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Hands-On Reiki Tonight!
2007-12-23 19:12:00
Well, slightly skeptical or not, my husband has agreed to a full hands-on Reiki treatment from me tonight after the kids are in bed. I think...(okay I hope)...it will be beneficial to him, and maybe help release negative energy in chakras that may be blocked. In any case, I mostly hope that he feels the energy, likes it, and even might ask to receive Reiki from me again.I imagine that he will go into this with a slightly open mind, and so he will probably feel less energy than one who completely accepts the validity of Reiki would. I'm not out to prove anything, but I want to help him benefit from Reiki, and also I do think that each time he experiences Reiki, he opens his mind about it a little more, and thus could benefit from the energy a little more.I'm sensitive enough at this point to feel tingling in my fingers when I scan areas that need Reiki. This happens when I do hands-on or distance Reiki. I am sure that the more I work with Reiki energy, the more sensitive I will bec...
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Sending Distance Reiki to Heal a Past Life Trauma
2007-12-22 04:44:00
Well, tonight was another first for me. I've always been skeptical of the idea of reincarnation. And, I'm not completely convinced of its truth now, but...I'm determined to be open-minded and extend the possibility of truth to the equation.So tonight when I sent distance Reiki to my friend who is having some deep and troubling anxiety, I did as my Reiki teacher suggested, and incorporated a new instance of the distance symbol and a specific request that the energy go to heal the past life trauma of the person involving (the thing she is anxious about).**I felt a lot of energy during the whole session, and especially when I made this request, I felt my hands get very hot and tingle, and they stayed that way for about 15 minutes. Also, I started to sense a lot of emotional energy, which was a little scary in a way, but I tried to direct comforting feelings back, and that seemed to help somehow. This exercise increased my desire to stay open-minded and let the Reiki experience take...
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Distance Reiki - As a Recipient!
2007-12-21 04:49:00
Well I finally experienced distance Reiki for the first time! My Reiki teacher was generous enough to send me a short session of distance Reiki tonight, even though she was tired. I was really anxious to feel what it is like to experience a distance Reiki treatment, because I have been sending distance Reiki on a daily basis for almost a month now. I want to be familiar with what people on the receiving end might feel when I'm sending them the energy.And...it was really great! I felt heat and tingling, just like I tell people they might. I could tell where the energy was going, and my hands tingled the whole time, and then were very warm for a long time afterward. I am so glad to be sensitive to energy. I never knew I would be.Reiki has been such a learning experience for me that I'm still finding myself surprised. I never would have gotten involved with Reiki had I not met my Reiki teacher, and I am deeply and profoundly grateful to her.I am looking forward to continuing with my ...
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Tingly Fingers
2007-12-20 16:34:00
Last night I went to my Reiki teacher's house. I was there to give her hands-on Reiki, of which I have seriously less experience now than distance, and to get her feedback. I was hoping to get more comfortable with the hands-on method, and get some guidance about what sensations I am looking for when scanning someone in person.It was awesome. She reviewed hand positions with me, which was helpful. Then I started at her head - crown and 3rd eye chakra. There was such heat, that I felt like she was giving ME Reiki! Afterward, she said she felt as if I was moving my hands up and down through her aura, which I wasn't. I think our energies were mingling and flowing back and forth between us, which could explain her feeling that - that's really what it felt like to me!The best thing she taught me is that the tingling I experience in my fingers is me actually sensing energy. When I scanned specific areas on her body, the tingle would turn "on" and "off" and it was very consistent with i...
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Is it Better to be Helpful or Cautious?
2007-12-20 16:32:00
Original post: 12-18-07So I was teaching Sunday School on Sunday, and we had some low attendance. My second period 6th grade class had all of 4 students present. Kind of nice, really. Anyway, I taught my lesson as planned, and was close to the end. In the last 10 minutes, one of the students, J., said he had a headache. I hesitated for a fraction of a second, asked him to point out where it hurt, and then quietly suggested that I might be able to help if he wanted to let me try.He asked me what I meant, and the other kids were very curious. I said that I've been studying Reiki, a form of energy healing, and I could channel some energy to his head by simply laying my hands there for a few minutes, and it might help his headache. He said ok, and I placed my hands on his head, and I felt them get warm with Reiki. He said "Wow, that feels really good!" I said, "Good" and kept talking about the lesson as I stood there with my hands on his head.A few minutes later, I removed my hands and...

A Little Freaky ---But in a Good Way
2007-12-20 16:30:00
Original post Wed, 12/12/2007 - 16:40.I've been working hard on my distance Reiki practicing, and doing hands-on Reiki for my family. My 3 year-old son asks for Reiki if he bumps his head or has a bad dream, my 8 year-old daughter had a bad dream last night, and I sent her distance Reiki from my bed to hers at 3 a.m. My husband had a virus, and I gave him hands-on Reiki every night for the last 3 nights, and it helped with his aching and may have sped up his recovery and brought his fever down.I've been sending distance Reiki every night for the last 3 weeks, with maybe one evening off. That's how long I've had Reiki II. Nearly every single time, it seems as if the person I've sent to has felt exactly where I sent the energy - to which body part, and for how long. (One exception was my mom, the second time I sent her Reiki. She forgot, and was not receptive.)The reality of this became especially apparent to me last night. I sent distance Reiki to a dear friend (her second time ...
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Reiki Experiences - The Journey Continues
2007-12-20 16:28:00
Original post submitted Thu, 12/06/2007 - 21:58.I sent Reiki last night to a friend who has been going through a hard time. After the experience with my mom, who didn't feel a second of the intense Reiki I sent her (though she felt it all the first time), I was feeling a little nervous, hoping that my ability is the "real deal." I really wanted to help my friend, who is a very kind person who has been having a tough emotional time.I waited all day to hear back from her, after sending her Reiki last night. Around dinner time, I left her a voice mail asking her to read her email and please call or email me feedback on her experience. I had emailed her my end of things last night. This was her first experience with Reiki, and it was distance Reiki at that, so she could've felt anything or nothing at all, and I was bound to take anything as a reflection on my ability, whether that's logical or not. (She didn't know that last part- and didn't know about my mom). I did tell her that ...
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Reiki Setback?
2007-12-20 16:26:00
Original post on Wed, 12/05/2007I talked to my mom last night while I was preparing dinner (frying latkes takes FOREVER!!)...anyway, she had a colonoscopy yesterday and I offered to send her distance Reiki at 10 p.m. and she accepted.So at 10 p.m. I did my thing, dim lights, music, symbols, concentration, intent, scanning, sending, focusing, the whole deal. I felt confident that it would be a powerful experience for her, because it was for me. I really focused on sending her love with the energy, and wishes for healing and good health. At 10:25, I gave her a call.She forgot that I was sending the Reiki, had been in bed reading, and didn't feel a thing. I told her it was ok, and that the energy would still be beneficial for her.For me, though, it felt disappointing. All of my other experiences so far, including with her, have been extremely powerful and validating. This felt like I was just sending to an imaginary friend. Ok, I know that the recipient doesn't need to feel it. But i...

Reiki II - Distance Reiki is Real
2007-12-20 16:20:00
Originally posted 12/4/07I want to thank a friend from my previous blog for letting me practice my newfound ability on her! Even though she lives in Chicago somewhere, and I'm miles and miles away in Cleveland, Ohio, we had a very positive experience last night!I dimmed the lights, put on my soothing inspiring music of choice ("Dead Can Dance" - a strange name, but awesome music), and concentrated on sending the most positive, healing energy possible to her. I felt tingly, and slightly warm, not burning hands like I have felt before, but a different sort of tingle. Maybe it's because we've never met. I don't know. But I really tried to send Reiki to any place that I felt there could be a need, and every place that I felt a tingle at all, or any warmth when I thought of that part and mentally "scanned" her. I also sent Reiki to her aura in general, and asked that the energy go where it's most needed.Afterward, I emailed to let her know that I was done. Then I watched my computer...
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Practicing Distance Reiki --Feedback was received
2007-12-20 16:18:00
Original post 12-4-07I received feedback from my friend who I sent distance Reiki last night. She really felt the energy I was sending. She didn't report feeling it at her throat, but the other places I sent it coordinated with her description of her experience. She was gracious and grateful, and felt very positively affected by the experience.I'm very grateful to have the ability to help people with Reiki. I never imagined that I would be able to do this.My husband thinks Reiki is "fake." I hope one day he opens his mind a little and believes me. His mother is the same way. Oh well. It may be too much to expect him to come around. He isn't going to change my belief in Reiki's validity.Reiki Awakening Reiki blog by Alice Langholt
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Practicing Distance Reiki
2007-12-20 16:16:00
Original post 12-3-07I sent distance Reiki to a friend last night. I'm still waiting for her feedback, but as I mentally "scanned" her to assess where she needed the energy the most, my hands became very warm, from the fingertips to elbows, as I pictured her throat chakra. She is a singer, and if she is stressed or upset, this could be a place where it would manifest. I held my hands still and sent the Reiki there for about 15 minutes straight, until I felt the heat in my hands fading a little. Then I scanned her again, and sent some Reiki to the sides of her face, hips, heart chakra and her aura in general.Afterward, I directed my hands toward my own face, and felt the heat radiating from them as I held them over my face. I sent myself some Reiki energy for about 10 minutes afterward. I read that after one sends Reiki, she should give herself Reiki afterward. It still amazes me to feel like I really have the ability to send and receive energy.I'm waiting now to hear if she felt a...

Reiki II - How I got here
2007-12-20 16:06:00
Originally posted 11-29-07I've recently started training in Reiki practice. Being a spritually skeptical person, I started with more the desire for Reiki to be real than the belief in its validity. I've really had a kind of epiphany.My teacher is a friend and Reiki Master. She is very sensitive and amazing. Her hands become very hot with Reiki energy, and she can easily sense where physical or emotional trouble is. But I never believed that I would be able to channel Reiki energy and really feel something real. Until now.Tami (that's her name) attuned me to the Level II Reiki symbols. Last year, when I was pregnant, she trained me in Reiki I, and attuned me to the energy. I practiced it, and felt that it probably did help me during labor, and my pregnancy. Plus, my baby is a very easygoing, happy and sweet little girl.But since I've been attuned to Reiki II, I can do and feel so much more, and it's actually tangible. I have been able to send distance Reiki to my mother and stra...