of different methods for passing attunements.

Many Reiki Teachers use a ritual method which can include some
physical contact . They may draw symbols on the receivers hands
crown and heart and place them into the aura. Some teachers use direct

transmission attunements which do not require physical contract or

overt ritual .
The Japanese Reiki School founded by students of Mikao Usui still

uses a Reiju empowerment which involves participation in frequent
meditations during which you acquire the ability to use Reiki
gradually. Attunements are used in Reiki and many other energy work
systems because they allow people to open to use energies much faster
than would be possible without them .
Detoxification.
It is recommended that you Drink lots of water after an attunement.
Many people find that they need to increase water intake permanently
after being attuned to any system of healing energy. Attunements and
treatments begin the recipient's personal healing immediately. This
sometimes shows up as symptoms of physical or emotional release
such as an excess of Gas, diarrhea or moodiness. This has been called
detoxification. Most people do not have noticeable effects of this kind.
Some people report a lot of emotional processing for up to 3 weeks or
21 days after an Attunements. Some people report having unusually
vivid dreams just after the attunement.
Anyone getting Reiki treatments and or attunements is encouraged
to drink lots of
water. This often reduces or eliminates any so called detoxification
symptoms. Everyone should be reminded that in some cases the
release of toxins or energetic or physical realignments will cause them
to feel worse for a small time before they feel better.
Some people may feel somewhat uncomfortable when chronic physical ,
emotional or mental conditions are alleviated because they are
unaccustomed to feeling well.
Anyone who has a detoxification reaction is encouraged to self treat
with Reiki often and
to contact their Reiki teacher for help. Any unusual ,severe, or
continuing discomfort should
be referred to an appropriate medical professional. It may not have
any direct relationship to the attunement at all . Sometimes normal
reactions to events that occur and emotions that surface during the
period just after attunement are attributed to detoxification when they
might really be simply a freer expression and awareness of feelings that
can be an effect of attunement .
Using Reiki
Once you have been attuned you will want to learn how to activate and

use your Reiki.

First degree Reiki is activated by intention, that is you intend or
mentally command it to
run. Many people use a mental instruction such as Reiki on! or Reiki
now!
Reiki may turn on when it is needed even without your conscious
intention.
Only a slight amount of attention is needed to keep Reiki flowing. It
does not involve mental strain or intense will, just a subtle intention
and willingness. You are not pushing the Reiki energy you are allowing
it to flow through you like water flows through a hose. Not every one
feels Subtle energies. Once you have been attuned the Reiki will run
even if you are not able to feel it. Sometimes it takes a while before one
really feels it running . Whether or not you get hot hands or buzzing or
other physical signs of Reiki activation it will work. Reiki is subtle
energy.
The energy generally comes into the crown and runs down the arms
to the hands and
from there to where needed and/or directed. This seems to be the
standard flow pattern For Reiki and many other healing energy
systems it is possible to bring in the energy by other channels but
crown to hands is usually easiest and most comfortable. Just want the
energy to run. think/intend that it turn on. The basic Reiki energy has
always been intention activated. The most important thing is to use
Reiki often . The more you use it the more comfortable, confident and
skilled you will become.
While the standard formal treatment uses both hands you can also
give informal Reiki
treatments just by placing one hand in contact . You may find the you
can run Reiki from
your feet or other location if its needed. You can just put your hand on
your own body and give yourself a simple treatment any time you
wish.
At first you may want to prove to yourself and others that it works.
This can cause you to
use your own personal energy rather than Reiki . Using your own
energy might make you
feel tired after giving a treatment . Usually the practitioner feels rested
and revitalized
after the treatment. You might have normal tiredness from standing a
long time if
you are not used to doing it but any unusual tiredness usually indicates

that the practitioner has been forcing the energy or pushing with
personal will rather than allowing the reiki energies to flow naturally.
The effectiveness of Reiki and other energy systems could be
modified by the practitioners and clients expectations. The limits that
they put on the
energy with the concepts they hold about what the work can and should
do can effect the experienced results.
Therefore, it is Particularly important that while you are doing
treatments you allow the
energy to work. Hold the intention that it work for the highest good of
the client. I do begin
most sessions by mentally stating what the perceived situation is and if
the client is in pain
I do ask for Pain relief to be part of the treatment. I have set up a
signal system with my
guides and solar angel or intuition to alert me when it is not
appropriate to focus any
energy on pain relief (if the pain is serving a vital function). Again
belief in or practice of, a
spiritual or religious system is not required for the effective practice of
Reiki. ( While many Reiki practitioners work with guides or angels it is not
a practice intrinsic to or required for Reiki.)
Personal intuition will guide you as you learn to be aware of it and trust
it. Naturally Intuition alone does not substitute for a basic
understanding of energy work and the techniques for treatment.
The Reiki energy is in most cases allowed to flow to where it chooses.
It can be directed
but most teachers strongly recommend that you do not do this at first
and never
exclusively, as you may be unaware of the true cause of a difficulty and
may mentally prevent the Reiki from doing the most good by pushing it
where you want it to flow. At first
you may need to remind yourself quite often to allow the flow rather
than push it with will.
Reiki uses the Ki or Universal life force energy to effect changes and
remove blocks in
the energy body which promotes the return of and maintenance of well
being and health.
As a practitioner you do not diagnose nor do you heal. As you

continue to practice You will probably develop an awareness of the
condition of the energy field and may over time

realize what diseases may have manifested from the feel of the clients
energy body.
You must take care not to alarm the client nor to violate laws against
diagnosis by non
medical professionals. You may ask questions, make suggestions, and
ask them to see a
Doctor about areas of concern.
You provide a connection for the universal life force to work actively
with you and the
receiver. Energy healing is most effective when the person getting
treatment is an active
participant in the process, actively inviting the Reiki to heal them to
the highest degree
possible .rather than taking a passive mental state of being done to.
Reiki teachings in the West were passed on until quite recently

without written materials
or notes. Even the practice writing of the complex symbols traditionally
used in second and
third degree Reiki were destroyed after the training sessions. Many
books are now
available with information and theories about Reiki.
Self Treatment
Reiki can be used for your own healing as well as for others. This is
one thing that differentiates Reiki from many other energy healing
systems. Treating yourself is an excellent way to become familiar with
using Reiki. It it highly recommended that new practitioners give
themselves a treatment daily . I recommend that you give yourself
treatments daily, if possible, particularly in the beginning of your
practice of Reiki. This will also help clear up any detoxification
symptoms that do occur. Self treatment can be done either by putting
your hands on your body in adaptations of the standard hand
placements on the front only will suffice though you can do versions of
some back positions on yourself .
You can also just rest your hands on your legs or other accessible
location and run the Reiki, actually just putting your hands down
against your body any where that is comfortable will work. Reiki will
go to where it is needed, if you have advanced levels of Reiki you can
give your self a distance treatment . I find that it works fine just to
turn on Reiki and let it run, after all, you are in your body That means
that you are touching it. Whatever your Reiki level is using the hand
positions may work faster on a specific area and give you more sensory

confirmation.
The positions for self treating the back can be done by putting your
hands on the back
of your neck over your shoulders and at your back just above and
below the waist .You can also place your hands on the front of your
body with the mental intention that you are treating the back position.
Unless you are very flexible do not try to reach the difficult to reach
places. If it hurts you to do it, It is not Reiki. Reiki will flow to where it
is needed .
Preparing to Give Reiki Treatments to Others

There is no one single right way to do treatments. Before you begin a
treatment on
another person you may benefit from a self treatment or meditation to
ground, center and clear your own energy field to prepare yourself to
give the treatment . This is optional but recommended. Many
practitioners like to place their hands together in the gassho or
praying hands positions for a moment before they actually begin the
treatment this helps the practitioner to balance their own energy and
reach the correct mental and emotional clarity to begin the treatment
free from personal issues that might distract them.
Before the treatment.

Greet your client and discuss what they can expect from Reiki.
Answer any questions they have. Ask them about their reasons for
seeking Reiki treatment and what they
expect from Reiki. Tell the client what you will be doing. Some
practitioners have a form and history to be filled out, others do not
follow the medical model so closely. Make sure that if exchange is
involved, that is payment or barter the details are clear and mutually
agreeable.
Remind the Recipient that you are not a medical practitioner. Reiki
is never a substitute
for medical treatment. This and other energy and spiritual work may
sometimes result in a
usually brief clearing period of detoxification on all levels. In a few
rare cases people have
felt worse before they felt better, if this does occur you should ask that
if possible they
come in daily for three days in a row. Repeated treatment can alleviate
these rare
detoxification or healing crisis symptoms .

Have your client remove their shoes , glasses and any bulky jewelry
which might get snagged . They should not be wearing anything
binding but other than that are to remain fully clothed. Comfortable
non binding clothes are recommended. They do not need to remove
wedding rings, dentures, small earrings, navel rings and so forth. Some
people fear that jewelry will interfere or block the energy but it does
not. In fact such items can absorb a charge of Reiki energy . The main
reason to remove bulky jewelry is so that it will not snag on clothing
during the treatment or interfere with hand placement .
For standard treatment have the person lie down on a massage table
or if none is
available other sturdy table such as a kitchen or dining table with a
pad of some sort, or
bench ,couch, bed or floor if that is comfortable for both of you .
Treatments can also be
done with the client seated.
Most Reiki treatments are given with the client lying down and the
practitioner standing,
but many practitioners sit in an office chair with wheels. Some do
treatments kneeling on
the floor, Whatever table or other setup you are using, The client and
the practitioner should both be comfortable during the treatment. Try
to have the table surface at a height where you do not have to strain to
reach the hand position locations. A padded surface of some kind is
suggested for comfort. The recipient may become cold. You should
have a light blanket available to cover them if needed. a pillow or
pillows is useful for arranging for maximum comfort particularly
during the treatment of the back. This can be a real concern if you do
not have a face rest. You can do the treatment from the front only or
have the client sit for treatment on the back if it is not practical or
comfortable for them to lie face down. Sometimes emotional clearing
occurs during a treatment and can result in the client crying. You
should have some tissues handy in case of need. If the person being
treated cries do not interrupt the treatment to give them tissues.
Interrupting them may result in a reduction of the healing
release. On rare occasions a recipient may feel that your hands are too
hot or feel pain or discomfort in some other way. If this happen ask if
they wish to stop the treatment or continue. Most people will choose to
continue and may feel a healing release . If someone wishes to end the
treatment early for any reason just stop giving Reiki .
Wash your hands before and after giving a treatment. if possible.

Wash your hands before the treatment to make sure you don't have

any distracting odor on

them and for a symbolic entry into the best mental state for the
treatment and after the
treatment as a way to distinguish your treatment time from your
routine.
You might carry disposable washcloths if you often do treatments “on
the road”.
Please don't make a big deal about it as a frantic dive to wash your
hands may be quite
distressing to your client.
You might have pleasant music playing if you both agree. There are
many tapes and CDs
with music designed for Reiki treatments and similar work. Some
clients are distracted by
music while others prefer to have it . Many people burn a quality
incense or use an
aromatherapy oil in a diffuser. Inquire about allergies before using a
fragrance, and use
only genuine essential oil if possible. You might offer a cup of Herb tea
or water after a
session. Clients should always be encouraged to drink lots of water. I
do sometimes use
crystals in conjunction with Reiki but in most cases I limit this to
having amethyst, clear quartz or Rose Quartz under the Reiki table
and crystals in the treatment room (which is where they are anyway)
unless I feel strong intuitive guidance to use them. Combining Reiki
with laying on of stones can overwhelm some clients and may even give
them a headache . Holding a clear quartz ball or crystal while running
Reiki through it is sometimes used for breaking up severe blocks and
stagnation in the energy field.
Toning may be used if you feel a strong intuitive urge to do so but as
with crystals should not be used casually. These are not part of
traditional Reiki treatments and aren't likely to be available in
emergencies so please do not depend on these enhancements. Reiki will
work just fine with no frills at all.
Reiki is not Diagnostic we do not in any way attempt to locate or

define Medical or
Psychological needs any one seeking Reiki treatments who has a
medical condition should be reminded to see an appropriate
practitioner.
The United States has very severe penalties for practicing medicine
without a license .

Practitioners do often develop an intuition about areas of concern and

possible conditions.
They may ask questions and suggest that the client ask a Doctor about
something.
During the treatment many practitioners find that they sometimes
receive intuitive
impressions or information about the client or situations. Check with
your intuitive source
before sharing any such information it may be intended only for you or
it may be meant for
you to share. Confirmation of whether or not to share is usually easy to
receive , if unsure
do not. Remember that you are a Reiki channel not a Doctor or
Psychologist (unless you
are of course).
Reiki is quite effective when done as a holistic practice similar to

acupressure.
Some people feel that it is more effective when Spiritual intention is
added . Reiki is self
grounding and has built in protections. It can do no harm. You do not
need to use any extra
procedures for protection and grounding though you may choose to do
some things such as
ground and center yourself. Connect with Earth and Source or You see
yourself and the
receiver as surrounded by golden or rainbow light or white or violet
light. You could
smudge or call in the Angels if you wish. These practices are not
standard to Reiki nor in
any way required and may not effect the quality and effectiveness of
the treatment
but contribute a nice energy to the surroundings if you have time for
them.
I ask invite any angels or guides who wish to help to join us asking
my solar angel to
allow only the forces of highest Good to join us . I intend that the room
be filled with Reiki
energy. Do whatever will focus you to the purpose of giving the session.
this is a personal
choice and as a holistic practice Reiki will work without any spiritual
additions at all .

The treatment
Please allow the energies to flow and separate yourself from the
hunger for any
particular outcome. Have your intention be to give the treatment not to
try to
create any particular result. Set you personal intention that you and
the treatment will do only good . You will place your hands in the
position you start with and continue through them until done .
Many Reiki Practitioners prefer to stand to the right of the table and
move clockwise or
sun wise around the table and to have the left hand be the far hand
and the right hand be
the near hand I suggest you practice to see what feels most comfortable
and effective for
you. You should be comfortable during the treatment. Some Reiki
Practitioners do get the occasional signal of a twinge of pain in their
own body as guidance but If you are in pain you are probably tensing
up and need to relax .
The energy will ebb and flow during treatment but will usually only
need to be turned on
at the beginning . Many practitioners do choose to reactivate the energy
each time they
move their hands. During hands on treatments the hand position is
changed each time the
energy tapers off. If the practitioner does not feel energy they can leave
their hand in each
position for 3 to 5 minutes .
Please place your hands quite gently there should be no weight or
pressure applied.
This is often described as a butterfly touch. Some clients do like to feel
your hands placed
solidly and will kind of strain to reach up if your touch is too light but
in any case you do not
push or let your hands lay heavily on the client. You can even keep
your hands about an
inch away in the aura . The hands are held slightly cupped with fingers
and thumbs together
as though the hands were in socks or like you were swimming . If you
turned them upwards they would look like you were cupping water in
your hands This kind of hand position is said to represent peace and
freedom from fear. There is no massage or tissue manipulation with
Reiki. The hands are simply held gently on or over each position until
the energy ebbs. A little bit of intention is needed but not any intense

effort or will. If you become distracted and feel that the energy has
stopped just restart it. In hands on work the hands are left in each
place until the energy begins to taper off or for three to five minutes if
the practitioner is not sensitive to the energy flow . Sensitivity can vary
greatly from treatment to treatment.
THE REIKI FINISH

Many but not by any means all practitioners end a treatment with a
"Reiki finish" either
combing and smoothing out the aura with the hands or one of several
other versions . I was
taught to end a session by placing my hands one on top of the other in a
cross form at the
small of the back or tail bone for a minute or so but seldom do this
finish any more . One
Reiki finish I use is to simply at the end of a session place one hand or
the fingertips held together on the top of the spine and the other at the
tail bone or from the front on the head or collarbone and stomach and
wait approx. 3-5 min. the Reiki runs/flows from one hand to the other,
so by doing the finish one helps to effect an energetic balance.
Sweeping the aura three times from top to bottom and again from
bottom to top is another popular and effective finish .
This next version of the finish is one that Mrs. Takata taught
(according to "VSRC", a
Takata first and second degree student) (used with permission). " At a
full treatment a
person would get very, very relaxed, and Mrs. Takata said to help with
circulation she
would: Take two fingers (she used first and second) put one on either
side of the spine near the neck, or about the 7th cervical, with the other
hand press down the palm at the base of the two fingers and on top of
the hand. Then "zip" the two fingers down the spine fairly quickly...
with practice you will get the right rhythm, not too fast, it will burn, not
too slow, the point is to stimulate circulation and always gentle, but
firm enough to be felt.. Then, she would make circular motions down
the back on either side of the spine with her palms, then, pick up one of
the legs & a foot and rotate it in small circles, gentle massaging the calf
muscles, then do the other leg & foot. Now the person has enough
circulation that when they sit up, and attempt to get down from the
table, doing it carefully they will be
comfortable." Apparently very few and possibly none of the Reiki
Masters that Mrs. Takata taught actually used this finish.

Give the person being treated plenty of time to return to the

mundane world and may
run Reiki for a minute or few minutes with the specific intention that it
help the person
being treated with grounding . Intuition is the best guide. There is no
one single right way
to do treatments .
About Reiki Hand Positions

These hand positions are also used in other traditional Japanese and
Chinese healing modes and are not exclusive to Reiki. Reiki does flow
to where it is needed so a whole body treatment can be given by leaving
your hands in one place , however by moving through the hand
placements assures that each area gets a surcharge of the Reiki and
that all of the major meridian channels are treated. Using the hand
placements can also help the practitioner develop an intuitive
sensitivity to energy flow.
The basic set of twelve hand positions most Reiki practitioners use
ensure that all the major energy channels and chakra are treated to
effectively cover the entire body and aura. In time most people develop
an intuitive sense of where Reiki energy is needed and may use
alternative or extra hand placements following that intuition.
Mikao Usui Sensei is said to have used five basic hand placements
and additional ones in accord with the specific needs of each client . Dr
Hayashi adapted the set of hand positions now in common use for
practitioners at his clinic who had not developed strong intuition or
energy sensitivity.
Most Reiki position charts start with the hands directly over the face
and then move to the crown or side of the head. I personally often start
by placing my hands over the top of the head on the crown first or on
the shoulders . Many people are more comfortable with this as the first
position and young children are less likely to lick your hands when you
start
with a less challenging placement than directly over their face. Some
practitioners place a
tissue over the clients face before putting their hands over the face.
This would help keep
odor and sweat off the clients face if their is any. Please ask before you
do this as some
people are extremely uncomfortable with their face covered. ( I
personally have a suffocation phobia and do not react well to having
my face covered with anything).

The hands are held with the thumb and fingers next to each other as
though they were in
socks, not mittens or gloves . They are held gently cupped as though
for a swim stroke. Some people teach that to have the fingers spread
out disperses or dilutes the Reiki Energy but I have found that the
finger position does not make a significant difference.
Try different things and follow your intuition to see what works for
you.
The hand positions on the head and throat are done while standing
behind the client. Then You move to stand at the side of the client. The
hand positions on the torso are done with the fingertips of one hand
touching the heal of the other. Whether the left or right hand is the
near hand or the far hand depends on what is most comfortable for
you.
Some teachers teach specific placements. These vary from teacher
to teacher. The hand positions given here are suggestions rather than
absolutes. I like to run Reiki into the joints, shoulders, elbows, wrists,
knees, hips, and the hands. You can have the client turn over and
repeat the torso positions on the back if you have time and feel that you
should.
Reiki touch is very light no pressure is applied, nothing in Reiki

resembles massage .
The energies often run for about 3 to 5 minutes in each position before
tapering off . The
time a treatment takes may vary quite a bit but 40 minutes to an hour
is average for a full
treatment.
Posture is an often neglected area. You will be more comfortable
during treatments
if you stand with your weight balanced over both feet, knees slightly
bent, feet placed a bit
apart, butt tucked in, back straight, and with your shoulders slightly
rounded not held back
rigidly. Below is a graphic of the hand placements and they are
written out in detail further on. You can either move both hands at
once or one at a time moving the second to meet the first, lift the hands
off the body but keep them in the aura. Do not slide them along the
body. begin by spending a moment with your hands in the gassho or
praying hands position at your heart or throat and focus your
intention and activate your Reiki.


Reiki Hand Placements (detailed)

Starting from a position standing behind your client's head.
1. Top of head, over the crown chakra
2. Over the eyes ,palms on forehead, fingertips on cheekbone, this
position
enhances the sixth chakra at the brow. When the eyes are relaxed the
body is
relaxed
3. Sides of face covering the temples
4. Back of head with fingertips at occipital ridge where the skull and
neck join. This relaxes
the brain stem and cerebellum , promoting a sense of serenity and
balance. This position
helps with past life recall and reduces stress. 4b. cover the jaw with
palms while placing
thumbs at corner of mouth. reduces tmj
5. Throat, place hand in V formation over throat. releases the breath
and increases Flow of
energy to whole body the thyroid gland regulates metabolism and
balances blood pressure and cleanses the lymphatic system . fifth
chakra at throat enhances communication. Many people are not
comfortable with hands on their throat so you may wish to do this
position within the aura an inch or two from the skin or choose from
these alternate positions. 5b. either both hands over the throat in front.
5c .or both hands on the back of the throat 5d. or one in front and one
in back 5e. or one on the front of the throat and the other angled down
over the thymus.
6. If you have not covered the thymus with the throat position place
both hands in a V over
the thymus. 6b. over the chest just below the collar bones this
position activates
unconditional love of self and others energizes the thymus which
regulates the immune
system ,also strengthens the lungs and diaphragm .
Now move to the side of the client, most people like to move in a
clockwise direction if you have not yet covered the thymus position do
it from the side
7. Center of the chest hands either between the breasts or just above in
a v or straight or
one hand in thymus area and one in the center of chest, any of these
can be done holding the hands an inch or two away from the skin

without physically touching the client

strengthens heart opening , sense of compassion and empathy .It
revitalizes lungs heart
and relaxes the diaphragm. Enhances love at the fourth chakra
8. Solar plexus area above the waist just below the rib cage. This
position energizes the
solar plexus for vitality and life force . As we energize this area we
generate support
toward others and feel supported by the others and the universe . It
helps digestion as we treat the liver, gallbladder, stomach and spleen .
This position enhances our power center at the third chakra
9. Two inches below waist this position circulates energy throughout
the whole body.
Relaxing this area helps digestion. Treats kidney and bladder
encourages connection with the emotions at the second chakra .
Some people like to move their hands down the torso in hand width
lengths others do one
step at or just above the belly button and one below at the sacral
chakra .
10. Place hands so they form a V on either side of the pubic bone with
the fingers pointing
down and toward the middle. Many practitioners do not use this
position or keep their hands in the aura above the root chakra. 10b. An
alternate position is placing the hands on either side of the pubic area
with hands together first on one side and then on the other. This
position relaxes large and small intestines , bladder ovaries and
prostate. This position releases accumulated anxiety and fear as an
activity of the first chakra at the root center and helps one to feel
centered and grounded. Do not touch unless you are very good friends
with the client. This is sometimes called the “ Victorian" position.
Professional Massage therapists or others who do body work may be
comfortable with contact. but others may not be.
11. Ankles
12. feet. You can treat the whole body from the feet. When time
permits spend extra time
on the feet.
The BACK
If there is enough time and the client is able to be comfortable face
down You can have your client turn over and do the body torso
positions on the back in approximately the same locations as the front.
B1. Place hands on top of shoulder blades either both at once or first on
one and then the
other. This position relaxes trapezium muscles, deltoids and upper

spinal column it reduces

stress and promotes relaxation.
B2. Place hands at mid back position hands side by side either both at
once or first on one
side and then the other. this position strengthens and relaxes adrenal
glands and helps to
release fears phobias and disturbing moodiness .
B3. Place hand at the base of the back on either side of the spine.
B4. Another position is to place hands on either buttock either both at
once or first on one
and then on the other these positions balance sciatica and assists the
receiver in feeling
more present in the world .
Before finishing the treatment. Place hands on the knee and feet
working on one side first
and then the next. There are chakras in both these areas and the Reiki
energy can release
energy blockages there to increase the flow of energy. This helps
people to be more
flexible and to take action when needed.
I like to run Reiki into the joints, shoulders, elbows , wrists, knees,
and hips, and the hands. This releases tension and stress that is held in
the joints. Each area of the body has a symbolic meaning in its healing,
releasing tension in the ankles assists in reaching higher goals, releasing
tension in the knees assists in release of emotion and ability to forgive.
When the shoulders are free of tension and stress there maybe
increased determination.
Additional hand positions

Some additional positions are: The "psych" with the fingers of one
hand held over the third eye in the center of the brow and the other at
the back of the head where the skull and the neck join. For treating
emotional and mental issues .
The "Reiki drain" with the hands turned up away from the client's
body with the intention of relieving excess energy buildups.
The "laser" The thumb and first two fingers of each hand are
brought together and are
used like a laser or tight narrow beam to do intense work on small
areas . Larger areas are
treated with this by moving the hands in the infinity sign (a sideways
figure eight).

The "benediction" with the right hand on the clients knee or

shoulder and the left hand held up in the air palm outward, said to
help with spiritual and emotional healing as well as pain relief.
I like to use a "steam clean” technique where the hands are held in a
v with the
fingers partially overlapped and thumbs locked together forming a V
shaped space
in the middle. Envision a powerful stream of energy flowing through
your hands
dislodging stubborn blocks and filling it with Reiki and light. The
released gunk or
excess energy is envisioned being sucked away through a pipe of light
where the
space between your hands and thumbs is. You may sometimes feel
guided to run
energy with one hand on the front of the body around the kidney area
and one on
the back running the Reiki from one hand to the other or at the second
or forth
chakra again with one hand on the front and one on the back.
The entire body and aura can be treated from the feet. You can treat
the top of the foot the, bottom and the toes and heal with separate hand
placements if you have time . Most people carry a lot of tension in the
feet and there are reflexology points in the foot which promote wellness
in every part of the body.
Reiki can help you increase your intuitive abilities. So when you feel
an urge to use a particular hand position go ahead.
Here are some of the techniques taught by the school Dr. Usui'
students founded in Japan. They are almost identical to those taught
in most subtle touch systems throughout the world. These are
commonly taught in Qi Gong and aid removal of negative energies.
In some areas these might be considered massage and could bring up
legal issues as licenses and certification is often required for massage .
1. Tapping
This means to lightly and rhythmically tap or pat the ki field with
either your palm or fingertips. This is useful to relieve stagnation or
congestion and to improve circulation.

2. Pushing , Pulsing
Slightly open and close the palm. Resembles a kneading cat motion.
Stretch the fingers and hand open, then relax. Do this repeatedly at a
steady pace. the qi is emitted from the center of the hand. The
indications for pulsing are similar to tapping. Stimulates and improves
circulation. Pulsing can be used over any area of the body that
requires it, including specific acupressure points. If you pulse directly
over an acupuncture point, you may feel tingling and warmth at the
point or radiating along the meridian.
3. Stroking, Waving, combing
Is very useful for congestion or pain. The fingertips sweep down the
patients energy field, as though brushing the pain away.
Not part of Dr. Usuis' System as far as I know, but some teachers teach
fluffing the aura prior to combing or waving. That is to raise your
hands up through the aura from root to above the crown with little
stirring movements.
Chair Reiki, giving treatments to seated recipients

Sometimes there is no massage table or other comfortable place for a
client to lie down. Reiki treatments can be given to a seated person
quite easily and effectively. Seated treatments often take much less time
than full treatments on a massage table. The chair used does not
matter, as long as the recipient sits comfortably and the practitioner
can be comfortable while giving the treatment. Make sure the recipient
is grounded, with both feet flat on the ground and in upright position.
The first and simplest chair treatment is to stand behind the chair with
the other person seated with their feet on the floor, hands on their lap,
palms are usually turned up but this is not essential, legs uncrossed.
Place your hands on their shoulders. Activate Reiki and leave your
hands in place until the energy tapers off that's it. This Method usually
runs 10 minutes or so before tapering off .
You can also do a simplified hands on treatment on seated recipients
using the traditional hand positions and kneeling for the lower
hand placements.
A more detailed chair method

Positions:
1. stand behind the person, with your hands lightly on the shoulders.
2. place both hands, side to side on top of the head.
3. hand on the forehead and the other on the back of the head.
4. Optional position, from behind the person, put both hands on the
chest.

5. from the side, place one hand under the collar bone and one on the
back
6. Continue by placing one hand on the solar plexus and the other at
the same
height on the back. By this time you can sit on a chair if you have one
7. place one hand under the navel ( second chakra) and the other at the
same
height at the back.
8. Hold both knees, while sitting or kneeling in front of the person.
9. finally go to the feet.
10. run your hands through the energy field of the legs a few inches out
3 times.
11. run your hands down the aura three times: front, back and sides.
12. Go behind the person and place your hand in starting position.
Hands Off
While Reiki one focuses on contact treatment you can also run Reiki
in the aura an inch or two out from physical contact.
Here's a generic hands off treatment that's used more often by
various forms
of subtle touch healing practitioners than by Reiki practitioners .
Reiki one practitioners can do this by keeping the hands close to the
client's body and activating Reiki.
Begin with the hands over the top of the crown and then move to the
side
and place one hand in front and one in back and run the energy into
each of the
chakras and other energy centers moving down the body : brow ,
throat , thymus (middle of upper chest), heart, solar plexus, hara ( at
or just below the belly button), sacral chakra, tail bone . During this
quick treatment you may instinctively find yourself moving your hands
in and out as the chakra balances and is set in place.
More ways to apply Reiki

Here are more ideas on using your Reiki.
When you become stressed or anxious, run down or exhausted as a
result of something happening in your life, then give yourself additional
Reiki self treatment.
At mealtimes it can be very beneficial to Reiki your food for a moment
or two before eating it, whether you are at home or in a restaurant. You
can just discretely place your hands near or over the food you will find
that any negativity that has attached itself to the food will be removed
by a short treatment! Same applies to water try Reiki-ing the water

from your tap and see if it tastes better.
When you give young children Reiki they often seem to absorb the
energy quicker so
you may need to make the time spent in each hand position shorter.
When they get
restless - move on. Most babies and toddlers love Reiki.
Animals do not have much patience and if they are feeling well they
may reject the
energy but when ill they will usually accept it. Again do not hold the
hand positions for long
one or two minutes is enough. Cats, however sometimes love it and
often arrive to soak
up the energy after you have given a treatment. Some cats are not
interested . To give
Reiki to a pet, simply place your hands wherever they comfortably fit
over or near the pain
area with the intent to heal. Reiki will do the rest, placing the energy
where it is needed. When they have had enough , they will move.
Sometimes they will come back to you
when they want more! Some animals Love Reiki and will frequently
"demand" some.
Plants will respond effectively to Reiki. Like humans and animals

they have a life force
which responds to the Reiki energy. Cut flowers can be given a Reiki
treatment which
may help to preserve them longer. Just hold your hands above the
blooms as if you are
blessing them. With potted plants it is best to treat them by holding the
pot between your
hands, assuming it isn't too heavy. I have given Reiki to wounded
Dragonflies and they seemed to love it. Trees are an amazing reservoir
of universal energy and often they respond to receiving Reiki energy
by giving energy back to the giver. So go and hug a tree and feel them
'blessing' you. Some trees are really surprised to have people offer to
give them anything.
The general ethical rule is that you do not send treatment without
permission but if you
intend that the Reiki is offered and may be accepted, refused, observed
or sent to where

needed most it will usually be accepted if not always by the person or

being you had offered
to treat.
Mikao Usui
Mikao Usui developed the system of natural healing referred to as
Usui Reiki.
the Dr. is an honorific as a substitute for the Japanese word Sensei with
translates as
teacher and is a title of great respect. He was born around 1865. He
died in 1926, of a stroke. The story of Reiki that has come out of Japan
recently begins when Dr. Usui’s business fails .This failure left him in
great debt, and with a great desire for more than just material gain. On
Dr. Usui’s memorial stone is carved the following statement: “One day
he went to Mount Kurama on a 21 day retreat to fast and meditate. At
the end of this period he suddenly felt the great Reiki energy at the top
of his head, which led to the Reiki healing system.” In Frank Petter’s
book “Reiki Fire”, Frank quotes a Mr. Oishi, who learned Reiki in the
1950’s from a master initiated by Dr. Usui. “Dr. Usui used to meditate
at a waterfall on Mt. Kurama. One day, while standing under the
waterfall, he had a satori.” Satori is a Japanese concept in which a
person has a sudden realization of a great or universal truth . After this
experience Dr. Usui opened the “Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai”, the “Usui
Reiki Healing Society.” According to his memorial stone: “He opened a
clinic in Harajuku, Aoyama, Tokyo in April of 1921. He not only gave
treatments to countless patients, some of whom had come from far and
wide, but he also hosted workshops to spread his knowledge. In
September of 1923, the devastating Kanto earthquake struck Tokyo.
Thousands were killed, injured, or became sick in its aftermath. Dr.
Usui grieved for his people, but he also took Reiki to the devastated city
and used its healing powers on the surviving victims.”
After this Dr. Usui traveled and taught throughout Japan. During his
stay in Fukuyama, he suffered a fatal stroke. in 1926. His memorial
stone states that he taught Reiki to over
2000 people though he taught for only five years.
Since the passing of Dr. Usui, there have been six presidents of Usui
Reiki Ryoho Gakkai, and they are: Mr. Ushida, Mr. Taketomi, Mr.
Watanabe, Mr. Wanami, Ms. Kojama and Mr. Kondo, who has been in
office since 1998. “Reiki Fire” (ISBN 0-9144955-50-0) and “Reiki: The
legacy of Dr. Usui” (ISBN 0-914955-56-X) are both written by Frank
Petter. These two books are an excellent source of information
concerning the history of Reiki, the philosophy and the techniques of
Dr. Usui, developer of Reiki. Both are published by Lotus Light

Publications, Box 325, Twin Lakes, WI 53181, USA.
A Brief Reiki History

Mikao Usui Sensei Usually called Dr. Usui in the West, was
apparently a bit of a
renaissance man having held many jobs and studied very broadly he is
thought to have
Studied Buddhist, Taoist and Chinese Christianity Shinto and
intensively in active search
of methods of spiritual healing and after much study received the Reiki
energies at the end of a 21 day fast and meditation on Mount Kurama.
Usui Sensei received Reiki through spiritual realization (satori) and

apparently later added the use of symbols as a tool for those who were
not ready to access Reiki by direct
intention . The symbols used in advanced Reiki levels were Japanese
written characters
with esoteric meanings with which Usui Sensei would probably have
already been familiar,
these esoteric meanings fit the use of the Reiki energy for specific
purposes and the
symbols themselves were never secret but were rather obscure .
There are no symbols used in most Reiki one levels. They are
introduced during the second degree training. There are many stories
about Usui Sensei's discovery of the power and use of the Reiki energy
the most common belief being that he had found information about the
use of healing energy in ancient texts and during his meditation on Mt
Kurama was seeking the attunement to enable him to use the Reiki.
Among the stories, Dr. Usui is said to have practiced Reiki healing in
the slums of Kyoto
For many years. He is said to have become angry that many of the
beggars he healed preferred to be beggars instead of getting jobs. He
decided that there must be an exchange of value in order for the
healing to be valued.
The definition of exchange of value that has been used in the West
has been rather more
narrowly defined than that used traditionally in Japanese Spiritual and
ethical systems.
This is the story has been used in part to justify in part the very high
charges for Reiki Services and attunements by some practitioners. This
story is more likely to have been intended to indicate that you can
neither force healing nor define what it means to others. This set of
stories and requirements does not seem to be common among those

who teach Reiki in Japan . Dr. Usui taught several Doctors his Reiki
Healing. There are still groups of practitioners in Japan who still teach
Dr Usui's Methods . One of the people Dr Usui taught was Dr. Hayashi,
who set up a clinic and adapted Hand Positions and much of the
formal system including the Three Degrees of the version of Reiki most
often taught in the west which has come to be known in the USA As
Usui Reiki or the Usui universal life energy healing system. Dr.
Hayashi seems to have emphasized the physical healing aspect of Reiki
and developed a more medical oriented set of Reiki practices
discarding most of the spiritual development meditations Dr. Usui is
said to have taught .
Dr. Hayashi was the director of one of at least 40 Reiki clinics that
existed in Japan prior to World War 2 . He was not Dr Usui's sole
chosen Successor and the Title of Grand
Master was never used in Japan for any Reiki Teacher . He is the
person who attuned
Mrs. Hawayo Takata.
Mrs. Hawayo Takata, A widow from Hawaii, had come to Japan to
inform Her Parents of
the Death of a relative and fell ill. She came to Dr. Hayashi's Clinic
after hearing a voice
tell her that an operation was not necessary as she waited for surgery
for a chronic
condition. Her condition responded and was healed at the clinic Mrs.
Takata was able to
get Dr. Hayashi to give her the Reiki attunements for levels one and
two before she
returned to Hawaii. Dr. Hayashi later came to Hawaii and attuned
Mrs. Takata to The
Master Level. Mrs. Takata opened a clinic in Hilo and charged
$10000.00 for the Reiki
Master Attunement . She apparently felt that Americans would only
value Reiki if it was very expensive. This very expensive training was
intended to be a long apprenticeship in which the student attended and
gave many supervised treatments and assisted at many of the teachers
classes rather than the shorter and less expensive training than is
common now.
Mrs. Takata was apparently required to work at Dr Hayashi's Clinic
for over a year in
order to receive the attunements and training and that, along with the
expense of her
journey to Japan may have been taken into consideration when she

set her fees.

Some of her clients and students seem to have been rather well off
and the fees may not have been at all difficult for them to pay. By Mrs.
Takata's death in 1980 she had reportedly attuned 22 Reiki Masters.
Since her death Many teachers have lowered the price greatly and
many different schools or Reiki variants have evolved Reiki is
becoming much more widely known and used throughout the world.
Dr Usui was never a Christian Minister or the President of a

Christian School In Japan.
That particular version of the Reiki History was probably created by
Mrs. Takata or one
of her associates in order to give Reiki more appeal to people in the
United States. shortly
before World War 2. Other common versions of Dr. Usui's life include
reports or stories of his being a Buddhist, a Shinto Mystic, a medical or
natrapathic type Doctor and a Government official or clerk, book
keeper .His memorial stone is at a temple in Tokyo and has an
inscription about his skill as a healer and help during the great Tokyo
Earthquake.
The details of the history of Reiki seem destined to be some what
uncertain.
The Reiki Principles of Mikao Usui

There are many versions of the Principles of Reiki, Which were
adapted by Dr Usui possibly from the Meiji Emperor's precepts or
other common sets of ethical precepts. Dr. Usui encouraged people to
read the poetry of this emperor regularly. There are many translations
and interpretations of the Principles.
I give thanks for my many blessings

Just for today I will not anger
Just for today I will not worry
I will do my work honestly
I will be kind to people and every living thing
A more literal translation
The Sacred method of Inviting Blessings

The Spiritual Medicine of Many Illnesses
Today only, do not anger; do not worry.
Do your work with appreciation.

Be kind to people.
In the morning and at night hold your hands in prayer,
meditate and chant these words.
Here are Usui Sensei's affirmations in phonetic Japanese form.

Lowercase vowels are barely pronounced:
(these 2 lines are the heading)
SHO FUKU NO HI HO [Secret method of inviting blessings]
MAN BYO NO REI YAKU. Spiritual medicine of many illnesses]
(these are the actual affirmations)
KYO DAKE WA OKORU NA, SHIN PAI Su NA. [ Today only anger
not worry not]
KAN SHA SHiTE NARIWAI O HAGAME. [Do your work with
appreciation]
HITO NI SHIN SETSu NI [Be kind to people]
(the instructions)
ASA YU GAS SHO SHiTE KOKORO NI NENJI KUCHI NI TONA E
YO. [morning and
evening hands in prayer chant these words]
SHIN SHIN KAI ZEN USUI REIKI RYOHO [The Usui spiritual
method to improve mind and body]
CHOSO USUI MIKAO [Author Mikao Usui ] (the signature)
Expanding on the Reiki Principles

I give thanks for my many blessings
This appears in some of the Reiki Principle lists but not all, in any case
having optimism and appreciation and cultivating an attitude of feeling
blessed at all that you have and experience and also feeling joy at the
benefits and blessings of others is a way of life that will attract more
blessings into your life.
Just for today I will not worry
If you cannot do something about a problem there is no point in
worrying.
If you can do something about a problem do it and then you will have
no cause to worry.
When we worry, we may forget that we are connected with the energy
of universal love.
The more we allow that energy to flow through us the more we become
open to experience
ourselves as part of a safe and loving universe.
Just for today I will not anger.
This does not mean to keep anger bottled up inside or to pretend that it
isn't there. But do not let anger consume you. When you can look at

the situation that you react to with anger you can often uncover
information about yourself and your expectations.
I do my work with appreciation
I see this as not just job related but as a call to live with integrity to
make the best effort to do your work and to live well in the sense of
spiritual wholeness and honor.
Be kind to people and every living thing
Being aware of ourselves as part of an interconnected whole and
understanding that what we put into life is what returns to us. When
we are not worrying or being angry and are grateful for our life and
work we will naturally be kind. The repeated call Just for today
reminds us to live in the present .
Treatment and ethics review

Reiki first Degree works on a physical level - you usually need to
touch the recipient to connect them with Reiki. What can be treated?
Reiki can aid in the healing of just about every known illness and
injury. It can also help to break unwanted habits such as cigarettes,
alcohol, drugs, etc. People have also used Reiki to assist creativity and
meditation to help wake up or to get to sleep.
1. Ideally the practitioner should be in the right frame of mind, relaxed
and calm.. This is to
promote the flow of Reiki unfiltered by the practitioners own
energy. I find that the correct mental state will assert itself when
needed.
2. The treatment should be conducted in a relaxing place where both
the practitioner and
recipient feel comfortable. It is nice if there are no distractions
like phones ringing, callers or television or radio, but you can do Reiki
any place at any time.
3. Playing soothing music such as classical music or new age music or
environmental sounds such as rain forests and other natural sounds
can aid relaxation of the person being treated , especially if they have
come to see you for the first time and are in strange surroundings.
4. It is best if conversation ceases during the treatment, although
sometimes especially during the first visit, the client will want to ask
questions. Try to answer them before starting the treatment, or
afterward. Although the energy will not normally be interrupted
during conversation, The client will be less relaxed while conversing.
Some people do prefer that you explain what you are doing as you give
the treatment .
The giving of a Reiki treatment can be in part a spiritual process and

it is sometimes possible for a sensitive practitioner to access

information from a person during treatment with their own
intuition or psychic ability . Practitioners should use discretion about
sharing this with the client as it may be intended only for the
practitioner. Respect the confidentiality of their client anything that
might pass between the client and practitioner during the treatment
will not be divulged.
Reiki treatment checklist.

1. Before the recipient arrives –you may wish to spend a little time in
meditation or self
treatment some people like to smudge the room. (smudging is
optional)
2. Find your inner calm, avoid rushing around.
3. Spend a few minutes with the client to gain rapport . Make sure they
have enough time for you to complete the treatment .You can do a
shorter treatment if the do not have an hour or forty five minutes.
4. Explain the Reiki process and hand positions.
5. Answer any questions - make sure there is enough time after the
treatment to answer
any others that might arise.
6. Try to Ensure that you will not be interrupted. Lock the door,
switch off the phone.
Though excellent treatments can occur under chaotic conditions too.
7. Try to use a CD on 'repeat' rather than a cassette player with its
loud clicks
when the tape ends. It also means you do not have to get up half
way through to turn the tape over!
8. Make sure that both you and the client are comfortable.
Posture is important. You will
be more comfortable during treatments if you stand on both feet ,
knees slightly bent, feet placed a bit apart, butt tucked in back straight
and shoulders slightly rounded not held back rigidly. You won't want
to get stiff limbs or pins and needles because you have put your body
into an awkward position. If you are standing make sure the massage
table is at the correct height for you and if you are healing on a divan/
bed find a stool at the correct
height to allow you reach across the client without strain. Remember
have a blanket or rug ready in case the client feels cold. This can
happen when you move down to the legs .
9. If you wish Ask Angels or your Reiki guides for assistance (a
personal option) and then
begin the treatment using the techniques and hand positions taught.

Many people like to place there hands in the Gassho (prayer position)
Allow your consciousness to meld with that of the recipient. Your
intuition can guide you and lead your hands. It is not necessary to
stick rigidly to the hand positions listed - they serve as a guide. But it
is best if you do know the hand positions.
When you move your hands some people prefer to move only one
at a time and take the other one off to 'meet' it. That way the
connection will
remain continuous. not everyone finds this to be essential. Do keep
your hands in the
aura as you move them if possible. Keep your touch light and without
pressure. The hands are held with fingers and thumbs together and
slightly cupped. Lift your hands rather than sliding them along the
body.
10. Once you have completed the front of the body, ask the client to
turn
over so you can treat the back. If it is comfortable for the client to do
so.
Pregnant women and persons with joint problems or injuries etc. can
be treated entirely
from the front or side if that is more comfortable for them.
11. After completing the treatment, if you wish, cleanse the aura gently
from the crown to the feet with a sweeping motion, discard any debris,
and then
bring the aura back to the crown. Thank any Reiki guides and helpers
for
assisting if you had called on them.
12. Some people use gentle pressure on the recipient's shoulder until
they come back to full waking consciousness. I prefer to suggest that
they take all The time they need to return to alertness before they sit
up. You might offer them some fresh water or herb tea.
13. Take some time to discuss the treatment, any feelings, and give
advice about further treatments.
14. Settle any arrangements for payment or exchanges if applicable.
15. Ensure that your client has your details and knows how to contact
you for advice or assistance.
16. Try to Keep a record of your clients and their details, name,
address, as
well as treatment dates, feedback and any fee charged. People who do
lots of large group healing circles or drop in clinics may not find it
practical to keep detailed records.
The exchange issue

Anyone who becomes involved in Reiki is likely to eventually

encounter an issue and Cultural /Ethical conflict. There is a clash
between a view that a true "Healer" would never charge or expect
compensation for the work, and A philosophy stated to be A teaching
of Dr. Usui, that one must give some exchange to receive full benefit
and must balance any exchange of energy and that free treatment
creates an unacceptable spiritual debt for the healee. The attitude that
people only value what they pay for vs the attitude that spiritual
energies are a gift from God and must in honor be free. These being
only a few of the components in this issue . The idea that Usui Sensei
required a major cash outlay has been disproved . The Reiki
Organizations in Japan may charge a monthly membership fee and do
not accept many members. The achievement of Reiki one through them
may take a year or more.
The beggar story (That Usui Sensei healed in a slum for many years
until discovering that many beggars preferred to remain beggars) that
is often told to illustrate a supposed exchange requirement was
probably meant to illustrate that not everyone wants to be healed . You
cannot define what constitutes healing to another. You cannot force
healing . (This same story is taught in some Buddhist sects with
different people and to illustrate different points too and is in my
opinion, a traditional teaching Parable that has been adapted ).
I do not have the skill to resolve the complex issue of exchange for
anyone but regret that such conflicts may restrict the availability of
this and other wonderful tools for wholeness. It is common for people
to devalue themselves to the point where they will not pay for
something that could help their own well being.
A good portion of the first Reiki class I took was taken up with
various stories, arguments and indoctrination on the theme of a need to
charge for giving Reiki , and the presentation of Reiki as a career . I
mention the issue because whatever the Reiki training or system you
work with you will encounter this issue and need to work out your
personal values about this. I do suggest that we all strive to put aside
our preconceptions on this issue and be truly fair .
It is important that no one feel abused or used . I also do not think it
is fair to castigate someone as being greedy if they want a fair payment
for the time and energy and work they do even if you wish that the
service was free. I also wonder that so many people feel that their own
health , happiness and spiritual evolution is not worth even a modest
cost for a class or treatment . Part of the issue for both students and
teachers / practitioners is how much we love and respect ourselves .
Any fee or exchange should be fair ,equitable and acceptable to all
parties involved . It often does seem that people use and appreciate

Reiki more if they have made some kind of contribution of their energy
and resources and have helped to cover the cost to the practitioner of
providing the time ,site training , materials and personal effort for the
class or treatment. Many Reiki Masters who began by offering free
attunement find that they cannot continue to do so because the actual
cost to them of manuals other materials , childcare and so on is too
great a burden on their families . Oddly It is also true that some of the
very people who are most insistent that Attunement should be free also
feel that "you get what you pay for " .
The tradition of exchange is a valid one , we all Return to the
Universe what we receive and receive what we send out. Exchange can
be any use of the energies received for the universal good .
I do accept the concept of exchange for value and I do believe in
balance . Exchange is indeed the universal Law but to me exchange
and Karma are not simple one to one events that occur in linear reality
but are universal in scope. we can complete an exchange through
service to the universe but on the other hand criticizing people who
need support in order to eat is not good Karma either. money does
work though .
I used to do a large number of free attunements but the actual cost was
too hard on my family who also wanted more of my time . I now teach
classes usually for one or two people at a time in person for a moderate
fee (and in seven years have barely received back the cost of the Reiki
classes I took and the Massage tables I use, which break) .
I do participate in several free training organizations and exchange
information freely .
It is said that a butterfly in New York can effect the weather in

Beijiing, insisting always on immediate exchange in the name of
balance may in my experience create a greater imbalance because an
earlier imbalance may have been being rectified one must use ones
own intuition and understanding regarding this. Not only may what is
right for me not be right for you but what is right for me now may not
be right for me tomorrow. Reality is flexible I appreciate that this
issue gives the opportunity to clarify our understanding of our own
values and needs ,and encourage us all to become clear on how we each
feel about it rather than accepting as an absolute anyone else's
unexamined opinions. It is not having the energy that makes one a
Reiki "master" it is what you do with them after you get them.
Generally I with regard to compensating light workers I hold to the old
saw that all Absolutes are wrong including this one.) the only thing I
am opposed to is being rigid and uncompromising.

HATSUREI-HO
This technique is said to be from a Taoist qigong movement and is
now taught in the Japanese Reiki society founded by Mikao Usui. This
can be used as a daily meditation along with the recitation of the
Reiki principles in the morning and evening if you wish .
This Technique has become known to Western Reiki practitioners
through seminars
conducted by Hiroshi Doi who has studied with the Japanese Reiki
Society as well as
western Reiki.
Hatsurei-ho is done prior to receiving Rei-ju the channel
strengthening form of
attunement used by the Reiki Gakkai. Many teachers are offering reiju
at Reiki shares
This is very similar to practices I have found in
many energy work meditation and healing systems throughout the
world. is a modified
version from the school of Mr. Doi who has both Western and
Japanese Reiki Training.
Hatsurei-ho is a practice to enhance your Reiki channel and spiritual
growth.
It is very similar to the grounding, clearing and channel building
exercises used in
many different metaphysical spiritual healing traditions. Many Reiki
teachers do teach
some of these exercises as an addition to their Reiki training.
Posture : Sit on the floor or chair. Relax and close your eyes. Place
your focus onto your
Hara-line (3-5 centimeters below navel. Put your hands on your lap
with palms down.
Focusing : Mentally intend to begin Hatsurei-ho
Dry bathing or Brushing off:

1. Place the fingers of your right hand near the top of the left shoulder,
with the fingertips over the indentation just in from the edge of the
shoulder (where the collar bone
meets the shoulder). The hand is lying flat.
2. Draw the flat hand down across the chest in a straight line, over the
"V" of the sternum
(where the rib cage meets) down to the right hip.
3. Repeat this procedure on the right side, using the left hand. Draw it
flattened from the

shoulder, in a straight line, across the sternum, to the left hip.

4. Repeat the procedure again on the left side.
5. Place the right hand on the edge of the left shoulder, fingertips on
the edge
pointing outwards.
6. Draw the right hand, flattened, down the outside of the arm, all the
way to
the finger tips, all the while keeping the left arm straight and at your
side.
You may do this with your left arm straight and out in front of you
horizontally
7. Repeat this process on the right side, with the left hand on the
shoulder and
drawing it down the right arm to the fingertips.
8. Repeat the process on the left side again.
Connect to Reiki
Raise your hands high up in the air, visualize and feel the vibration/
light of
Reiki flowing into your hands and run through your whole body.
Cleansing Breathing
1. Put your hands on your lap with your palms up and breath
naturally through
your nose. Focus on your hara line and relax.
2. When you breath in, visualize the white light of Reiki coming in
through your
crown chakra, on to your hara line and expand to whole of your body,
melting all your tensions.
3. When you breathe out, visualize that the light that filled up your
whole body,
expands to outside of your body through your skin, onto infinity in all
directions.
Continue for a couple of minutes or as long as you like
Put your hands together holding them in front of your chest (like
praying hands) a little
higher than your heart. (Gassho)
Meditation:
Imagine that you are breathing through your hands.
1. When you breath in, visualize that the light of Reiki flows in through
your hands
on to your hara line, your hara being filled with light.
2. When you breath out, visualize that the light stored in your hara line

radiate out through your hands. Continue for a couple of minutes or as

long as you like
Ending
Put your hands back on to your lap with your palms down.
Mentally confirm that you have completed Hatsurei-ho
Open your eyes and shake your hands up/down/left/right for a few
seconds.
Reiju is given by Reiki Masters during the meditation part of Hatsu-

rei-Ho
so if you are receiving Reiju you will continue meditation until you are
touched on the
shoulder or told that Reiju is complete.
Usui-sensei's Shuyo ho
The Hatsurei ho taught by Mr. Doi is a modified version
of Usui-sensei's original. How it is done originally is also described in
his book. Hatsurei-ho
is called "Shuyo ho" when it is done together in a group. It was
done like this:
I. Clear one's mind by singing Gyosei (the Waka poems of the
emperor)
II. Seiza - sit on the floor in zen style
III. Kenyoku - brushing off
IV. Joshin Kokyu - Soul cleansing breathing: meditation focusing

on "tanden"
V. Gassho
VI. Seishin Toitsu - continue to meditate (this is when "Reiju" is

give by
teachers)
VII. Gokai sansho - say Reiki principles aloud three times
The Aura, meridians and Energy body

Usui Sensei was probably much more familiar with the meridian
channels of the energy body which are used in traditional Japanese
and Chinese Medicine .The Reiki hand positions cover the major

meridian channels at junctions I'm told are significant to those

familiar with them
The hand positions also cover the Chakra which Many Western Reiki
teachers find simpler to use in teaching. The positions do treat the
whole being including the non physical or energy body or aura as it is
more often called in the West. Whatever map of the energy body you
use the Hand positions will treat the entire person.

I will go into some detail about the aura and the chakra which are part
of the aura because that is the map I learned to work with.
Your actual physical body is only a small part of your true self .
What you see is not all you get. The human body is not just the blood
and bones we perceive on the physical plane. We are made of energy
that permeates every layer of our being, it is us. What we know as the
physical body is just energy that is vibrating more slowly than the
energy that is beyond our standard perception. The aura or energy
field is usually invisible to the physical vision but most people can learn
to perceive it in one way or another with practice. The aura is densest
close to the body and becomes finer moving away from it . Most
human Auras extend from 1 to five feet out around the body. though in

more spiritually developed individuals it is said that they can extend

outward up to 50 feet from the body. and even further in some cases.
The Aura and energy body has layers and energetic structures and
channels and organs within it. Trauma and emotional disturbance can
create blocks and other damage in your energy body, if this damage
is not repaired and continues to occur over a time then the outward
manifestation of this is disease.
The aura is the field of energy that permeates the body and extends
out from it from two to five feet in most people some common names
for the aura layers from the inner most dense to the outer finer or
higher vibration layer are 1. etheric 2. emotional 3. mental 4. causal 5.
etheric template 6. intuitive 7. cosmic. these names are by no means
complete or definitive and several of the individual layers and the
whole system is /are often called the astral body.
There are many more layers of the energy body or aura than the
seven most often listed I have been told there are actually 32 and also
that there are 89 but I am not in a position to count them. These aura
layers are not segregated in the way the use of the word layer
might seem to imply. Each layer of the aura interpenetrates the others
and begins at our
center. The vibration of each level becomes finer and higher as we go
from the inside out. The aura levels do not correspond directly to the
esoteric planes which is a whole other incredibly complex and obscure
area of study. While it is true that we are only part of a vast
interconnected energy universe we will focus on the individual human
aura now.
There has been considerable confusion and variation about the
names given each of the
seven most well known aura levels. These descriptions are of common
ways the aura is
perceived but are by no means the only or definitive description. When
trying to see the
aura, please remember that this is subtle energy and is not a light
show. While aura
viewing is not a strong ability of mine I discovered that I had been
seeing them fairly often
but had been dismissing them as optical effects or heat waves and such,
though I am better
able to feel the energy layers than to see them. The aura changes
constantly it may have a predominant color in the emotional and
causal layers. The way the aura is perceived can vary greatly from
person to person so remarks about the layers are based on a general
consensus but are by no means absolute. Size also varies greatly largely

depending on the energy level of the person and the way they use that
particular part of themselves. Stress, trauma and emotional pain can
show as distortions and blocks in the aura long before they manifest as
illness in the physical plane. Each layer is related to the chakra of the
same number.
From the inside outward from the body or nearest the physical skin
though all layers also penetrate the body.
1. Etheric: lower astral, root chakra, a bluish or grayish layer that

extends an inch or two
out from the body most associated with the physical body is the easiest
to see . some
people are able to see the etheric outlines of the internal organs . Some
people see a light
blue on dark blue grid. Survival issues, the physical body function and
physical sensation of pain, pleasure, automatic functions etc.
2. Emotional: Sacral Chakra, the emotional aspects of our lives and
being. soft multi
colored clouds of light visible from one to six inches out this is the layer
most often
described by aura readers it will show dark spots or cloudy area and
stagnant areas where
emotional blocks and pain exist .
3. Mental: golden grid ,Solar Plexus Chakra, the mental body reflects
the thought processes, linear thinking. Personal power
These three bodies are the lower astral and together are said to make
up the personality
and are said to begin to be created at conception and dissolve at death.
4. Causal: Higher Astral, buddic ,Heart chakra multi colored clouds ,

associated with the
heart and love . this connects the lower three level with the higher
three virtually all
healing energy comes through this layer it is the layer of love both
specific and universal,
and the first of the spiritual layers.
5. Atmic: (Etheric template) bliss, throat chakra, the higher aspects of
the will more
connection with the divine will, speech and communication, listening,
taking responsibility
for ones own actions seen by some as a blue grid light ball around the
body extending about

two and a half feet out from the body. it has been very rare for people
to be really aware of
this layer but when balanced and active it can promote a bliss and a
feeling of being moved
by the divine. It is becoming more open in people at this time. power of
word, manifesting
6. Intuitive: (monadic) ketheric template, Brow chakra, multicolored
threads of light,
spiritual communication Divine Love nurturing awareness of oneself as
an aspect of what is
called, By some, God, Love of all life and union with the all.
7. Cosmic: universal, ketheric ball of golden or white light threads,
Crown chakra, Higher
mind, connection with the divine and spiritual information and the
integration of the
spiritual and physical aspects of being.
Chakra
The chakra (the Sanskrit word for wheel) are the energy centers or
vortex in your aura that govern and regulate the energy entering and
flowing throughout the physical and

energy bodies. They are energy structures not physical organs . The
Reiki hand positions
cover the main chakra centers and the main meridian channels that
the life force flows
through. Adding the shoulder and hip positions to your treatment also
covers the Hawaiian
AO energy centers as well. Running energy into the feet will facilitate
energy flow through
all the major channels. The chakra are aligned along the central
channel which runs along
the the spinal cord. Energies move up and down and also in a spiral in
and out along this
channel and side channels called Ida and Pingala. The Caduceus, an
ancient symbol of the
Healing arts is said to represent this flow. There are many chakra
major and minor we will
focus on seven major chakra . From the top down the Chakra numbers
are traditional and
are numbered from the bottom up. 7. crown ,6. the brow ,5. the
throat ,4. the heart ,3. the
solar plexus ,2. the sacral (Mid stomach)and at 1. root the base of the
spine.
The functions and deeper purposes of the chakra system is a vast area
of study.
Chakras are composed of high frequency energy strands that the
spiritual eye perceives as light The life force is channeled to the
physical body and its organs via the nadis and
meridians and enters the body through the chakras. the degree of
chakra activity depends on a combination of the physical, emotional,
mental and spiritual development of the individual. Chakras can be
damaged or blocked through an emotional upset such as conflict, loss
or, accident . Fear, anxiety and stress are common causes of chakra
malfunction, it is the disruption of the chakra and aura that create
disease and disturb the energy balance of the chakras. Psychological
problems may cause 'blockages', obstructing the flow of energy into or
out of the chakras. In general the front aspects of the chakras correlate
to our emotional function, the back to our will function, and the top
three chakras to our reason function. Balance in our reason, will and
emotion centers is necessary
to good health and well being. the amount of energy flowing through
our chakras determines how well we function.

The Individual Chakras
1.. Root Chakra, Muladhara, Kundalini, survival

located at the tail bone base of spine
colors: RED, black, element: earth, mineral kingdom, sense :
smell
note: c mantra: lam or e as in red, vortex or petals 4 ,
governs Physical Awareness, vigor, heredity, survival, security ,
passion ,feet legs survival, and trust. your relationship with money,
home, and job.
2.. Sacral Chakra, Svadistana, sensation

located at sex organs or near belly button
color: ORANGE brown element: water, plant kingdom sense:
taste
note d mantra vam or o as in home vortex or petals 6
governs Social Awareness, sexuality, creativity, emotions, anger,
fear instinct to
nurture, spleen, perceptions concerning food or sex.
3.. Solar Plexus Chakra Manipura power

located between the sternum bone and the belly
color YELLOW element fire animal kingdom sense sight
note d mantra ram or aum vortex or petals 10
governs Intellectual Awareness, power, accomplishments, will,
ego projections, vital
energies, control, and your freedom to be yourself.
4.. Heart Chakra Anahatha Heart, love

located at heart center of chest
color GREEN, pink element air human kingdom sense touch
note f# mantra yam or a as in ah vortex 12
governs Emotional and Security Awareness , love, compassion,
mediates between higher and lower planes of being healing, lungs
breath prana, sense of time , relationships in your life.
5.. Throat Chakra Visshuda creative

located at base of throat
color SKY BLUE element ether angelic realms sense hearing
note g # mantra ham or u as in blue vortex 16
governs Conceptual Awareness and Ideas , speech, hearing ,
communication, self

expression
6.. Brow Chakra Anja, intuitive

located in center of forehead above eyes
color INDIGO element spiritual vision archangels sense telepathy
note high a mantra aum om or mmm vortex 96
governs Intuitive Awareness, intuition, thought, inner and outer
sight, visions ,dreams
7.. Crown Chakra Sehasara, spirit
located at top of head color VIOLET, white element cosmic
kingdom
mantra aum , ee as in bee vortex 972
governs Imaginative Awareness, connection to cosmic
consciousness ,spiritual, wisdom aspirations knowledge of truth
Palm and finger Chakras

The chakras in the palms of the hands are often relegated to
minor status.
They are of great value in daily life and must be open and active for
sharing Reiki treatments and other healing energies .
These chakras transmit healing energy and receive energetic
information from the
universe. The palm chakras are used to channel healing energies to
yourself and others
and to receive impressions of the energy of a room, person, situation,
etc. These chakras
make a major difference in the quality of life when they can be opened
by intention.
practice in becoming aware of the energy of the palm chakras is
essential if you are at all
interested in energy work and spiritual healing. healing chakras also
activate in the
fingertips.
Transpersonal chakras
The most important of the transpersonal chakras are the thymus or

etheric heart in the
upper chest which governs compassion and inner peace and the
connection to world soul.
The Soul Star about a foot above the head which brings in spiritual
energy from the
spiritual core and helps us connect with spiritual energy and

information.
The Earth Star about a foot below our feet that brings in and connects
us to the Earth
energies and information . It is important to develop the Soul Star and
Earth Star
simultaneously.
The Tan Tein or Hara located about two finger widths below the navel
on most people is a
vital center for connection and storage of vital energies and concrete
awareness of the
spiritual.
The most important evolution happening at this time in the energy

body is the unification of the chakra functions all the chakras are
beginning to work together more than in the past. The Reiki
Attunement I offer includes attunement to help facilitate harmonizing
the
chakras.
Energy Balls and other non Reiki energy exercises
This exercise helps us become more aware of the energy field around
us, and the influence we have over it. The energy ball is a very common
and basic core technique for becoming aware of and directing energy.
Personal energy can be felt and universal chi or energy can be used as
a way of delivering other frequencies of healing energy too. Begin by
holding your hands a foot or so apart, bringing them slowly toward
each other, until you feel a slight resistance between them. It will feel
as though a mass of energy has built up between your hands.
Feel all around this energy with your hands, feeling the shape of
the packet of energy you have gathered. Fashion it into a ball shape.
For some this ball will begin by being cup sized, for others it will be a
big beach ball. This may take some practice to feel. some people do not
sense energy this way at all. Sometimes people don't feel their own
energy ball, but they would feel other people's because the frequency is
slightly different. If you do not feel the energy ball might want to try
this slight variant.
Begin by rubbing your hands together briskly until they are
warm then starting at about a foot apart move your hands back and
forth fairly
fast shortening the distance and slowing a bit as you continue to build
and form the energy ball you may also try scooping motions from a bit
above your head .

Treatment with energy ball

Move your hands back and forth as though clapping in slow motion
until you have a sense of your aura. Then feel or envision or imagine
the energy forming a ball of healing light. Pumping or scooping
motions to help draw in more Chi are often quite effective.
When you feel or imagine a nice big ball of energy between your
hands take the energy
ball to your recipient and lower, push, put it into their body you can
either put it in and
smooth it down and make another ball and keep doing it until you
feel done or you can
take the ball and envision it as a collector to gather and sweep the
illness or imbalance
away disperse it to the Earth or the Light to be transformed when you
are done envision
the one being treated bathed in healing light. White is the most
common but I like
rainbow and golden light myself.
Envision healing energy flowing from your hands and going to
where it is needed.
you can imagine and visualize your energy fingers growing longer so
that you can reach
into a body to remove energetic gunk stuck within the energy body.
Another exercise to try is to place your hands together gently intend to
activate your personal chi or ask for spiritual energy and allow it to
expand and build up moving your hands apart you can do this with
Reiki. I learned these with chi.
You can use a pumping motion to become aware of and build up

your own energy . You can scoop in universal chi from your
surroundings. you can run a shakti such as Reiki into the space or ball
you create between your hands and use it as a carrier of healing in
many
different subtle touch systems many general spiritual healers use
energy balls .
Place your energy ball down in front of you. Pass your hand across
the
area, including both the space where the ball is, and where it isn't.
Do you feel a difference? Can you feel where the ball is? It may feel
warmer, cooler, tingling, denser, etc. You could toss it at a person who
agrees , or pet an

animal with it and see if they can feel it. Some animals will definitely
react
to your ball of energy. The people can tell you if they felt anything.
Have them close their eyes and see if they feel when it touches them.
Close your eyes and try to feel it. Try making the ball snowball sized or
smaller. Manipulate the size and/or
shape of your energy ball. Experiment. Take an energy ball that you
have made, and press
the ball into your heart chakra. Press it into your 3rd eye. Press it
against your skin,
and see what you feel.
There are other ways to work with energy balls. You can use
it to begin distance sending or to smooth the aura at the end of
treatments. you can comb
the aura with one or use energy balls as the way to deliver the healing
energy I had always thought of the energy ball and the sending, seeing,
clearing balls as being different things. I build the healing energy ball
between my hands and can send it out to others with intention or place
it by proxy in the remote healing procedure.
Other balls are visualized outside the body then filled with energy.
They can be observed
to "see" events or information or to used to send an affirmation or to
fill with a
manifestation visualization . They can be sent out to retrieve lost
energy of your own they
can be filled with your anger fears or with pain etc. Then charged with
light /energy to
dissolve and transform "negative" energy.
Using your hands to build an energy ball will work just fine for these
other purposes too.
Energy balls are not a standard Reiki practice but can be a useful way
to develop your
awareness of energy. To be effective at energy work it is of great value
to know how to ground and center yourself connecting with the
spiritual heart of the earth and Source and calling yourself together
aligning your thoughts and personal entirety in a solid focused state.
this is a frequent basic practice in virtually all forms of spiritual work ,
healing, meditation, manifestation , protection releasing and is of itself
often profoundly healing not only should every one learn to ground in
the way they feel most comfortable with. Seeing that the person you
are treating knows how to ground may be the most valuable part of

your healing and energy work sessions.
Sensing Energy
Not every one does feel or see energy Reiki still works for them just as
well as it works for those who do feel energy .
Many people find that if they rub their hands together vigorously
first they can feel
energy more easily . After rubbing your hands together vigorously to
sensitize them if
this helps you be more aware of energy, Run your hands over your
own body or that of the being wanting a treatment holding your hands
about an inch away from the physical body. Feel for hot and cold
spots in the energy field. Pull out and throw away anything you feel
intuitively that you should pull out and envision healing light filling any
place where you remove blocks or that feels empty or that you feel
needs it.
Combing and fluffing the aura with your fingers as though combing
hair can also help clear and lighten the aura. You can also feel for the
energy of the Chakra and encourage them
to be open and clear and be well seated in the central energy channel.
If you feel sticky or dark energy as you do this you can give it to Spirit,
the Light, Earth to be transformed.
In addition to pulling out blocks and overcharges in the energy field.

Visualize and allow
spiritual healing energy to flow freely and fill and charge the person
or other, being
treated do not try to do anything just allow it to happen you are not
using your own
personal chi because while many healers do use it you could drain
yourself if you did and
create illness in your self. Using the universal spiritual chi is more
effective in any case. be
a neutral channel for the energy and you may be amazed by the long
term results this is the first formal method I used. I have seen at least
one genuine "miracle" from this technique alone (well, with some
pretty intense prayer thrown in.) This is something that anyone can do.
Attunements and other training will usually strengthen and increase
the reliability of these methods and it must be of true benefit and
desire for the person to heal. We can not and should not define what
really is the best possible outcome in most situations but allow spirit to
work. Sometimes in order for a positive outcome to occur the first

apparent result will be a setback.
When you do the Reiki or other energy work you do not work at it at
all you just put your
hands on or send mentally either from your hands it is allowing the
natural life force to
flow. or ask and invite angels and healing spirits of the highest order to
help you.
sometimes you might feel an angelic healer reach through your arms to
work on the
person.
A technique for rapid healing from injuries that often is effective is

to go back in your
mind to the moment of the accident and visualize as clearly and nearly
as possible the
exact event except change a detail /details so that the accident, injury,
trauma , does not
happen you are not in any way hurt, repeat the visualization over and
over make it as real
as possible ,if it is practical to act out the event as closely as possible in
the physical world
- as almost slamming the door on your hand that can make this even
more effective. If you
are in pain and the pain is reduced then its ok to drop the
visualization but keep
reinforcing this vision . You can run Reiki while you do this to enhance
the effectiveness.
I have used this on cut fingers and on chronic knee pain with good
results for speeding healing. Theoretically this is more effective if done
soon after an injury but I have used it on injuries and traumatic
experiences from years back with good results.
RAINBOW BATHS
Running colors, visualizing bathing in colored light is another common

way to clear and
revitalize the energy field in addition to gold light any and all of the
spectrum colors can
be used or fine filaments of rainbow crystalline light . as well as
running Reiki into your bath water.
I have Reikied my shoes and my bed and massage tables and feel that

this does increase comfort .

final note
Reiki will work without a lot of adornment and additions
but for personal spiritual development, self knowledge and happiness
a regular practice of some form of meditation is extremely helpful.
The best way to learn to use Reiki is to use Reiki.
Reiki one Manual

Bibliography (this is not complete ) and listing here is not intended to
indicate whole hearted recommendation in every case.
personal Reiki One Manuals By
Alexis Summerfeld
Sandra Mariana
Christopher Cabot
Ven. Pema
Reiki the Healing Touch by William Rand
Essential Reiki, Diane Stein
Reiki Plus first degree manual, David Jarrell
Reiki Energy Medicine, Libby Barnett & Maggie Chambers
The Reiki Handbook ,Larry Arnold and Sandy Nevius
Healing Yourself with light, LaUna Huffines
Ask Your Angels, Daniel, Wyllie & Ramer
Hands of Light, Barbara Brennan
Light Emerging, Barbara Brennan
The Healing Energy Of Your Hands, Michael Bradford-
A Gift For Healing, Debora Cowens

Anatomy of the Spirit, Caroline Myss Ph.D.
Plant Spirit Medicine, Eliot Cowen
Color and Crystals, Joy Gardner
The Healing voice ,Joy Gardner-
Love is in the Earth, Melody
Seeing With The Minds Eye, Samuels & Samuels
The Holographic Universe, Michael Talbot
Metapatterns
Urban Shaman, Serge King
Reiki one Manual
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Peggy Jentoft is a Reiki MasterTeacher of multiple lineages

Her personal Master Teachers have included Alexis
Somerfield (.K Guererro) ,Marcie Rose , Sandra Mariana ,
Jennifer Alexandra , and she has exchanged attunements and
information with over two dozen Reiki teachers from
Lineage of at least eight of the twenty two Takata Reiki
Masters plus teachers from two non Takata linages. She also
has received information and attunement from direct Spiritual
transmission in many different energy modalitys .
She has been attuned to Tera Mai , Karuna Ki, Seichem,
Menchos ,Gemstone, Unlimited, Fullspectrum , Magnussa
Phoenix , Fusion and so many other variants that she has lost
count She finds that the functions attributed to these and

other variants are already part of the regular Reiki

attunenment system.
She is also a Drisana Seventh level practitioner, A Malaka

Huna Fifth level practitioner, A Crystal Healing
Empowerment Teacher She Teaches Reiki, Crystal Healing,
and Personalized Energy Work in La Mirada Ca.As a
Healing minister Ordained by Chrysalis Ministries and has
over thirty years experience and study in metaphysics,
healing modalities and multiple systems of energy work.
© Copyright Peggy Jentoft 2001-2002 all rights reserved

I welcome your comments and suggestions The author may be reached
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Solarraven and Soulstar adventures Reiki section

This is intended to be a simple practical manual for

No manual will ever be complete. There is always more

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Reiki treatment checklist.

USUI REIKI, A UNIVERSAL ENERGY HEALING

Mikao Usui Developed the Reiki Universal Healing Energy system

What does Reiki do?

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Reiki can help alleviate suffering whether it be of a physical,

Reiki treatment enhances the body's natural ability to heal itself. It

Many people like to get regular hands on Reiki treatments as a

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The use of Reiki as a relaxation and stress reducing technique is

Sometimes people have unreasonable expectations of Reiki both as

What is a Reiki attunement?

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Being a Reiki Master is not a sign or guarantee of a person's moral

About Healing Energy

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The word Reiki is defined as Universal or Spiritual (Rei)- Life Force

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Reiki is a system of energy healing from Japan using methods

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Many people can feel attunement as It is done, as heat or waves of

There are a number of different methods for passing attunements.

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transmission attunements which do not require physical contract or

The Japanese Reiki School founded by students of Mikao Usui still

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use your Reiki.

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As a practitioner you do not diagnose nor do you heal. As you

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Reiki teachings in the West were passed on until quite recently

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Preparing to Give Reiki Treatments to Others

Before the treatment.

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Wash your hands before and after giving a treatment. if possible.

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any distracting odor on

Reiki is not Diagnostic we do not in any way attempt to locate or

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Practitioners do often develop an intuition about areas of concern and

Reiki is quite effective when done as a holistic practice similar to

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THE REIKI FINISH

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Give the person being treated plenty of time to return to the

About Reiki Hand Positions

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Reiki touch is very light no pressure is applied, nothing in Reiki

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Reiki Hand Placements (detailed)