The Reiki Principles:
Just for today… I let go of worry I let go of anger I give thanks for my many blessings I do my work honestly I am kind to every living thing
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Reiki Share February 5, 2007 Doors open at 6:45, share begins promptly at 7:00PM Please call or email if you plan to attend.
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Table of Contents: 1. Interesting Reiki Stories 2. Requests for Long Distance Healing 3. Q & A 4. What's New? 5. Interesting Websites 6. Recommendations: Books, Audio, Etc 7. Working with Others: 8. Reiki Shares Next Share will be February 5, 2007 9. Tips & Tidbits: 10.Miscellaneous Next Reiki Level I Class: February 6 - February 27, 2007
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1. Interesting Reiki Stories:
Reiki Stories from reiki.org
Pet Healing with Reiki I am so grateful to be able to share Reiki with those around me. My youngest daughter became so interested as she observed the effect Reiki had on me that she began to request that I read my Reiki books to her at night. At age eleven now, she has been attuned to Level II. We have woven Reiki into all aspects of our day and are blessed by it.
We found an injured cat recently and brought it to the vet clinic. She had lost most of an ear and had an open wound down her entire left side, about two inches wide. Remarkably, there was no infection. She was glad to have attention and was responsive. We named her Hope. Two days past before it hit me, duh-h-h-h as my kid’s say- use Reiki. With only a ten-minute session that evening, the next day the exposed tissue had turned from a dark red color to light pink. With just a few minutes each day her healing intensified. The wound was so responsive to Reiki. Within twelve hours after a mini-session the healing was visible to the eye. I am continuously reminded of the gift that Reiki is for our lives. Many blessings to you all....—Gaywynn Gaude
Reiki Heals Depression and Back Injuries In 1978, I had a very bad accident at work, which resulted in many problems in my back, stretched muscles, herniated discs, arthritis, pinched nerves, and more. I spent a lot of time at chiropractors, doctor’s offices, using pain pills and the like. In 1992, I slipped and fell on a patch of ice as I was leaving work. More herniations, pain, a broken arm and another trauma to contend with. I spent nearly 2 years in bed, depressed, many pills to numb the pain, and was quite a mess. Then I went to a high school reunion, as my friend urged me to, and she helped me have the strength to go. She told me about taking Reiki, and explained what it was. Desperate to be helped without pills, we both took the class and I could not believe the difference! It was like a miracle. My strength got better, my depression lifted, and I had positive energy, and began letting go of the negative feeling I had for so long! I am not fully healed, but can walk, even swim a bit, take an arthritis aqua class, walk on a treadmill which is a miracle in itself for 15 to 20 minutes a day, I also do not eat much red meat, I cannot believe the difference! A miracle indeed! I have Reiki II and practice on self and others and everyone I touch feels so wonderful and transformed by it. I cannot speak enough of this great art. It will always be a great part of my life. I will be taking more classes in the future. Respectfully, —Bonnie Kemp, Kingston, PA
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2. Requests for Long Distance Healing: Requests for Long Distance Healing: When there are several requests, in our small way, we can participate by adding each individual to our prayer list or to send long distance Reiki. Please consider printing out these requests so you can remember these people over this next month.
If you make a request for long distance healing, it would be helpful if you could provide us with some feedback on how the person is doing after a period of time.
Remember if there are multiple requests, you can use the stack method of sending long distance Reiki. One suggestion would be: When time permits-- send long distance Reiki f or one specific request, then add that request to an on-going list or stack that receives unlimited Reiki.
Level I Practitioners: You can participate in the Long Distance Requests by adding the individuals to your prayer list or send positive thoughts and intentions.
Request: Can you please add Mary Alice Dolan, Flourtown, PA to the long distance Reiki list she is ovarian battling cancer. Thanks, Jenn R
Request: First of all thank you very much for giving your time for the needs of others. I am wanting prayer for my daughter who is 21 years old her name is Crystal Dawn and she was the light of my life until she got on drugs. We used to be best friends and now she hates me. She hates her whole family and she has abandoned her two little boys. She often has bruises on her body, I don't know why. She called yesterday to wish her little boy a happy second birthday. Only problem is, his birthday is not until next month. I had to tell her when her own baby was born. She is slowly losing her mind and it is tormenting me. She lives somewhere near Augusta,KS. None of us know where she lives exactly, due to paranoia she will not tell where she lives. I have heard that she lives in her car. I want my daughter back. And her boys need their mother. Please,please pray for Crystal.
Request: Continued Reiki and prayers for my Reiki teacher's husband, Bob Goodwin, Wycombe, PA recovering from a stroke. His condition is regularly improving, any long distance reiki and prayers are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Susan
Request: Eric Jennings, from NYC area, was in a recent car accident and broke his hand. He would appreciate any long distance reiki and/or prayers that could be sent his way.
Request: William Bishop, from Quakertown, PA . For his health and healing on all levels. William is currently in Grandview Hospital. He has been having pain in his chest, which the Doctors are now saying is due to a growth in a gland located under his breastbone. He is going to have a cat-scan today and a biopsie to find out the exact location and to determine if it is cancerous or not. Once the test are run, the Doctors are going to decide whether to remove it, shrink it, or start him on treatments. Anyone who can send long distance reiki and/or prayers, it is greatly appreciated by the family. Submitted by Kris S.
Follow-Up: I would like to thank everyone who participated in prayers and long distance reiki for my brother Mark. He is doing much better after several surgeries on his prostrate. After many months of recovery, he is now back to work. Thanks again to everyone. Camille
This section will be updated as requests come in, if you have a request for Long Distance Reiki, email it to seedsforchange@comcast.net, title the request Long Distance Reiki
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3. Q & A
QUESTION: One woman in class had some very intense reactions as we treated another student. Would that be HER reaction or would she be taking on the energy of the recipient? Fran S
ANSWER: No one knows for sure...there are several possibilities that could explain this reaction 1. It could be the interaction of the two individuals energy fields merging
2. It could be the reaction of the practitioner --of the reiki clearing something from her before entering into the recipient,
3. It could be the recipient clearing something through the practitioner
4 It could be a similar concern/issue they both have so that it magnifies or intensifies the response...
If someone is giving reiki and the receiving individual is having a clearing but the clearing goes through the practitioner and it becomes uncomfortable for them (ie..they get an intense pain in their hands, arms, etc) they should disconnect and shake it out while saying, "This does not belong to me, you are free to leave."
At other times it may be necessary to walk completely away from the table to clear yourself. One example is when a person is having a strong clearing through me, I sometimes get a very strong itching sensation on the inside of my throat on the left side and the only way to get rid of it is to walk into another room and very forcefully cough it out.
Another thing that happens is as I am working- I may get sensations at different locations of my body that were not present before the session. These sensations are irritating and pull me out of a meditative state...I have learned that for me, it is spirit's way of saying to move to this location on the client...as soon as I do and have placed my hands there, within about 10 seconds the sensations within me stop and the client usually experiences some type of clearing at that spot.
It is a good habit for the practitioner to do a body scan on themselves as well as giving themselves a boost of reiki before beginning a session...this way it clears any blockages within themselves that may need attention, and which may slow down the time it takes for the recipient to receive the reiki. It also allows the practitioner to have a clearer understanding of what is their's and what is not, as a session is in progress. If you are experiencing sensations as a practitioner that were not present before starting the session, pay attention intuitively to understand what is transpiring.
Always encourage your students to tell the individuals they are working on about the types of clearings they may experience and for them to allow the process to occur (ie: coughing, crying, shaking, jerking, etc) If the recipient feels they need to stop the clearing, this pushes whatever is being released back into the body and auric field, and it may go deeper, reversing any positive releasing effects that may have already occurred.
QUESTION: If one of the positions seems to be absorbing a lot of energy, should I spend more time treating this area?
ANSWER: Yes, trust your intuition and go with what feels right at the time. However, there are a couple of points to bear in mind: do not lose track of time and leave yourself unable to complete a full treatment in the time allocated if that was the intention before starting; and remember to reduce the time spent in other areas. You might move on, then return to that area that was drawing in a lot of energy. Remember, their system will direct the energy to the area of greatest need, no matter where your hands are.
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4. What's New? Film Nite Social: Beginning in January 2007, we will be hosting several educational Film Nites at our home location. The purpose is to gather together like-minded individuals interested in learning more about specific health and environmental topics. The evening will include previewing of the selected film followed by an open discussion afterward. This is limited to 10 participants. Pre-registration is required.
Upcoming Film Dates:
March 18, 2006 ( Sunday ) Slim Spurlings Universe Film: 6:00 PM No Charge
Of special interest for those who have been working with and using the Light Life technology tools, this video introduces you to Slim Spurling......
Part 1: Cal Garrison, author of the book 'Slim Spurling's Universe' talks to Slim about his discoveries & the different uses of the Light-Life Tools
Part 2: Starts with an introduction by Slim to the Sacred & Lost Cubit measurements upon which the Light-Life™ Tools are based. He then does a demonstration of a healing session using the Tools, followed by a presentation on the theory behind the Rings, Coils & Harmonizers. There are also interviews with Cal Garrison & Katharina Spurling-Kaffl about their own experiences with the Tools. Finally Slim outlines the work of the Geobiology Research Association & the pollution clearing work they did around the city of Denver, Colorado.
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5. Interesting Websites: http://www.reiki.org/ For those who are new to receiving this newsletter, here is a good site to access. This is William Rand’s website which has a great deal of information about Reiki.
Color Therapy: This site covers the meanings and characteristics of the various colors, as well as displaying a good chakra chart.
What's Up on Planet Earth? The purpose, desire and passion behind What’s Up On Planet Earth? is in bringing a higher level of evolutionary awareness to souls who are summoning this energy, and to connect and assist us during the now rapid ascension process many are experiencing.
As we summon more Source energy through our desire to evolve as humans and as a planet, and as the planet and its inhabitants continue to elevate in vibrational frequency through a planetary repositioning in the universe, a convergence is created in perfect alignment, and our natural evolution results. Through a passion and joy of expressing what is occurring at the highest levels, Karen Bishop brings to you through What’s Up On Planet Earth?, the newest, most current status of our evolution back to Source and into the New World. Given from a higher dimensional view, with positive and affirming energy, along with Karen’s own experiences with ascension and higher realms reality, this information contains inspiring stories and suggestions for living in the New, higher vibration, along with a view of the New World soon to come.
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6. Recommendations:
The Secret I am sure many of you have already heard, if not watched this film. It is a definite must see! The Secret has a similar documentary-style format to What the Bleep Do We Know? The Secret is about the intention-manifestation model and how to use the law of attraction to create whatever you want. As the movie aptly points out, most people focus their thoughts either on what they don’t want or on reinforcing what they’re already getting. But the way to succeed with intention-manifestation is to keep your thoughts focused on what you desire, even if it seems to have no presence in your life yet. This is not playing in theaters so you must order a copy to see it. http://www.thesecret.tv/ It is well worth the investment. We will be showing the film here in April.
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7. Working with Others:
Cleansing Your Aura Your aura, or energy field, surrounds you and protects you. Your vitality and wellbeing depend on maintaining a healthy aura. Every emotion or thought we experience is reflected in some way in the energy field. The food and drink we choose, any drugs, medicinal or otherwise, our environment, all have an effect on the aura. To keep the aura in great shape we need to make wise choices about our lifestyle, but most of us will benefit from a cleansing regime too. Fortunately there are many, varied ways to do this, and some are a lot of fun!
One step we should all take if possible is to get outdoors more often. Outside, even in cities, the air is less contaminated than inside our homes. It is best if you can get in touch with nature, in a garden or park if you can’t get into the country. The most cleansing places are woodlands, hilltops and by the seashore. There is a different quality to the air, which science attributes to negative ions, that invigorates and cleanses your aura. You also feel more inclined to breathe fully and deeply- very refreshing for your whole system.
Negative ions are odorless, tasteless, and invisible molecules that we inhale in abundance in certain environments. Think mountains, waterfalls, and beaches. "Ions are molecules that have gained or lost an electrical charge. They are created in nature as air molecules break apart due to sunlight, radiation, and moving air and water. You may have experienced the power of negative ions when you last set foot on the beach or walked beneath a waterfall...The air circulating in the mountains and the beach is said to contain tens of thousands of negative ions -- Much more than the average home or office building, which contain dozens or hundreds, and many register a flat zero."
"The action of the pounding surf creates negative air ions and we also see it immediately after spring thunderstorms when people report lightened moods," says ion researcher Michael Terman, PhD, of Columbia University in New York."
"Small (ingestible) negative ions of oxygen are found in invigorating environments such as near waterfalls, pine forests, or on the seashore where waves are breaking on the rocks. They are generally produced by the action of cosmic rays, lightning and radon from the earth's crust. There are approximately 4000 small negative ions per cubic centimeter of air in these environments."
I love to walk at the wooded park near my home. The energies of the trees are very soothing and as I walk I feel energized by the depth and beauty of the various trees that fill the park. I feel like any negativity is carried away harmlessly by the breeze. I also feel it is a great place to connect to the Divine. What if time or physical restraints prevent you from getting to the great outdoors? One quick cleansing trick, which I often use between healing clients is misting my aura with a vibrational essence. You can buy various aura cleansing sprays ready made, or if you already have essences you can add a few drops to spring water in a bottle with a fine spray top. If you dowse you can choose the most cleansing combination for your own personal use.. A few sprays above your head will gently drift down through your aura, taking any negativity with it. Check any of the aromatherapy websites and they will list the properties of each individual essential oil making it easy for you to determine what will best suit your needs.
Smudging is a traditional way to remove negative energies from the aura. Smudgesticks based on sweetgrass or white sage work well. Light the stick and then take the smoke through your aura, carefully keeping the lit end away from skin, clothing and hair, it is good to keep a feather especially for this purpose. It is nice to get a friend to smudge your back for you. Observe all the usual fire safety precautions and make sure you stub the stick out well!
When I’m healing I use various crystal techniques for cleansing the aura. One of the easiest to try on yourself is the ‘selenite sweep’. Take a selenite crystal, a wand shape feels good, and smooth it through your aura with the intention that it takes any negative energies with it. I usually work in strokes downwards from head to toe, but use your intuition as a guide.
After working with a client, be sure to wash your hands with cold water, this helps in clearing their energy from you as well as making sure you are disconnected from any energetic cords created during the session.
These are only a few examples of ways to clear your auric field. Investigate and explore the various techniques to see which ones resonate the best with you. The important thing is to keep the awareness that your aura needs to be maintained in order for you to remain healthy.
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8. Reiki Shares: Since we are in the process of moving from New Britain to Sellersville, there will not be a Reiki Share in the month of September. Shares will resume in October.
Reiki Share - 1st Monday of Each Month Begins promptly at 7:00 PM...please try to arrive by 6:45 so we can get everyone set up and ready to start by 7:00.
All Reiki practitioners are invited to attend.
Location: 105 Oak Drive, Sellersville, PA 18960 Get Directions
Please let us know if you plan on attending. Contact us by phone 267-377-0088 or email
Reiki Shares for 2007: Dates: Feb 5 March 5 April 3 May 7 June 4 July 2 Aug 6 Sept 10 Oct 1 Nov 5 Dec 3
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9. Tips & Tidbits:
60 Ways to Heal Your Life… From Lynda Field’s book Each month one of Lynda’s suggestion is included:
Suggestion 13: Use Your Anger Act out of your anger and not in it. Remember the last time that you were really angry? How did you act? Did you behave assertively and resolve your anger or did you just see read and say and do all the wrong things. In other works, did you act out of your anger or did you act in it?
Often we seem to become angry for the most trivial reasons. Can you remember a situation when you became explosively angry over what seemed to be an unimportant incident? How did you feel after this outburst? When we "let rip" in this way it's easy to feel guilty and foolish and then to feel even more angry because we are angry with ourselves for behaving in this way. We can use or abuse the powerful energy of our anger.
EXERCISE- A VOLCANO OF ANGER We are often afraid of our anger- it is a powerful force. So, when tha sparks are about to fly we can become confused by a mixture of emotions, including resentment, hatred, guilt and fear. The next time this happens try the following four steps.
1. Accept your anger and allow yourself to feel it. 2. Recognize that this is your own powerful energy. 3. Visualize a volcano going off inside you, filling you with power and energy. Have the major eruption inside of you rather than outside. In this way you can consciously use your anger rather than letting your anger use you. 4. This initial inner blast will clear your mind so that you can act and speak coherently and assertively.
Releasing your inner volcano might even leave you feeling that there is nothing left to say. We often "let rip" at the wrong person when we have accumulated a lot of anger. When you have cooled out, search for the real source of your anger, then communicate your feelings to the right person.
Anger is a natural emotion which only becomes dangerous if we continue to deny it. Act out of your anger (using your power constructively) rather than in your anger (going berserk) and there will be a dramatic change in the way that you feel.
Next Month: Suggestion 14: Taking a Shower of Light
Tips/Techniques: Healing with Quartz Crystal Points Source: Peggy Jentoft http://pjentoft.com/f-23-healing-with-crystals.html
There are many ways to use crystals in healing for self and others. My suggestion is that we all explore many techniques and share our experiences in order to develop a more definitive text on these methods. However there will not ever be a uniform absolute system for doing crystal treatments. We are all different and different things will work better for some than for than others and different people will need to find personal preferences for working with the crystals.
Before you use crystals in treatment remember that these are not substitutes for medical or psychological treatment when it is called for. Crystal healing is complementary and supportive of conventional treatments. All healing is self healing, we use the crystals as tools and companions on our healing path.
Crystals can transmit crystal energy, other healing energies and /or amplify chi or energies generated or tuned into by intention or intuitive reception. Many people use the crystal to amplify a healing intention by calling in love with the idea that any time you wish a person well you create a flow of healing energy.
Mental intention must follow the rules of affirmation, focus on the positive effect you want rather than the "problem ". Do not attempt to will a particular condition healed by force. Allow the energies channeled by the crystal to do the work. Use only positive terms in your intentions, affirmations, spells and healing prayers or whatever form you use, "be well" rather than "don't be sick" for example. This is a critical point. You must describe the desired healing rather than the problem. You can not force a particular result.
Methods of working with Crystals for Healing
The numbers below are just there so that if anyone has questions it will be a bit easier to tell us which method they are asking about.
1. The most usual way of working with crystals and stones is to simply hold a crystal or crystals chosen intuitively for the desired purpose. When we choose from a crystal properties book we will still use our intuition. One method is to simply hold the stone you have chosen for ten to twenty minutes. Another is to sit with the chosen crystals and stones around you. Some sources suggest that if possible you do this four times a day. Do not disturb your sleep to do a personal crystal healing treatment. People often carry stones with them throught their daily activities.
Quartz crystal points can be used to direct energy either toward or away from a body depending on where the point is facing. or by intending the direction of flow.
2. There are also many different ways to hold or move the crystals. Some healing session you may feel called to move from place to place on the body holding the crystal still at each place. Others times you may sweep through the entire aura in long strokes first down then upwards. Others use spirals, circles or infinity ( figure eight) loops to move the energies. Figure eight loops seem particularly effective in my experience. Spiraling upwards over each chakra point or the place being treated and then spiraling inward is one common pattern. Usually counter clockwise is used for up and out and clockwise for in and down.
3. Some people painstakingly trace the meridian lines with crystal points, stopping over major acupuncture points. I had never had the patience to do this for years but have done so now. The book "Energy Medicine" by Donna Eden and David Fienstien has simplified charts for meridian tracing. It is easier to do this for otherr than for yourself. I have sometimes self treated by holding a wand point over the pubic bone then up to just below the lower lip repeating three times. This is said to balance the conception channel. People who have knowledge of acupuncture , accupressure or other method which uses these points or similar ones may wish to experiment with using crystals rather than needles or pressure .
4 Using a single terminated point, a laser wand or a carved wand. You can visualize the point of the crystal as holding a sticky charge with which to pull out stagnant or congested energy and energy that does not belong to the person being treated. Intend that any such energy be automatically cleansed and restored to its proper place . You can either change crystals or use a quick clearing method (such as shakti or breath) before going over the same areas with the wand in a smoothing and balancing stroke. You can run energy into any area that feels depleted .
5 You may want to hold one crystal in each hand. A clear crystal point in your dominant hand to use over body areas and another crystal in the receptive hand that represents the effects you wish to promote. Perhaps rose quartz for treating emotional pain and adding loving energy or rutilated quartz for nerve and tissue healing for example. You then move the dominant hand crystal through the energy field from top down .Some people prefer to start point out sweeping down in small cleansing swoops like combing or circles around the body from side to side and then return point in upwards in the same way.
Many systems seem to recommend that you start at the top and work down. I have found systems that work from the feet up too. I like working from the feet up a lot of the time but some have been taught that only work from the top down is "safe" I have had no problems with safety issues but would not use a modality on a person who was uncomfortable with the idea.
6 Ao circuit This method follows the path of a set of energy centers used in the ancient Hawaiian Huna Traditions. It is effective for promoting spiritual, emotional, mental ,harmony. Hold the crystal over the a. crown for a moment or two this is the will center (ao) continue from point to point holding the crystal over each point for a moment or two. b. Move to over the right eye this is the time (ao) c. Next is the right shoulder in and up from the armpit about an inch or two this is the venturing or ao of beginnings. d. At the point where the hipbone joins the right leg - action e. At the pubic bone -anchoring f. left hip- contemplation g.- right shoulder -appreciation h. right eye - justice balance i. heart - love end by moving up to the crown and move the crystal around the outer body four times.
7. Take a single point or wand crystal in hand, while it is more standard to use point in to give energy and point out to remove it you can also direct energy either way through the point using the intention combination of fill ,remove or in ,out or push pull or clean and seal . Ground and center intend that your work be in the highest good and safe in all ways . You might like to scan your body (in self treatment) or the receiving being first to feel for areas that are blocked , over or under energized or give some other indication that work is needed.
8. When you personally sense that you have congested energy. One self treatment method is to hold a crystal point out in your right hand to the side and down put your left hand over your heart and allow the congested energy to flow out into the earth (where it is transformed and returned to its proper source) You then change hands and with the crystal point in allow it to bring in healing energy .
9. Seated treatment: Stand to the side of seated recipient with a receptive crystal in left hand held at back top of head. Projective crystal in right hand at front top of head. Move the crystals downward to each chakra. Move them in and out to stimulate and balance the chakra. These do not have to be a particular kind of crystal just designate one receptive and the other projective. Some people like to use a milky crystal as the receptive crystal and a clear crystal as the projector. Some use a rose quartz (carved wand usually, as natural rose quartz crystal points are usually tiny ) and a smoky quartz for this method. You can also use this as a chakra balancing method without considering either crystal as limited to projecting or receiving as either can push or pull ( suck and blow ) as needed to clear balance and harmonize the chakra and energy body.. This is cleanse and fill at each step. You can also do this with the recipiant laying down.
10. Start at the crown, hold the point at the crown sweep the crystal through the aura in an upward spiral. Pause at the top and spiral back. Clear quartz can be used to simply magnify all healing efforts. Try holding a point in your hand as you scan the aura (point facing out), Then face the point in as you send healing and harmonizing energy.
11. This healing technique involves the use two clear quartz points. Sit at the feet of the person put the point of the crystal in your right hand point in at the bottom of the persons left foot, and the point of the crystal in your left hand pointing out at the bottom of the patient's right foot. allow energy to flow up through your right hand (persons left foot) and imagine it moving all through the body, up the left side, and through and down the right side and out the right foot. Imagine a continuous circle of energy going in and flowing out. visualize a smooth flow and balanced energy .Imagine all blocks breaking up and dissolving . All unwanted energies will be washed out positive energies are enhanced to restore vitality and well being .
12. You can sleep with a stone or two chosen to work on a healing issue. You can put the crystal in your pillow or beside the bed some people tape the crystals to their hand or elsewhere' You should preferably work only on issues that will not be likely to disrupt your sleep.
There are many more ways to work with quartz points in this kind of work but this seems like more than enough for starters.
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10. Miscellaneous:
Upcoming Reiki Classes: Reiki Level 1 Class: Tuesday Evenings: Feb 6 - Feb 27 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
I am also available to teach one-on one classes. Need a different time slot to take a Reiki Level I class? Other times available that work mutually for all.
Reiki Practitioners Looking For a Trade: For those not available to attend the Reiki Shares that are scheduled but are interested in doing a trade for Reiki or another healing modality, send me an email. I will send out a private email to those who have taken our classes listing the individuals interested in doing trades. You will then set up appointments on your own.
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