How can I improve reiki flow?

[SeekTruth]

Every teacher has to make his material accessable to his students, and metaphors have always been a favorite. Not a bad teacher, a picky audience  

[ragesh]

hi all 

I think different systems of reiki works differently
Some take energy only from the cosmic, while some other take it from our body also.

Eg:
Usui reiki uses absorbs from cosmic

Kundalini reiki absorbs from cosmic and passes it through root chakra, so      that it gets properties similar to kundalini

 Tummo mixes the energies from cosmic and from our hara, and gives out more powerful energy.

ur comments pls
Ragesh

[Mayuresh]

From my experience, foll. pts help to increase energy flow in Usui reiki.
1. Sayig a prayer.
2. Slow and deep breathing while lying on back.
3. concentration underneath hand position.
4. keeping the belief that I am getting healed.

[worgia]

What a fantastic thread. I had never heard of Kundalini Reiki until I joined this board, although I used to go to Kundalini Yoga for over 4 years back in the UK which I enjoyed immensely.

This thread has answered many questions and also thrown up some others! Reiki started flowing when I was reading this, I can still feel my feet tingling...maybe that's a good way of getting it to flow well? I am amazed at how it often just starts flowing when I am reading this board.

I ask my guardian angel for help before Reiki and that often helps the flow.

Thank you all for such fantastic information and great conversations too

Love from Georgia xx 

[thealchemist]

hmm. interesting read. thanks.

[Lovelight]

Here is a meditation my Master gave to me that is supposed to increase your connection:

Reiki meditation

In addition, here is a great Reiki meditation to help you increase your connection to the source of the energy:
 
First, you need to create the proper setting. Find a calm quiet spot, turn on some soft mood music, perhaps light a few candles and or incense. Wear loose fitting comfortable clothing, and no shoes or socks.

Get comfortable!  Sit, either on the floor on your knees sitting back on your heels, or with your legs crossed, or if you are more comfortable in a chair, then sit up straight, knees together feet flat on floor.

Next step cleansing: (this is commonly called dry bathing)
Take several deep breaths and exhale fully.

Then breathe normally. Open your hands, fingers extended and joined together. Place your right hand on your left shoulder palm facing your body. Slowly move your hand on a diagonal to your right hip. Be sure to brush across your body with the palm of your hand. Repeat this process with the other hand starting at your right shoulder and brushing to your left hip. Repeat this action three times for each side. 

Next place your right hand on your left shoulder, palm facing your arm.

Brush down your left arm. At the finger tips make a flicking motion, as if you were flinging water off your hand. Repeat this action with your left hand brushing your right arm. Complete this action three times for each arm.

Now, again take three deep breaths, fully exhaling. Place your hands in the Gassho position (Hands open fingers extended and joined palms together should
be raised to where your thumbs are level with your heart chakra.

Next step Blessing:
Ask the (Creator, spirit guides, angel helpers, light beings, ascended masters) your choice, to bless and assist you in this light meditation. Place your hands on your knees, palms facing up.

Visualization:
Breathe normally. Concentrate on your breathing. As you breathe in, visualize a bright light coming from above you and entering the top of your head through your crown chakra, and traveling down through your body to your heart chakra.   

As you hold your breath for a brief moment (count to 2) 
Visualize this light accumulating and becoming brighter at your heart chakra.

As you breathe out, visualize the light pouring from your heart chakra though your entire body and exiting from every pore in your body. Repeat this about 5 minutes. Then place your hands again in the Gassho position. Continue the breathing visualization unchanged except for the exhale. Now, as you breathe out visualize the light from your heart chakra speeding through your arms and exiting out of your palm chakras.  As the intensity builds, visualize this light forming a ball between your hands. Continue this for 5 to 10 minutes.

After completing this, give thanks to the (Creator, spirit guides, angel helpers, light beings, ascended masters) your choice, for having blessed you with Reiki and assisting you in this light meditation.

[Naropa]

I actually like and find this helpful.  I found some illustrations and pic to help me on the web at one point.

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Reiki meditation

In addition, here is a great Reiki meditation to help you increase your connection to the source of the energy:
 
First, you need to create the proper setting. Find a calm quiet spot, turn on some soft mood music, perhaps light a few candles and or incense. Wear loose fitting comfortable clothing, and no shoes or socks.

Get comfortable!  Sit, either on the floor on your knees sitting back on your heels, or with your legs crossed, or if you are more comfortable in a chair, then sit up straight, knees together feet flat on floor.

Next step cleansing: (this is commonly called dry bathing)
Take several deep breaths and exhale fully.

Then breathe normally. Open your hands, fingers extended and joined together. Place your right hand on your left shoulder palm facing your body. Slowly move your hand on a diagonal to your right hip. Be sure to brush across your body with the palm of your hand. Repeat this process with the other hand starting at your right shoulder and brushing to your left hip. Repeat this action three times for each side. 

Next place your right hand on your left shoulder, palm facing your arm.

Brush down your left arm. At the finger tips make a flicking motion, as if you were flinging water off your hand. Repeat this action with your left hand brushing your right arm. Complete this action three times for each arm.

Now, again take three deep breaths, fully exhaling. Place your hands in the Gassho position (Hands open fingers extended and joined palms together should
be raised to where your thumbs are level with your heart chakra.

Next step Blessing:
Ask the (Creator, spirit guides, angel helpers, light beings, ascended masters) your choice, to bless and assist you in this light meditation. Place your hands on your knees, palms facing up.

Visualization:
Breathe normally. Concentrate on your breathing. As you breathe in, visualize a bright light coming from above you and entering the top of your head through your crown chakra, and traveling down through your body to your heart chakra.   

As you hold your breath for a brief moment (count to 2) 
Visualize this light accumulating and becoming brighter at your heart chakra.

As you breathe out, visualize the light pouring from your heart chakra though your entire body and exiting from every pore in your body. Repeat this about 5 minutes. Then place your hands again in the Gassho position. Continue the breathing visualization unchanged except for the exhale. Now, as you breathe out visualize the light from your heart chakra speeding through your arms and exiting out of your palm chakras.  As the intensity builds, visualize this light forming a ball between your hands. Continue this for 5 to 10 minutes.

After completing this, give thanks to the (Creator, spirit guides, angel helpers, light beings, ascended masters) your choice, for having blessed you with Reiki and assisting you in this light meditation.

[Naropa]

 

I just realized my Reiki Teachers always taught my to self treat every day to improve flow.

Naropa

[InF.Ariana]

Dear Nitya
A very nice post, really useful.
I'll keep it all in mind
Thanks a lot

[Che Guebuddha]

Thank you for starting this thread!

This is exactly where I feel Reiki not being complete as a DISCIPLINE! Or should I say the Western Reiki is incomplete in my opinion since in Japan they do practice the Usui style.

We should try and understand that according to Usui's teaching one is to meditate on Reiki every day (Hatsurei-ho), one is to live Reiki and not just take it for granted as some on the West will do like "here you attuned" "here me attuned lets heal" ... without going through one owns awakening (which can take some time). There is more emphasis on me as a student healing others (especially the fancy distant healing method) than healing my self to awaken my own Spirituality Higher Self.

Reiki comes from within. Some might say but the Cosmos is out there all around us, and I say no it is not, it is right (all) inside of us 
We are the cosmos where we Reikis should start focusing on especially in the beginning as a student, and not seeking Reiki "out there" coming in me and then me trying to get the proof of a feeling in my palms, physical vibrations, etc ...

Reiki is a complete discipline if we are ready to get into our manuals Usui Sensei's techniques such as Hatsurei-ho which is there to enhance the Reiki channel and our Spiritual growth. It is to be practised every day and that is called dedication. The more you give the more you get back.
West would like to get (instead of dedicating work) miracles which happen overnight    one can not blame us for our culture/society did teach us Ego based approach to life in general 

I feel it is time to complete/get together Usui Reiki teachings and techniques, deepen our Western contacts with our fellow Reikis from Japan and establish for all times the actual Usui Reiki discipline including the VERY IMPORTNAT part as Hatsurei-ho.

Students ask you what they should do to enhance their Reiki  well tell them to use what Usui already thought us to do (dear Takata missed that part because of politics after the second world war not because it is meant not to be used). Let them practice Hatsurei-ho and be there with them and give them often Reiju.

There is nothing bad in doing Yoga instead or some other sort of meditation but why oh why can we not have a complete Usui Reiki which already exist, so I as a student don't feel that there is something missing in our Reiki discipline.

Please Masters, try and start teaching Hatsurei-ho to your students as a VERY important technique of Usui Reiki, we will all benefit from it and it will strengthen the integrity of our Reiki discipline in other peoples eyes 

I believe Madam Takata would have continued to teach Hatsurei-ho and other Usui techniques if people on Hawaii were more friendly towards "Buddhist Meditation" after the 2nd WW don't you think? 

Some good Hatsurei-ho links;
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5239118678233917873

http://www.threshold.ca/reiki/sample/Okuden/Hatsurei_ho.html


Thanks for reading.

Love and Light to All, Rose Quartz 

[joegeorge]

i got something about reiji-ho position
maybe someone will find this interesting

http://www.spiritualone.com/Online/Jun09/JunNL09.htm#R

[Levie]

in my humbal opinion. J S is right on.  to mutch verbage not enough BEING REIKI.  IS it not relitive to our relationship, understanding, with our creator,divinity.God.-- levi