Reiki Flashcards
5 reiki principles
1) Do not be angry
2) Do not worry
3) Be grateful
4) Work diligently
5) Be kind to all living things
What does reiki mean
Universal life force energy
As a healer think of yourself as a
Conduit of energy
Accept energy for what it is and let it flow through you or you become a
Catcher s mitt
Attunement and healing used interchangeably
Who is known for reiki
Usui Sensei
Reiki session three parts or pillars
1) Gassho (“gash-show”)
2) Reiji. (“Ray-gee-hoe “ )
3) Chiryo (“chi-rye-oh”)
First pillar -Gassho
Means “two hands come together’
Namaste 🙏 mudra
-Expression of gratitude and respect
- harmonizes us with higher self or Divine
- do this at start of session, end of session or both
Second pillar - Reiji
-means “indication of Reiki power”
- and “Ho” methods
- encompasses the following:
1) “Visualization “
2) “Intentions”
3) “Letting go”
Third pillar-chiryo
Means “treatment “
-“scanning”
-“Healing attunements”
Shock game on carpet my brother and I used to play cuz we understood electricity really young
Hand energy exercises to feel the energy or electrical charge generated from rubbing hands together friction energy generated
You shouldn’t
Use or transfer your own energy during reiki
Visualization
Focus on channeling the Universal life force energy
-connects you with reiki
-it welcomes it into your body and then to flow out through your hands 🙌
Determine power hand
Play with energy ball exercise to determine your power hand
Purpose as reiki practitioner
Connect with universal energy
Show intention
Let go
Traditional hand positions
Say one of following intenentions
“Please let this session go as it is should.”
“Please allow this healing to serve (___) ‘s highest good”
“Flow through me to resolve (———) ‘s ease”
Protection (disconnect)
If you have picked up symptoms it’s because you have picked up their energy or symptoms and didn’t disconnect from the session
Ridding yourself of picked up symptoms
1) visualize the energy with them or that thing
2) visualize a pair of scissors cutting that attachment
3) visualize yourself being immersed in pure white healing light that is cleansing from head to toe
-use grounding symbol as part of disconnecting process
-do ‘physical cues’ as part of process
Include or increase
1) a lit of rest / meditation
2) drink water
3) fruit and veggies
4) perform scanning part of reiki on self daily
5) drink glass of water as soon as wake up
The 5 Reiki symbols
Cho Ku Rei ( Power symbol)
Means bring the power of the universe here
Purpose-increase the power of the universal energy coming into you through Reiki
-“one size fits all “ for all types of treatments
Sei Hei Ki ( emotional symbol)
-intent is emotional healing and calming
-meaning is “God and man becoming one”
-when to use: clear emotional blockages or restore harmony to active or troubled mind
Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen ( distance symbol)
-strengthens your ability to heal from a distance
-meaning - “higher self in me connects to Higher Self in you to promote enlightenment and Peace
Peace be with you 🧘♀️
Drawing and activating the symbols
- Go through the “drawing “ motion of the symbol
- As you do, visualize it drawn in front of you
- Once the image is drawn, hold it in your mind s eye
- Take your dominant hand and encourage or nudge it into area that you want it to go
- Watch the symbol absorb into your attunee
Symbol use quick reference
- Cho Ku Rei (power symbol)- general well being to “power up” the session s energy or when no other symbol fits
- Sei Hei Ki (emotional symbol) - when someone needs help clearing emotional blockages , to unite one s heart and mind , or when need to strengthen emotions
- Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen ( distance) - to heal a connection to anything at a distance
- Dai Ko Myo (master)-to help enhance your own or someone else’s mastery or enlightenment
- Raku ( grounding) -“encapsulate” a sense of peace and wellbeing in your client, use this to capture all the goodness of session into them , great symbol to end session with
