Distance Reiki is no more ridiculous then the idea of you reading this post right now – probably via wireless internet.  Reiki sent through the aether can be as, if not more, effective than Reiki done face to face.  It affects many levels of healing and often works at the root cause of illness or trauma creating more dramatic long term shifts and changes.  Taking the leap to learning Reiki level 2 is obviously the best way to experiment and see for yourself, but asking someone else to send you distance healing can also be an interesting way to experience a deeper level of healing.  It can often be very subtle.  Unlike hands on healing where it is common to feel sensations of heat or tingling, distance healing often produces very subtle sensations such as calmness, vibrations, increased peace and often more vivid dreams or sudden awarenesses.

We recommend distance healing for deep seated problems or issues, emotional trauma and stuck beliefs that you want to shift.  At the Reiki Centre we provide a package of three daily distance healing sessions (lasting 15 minutes each session) for $120.

Please contact us if you would like to book a series of sessions.

Reiki compliments, it doesn’t replace, medical practice.  Of course over my years working with Reiki I have found I need less and less visits to the Doctor and I believe this is due to the fact that Reiki works as an amazing balancing factor in the body.  In being balanced, the body is much clearer in its signals, and I am much more aware of what my body needs – so it breaks down less and less.

Why do we get sick?  Every specialist will have their own theory on this.  If you talk to a nutritionist, they will tell you your diet is lacking some nutrient; if you chat to a chiropractor, they will tell you your spinal alignment is creating issues; your energy healer will tell you your Chakra’s are blocked; your Feng Shui Master will tell you the health quadrant in your home needs fixing; your doctor will give you the reason why biochemically things are malfunctioning….etc etc.  Each one of them may be partially or fully correct, so how do you know what to do?

If you rely on outside ‘experts’ then of course you will be running around in circles.  How can any outside expert know your body better than you?  The sad fact is that most of us actually think this insane belief to be true – so we rush out and consult with all manner of ‘experts’ trying to find the reason for our illness, and trying to weigh up what to do – without ever consulting the real expert: ourselves.  For many of us, it is with good reason – we have no clue how to consult with our inner wisdom!  We are so out of balance, so external focused, so out of touch with our own bodies, that we have no idea what is going on inside – we live in our bodies but we have never ever been within, we spend every second of every day in our bodies, yet we don’t know what the heck is going on…insane!

Get in touch with yourself, your body, your pulse again and all the doubts, the indecision, and the fear will disappear.  Get to know yourself, and you will know what to do – which medicine to take, when to get a second opinion, when to go to the Doctor,  when to go to the Nutritionist, and when to simply go to bed with a good book.  It becomes easy, fearless, honest.  It doesn’t mean you never go to the Doctor again.  Thinking you don’t need a Doctor is as insane as thinking you need a Doctor.  Doctors, Nutritionists, Chiropractors, Energy healers…we are all tools to help you to heal, to help you to cure.  Use us, of course, but keep your inner power, your inner knowledge and never give that away to some outside ‘expert’.  Provide your own counsel, but make sure you know yourself first or your inner counsel will be flawed, filled with fear and erroneous beliefs (like: I don’t need a Doctor!  I don’t need surgery!  I can heal myself!).  Yes, sometimes you can, and sometimes you can’t.  Make sure you have the wisdom to tell the difference.

This wisdom comes with balance, and balance comes from inner awareness.  Reiki is one of many pathways to inner awareness – in my search for balance, I have found it the easiest.  It requires little effort, exercise, or change in lifestyle.  It works for anyone over time, and I have found it such an easy self-help tool that for me, it has become my foundational tool.

When I do my Reiki self-treatments I find myself becoming calmer, more at peace and as the stress melts away, I become clearer.  with clarity comes all kinds of information, wisdom and inner knowledge.  Its sometimes as simple as getting still, and listening.  In this age of constant noise, getting still is quite a challenge, and that is why therapies like Reiki become so important.  Reiki cannot cure you of anything, only you can do that.  But Reiki can provide the quiet for you to be able to listen to yourself, and make the right decisions for your own health.  And yes, that may be as simple as – do your Reiki – and your body will do the rest.

A delightful time to decompress, heal and experience Reiki in your own hands.  This session is open to Reiki practitioners and complete beginners.

Elaine will give a very brief introduction to Reiki for those new to the healing therapy and then offer a Heart attunement to anyone wanting to experience the Reiki flowing through their own hands.

There will follow a meditation and group Reiki healing.  This involves placing your hands on yourself whilst being guided by Elaine to relax and rejuvenate.  A group healing involves creating a healing circle and amplifies energy providing an ideal environment for a strong sensation of Reiki to be felt as well as a lovely healing experience for all.

$10 by donation.

All are welcome, no prerequisites, but booking is recommended.
To reserve your space please Contact Us.

Reiki is a Japanese word that means ‘Universal Life Force’ or ‘Universal Energy’, it flows naturally through everything and is the force, or energy, that holds our Universe together.  This energy is what I refer to as ‘energy at its purest’ and as a result nothing needs to be added or worked on for us to utilize it directly.  It’s the end product used by our cells to do its repair, work, or growth.

When we are full of energy, we flow and move with life, its like watching children – they are in flow with Universal energy and as a result they have an abundance of it.  Children can play non-stop for hours.  They have a flow of energy that comes naturally to all of us when we are young, but over time we begin to get a bit ‘crusty’, we build blocks and resistance in the body – some of this may be physical such as posture or structural issues – some of this will be mental, such as beliefs and fears which develop as we grow older – some will be emotional, such as unreleased anger, sadness or trauma.

Over time we begin to block and resist this flow of energy and rely more and more on calories.  Over generations, even these calories and nutrients are becoming more toxic, and our ability to really use the food we eat as viable life force energy is lessening.  So through our own resistance, and through the environment, we have less and less access to life force.  I hope at some intuitive level you understand, because of course from a purely scientific explanation, this is stretching the bounds for sure.  But in my experience, people know they are experiencing some form of loss as the years go on – it may be a loss of vitality, spirit, joy, whatever you might name it.

Reiki is this source that you have lost, it is the life force that flows through everything and is available to everyone.  But for most of us, we have lost the flow and we don’t know how to get it back.

In order to gain Reiki flowing from your hands, you need an attunement from a Reiki Master.  This may seem a strange condition and immediately throws Reiki into the ‘too weird’ pile, but it is a very reasonable condition.  Actually you can self attune yourself and allow your hands to channel Universal or Reiki energy.  All you need to do is resonate with reiki energy at the frequency needed, and you will tune in.  But realistically, do you believe you can do this?  Coming to a Reiki workshop takes the guess work out of reaching that energy frequency.  A Reiki Master, or teacher, has been taught how to effortlessly raise her or his frequency to the Reiki energy and through resonance you will automatically begin to tune in, simply by being in the presence of another at that level – this is because you already have Reiki energy throughout your own being, it’s a recognition of something you already have, and in that recognition the body understands how to receive more, and the flow begins.

So an attunement is really just an aid for you, it’s helping you to find the right frequency, like tuning into a radio station, its a lot easier if you have the correct frequency address and you can go directly to the station, rather than having to run up and down the entire range of stations looking for the right one – and with Reiki, would you even recognize it if you found it yourself?

Once you have found the frequency, Reiki will begin to flow automatically from your hands and you can begin to fill up.  Its like a pump of universal energy, how cool is that!  The pump is on 24/7 and will flow automatically from your hands whenever you place them on yourself, or others.

Its important to remember that it is not a belief system or religion, there is no spiritual aspect to Reiki that needs to be believed in order for it to work, it is simple mechanics – find the right frequency and bingo, it flows.

It’s an experience and I offer free talks and attunements to anyone who wants to find out more.  Imagine the possibility of rekindling your vitality, your joy and at the same time reducing your stress and building your immune system?  Isn’t this something worthwhile to explore?

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Master’s training is an enormous personal commitment, both in terms of the actual deepening of your knowledge of Reiki, but also as a pathway to personal growth.  Most people find Master’s training immensely rewarding but few complete the training without facing some challenges.  You need to be prepared to be open minded, committed, and willing to spend the time required for your growth.  Reiki Master training is open to students who have done Reiki Level 2 with me at least four months prior.

The training is divided into four core modules comprising of workshops and homework assignments.  Students can take any number of courses and take their time to complete each level before moving on to the next, or the entire four modules can be taken in succession, which leads to a Master’s certificate.  ALL four modules need to be complete in order to receive your Master’s certificate.  Each Module may be paid for adhoc at $780 per Module, or as a total package at $2,800.

Next intake 2012:

Module 1:  March 24-25th
Module 2:  May 19-20th
Module 3:  July 28-29th (dates TBC)
Module 4:  Sept 129-30th (dates TBC)

Aims

This training is specifically designed to help you be a competent Reiki Master and is focused on Reiki knowledge, deep personal understanding, presentation skills, and marketing skills as outlined below:

1. Reiki knowledge – each module covers different topics normally covered in a Reiki 1 and 2 class and are designed to encourage you to research and formulate your teaching material.

2. Personal understanding – I expect you to find your own ‘Reiki’ point of view and will often push, prod and ask difficult questions.  Your understanding or philosophy on Reiki does not have to be the same as mine, but it needs to be plausible, coherent and clear.

3. Presentation skills – meeting in a group allows you to hone your presentation skills and get used to presenting the material standing up and to an audience.  A good presentation presence is critical in attracting your audience.

4. Marketing skills – once you complete your training you will be independent and will need to develop your marketing materials and strategy.  Much of developing as a Master is trial and error, but certain key tips will hopefully shortcut the process for you.

The Modules

Each module focuses on a different area of Master training, summarized below.

1.     Module 1: Personal Growth, this module focuses on the Master’s symbol and the heart attunement and is a two day workshop.   The Master’s symbol is also known as the symbol for transformation and is a very powerful tool for personal growth.  As well as preparing you for the rest of the training, this module works on raising your energy vibration, understanding your own power through developing your intuition, as well as becoming familiar with the attunement process and how to best utilize the Master’s symbol.  This is an ideal stand-alone module for those wishing to advance their Reiki learning but who are not planning to teach Reiki at this point.  Upon completion, students will be given a Reiki Level 3 certificate which signifies their ability to give a Heart attunement.

2.     Module 2: Reiki Level 1. This module focuses on the Level 1 class and how to teach it.  This is a two day workshop and teaches the final level 1 attunements.  We also explore more deeply the Chakras and holistic healing viewpoints.  Homework includes presentation skills and you are encouraged to begin teaching friends and family to get experience and feedback.

3.     Module 3: Reiki Level 2. This module focuses on the Level 2 class and how to teach it.  This is a two day workshop and teaches the level 2 attunement.  We also explore more deeply the many tools and how to teach the symbols effectively.  After this module you are encouraged to begin teaching friends and family to get experience and feedback.

4.     Module 4: Building your practice. This module completes your training with the final Master’s initiation ceremony and also focuses on building a Reiki practice as well as higher level techniques to develop your energy and raise your vibration.  To be effective as a teacher you must be able to attract students and this takes both business acumen and personal attraction.  This is a two day workshop primarily designed to stretch you both energetically and creatively.

Homework

Each module has homework attached and moving forwards to the next module is on condition that the homework has been completed.  There is minimum time of 2 months between each module.  In order to complete the required homework, you need to be committed to spending at least 2-3 hours per week on your training in between workshops.  Homework will include a mixture of research, preparing talks, treating and attuning others and personal growth journaling and self-healing.

As part of the training (and not included in the workshop fee) you need to complete a minimum one day Byron Katie training either with myself or any other Byron Katie teacher.  You are also encouraged to meet with your fellow students in between Modules to exchange attunements and support one another during your journey.

Any student from a different Reiki teacher is welcome to contact Elaine if they would like to be considered for this training.  Please email contact us

Jillaine’s Apple

Great result after one week – you can clearly see the Reiki apple has resisted the mold growth!

With Reiki

Without Reiki

Mel B
Halle Berry
Kate Bosworth
Sandra Bullock
Ellen DeGeneres
Gaynor Faye
Michael Flatley
Sadie Frost
Macy Gray
Goldie Hawn
Kate Hudson
Helen Hunt
Angelina Jolie
Nicole Kidman
Gwyneth Paltrow
Joely Richardson
Sharon Stone
Uma Thurman
Naomi Watts
Amy Winehouse

Main sources:
OK Magazine
The Herald
Now Magazine
Lighthouse Trails

The Reiki Centre Survey data allows us to draw some interesting conclusions about Reiki.  First it seems that the more Reiki we do, the better the results we notice.  In general, people who have been using Reiki for over seven years are three times more likely to notice significant benefits than those using Reiki for less than one year.  This makes us conclude that Reiki is cumulative, and improvements are step by step.  A useful finding in itself as it urges us to keep practicing and allow the body to rebalance in its own time

Having said that, one significant anomaly is that even very new Reiki practitioners who only practice Reiki now and again see improvements in what I call the ‘peace pathways’. The Reiki Centre Survey found that respondents noticed improvements very similar to those of meditation. Nearly 70% of respondents reported a reduction in their levels of anxiety, worry and stress in less than one year. Correspondingly, over the same period, over 70% of respondents noticed an increase in their levels of self-love, peace and contentment, with this figure rising to over 85% of respondents over a longer period of time.  Since the Survey only captured data in yearly blocks, the improvements could have been noticed within weeks or months, certainly the qualitative responses indicate respondents saw changes soon after beginning self-Reiki, and this would mirror my own experience and the experience of many of my students.

“I am more self confident and have a higher self esteem. I am happier and more content with life. I deal better with life’s ups and downs.” Rita

“If I am very stressed or have insomnia because of worries and I practice Reiki and then I get relaxed and peaceful” Barbara

“The most significant improvement is definitely that I am more calm and relaxed.” Jay

Meditation, for years, has been known in the East to be extremely health giving, calming and beneficial. Most Reiki practitioners attest to the similarities between Reiki and meditation, especially when it comes to the results they feel.  As the art of meditation spreads to the West, research is confirming its qualities. Dr Andrew Newberg has run several experiments on expert meditators to find that there is a difference in the way their brain’s function compared with non-meditators. Specifically, there is a decrease in activity in the logical (left) brain, resulting in less brain chatter. Over time, when meditators are not meditating they show increased alertness, consciousness and empathy with others. In Dr Newberg’s recent research involving non-meditators who were given a chant to practice for eight weeks, results similar to those among the expert meditators were shown.  These results show that anyone can learn to lessen the hold of their busy brains in a very short period of time and with little effort.

Reiki can provide an access point which allows us to experience inner peace by encouraging the meditative effects as described by Dr Newberg and others.  Reiki seems to follow very similar pathways to meditation by lighting up the intuitive (right) side of our brain that resonates with connection, empathy, oneness and wholeness therefore increasing our feelings of contentment, peace and happiness. Like meditation, it also can occur in a very short period of time.  The way I look at it, when we allow the body to balance, we experience our natural state of being.  This is not something that needs to be ‘worked at’ as it simply ‘is’.  Like flicking a switch, we have direct access to inner peace as soon as we decide to look for it.

By Elaine Grundy

Following up on my February 2010 Reiki Digest article, I am delighted to announce the Reiki Centre Survey is finally published! For those of you who heeded the call and joined the 546 other respondents who completed the survey, a heartfelt thanks. The results may not be particularly surprising to anyone who has practiced Reiki for a while, but as a Reiki veteran myself, I was still stunned and humbled by most incredible results which poured in from you all.

87% of people noticed more peace after Reiki
80% noticed more happiness
80% experienced less stress
75% were less anxious or worried
73% were less angry

One of the key findings was that Reiki seems much more consistent in its benefits across the emotional/mental aspects of our well being (such as peace, happiness, less stress, less anger, less anxiety), and less robust in terms of physical or lifestyle changes. This is significant as it also points to a flaw in our current way of measuring Reiki’s effectiveness. As far as I am aware, most of the clinical studies look at Reiki’s effectiveness in the disease or pain management area. In the survey the results for these measures were correlated with the amount of Reiki applied, and were really only significantly successful if the respondents were doing Reiki on themselves on a daily basis. To illustrate this:

Physical Symptoms and Self-Reiki usage per week

Back pain problems:
Of those who practiced Reiki less than one hour, 43% noticed improvement
Of those who practiced over seven hours, 73% noticed improvement.

Headaches/migraines
Of those who practiced Reiki less than one hour, 52% noticed improvement.
Of those who practiced over seven hours, 76% noticed improvement.

Colds/flu
Of those who practiced Reiki less than one hour, 58% noticed improvement.
Of those who practiced over seven hours, 80% noticed improvement.

This brings me on to the second key finding; Reiki is cumulative, i.e. the more you do it, the better the results. Again this seems obvious, but how many of us get disillusioned if Reiki does not work within the first couple of tries, and how many of our clinical studies only look at Reiki’s efficacy over less than a dozen Reiki treatments? According to the survey results, those respondents doing self-Reiki every day, over many years, achieve the best results. In these cases, they achieve three times the benefits of someone doing Reiki for less than an hour a week. This was a very critical finding for me as I have always been a strong advocate of self-healing as opposed to relying on therapists, and this result confirms the importance of teaching someone how to do Reiki for themselves, rather than giving them Reiki treatment.

Overall the survey covers over 70 pages of results, case studies and further findings. I am currently gathering more data so that I can drill into the data more thoroughly, so if you haven’t already done the survey, please go to http://www.reikireport.com/ to add your experiences! There is also a more thorough summary on the website that you are free to disseminate and use.

Author and Reiki Master Elaine Grundy has been teaching Reiki internationally for over 15 years. She currently teaches at The Reiki Centre in Singapore.

posted by Beth Lowell

“Beating Stress From The Inside Out”

New Singapore survey findings shine light on ways to reduce stress

Singapore, 12^th January 2012: With Chinese New Year just around the corner, many families are underway with planning their celebrations to welcome in the Year of The Rabbit. Although enjoyable to many, arranging such events can be challenging and stressful for others. However, help is at hand.

A new Singapore based study of 550 respondents shows that stress can be reduced and happiness increased in some of the simplest of ways.  The detailed findings from the survey, conducted by Singapore based The Reiki Centre, have been published in the book ‘Reiki, Pure and Simple’ – written by Reiki Master Elaine Grundy.

According to the book, 80% of people experience less stress after learning and applying Reiki, a Japanese energy therapy.  87% notice more peace after applying Reiki on themselves and 80% are happier.  These results are significant in implying that simply using Reiki can have profound effects on peoples’ stress and happiness levels.

Reiki, which was first discovered in Japan in 1922, is a form of natural therapy that claims to balance a person’s energy and can be passed from one person to another through the hands.  No particular gift or talent is required to tap into this energy, which can be learnt in a weekend class.

Author Elaine Grundy commented “When I first discovered Reiki I was working in the high stress advertising industry in Hong Kong. After learning Reiki, what was extraordinary was that I noticed positive results while not changing anything about my lifestyle. Following just half an hour of Reiki in the evening, I felt more energetic and effective in the morning.  Having more energy in your body, can help you to rejuvenate, improve your immune system and feel a much deeper level of peace, as the survey shows.”

One of the key messages in the book is the important concept of looking to yourself for healing.  Instead of looking to the outside world and others for answers, Elaine suggests that it is critical to keep balanced inside.  The survey relates many case studies of people overcoming anger, anxiety and depression simply by applying Reiki.  According to Elaine, Reiki energy is used by the body to ‘reset’ itself.  “Many of us are stuck on a stress response and don’t even realize it.  By flicking the switch back to our normal growth response allows us to experience peace and a more healthy way of relating to our environment” explains Elaine, “there is no magic to this, children do it all the time, we’ve just forgotten how.”

With straightforward examples, case studies and data, Reiki, Pure and Simple, which is now on sale at Kinokuniya and other bookstores, offers advice and hope about easily and simply lowering stress and increasing  happiness.

The Reiki Centre Singapore offers regular weekend classes that are open to anyone to attend.

Fact Sheet – ‘Reiki, Pure and Simple’

About The Book:

• List Price: S$18.95
• Author: Elaine Grundy
• Publication Date: January 2011
• ISBN: 978-981-08-6587-0
• No. of pages: 130
• Format: Softcover
• Available from bookstores and www.reikicentre.com.sg

About the Author

Elaine Grundy has been teaching Reiki for over 15 years, started her training in Hong Kong and has since been teaching around the world in the UK, Portugal, USA, Malaysia and Singapore.  Elaine has trained hundreds of Reiki practitioners whilst keeping her feet firmly planted in the corporate world, having spent over ten years in advertising, market research, training and coaching.  For years she has balanced her corporate life with a deep respect and love of spiritual teachings.  Elaine, who was born in Hong Kong, is currently based in Singapore where she runs the Reiki Centre in the East Coast.  www.reikicentre.com.sg