When the Whole World Needs Reiki

Every day we wake up to another crisis.

War. Political division. Environmental concerns. Social unrest. Communities pulling apart. Families divided. A constant stream of news that leaves many people feeling anxious, discouraged, and powerless.

As Reiki practitioners, we often ask ourselves a simple question:

What can I do?

Many of us already send Reiki to people in need. We send Reiki to loved ones, to difficult situations, and sometimes to places in the world experiencing suffering.

But several years ago, Reiki Master Marta Getty asked a different question.

What if there were a simple daily practice that helped Reiki practitioners around the world come together in a shared intention for healing and reconciliation?

Her answer became known as the Blue Earth Project.

Using a small blue marble to represent Planet Earth, practitioners hold the Earth in their hands while offering Reiki with a simple intention:

“I direct this energy of Reiki to heal and reconcile Planet Earth and all its inhabitants.”

At first glance, it may seem like a simple practice.

But as I have been studying Marta Getty’s work over the past several weeks, I have begun to see that it is about much more than sending Reiki to the Earth.

It is about relationship.

Marta spent much of her life exploring healing in relationships, first through her work with Healing Your Family Tree with Reiki, and later through the Blue Earth Project. Again and again, the same themes appear in her writings and interviews: connection, communion, our shared humanity, and the understanding that healing is not only personal but also relational.

One sentence from an interview with Marta has stayed with me:

“I want this time of communion, and I have a deep need for this sense of connection.”

Perhaps that is exactly what many of us are longing for today.

Not simply another meditation.

Not another technique.

But connection.

Connection with ourselves.

Connection with one another.

Connection with the Earth we all share.

One of the things that most excites me about this project is that it is not limited to one Reiki organization or lineage.

Students from many different Reiki traditions can sit together, hold the same symbol of the Earth, and offer Reiki with the same intention. We do not have to agree about everything in order to practice together. In a time when so much seems to pull people apart, perhaps simply practicing together is itself an act of reconciliation.

On Monday, July 20, NYC Reiki Center will host an introductory Zoom gathering with Chiara Corte and Raymond Brockotter, who continue the Blue Earth Project following Marta Getty’s passing.

Together we will explore the origins of the practice, its meaning, and how our student community can begin participating in this simple but profound work.

I hope you will join us.

Perhaps none of us can heal the entire world.

But together, we can choose not to let separation have the final word.

If you feel called to bring your Reiki practice into service to the wider world, we invite you to join us.

Monday, July 20 | 6:00 PM Eastern Time

REGISTER HERE