Inquire Within

We have been taught from a very early age that we, as individuals, can’t know the answers to our questions. That we don’t know what is best for us and we must turn to others who are supposed to be more educated on the matter. In times of confusion, we turn to ministers, rabbis or priests, counselors and teachers or parents, expecting these people to somehow know what we need. The truth, however, is they can only tell us what is true for them and, in fact, the more astute of them will very often give a very sound piece of advice…"Listen to your heart. You know what you need to do”.

Every one of us has a uniquely individual perspective and what holds true for one us does not necessarily hold true for another. What makes one individual happy may make the other miserable. One might thrive under stress and the other might crack, so how can we expect anyone other than ourselves to know what is truly best for us? To find the answers you seek, you must inquire within.

The nature of the universe is one of constant change. The whole universe changes from instant to instant and we, as individuals, do the same. Every cell in our body grows, changes and dies, and it has been documented that in seven years every cell of our body has been replaced. This means that you are quite literally not the same person you were 7 years ago. Also, as you gain knowledge and expand your awareness and understanding of yourself and the world surrounding you, you experience change. As you grow and change, what was once true for you may no longer be true now. A decision you made last year might no longer be desirable or beneficial today.

We normally aren’t very cognizant of this constant change because we live our lives so caught up in our on-going dramas that we don’t stop what we are doing and reflect on how we differ in the evening compared to the morning. These changes are usually subtle but they are noticeable. For instance, if you come home at the end of the day more staunchly convinced that you don’t like your job, you have changed. A belief you held in the morning has been more firmly reinforced by evening, which means it has changed over the course of the day.

Many of us acknowledge that there is a spiritual aspect to human beings and we tend to think of ourselves as a body with a spirit but I would submit that we are, indeed, spirits with a body. We are essentially non-physical beings who have projected a portion of consciousness into a physical world of dualities. This explains why we tend to have such a rough time while we’re here. We are generally not expressing who we really are. We spend our time doing things that, deep down, we know are not best for us. As we recognize this incongruence, we have feelings of confusion and unhappiness and we don’t quite understand why. So, having been taught that we can’t possibly know what is best for us, we turn to those around us…those who are supposed to have the answers but who are, in fact, only doing the same thing we are; being something that is inconsistent with their natural self. They tell us to stay the course because that’s the most logical and safest thing to do and, besides, that’s what everyone else does. “Few people ever really find happiness” they might add. But nobody seems to consider why it is that those few do and the rest of us don’t. What are they doing different?

Unfortunately, continuing in this way causes us to do things that don’t serve us to the fullest and there will always be that nagging feeling that there is something within us left incomplete. Until we can be truly honest with ourselves and look at what serves us physically as well as spiritually, we will find life unfulfilling. Almost all of the most successful people in the world will tell you that in order to be truly successful, you must be passionate about what you do. How many of us are passionate about what we do 8 or more hours of the day? Stop and consider this thing called passion. Where does it come from? Might it be that this drive within us is an expression of the spiritual self? Perhaps this is our spiritual essence telling us what we should be doing to achieve fulfillment; providing us with the answer to the questions we’ve posed to so many others, hoping they could tell us what we need to do.

If you really want to know what the best course for your life is, go inside and ask. Still your mind and listen to the quiet voice that speaks to you. It most likely won’t tell you in words what you need but you will most definitely be given direction. The key is to trust the information you get and then begin to act upon it.

Blessings,

Jason Hundley

To Thine Own Self Be True

“To thine own self be true.” Shakespeare wrote these words over 400 years ago and their wisdom is just as valid today. The problem, though, is most of us aren’t true to ourselves. In fact, very many of us don’t even know who we really are.

Growing up, we were told to act like other people. “Strive to be like Jesus” or “Why can’t you be more like your brother or sister?” or, in my case, an entire classroom of kids were told on more than one occasion, “You should all be more like Jason.” Which, I should point out, didn’t increase my popularity any. Paradoxically, however, these same people who petition us to model ourselves after others will also tell us, “Be yourself.” In childhood, every time we would attempt to express our individuality, we were cut short. “Don’t do that!”, “Stop it!”, “Behave yourself”, “Grow up”, “Why can’t you be more like your brother?” Eventually, we lose all sense of who we actually are and our personality becomes an amalgam of characteristics we’ve modeled from other people. I’m sure you can think of examples of natural tendencies you have or used to have that were punished when you dared to freely express them.

So what is the result of this suppression? We become something other than what we really are. We pretend to be someone we’re not. We wear a patchwork mask of all the traits we’ve been taught are most acceptable by those around us. We pretend to be interested in a conversation just to be polite, we laugh at things that aren’t funny or suppress our laughter if we think it “inappropriate” to laugh. We hold back our true feelings and pretend we aren’t hurt, scared, unhappy, sad, embarrassed, turned on, in love, or overjoyed because to make those things known would be socially unacceptable; those feelings are only to be expressed in intimate company, if at all.

Think of something that is quite opposite your nature. For instance, if you’re a pacifist, think about being a warrior. If you’re a Democrat, think about being a Republican and vice versa. Try that persona on for size. Imagine what it would take for you to actually be that person, complete with emotions and thought patterns.

It would be very foreign and probably uncomfortable, wouldn’t it? Why? Because you are trying to be something that you’re not and that is always a hard thing to do. One reason so many people are so unhappy is they are trying incredibly hard to wear a mask that doesn’t fit. After years and years of this, we begin to lose track of who we were to begin with. We forget the way we used to think or feel but that doesn’t mean this side of us has gone away. It remains inside us trying desperately to get out and the more we ignore it, the harder it tries. This struggle of the natural self to shine through is felt as a sense of incompleteness or unhappiness. We begin to try and fill the void inside with things…cars, houses, clothes, jewelry, relationships, drugs, sex, money, food, etc. but no matter how many things we acquire, we always feel the need for more. Think about this. If the things really were fulfilling, why would we need more and more of them? The answer isn’t more money or more things. The answer is to find fulfillment in yourself and that means taking the time to learn who you truly are and respect that version of yourself enough to allow it to be expressed. After all, if you’re not true to yourself, are you ever true to anyone?

Blessings,

Jason Hundley

In the Blink of an Eye

Everything can change in the blink of an eye. Most people know this and some spend a great deal of time dwelling on it. One day you’re gainfully employed and the next, you’re laid off. One minute you’re driving down the highway and the next you’re in a terrible wreck. Out of the blue, the house needs major repairs or you contract a serious illness. Yes, life can change in the blink of an eye.

The funny thing is it can change for the better just as quickly and easily as it can change for the worse. We seem to think that the bad things happen to us all of a sudden and out of the blue but the good things have to be planned for and slowly achieved. Winning the lottery isn’t planned for. You buy a ticket and you win. Just like that, you’re a millionaire. Falling in love isn’t something you plan for, either. It usually hits you so fast you don’t even know what happened. How about your best friend? Did you plan on meeting him or her?

The good and the bad have an equal chance of taking place; we just tend to focus on the bad, since those are the things we don’t want. The paradox of this, however, is the more you fight the things you don’t want, the more attention and energy you give them. It is a basic principle of psychology that the more we focus on something, the more likely we are to experience it. For instance, if you place a 2 x 4 on the ground, you can probably walk from one end of it to the other without trouble. Now suspend that same 2 x 4 fifty feet off the ground and see what happens. Odds are, you're focusing so much on not falling that you're probably going to lose your balance.

I'm not saying you shouldn’t plan to avoid the bad things. For instance, I’m not saying you shouldn’t put on your seatbelt when you get in the car but I am saying you shouldn’t spend the entire drive fretting about getting into a wreck.

Wonderful things happen to us every day but we’re often so busy planning to ward off the terrible things we imagine might occur that we hardly take notice. We’ve conditioned ourselves to be so fearful of what might happen that we walk through life in a sort of stupor, mentally preparing for the next anticipated tragedy. Once one has been averted, we instantly jump to the next. In this mindset, we blind ourselves to the good and enjoyable things that are happening right now. I’m sure you’ve seen people who sit brooding over some concern of theirs while everyone around them is enjoying themselves. And what does this brooding produce? 9 times out of 10 the things we spend so much time worrying about either don’t happen or aren’t nearly as bad as we imagined they would be.

To me, it’s a bit strange that we, as a society, have determined that the occurrence of negative things is more likely and more realistic that the occurrence of positive things. Most people would probably say you have a greater chance of getting laid off than you do retiring early with plenty of money. Most might say you have a greater chance of getting divorced than staying married the rest of your life. And these people would undoubtedly point to statistics and facts and say, “See? Here’s proof.” But why aren’t they pointing to the other side of the coin? Why aren’t they pointing to the people who do stay married or those who do retire early with plenty of money? Even if they are siding with the statistical majority, there are still examples of the opposite, which proves it can be done. If, for instance, you’re saying, “50 percent of all marriages end in divorce.” I can say, “50 percent stay married. How do you know I (or you) won’t be in that 50 percent that stays together?"

Remember that everything can change in the blink of an eye but the door can swing both ways equally. Instead of focusing on all the bad things that could happen, why not spend more time thinking about all the good things you’d like to have happen. What makes the negative any more likely than the positive?

Blessings,

Jason Hundley

Where Would We Be Without Dreamers?

"She's a daydreamer", the teacher admonishes the little girl's parents. "If she can't pay attention in class, she'll never succeed." This is where the seed of imagination is usually stifled. As children, we're told that our exciting daydreams are useless and simply flights of fancy. This is where we get our first brush with the naysayers. There will always be naysayers who tell the visionaries that their dream is impossible or impractical. In fact, the naysayers will usually far outnumber the visionaries and their supporters. However, it is crucial that the visionary keep the dream alive. If the naysayers won throughout history, humankind wouldn’t have accomplished very much.

Just to give you a few examples, the naysayers said the earth couldn’t be round and had to be stationary. After all, anyone can see the earth is a flat plane and doesn’t move. They said a vehicle that was heavier than air couldn’t fly…and then the Wright brothers came along. It was impossible to take the pain out of surgery, they said…until anesthesia was invented. “No human being can run a mile in under 4 minutes.” Experts from around the world had done the calculations and found that the human body simply can’t move that fast…then in 1954, Roger Bannister ran a mile in 3 minutes and 59 seconds (Current record: 3 minutes and 43 seconds).

The naysayers said the sound barrier couldn’t be broken, living organisms couldn’t be cloned, mankind couldn’t reach the moon, the atom couldn’t be split, and computers couldn’t be made small enough to fit on a desktop, let alone a laptop. They also said television would never be as popular as radio, the telephone would never take the place of the telegraph, the car would never replace the horse drawn carriage and that airplanes wouldn’t replace boats as the choice for international travel.

Just imagine if the visionaries had listened to the naysayers. Where would we be today? Human beings have accomplished so much because of our ability to be creative and to question. If we do not explore beyond the boundaries of what is accepted to be true, we will never discover anything more than we already know and we won’t become more than we already are.

It is very important for those who have a vision to keep that vision alive no matter how many people may say it’s impossible, ridiculous or only a dream. Imagination is the fertile soil of creation and discovery and without it, new frontiers will never be broached. Don’t succumb to the naysayers and give up on something that could prove to be a fantastic gift to the entire world. See your vision, not as a mere idea you had one day, but as an important message to be delivered for the benefit of all. Keep the vision alive!

Blessings,

Jason Hundley

Is Your Dream Important Enough?

“Can I do this?” So many of us stand before the path to our dream and ask that question but I would suggest a more pertinent question to ask is, “Can I not do it?” Is your dream something that burns inside you like a fire and will consume you if you don’t take that step onto the path?

Most people waste their life living in fear. An exciting idea, an inspiration, comes to them and they ask, “Can I do it? Will it be too hard or take too long or cost too much? Will my family, friends or co-workers approve?” Far too often, the fears win out, the dream dies and life continues on unfulfilled. Instead of asking, “Can I do it?” ask, “Can I not do it?” If you find this idea to be so inspiring and so important to you that you feel you’ll never be complete if you don’t do it, then does the rest even matter? When you lay on your deathbed and look back on your life, will you regret not having done this? Let these principles be your guide and not your fears.

What are fears, after all? They are simply the result of limited thinking. Do you know how elephants are trained? When the elephant is a baby, its leg is tied to a stake that is driven deep into the ground. The elephant walks to the limit of the rope and finds it can’t go any further and, over time, comes to accept this limit as being as far as it can go. When the elephant grows up, though it can uproot that stake with the flick of its toe, it still believes it can only go as far as the rope will permit and it doesn’t even try to go any further. This is the result of limited thinking. If the elephant would simply try to move past the limit of the rope, it would find it could do so. The same applies with our fears and limited thinking. The only problem is, like the elephant, we don’t even try.

If you look at your dream and honestly say to yourself, “There is no way I could not do this” then don’t let the rope of fear and limited thinking stop you. You have the power to achieve your goals. Don’t be idle and let the fire inside consume you. Instead, use that energy to drive you toward your objective and not away from it. After all, the only worthless dream is the one left unfulfilled.

Blessings,

Jason Hundley

Quickly Neutralize Limiting Beliefs by Altering Your Energy

Limiting beliefs can virtually run our lives. Have you ever wondered why some things are easy and practically effortless for you and others are seemingly impossible? We all carry beliefs about everything we encounter in our world and these beliefs determine how we respond to life. When we look at the effortless aspects of life, we see beliefs that tell us those things are easy. When we cast our attention to the really difficult things, we see beliefs that tell us those things can’t be accomplished.

The standard approach to changing limiting beliefs is to convince yourself that what you currently believe is untrue. This method, however, is very slow and not terribly effective. To demonstrate, try this: tell yourself that you’re a millionaire right now. Go ahead and tell yourself. Ok, good. Did you believe you were a millionaire? No? You probably have limiting belief that says being a millionaire is very hard to achieve. That’s ok, though. You can just keep telling yourself you are a millionaire. By the way, how often do you think you’d have to say that before you believed it? You could probably tell yourself you’re a millionaire for a few years before you started to see a change in your finances. So, apparently, the solution to changing limiting beliefs is not in your thought process. Amazingly, it seems that the answer lies in your body’s energy system (the energy meridians mapped out by the Chinese thousands of years ago) instead.

Ok, so how do we change limiting beliefs through the energy system? By using a method known as EFT. EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is an energy-based form of therapy that utilizes the subtle energies found within a series of meridian lines that flow throughout the body. Simply stated, it is an emotional version of acupuncture without the needles. Instead, the energy meridian points on your body are stimulated by gently tapping on them with your fingertips. The process is easy to learn and can be done anywhere at any time.

Instead of taking months or years using conventional therapy, EFT helps resolve issues in just a few hours, though it is also possible to achieve noticeable results with just a few brief rounds. The process has been used effectively on many areas, some of which are listed below:

Pain management
Headaches/migraines
Anxiety
Anger
Stress

Limiting beliefs

EFT is even beginning to find its way into hospitals and clinics for pain management, calming upset patients and psychological treatments. Following is some clinical research conducted on the use of EFT in the area of anxiety:

Psychologists Sharon Jones and Dr Henry B Andrews from Curtin University (Jones and Andrews, 2001) studied EFT treatment (vs. waiting list control) of public speaking anxiety in treatment sessions of 45-minutes conducted by psychologists in the University counseling center. The authors found significant improvements in self-report (Spielberger STAI) and subjective levels of anxiety for EFT treatment. In tracking the results of EFT treatment throughout the session, they found that subjective anxiety was significantly reduced after just 15 minutes of EFT treatment and continued to reduce throughout the treatment session.
Sharon Jones and Henry B. Andrews, "The efficacy of emotional freedom technique in reducing public speaking anxiety: An exploratory study." Paper presented at a meeting of the Western Australian branch of the College of Counseling Psychologists, March 2001.

Joaquin Andrade, MD and David Feinstein PhD report on a large scale study on Energy Psychology (Including EFT)

In preliminary clinical trials involving more than 29,000 patients from 11 allied treatment centers in South America during a 14-year period, a variety of randomized, double-blind pilot studies were conducted. The largest of the sub-studies, conducted over a five-and-one-half year period, followed the course of treatment of approximately 5,000 patients diagnosed with anxiety disorders. These patients were randomly assigned to an experimental group (imagery and statements paired with the manual stimulation of selected acupuncture points - as in EFT and TFT) or a control group (Cognitive Behavior Therapy supplemented by medication as needed). Half of them received the energy therapy treatments and no medication. Interviews at the end of treatment, along with follow-up interviews at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months, showed that the energy therapy was significantly more effective than the CBT/medication protocol in both the proportion of patients showing some improvement and the proportion of patients showing complete remission of symptoms:

Outcome> Comparisons with 5,000 Anxiety Patients at Close of Therapy

CBT / MEDICATION ACUPOINT Some Improvement 63% 90% Complete Remission of Symptoms 51% 75%

EFT can make dramatic changes in practically every area of your life since we hold so many limiting beliefs. I have been using it for over three years and am thrilled with the results. Whenever I can, I teach it to people or direct them to resources where they can learn it on their own.

If you are interested in learning EFT click here

Blessings,

Jason Hundley

Empathic Shielding

You know you’re empathic if you find yourself picking up other people’s issues. When they’re sad, you’re sad, when they’re happy, you’re happy, when they hurt, you hurt. Sorting out your issues from theirs can be very confusing and makes living life as an empath rather challenging. I would like to offer a very useful and effective technique I intuitively discovered many years ago to block out all those invading energies. Though I am empathic myself, I have developed the ability to choose to experience the energies of others or not.

Empaths naturally fluctuate their energetic vibrations to match those of other people. When someone is sad, angry, hurt, or happy you match your energy to theirs in order to feel what they’re feeling. Very often, this is done as an attempt to take away that person’s pain; to carry their burden for them. Sometimes it stems from a belief that in order to understand a person’s pain, you must experience it. Whatever the reason, however, a very important lesson all empaths must learn is that it is not necessary to feel or experience another’s pain in order to ease it.

How can you stop matching the energies of those around you? By using the principle of entrainment. Entrainment is defined as the tendency for two vibrating bodies to lock into phase and vibrate in harmony; also, as the synchronization of two or more rhythmic cycles. This principle is universal and can be seen in many every day situations. For example, two beating heart muscle cells will, in time, synchronize. The pendulums of grandfather clocks lined against a wall will begin to swing together. Women who live together for more than a month will have their menstrual cycles at the same time frame. A guitar string tuned to a particular note, when plucked, will cause another guitar string, tuned to the same note but held a distance away, to vibrate.
We can also see examples of this in emotions. Have you ever been around someone who was in a really good mood and you found yourself feeling good as well? Or how about the opposite where you were around someone who was really sad or angry and you started feeling the same way. We tend to refer to this as “infectious”.

Well, you can use this same “infectious” energy to help keep you from picking up everyone else’s issues. If you keep your energies higher than those of the people around you, you will find that you aren’t dipping down to pick up the sadness, anger, pain, frustration, etc. In fact, you will notice that, if you spend enough time around these individuals, they will begin to match your energy and feel better! So how can you keep your energies high? By doing everything you can to stay in a good, upbeat, happy mood when someone with a lower energy is near. Think of someone or something you love, count your blessings, imagine holding a kitten or a puppy or a baby, or just realize that the best thing you can do for that person is to keep your energies high instead of dropping them down to their level. Misery might love company but it isn’t very helpful to have a room full of miserable people. Be the beacon, the shining light during the storm, and help raise that person’s spirits. You’ll both feel much, much better and you’ll begin to learn that meeting a person at the level of their pain isn’t the best way to help them through it.

Blessings,
Jason Hundley

Five Ways to Strengthen your Reiki

Wouldn't it be nice if there were a few simple tricks for strengthening your connection to Reiki energy? Things that didn't take much effort but could have an immediate effect?

This article explores five simple ways to do just that. Undoubtedly there are many more, but these five all have the virtue of being available to anyone at any time, at any Reiki skill level.

Technique 1: Dry Bathing (Kenyoku Ho)

Although this is by far the most complex energy 'trick' of the five, it is still relatively simple. Doing it before each Reiki session will definitely make a difference to the flow of energy.

Method:

Put your right hand on your left shoulder, breathe into your hara (i.e. the 2nd chakra - located about 5cm below your belly button), and sweep diagonally - exhaling forcefully - across the front of your body down to your right hip.

(By 'sweep', we mean brushing your hand over your body as if you were 'sweeping' dust away from your shoulder, past your hip and onto the ground.)

Put your left hand on your right shoulder, inhale into your hara, and 'sweep' - exhaling - down to your left hip.

Put your hand back on your left shoulder, inhale, and sweep your hand - exhaling - down to your right hip.

Extend your left arm out in front of your body, palm facing upwards, arm horizontal to the ground. Put your right hand on your left shoulder - inhale into your hara - and 'sweep' along your arm - exhaling - all the way past the left fingertips.

Repeat the process on your opposite side by extending your right hand palm facing upwards in front of your body (arm horizontal to the ground), placing your left hand on your right shoulder, inhaling into your hara, and sweeping along your right arm - exhaling - all the way past the right fingertips.

Extend your left arm out in front of your body, palm facing upwards, arm horizontal to the ground. Put your right hand on your left shoulder - inhale into your hara - and 'sweep' along your arm - exhaling - all the way past the left fingertips.

Let your arms hang down by the sides of your body and feel any energetic currents that may arise (most probably in your arms and hands).

Gassho (join your hands together in prayer position [namaste] in front of your chest) and give thanks.

Technique 2: Rubbing Hands Together

Rub your hands together vigorously for ten seconds before giving yourself or another Reiki. This will stimulate the energetic channels in your hand, thus making it easier for the Reiki energy to flow.

Technique 3: Keep Fingers Together and Hands Cupped

Reiki will generally flow more strongly if you keep your fingers together (although the thumb may, at times, separate from the other fingers).

Mrs Takata, the founder of Western Reiki, apparently proclaimed: 'Scattered hands, scattered energy'. She was right, although you should naturally never be dogmatic (sometimes, after all, you may in fact desire a more spread out sort of energy).

That said, 9 times out of 10 you will feel more if you keep your fingers together.

The same can also be said for keeping your hands held cupped rather than flat on the body. The reasons for this are not exactly clear, but try it if you are not already doing so. The energy almost always seem to flow better.

Technique 4: Hover Above Each Hand Position Before Touching The Body

A good way to get a stronger connection to each Reiki position is to hover above it with your hands before lowering them onto the body.

The trick is to wait until you get an energetic connection and only then put your hands on the body. For some reason this makes it easier to connect to the Reiki energy of each position.

Technique 5: Keep One Hand On The Body When Changing Hand Positions

To keep the energetic connection going (and build momentum, thus strengthening it), it is a good idea not to take both hands off your body when changing positions (the same applies when you give Reiki to someone else).

Keep one hand grounded while you move the other. Then anchor the one you have moved, and move the one you had kept grounded. That way the energetic space and connection you have established is not short-circuited.

Jeremy O'Carroll is a traditional Usui / Shamballa Reiki Master. He has studied Reiki in India, Thailand and Australia and is a registered Master Teacher at the ARC (Australian Reiki Connection). He is the founder of the Om Reiki Centre in Daylesford (Victoria), Australia. If you wish to contact him, please write to info@om-reiki.com.au or visit the Om Reiki Centre website at http://www.om-reiki.com.au Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jeremy_O'Carroll

Four Keys to Finding the Right Reiki Teacher for You

Reiki is a wonderful tool for spiritual, emotional and physical integration and healing and if you’ve decided you would like to train to become a practitioner, you might be wondering how to find the right Reiki teacher for you. Every instructor has a particular teaching style and here I will outline four key points that will help you find a teacher and class that suits your needs.

1. Make sure the class is what you are expecting it to be. Most Reiki teachers provide their students a comprehensive class that lasts several hours where all of the pertinent information about Reiki is taught, an attunement (passing of the ability to channel Reiki energy) is given, ample hands-on experience is provided to give the student confidence in his or her ability to provide a session and certification is given at the end of class. There are, however, some teachers who only provide an attunement, a list of books to read, give out the appropriate certificates and then dismiss the class. Students who attend this type of class are lacking hands-on experience and aren’t given a chance to ask questions about the material they will later read.
   
2. Make contact with the teacher. When possible, contact the teacher by email or, even better, by phone. This will enable you to establish a bit of rapport and get a feel for their individual personality. Sometimes this alone can tell you whether or not the person is the one you want to learn from.
   
3. Ask to see a copy of the instructor’s teaching certificate. Every Reiki teacher is certified as an instructor. Most Western certificates will indicate the level of 3B or state the title of Reiki Master Teacher. Though I haven’t personally heard of anyone falsely claiming to be a Reiki teacher the fact is anyone can easily claim that title. Don’t be afraid to ask to see a teacher’s certificate. Most will be happy to email you a copy.
4. Request some referrals. Since every instructor has a unique teaching style, it is important to know if the person you’re considering taking a class from teaches in a way that is compatible with you. Are you the type who prefers a faster, more direct approach without a lot of excess discussion or do you need someone who is patient, moves at a more relaxed pace and enjoys answering questions? By asking for the contact information of a few past students who have agreed to act as referrals, you can get an idea of how this person teaches and whether or not you think he or she is best for you.

A Reiki class should be a positive, uplifting experience that you will remember for a long time to come and finding just the right teacher will help ensure that your Reiki training fulfills you on every level. I hope you found this article helpful and I wish you all the best on your Reiki journey.

Namaste,

Jason Hundley

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