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Treating yourself with Reiki is very similar to treating someone else. The session will usually begin with meditation in order to prepare to focus the energy. You can use Joshin Kokyu Ho, or you can use Seishin Toitsu.
Next, you should use prayer or a statement of intention in order to focus your thoughts onto your task. You need to know your main intentions for the treatment before you begin. Whether you wish to heal a physical or spiritual element, you must prepare by focusing on your intent.
Hand positions are used in self-treatment just as they are when treating others. Generally, the front positions are used. It may be difficult to reach the back positions, the legs, or the feet when you are treating yourself.
As you begin, start by covering your eyes with your hands, with your fingers pointed upwards. Breathe deeply, and relax as much as possible. Move your hands up to the top of your head, with your fingers just touching each other in the center of the crown of your head. Next, move your hands to the back of your head, cradling your head in your hands. Move your hands around to the side of your face, cradling your cheeks with your fingers pointing upward. You can also add an additional position where you place your hands over your ears.
Now you should move down and cup your hands around your throat. Your wrists should be together, allowing your hands to wrap around your neck, with your fingers facing the back of your neck. Keep one hand on your neck, and move the other down to rest on your breastbone in the upper middle part of your chest. Then move both hands into position on each side of your chest, with your fingers pointing toward your throat.
Move your hands down to the upper abdomen just below the breasts. Place your hands across your upper abdomen, with the fingers pointing toward each other. Next, your hands should be placed on your lower abdomen in the same position, but this time below the navel. Finally, move your hands down to your lower area with the fingers in a V formation, not quite touching. This formation should come close to your groin area, but should not touch it.
If you wish, you can also place your hands in a V shape on your upper back, just below the neck. Then move down to place your hands on your lower back near your waist as you would if you had strained it and were trying to soothe it. Finally, move your hands down a bit further, resting on your lower back and pointing in a slight downward V.
Leg and foot positions may also be used. Just place your hands over your knees, around your ankles, and over the bottom of your feet. If you can’t reach both feet at once, you can hold one foot at a time.
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Meditation is extremely useful for Reiki, because it allows the mind to focus. The distractions of daily life can be very disruptive to the flow of Reiki energy, and meditation can be used to focus the flow, clear the mind, and open the channels of energy up in order to maximize the flow.
Some practitioners believe in the existence of spirit guides who can be called on for help. This is most common in Western Reiki. It is believed that everyone has spirit guides who watch over them and assist them throughout life.
Once you have been attuned to Reiki energy, you may wish to call on these guides to help you. You may even wish to pray to these guides if you don’t believe in another higher power.
Before you begin any type of meditation, you should make sure you don’t have any physical conditions that might preclude you from participating in that type of meditation. For example, if you have high blood pressure, breathing meditation might aggravate your condition before the Reiki energy has a chance to work to heal it.
Joshin Kokyu Ho is a Japanese form of meditation that is very useful for Reiki. The method is used to bring the breath down into the belly. This can help focus the mind, the spirit, and connect the body to the flow of energy.
Start by sitting or standing comfortably. Find the position that is most comfortable for you. Use the Gassho hand position by pressing your palms together in front of you, either in front of your chest, nose, or forehead, whichever makes you feel more comfortable.
Slowly move your hands to down to your thighs with your palms facing upward in order to receive the energy as you breathe in through your nose. Imagine energy entering your body through the seventh chakra, the crown, at the top of your head, traveling down through your chest and into your belly, the second chakra, known as the hara. You might visualize this energy as a strong white light moving through your body.
Imagine yourself holding this energy in your belly, then breathe out through your mouth. As you breathe out, imagine the energy escaping through every pore in your skin in millions of rays of white light.
Continue this meditation until you feel open and ready to begin your Reiki session. Once you feel you are ready to begin, end your meditation session with another Gassho, placing your palms together as if in prayer.
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