There is a new womens health and fitness forum just opened over at Real Womens Fitness. It is published and organised by RT, good friend and guest poster on Reiki Blogger.

RT writes with authority on womens health issues. And I will share a little secret with you.. RT is also a very very dedicated Buddhist practitioner. So, the site (and the forum..) contain some flavour of the wisdom of the Himalayas.. aswell as being down to earth and straight from a compassionate heart.

Check it out! (There are prizes!!)

Qualities and Energy

Whether a quality manifests into your life and your experience as a strength or a weakness depends entirely on your energy.

The same quality that manifests as a weakness with stagnant blocked energy can change and become a strength with clear, flowing and balanced energy.

Stubbornness turns to Determination

Arrogance turns into Healthy Confidence

It is the same with every aspect of our being. This is the process of healing. This is what happens. Slowly. Slowly. We become more healthy, more rounded, more insightful, more at peace. Basically, we become more of ourself.

Energy and Reality

Whatever energy we have determines our reality. The world is essentially energy soup. And the basic natural law of energy is that like attracts like.

Whatever your reality you are experiencing, it is changeable. For better or worse. It may take a little time and a whole lot of effort. But, the energy you hold, will inevitably create around you a life that reflects it.

If you hold fear orientated energy (and do not use your Reiki Training to heal it..) then you will meet with experiences and people that “match” that energy. And if you follow your spiritual inclinations, pursue with effort and patience your healing path, then gently over time your life will come to reflect a loving and peaceful reality.

Conclusion

Every quality can become either a strength or a weakness depending on our energy. Every reality is a reflection of your inner energy.

What represents value?

As with any service it is important to establish what represents value to your clients. And then over deliver. Reiki should be thought of as a professional service. It is a healing service. But, hopefully one with alot of heart. (Which to me just means not driven by the idea of profit - see part 4)

This is the most important factor to me when trying to establish what is the right amount of money to charge for Reiki.

There is a great hull-a-ba-loo in the Reiki community, ongoing, about certain associations insisting its members charge $10,000 for reiki masters training. Which they testify was the amount that Mrs Takata, THE original western reiki master, recommended.

On the logic I am presenting here, I personally would not have a problem with someone charging $10,000 for reiki training. As long as that represented value to the client. And, as long as the person conducting the training then found a way to over deliver against that persons expectations.

You represent reiki

See, the thing is, subtly we are all responsible for the way reiki is perceived in the community. Which in turn then affects how much benefit reiki is able to be to our communities.

And, so I think it is important that we all, as reiki people, take that responsibility seriously, and do our very best to represent reiki in the highest light.

The easiest way to leave people with a good impression of any service or presentation, whether in big business or small, is to over deliver. You need to exceed people’s expectations. If you can do that with your service (and I have some ideas which I will share with you later this week about how you can do little things that make a BIG difference to the way people think and feel about the reiki service you offer them) then you will have clients that are impressed and clients that talk highly of both your reiki services and reiki in general.

Should be non-profit

All reiki clinics and houses should be non-profit.

I do not really think there is any room for debate here. Reiki has a spiritual element. Even if you are using it purely as a technique to offer physical symptom relief (say as a compliment to massage or beauty therapies).

Because reiki has a spiritual element (reiki is defined, generally, as “spiritually guided life force energy) it will never “feel” right to exploit it to make a profit. And this is you best guide. But, if you are looking for others, I challenge you to find a religion that encourages its followers to manipulate its gifts to make money. I know for certain in my own family’s tradition (Tibetan Buddhism) it is not okay to charge for teachings or empowerments (donations are fine). And, that is how it works. If we are hosting a Buddhist meditation Master for a teaching series, we will work out how much money is needed to cover costs, and if a sponsor for the event does not manifest, we then divide that amount by the number of registrations and ask for a “suggested donation” to break even.

Money is not the devil

I grew up in a Christian household. So, I know all about this one. And even now, living in a Buddhist family, I find the same old references and reverences being made to hermits and humble beggar type practitioners.

But, thankfully I have also grown up a bit in my own self and realize that if I want to be able to offer reiki to as many people as I do, then I need to get out of the way of the success of our little reiki house.

And, that same principle applies at all levels of service businesses. There is nothing inherently “wrong” with receiving alot of money. It is just that it should not be your reason for doing it. And even non-spiritual business people will tell you that when they take their focus away from “the money” they are more creative and things flow more easily.

You should not be afraid of charging a decent amount for you service either. As long as you are satisfied that what you are offering represents value. In marketing terms there is often a “sweet spot” of what to charge for a service. If it is too low, people think the product must not be very good, and if it is too high no one will purchase it.

Barter System

It is very important that every reiki service incorporates some system that can cater for people who are unable to access the service at regular prices, due to financial hardship.

I have found that the easiest way to over come this situation is by using a barter system (other ways are to give the service for free, or to let people pay via installments).

A barter system is basically where there is some sort of exchange that is not monetary and which represents a comparable value. For example, the most common type of barter trade that we do at our little reiki house is the barter exchange of the client’s labour. I organise for the person to spend an agreed amount of time working around our property. Picking fruit, cleaning up waste, gardening.. whatever needs doing at the time.

There is certainly more thought that needs to go into this kind of exchange, but it can be very rewarding for both people.

Conclusion

For better or worse, the best thing for us as reiki people to do with any decision like “how much should you charge for reiki” is to sit and contemplate it with the aid of reiki flowing in, through and around us.

Trust your feelings, trust your intuition. And remember there is no “wrong” answer (just something we did not learn/heal yet..)

Tonight I was reminded how much Reiki helps me with parenting and supporting our kids. I put our eldest son, who is 8, to bed and read him a story, which is our normal routine. And, then I will usually pause and just sit with him for a few moments before tucking him in and saying goodnight. This is the time he will often bring up something that is on his mind that he needs to talk about.

And, tonight was one of those nights. I had noticed he had been a little emotional when I got home from work, and a little short tempered. It turns out he was feeling sensitive about something someone had said to him about a mark he had on his cheek (which he got from playing a who can give themself the biggest red mark from squeezing their cheek game. lol) So, I asked him if he would like me to give his cheek some reiki. Which he said he would, very much.

While giving him 10 minutes or so of hands on reiki, I observed the following:

1. At the start his energy was very low. His energy body was rocking back and forward, side to side, ever so slightly.
2. The more energy he absorbed, the more he visibly relaxed. His breathing slowed, and he sighed.
3. His confidence and resilience built up with the build up of energy.
4. He was not as caught up in the negative though patterns around the event, and even chuckled about it.
5. His personal energy was replenished and he was able to regain his power.

Kids have tons of energy. But, they are very vulnerable to energy loss. Giving the kids some reiki is like a little short cut to keeping them on a even keel (or closer to an even keel). It can help them have greater resilience and also helps them tap into their positive coping strategies.

Like all of us, kids, will slip into not-so-helpful coping strategies if their energy dips too far. And like all of us, all our characteristics and personality traits are strengths or weaknesses merely based on our energy.

~Guest Post~
by RT from realwomensfitness.com

What is chi exactly?

If you are into reiki you should probably be into chi. Although I do not know much about reiki I have many years experience in Chinese martial arts and have a particular affinity for all things chi kung.

Chi has been explained in many different ways to many different people throughout history but this is no reason for argument. It is simply a technique used by the lineage holders so that each students gets some understanding. If they only had one way of explaining it only one type of person would get it!

Basically, chi is the energy that flows through your body on subtle channels. Each channel is connected to a major or minor organ. For example, your lung channel runs from your chest down your left arm and into your hand. If you have a problem with your chest or lungs a Chinese doctor will probably put acupuncture needles in some pressure points along this channel. The pressure points are places along the channel where chi gathers or does not gather and needles and pressure can manipulate that chi flow.

Uses for chi - health and harm

Chinese medicine is over 3000 years old and is now being widely used in hospitals to treat illnesses where western medicine is still somewhat in the dark. The two systems are an excellent team when used to compliment each other - both having advantages and disadvantages.

If you have a minor health problem chances are your chi flow is blocked on one of these particular channels. A few years ago I had amazing headaches everyday and after my kung fu teacher jabbed me with his fingers on the back of my shoulder and said “there you go” the headaches never came back.

However, these pressure points can also be used to harm or kill a person. Many of the kung fu techniques taught to the senior disciples were strikes aimed at an opponents vital organs which would temporarily cause the chi flow to be harmed. These strikes can induce enormous pain, sickness and even death. Those strikes that can kill a person are known in Chinese as Dim Mak.

All of this shows us that chi has a powerful effect on the body and can be used for both good and bad activities.

Does exercise and diet impact on the strength and health of our chi?

The next thing we need to look at after establishing the power of chi is whether or not what we do to our external body has an impact on this internal energy. This is a very important question to address early on in your reiki or chi kung career as it will determine how fast you make progress. Here is why.

If you have a packet of sleep tablets on your way to work chances are you will be asleep before you get there. If you stay out in the sun too long you might end up with skin cancer. If you are too stressed at work you might get a headache or a stomach ache. If you eat hot chips for lunch and dinner everyday you are going to get fat.

What I am trying to get at is the FACT that what we do to our external body has a profound and very interrelated effect on our internal body. We know this because science and common logic has shown us the effects in our everyday lives.

We also need to realize that science is now providing us with evidence for the relationship between the mind and the physical body. What we think and do with our mind has an effect on the body. So, it works both ways. What we do with our external body impacts on our internal system and visa versa.

How does this relate to chi and reiki?

This relates to reiki and chi kung in a very important way and this is what I meant when I said your understanding of this vital point may speed your progress along the chi development path.

If it was not for the physical body we would not be able to give reiki. If it was not for the mind we would not be able to move the body (or the chi for those advanced readers out there). And if our aim is to help people with our knowledge and practice of reiki then we need to improve every aspect of that art - and that includes what you do in your down time.

Whether it has been said by your teacher or not, your chi will become stronger, more powerful and more easily manipulated if you look after your body. And there are two main ways to look after your body: exercise and diet. What you eat and how fit and healthy you are will have a large impact on how well you can heal with your energy.

And for all those who aren’t convinced I will give one last example:

You direct your reiki healing by using your mind in the same way that you use your mind to memorize a law book for an exam. If you are up until 2 am studying, drinking your 5th coffee after a big meal of take away I can almost guarantee you aren’t going to remember that law book. But if you do it after a healthy meal with a good night sleep and some positive thoughts you will not struggle at all (or as much!). The same goes for reiki. Those people who doubt the relationship between the mind, the body and reiki healing need only look to other activities that are impacted upon by the diet. Why would reiki be any different?

What exercise and diet practices are good for chi?

There are some things you can add to your daily life that will make your chi and reiki healing more powerful within a matter of days. They are simple:

• • practice kung fu, chi kung, tai chi or some other internal energy orientated art;
• • sleep only as much as your body needs, not more, not less;
• • do a form of exercise that makes you sweat your guts out and breathe deeply at least three times a week.
• • eat more fruit - think of it as a whole meal;
• • avoid heavy foods like meat, eggs, etc.
• • breathe deeply all day so that your breath goes down to a point below your navel called your Tan Tien. This is the “heart” of chi production in your body. Breathing is what sends chi through your body so learn to control it.
• • get some sun

What things harm your chi strength?

There are some big points that you should avoid if you want to boost your chi:

• • never smoke, drink or do drugs;
• • try not to have sex too often as it disrupts the energy flow (especially for men);
• • avoid eating foods that are too hot or too cold;
• • get rid of coffee;
• • forget about anger

Conclusion

Helping people is a full time job. If you heal people with reiki it would be excellent if you could start improving your energy and health by adopting some of these suggestions. It has worked for many people in the past.

First off I wanted to say sorry it taken me so long to post this week, Donyo and I have been looking after our neighbor’s kids, because their father passed away this week and they needed to get away a bit and have some respite.

Do you need to Know the Why?

When it comes to Reiki clearing is it important to know whether what you are experiencing is directly related to your reiki healing path, or some other karma manifesting?

I think this is a very interesting question and idea to contemplate. What do you think?

Personally, I think the answer is not a simple one. For me, one of the greatest things about reiki training is that it “just works”. You do not need to be gifted in analysis of psychological patterning. You just need to stay the course. You just need to “hang in there”. Reiki heals whether you understand it or not.

But, I am also a great fan of self awareness. Knowing thy self. And I know from personal experience that the better I understand my own mental habits and tendencies the more lasting the healing process.

I put it to you that reiki, to be a complete healing path, needs to consist of a harmony between the actual hands on healing with Rei-ki and the gentle, but focussed and consistent contemplation and practice of the Reiki ideals. That is to suggest that it is not enough to merely practice reiki healing, blindly, without any “mind training”.

It is not your fault

Interestingly for alot of us western Reiki people we get trapped between not enough self responsibility and too much. For most of us we take on too much blame when it comes to things like clearing symptoms.

We get lots of guilt.

Perhaps this is our cultural inheritance.. perhaps part of a “collective unconscious” bubbling to the surface.

I for one think this is a good way of thinking about it. We all share a strong underlying expectation based on a world view that is steeped in early Christian notions that anything bad that happens to us ultimately can be traced back to when we misbehaved and were kicked out of the garden of eden. (I know I am grossly over simplifying..)

Pure in Essence

But, the fact remains that we seem to have great difficulty accepting the notion that we are inherently perfect beings (or at the very least have the seed of perfection within us) and that pure nature is merely covered over.

We seem to struggle with the idea that when we run counter to our “healing” path (now or long ago in the past) we have simply lost ground against our not-so-helpful habits which have “swayed” us. These “habits” have influenced us. And, so, the “us” remains pure. Just influenced. But, we struggle to balance this idea, without losing the sense of self-responsibility, and start to think the fault lies elsewhere.

Balance in Healing

This balancing act is particularly hard when it comes to clearing symptoms. How do we accept responsibility for what is happening, without becoming demoralized, without letting guilt “sway” us?

One of the original Reiki Blogger posts on clearing symptoms we talked about an example of a friend of mine whose mother was violently ill after her first Reiki session. In the post I was critical of the practitioner and said they should have been more sensitive to how things were going and either made the session shorter or focussed more on grounding (giving reiki to her feet). At least the practitioner should have asked along the way “how are you feeling” I wrote.

I think in that case those points made sense. But, I think it is also important to consider the situation where the clearing symptoms are something that really does need to be gone through if the energy block is going to be gotten past, and the person make progress on their healing path.

One reader commented in that post that she had experienced a situation where someone threw up the very second she placed her hands on them.

First thing I thought when I read that was “gee that is pretty full on”. And then I started to wonder how the practitioner felt about that happening and how they coped with that situation. Because, this idea of dealing with clearing symptoms is not only relevant for the practitioner as it relates to their own personal healing path, it also relates to how they are going to cope with other people’s clearing and healing process.

Truth in Clearing

One thing that will always be the same when it comes to clearing, is that the clearing is always about truth. It is always about the clear, open and honest nature coming out more and more.

It seems “hard” because we feel very vulnerable during a period of intense “clearing”.

The old ways of “coping” with the world are no longer able to help us.. we feel like a fraud when we try to use them. But, like a butterfly emerging from the cocoon we have not quite found our flight yet. We are in that transition period.

Tips for navigating intense clearing symptoms

Okay smarty pants, I hear you say, so what can I do? And my answer is going to be a sincere one that I do not have all answers, I do not even have most of them.. but I can humbly try to offer a few things that have worked for my wife and I when we have been through (and we have been through a bit) intense clearing periods..

1. Do not take it personally

Obviously we talked alot about this above, but, please do not take it personally that you are experiencing clearing symptoms. If for no other reason than it does not help. I always try to remind myself that the whole idea of a “path” is that I am not expected to already be at the end of it! If we were already perfect, we would already be perfect. So, do not worry about it. Just do it. (geez sorry for sounding all pep-talk)

2. Drink lots of water

Drinking water seems to help.

3. Cut down on your social life

When you are feeling vulnerable it may be wise to be a little less involved socially. Give yourself some time. Do not put yourself under too much pressure. And especially socially, where you have to use energy to relate and give to people. Try to keep your energy inside your body as much as possible while you are going clearing related to reiki healing.

It is an excellent opportunity, because of the heightened sensitivity with your personally energy, to see your energy flow. How your energy goes out to things, and how when you do not maintain your energy presence in your Hara you lose your center, and your security/power.

This is all very hard, if you have to so lots of socializing. I know this is not all that realistic for most of us who have to go to work. But, it is just a suggestion, and where possible (say the evenings and weekend) it might be a good idea just for a little while.

4. Keep practising

If you are going through a period of intense clearing it is really helpful to keep practicing. Keep giving yourself treatments, keep giving people treatments, keep receiving treatments, keep contemplating the reiki ideals morning and night.

It may be tempting to completely throw the practice out the window. And justify it to yourself by saying “oh i just really need to do some earthly normal things for a while”. And that is true. No argument here. Number 8 in fact is that point exactly. But, you need to stick at your practice, if you want to make the healing stick. Otherwise you are training your mind to know that all it needs to do is push you hard enough, and you will throw in the towel.

5. Find a friend to talk to

Having a friend who is a good listener. Who can just let you share your experiences without too much comments and opinion, is really helpful if you can find one. And, if you cannot, you can chat to me, feel free to send me an email.

6. But, keep your own counsel

You are the person that understands you the best. Never give up that wisdom to someone else. Especially during clearing times. This is the time when the path is a personal path. You need to go through it and you need to learn from it.

Accept others support, and use that support. But, be self reliant. Do not lean emotionally on others. No one, although ever well intentioned, has the “answers”. They rest within your own heart.

7. Pray

Ask the Universe to be gentle with you. Set the intention that your healing will be gentle. I will tell you a funny story. When I was first starting to practice Reiki, about 6-7 years ago, I was about 22-23 years old. I was a young man, full of beans, and I wanted to really get stuck into healing my energy. I do not know if you know the movie “fight club” with edward norton and brad pitt. But, being a young man and thinking I was pretty tough, this movie quite appealed to me at the time (also because I really connected with the self-sabotage theme which ran through the story), well there is a line where edward norton (i think) says “i want you to hit me as hard as you can”. That so appealed to me that for a time it became my mantra with healing. I almost taunted the universe to really give it to me, let me heal everything all at once, to hit me as hard as it could. Well.. it did. And, I was a sorry boy.

8. Lots of grounding helps

Go walking, do gardening. Get your feet dirty. Sit in the rain. Anything that will connect you physically with nature seems to help to ground clearing.

This too will pass

The last piece of useless advice I could offer to you during a period of intense clearing (and lets hope not many of you have to have “intense” clearing periods at all!) is that this too will pass.

Just hang in there. The only unchanging thing is that everything changes. (So, if you are having a tough time, that by law of nature, must also change..)

Secret signs and hidden mystical paths are not something you will hear me talk very much about here at Reiki Blogger. Because, it is very easy to get side tracked like a kid in a candy store with that sort of thing.

But.

There IS a hidden path. And there ARE secret signs.

Synchronicity

Synchronicity as defined by wikipedia as “the experience of two or more occurrences (beyond coincidentally) in a manner that is logically meaningful- but inexplicable- to the person or persons experiencing them”.

Synchronicity is the easiest way to access the underlying secret signs and hidden path of everyones life. If you have not read The Celestine Prophecy it is a must read on energy and meaningful coincidences.

Becoming mindful of your life

One of the keys to understanding your life and letting the hidden messages that are around you all the time flow into your consciousness is to start to become more mindful.

Most of the time we only experience a fraction of what happens during a regular day. We can walk from here to there and have been completely absorbed by what we were thinking about or talking about that we just completely missed everything that went on around us.

We also become busy. Physically aswell as mentally. Our day is so full that there is no room for the life force of the universe to squeeze its way in.

Creating more space

If you want to start to see the hidden messages the universe has for each and every one of us then you also need to start to create more space in your life.

You need to create both physical space as well as mental space.

One of the best ways to do this, mentally, is to practise meditation. Simple sitting meditation where you just allow your mind to rest. Not actively using your mind for thinking or problem solving. But, too, not letting your mind “veg out”. Keeping a nice even balance between losing focus and holding your mind too tightly.

That will help create space mentally.

And physically, we need to let ourselves have time to just be. I know that sounds all new-agey and navel gazing, but it is the thing we need. That does not have to be lying on your back watching the clouds (although you should definitely do that and some star gazing again soon!) it can be as simple as not planning your day too tightly.. and allowing some flexibility into your routine.. allowing some time for things to just “pop up”.

Notice Patterns

Part of starting to understand the symbols and signs the universe uses to communicate with you is to start noticing patterns around you. Things that are familiar. Does a particular bird or butterfly come to rest each day on your window sill. Does the same color truck always seem to be parked next to your car at work? That sort of thing.

Do not worry.

Remember the reiki ideals in all of this. Do not worry if you see no patterns, and you think the universe is probably talking to everyone except you. Do not worry if you think you see patterns everywhere and you feel like you might be going crazy.

It will all make more sense the more you try to do it. Nothing gets harder with practice. (Tibetan proverb)

Keep a Journal

Try to keep a daily journal or the things that seemed important each day. Things that made you remember signs, symbols and hidden messages. Things that awoke your intuition today.

I have found it very helpful to try and become aware of my thinking. And then to try and notice what I am doing at certain times, say, when I start thinking about signs. Or when another sign (for me it is often a white butterfly or a white feather for example) comes to mind. What am I doing? Right at that moment?

That seems to help.

Reiki Guides

Some people have emailed me and asked whether I go in for Reiki Guides or not. It is certainly an interesting question. My main Reiki teacher certainly did. But, some of my current Reiki friends do not.

So, I put it to you like this. There is an underlying wisdom and knowingness in the universe. That pure essence (for want of a better word, and to steer away from sectarian bias by calling it the holy spirit or Buddha Nature) I am without a shadow of a doubt convinced, seeks to support our spiritual development and aid our everyday happiness.

I think the pure essence is continuously talking to us, and guiding us toward spiritual development. And I think in reiki terms you could be pretty safe to call it the “heart” of the universe’s life force.

How does Reiki fit in

I think we are lucky. Very lucky. To know about reiki and to be able to use reiki, when it comes to this sort of thing. Reiki is HUGELY helpful in identifying meaningful messages.

You can be in a book store and pickup a book that is going to help you progress on your spiritual path, or aid your everyday happiness and the energy will start flowing. You will start to feel the energy in your hands.

Or you will be having a good conversation with a friend and the energy will start to flow in your 3rd eye chakra, or your heart chakra.. and it will give you a hint about what is helpful for you to see at that time.

One at a Time, adds up to Your Path

The trick to reading the secret signposts of your life is that you can only ever read them one at a time. Because they all happen in the present moment. There is no message to find in the past or the future, because that is all subjective and tied up with your ego.

Although this may seem a little frustrating, never knowing what is written on the next page. In the end whether you are in the experience of a meaningful experience or in the space in-between, when you add them all together they reveal the hidden path that is your destiny.

If you can keep your mind open and spacious you will uncover the greatest mystery of all. Your spiritual path.

We all have ups and downs, good days and bad days. It can be hard to keep our focus and our motivation high for our spiritual practise. Here are 10 things that help keep things on track:

1. Community

This list is not really is any particular order. But, if I had to pick the number one factor that will affect most of our motivation on a daily basis, whether we are talking about our spiritual path or our daily life situation, it is community.

I know there is some irony with this, because ultimately the spiritual path is not one that we can do with someone else. No one else can put the effort in, it has to be us.

But, along the path, there is nothing more valuable than good friends, who support you and help you maintain your inspiration. The Buddha said of friends that if you find good people, walk together with them, but if you find none about you, then walk as a King would walk through a forest alone.

2. Daily practise

I have found, in the periods where I have been able to sustain a regular daily practise, that my motivation is also sustained. It is very hard to follow your chosen spiritual path without the supporting energy of your practice.

In the context of our Reiki path, the greatest gift you can give yourself is the energy.

3. Familiar surroundings

Familiar surroundings is both internal and external. If you mental landscape has consistency, your outer life situation will have consistency.

Like elite sports people have triggers and routines that help them get into the “zone”, it is helpful as a spiritual person to similarly have rituals of your own that help you reconnect each day to your spiritual path.

And this ideally is an internally familiar surrounding. But, having familiar external surroundings can be helpful too. Using the same sacred space for your morning and evening meditation for example. Sitting in the same place to give yourself Reiki.

4. Inspirational Images

Inspirational images is something that I personally find very helpful to maintain my focus and motivation. On our fridge at home, on ledges near the windows, on shelves in the lounge are images of my “heroes”. Great practitioners like His Holiness Dalai Lama and His Holiness Karmapa. And both people I connect with at a heart level and who raise my energy when I see their image.

It also helps me to feel that my teachers are close to me.

But, you could you any image that inspires you. Mountains (like the Himaylayas or Mount Kalaish), Oceans, Rivers, Sunrises.. or it could be animals.. or even cars and bikes and computers.. I really do not think it matters what the image is.. just that it triggers your spiritual inspirations and nurtures your soul.

5. Healthy diet

Another biggie.

A healthy diet helps maintain your equilibrium. I do not think I need to say much about this one. I think we all accept the link with diet.

6. Exercise

Same for exercise. Healthy body, healthy mind.

7. Complimentary practices

If you are a Reiki person I would recommend you investigate other Qi Gong exercises that can strengthen you Ki. Tai Chi is an excellent compliment for a Reiki Person, it is low impact (no impact really..) and it can really enhance your energy intelligence. That is how much you understand and can sense your Ki.

8. Variety

Some people say variety is the spice of life. I think along the spiritual path there is a fine balance that needs to be struck between changing things up to keep our energy flowing and our enthusiasm high, and just making changes for their own sake. Almost as if we become infatuated with the spiritual path and need constant stimulation from it, so we keep changing our practice, changing our teacher, changing our meditation styles.

Variety can be very helpful. Just watch it does not spill over into spiritual window shopping or restlessness.

9. Sleep

Another healthy body, healthy mind tip. One of the biggest factors that has emerged in modern health is the vast benefits of getting adequate sleep.

This is perhaps even more important for someone actively engaging their healing path. Clearing energy blocks can be draining. So, make sure you are getting enough sleep. It will help keep you motivated, and you mind buoyant.

10. Take a break

Reiki healing, actually any spiritual practise and path should be fun. It should be enjoyable. If your mind is happy, you will find motivation comes easily. (Of course you have to challenge yourself along the way, and your mind is not always going to be able to be “happy” about everything.. but on the whole it is better if you do not “dred” your practice sessions.. not viewing them like “taking medicine”)

Watch TV. Go for a walk. Go see a movie.

Anything that helps you stay grounded and down to earth.