I’ve always been fascinated by the Chinese energy practice of Qigong and its similarity to Reiki. I’m not trained in Qigong but I sometimes share some Qigong-based grounding and healing techniques with students. I also own several books by Master Lin of Spring Forest Qigong, which I find really insightful.

One of my favourite things to teach students on the Reiki Level 2 course, apart from the 3 Reiki symbols, is how to perform Distance Reiki healing (Enkaku Chiryo Ho).

Understanding the various ways we can send Reiki remotely means we can offer Reiki healing to anyone, no matter where they are in the world and regardless of their condition.

During my Reiki 2 class, when explaining that Mikao Usui intended to help his students reach enlightenment, one of my students asked, ‘What is enlightenment?’.  

It’s a profound question that can have several, mostly subjective answers depending on which spiritual teacher you listen to. However, they all share a common thread; enlightenment is an illumination of a Universal truth about our true nature.

Over the past few months, several of my students have asked me about trauma-informed training so they can deepen their understanding of trauma, not to fix it but to hold space with more sensitivity, compassion, connection and awareness.

It’s a powerful question, and it shows how much we’re all recognising the importance of meeting others with compassion, patience and safety.

Now and again, someone will tell me about their current hardship and reminisce about a time when they were meditating or practising Reiki every day. During this time, life was good, they felt happier as a result and things were generally going well for them. Then gradually, their daily practice faded to once a week and eventually disappeared altogether.

I teach my students that the word ‘Reiki’ isn’t simply the name of a Japanese energy therapy, it’s part of the Japanese language and means ‘Universal Light’ or ‘Universal Energy’. So no one created this. Mikao Usui gifted us with a method to direct this flow of energy for healing

Since deep meditation and some breathing techniques can activate the pineal gland, leading to enlightening experiences, I wondered whether Reiki was also inducing a similar effect, given the vivid visions, colours and fractal patterns Reiki practitioners and Reiki clients can sometimes see. I posed the question to ChatGPT (AI) and to my surprise, it started asking ME questions about Reiki! The conversation was so fascinating that I had to share it with you today…

I previously shared about the four main psychic abilities - ‘Claires’. This time, I want to explore the four lesser-known Claires to see if they resonate with you

As we deepen our spiritual journeys, many of us begin to notice intuitive gifts unfolding within us. These gifts, often referred to as the "Claires," represent different ways we receive intuitive or psychic information. Understanding them can help us embrace and strengthen our unique abilities and, if we are in a healing field such a Reiki Healing, it can offer a richer experience to those we are working with.

Here’s a closer look at four of the most commonly experienced ‘Claires’:

To continue our exploration of Reiki symbol kotodama (spirit word), today, I’ll be sharing about the 3rd Reiki symbol - HON SHA ZE SHO NEN, known as the connection / oneness symbol.  

This question challenges many of us when we first learn an energy modality, but it seems to be more common with Reiki healers in particular.

Some believe that energy work is a gift shown to you only so you can help others and they feel charging somehow taints that gift and activates the ego.

I want to share my feelings on this to offer another perspective for consideration.

Reiki is an energy healing system used to work with the body in order to bring about healing and relief. As the energy of Reiki resonates at the same frequency as love and gratitude, we can use it to positively affect many other areas of our lives, beyond healing others.

In all my years of teaching I can honestly say that I have never met a student who can’t do Reiki. However, on odd occasions, a student will share that they can’t feel Reiki as powerfully as they used to or as strongly as they felt in class. In my experience, there are several reasons why this might happen so I will explore a few of these reasons below:

If you are a healer or if you want to activate your 3rd eye and connect more strongly to your intuition / psychic abilities, then it’s important to set some spiritual boundaries. Learn how…

I've just returned from facilitating the Reiki Master Course Retreat in Seaford with such a joyful heart. There's always a common theme for each group which usually becomes apparent during the sharing of our personal journeys on Day 1.

Chakra means wheel and refers to a vortex of three-dimensional energy that governs certain emotions and the organs / glands residing within that chakra. The sacral chakra sits at our lower abdomen, below the navel. It resonates with the water element and is said to be orange in colour