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Basic Reiki
5 years ago
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Hi All, This is a very simplified primer on basic Reiki. It’s intended as a basic lesson to help someone get started channeling the energy and in no way should be considered a Reiki Course in itself. What is Reiki? Reiki is a Japanese phrase which means “Universal Energy”. Its history is enshrouded in myth, legend and parable, but the simple fact is, it works. Reiki is simply the process of channeling Universal Energy through oneself and into some one (or something) else. The vast range of uses for Reiki range from healing oneself to opening and balancing the Chakras and even charging objects and food with the energy. Getting Started Reiki is safe and simple to use. To get started simply sit or lie down in a comfortable position. Put on the music of your choice and relax. Place your hands over your face with your palms over your eyes. Touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth with the tip of your tongue just behind your front teeth. As you inhale just open up and feel the energy flow down through the top of your head and down to your heart chakra, then feel it flow out along your arms and out through your hands and into your face. At the simplest level that ALL you have to do. The energy will go wherever it’s needed and do whatever is required of it. You don’t have to send it anywhere in particular or try to control it. Getting Deeper Reiki flows through you simply by your ‘intent’. You just have to intend to open up to it and you’ll find it readily available. You may feel many different things while giving yourself a Reiki treatment. Your hands or the part of your body covered by your hands may get hot, cold or tingly. Some people feel it very easily and others take awhile to open up to it. The simplest explanation that I’ve found is to think of what the emotion ‘Love’ feels like, and then just relax and let it flow. I always advise everyone to study Reiki. Any energy worker, massage therapist, healer, martial artist or metaphysician can greatly benefit from Reiki, and there are many FREE Reiki classes and sources of training available, as many of us try to make it as easily accessible as possible to anyone who wants it. I’ll soon be publishing a comprehensive Reiki course, including the symbols and hand positions, to the web as a PDF file that anyone can download and study, as well as a list of Reiki Master willing to do free attunements. I hope this simple exercise helps some of you who’ve been interested in Reiki, but just haven’t made the leap into studying it yet. Later, Robert http://www.highmountainhoshin.com
Reiki Energy Balance
5 years ago
Here’s a simple exercise that anyone can do, even if they haven’t been ‘attuned’ to Reiki. It requires a basic knowledge of channeling Reiki energy, the positions of the 7 primary chakras and a willingness to spend some time making someone else feel good. Everything else is optional. For those who’ve never channeled Reiki or studied it, first take a moment and see my other article “Basic Reiki” for instructions on how to open up to and channel the energy. Setting the tone I like to create a nice atmosphere when doing Reiki. I usually light up some nice incense and for music I usually use Nik Tyndall’s “Reiki-Healing Hands” CD as it’s also designed to help open the heart chakra. I also like the internet radio station at http://www.mysticradio.com/. Getting Started Just lie down in a comfortable position and put a pillow under your knees to help take the strain off your lower back. Place one hand over your 3rd eye and the other over your 1st chakra. Now just relax and open up to the energy and let it flow down through the top of your head, through your heart chakra and out through your hands. Spent several minutes here, or until you feel like it’s time to change. Next move one hand up to your 2nd Chakra and the other down to your Throat Chakra. Spend as much time as you need here, and then move one hand down to your Heart Chakra and the other up to your Solar Plexus Chakra. After you finish here then just switch your hands around to your chakras at random and continue tuning them up for as long as you desire. Getting Deeper These exercises can obviously be enhanced by using the Reiki Symbols and by having the Attunements, but neither is really necessary. Over time your body will attune itself if you keep running the energy. These exercises can also be enhanced by regularly practicing ‘The 5 Tibetans’ exercises also, as they help tune and rejuvenate your chakras also. There are so many things that can be done, both with Reiki and your Chakra System, and the point of this exercise is to help you balance your energy and feel better. It’s also about building up your own catalog of experience, as it’s pretty hard for any teacher to tell you what a certain exercise should feel like when you do it. I can tell you how it feels to ME when I do it, but it may feel differently to you when you do it yourself, so play with it and see how it feels. This is also about learning to trust yourself and your own feelings and the only way to do that is play with it and have fun. I brought this stuff up because Reiki can be extremely helpful when awakening your kundalini, as it's a safe, easy, healthy and fun way to get your body used to dealing with higher energy. It also opens up and cleans out your chakras, which is one of the side effects of the kundalini. Later, Robert http://www.highmountainhoshin.com
Thankyou sooooo much !
5 years ago
That's about the simplest explanation I've heard so far ! I wish you luck with your project and I'd love to be on your list of students ! Blessings Namasté Chris
5 years ago
can you post pic or write out the Chakras & the Number they represent as you refer to above, numbered new to me. thx Robert
5 years ago
Thank you for posting this. I practise Reiki for last 8 years and it changed my life. It's always great to refresh your memory with bacisc and I'm really looking forward to see this file later. At the moment I can not go out and afford to pay for III. reiki attunement....... Do you know if there is any chance I could get it for free? Where? I would be glad for any info. I'm willing to share it for free later myself when having teacher licence. Good job, Robert! love & light Bo (aka Sheya)
Bo
5 years ago
Hi Bo, This is an awesome group! To answer your question, I could attune you to Reiki 3 if you like. L&L Michelle
5 years ago
Hi MIchelle! Here we meet again..hehe:o) Welcome. I sent you email (another one yes...lol) about attunening. It would be great!!!! Thank you. HUgs, Bo
MORE PLEASE
5 years ago
well i did this and still am with no music, much pain. A close friend previously said that through yoga you can learn to let anger go through theu the top of your head (chackra), i in my ignorance figured you had to have the other 6 (so I know so far) released to ever get to your mind. Well Robert, in the past 2 days although minimal I have been practcicing tongue curled up against front teeth and breathing throu stomach, have had to learn with seizures, learned before but ever forgetetting. Well, it is an odd feeling, but when breathing right, tongue right & brething through nose I can FEEL HOW DO I ESPLAIN, ENERGERY LIKE A INVISIABLE PUFFS ESPACAING OR LEAVING MY BODY FROM THE CROWN OF MY SKULL. Thank you, I am only able to do the similiast of tasks such as these but with such "payback" on a simple exercise I woule, as would my devastted body appreciate any more that may come to mine. haribol truth, light, love & laughter Sunshine Ray
TORONTO & LITTLE FUNDS
5 years ago
wWould appreciate Reiki Master even small pay to clear my chakras and do healing I have been running beyond empty for decade escepcially last 2 years, last year holding on through stubbonish and spiritual rock. thanks Sunshine Ray
Anonymous
Reiki
5 years ago
Hi Sunshine Ray I will send distant healing to you from home if you like for as long as you need. I am a Reiki Master. It would be most beneficial for me if I had a picture of you though to work with - it makes the connection stronger for me to have a visual. Blessings, Carol O.
5 years ago
Hi Sunshine, You can release energy through your crown chakra (or any other chakra) simply with your 'intention'. Energy follows thought, which means that you can send energy anywhere (or anywhen) that you can think it. One of the kundalini side effects is the build up of heat in the crown (Your forehead gets hot, as does the top of your head) and you can run the orbit backwards, do left nostril breathing or just release it through the crown and out into the universe. A simple exercise is to do "Chakra Breathing". Staring with the root, or 1st chakra. Just draw in energy on your inhale and send it back out on your exhale. There are lots of different ways to do this and lots of different chakra exercises, so play with it. You can add in color, sound, crystals, pendulums, etc. to enhance and change the effects, so play with it all and see what it feels like. I strongly advise doing some grounding and clearing first, and do an exercise like the "Secret Smile" so you'll be running positive, happy energy. Keep your tongue up. Play with this and let me know how it works. It may take awhile to feel much, since your body has to build up to the energy. Robert http://www.highmountainhoshin.com
4 years ago
Robert, thank you for sharing your knowledge of Reiki with us. I had the 1st level reiki attunement a week ago and it's being an awesome experience. I'm doing the autotreatment everyday as the teacher suggested us, and also a chakra balance. He also told us that during the next 21 days we can feel a bit strange, or disturbed, because of the cleansing and purification after the attunement. So far everything was going ok for me, but yesterday I couldn't sleep because a strong throat itch that lasted the whole night, and also tears coming to my eyes without a reason every 5-10 minutes. Do you think this could be related with the purification? Does the throat itching have an especial meaning in this context? Light and love, Silvia
Throat itching
4 years ago
I've had the throat itching or feeling of 'closing up' as well. Often during a period or memory of negative emotion involving someone I love. I have found that Reiki and acupuncture specific to the throat have helped with this problem.
4 years ago
"Throat itching I've had the throat itching or feeling of 'closing up' as well. Often during a period or memory of negative emotion involving someone I love. I have found that Reiki and acupuncture specific to the throat have helped with this problem." Hi Marion, Remember that the chakras are all connected! Pay attention to your 2nd chakra also (deals with relationships, among other things) and see how it feels when your throat itches. Sounds to me like you have something that needs to be expressed or talked about. I'd try an energy balance with one hand over the throat and the other over your 2nd chakra. Don't try to think about anything in particular or direct the energy, other than just letting it flow into the chakras. Pay attention to the thoughts and feelings that come up. If it gets too intense just back off and work your other chakras for awhile and then come back to this later. Small, incremental changes are MUCH more sustainable than the big shocking changes, so easy does it. This is all part of your personal catalog of experiences, so there's only so much that anyone else can tell you. Play with it a bit and see what comes up. Robert http://www.robertmorgen.com
4 years ago
Thank you for your suggestion, Robert. This week I'm much better and don't have the throat itching. I'm also doing the chakra balance several times a week.
Mystic Radio
4 years ago
I have found no URL for Mystic Radio. The message I receive is that the site does not exist. Also how are you able to "quiet" your mind, so that the energy can flow. I can't stop thinking... and just let myself "feel" Abby
4 years ago
I'm so bummed out about Mystic Radio. I used to keep it on all the time, but alas they went out of business shortly after I mentioned them in my book. I'm sure it's probably all my fault. At this point I still haven't found a good replacement for them on the internet radio stations. I recently re-published Personal Mastery with a new title and a new cover as I was having some problems with the printer/distributor who was handling it. As I was getting it ready to publish I mentioned a cool new age bookstore that had just started up in Boulder and they instantly went out of business also, so if I never mention your business in one of my books it doesn't mean that I don't like you. As to this part; "Also how are you able to "quiet" your mind, so that the energy can flow. I can't stop thinking... and just let myself "feel"" Start with the posting labelled "Breathing" Follow that with "Full Body Awareness" and then look for the old posting (it may be in the archives) on "The Brain Scrub". Those exercises are taught word for word in my classes and seminars. Let me know if you have any trouble or need any help. Blessings, Robert http://www.robertmorgen.com
A question about Reiki and Kundalini
4 years ago
Hello all, I'm new here, and although this topic has been inactive for a while, I have a question related to this thread. I just received my Reiki 1 attunement. My teacher said that during the ceremony, she saw a red-tailed hawk totem come in quickly, and then leave. In the animal speaks book by Ted Andrews, it says that this hawk is tied to the kundalini, and usually makes an appearance when the kundalini is activated. A few hours after the attunement, the top of my head hurt. Like sharp pains, pretty much where my crown chakra is. Could it be possible that the attunement opened my kundalini? I'm very interesting in working with this energy, but I don't want to go overboard and have it be overwhelming. I was thinking of doing kundalini yoga a few times a week. Does this sound like a good idea, and what else might be good for me to do? Thanks ~Candace ps. as I'm typing this, I feel pressure and heat on my crown...
Attuned?
4 years ago
I watched a video that was recommended in another post on here and the guy told me to move my hands around and stare a crystal for 15 minutes and that i was attuned to level one after that. it was kinda relaxing so i did it twice that day but did that actually do anything? is that all there is to an attunement?
Heat in the crown
3 years ago
Hi Candace, Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I'm trying to take at least a few minutes every morning and get on here and get caught up. Heat, prickling and even the sensation of ants crawling around through your hair at the crown chakra are pretty normal. It's just a sign that you're getting some real activation going on with your crown and the symptoms can last for a few days or slightly longer. It'll all vary from person to person so it's impossible to give you a complete answer. My suggestion is to relax and do a lot of Reiki to help balance that energy out. Go through the Chakra Balancing exercises that I've posted. I haven't read Ted Andrews' "Animal Speak" book, but he wrote an awesome book a few years ago called "The Healers Manual" which I think should be on every bookshelf. It's a great intro to a lot of basic healing methods and if you really put some time and experimentation into it you can really learn a lot. Don't worry too much about the kundalini. NOONE can really tell you when you've experienced it. It's different for everyone and there simply isn't any external validation for it. You just have to be able to look at your energy and your life and see the changes. For some folks the changes are huge and instantly visible to everyone around them. For others the changes can seem minor, til you look at the overall effect that these folks begin to have on the world around them. My standard is that the kundalini is manifested in deeds. I don't know of anyone whose experienced it and then refused to try to make the world a better place. Once you feel that connection you tend to have to follow through. I'll try to write more about all this in a new posting later. Robert http://www.robertmorgen.com
3 years ago
I just started getting into Reiki..seems very awesome,I have a book..and this thread is a great starting place too..thanks much!
Hi, very important
3 years ago
hi Mr robert, first of all hari Om, next coming to the point, i am very happy, to know your inetrest in kundalini etc rekhi is a particular chanelling event of the force, i want to know how much advanced you are in movement of energy, because depending on that i want to discuss an issue with you, Actually what i want to know is, wheather you can enter your energy intetionally, to the outer object and make a physical convertion, OR ( see this is one thing ) can you intercept the basic operation freqs of others brain ( this is called entering someones brain in veda's , and described in many of vedic and ancient literature in india, ans also highly held responsible for the demolish of the great Atlantis civilization ) , please reply to me i am arya ( my name potency) , from bangalore , india harirnama harirnama harirnama kevalam, hari on --arya ( arya.manav@gmail.com )
3 years ago
I am reiki 2 I moved back to Chicago from Galena Illinois & lost my Reiki Master , I only need one more attunement & can not find A Master,I talked to a few people here & It sounded like they were giving me a load of crap, they told me that , I would have to start all over from 1 again, Is this true ? *Blessed Be*
Hmmmmmmm
3 years ago
Guess I will not get an answer ??!!
3 years ago
Hi Shar, I think that some of them (giving the benefit of the doubt) probably just want to make sure that you are really qualified at the first 2 levels. I don't see why that has to be so complicated. I'll be out there for a seminar in August (August 5th & 6th) and I don't see why we couldn't get you tuned up then. Send me an email at robert@mysticwolfpress.com with your qualifications for Level 2 (what you studied, what you've been doing, how many treatments you've given and what's the biggest thing you learned in L2) and we'll see where we can go. R http://www.robertmorgen.com
Can Reiki Level I folks distance heal ?
2 years ago
Hi! I was attuned for Reiki Level I on October 13th. It was a very beautiful beginning for me. No one in my family takes Reiki seriously, least of all my coworkers, so I am mainly working on myself, trees, plants and my sister's two dogs. When I did practice on another Reiki student in the Attunement class (after my attunement) I saw a symbol of a cross made of yellow white light in my mind and I am now picturing that symbol while sending intent thoughts for animals and people I hear about on the news that need help. I still want to get Attuned to the 2nd Level next year, but I was wondering if even though I'm still on level I Reiki yet--- can I still be a channel for distance healing to some degree? Or, does that only come with Reiki II?
Reiki?
2 years ago
Hi all i think of having practised a form of reiki since starting to meditate and listen to my body. By placing hands on different spots or even, without hand, by concentrating intent on muscular tensions, i have felt energetic sensations, the cranio-sacral pulse or whatever you want to call it. Has anyone who can relate to the above benefited from a level one attunment (ie improved their healing energy qualities) or have i already attuned myself to that level by opening the macrocosmic orbit? Cheers
Anonymous
MESSIAGES RECEIVED IN REIKI
2 years ago
WHAT DOES THE SYMBOLS MEAN WHEN YOU RECEIVED BLACK DIRT AND A WHITE COFFEE CUP WITH THE THIRD EYE IN IT IN A DREAM JUST PRIOR TO TO A 2ND ATTUNEMENT, NOW IN MY REIKI 2 ATTUNEMENT, MY HANDS FORMED A CUP THAT PLACED ALL OF IT IN IT AND THAN I RECIEVED A WHITE FEATHER,AND A LOTUS FLOWER,AFTER THAT A WHITE TIGER CAME TO ME WITH A MESSAGE BUT I HEARD NOTHING? NOW I STILL AM RECEIVING SYMBOLS WHILE DREAMIMG BUT THEY MAKE NO SENCE TO ME YET.
Hi
2 years ago
I don't know anything about symbols but CG Jung does and his written work is available at amazon. Good luck
1 year ago
Anybody can distance heal. It involves only basic lightbody activation in any recognised system and intention. The drawback is that you must channel the Universal energy through yourself rather than give your own or you can exhaust yourself and end up sharing symptoms. That's where it is helpful to be practiced at meditation and energy work!
Good points Lisa
1 year ago
Another advantage to opening yourself up to the Universal Energy is that it cranks up YOUR energy at the same time. I'll try to get some of the Reiki resources that I used to have back online. I'm still trying to get everything rebuilt after the crash last fall. Thanks, Robert Morgen The Spiritual Entrepreneur - http://sae.holisticplus.org/ New Paradigm Media - http://thedowhatyoulove.com Check out my FREE Affiliate Program. Learn to develop PASSIVE Income! - http://abe5.com/1cs
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