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Honest, first-hand writing on traditional Japanese Usui Reiki — practice, attunement, distant healing, and the Five Precepts (47 articles)
Reiki Training in the Philippines: How to Choose a Course
Choosing Reiki training in the Philippines? Here are seven questions to ask before you book, how the levels are spaced, and what a Makati course involves.
Sep 24, 2026
Usui Reiki Level 1 (Shoden): What the Course Actually Covers in One Day
Usui Reiki Level 1 (Shoden) is one in-person day: one attunement, a self-practice routine, and the Five Precepts. Here is what it covers and leaves out.
Sep 16, 2026
What to Do When a Client Falls Asleep During Reiki
People fall asleep during Reiki often, and it is neither a problem nor proof that anything worked. Why it happens, and what to do.
Aug 18, 2026
Practising Reiki on Family: Why It Is Harder
Giving Reiki to family is harder than to a client, and the difficulty is structural: no appointment, consent muddied by obligation.
Aug 17, 2026
Keeping a Practice Journal: The Habit That Changed Me
I started a practice journal after giving a student a confident number I could not verify. The missed days proved most useful.
Aug 16, 2026
Reiki for a Room, Not a Person: What I Do Not Claim
I practise Reiki in spaces and say so plainly, but I will not tell a client the room has changed. On the word joka.
Aug 15, 2026
The 21 Days After an Attunement: What I Ask Students
Why I give new Reiki students an instruction rather than an explanation for their first three weeks, and why I refuse to call any of it purification.
Aug 14, 2026
When a Client Becomes Emotional: Handling Tears
Why the instinct to ask a crying Reiki client if they are all right is the one a practitioner most needs to unlearn, and what steady hands offer instead.
Aug 13, 2026
Your First Reiki Session, Step by Step
What actually happens in a first Reiki session — the consent question I ask first, why feeling nothing is normal, and the things I never promise.
Aug 12, 2026
Practising When You Are Depleted: Honest Self-Care
Why a depleted week does not disqualify you from Reiki, how to shrink the routine without losing it, and where the honest line sits for giving sessions.
Aug 11, 2026
Byosen: Sensing With the Hands, and Its Limits
What byosen and hibiki mean in traditional Japanese Reiki, why feeling nothing is normal, and the one boundary I teach.
Aug 10, 2026
The Questions I Ask Before Agreeing to Teach
A Japanese Reiki Shihan on the questions asked before accepting a student, and why 'not yet' is sometimes the kindest answer.
Aug 9, 2026
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