| Most Reiki Masters strongly encourage their new | | | | center of the Earth, connecting you securely with |
| Level I students to begin their healing journey | | | | Mother Earth. |
| with twenty-one days of daily self-healing. After | | | | - Draw the symbols that you are attuned to into |
| all, Mikao Usui was enlightened with the Reiki | | | | the palm of each hand. |
| holistic system of healing as he spent twenty-one | | | | - Place your palms over each chakra, beginning at |
| days meditating and fasting on Mount Kurama. I | | | | the crown and working down. Skip the third eye |
| do always request that my students begin their | | | | but when you have reached the root, place one |
| three-week, self-healing odyssey as well as a | | | | hand on the root chakra (your back, bottom of |
| simple daily practice that they can continue on | | | | spine) and the other on your forehead over the |
| with indefinitely. I truly hope they can see the | | | | third eye area. |
| benefits of a daily personal practice, and that | | | | - As you place your palms on each chakra, take a |
| continuing on becomes an enlightened and pleasant | | | | deep cleansing breath (breathe all the way down |
| task, as opposed to a tedious ritual that one feels | | | | to the belly) and envision that the symbols are |
| they must do. | | | | entering that particular chakra and filling your |
| Every Reiki practitioner should have a regular daily | | | | entire being with their energy. |
| practice. With today's hectic schedules, it is okay if | | | | - Do the Japanese Reiki technique called "dry |
| you do not sit for an hour and meditate. A fifteen | | | | bathing" to dislodge any negative energy and |
| minute practice can be brief but powerful, and will | | | | make way for positive energy. |
| energize, balance and prepare you for the day. | | | | - Go into Gassho position (two hands together, |
| But it is key to develop an energetic routine that | | | | also called "Prayer Position") and recite the Five |
| resonates with your own beliefs as well as time | | | | Reiki Precepts three times slowly, reflecting on |
| schedule -- one that feels good and uplifting to | | | | them as you state them. |
| you! | | | | - Do an "invocation" or "invitation" to Reiki to fill |
| I will share a suggestion that is ideal for | | | | your being. Visualize that Reiki energy (Universal |
| practitioners that are Level II or up. You can use | | | | life force) is flowing down through the crown of |
| all of these steps, or some of them, and feel free | | | | your head and filling your heart center. |
| to add or continue those actions that have | | | | - Invite Reiki to fill your entire living space. Ask to |
| already worked well in your life. | | | | be surrounded by healing light as you go about |
| - Sit in a relaxed, meditational position with your | | | | the tasks of your day. |
| spine straight and aligned, but not rigid. | | | | - Give thanks to Reiki for being part of your life |
| - Get in touch with Earth energy for grounding. | | | | and for healing you. |
| Imagine you have roots growing down from the | | | | - Take a few additional deep cleansing breaths, let |
| base of your spine (root chakra) and from the | | | | your face and heart smile -- and you are ready |
| bottom of your feet, going all the way to the | | | | to begin your day! |