# 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. Page: Feed: --- ## [Getting It Right](https://brunius.substack.com/p/getting-it-right) _2026-08-14 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ Some people leave Reiki for years. ## [Before You Understand It](https://brunius.substack.com/p/before-you-understand-it) _2026-07-31 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ People often speak about finding Reiki. ## [Stories Carry the Teaching](https://brunius.substack.com/p/stories-carry-the-teaching) _2026-07-14 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ Every day we wake up to another crisis. ## [Stay](https://brunius.substack.com/p/stay) _2026-06-29 · Brian Brunius_ The work is not dramatic. ## [Why Repetition Matters More Than Insight](https://brunius.substack.com/p/why-repetition-matters-more-than) _2026-06-19 · Brian Brunius_ Over the years, I’ve met many practitioners who could describe a powerful experience that changed their understanding of Reiki. ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/a1o3W382jSQF) _2026-06-19 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [Training Is Relational](https://brunius.substack.com/p/training-is-relational) _2026-06-16 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ “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 · Brian Brunius_ 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 · Brian Brunius_ One of the strange things about Mount Kurama is that almost nothing on the mountain mentions Reiki. ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ksZCJsxNjj4a) _2026-05-09 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Returning Through the Palms](https://brunius.substack.com/p/returning-through-the-palms) _2026-05-05 · Brian Brunius_ There are days when the mind refuses to cooperate.