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    I look forward to connecting with you and being of service.

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    Salima Pirani
    Instructor, Mindfulness, Reiki & Developing Psychic Awareness

    "May all beings take care of themselves with ease" - Buddha

    How to Choose a Great Reiki Instructor and Course

    "When the student is ready, the master will appear". I was lucky that this was my experience, but it's not the case for everyone.

    You may want to research a bit before choosing a Reiki Master Teacher. And rightly so. I've had a number of people contact me who want to be "re-attuned" after learning Reiki elsewhere, and others who haven't learned and are shopping around for the right teacher. To help you, here is what to look for.

    The ideal Reiki Course will have:


    • About 16 hours of training. A Level One course is focused on Reiki only and is spaced over two or more days, but all completed within a week. If done privately or semi-privately it may be a bit shorter (14 hours) as there are fewer students to attune. 
    • A small group size. Two to eight students are ideal and actually manageable by an instructor. This way, you get the benefit of sharing learning with other students whom you practice with, while receiving enough individual guidance from your instructor. If there are more than eight students in the attunement room, don't be one of them.
    • Qualifying students. Attunements should never be given to those hospitalized, under 13 or to those who are more than three months pregnant. Anyone having terminated a pregnancy must receive a Reiki treatment by a practitioner fluent in spiritual healing prior to their course.
    • Four individual Reiki Level One attunements. Four attunements will give you the full ability to channel Reiki for yourself and informally for others. Level Two also has four attunements, as does Level Three, and so on. 
    • Practice Time. At least one self-treatment over the course time, and at least two treatments on others under the guidance of the instructor. I can't stress enough the importance of this practice time with your instructor's guidance. 
    • Reiki Manual covering Reiki History and Practice. The manual is a complement to what is taught in the class; history, theory and, safety and practice elements should all be present in a manual.
    • Ongoing / Continuing Education and Practice. Good teachers offer monthly Reiki Shares - where their own students come to practice Reiki with further guidance and coaching and receive treatments from other students who have learned with their teacher and share experiences. 
    • In-person training. I can't stress this enough. Learning Reiki online is questionable to begin with and will not benefit you in the long run because you will lose out on a personal connection with the teacher, the ability to observe their character and their approach to teaching and to the practice of Reiki, which are all important. Reiki isn't taught as information, but is passed down through initiation by a lineage dating back to Mikao Usui. It can only be passed down through the care and discernment of a qualified teacher. If you don't have an instructor in your area, consider travelling for a course or getting a group to learn together and inviting an instructor to come to you.  
    • Ethics, Standards and Safety Training, including Infection Prevention & Control Training, especially tailored for situations and circumstances like COVID-19 or other disease outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics.
    • A Community and Coaching. This goes along with the last two points above, as I see so many websites and forums on social media where after having taken a Reiki course, practitioners at all levels are asking the most basic of questions and answering in conflicting ways, resulting in confusion, misinformation being shared, lost time and energy, and all too often, conflicts stemming from, and resulting in different approaches. A good teacher will take care of creating their own community: providing a forum, helping their own students connect with each other,  answering questions patiently, honestly and ethically, and providing information that is of the highest integrity to help their students develop as fully, as safely as possible as they connect with each other.

    By the end of your course, you will have experienced shifts in your sensitivity to energy, be encouraged to practice on yourself daily, and can confidently give Reiki treatments to others.

    The Ideal Reiki Master Teacher will have:


    • The ability to read auras and sense energy congestion and the root cause of that congestion.
    • The ability to sense and help clear away emotional and spiritual blockages.
    • An understanding of what Reiki energy is and where Reiki healing comes from. 
    • A personal dedication to self-care (daily or regular self-Reiki practice, meditation and ideally other forms of self-care). 
    • Experience. A true Reiki Master Teacher has taken her or his Level Three / Reiki Master Course and waited at least a year with lots of training before taking their Reiki Master Teacher course, just to be able to teach Reiki Level One.
    • The ability to look at a prospective student and assess where they are energetically, rather than simply welcoming anyone who wants to pay to take a course at any level. 
    • The ability to clearly tell you where your own energy is congested and how to balance it.
    • The ability to tell you about what energies you're working with already, as well as what Reiki energies you are working with during your course, once attuned.
    • The willingness to speak with you and answer your questions thoroughly before you take a course. 
    • An openness to having you contact existing students to inquire about the instructor / course.
    • The energy and flexibility to respond to, and provide knowledgeable assistance and guidance in the face of changes and challenges, like COVID-19 or other disease outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics.  
    After your training, your instructor should continue to provide ongoing support and opportunities for further learning and developing beyond your Level One course.

    Re-Attunement?


    Once you have completed your Reiki training according to the above requirements, you will have been properly attuned to channel Reiki for yourself and others and can harness Reiki for life. If you've received four attunements in your course, there is no need to be re-attuned. Even if you don't practice often, you can start to sense it again by giving yourself a few consecutive daily self-treatments.

    In fact, if you've been properly attuned to Reiki by a qualified instructor, you will notice a lot of development coming from your own daily self-practice. Like the saying goes, "You get out of it what you put into it". If however, you continue practising and feel as if something is missing, that you aren't developing greater sensitivity, you can always find a qualified instructor who you feel is the right one to be assessed by and receive training from. Always talk to your instructor first so they can help you, instead of bouncing around from teacher to teacher, which will confuse tire you - and lessen the value of your training. Go as deep as you can with a good teacher.

    Quality Control

    Did you know that traditiinally, a new Reiki Master Teacher cannot start teaching a newcomer Level Two until one of their own Level One graduates returns to request to Level Two training, without being prompted? One of their own Level Two students must return to request to learn Level Three before the Reiki Master Teacher can teach a newcomer Level Three, and the same goes for teaching Level Four, the Master Teacher Level. This is to ensure there is quality control built in. If the teacher's own students aren't returning to request higher levels of training, surely something is amiss.

    Each Level has its own Training


    Over time, you may want to take the Reiki Level Two course to learn how to send distance healing and find and clear away the deeper mental and emotional roots of symptoms. A Level Two course should be taught independently from a Level One course as it is a huge step forward. There are four distinct attunements, specifically for Level Two. These will open you up to be able to harness double the amount of Reiki energy. Some teachers offer Levels One and Two together, without any or enough attunements or practice time. Taking a Level One and Level Two course together waters down your learning and would require eight attunements -- too powerful to experience all at once. The Level Three Reiki Master Course is another massive leap forward, has four attunements and requires a high level of practice, experience and work with the instructor before the course can be taken and one begins to call themself a Master of Reiki. Level Four, which is teacher training or the Reiki Master Teacher course, requires, at bare minimum, a full year of intense practice and preparation, after Level Three.

    In many schools Levels One and Two are taught together and Levels Three and Four are taught together, which is an indication of poor quality of a course and lack of understanding of an instructor, and even of the instructor themselves being improperly attuned or not at all attuned to Reiki. They may have taken an online course or a course with fifty students all "initiated" at once, which isn't possible. That individual is using their own energy to heal - or using lower energy - and not harnessing Reiki at all. This can even pose a risk to clients and students.

    Many students are eager to learn and develop, which is fantastic, but there is no substitute for patience, thorough training and practice. So many people are eager to rush the process, or to have the title of a "Master" or "Master Teacher". This is the reason why few Reiki Master Teachers themselves are properly attuned and why Reiki has become so "watered down" or has garnered a "flaky" reputation, even though it's perhaps the single most powerful healing tool available to us, if one's properly attuned to harness this intelligent and pure healing energy. It is also the reason why many clients come to a Siam Reiki practitioner and are blown away by the quality of healing they receive. I've been told by clients that one Reiki treatment was the equivalent of ten or twelve years of therapy!

    Lineage


    Many people ask me how Siam Reiki is different from Usui Reiki. All Reiki that is practised today is practiced because of Master Mikao Usui. Although Reiki itself is timeless, Master Usui is the person who harnessed this energy and made it available for use in our modern times. The word "Reiki" is a Japanese word (meaning "spiritual energy"), simply because Master Usui happened to be Japanese. So no matter what school of Reiki you learn from, if it's called "Reiki", it is all Usui Reiki. The different lineages are branches of his students, including Master Hayashi Chujiro, who developed standard hand positions, and Master Hawayo Takata, who took Reiki beyond Japan and taught it far and wide.

    Siam Reiki is a very powerful lineage of Master Usui's, mainly because it has the highest standards known in Reiki and due to the purity of the Reiki energy channeled. Students in Siam Reiki are taught traditionally; to develop an intuitive capacity that is cultivated and highly encouraged, the result being that they channel the purest healing energy. This results in very powerful and specific healing for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual issues, and the treatments elicit remarkable and miraculous healing benefits in those who receive them. 

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    No matter where you learn Reiki, if you are properly attuned by a true Reiki Master Teacher, you will notice that Reiki is a catalyst for change in your life. It opens up new understanding and is a wonderful tool for positive change, whether in the quality of health, relationships, success, or spirituality. If you follow the guidelines here, you will have a great Reiki Course and instructor and in turn, Reiki itself will change your life.


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    Reiki for Kids!

    Over the years, I've had a number of parents and caregivers bring children in for Reiki. The adults usually experience or learn Reiki first, and after experiencing its healing benefits, they ask their kids if they'd like to come try Reiki too.

    Often these kids have been given a diagnosis of ADHD, cancer, a developmental delay or learning disability. Sometimes, they just struggle at school or in their social circle. Receiving and living with a diagnosis can be hard in itself, on top of the physical or mental - emotional condition itself. Yet, these children are some of the most amazing people I've met. And, their Reiki treatments are some of the most fun and amazing ones I've given!


    Can Children Learn Reiki?

    While children under 13 are generally too young to be attuned to practice Reiki themselves, they are excellent candidates for receiving Reiki treatments. They're always asked if they'd like Reiki, rather than forced, and usually a parent will sit in on their session (if the child agrees). Often, a parent is the best person to give their own child Reiki. Many of my Reiki students wish to give Reiki to their children, but they say their kids are too rambunctious, have too little patience or have too short attention spans to receive a Reiki treatment. So, here are a few things that I do when giving Reiki to kids:

    1. Time goes out the window

    Children are sponges. They only need to hear some things once and they will remember them for life. They readily sense healing and often readily absorb it. If you're used to giving hour-long sessions, try 30 minutes, or 20, or just start with 10 and go from there.

    If you're taking your child to get a Reiki session from someone, discuss with your child if you're going to be in the room with them, what the Reiki treatment entails, and remind them to say say if something doesn't work for them. Even if the treatment time is only 30 minutes, it will likely take the practitioner some time to talk with your child beforehand, find out what they struggle with, explain to them what the treatment looks like, get them comfortable, and perhaps even play with them or show them some toys or healing tools to gain your child's trust first. Leave some time for this. 


    2. Simplify Hand Positions

    Toddlers' and young children's bodies are small, so standard hand positions may do double duty. Front of the face and side of the face may be merged, as can solar plexus and tummy. Don't worry about form as much as connection. The happier the child, the bigger the smile, the more laughter, the more contentment, the more they will relax, release and consciously receive and appreciate the healing.

    3. Connect

    Children may not be used to having an adult work on them on a table. If they have, it's usually been with gloved hands, cold stethoscopes, directives to sit still and sadly, injections. A good practitioner will take some time to establish rapport. Children should be allowed to talk (even sing!) during the session if they want to. If you're giving Reiki to someone else's child, be interested in their lives, address them by their name, and get them to feel happy and comfortable with you.

    4. Communicate

    Children are young and open. Often they are told to sit still, behave, pay attention, be quiet and even "grow up"! A good practitioner will ask them questions. A simple, "how does this feel?" can go a long way. If you're giving Reiki to a child, and sense the energy in the Reiki treatment, even just colours, communicate what you sense with them. Have them visualize coloured lights enveloping them like soft blankets or bubbles of protection. You can guide them to visualise or to feel their breath expanding and releasing at their belly like a balloon. Not only will it help make the time on the table more interesting, you will be helping them see that it's okay to sense things that most grown ups ignore or dismiss.

    5. Toys!

    When a child comes into my healing studio, I immediately put on a bit happier, more upbeat music, and bring out the tray of crystals. I ask them if they'd like to include crystals in their treatment and if they say yes, I ask them to select a few that they like the best. Kids intuitively sense what they like and what feels good. They often even know when the crystals are done - and hand them to me telling me so! If your child has a special stuffed animal or doll that they love, invite their toy into the Reiki treatment. Often children will feel safer with these happy companions by their side.

    6. Don't sit still

    Adults are sitting most of the day. Kids, on the other hand like to move about. If the child is restless during Reiki, it could mean that they sense they need a good release. I always go with the flow. I will often ask them if we can do some movements, and then take their arms or legs and shake them about, or give them a side to side swing. Sometimes, when a child isn't able to sit or lie still at all, I do the session by distance while in the same room. We may even hold hands and dance. Sometimes I get them to open their mouth and make funny noises with me. Brrr! Wa-Hooo! This often ends with smiles and big belly laughter!

    7. Hugs and Cuddles

    When it comes to our kids, Reiki doesn't have to be given formally. Often I will feel the energy coming out of my hands when I am cuddling with or hugging my niece or nephew. They love it so much at bedtime and when reading books together. In fact, I often get the biggest hugs from them! So if you've learned Reiki and wish to share it with your kids, give them lots of hugs and spend time cuddling, watching TV or reading together. Let the Reiki flow naturally.

    8. Boo-Boos!

    Don't forget it's often our first instinct when a child has an injury, to place our hands over the affected area. Spot healing works wonders with children, so even if it's not a full healing, your child will benefit from the energy and attention on that one spot that needs attention fast!

    What About Teens?

    The above are just some of the ways I approach Reiki for young kids. For older kids and teenagers, privacy is super important to them. They'll often choose to come into the treatment room without their parents. We always make sure they know that I'm not discussing anything confidential outside their session. Sometimes they have a hard time communicating with their parents or siblings. We often role-play during the session so that teens can listen to themselves and feel freer talking to their parents from a supported and empowered place within themselves. Sometimes there's a feeling or a diagnosis of depression and anxiety. In these cases, Reiki can make all the difference in the world, by offering perspective, space and acceptance. Teens know there's a supportive place they can turn to if they need help or someone to listen.

    No matter whether you are giving Reiki to a child or bringing your child for a Reiki session, it's a wonderful gift for them and helps with their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and development. They might feel more focused at school, have a better feeling about their physical body, go off to sleep more easily, enjoy better relationships at home or feel more empowered in their social circles. My own niece and nephew love it so much, they ask for Reiki at bedtime when they come to stay with me. I highly recommend sharing Reiki treatments with kids of all ages!


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    How to Retreat at Home

    At the start of "social distancing", which is now being referred to as "lockdown", I joked on social media against a jaunty yellow background: "Let's Call it a Retreat!". Secretly, I wished it were. While I had a couple of days off due to postponing courses, I've since been flooded with clients presenting with all kinds of distress and problems.


    My own ensuing problem quickly became overwork.


    Let's take today for example. My first order of business was a 2-hour lesson at 8:30am. Then a 30-minute birthday call. I wolfed down some oatmeal and fruit just in time to teach a Psychic Course session at 11am. This course is taught with 1-hour breaks in between sessions. Online funeral at 11:30am. I returned a few emails and led the next Psychic Course session at 12:30pm. Following this was a tri-continental family zoom reunion at 1pm. Another Psychic Course session at 2pm. Yoga at 3pm (10 minutes for a snack right before, tsk tsk!). Psychic Course session at 4:30pm.

    I'm now at my dinner break (I'd originally booked a client during this break but her appointment was moved) and I'm grateful for a home cooked meal. I've got about 15 minutes to write before hopping back on for today's last Psychic Course session at 5:45pm. Then my niece, nephew and their parents are coming later for an impromptu physically-distanced backyard fireworks (probably handheld sparklers) birthday party and homemade cake for my brother-in-law. Fortunately I'd taken the rest of the evening off.




    Normally, I try to pace myself. Today's funeral, family zoom meeting and backyard party weren't part of my original day at all. But this is how it goes in the pandemic, isn't it? I'm sure you have your version of chaos too.

    With the next few days looking almost as impossible, I've decided to revisit my retreat idea in earnest. No retreat centres happening now. I'm having my retreat at home.

    How, you ask? Well, here's my plan.

    Focus


     First, what's this retreat about? You might want to focus on writing, nutrition or even building a business. Those sound like deep-dives, not retreats. What I'm talking about is a proper silent retreat, dedicated to my meditation, mindfulness and insight practice. It's about being alone with this body and this mind and knowing their realities. Know what your focus is for the retreat and know what kinds of activities you'll be including to support your focus. In my case, there will be sitting and walking mindfulness practice, mindfulness while eating, perhaps mindfulness while gardening and cleaning and a few supplementary teachings. After all, if you're setting aside real estate in your calendar, it had better be worth the investment of your time.



    Dates


    A retreat could be a day, a week up to 40 or even 60 days or more. The dates must be consecutive, with no interruptions. No sneaking in work! No socializing! And no devices! Length is also important. Long ago, I attended a 10-day silent Vipassana retreat in Illinois. Most of the participants were newbies. By day four, half the meditation hall, including my ride back to Chicago O'Hare, had defected. So, you want your retreat to be long enough to challenge you and boost your practice, but short enough that it's actually do-able.

    Eyeing a course postponement in the calendar and a space between weekly mindfulness teaching, I decide on four days at the end of the month. Yippie! Having four days to do nothing sounds divine, but it won't be nothing. I'm investing my time, so I want it to be worth it. I need to set up a routine.

    Schedule


     Once you block off time, structure each day of the retreat.

    At every retreat I've attended and led, there's a rhythm that one follows day after day. Consider alternating sitting and walking practice. Pre-set your waking and sleeping hours and meal times.

    Look at how your activities work together. Although mindfulness during mealtimes is part of my practice, I know a walking or active practice after eating prevents the inevitable post-food sluggishness.

    Don't pile the toughest challenges ("I'm going to sit still and meditate for two hours straight!") on the first day. Ease in. Last summer, I took my little niece and nephew to Montreal for five wild days of fun to kick off summer holidays (during the Montreal Jazz Festival and long weekend). I then plunged head-first into a 5-day Buddhist insight retreat in silence in the country. Mistake! It took two of the five days just to settle in. Winding down a bit before heading to the retreat is also a great idea, to help you make the most of your silent time. Since I grocery shop for my parents, I'll make sure that's done prior to my retreat, taper off work leading up to my start date and refer folks elsewhere for help.

    Location


    Set up your space so that it's conducive to practice. If your home environment is cluttered, it could take away from your ability to be at ease. Of course, you should absolutely make any cleaning or tidying up part of your mindfulness in daily life practice. Take a look at the weather before your retreat begins and plan some time outdoors. A change of scenery can really boost awareness and mindfulness. I'll be heading to my local park the first day or two, as a walk by the river will be an ideal place to help ease into deeper awareness in my practice later on.


    Materials


    Think about what you'll need to make your retreat successful. Writing and journaling aren't part of a silent retreat so notebooks are out, but you may want to supplement your practice with reading and listening to lessons or teachings. And although these are wonderful complements to your retreat, they aren't required. If you do go this route, pick out a book or two in advance, not twenty. The idea is to supplement the awareness practice, not get lost in reading. Downloading audio or putting it on CD in advance will avoid temptation to go online.

    I've recorded Love in the Time of Corona, a 1-hour guided healing meditation specifically to help with stress and anxiety around this time. I've also created Seven Days of Guided Meditation, a series of short 12-20 minute "guided lessons", which is a great start for beginners. I've downloaded some audio from my teacher's teacher in Thailand that I'll use to supplement my practice for up to an hour each day.

    You might be used to using a timer app for your meditation or mindfulness practice. Instead of this, keep your device off wifi and on airplane mode and use an alarm clock and regular watch. If you're off schedule a few minutes, it's ok.


    Provisions


     This includes making sure you have enough groceries (and toilet paper), planning out your meals, getting a babysitter or handing off work if you need to. Cancel appointments and remember, this is a digital detox as well as a mental detox. Avoid relying on devices.



    Silence


     This is perhaps the most daunting aspect for many. How will I manage to stay off my phone, device, TV, and stay quiet for a day? A week? A month? And what if I live with others who aren't retreating? Again, ease in and make sure you set some ground rules for yourself and those around you before you begin. Tell your family or house-mates about your retreat, and share your schedule so they're less likely to disturb you when you're in common areas. If you think they'll forget and try to engage with you (even eye contact counts as engagement), you can pre-plan to wear something as a signal to them that you're remaining silent. I'll wear my Silence t-shirt, but you may opt for a simple hat or scarf as a visual cue.




    Notify


    Tell everyone you're heading on retreat! It will help you be accountable to yourself and it will help others know to resist contacting you until after your retreat is completed. Set your out-of-office notices. Post something up on social media. Stick a note on your door for any deliveries. Set your phone to Do Not  Disturb with a custom message. Send out an email and tell folks that might contact you (I sent out a note to my email list, and linked this post!).

    Be Kind


    Lastly, remember that this retreat has a purpose: it's to give you an opportunity to invest in yourself and your own development. Take it easy and be kind to yourself. If you can't fall asleep one evening and oversleep the next day, just know you overslept. If you become impatient with yourself, just know the impatience arose. If you feel fearful that you're missing out on something happening in the world, just know the fear. The whole point is to know what's arising in within your heart, mind and body, one moment at a time, with patience and attention.

    So, full disclosure, I didn't finish writing this in 15 minutes. And that's okay.

    I'll put all of these tips into action in a couple of weeks. I'm really looking forward to it. ❤


     

    Reiki Healing During a Pandemic (COVID-19)

    If you're a Reiki Healer, please stop giving Reiki immediately.


    I never thought I'd say that, but I said it. Let me explain.

    As I write this, people all over the world are getting sick but don't know it. There are germs flying about, landing and lingering on all kinds of surfaces -- and staying active for longer than we think.

    Public health experts all over the world are telling us to stay home, wash our hands, keep a safe distance from others if we absolutely must go out and physically distance ourselves -- avoid all physical contact. So, I'm telling all my students (and all hands-on-healers of all kinds) to stop giving Reiki or other healing sessions in person. Teachers: stop giving attunements.  For now. It's a disheartening message, but the good news is that we don't need to get stuck or feel useless. There's a lot we can still do. Read on!


    Infusing Reiki


    Even at Level One, before we've learned distance healing, we have a remarkable capacity for healing. The first step is always to practice self-healing with Reiki. If you're physically distancing (I don't like to call it "socially distancing" because you can still be social, just not in person), chances are you've freed up a bit of time spent commuting and running around (a lot of which seems unnecessary now, doesn't it?). Use this time to commit or re-commit to a daily self-healing practice. If you haven't practiced in a while, get your manual out and start again. Make sure your hands are freshly washed before you start. If you still can't find an hour a day, do less than an hour. Some Reiki is better than no Reiki.

    I won't lie: A full or longer session is better than a shorter session because you attend to all areas and work through congestion and blockages. Imagine how you'd feel after a half hour massage versus a one-hour massage? Exactly. While you're giving yourself Reiki you may find that worries, fears, anxieties, your concern or compulsion to fix things or save others or your own feelings of helplessness when you can't help them, magically soften. Put on a little light healing music and allow yourself to feel the healing as you go. Allow it to be an exploration rather than a fixing session.

    Then, once your self-healing is done, your energy field and your aura are charged up! You're filled with light. Give yourself some time then to practice any of the following:
    • prayers
    • phone calls
    • offering of words of support
    • laughter
    • crying and allowing others to cry
    • making good on promises
    • check-ins with others
    • manifesting visualizations (see the outcome or reality you want)
    • go into your psychic workshop (if you've taken that course)
    • sending love and light
    All of these will be infused with Reiki already because you've just come from giving yourself Reiki! When I first learned Level One, I'd wake up with my hands buzzing and felt that the Reiki energy was being wasted if I didn't immediately give myself a healing. In hindsight I know it was part of my path to practice and I noticed that from the moment I began my daily self-practice, my whole life was filled with awareness, attentiveness, signs, miracles and spontaneous doors opening for me.


    Distance Reiki


    For those who are at Reiki Level Two, you've learned some very valuable and magical skills. In addition to learning how to become sensitive to emotions and facilitate emotional releases and healing, you've also learned how to use the technology of symbols. These are very powerful tools. They give you the ability to open up a portal to transmit healing beyond space and time.

    Amazing, right?

    Are you nervous? You've already done it. You had practice during your course and after your very fist distance healing in our course, you shared what you sensed and what you felt was being worked on. That's all you need to share. You just need to practice doing it. Communicating what we sense is even more important now. Here are the ways in which this is achieved, from the most impactful, to the least:

    The most powerful is face to face practice and communication, but we can't do that right now.

    The second most powerful way to practice and communicate is over the phone (or a video call, with Skype, LINE, WhatsApp, Zoom, or others). This means a live Reiki session in real time while the recipient on the other end of the call is lying down and receiving the distance Reiki. So while they don't see you, they do hear you. During the session, you can share with them what you sense, facilitate an emotional release and healing, practise sound healing and /or play healing music.

    The image above shows the next best way is a hand-written letter. Quaint, but not happening.

    Finally, you can email (or at the least, text) a written report with notes after the session is complete. I do this sometimes. When I do, my notes are extensive because I'm typing in real time (with one finger on my phone) as I do the distance healing.


    Any of these forms of communication will be immensely helpful to the recipient.

    But you might be nervous.

     "What if I misinterpret something I feel?". Yes, you might. And it's okay. Reiki healing is perfect and works on what's needed at the time. We may not know what that is. The person receiving the healing for a skin condition may get a distance healing from you and sleep better than they had in months because their anxiety was eased. So if you give Reiki by distance and feel anxiety instead of a skin condition that's okay. That skin condition may improve given the benefits of better rest or after a few distance Reiki healings.

    "What if there's an awkward silence on the phone?". We really have trouble with silence, don't we? One thing I hope COVID-19 helps us with is overcoming boredom. When you're giving Reiki, let yourself and the other person be bored. Rest and let them rest. Trust the Reiki and let the recipient trust you. Let it be quiet and sense what you sense. Let them be quiet and see if they can sense anything happening. They just might.

    If you feel you need to check in and see if they're "still there", you can gently ask, "If you need anything or have questions, just ask, okay?", and that will give them a chance to let you know if they do.



    Play a little light healing music in the background, just as you would if they were with you. Nothing dramatic or emotionally tugging. No violins! Chances are, if they've had Reiki with you before, they'll feel immediately more relaxed hearing the familiar healing sounds in the background and feel at ease knowing that you're with them throughout the call. 

    I do a lot of healing work over the phone and can share with you that as awkward as it might be for you your first few times, it's more awkward for them. You might have practice doing this several times, but for them, they may be going out on a limb and this may be their first time. Just remember that Reiki can do no harm. The intent is always pure and healing, so you're safe and so is the recipient.

    If all else fails, contact your teacher. At their heart, a Reiki Master/Teacher is bound and responsible to their students. Just like a parent to a child, a spiritual healing teacher is responsible to their students for as long as the student has something to learn from them. So practice and explore, but if something isn't making sense, get in touch. Keep up your practice.

    Remember you have a very magical gift and we all need as much light as we can get right now!