Reiki World Winter 2020

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REIKI RESEARCH GROUP Exciting new scientific projects!

We need you to take part in our ground-breaking research projects

Member Benefits Be part of the UKRF Community Distance Healing & QiKi Gong Part 3 of QiKi Gong energy work Gassho Breathing The science behind breath control

Animal Reiki Launch Coming Soon!

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CONTENTS

8 Meet our Area Reps

10 Animal Reiki course approval updates

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Meet our team - New team members

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UKRF member benefits & Reiki shares

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Meet our Area Reps - our nationwide network

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Animal Reiki updates - course approval updates

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UKRF Reiki Research Group - ground-breaking projects!

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The importance of Gassho breathing

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Visual Note Taking

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A UKRF member’s story of recovery

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Positive Outcomes

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UKRF info & merchandise

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Distance healing with QiKi Gong - Part 3

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The Distance Between

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Reiki sharing groups & approved courses

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Reiki World advertising and info leaflets

12 Reiki Research Group

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QiKi Gong - Part 3

23 UKRF Merchandise

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Dear Members, “I’ve learned how to be in the present.”

“How?” asked the boy “I find a quiet spot and shut my eyes and breathe.”

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse- Charlie Mackesy

Wendy

Self-love can be defined, as a way of living our life and appreciation for our self through actions that develop our emotional, spiritual, mental and physical wellbeing. 2020, has been a year in which we have needed to practise this more than ever.

Self-healing through Reiki allows us to nurture and heal ourselves on a daily basis.

Sometimes, in the busyness of life, we forget to self-heal on a regular basis. This winter, let us remind ourselves of the beauty of this wonderful healing practise.

vicechair@reikifed.co.uk

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There has been much to celebrate at the UKRF this year. Some of the highlights include our online conference, the growth and contribution of our area representatives, our presence on social media, the sessions with the Reiki lineage bearer, Johannes Reindl and the regular online Reiki shares.

Key Updates: The UKRF team of volunteers continue to strive towards making the organization the best that it can be and are currently refining our vision and values. Since the last publication of Reiki World, we have been busy working on the following:

IHC – Integrated Health Care Collaborative The Integrated Healthcare Collaborative continues to provide support and advice, connecting with Parliament on our behalf.

Our links with them have strengthened during this COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time,

new legislation has been created to finally acknowledge accredited complementary therapists as healthcare providers. This is, indeed, something to be celebrated!

COVID-19 The COVID-19 Guidelines continue to be updated on a regular basis. We are working closely with the IHC and CNHC to ensure that all information is correct. This is contributing to raising our professional profile within our industry.

Area Representatives Our Area Representatives continue play a vital role in supporting our members locally.

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Animal Reiki Sue Malcolm continues to work towards the launch of Animal Reiki Membership and course approval. See pages 10 and 11 for a further update.

Research We are moving away from collating existing research papers to be listed on our website to our own research projects utilising the UK Reiki Federation membership. For more information read the exciting article in this edition of the magazine on pages 12 and 13.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our members who have supported us during the turbulent times that we have all experienced this year. Without you, our members, the UKRF could not exist.

We do hope that you enjoy reading the range of articles that we have in this winter edition of Reiki World.

Wendy Hick and Anne-Marie Carratu Vice Chair and Chair chair@reikifed.co.uk vicechair@reikifed.co.uk

Would you like to join our network of Area Representatives?

The UKRF supports a network of Area Representatives who volunteer to act as the local contact for our members. We have lots of lovely volunteers but still have vacancies for some areas of the UK, including: Derbyshire, Dorset, Devon & Essex.

Please do contact our National Coordinator, Sarah Robinson if you are interested in representing any of these areas by emailing Sarah at nationalcoordinator@reikifed.co.uk.

Would you like to join our team?

Vacancy - National Coordinator We need someone to manage our network of Area Reps and to lead the way in attracting new Area Reps when needed.

Please do contact our Chair, Anne-Marie Carratu if you are would like more information at chair@reikifed.co.uk.

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MEET OUR TEAM

Meet our team...here are a few more of our lovely team members

Ann is a Professor of Physiology at the University of Arizona and Director of Mind-Body-Science. She is also a Reiki Master and has practiced Reiki on both people and animals for the past 20 years. Her degrees are BSc in Physics, University of Bristol, MSc in Radiation Physics and PhD in Physiology, University of London.

Ann focuses on reducing the damaging effects of stress using Biofeedback, Reiki and Trauma Release Exercises. Ann bridges the gap between energy healing and quantitative scientific enquiry.

Ann Baldwin - UKRF Research Group

I am an Associate Professor (Teaching and Learning) and the director of the Karuna Centre for Reiki Training. My first degree (BSc Hons) was in Psychology with International Relations and it was during my degree I found Reiki and undertook my dissertation on Reiki and Pain management. I have a number of teaching qualifications. a PgCert in Cardiovascular Rehab, and PhD in Education/Medical Education and I am a Fellow of the Society for Education and Training, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a National Teaching Fellow.

Reiki found me in 1998 after I was in a car crash and a friend offered me Reiki for the pain. I had no pain for 2 days and this took me on my Reiki journey. I took Reiki 1 in 1998, Reiki 2 in January 1999 and then undertook a 12 month programme to become a Reiki Master in 2000. I have been teaching Reiki since then and have worked with Reiki in the UK, China, Tibet, and North America.

Duncan Cross - UKRF Research Group Having worked with traditional Japanese Reiki since 2000, I feel privileged (if sometimes a bit overwhelmed) to be able to share my understanding and enthusiasm for Reiki, not only as a Master Teacher and Practitioner but also as a member of the management committee. I host the monthly online Reiki Share, I’m the Distance Healing Coordinator and am the Area Rep for Gloucestershire.

Alongside my Reiki practice, I’m also a Yoga teacher (I’m an advanced Yoga Teacher qualified by Yoga Alliance International), Meditation teacher (BSoM qualified) and Sound Therapist (Peter Hess Institute qualified).

I very much look forward to sharing my passion for Reiki with you all!

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UKRF Member Benefits As the largest professional Reiki organisation in the UK and Europe we are setting the highest standard for Reiki

Members’ benefits include: Regular e-magazine Reiki World containing interesting articles and updates, Access to website resources and support in our Members Only section, Access to monthly online Reiki Shares, Preferential rate for practitioner insurance, Members Only Facebook group for support from the UKRF community Access or be part of our National Network of Area Representatives, Discount on additional training on selected CPD courses

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Reiki Share - show compassion to yourself… and others If you haven’t already heard, on the first Monday of each month at 7pm there’s now an online Reiki share for members of the UK Reiki Federation. It’s a perfect opportunity for us to get together, meditate and share the beautiful healing Reiki energy.

It’s hosted by Jo Fellows, the Gloucestershire representative for the UK Reiki Federation, and if you’re interested in joining, you’ll find the link on our website and on the members only Facebook page.

Jo talks us through the practice as a self-treatment, with the option of sending the healing elsewhere, if you’d prefer. All you need to do is to relax, getting super comfy - maybe lying down with a blanket and eye pillow or seated if you prefer – set your intention and let the energy flow. Because the practice is online, Jo doesn’t play background music, but instead suggests that if you’ve a favourite sound track you play that yourself, to accompany the practice (don’t worry you’ll be muted so that the other participants won’t hear it!)

The share usually starts with cleansing our energy with dry bathing to clear the meridian lines across the body and down the arms, followed by the start up Reiki technique, Hatsurei Ho. We’re then guided through the self-treatment. After all, it’s important for us to make time to work on ourselves, if we don’t work on ourselves, how can we can be a clear a channel as possible to others we are working with.

As an analogy, think of a cup of tea. If I don’t have a cup of tea, how can I give others a cup of tea?

Reiki works in this same way.

Working together online with intention creates such a wonderful serene, peaceful energy state for us all to enjoy! === If you’d like more details, or have any suggestions for future Reiki shares, please do email Jo at: gloucestershire@reikifed.co.uk

Reiki Shares Online Every month via Zoom

Next sessions: Mondays 4th January, 1st February, 1st March 7pm - 45 minutes of Reiki healing Run by Jo Fellows, Reiki Master Teacher & UKRF Area Rep for Gloucestershire

A lovely opportunity to join with like-minded people to give and receive Reiki UKRF Members will be sent a link via email

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Nationwide UKRF Area Representatives

The UKRF supports a network of Area Representatives who volunteer to act as the local contact for our members. Our group of Area Reps provide great support to our members out there all over the UK and often run regular Reiki shares allowing more members to meet each other.

Meet our Area Representatives...

Norfolk & Suffolk

Hayley Pearson email: norfolk@reikifed.co.uk suffolk@reikifed.co.uk

Yorkshire East Ridings

County Down

Lorraine Scarth Sahm Venter email: email: yorkshireeastridings@reikifed.co.uk countydown@reikifed.co.uk

Gloucestershire

Birmingham

Jo Fellows email: gloucestershire@reikifed.co.uk

Archana Somaiya email: birmingham@reikifed.co.uk

West London & Berkshire Amit Sihra email: westlondon@reikifed.co.uk berkshire@reikifed.co.uk

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Buckinghamshire

Victoria Palmer email: buckinghamshire@reikifed.co.uk

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Julie Livesey

Greater Manchester West email: manchesterwest@reikifed.co.uk

Chester/Wrexham/ N Wales

Jenny Hindmarsh email: northwales@reikifed.co.uk

South Wales

Cath England email: southwales@reikifed.co.uk

Kent

Bilber Kaur email: kent@reikifed.co.uk

Fife/Clackmannanshire/ Falkirk & Stirling Nicola Hateley email: fife@reikifed.co.uk

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Wiltshire

Tyne & Wear

Jill Sudbury email: wiltshire@reikifed.co.uk

Denise Priest email: tyneandwear@reikifed.co.uk

South East London

Merseyside East

Hampshire

Ayre & Renfrew, Lanark, Glasgow & Dunbart

Oxfordshire

Erika Beale email: oxfordshire@reikifed.co.uk

Northumberland

Marie-Ange Jean Baptiste Julie Shawcross Mick McCarthy email: email: email: southeastlondon@reikifed.co.uk merseysideeast@reikifed.co.uk northumberland@reikifed.co.uk

Paula O’Connor email: hampshire@reikifed.co.uk

North Yorkshire

Fred Warrick email: northyorkshire@reikifed.co.uk

Sylvia Sneider email: ayreandrenfrew@reikifed.co.uk

Mid & South Wales

Lisa Thomas email: midsouthwales@reikifed.co.uk

Edinburgh

Sujarda Herring email: edinburgh@reikifed.co.uk

Sussex

Sarah Robinson email: sussex@reikifed.co.uk

Cumbria

Brenda Gawne email: cumbria@reikifed.co.uk

“I would like to thank the team of Area Reps that are doing a great job across the UK. If you would like to know more about becoming an Area Rep, please contact me on nationalcoordinator@reikifed.co.uk”

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Animal Reiki:

A summary from our september conference + latest news

by Sue Malcolm Here you’ll find many of the questions asked at our conference about UKRF Animal Reiki work and our forthcoming Animal Reiki Practitioner membership launch, with summarised answers. I am hoping that when you read this you will find application details on our website …if not they will be coming very soon.

What started your interest in Animal Reiki, Sue? Sitting up in bed one Sunday morning many years ago, I experienced what I could only describe as an epiphany. I discovered my life’s purpose: to help sick, abandoned and cruelly treated animals. Co-incidences followed that led me to hearing amazing accounts of Reiki helping animals. I booked Reiki training and was soon hooked.

How did this lead to you becoming the UK Reiki Federation Animal Reiki Coordinator?

Keen to learn more about Animal Reiki, and UKRF plans for Animal Reiki, I contacted UKRF on several occasions. The Chair at the time, Sylvia Clegg, rang me and asked “would you like to join our committee to drive the Animal Reiki agenda?

We need nominations for your election within two weeks”.

For some time you’ve been working on a project for UKRF to recognise Animal Reiki Practitioners, why is this important?

Lots of members work with animals, interest in Animal Reiki is growing and we regularly receive requests to recommend quality training courses.

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But most importantly, if Animal Reiki is going to become a mainstream accepted therapy it needs to have veterinary support, with scientific evidence & National Occupational Standards. I believe that our work will enable Animal Reiki to be seen as a profession in its own right.

Where is this project up to now?

We planned to launch Animal Reiki Practitioner membership at the end of October.

However, I have led this project not just for UKRF but for all nine Reiki Council organisations, and the publishing of the book Understanding Animals: A working guide for Reiki Practitioners has unfortunately created unexpected delay.

Animal Reiki Master and Teacher membership and Animal Reiki Practitioner course approval will follow, but in all cases, completion of the Animal Reiki Practitioner membership application is the first step.

What does the application entail?

There will be a few prerequisites e.g. you must be trained to level II in Reiki and Animal Reiki and your insurance needs to cover Reiki for animals and people.

An application form then needs to be completed

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to demonstrate applied knowledge in Reiki and Understanding Animals. This includes essential legislation and guidance, health and safety considerations, basic body language and offering Reiki to animals in different situations and emotional states.

What if understanding animals wasn’t included within the training of some Animal Reiki Practitioners?

I will be running Animal Reiki online events in the New Year to help everyone interested in Animal Reiki membership, whatever your stage in your journey. I’ll go through the application and understanding animals. Understanding Animals: A working guide for Reiki Practitioners describes you all you need to know and I will be running a separate event on this topic to support the publication.

In relation to understanding animals, what is your single most important piece of advice?

Let the animal lead … and always start by offering Reiki hands off/remotely or distantly unless the animal straight away pushes his/her body into your hands.

What about members who have offered Reiki to animals professionally for many years but have no formal training?

Such members may apply if the criteria are met and at least 100 hours of Animal Reiki sessions have been carried out. Experience and expertise will be clear from the completed application.

Sue, this all sounds very exciting but how does this leave the Reiki Practitioner who offers Reiki occasionally to a client’s animal or the cat next door but isn’t a trained Animal Reiki Practitioner?

They can carry on doing this but will find the Understanding Animals book helpful, unless the essential knowledge and actions within it are known.

What is the benefit of becoming an Animal Reiki member or having a recognised course?

Two key benefits are credibility and publicity on our website directory. UKRF is the largest UK Reiki organisation and we are regularly asked for details of Animal Reiki Practitioners and Teachers.

I suspect a few of our members may be wanting to apply at the NOS level next year...should they apply for this level now and progress or wait?

This will be considered as part 1 of the NOS application so applying now enables a listing on our website but its personal choice.

Look out for an email and details on our website…. and book early for the FREE zoom online events.

Best wishes,

Sue Malcolm Animal Reiki Coordinator

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Reiki Research at Full Steam We need you to take part in our exciting and ground-breaking research projects!

At the UK Reiki Federation Research Group, we have now moved on from mainly reviewing existing scientific publications and started to work on our own research projects. With the help of two new members, Ann Baldwin, Professor for Physiology at the University of Tucson, Arizona, and Duncan Cross, Professor for Education at the University of Bolton, we now have the resources and expertise to take this step. They are joining the existing team of Vicky McLelland, PhD, who has conducted many years of clinical research within the NHS, Anne-Marie Carratu, Chair of UK Reiki Federation, and myself as the Research Coordinator.

It is hard to contain my excitement about this big development! Using different methods, from online surveys and client feedback questionnaires to research in clinical settings and specialised laboratories, we are aiming to dynamically increase our scientific understanding of Reiki.

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This research will enable us to quantify and evaluate Reiki experiences and outcomes in a variety of ways. Of course, we will update all members regularly on the new insights.

To start with, we will focus on three amazing projects:

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A web-based survey focussing on Reiki teaching and learning to establish a better understanding of why people came to Reiki, how they experienced their training, and how this laid the foundation of their individual practice.

This will allow us to collect data to subsequently create guidelines and support for future Reiki teaching and get a thorough overview of current standards of Reiki training.

Work on the survey has started, and we aim to be able to send it out at the end of January or early February.

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A unique ethics form for Reiki research.

It will define the standards on which our research is based and be also made available to all members as a guide for their own research and practice. It can be used as a self-assessment form to make sure that professional scientific and ethical standards are met in all our practice.

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The creation of a standardised feedback form for Reiki treatments that can be used by Reiki Federation members to collect experiences from their clients. The data will allow us to evaluate the degree of symptom improvement experienced after Reiki treatments on a large scale. Of course, everything will be confidential, anonymised and follow GDPR guidelines.

Our aim is to make this one of the biggest surveys of Reiki experiences ever undertaken!

Reiki Practitioner members of the UK Reiki Fed can already register to take part - please send an email to research@reikifed.co.uk stating that you would like to be involved and you will be the first to be informed when the project is ready to launch in spring.

REIKI RESEARCH Over time, we will also move into clinical research for which a protocol is currently being developed.

All these projects are designed to raise the standards of Reiki training and make it more acceptable within mainstream medical healthcare.

But... none of these projects will work without you!!

Being the second biggest Reiki organisation in Europe, we aim to utilize this amazing asset and ask you all to join in the research. So, please make sure to participate in the online survey when we send it out in the new year.

And please check out the regularly updated information in the research section of our website - www.reikifed.co.uk - where you can also find out more about the members of the Research Group and find more information on already published scientific research in Reiki.

Torsten A. Lange UKRF Research Coordinator

Being the biggest Reiki organisation in Europe, we aim to utilize this amazing asset and ask you all to join in the research.

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The Importance of Gassho Breathing

by Ann Baldwin PhD - Professor of Physiology, University of Arizona, Director of Mind-Body-Science This is an excerpt (slightly modified) from Ann Baldwin’s new book, Reiki in Clinical Practice. A Science-Based Guide, Chapter 4, Optimizing the Use of Reiki with your Patients.

Published by Handspring Publishing, UK, February 2020. ISBN13: 978-1-912085-36-1. https://www.handspringpublishing.com/product/ using-reiki-in-clinical-practice/

Practitioner: Regulation of Breathing Mikao Usui taught breath control to his Reiki students in the form of the “Gassho” breath, where the term “Gassho”, as used in Usui Reiki Ryoho, means “palms placed together in front of the chest” or “prayer position”, and is often thought of as bringing unity to the body. See steps below.

The Gassho Breathing Technique is very simple: •

Sit either on the floor or upright in a chair in a relaxed position with your hands in prayer position.

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Concentrate on breathing in and out slowly through your nose.

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With each in breath, imagine that Reiki energy is entering your crown and filling your entire body.

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With each out breath visualize that you are exhaling Reiki from every pore in your body and off out into infinity.

Practising the Gassho Breathing Technique before giving a Reiki session brings with it many benefits: • • • • •

Makes one relaxed and calm but alert Makes one think clearly Improves one’s memory Helps one see things in perspective Is healthy for the heart

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It is fascinating that Mikao Usui realized a century ago before the advent of physiological monitoring technology, that this type of breathing has such farreaching physical, mental and emotional benefits. In addition, he understood that practicing the Gassho Technique prior to giving a Reiki session would bring stillness to the practitioner’s mind and body thus enabling them to open up to the Reiki flow.

During the last twenty years or so, it has been discovered that breathing a little deeper and slower than usual (at about 6 breaths per minute) while recalling a pleasurable sensation (such as Reiki flowing through the body), or experiencing a positive emotion, such as appreciation, gratitude and compassion, profoundly alters the autonomic nervous system (ANS) (Moss, 2004.

Psychophysiology Today: The Magazine for MindBody Medicine. 2004; 1: 4-11). The ANS is the part of the nervous system responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as the heartbeat and digestive processes.

The practice of Vinyasa yoga, which involves slow, deep breathing, affects the ANS similarly (Tay and Baldwin, 2015. Yoga & Physical Therapy, 2015; 5(4): 214. doi:10.4172/2157-ˇ7595.1000214).

‘...breathing a little deeper and slower than usual (at about 6 breaths per minute) while recalling a pleasurable sensation (such as Reiki flowing through the body), or experiencing a positive emotion, such as appreciation, gratitude and compassion, profoundly alters the autonomic nervous system.’

The ANS consists of two components; sympathetic nerves that speed up heart rate, and parasympathetic nerves that slow it down. During mental stress the sympathetic nerves are highly activated and heart rate increases, whereas during relaxation parasympathetic nerve stimulation predominates and heart rate decreases. Respiration rate is closely coupled to the relative degree of stimulation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves. Breathing at 5-6 breaths per minute, such as during Gassho meditation, creates a balance between sympathetic

REIKI WORLD and parasympathetic stimulation that maximizes coherence, or synchrony between respiration and heart rate. When a person is in a state of coherence, their heart rate increases as they breathe in and decreases as they breathe out.

The sympathetic/parasympathetic balance that is created during coherence leads to optimal cardiac function, improved oxygenation of the blood, enhanced cognitive ability and focusing skills, and a broadened emotional perspective. These are all qualities that aid a Reiki practitioner in providing a caring, compassionate and effective Reiki session to their client. By contrast, research has shown that mental stress and negative emotions such as frustration, anger, anxiety, and worry lead to heart rhythm patterns that appear incoherent—highly variable and erratic.

Overall, if a person is feeling negative emotions there is less synchronization in the reciprocal action of the parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the nervous system. This de-synchronization, if sustained, taxes the nervous system, impeding the efficient synchronization and flow of information throughout the brain, making it difficult to remember things and to make rational decisions.

Lack of coordination between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous branches also leads to imbalanced emotions, reinforcing the existing negative emotions that first triggered the imbalance.

Remembering to practice the Gassho Breathing Technique before providing Reiki will ensure restoration of an optimal autonomic balance in the practitioner as shown by the heart rate variability recordings of a person when they practice Gassho Breathing (Figure 1) and when they do not (Figure 2).

The Gassho HRV recording shows a waveform typical of a coherent state, whereas the no Gassho recording demonstrates the much more random pattern associated with normal breathing. Recent research from the Institute of HeartMath strongly suggests that if a person is in a coherent state when they interact with another individual, then that individual will also become more coherent (McCraty 2017, Hypothesis and Theory, 2017; 5: article 267).

Therefore if a Reiki practitioner becomes coherent by practicing Gassho Breathing prior to giving a Reiki session, their client is also likely to benefit from increased coherence.

Ann Baldwin PhD UKRF Research Team

Figure 1: How heart rate changes during Gassho Meditation

Figure 2: How heart rate changes during normal breathing without Reiki

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Distance Healing with the UK Reiki Federation The UK Reiki Federation offer their Practitioner members the opportunity to become part of a large distance healing network.

Distance Healing Group UKRF Reiki Practitioners give their time each week to send Reiki healing to anyone who makes a request from anywhere in the world.

How the group works is that each week the volunteers receive a list of those people/animals/events that have requested healing and we all collectively send positive Reiki healing to everyone on the list, at a time that suits each one of us.

Email: distancehealing@reikifed.co.uk for more information.

Subtle Energy Management for Therapists A one-day Workshop with Kim Quance 6th February 2021 Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands

Discover the hidden world of energies that can affect your work and your energy as a Therapist • • • • • •

How subtle energies surround us, influencing daily life and well-being.

The structure and flow of the Human Energy Field.

What causes the Energy Field to be dense, slow or imbalanced.

How our energy and the energy of others affect each other.

How to meditate more effectively.

How you can work more effectively by using easy daily energy exercises for clearing and grounding.

• How to clear, ground and set up a clean and safe energy space for your work.

• How to disconnect energetically from clients once a session is complete.

Fee for the day - £95

(full payment required on booking)

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Visual Note Taking

by Hilary de Vries

I’ve always found that trying to take purely written notes that would both reflect the sessions with a client and help build up a picture over time really didn’t work for me. The words didn’t seem to express what I wanted to record and I looked to see if there was maybe another way. That’s when I hit upon the idea of doing it visually. I created a sheet with the outline of a figure that could be used to draw the areas that had been worked on on both the front and back of the body, but still leaving room for written notes where needed (diagram 1).

I use a red pen to contrast with the black and white of the page, which keeps things visually clear.

Areas where either a lot of time is spent or there is a lot happening are solidly coloured. Where a good amount of time is spent but the energy is less intense are striped, with the distance between the lines reflecting a greater or lesser amount happening; this offers a great level of subtlety where required. And areas that are only lightly worked on but worth noting have a line drawn around them to mark out that area (diagram 2).

Any extra written notes to either clarify the drawing or that isn’t covered by it can be written to the side, including recommendations and client experiences. I find through using the sheet that note taking is much

easier and more concise yet also far more detailed and better reflects the session.

Another useful thing is that by taking notes this way it’s easier for any patterns between sessions to become apparent. In diagram 3, showing a series of appointments over a few weeks, it can be quickly seen that an area in the small of the back is consistently marked as a solid coloured area. Other areas tend to be more variable, but there are still some themes emerging (note: these drawings were made to illustrate this article and are not taken from actual client notes).

The basic sheet can be used in the way that reflects your own style of working. Instead of red, for instance, you might want to colour different areas using chakra colours, indicate areas with labels or arrows, or draw hand placements and colour them to reflect the temperature you feel in an area; all are possible.

Not everyone maybe has the confidence to draw their own figure, so I’m happy to send a pdf of my sheet on request. The sheet is useful if you keep paper notes, but you may need to find a way to adapt it to be able to use on computer. Hopefully those of you who have struggled like me with the standard approach to recording notes will find this visual approach both easier and more natural.

To request a copy of the sheet for your own use contact me via my website at simplyreiki. scot Hilary de Vries Reiki Master Practitioner, UKRF member and composer/musician near Inverness

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What happened when I got Covid...

by Alistair Elliott

My daughter, who lives with us and works as a secondary school teacher, got Covid first. Then her boyfriend, then my wife, then me. Within days, and 4 positive test results later, all 4 of us in the house were under a legal duty to self-isolate, as instructed every day by calls and texts from NHS test and trace. Fortunately I had Reiki in my toolkit to help get me through, but at times when I felt very rough it felt like too much effort to give myself Reiki, as I lay in an inert, apathetic, weakened state.

long-Covid, featuring people still not remotely their usual selves 6 months after contracting Covid.

Then I started thinking that I may not properly recover. This was when the Reiki principle, ‘just for today, do not worry’ really came into its own.

I combined it with affirmations like ‘I feel well….

I feel limber’. These helped me shift my focus to the future I wanted rather than imagining the worst.

One of the beauties of the Reiki principles is that in whatever situation I use them, they always have something relevant to say.

We had all made it through the spring and summer, but we were early casualties of the second wave in October. My daughter and boyfriend bounced back quickly “ ...the Reiki principle, but my wife and I, both in 60‘just for today, do not plus age group, took a week longer before we started to feel worry’ really came into anything like our normal selves. its own” We were all fortunate that our symptoms were unpleasant rather than critical – headaches, brain fog, bodily aches, sore throat, cough, no energy, diarrhoea. They prevented me from working as I couldn’t concentrate and had no energy.

The main recommended treatment was rest and lots of warm fluids. My herbalist also sent me a special warming tea mix of licorice, ginger and thyme, which I drank gallons of. She also prescribed a herbal tincture echinacea and boneset which I took 3 times a day. For the headaches, I took paracetamol. I spent a week lying mostly in bed or on the sofa. To encourage my body’s healing I lay on my back with one hand on my chest and one hand on my stomach and gave Reiki to myself.

Sometimes I visualised holding a coronavirus in the palms of my hands and blasting it with Reiki so it became a ball of healing light that I then imagined inserting inside my body.

Keeping positive was a challenge. In my head I kept seeing those images we saw on TV every night in the spring, of people in hospital on ventilators.

Although I had no breathing problems, I worried that I would develop them. One day I made the mistake of listening to a radio programme about

It has taken my wife and me longer than the isolation period to recover. It was such a relief to get to the end of isolation and be allowed to go out again, that I overdid it by doing too much too soon and I had to spend the next few days making sure I continued to rest. I will also continue to be vigilant about not getting infected again. Once is enough.

As I write this, over 3 weeks after my first symptoms, my energy levels are at 80% of normal, and I still have an increased tendency towards getting headaches.

I’m grateful to come out the other side of this illness unlike the tens of thousands in the UK not so fortunate. Reiki was my loyal companion along the way, always there when I needed it, as it has been since I was attuned over 7 years ago. Normally I have focused on Reiki as a form of hands-on healing for others and as a form of spiritual practice for myself. During this Covid episode, physical self-healing came to the fore.

Alistair Elliott UKRF Member

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Positive outcomes

by Lisa Pryce-Jones

During the pandemic Reiki was introduced into the leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire’s six care homes in Wales.

I had been working part time for the charity and had resigned to enable me to focus all of my time in my established business based in South Wales as a Hypnotherapist and Healer (Reiki Master, Spiritual Healer and Crystal Healer) and to start teaching both Reiki and Hypnotherapy.

However, when the lockdown happened I asked if I could use my complementary therapy skills to help both staff and residents. Fortunately, Leonard Cheshire Wales Management were receptive to all the help that they could get and agreed.

We offered staff Hypnotherapy and Healing sessions and residents Reiki sessions. All sessions were carried out using Zoom which I was both unfamiliar with and unsure of at first. However, the technology was completely reliable and the sessions were conducted effortlessly.

In addition to myself, my partner David Muzzlewhite, who is also a Reiki Master and Spiritual Healer, carried out Zoom healing sessions for residents. Additionally, I organised for a further nine voluntary Reiki Healers to join us in sending distant healing to all of the Leonard Cheshire care homes across Wales.

The residents at Leonard Cheshire have very complex and long-term disabilities which often makes communication very limited. It was so wonderful to receive feedback from the residents such as seeing various colours and feeling sensations such as floating.

I suggested to my partner that we could start to raise money towards this by him making bird/ squirrel picnic benches. He could not wait to get started and allow his creativity to flow. We set an ambitious target of £1,000 and as at the time of writing we are delighted to share that we exceeded the target and have raised £1,027 so far. Hopefully this will contribute to providing the first healing room very soon. If you would like to purchase a bird/ squirrel table for the nutty price of £15 plus £3 P&P please visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ lisa-pryce-jones1 Additionally, we prepared two fruit hampers for the two homes that were local to us. Over 80 pieces of fruit, which were energised with Reiki, were provided in each hamper and placed in the staff rooms to encourage staff to eat more fruit.

Whilst the care homes in Wales have had some staff and residents affected directly by the coronavirus, compared with other care homes, Leonard Cheshire have been extremely fortunate. Whilst very strict hygiene measures and using satisfactory PPE is a huge factor I am sure that our contribution of sharing universal Reiki healing energy certainly helped too.

Lisa Pryce-Jones UKRF Member Hypnotherapy & Healing www.hypnotherapyandhealing.co.uk

As at the time of writing Leonard Cheshire staff had 74 therapy sessions (Hypnotherapy and Reiki), residents had 82 healing sessions and a further 549 sessions of distant healing was sent to the care homes.

The residents’ healing sessions were held in their bedrooms. We thought it would be wonderful for the residents to have a healing room within each care home that could be beautifully decorated with a large screen so that residents could see us rather than using an ipad or mobile phone. This would also enable the residents to feel like they were going out for their Reiki treatment.

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Reiki Medic-Care

A groundbreaking service to support our NHS medical professionals Through the last few months of dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak, many of us in the Reiki world felt a pull to support our NHS staff, seeing so much stress and severe illness. Responding to this pull of compassion, which seemed to come from the heart of Reiki itself, the two impulses came together and began to coalesce as Reiki MedicCare. To join us go to: www.reikimedic-care.org and look for Practitioner Sign Up.

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Science and Trust: Distance Healing with ‘QiKi Gong’ “What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter.”

Albert Einstein

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I started to wonder about Distance Reiki and other forms of non-contact help we all offer to others. I love playing with concepts and feelings.

What might tie Distance Healing, Quantum Mechanics, Entanglement, Music, Merging of Vibrations, Primal Movement, Law of Vibration?

For me Reiki works with and through all of these frequencies and Distance Reiki would seem to be focused in the Delta frequency / state.

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In the 20 plus years that I’ve been a Reiki Practitioner I have sent Distance Reiki hundreds of times, usually from a quiet, reflective space in the traditional way I was taught. I am sending Reiki even more often now as I made the decision a few months ago not to do any contact Reiki until the end of this year.

Everything in the universe is vibrating at a particular frequency. Our thoughts, feelings, emotions all transmit a particular vibration. Quantum mechanics has demonstrated how a wave frequency can be altered. When different waves meet they start to vibrate together at the same frequency. They “sync However, since we’ve been playing with QiKi up” in ways that may seem mysterious. Identifying Gong I’ve been sending in a different way. I find an exact opposite positive thought every fibre of my body engages to counter a negative thought is “Everything in the and resonates as I let the Reiki using this principle. If you think energies guide me and I move with about the word “stress” then think universe is vibrating them intuitively, so the movement about the word “relax”. Think about we suggest below is just a place at a particular the word “fear” and then “safe”. to start.

You have changed your vibration. frequency” People receiving give positive Entanglement is what Einstein feedback and I love to see how, referred to as “spooky action at a distance” and is a phenomenon by which one particle can “know” although we may change the manner in which something about another particle instantaneously, we send, the Reiki energies know exactly what to even when they are separated by a great distance. do; we are truly just the conduit. When we send This sounds very much like what happens during a Reiki, when we focus on the distance symbol and a particular healing intention, we transmit energy Distance Reiki session. through vibration to its destination wherever that Some of the vibrational frequencies within us are may be in space or in time. deemed to be these; much research and music It seems then that Distance Healing has a scientific have been created working with them: basis, which is being continuously explored, as Gamma 31-100Hz Insight, Peak focus, well as what we know to be true from our work

Expanded consciousness and intuition that, quite simply, it works! It’s always Beta 16-30Hz Alertness, Concentration, nice to know we and the Universe are in complete

Cognition agreement ☺.

Alpha 8-15Hz Relaxation, Visualisation,

Creativity “When you want something, Theta 4-7Hz Meditation, Intuition, all the Universe conspires in helping

Memory Delta 0.1 – 3Hz Detatched awareness, you to achieve it.”

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REIKI AND QIGONG Now for our QiKi Distance Healing, powerful, vibrational movement, which we call: “Lighting Up the Universe” https://youtu.be/aj7DDTZ39rs Draw the distance symbol into your hands and/or in front of you then step into it. Take time to breathe and relax, mentally completing any other preparatory steps you would normally take.

Stand comfortably with your feet about mid shoulder width apart and slightly bouncy knees. Hold your hands softly in front of you at about sacral chakra level. Slowly raise your hands to about chest height, then palms up open out to the sides, focusing on the Reiki energies and your intention.

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You may choose to repeat the same intention or to change to another as you float through the beautiful movements a number of times. When you have completed your intention/s, slowly bring your hands to Gassho, give thanks, complete your send as you would normally, and go gently about your day.

Namaste

Alan Sanson – Qi Gong Facilitator and Wondrous Thinker ☺ alan@qikigong.co.uk Ruthie Moriarty - Reiki Master Teacher, UKRF Member, and Bright Light Worker for the Universe ☺ ruthie@qikigong.co.uk - Both with over 20 years’ experience in their fields Many thanks to Julie and Darren at dpix Creative Photography in Bromsgrove for the wonderful photos and video.

‘Our apologies for the incorrect link to our video for Reiki Principles and Qiki Gong from the summer magazine, which took many of you to a blank screen. The correct link is this one https://youtu.be/mXht2Mft7Xc Our thanks to those of you who have taken the time to give us some lovely and encouraging feedback.’ Ruthie & Alan.

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The Distance Between

by Warren Shwartz

Many of us have no doubt been affected by the distance that has been enforced for our own wellbeing by the government. Distance between ourselves and loved ones and distance between ourselves and our clients. As the days, weeks and months tick by a question that still remains but now seems to be pushed to the back burner is ‘when will this be over, when will things return to normal?’.

The question I pose or return to as somebody who works with internal and external energy is ‘why, or perhaps what are we waiting for?’. The opportunity of more time to devote our energies to that which serves us and work on transmuting that which no longer serves us has personally been a gift enabling me to finish off and publish my first book, undertake further training in my field as a Shibashi Qigong instructor and Reiki Master and really look within through my meditation practice to find resilience and adaptability. A kind of evolution I feel.

We are faced with uncertainty, but as Master Mingtong Gu says ‘The biggest factor affecting our immune system and in turn our vulnerability to a virus is stress, anxiety and worry’. So with this in mind while many allowed internal turmoil to take hold, I took to moving into the flow.

With a background of working with plants and nature. I had in the past put to the test the power of words and intention as I witnessed different outcomes and ratios of flowering from sweetpeas planted in consistent conditions, with the only changing variable being the words, utterances and energy given to them. As a father with young children I acknowledged this is a unique time to raise our vibration, through our thoughts, words and what we surround ourselves with both visually or mentally.

While more and more people seemed to be struggling with the required adaptability of the times, I saw this as an opportunity that I feel deep gratitude for, that being: working distantly.

The backbone of my business really began flourishing after the American Journal of Psychiatry and Geriatric Studies published a recommendation that people take up Qigong as a conjunctive and preventative practice against Covid-19 and due to my willingness to turn to the medium of Zoom.

Working in front of a screen was something I never thought would work for me, indeed I had previously thought it was against my flow, but I embraced it and for now feel it is a real blessing.

No combustible engines, no traffic, no travel, no small talk, no rental costs for therapy rooms or studios - for me this was wonderful.

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REIKI WORLD After some time and now running 6 weekly sessions sharing this, equipping others with the tools to open their internal energy channels and to feel their external Qi field (EQF) my enquiries from people aligned to Reiki began to come in. Again, I was initially reluctant but I soon allowed any resistance to pass. We are all different and all run our businesses in a way that resonates with us.

What I have chosen to do and which works for me when giving Reiki is: • I offer a discount from face to face contact sessions • Set up a Zoom session • I light a candle • Take a face to face consultation • Take five minutes for a short, guided body scan meditation (as a British school of meditation registered teacher I find this has become a useful part of every Zoom session I run) • Allow my client time to lie down and put their own music on • I then turn the volume down and place my own music on • I sit, feet flat on the ground connected to Earth energy • I face the client and palms facing them set my intention and evoke the symbols • I focus my intention and energy towards them rather than particular hand positions, for fifty minutes

While this will not be for everyone it has certainly enabled me to keep a stream of income through challenging times and feedback has been nothing but positive. I have found having a visual connection seems to keep my clients feeling they are connecting in a physical capacity.

Warren Shwartz UKRF Member

“...more time to devote our energies to that which serves us and work on transmuting that which no longer serves us has personally been a gift.”

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Reiki Sharing Groups We now have information about many Reiki Sharing Groups all over the country so we have collated the information and you can access it by following this link: https://www.reikifed.co.uk/_pdf/reiki-shares.pdf Or follow this path on our website:

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What is a Reiki share?

Holding or attending a Reiki share is a wonderful way of meeting other Reiki students, Practitioners, Teachers and all those interested in finding out more about Reiki. The concept of a Reiki share is for everyone attending to both give and receive Reiki healing in a supportive and loving environment.

There may be three or more people to each treatment couch, and whilst one person is laying on the couch everyone else is giving Reiki to them. When that session is finished someone else will then be treated. This rotation continues until everyone has received a treatment. Please observe social distancing measures in place at the current time and wear appropriate PPE.

Reiki share benefits For those who may wish to build their confidence in giving treatments or for those who have little or no experience of using Reiki, the shares are a good way to build their confidence and knowledge. Reiki Practitioners can also benefit enormously from attending Reiki shares as by nature they are very giving people and wish to heal others, sometimes forgetting their own needs.

Reiki shares are an opportunity for them to receive Reiki themselves.

Reiki shares are also a good way to meet other like-minded people and discuss experiences of using receiving or training in Reiki. The UK Reiki Federation holds a list of members who currently hold shares in that area so if you are interested in attending a share then do please see the list and contact the member holding it. If you hold a Reiki share, please contact the office to get your share added to our list.

Reiki shares are usually held once a month and serve to be a focal point for ongoing contact and support.

Participating in a Reiki share is very beneficial to the individual and to the whole group collectively, it is an amazing experience to be part of a group meeting together to heal and be healed.

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APPROVED COURSES

The UK Reiki Federation is happy to highlight courses offered by their Teacher members, which, in their opinion, are appropriate for training purposes. The directory includes courses which are suitable for professional Practitioner training, recorded as “Practitioner” and those which are suitable for CPD (Continuing & Professional Development), recorded as “CPD”: “Practitioner” courses have been checked against the National Occupational Standards for Reiki to ensure that all topics are included.

“CPD” courses (members only) are those which we feel would be beneficial to Reiki Practitioners. Please also note that this list is not exhaustive and that our Teacher members all over the country also offer training courses and you may contact any of those Teachers.

Professional Usui Reiki Practitioner Course Course Provider: Wendy Hale In The Pink Therapies & Training Caerphilly Phone: 01633 614329 Reiki Professional Course Course Provider: Simon Bailey Shavington, Cheshire Phone: 01270 260200 Email: simon@navitascentre.co.uk www.navitascentre.co.uk Reiki Practitioner Course (including Reiki 1 & 2) Course Provider: Gaia School of Natural Health Ellesmere Port, Cheshire Phone: 07932 063576 Reiki 1 & 2 Practitioner Course Course Provider: Deborah Cordery (Rejuvenating Hands) Leigh on Sea, Essex Phone: 07989 318790

Reiki Master Teacher (including Reiki 1 & 2) Reiki Master Practitioner (including Reiki 1 & 2) Professional Reiki Practitioner Course Provider: Anne-Marie Carratu Banstead, Surrey Phone: 01737 557944

Reiki I, Reiki II, Reiki III & Reiki IV Course Provider: Carolina Starre Epsom, Surrey Phone: 01372 878606 Email: carolina@thesoulcoach.com www.spiritualquest.co.uk

Professional Reiki Practitioner Course provider: Ruth Handley Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales Phone: 07748 446060

Professional Reiki Practitioner Diploma incorporating Level 1 & 2 Course Provider: Michael Kaufmann Location: Central London Phone: 07801 284073 www.reiki-meditation.co.uk

Reiki Practitioner (Usui Tibetan Reiki) Course provider: Christine Sutton Solihull, West Midlands Phone: 0121 246 9448

Reiki Second Degree Course Provider: Brighton Holistics (Jon Matson) Brighton Sussex Phone: 01273 672690 Email: jon@brightonholistics.co.uk www.brightonholistics.co.uk

Reiki Usui Shiki Ryoho Second Practitioner Level Course Provider: Fiona Heath Southleigh, East St, West Coker, Nr Yeovil Professional Reiki Diploma Phone: 07713 915416 Course Provider: Reiki Master Academy Hove, Sussex Reiki Practitioner Diploma Phone: 07795 553038 Course Provider: Ann Pigott Email: tom@reikimasteracademy.co.uk Stourbridge, West Midlands www.reikimasteracademy.co.uk Phone: 07929 634051

Reiki Professional Practitioner (including Level 1 & 2) Course Provider: Sue Malcolm Wakefield, West Yorkshire Phone: 07737 396948 Email: sue@thereikiexperience.co.uk Reiki Professional Practitioner www.thereikiexperience.co.uk Course Provider: Wendy Radford Crowborough, East Sussex Usui Reiki Ryoho Practitioner Course Phone: 07921 837807 Course Provider: Heidi Fawkes Email: wendy@radford-holistictheraRipon/Bedale, North Yorkshire pies.co.uk Phone: 01677 988264 www.radford-holistictherapies.co.uk Reiki Level 1 & 2 Professional Practitioner Certificate Course Course Provider: Harshani Lori Curbishley-Brown Islip Northamptonshire Phone: 07941 841485 Email: harshani@mindmodywellbeing.co.uk www.mindbodywellbeing.co.uk

Professional Practitioner Diploma Course Provider: Surrey School of Reiki & Susan-Emma Complementary Therapy Addlestone, Surrey Phone: 07789 681775 Email: info@surreyschoolofreiki.com info@susanemma.com

Reiki Practitioner Course Course Provider: Mandy Goddard Worcester, Worcs Phone: 07878 712212 Email: mandy@tree-of-life-holistics.com www.tree-of-life-holistics.com

Professional Reiki Practitioner Diploma (including Reiki 1 & 2) Course provider: Susan Baker Taunton, Somerset Phone: 01823 490521

Reiki I, Reiki II, Reiki III, & Reiki IV Course Provider: Shaylini Popat London, Harley Street Phone: 07546 048659

Reiki Professional Practitioner Course Provider: Julie Rennie Craghead, Stanley, Co Durham www.reikiriver.co.uk 07990 753300

Professional Reiki Practitioner Diploma Course Provider: Reiki Academy London - Torsten Lange London SW13 9HE Phone: 07774 590211 Email: info@reikiacademylondon.com www.reikiacademylondon.com Professional Reiki Practitioner Diploma Course Provider: Reiki Academy London - Rupert Fawcett London SW13 9HE Phone: 07774 590211 Email: info@reikiacademylondon.com www.reikiacademylondon.com Reiki Practitioner Course Course Provider: Sarah Presley Bristol, Wiltshire Phone: 07590 621495 Email: sarah@sarahpresley.co.uk www.sarahpresley.co.uk

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Community...

...recently we have been talking about how lucky we are to be part of the UKRF community and how we have supported each other throughout 2020. Many businesses, including Reiki and other close-contact sevices have been hard hit, especially during lockdowns but here at UKRF we have been working hard to keep our members informed and providing support to our Reiki community and our fellow committee.

Thank you to all those members and conference speakers who have submitted articles. We are proud to include a wide range of subjects from stories of recovery from our members to scientific articles relating to Reiki and associated practices.

We hope you enjoy them all.

Please send your interesting articles and stories to us at publications@reikifed.co.uk together with your membership number by email in a Word document. Articles always look better with accompanying pictures, so please include photographs and artwork as separate attachments to go with your articles if possible, and please ensure that you have permission to publish any photograph from everyone in it. All images must be high resolution (300+ dpi), and suitable for printing. All our members receive an e-magazine, and hard copy glossy magazines are available at an extra ÂŁ10 per year on your membership. Great value for a whole year!

The deadline for submissions for the spring issue of REIKI WORLD magazine is 2nd February 2021. We are looking forward to seeing your articles.

Kerrie Baker Editor of Reiki World / Marketing Lead / Publications Coordinator Email: publications@reikifed.co.uk

Please note: Contributors to Reiki World magazine do not necessarily express the opinion of the UK Reiki Federation and the UK Reiki Federation accept no responsibility for views expressed. The UK Reiki Federation does not accept any responsibility for the independent advertisers or their services featured in this magazine.

All content of Reiki World is Š Copyright to UK Reiki Federation. Unless otherwise stated, the design and layout of this magazine and any material published (including text, graphics, logos, images) is the property of the UK Reiki Federation. We authorise users to copy articles from this magazine only for personal, non-commercial use, clearly acknowledging the source.

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Reiki Principles The UK Reiki Federation prides itself on working to these principles and values.

The Reiki Principles To bring the spiritual depth into everyday life, Mikao Usui, the founder of the system of Reiki, created a set of five principles (or precepts). They can be found on his memorial stone in the grounds of the Saihoji Temple in Tokyo. He called them...

‘The secret method of inviting good fortune.

The marvellous medicine for all sickness.’ Just for today: Do not anger Do not worry Be grateful Work with diligence Be kind to others Every morning and every night sit in Gassho (palms placed together) and speak these words out loud in your heart - Mikao Usui

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