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How to Do Reiki

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Related Tags: energy | reiki | body | healing | hands
 

Instructions

  • Step 1:
    Create a calm and comfortable situation. The Reiki receiver should recline or sit comfortably. The giver should be able to move around the receiver's body easily. Both should be free from unnecessary distractions. Using aromatherapy or gentle music can help to create a healing atmosphere.
  • Step 2:
    Place your hands on (or a few inches over) the part of the body that most requires healing. Hold your fingers and thumbs together, rather than spread. This can help to contain and direct the energy.
  • Step 3:
    Try to feel universal energy as a tingling or warmth flowing down through the crown of your head, through your throat, neck, chest, arms, and out your fingers and hands into the body of the person you are working on.
  • Step 4:
    Allow your intuition to guide your movements. Stay in each area for at least a few minutes, or until you feel the energy flow more slowly. Work over the rest of the body, or at least any areas that you think may need more healing energy. Don't touch any areas that would be considered inappropriate. In these areas, hold your hands at least an inch or so above the body. When you move, move one hand at a time so that you maintain contact as much as possible.
  • Step 5:
    Practice this technique for at least a few minutes every day. You can practice on other people, yourself or even on plants and animals. Practicing Reiki regularly will usually increase the strength of the energetic flow and your ease in working with it.
  • Step 6:
    Make sure to concentrate on the energy coming into your body as well as being directed through your hands. Otherwise, you may deplete your own supply of energy during healings, rather than drawing on universal currents.

Tips & Warnings

  • Some people can feel universal healing energy more easily by imagining it coming up from the earth through the soles of their feet, or by using a combination of this method and the crown method.

How to Do Reiki Provided by eHow.com
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