# Brian Brunius — RSS Amplifier Everything Brian Brunius publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [Getting It Right](https://brunius.substack.com/p/getting-it-right) _2026-08-14 · Living with Reiki_ After practicing Reiki for more than thirty years, I’ve heard thousands of students worry about whether they are doing something correctly. ## [Welcome Home](https://brunius.substack.com/p/welcome-home) _2026-08-06 · Living with Reiki_ Some people leave Reiki for years. ## [Before You Understand It](https://brunius.substack.com/p/before-you-understand-it) _2026-07-31 · Living with Reiki_ One of the things I’ve come to appreciate over the years is that skeptical students often ask the best questions. ## [Nothing Needed to Happen](https://brunius.substack.com/p/nothing-needed-to-happen) _2026-07-22 · Living with Reiki_ One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is how difficult it can be for people to stop doing. ## [Learning to Receive](https://brunius.substack.com/p/learning-to-receive) _2026-07-20 · Living with Reiki_ Over the years, I’ve noticed that many people come to Reiki because they are tired. ## [When Reiki Finds You](https://brunius.substack.com/p/when-reiki-finds-you) _2026-07-16 · Living with Reiki_ People often speak about finding Reiki. ## [Stories Carry the Teaching](https://brunius.substack.com/p/stories-carry-the-teaching) _2026-07-14 · Living with Reiki_ One of the most remarkable things about teaching Reiki for many years is discovering how much students remember. ## [When the Whole World Needs Reiki](https://brunius.substack.com/p/when-the-whole-world-needs-reiki) _2026-06-29 · Living with Reiki_ Every day we wake up to another crisis. ## [Stay](https://brunius.substack.com/p/stay) _2026-06-29 · Living with Reiki_ The work is not dramatic. ## [Why Repetition Matters More Than Insight](https://brunius.substack.com/p/why-repetition-matters-more-than) _2026-06-19 · Living with Reiki_ Over the years, I’ve met many practitioners who could describe a powerful experience that changed their understanding of Reiki. ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3rQ8qAjoeEXI) _2026-06-19 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [Training Is Relational](https://brunius.substack.com/p/training-is-relational) _2026-06-16 · Living with Reiki_ Over the years, I’ve noticed that students often reveal the most about themselves when they are corrected. ## [Refinement Is Behavioral](https://brunius.substack.com/p/refinement-is-behavioral) _2026-06-11 · Living with Reiki_ Over the years, I’ve become less interested in how much a Reiki practitioner knows and more interested in what years of practice have actually done to them. ## [Living Inside the Precepts](https://brunius.substack.com/p/living-inside-the-precepts) _2026-06-08 · Living with Reiki_ The Precepts are not admired. ## [What Usui Meant by Cultivating Kokoro](https://brunius.substack.com/p/what-usui-meant-by-cultivating-kokoro-cf4) _2026-06-03 · Living with Reiki_ Kokoro is often translated as “heart” or “mind.” ## [Reiki Was Never Only in the Hands](https://brunius.substack.com/p/reiki-was-never-only-in-the-hands) _2026-05-26 · Living with Reiki_ Ever since working with Yachi Gault to translate the Usui Reiki Ryoho Hikkei (Usui’s handbook for his Reiki students) into English, I’ve had the strange experience of repeatedly stumbling across passages that challenge assumptions many of us inherited about Reiki practice. ## [What Ten Years of Practice Actually Changes](https://brunius.substack.com/p/what-ten-years-of-practice-actually) _2026-05-19 · Living with Reiki_ People often assume that ten years of Reiki practice will make them more sensitive. ## [“Just for Today” Is Not Self-Soothing](https://brunius.substack.com/p/just-for-today-is-not-self-soothing) _2026-05-15 · Living with Reiki_ “Just for today” is often interpreted gently. ## [Why Usui Rejected Secrecy in Reiki](https://brunius.substack.com/p/why-usui-rejected-secrecy-in-reiki) _2026-05-13 · Living with Reiki_ The Founder’s Own Words, Finally Available ## [Mount Kurama Changes People Slowly](https://brunius.substack.com/p/mount-kurama-changes-people-slowly) _2026-05-09 · Living with Reiki_ One of the strange things about Mount Kurama is that almost nothing on the mountain mentions Reiki. ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SqSu7IW6uThY) _2026-05-09 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [Returning Through the Palms](https://brunius.substack.com/p/returning-through-the-palms) _2026-05-05 · Living with Reiki_ There are days when the mind refuses to cooperate.