Getting It Right
After practicing Reiki for more than thirty years, I’ve heard thousands of students worry about whether they are doing something correctly.
Living with Reiki
Brian Brunius has practiced Reiki for decades. He writes about Reiki as a lived discipline shaped by time, attention, and ordinary life.
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Welcome Home
Some people leave Reiki for years.
Before You Understand It
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
One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is how difficult it can be for people to stop doing.
Learning to Receive
Over the years, I’ve noticed that many people come to Reiki because they are tired.
When Reiki Finds You
People often speak about finding Reiki.
Stories Carry the Teaching
One of the most remarkable things about teaching Reiki for many years is discovering how much students remember.
When the Whole World Needs Reiki
Every day we wake up to another crisis.
Stay
The work is not dramatic.
Why Repetition Matters More Than Insight
Over the years, I’ve met many practitioners who could describe a powerful experience that changed their understanding of Reiki.
Training Is Relational
Over the years, I’ve noticed that students often reveal the most about themselves when they are corrected.
Refinement Is Behavioral
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
The Precepts are not admired.
What Usui Meant by Cultivating Kokoro
Kokoro is often translated as “heart” or “mind.”
Reiki Was Never Only in the Hands
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
People often assume that ten years of Reiki practice will make them more sensitive.
“Just for Today” Is Not Self-Soothing
“Just for today” is often interpreted gently.
Why Usui Rejected Secrecy in Reiki
The Founder’s Own Words, Finally Available
Mount Kurama Changes People Slowly
One of the strange things about Mount Kurama is that almost nothing on the mountain mentions Reiki.
Returning Through the Palms
There are days when the mind refuses to cooperate.