| The different techniques of Reiki healing art can be | | | | possible to become lost, but if you allow your own |
| as unique as the individuals who practice them. There | | | | intuition to be your guide, you will eventually find your |
| are no hard and fast rules to Reiki energy healing, | | | | way. |
| although some Masters claim that their way is "best". | | | | You may need to read different viewpoints, attend |
| You can learn all of the different techniques that you | | | | different classes or visit different practitioners. You |
| want, but you are the one who decides what is | | | | may need to do your own research. Some Masters |
| "right" for you. | | | | have found that their journeys led them to Japan, |
| One Master tells a story about visiting another | | | | where they could see and "feel" the places where |
| practitioner who used crystals and it did not "feel" | | | | the practice originated. |
| right to her. Crystals can be empowered with the | | | | But, it is not necessary to travel or attend seminars |
| energy that is Reiki. They can be part of Reiki healing | | | | to begin to use Reiki energy healing in your own life. |
| art. But, they are only necessary if the practitioner | | | | You can learn all that you need to know from a |
| "feels" they are necessary. | | | | book, in the comfort of your own home, at your |
| Symbols, signs, specific hand positions and | | | | own pace. If you feel that you want more |
| movements may all be used during a Reiki energy | | | | knowledge, you can attend classes or travel the |
| healing. Or, a practitioner may use only his mind to | | | | world. The choice is yours. |
| heal himself or another. The real power does not lie in | | | | You may become discouraged on your journey, but |
| the "props" that we use to heal. The real power lies | | | | don't give up. Particularly if you are discouraged |
| within us and around us. | | | | because another "Master" tells you that you are |
| Anyone can learn the Reiki healing art. All it takes is | | | | "wrong" or the way you have learned is wrong. If it |
| acceptance of and understanding of the infinite | | | | is "right" for you, it is right. |
| energy that is called Reiki by some, but has many | | | | "Every Master that you meet, is simply a Master of |
| different names in many different cultures. | | | | their own path to enlightenment," is a quote from |
| Learning the Reiki healing art, just as with any art | | | | the book Radical Reiki, Radical Life. They may have |
| form, is a journey. You follow a path as long as you | | | | studied for years and be proficient in the Reiki healing |
| feel that you are going in the right direction. It is | | | | art, but their power is no greater than your own. |