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Once You Have Completed Level I
Once You Have Completed Level I
Author: Margaret Jang Source Reiki Newsletter: July 2008
If you have been inspired to study the art of Reiki healing - congratulations!
Well done.....you should be proud for having the desire and the motivation to educate yourself.
You should also take pride for maintaining an open awareness that there exists a greater
power source than what is seen by the naked eye. Pat yourself on the back for acknowledging
the fact that you are a healer and that you have the capacity to heal yourself or others.
By completing Reiki Level 1, your memory has been tweaked, in which you have been
reminded what your soul already knows.
You are now aware that Reiki Level 1 is all about self-healing and as you practice, you will
sense universal life-force energy. But it is not enough just to learn the techniques; you also
need to utilize them on a daily basis. As with any worthwhile goal that you wish to achieve, it
takes discipline, hard work and determination, plus a clear focus of intention to successfully
attain your desired fulfillment.
Too often students are gung-ho about learning new knowledge, but then they fail to
incorporate this knowledge into their daily lives. Of course with busy schedules and life-styles,
sometimes it is very difficult to adjust or regulate this in order to experience the full benefit for
using Reiki on a daily basis.
However, after completing Reiki Level 1, it is important to implement a set structure for
practicing what you have learned, otherwise you risk forgetting the acquired knowledge. It is all
too easy to placate yourself by assuring that you will.... "do it tomorrow", but in truth, this
mindset usually fails. And really, who are you kidding?
The one great benefit of Reiki Level 1 is that it teaches you how to heal yourself, creating
balance between your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Without healing yourself
first, you really shouldn't attempt to heal others, although many still do. But if you think about it,
I'm sure that you will agree that it is very important to clear your own mental clutter or
emotional baggage before trying to help or heal others. Why would you want to complicate or
upset your own delicate state with other people's problems until you are mentally, emotionally
or physically strong enough to assimilate any additional pressure?
So in order to allow Reiki Level 1 to benefit you significantly, be vigilant about establishing a
daily routine in which you practice on yourself, whether you are feeling healthy or not. This will
give you training for doing hand placements, which will in turn boost your confidence level.
After awhile, you won't have to think about what the next step is or dither about whether you
are doing it right or wrong for it will become a natural habit. It will also cleanse, balance and
harmonize the energies within your four bodies (or levels) by eliminating energy blockages,
impurities or toxins to allow energy to flow freely throughout your system. As well, it will
enhance and strengthen your soul's connection to the universal life-force or to the spiritual
level. A natural occurrence that comes with daily practice is that you may start to receive
messages, inspirations or see visions and this just confirms that your connection to the
universal life-force is indeed intensifying.
It is your choice as to how you wish to practice on yourself, but the following method is a
compact version (which should be done daily), where you only concentrate on the upper half
of your body, but your focus and intention is that the Reiki energy will flow throughout your
entire body. Choose a convenient, quiet time, either upon awakening or before going to sleep
or perhaps during meditation time.
This method will take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes depending on how long you leave your
hands on each area. You will do nine Reiki self-treatment hand placements starting from over
your eyes and progressing to cheeks, crown, back of head (pressing your thumbs into your
occipital ridge), throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral and root chakras. Visualize and feel the
warmth from the universal white light penetrate your crown chakra and then flow to your heart
chakra, but keep in mind that the Reiki energy will flow to where it is most needed. Breathe
slowly and deeply allowing the Reiki energy to fill and disperse throughout your body, as well
as ground you to earth and universal energies. Allow your hands to remain in place from 2 to 5
minutes or as your intuition indicates. This is also an excellent time to recite the five Reiki
principles or precepts so that they will become thoroughly ingrained into your subconscious
mind.
Finish your routine by closing and balancing your chakras using the laddering technique or
use a method you are already comfortable with. For those who are unfamiliar with the
laddering method, simply follow these steps......
1. Start by placing one hand on your root chakra, while placing the other hand on your sacral
chakra - leave for 30-seconds
2. Take your hand off your root chakra and place it on your solar plexus; your other hand
remains on your sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
3. Take your hand off your sacral chakra and place it on your heart chakra; your other hand
remains on your solar plexus chakra - leave for 30-seconds
4. Take your hand off your solar plexus chakra and place it on your throat chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
5. Take your hand off your throat chakra and place it on your 3rd eye chakra; your other hand
remains on your heart chakra (your heart chakra is the dividing point that connects your
physical being to the spiritual realm) - leave for 30-seconds
6. Take your hand off your 3rd eye chakra and place it on your crown chakra; your other hand
remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
7. As you place your hands on each chakra, your intention is to close each chakra, like flower
petals closing up, but leave a small opening in the centre to allow energy to still flow. Visualize
universal light penetrating; feel its warmth
Remember, there is no right or wrong way to do the hand placements. What is essential is that
you do them on a regular basis, not just once in a blue moon.
Although it is important to practice the Reiki hand placements, it is also advisable to practice
energy breathing techniques, which will ground you, strengthen your ability to draw in universal
life-force or Reiki energy, accelerate the removal of toxins, plus deliver more oxygen and
nutrients throughout your body. I have outlined energy breathing exercises in my posted article
entitled, "If you Experience a Loss of Energy after Giving a Reiki Treatment." Also, it is
important to journalize in a diary your daily experiences, which will help you to track energy
shifts, as well as your personal growth pattern and your spiritual growth pattern.
Once you complete Reiki Level 1, you have the ability not only to heal yourself, but to heal
others or to heal animals as well. However, to repeat myself once more - please take the time
and make the effort to heal yourself first. This is not wasted time and the benefits that
empower you will be well worth any inconveniences.
About the Author: Margaret is a healing facilitator for Reiki & gemstone therapy and is also
an instructor offering courses and workshops for Reiki, gemstone healing & psychic/soul
development. She resides in Vancouver, BC and may be contacted at
www.onesourcelearn.com or phone 604-879-7201.
Author: Margaret Jang Source Reiki Newsletter: July 2008
If you have been inspired to study the art of Reiki healing - congratulations!
Well done.....you should be proud for having the desire and the motivation to educate yourself.
You should also take pride for maintaining an open awareness that there exists a greater
power source than what is seen by the naked eye. Pat yourself on the back for acknowledging
the fact that you are a healer and that you have the capacity to heal yourself or others.
By completing Reiki Level 1, your memory has been tweaked, in which you have been
reminded what your soul already knows.
You are now aware that Reiki Level 1 is all about self-healing and as you practice, you will
sense universal life-force energy. But it is not enough just to learn the techniques; you also
need to utilize them on a daily basis. As with any worthwhile goal that you wish to achieve, it
takes discipline, hard work and determination, plus a clear focus of intention to successfully
attain your desired fulfillment.
Too often students are gung-ho about learning new knowledge, but then they fail to
incorporate this knowledge into their daily lives. Of course with busy schedules and life-styles,
sometimes it is very difficult to adjust or regulate this in order to experience the full benefit for
using Reiki on a daily basis.
However, after completing Reiki Level 1, it is important to implement a set structure for
practicing what you have learned, otherwise you risk forgetting the acquired knowledge. It is all
too easy to placate yourself by assuring that you will.... "do it tomorrow", but in truth, this
mindset usually fails. And really, who are you kidding?
The one great benefit of Reiki Level 1 is that it teaches you how to heal yourself, creating
balance between your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Without healing yourself
first, you really shouldn't attempt to heal others, although many still do. But if you think about it,
I'm sure that you will agree that it is very important to clear your own mental clutter or
emotional baggage before trying to help or heal others. Why would you want to complicate or
upset your own delicate state with other people's problems until you are mentally, emotionally
or physically strong enough to assimilate any additional pressure?
So in order to allow Reiki Level 1 to benefit you significantly, be vigilant about establishing a
daily routine in which you practice on yourself, whether you are feeling healthy or not. This will
give you training for doing hand placements, which will in turn boost your confidence level.
After awhile, you won't have to think about what the next step is or dither about whether you
are doing it right or wrong for it will become a natural habit. It will also cleanse, balance and
harmonize the energies within your four bodies (or levels) by eliminating energy blockages,
impurities or toxins to allow energy to flow freely throughout your system. As well, it will
enhance and strengthen your soul's connection to the universal life-force or to the spiritual
level. A natural occurrence that comes with daily practice is that you may start to receive
messages, inspirations or see visions and this just confirms that your connection to the
universal life-force is indeed intensifying.
It is your choice as to how you wish to practice on yourself, but the following method is a
compact version (which should be done daily), where you only concentrate on the upper half
of your body, but your focus and intention is that the Reiki energy will flow throughout your
entire body. Choose a convenient, quiet time, either upon awakening or before going to sleep
or perhaps during meditation time.
This method will take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes depending on how long you leave your
hands on each area. You will do nine Reiki self-treatment hand placements starting from over
your eyes and progressing to cheeks, crown, back of head (pressing your thumbs into your
occipital ridge), throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral and root chakras. Visualize and feel the
warmth from the universal white light penetrate your crown chakra and then flow to your heart
chakra, but keep in mind that the Reiki energy will flow to where it is most needed. Breathe
slowly and deeply allowing the Reiki energy to fill and disperse throughout your body, as well
as ground you to earth and universal energies. Allow your hands to remain in place from 2 to 5
minutes or as your intuition indicates. This is also an excellent time to recite the five Reiki
principles or precepts so that they will become thoroughly ingrained into your subconscious
mind.
Finish your routine by closing and balancing your chakras using the laddering technique or
use a method you are already comfortable with. For those who are unfamiliar with the
laddering method, simply follow these steps......
1. Start by placing one hand on your root chakra, while placing the other hand on your sacral
chakra - leave for 30-seconds
2. Take your hand off your root chakra and place it on your solar plexus; your other hand
remains on your sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
3. Take your hand off your sacral chakra and place it on your heart chakra; your other hand
remains on your solar plexus chakra - leave for 30-seconds
4. Take your hand off your solar plexus chakra and place it on your throat chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
5. Take your hand off your throat chakra and place it on your 3rd eye chakra; your other hand
remains on your heart chakra (your heart chakra is the dividing point that connects your
physical being to the spiritual realm) - leave for 30-seconds
6. Take your hand off your 3rd eye chakra and place it on your crown chakra; your other hand
remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
7. As you place your hands on each chakra, your intention is to close each chakra, like flower
petals closing up, but leave a small opening in the centre to allow energy to still flow. Visualize
universal light penetrating; feel its warmth
Remember, there is no right or wrong way to do the hand placements. What is essential is that
you do them on a regular basis, not just once in a blue moon.
Although it is important to practice the Reiki hand placements, it is also advisable to practice
energy breathing techniques, which will ground you, strengthen your ability to draw in universal
life-force or Reiki energy, accelerate the removal of toxins, plus deliver more oxygen and
nutrients throughout your body. I have outlined energy breathing exercises in my posted article
entitled, "If you Experience a Loss of Energy after Giving a Reiki Treatment." Also, it is
important to journalize in a diary your daily experiences, which will help you to track energy
shifts, as well as your personal growth pattern and your spiritual growth pattern.
Once you complete Reiki Level 1, you have the ability not only to heal yourself, but to heal
others or to heal animals as well. However, to repeat myself once more - please take the time
and make the effort to heal yourself first. This is not wasted time and the benefits that
empower you will be well worth any inconveniences.
About the Author: Margaret is a healing facilitator for Reiki & gemstone therapy and is also
an instructor offering courses and workshops for Reiki, gemstone healing & psychic/soul
development. She resides in Vancouver, BC and may be contacted at
www.onesourcelearn.com or phone 604-879-7201.
7. Working with Others:
Once You Have Completed Level I
Author: Margaret Jang
If you have been inspired to study the art of Reiki healing - congratulations!
Well done.....you should be proud for having the desire and the motivation to educate
yourself. You should also take pride for maintaining an open awareness that there exists
a greater power source than what is seen by the naked eye. Pat yourself on the back for
acknowledging the fact that you are a healer and that you have the capacity to heal
yourself or others.
By completing Reiki Level 1, your memory has been tweaked, in which you have been
reminded what your soul already knows.
You are now aware that Reiki Level 1 is all about self-healing and as you practice, you will
sense universal life-force energy. But it is not enough just to learn the techniques; you
also need to utilize them on a daily basis. As with any worthwhile goal that you wish to
achieve, it takes discipline, hard work and determination, plus a clear focus of intention to
successfully attain your desired fulfillment.
Too often students are gung-ho about learning new knowledge, but then they fail to
incorporate this knowledge into their daily lives. Of course with busy schedules and
life-styles, sometimes it is very difficult to adjust or regulate this in order to experience the
full benefit for using Reiki on a daily basis.
However, after completing Reiki Level 1, it is important to implement a set structure for
practicing what you have learned, otherwise you risk forgetting the acquired knowledge. It
is all too easy to placate yourself by assuring that you will.... "do it tomorrow", but in truth,
this mindset usually fails. And really, who are you kidding?
The one great benefit of Reiki Level 1 is that it teaches you how to heal yourself, creating
balance between your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Without healing
yourself first, you really shouldn't attempt to heal others, although many still do. But if you
think about it, I'm sure that you will agree that it is very important to clear your own mental
clutter or emotional baggage before trying to help or heal others. Why would you want to
complicate or upset your own delicate state with other people's problems until you are
mentally, emotionally or physically strong enough to assimilate any additional pressure?
So in order to allow Reiki Level 1 to benefit you significantly, be vigilant about establishing
a daily routine in which you practice on yourself, whether you are feeling healthy or not.
This will give you training for doing hand placements, which will in turn boost your
confidence level. After awhile, you won't have to think about what the next step is or dither
about whether you are doing it right or wrong for it will become a natural habit. It will also
cleanse, balance and harmonize the energies within your four bodies (or levels) by
eliminating energy blockages, impurities or toxins to allow energy to flow freely throughout
your system. As well, it will enhance and strengthen your soul's connection to the
universal life-force or to the spiritual level. A natural occurrence that comes with daily
practice is that you may start to receive messages, inspirations or see visions and this just
confirms that your connection to the universal life-force is indeed intensifying.
It is your choice as to how you wish to practice on yourself, but the following method is a
compact version (which should be done daily), where you only concentrate on the upper
half of your body, but your focus and intention is that the Reiki energy will flow throughout
your entire body. Choose a convenient, quiet time, either upon awakening or before going
to sleep or perhaps during meditation time.
This method will take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes depending on how long you leave
your hands on each area. You will do nine Reiki self-treatment hand placements starting
from over your eyes and progressing to cheeks, crown, back of head (pressing your
thumbs into your occipital ridge), throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral and root chakras.
Visualize and feel the warmth from the universal white light penetrate your crown chakra
and then flow to your heart chakra, but keep in mind that the Reiki energy will flow to
where it is most needed. Breathe slowly and deeply allowing the Reiki energy to fill and
disperse throughout your body, as well as ground you to earth and universal energies.
Allow your hands to remain in place from 2 to 5 minutes or as your intuition indicates. This
is also an excellent time to recite the five Reiki principles or precepts so that they will
become thoroughly ingrained into your subconscious mind.
Finish your routine by closing and balancing your chakras using the laddering technique
or use a method you are already comfortable with. For those who are unfamiliar with the
laddering method, simply follow these steps......
1. Start by placing one hand on your root chakra, while placing the other hand on your
sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
2. Take your hand off your root chakra and place it on your solar plexus; your other hand
remains on your sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
3. Take your hand off your sacral chakra and place it on your heart chakra; your other
hand remains on your solar plexus chakra - leave for 30-seconds
4. Take your hand off your solar plexus chakra and place it on your throat chakra; your
other hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
5. Take your hand off your throat chakra and place it on your 3rd eye chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra (your heart chakra is the dividing point that connects
your physical being to the spiritual realm) - leave for 30-seconds
6. Take your hand off your 3rd eye chakra and place it on your crown chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
7. As you place your hands on each chakra, your intention is to close each chakra, like
flower petals closing up, but leave a small opening in the centre to allow energy to still
flow. Visualize universal light penetrating; feel its warmth
Remember, there is no right or wrong way to do the hand placements. What is essential is
that you do them on a regular basis, not just once in a blue moon.
Although it is important to practice the Reiki hand placements, it is also advisable to
practice energy breathing techniques, which will ground you, strengthen your ability to
draw in universal life-force or Reiki energy, accelerate the removal of toxins, plus deliver
more oxygen and nutrients throughout your body. I have outlined energy breathing
exercises in my posted article entitled, "If you Experience a Loss of Energy after Giving a
Reiki Treatment." Also, it is important to journalize in a diary your daily experiences, which
will help you to track energy shifts, as well as your personal growth pattern and your
spiritual growth pattern.
Once you complete Reiki Level 1, you have the ability not only to heal yourself, but to
heal others or to heal animals as well. However, to repeat myself once more - please take
the time and make the effort to heal yourself first. This is not wasted time and the benefits
that empower you will be well worth any inconveniences.
About the Author: Margaret is a healing facilitator for Reiki & gemstone therapy and is
also an instructor offering courses and workshops for Reiki, gemstone healing &
psychic/soul development. She resides in Vancouver, BC and may be contacted at
www.onesourcelearn.com or phone 604-879-7201.
Once You Have Completed Level I
Author: Margaret Jang
If you have been inspired to study the art of Reiki healing - congratulations!
Well done.....you should be proud for having the desire and the motivation to educate
yourself. You should also take pride for maintaining an open awareness that there exists
a greater power source than what is seen by the naked eye. Pat yourself on the back for
acknowledging the fact that you are a healer and that you have the capacity to heal
yourself or others.
By completing Reiki Level 1, your memory has been tweaked, in which you have been
reminded what your soul already knows.
You are now aware that Reiki Level 1 is all about self-healing and as you practice, you will
sense universal life-force energy. But it is not enough just to learn the techniques; you
also need to utilize them on a daily basis. As with any worthwhile goal that you wish to
achieve, it takes discipline, hard work and determination, plus a clear focus of intention to
successfully attain your desired fulfillment.
Too often students are gung-ho about learning new knowledge, but then they fail to
incorporate this knowledge into their daily lives. Of course with busy schedules and
life-styles, sometimes it is very difficult to adjust or regulate this in order to experience the
full benefit for using Reiki on a daily basis.
However, after completing Reiki Level 1, it is important to implement a set structure for
practicing what you have learned, otherwise you risk forgetting the acquired knowledge. It
is all too easy to placate yourself by assuring that you will.... "do it tomorrow", but in truth,
this mindset usually fails. And really, who are you kidding?
The one great benefit of Reiki Level 1 is that it teaches you how to heal yourself, creating
balance between your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Without healing
yourself first, you really shouldn't attempt to heal others, although many still do. But if you
think about it, I'm sure that you will agree that it is very important to clear your own mental
clutter or emotional baggage before trying to help or heal others. Why would you want to
complicate or upset your own delicate state with other people's problems until you are
mentally, emotionally or physically strong enough to assimilate any additional pressure?
So in order to allow Reiki Level 1 to benefit you significantly, be vigilant about establishing
a daily routine in which you practice on yourself, whether you are feeling healthy or not.
This will give you training for doing hand placements, which will in turn boost your
confidence level. After awhile, you won't have to think about what the next step is or dither
about whether you are doing it right or wrong for it will become a natural habit. It will also
cleanse, balance and harmonize the energies within your four bodies (or levels) by
eliminating energy blockages, impurities or toxins to allow energy to flow freely throughout
your system. As well, it will enhance and strengthen your soul's connection to the
universal life-force or to the spiritual level. A natural occurrence that comes with daily
practice is that you may start to receive messages, inspirations or see visions and this just
confirms that your connection to the universal life-force is indeed intensifying.
It is your choice as to how you wish to practice on yourself, but the following method is a
compact version (which should be done daily), where you only concentrate on the upper
half of your body, but your focus and intention is that the Reiki energy will flow throughout
your entire body. Choose a convenient, quiet time, either upon awakening or before going
to sleep or perhaps during meditation time.
This method will take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes depending on how long you leave
your hands on each area. You will do nine Reiki self-treatment hand placements starting
from over your eyes and progressing to cheeks, crown, back of head (pressing your
thumbs into your occipital ridge), throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral and root chakras.
Visualize and feel the warmth from the universal white light penetrate your crown chakra
and then flow to your heart chakra, but keep in mind that the Reiki energy will flow to
where it is most needed. Breathe slowly and deeply allowing the Reiki energy to fill and
disperse throughout your body, as well as ground you to earth and universal energies.
Allow your hands to remain in place from 2 to 5 minutes or as your intuition indicates. This
is also an excellent time to recite the five Reiki principles or precepts so that they will
become thoroughly ingrained into your subconscious mind.
Finish your routine by closing and balancing your chakras using the laddering technique
or use a method you are already comfortable with. For those who are unfamiliar with the
laddering method, simply follow these steps......
1. Start by placing one hand on your root chakra, while placing the other hand on your
sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
2. Take your hand off your root chakra and place it on your solar plexus; your other hand
remains on your sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
3. Take your hand off your sacral chakra and place it on your heart chakra; your other
hand remains on your solar plexus chakra - leave for 30-seconds
4. Take your hand off your solar plexus chakra and place it on your throat chakra; your
other hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
5. Take your hand off your throat chakra and place it on your 3rd eye chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra (your heart chakra is the dividing point that connects
your physical being to the spiritual realm) - leave for 30-seconds
6. Take your hand off your 3rd eye chakra and place it on your crown chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
7. As you place your hands on each chakra, your intention is to close each chakra, like
flower petals closing up, but leave a small opening in the centre to allow energy to still
flow. Visualize universal light penetrating; feel its warmth
Remember, there is no right or wrong way to do the hand placements. What is essential is
that you do them on a regular basis, not just once in a blue moon.
Although it is important to practice the Reiki hand placements, it is also advisable to
practice energy breathing techniques, which will ground you, strengthen your ability to
draw in universal life-force or Reiki energy, accelerate the removal of toxins, plus deliver
more oxygen and nutrients throughout your body. I have outlined energy breathing
exercises in my posted article entitled, "If you Experience a Loss of Energy after Giving a
Reiki Treatment." Also, it is important to journalize in a diary your daily experiences, which
will help you to track energy shifts, as well as your personal growth pattern and your
spiritual growth pattern.
Once you complete Reiki Level 1, you have the ability not only to heal yourself, but to
heal others or to heal animals as well. However, to repeat myself once more - please take
the time and make the effort to heal yourself first. This is not wasted time and the benefits
that empower you will be well worth any inconveniences.
About the Author: Margaret is a healing facilitator for Reiki & gemstone therapy and is
also an instructor offering courses and workshops for Reiki, gemstone healing &
psychic/soul development. She resides in Vancouver, BC and may be contacted at
www.onesourcelearn.com or phone 604-879-7201.
7. Working with Others:
Once You Have Completed Level I
Author: Margaret Jang
If you have been inspired to study the art of Reiki healing - congratulations!
Well done.....you should be proud for having the desire and the motivation to educate
yourself. You should also take pride for maintaining an open awareness that there exists
a greater power source than what is seen by the naked eye. Pat yourself on the back for
acknowledging the fact that you are a healer and that you have the capacity to heal
yourself or others.
By completing Reiki Level 1, your memory has been tweaked, in which you have been
reminded what your soul already knows.
You are now aware that Reiki Level 1 is all about self-healing and as you practice, you will
sense universal life-force energy. But it is not enough just to learn the techniques; you
also need to utilize them on a daily basis. As with any worthwhile goal that you wish to
achieve, it takes discipline, hard work and determination, plus a clear focus of intention to
successfully attain your desired fulfillment.
Too often students are gung-ho about learning new knowledge, but then they fail to
incorporate this knowledge into their daily lives. Of course with busy schedules and
life-styles, sometimes it is very difficult to adjust or regulate this in order to experience the
full benefit for using Reiki on a daily basis.
However, after completing Reiki Level 1, it is important to implement a set structure for
practicing what you have learned, otherwise you risk forgetting the acquired knowledge. It
is all too easy to placate yourself by assuring that you will.... "do it tomorrow", but in truth,
this mindset usually fails. And really, who are you kidding?
The one great benefit of Reiki Level 1 is that it teaches you how to heal yourself, creating
balance between your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Without healing
yourself first, you really shouldn't attempt to heal others, although many still do. But if you
think about it, I'm sure that you will agree that it is very important to clear your own mental
clutter or emotional baggage before trying to help or heal others. Why would you want to
complicate or upset your own delicate state with other people's problems until you are
mentally, emotionally or physically strong enough to assimilate any additional pressure?
So in order to allow Reiki Level 1 to benefit you significantly, be vigilant about establishing
a daily routine in which you practice on yourself, whether you are feeling healthy or not.
This will give you training for doing hand placements, which will in turn boost your
confidence level. After awhile, you won't have to think about what the next step is or dither
about whether you are doing it right or wrong for it will become a natural habit. It will also
cleanse, balance and harmonize the energies within your four bodies (or levels) by
eliminating energy blockages, impurities or toxins to allow energy to flow freely throughout
your system. As well, it will enhance and strengthen your soul's connection to the
universal life-force or to the spiritual level. A natural occurrence that comes with daily
practice is that you may start to receive messages, inspirations or see visions and this just
confirms that your connection to the universal life-force is indeed intensifying.
It is your choice as to how you wish to practice on yourself, but the following method is a
compact version (which should be done daily), where you only concentrate on the upper
half of your body, but your focus and intention is that the Reiki energy will flow throughout
your entire body. Choose a convenient, quiet time, either upon awakening or before going
to sleep or perhaps during meditation time.
This method will take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes depending on how long you leave
your hands on each area. You will do nine Reiki self-treatment hand placements starting
from over your eyes and progressing to cheeks, crown, back of head (pressing your
thumbs into your occipital ridge), throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral and root chakras.
Visualize and feel the warmth from the universal white light penetrate your crown chakra
and then flow to your heart chakra, but keep in mind that the Reiki energy will flow to
where it is most needed. Breathe slowly and deeply allowing the Reiki energy to fill and
disperse throughout your body, as well as ground you to earth and universal energies.
Allow your hands to remain in place from 2 to 5 minutes or as your intuition indicates. This
is also an excellent time to recite the five Reiki principles or precepts so that they will
become thoroughly ingrained into your subconscious mind.
Finish your routine by closing and balancing your chakras using the laddering technique
or use a method you are already comfortable with. For those who are unfamiliar with the
laddering method, simply follow these steps......
1. Start by placing one hand on your root chakra, while placing the other hand on your
sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
2. Take your hand off your root chakra and place it on your solar plexus; your other hand
remains on your sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
3. Take your hand off your sacral chakra and place it on your heart chakra; your other
hand remains on your solar plexus chakra - leave for 30-seconds
4. Take your hand off your solar plexus chakra and place it on your throat chakra; your
other hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
5. Take your hand off your throat chakra and place it on your 3rd eye chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra (your heart chakra is the dividing point that connects
your physical being to the spiritual realm) - leave for 30-seconds
6. Take your hand off your 3rd eye chakra and place it on your crown chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
7. As you place your hands on each chakra, your intention is to close each chakra, like
flower petals closing up, but leave a small opening in the centre to allow energy to still
flow. Visualize universal light penetrating; feel its warmth
Remember, there is no right or wrong way to do the hand placements. What is essential is
that you do them on a regular basis, not just once in a blue moon.
Although it is important to practice the Reiki hand placements, it is also advisable to
practice energy breathing techniques, which will ground you, strengthen your ability to
draw in universal life-force or Reiki energy, accelerate the removal of toxins, plus deliver
more oxygen and nutrients throughout your body. I have outlined energy breathing
exercises in my posted article entitled, "If you Experience a Loss of Energy after Giving a
Reiki Treatment." Also, it is important to journalize in a diary your daily experiences, which
will help you to track energy shifts, as well as your personal growth pattern and your
spiritual growth pattern.
Once you complete Reiki Level 1, you have the ability not only to heal yourself, but to
heal others or to heal animals as well. However, to repeat myself once more - please take
the time and make the effort to heal yourself first. This is not wasted time and the benefits
that empower you will be well worth any inconveniences.
About the Author: Margaret is a healing facilitator for Reiki & gemstone therapy and is
also an instructor offering courses and workshops for Reiki, gemstone healing &
psychic/soul development. She resides in Vancouver, BC and may be contacted at
www.onesourcelearn.com or phone 604-879-7201.
Once You Have Completed Level I
Author: Margaret Jang
If you have been inspired to study the art of Reiki healing - congratulations!
Well done.....you should be proud for having the desire and the motivation to educate
yourself. You should also take pride for maintaining an open awareness that there exists
a greater power source than what is seen by the naked eye. Pat yourself on the back for
acknowledging the fact that you are a healer and that you have the capacity to heal
yourself or others.
By completing Reiki Level 1, your memory has been tweaked, in which you have been
reminded what your soul already knows.
You are now aware that Reiki Level 1 is all about self-healing and as you practice, you will
sense universal life-force energy. But it is not enough just to learn the techniques; you
also need to utilize them on a daily basis. As with any worthwhile goal that you wish to
achieve, it takes discipline, hard work and determination, plus a clear focus of intention to
successfully attain your desired fulfillment.
Too often students are gung-ho about learning new knowledge, but then they fail to
incorporate this knowledge into their daily lives. Of course with busy schedules and
life-styles, sometimes it is very difficult to adjust or regulate this in order to experience the
full benefit for using Reiki on a daily basis.
However, after completing Reiki Level 1, it is important to implement a set structure for
practicing what you have learned, otherwise you risk forgetting the acquired knowledge. It
is all too easy to placate yourself by assuring that you will.... "do it tomorrow", but in truth,
this mindset usually fails. And really, who are you kidding?
The one great benefit of Reiki Level 1 is that it teaches you how to heal yourself, creating
balance between your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Without healing
yourself first, you really shouldn't attempt to heal others, although many still do. But if you
think about it, I'm sure that you will agree that it is very important to clear your own mental
clutter or emotional baggage before trying to help or heal others. Why would you want to
complicate or upset your own delicate state with other people's problems until you are
mentally, emotionally or physically strong enough to assimilate any additional pressure?
So in order to allow Reiki Level 1 to benefit you significantly, be vigilant about establishing
a daily routine in which you practice on yourself, whether you are feeling healthy or not.
This will give you training for doing hand placements, which will in turn boost your
confidence level. After awhile, you won't have to think about what the next step is or dither
about whether you are doing it right or wrong for it will become a natural habit. It will also
cleanse, balance and harmonize the energies within your four bodies (or levels) by
eliminating energy blockages, impurities or toxins to allow energy to flow freely throughout
your system. As well, it will enhance and strengthen your soul's connection to the
universal life-force or to the spiritual level. A natural occurrence that comes with daily
practice is that you may start to receive messages, inspirations or see visions and this just
confirms that your connection to the universal life-force is indeed intensifying.
It is your choice as to how you wish to practice on yourself, but the following method is a
compact version (which should be done daily), where you only concentrate on the upper
half of your body, but your focus and intention is that the Reiki energy will flow throughout
your entire body. Choose a convenient, quiet time, either upon awakening or before going
to sleep or perhaps during meditation time.
This method will take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes depending on how long you leave
your hands on each area. You will do nine Reiki self-treatment hand placements starting
from over your eyes and progressing to cheeks, crown, back of head (pressing your
thumbs into your occipital ridge), throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral and root chakras.
Visualize and feel the warmth from the universal white light penetrate your crown chakra
and then flow to your heart chakra, but keep in mind that the Reiki energy will flow to
where it is most needed. Breathe slowly and deeply allowing the Reiki energy to fill and
disperse throughout your body, as well as ground you to earth and universal energies.
Allow your hands to remain in place from 2 to 5 minutes or as your intuition indicates. This
is also an excellent time to recite the five Reiki principles or precepts so that they will
become thoroughly ingrained into your subconscious mind.
Finish your routine by closing and balancing your chakras using the laddering technique
or use a method you are already comfortable with. For those who are unfamiliar with the
laddering method, simply follow these steps......
1. Start by placing one hand on your root chakra, while placing the other hand on your
sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
2. Take your hand off your root chakra and place it on your solar plexus; your other hand
remains on your sacral chakra - leave for 30-seconds
3. Take your hand off your sacral chakra and place it on your heart chakra; your other
hand remains on your solar plexus chakra - leave for 30-seconds
4. Take your hand off your solar plexus chakra and place it on your throat chakra; your
other hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
5. Take your hand off your throat chakra and place it on your 3rd eye chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra (your heart chakra is the dividing point that connects
your physical being to the spiritual realm) - leave for 30-seconds
6. Take your hand off your 3rd eye chakra and place it on your crown chakra; your other
hand remains on your heart chakra - leave for 30-seconds
7. As you place your hands on each chakra, your intention is to close each chakra, like
flower petals closing up, but leave a small opening in the centre to allow energy to still
flow. Visualize universal light penetrating; feel its warmth
Remember, there is no right or wrong way to do the hand placements. What is essential is
that you do them on a regular basis, not just once in a blue moon.
Although it is important to practice the Reiki hand placements, it is also advisable to
practice energy breathing techniques, which will ground you, strengthen your ability to
draw in universal life-force or Reiki energy, accelerate the removal of toxins, plus deliver
more oxygen and nutrients throughout your body. I have outlined energy breathing
exercises in my posted article entitled, "If you Experience a Loss of Energy after Giving a
Reiki Treatment." Also, it is important to journalize in a diary your daily experiences, which
will help you to track energy shifts, as well as your personal growth pattern and your
spiritual growth pattern.
Once you complete Reiki Level 1, you have the ability not only to heal yourself, but to
heal others or to heal animals as well. However, to repeat myself once more - please take
the time and make the effort to heal yourself first. This is not wasted time and the benefits
that empower you will be well worth any inconveniences.
About the Author: Margaret is a healing facilitator for Reiki & gemstone therapy and is
also an instructor offering courses and workshops for Reiki, gemstone healing &
psychic/soul development. She resides in Vancouver, BC and may be contacted at
www.onesourcelearn.com or phone 604-879-7201.