The Reiki Centre Blog

True abundance is not something you grasp outside of yourself, it must begin with the knowledge that you already are what you seek. When...

The inward looking intention is the first step on the spiritual journey, using Reiki as a means for self-observation and mindfulness is the aim of our self-treatment.

I received an interesting question recently regarding the Usui Principles, asking what I thought about changing the sentences to more...

Elaine Hamilton, the founder of The Reiki Centre trained as a Reiki Master in 1996, at that time there was only one known lineage, and that came down via Hawayo Takata. Since that time there have been other lineages appearing from different teachers of both Chujiro Hayashi and Mikao Usui. Our lineage has the advantage of both of Elaine's teachers, Esther and John Veltheim, having done extensive training from several of Takata's teachers.

What if you can't feel any sensations when you do your Reiki self-treatment? I give a few tips as to how to deepen your connection with yourself, your Reiki treatment, and your inner awareness.

A deeper look at what meditation is, the coming into the present moment. Meditation is what is left when you are not thinking, and can...

Excerpt from Reiki - A Path to Freedom During the attunement process, the Reiki master is taught a ritual to follow. This ritual is...

Excerpt from Reiki - A Path to Freedom Take time to notice the qualities of your personal experiences with Reiki, and of the deep places...

We are blessed with Reiki in that there are no contraindications, no way to imbalance our clients, no diagnosis necessary or recommended. When we do Reiki for others our job is to be open, loving, and hold space for the Reiki to flow and for the client to receive as much as they want. In this respect Reiki is a very safe, balancing technique that we never have to worry about outcomes or whether or not we are doing the right thing. This changes if we begin to mix Reiki with

Teachers come into our lives at important moments to assist us in our growth and along our life path. But expecting them to be perfect...

For those of us who see Reiki as a sacred spiritual journey it is bamboozling, saddening, and slightly frustrating when you have...

“How much do I/you really believe in Reiki?” is a common question for students, Masters in training, clients, and our own family...

I was reading a review on Adyashanti recently where the critic was complaining Adya doesn’t really have a consistent methodology. ...

It can be tough when other people don’t approve of Reiki, or have a negative experience with a healing or teaching we have given them. It can create fear in us that we are doing something wrong, but often its actually an invitation to deepen our own relationship with Reiki. Use these incidents to look inwards, and become more resilient to the opinion of others.

Often when we are empathic and self-reflecting beings we are attracted to do a lot of inner work. We tend to take responsibility for our...

I received an interesting question via email recently, the person writing to me obviously had been doing quite a lot of self-development...

Working with Reiki for the past two decades has brought me immeasurable peace, joy, direction, guidance and love. The practice has...

We often think self-empowerment means ‘feeling good about ourselves’ and this pumped up egoic sense of self is not always particularly...

Its so important to take your own Reiki journey as your own – and not just blindly follow the tools and rules your Teacher gives you –...

Thinking Reiki is some kind of ‘magic’ pill that will solve our problems is a misunderstanding of Reiki is. It is inert, Universal energy – not a higher power! Solving your problems and finding peace and balance in your life is an inside job, and Reiki helps you do this through self-Reiki and coming into your own centre.