Japanese Reiki Techniques
part 3
Published in the December 1999 issue of "The Messenger"
This
is the third and last article referencing the Reiki workshop attended
by Light and Adonea in Vancouver, BC in August, ’99.
Some of the
techniques that we saw and learned were: Hand Positions, Byosen
Reikan-ho (detecting energy sources of diseases), Hatsurei-ho
(spiritual energizing/practiced in every level), Nentatsu-ho
(communicating with subconscious), Jakikiri Joka-ho (purifying
negative energy), Kenyoku-ho (dry bathing or brushing off), Chakra
Kassel Kokyu-ho (breath-Chakra activation), Hikari no Kokyu-ho (light
breathing), Gassho Kokyu-ho (Gassho breathing), Hanshin Chiryo-ho
(half body treatment), Reiki Shower; Tanden Chiryo-ho (de-poisoning),
and Heso Chiryo-ho (navel healing). Ketsueki Kokan-ho (Blood
exchange), [The underlined names are the three most important
techniques taught to students for treatment purposes]. Distance
Healing is taught in Okuden-Koki, our 3a or Personal Mastery. Other
techniques taught in the Japanese lineage of Reiki are: Reiji-ho
(placing hands according to intuitive guidance), Koki-ho and Gyoshi-ho
(healing with breath and eye-staring), and Giving Reiki to crystals,
charms, etc. There are a few more techniques that help to intensify a
Reiki treatment: there is Seiheki Chiryo-ho (variation of
Nantatsu-ho), Self-Cleansing Healing, Sending Light to Cells of Body,
and Solar Image training (integrating symbols); Advanced information
about energy healing, understanding ‘enlightenment’, how to use Reiki
more efficiently in everyday life, working with Reiki meditation and
Usui Sensei’s Reiki Principles, advanced techniques of Uchite
Chiryo-ho (patting with hands), Nadete Chiryo-ho (stroking with
hands), and Oshite Chiryo-ho (finger pressure). Additionally Sekizui
Joka Ibuki-ho (Cleansing the spinal cord with breath), Hado Kokyu-ho
(Hara Breathing), Hado Meiso-ho (deep vibrational energy breathing)
are learned as advanced techniques that will greatly help a student’s
healing methods.
It was stressed strongly, that Reiki in the lower
levels of training is taught as a healing technique; to be used
primarily on Self to clear blockages in the physical body, and to
attain the ability to hold greater amounts of energy within. A student
earns the right to gain access to Reiki techniques and higher levels
of training through understanding and accomplishment of each of the
techniques taught, ability to hold increasing amounts of energy (as
determined by the teacher) and the responses of clients to the energy
of Reiki. Additionally, students must attend monthly
gatherings/classes where they continue to demonstrate their knowledge
and understanding of what they have learned to date, practice
Hatsurei-ho and Meditation, and receive on-going Rei-ju empowerments.
There is a greater commitment by the teacher to guide the student
step-by-step through each level and to make sure that each student
understands the importance of the techniques so later they can be a
good teacher. In the upper level of Shinpi-den, Reiki practice
continues but more as a discipline that will lead to Enlightenment. It
is instilled that Reiki has helped to prepare the body/mind/spirit to
be able to access the energy for self-healing purposes, while helping
other in their healing process, in greater preparation of gaining
Enlightenment. Usui Sensei worked hard at trying to gain Enlightenment
and it is only through effort, practice, and commitment that it can
be reached. With Usui’s true history finally available, every Reiki
practitioner around the world now has the steps that one man used to
achieve Satori, showing us that we too can follow in his footsteps and
do the same. I commend you, the reader, this path that will lead you
to fulfilling your True Purpose as you move back toward the Creator
and the Oneness from which we came.
We are now teaching these
techniques that are the original instructions of Reiki. We also commit
to each student we teach to do on-going work with them, in-person,
through the computer internet, or through old-fashioned
correspondence. We want to instill in each practitioner of Reiki the
principles and knowledge that Usui Sensei received through his
Enlightenment, that every practitioner has the same opportunity to
reach this most worthy goal.
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