Amitabha Mandala in process

I find this to be a most moving image of simple, one pointed devotion. May all benefit.

I cannot believe I just have to sit to receive healing without any participation.

When I kept a Studio open to the general public, and offered a weekly Reiki exchange, I provided a series of simple explanations about Reiki healing to all participants. I now realized that it is time to pubish these explanations on blog, as articles on my site may not have made it clear that there is in fact a participatory process to receiving Reiki, although quite a simple one.

To participate in Reiki, to receive healing, one must ASK for the treatment. Asking is participatory, and often, the most difficult part of any healing process. It is the asking that makes the healing possible. It is acknowledging that we need help, that we are willing to receive help.. and that we will do what it takes to get that help, even if "what it takes" may simply be sitting still.

Further, the client particpates in the energy healing process by exchanging energy for energy in the form of money for services. This exchange in my opinion is also participatory, and vital to the success of the healing process.

"Passive healing" can occur in all sorts of ways. Published here is another photo of the Amitabha mandala by the Dalai Lama's monks. I find it amazingly powerful, visually stimualting, wonderous & healing. Tibetan sand mandalas leave me speechless... and healed in deep and subtle ways I can't quite explain, but want to share with you.

Of course, it is important to note that Reiki is not a religious healing process... nor is it in any way related to the mandala.. I was just offering an illustration, or example of healing that requires only the participation of seeing.

Thank you for your kind attention to this blog. Best wishes, Ann George

Energy Healing & Tibetan Sand Mandalas

I am very happy to be able to share this detail of the center of the Amitabha Mandala with you.

This sacred image was drawn in Jacksonville, Florida by the Dalai Lama's monks who bless us yearly with a sand mandala ceremony. More photos will be on line as soon as possible, courtesy of Todd Ford.

Reiki Energy Healing to Attract Healthy Relationships

This post is an effort to provide clarity & direction, hope & empowerment for those who are making every effort to attract healthy emotional/sexual relationships... and who find that in spite of their best efforts... they continue to attract the same partner in a different package. (Of course, this post should also prove useful for those who continue to be hired by the same abusive employer, indifferent corporation, or those who keep hitting the same dead end in any area of life.)

While it is true that there are many wonderful therapies to address the mind, and many excellent modalities to physically treat the emotional body.. the human energy body is often overlooked in the process of healing & self transformation. This simple omission can be the cause of tremendous suffering, and an abject lowering of self esteem. Why? Because in spite of all best efforts mentally and emotionally.. even physically in terms of "make overs".. weight loss, body building, new hair styles, new wardrobe.... we remain vibrational creatures. We can become attuned, or accustomed to a certain type of energy environment.

Observing the world around us, we may often wonder why a very lovely woman continues to attract abusive partners, or why a charming & successful man always finds himself with an alcoholic lover. The answer is often that women was raised in an abusive home environment, and unknowingly, energetically, she is sending out "signals" that this type of environment is comfortable to her, thus attracting a partner who prefers to create abusive environment and those who accept that condition.
The successful man most likely had a primary childhood relationship with one or more alcoholic family members, and finds that on some non-verbal level, the energy of alcoholic homes is strangely comfortable in all its chaos.

While this may seem illogical, or far-fetched, and one might reason that no thinking person would constantly make these same dead end choices over and over... the key concept of this article is that the situations described above are not "thinking" problems, they are not the result of "rational" decisions. They are more like falling down a manhole you didn't see coming because you were distracted.

Please allow me to illustrate with a primitive, yet hopefully effective example from nature. If you go scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef with any three people in the world... any three, and one of you accidentally swims too close to the coral reef, tears your wet suit, scrapes your flesh & begins to bleed into the water... then, no matter who tore the suit, what they believe in, where they came from, how hard they tried to become a brilliant scuba diver, how many lessons they took.. how desperately they wanted to scuba dive happily ever after... there is now blood in the water.

As a result of that simple change in the great ocean, apex predators from a distance as great as 100 miles, sensing that change in their environment, will come to investigate. The Great White Shark doesn't really care who is bleeding, and perhaps thrashing about in the water. It is behaving as it must, responding as it is conditioned to, or created to. It, or perhaps they, are coming to see what might be for dinner.

As a healthy human being... anticipating the possible approach of the apex predator.. you must make some decisions. The healthy decision is to get out of that water. Then, definitely, repair the wet suit, tend your wound (STOP BLEEDING), wait until the wound is healed and the sharks are long gone before getting back into the water to finish your swim. All these actions take time and effort, and yet they are all life saving.

I think it is important to note that the scuba diver did not intend to attract a Great White Shark. The diver was just being a little careless, or a show off, or just scared silly of scuba diving, we don't know. And it doesn't benefit us to blame the diver.

Sometimes after a failed relationship, people don't want to get out the water, tend their wounds, and get new wet suits. People often want to jump right back into the dating game and try again to find that perfect partner. Now, none of us would want to jump into bloody water filled with sharks.......however, because in western culture in particular, we are not trained to view our world as an energy environment, nor ourselves as vibrational creatures.. the idea of mastering the dating game with our wits, or charm, or planning, or effective choice making, or our list... seems perfectly reasonable.

The point is, that all hurtful relationships affect us energetically, leaving marks, or tears, or wounds or stains in our energy bodies, or auras. Healthy loving relationships also affect our energy bodies causing them to be brighter, and more resiliant and lovely. All these changes are happening all the time. But repeated kinds of negative relationship begin to leave deeper and deeper grooves in our "energy record". These wounds can't be healed with words, or clothes, or make overs, or new lovers. They must be healed with "energy medicine".

I will post more observations on energy healing and healthy relationships in the near future. For now, should you care to comment, or to ask questions, please feel welcome to use this blog as a forum to share with others. Wishing you peace, Ann George. Usui Reiki Master & Energy Healer

Reiki healing for the dying

I recently received a call from a client who was interested in purchasing a Reiki treatment for a relative diagnosed with a terminal illness. As the person was rapidly approaching death, the caller was concerned about possible "negative" effects of Reiki on someone so ill. In particular, it seemed that that caller was fearful that a Reiki treatment might precipated the death of the loved one.

It is my experience, having been priviliged to send Reiki treatments to people who were dying, that Reiki treatments are preceived by the dying as very, very calming, very spiritual and very loving moments in time. The most memorable incident was reported by family of a woman who was dying in a hospital. A member of the then active Reiki Healing exchange asked the group to send Reiki to this woman. We all felt a very strong energetic connection, and the group sent energy for mind/body balance, distance healing and greatest peace. We all learned at the next meeting of the exchange that the woman reported having a very strong sense of angels being present in the room at the time the treatment was being sent.

In other instances, clients who have chosen to include Reiki as part of their dying process, many of whom took full advantage of all the modern medical treatments available, and some who did not, reported that they were able to move toward death with a greater sense of calm and spiritual well-being than they had thought possible.

In none of these instances did Reiki serve as a miracle cure to heal these people from the disease that ultimately ended their physical life. However, I was taught early in my training that sometimes death itself is a healing.

While this idea may be very uncomfortable at first, I find it to be true. It has not been my experience that Reiki has "caused" the death of a terminally ill person. However, as this blog is intended to be a vehicle for Reiki practitoners to share their experiences with Reiki healing, I welcome posts from those who may have greater experience than I with the process of sending Reiki to the dying.

Wishin you peace. Ann George

A frequently asked question about Reiki Distance Healing.

I have received several emails over the past few weeks from clients who have ordered Reiki distance healing. The questions asked all were relevant to the idea that the client could somehow interrupt the healing, or fail to receive the full benefit of the healing because they were unable to relax, were distracted, didn't "feel" the same effect for the second treatment as they did for the first. Of course, I answered each letter personally, but as the question came up more than once, I thought a small article on the topic would be helpful.

Once we have made the agreement that you will receive a Reiki distance healing, and you have sent the day, time and place that you want the treatment to occur, then.. the healing treatement will be sent as you requested. Other than cancelling or rescheduling the appointment, there is nothing you can do that will diminish the effect of the Reiki. You may not consciously experience the same remarkable effects if you are distracted, but the energy healing will occur all the same.

In fact, this is one of the reasons Reiki is such an excellent healing modality. The client is not required to do anything at all. In particular, when treating small children (at the request of their parents of course) or the elderly (at the request of their children), stroke patients, or even animals...this energy fact makes Reiki the modality of choice.

Further, because the flow of Reiki is so gentle, and because Reiki seeks to restore balance & purity to the human energy body as well as the physical body, many of the effects of the treatment are quite subtle and manifest as a sense of calm well-being as the the healing reverberates throughout the body. Often the results unfold over a period of three days.

It is true that some people have remarkable experiences when receiving Reiki treatments. This does not indicate that those who have a profound reaction receive more healing than those who are unable to perceive anything unusual at all. The beauty of Reiki is that this natural healing energy works with the body, mind and spirit of each individual to bring about the best possible outcome.

I hope you have found this small note useful. I send you all best wishes!

Reiki Healing - What to Expect

I recently received the following question:
"I wanted to know what results i could expect from both the distance healing and the other candles."
As it is a very good question, I decided to publish the answer below.

It is important to differentiate between the benefits available from energy healing from those available from the use of ritual healing candles, Reiki charged or otherwise.

The first important difference in the result stems from the way in which the modalities are applied. With energy healing and/or distance healing, the presence of the healer, the intent of the healer, and the channeled energy are "external causes" for healing.

The results vary from person to person depending on a number of factors. In general, everyone who has received a distance healing from me has reported at least one of the following benefits:
Relaxation, Improved Peace of Mind & a Reduction in Symptoms.
Some clients have reported remarkable improvements in their condition.

It is important to note that people request healings for disturbances in the physical, mental, emotional and/or spritual bodies. Depending on the length of time that the condition has been present, the severity of the condition & the overall willingness of the client to be healed... one treatment may be all that is required. For other conditions.. several treatments may be required.

With a ritual healing candle there is an "internal cause" for healing which is benefited by external support (the candle color, fragrance, and the light itself). My ritual candles in particular come with an affirmation which is to be repeated daily in a "ritual" setting. The application of the ritual instructions, coupled with the affirmation & benefit of the candle itself, facilitate healing consciousness for the user.

The power of the mind to heal can not be understated! When used as instructed, and most important -regularly- the healing benefit of a ritual candle is actually the healing benefit of retraining the mind to accept what often seems impossible - healing.

I invite you to refer to my guest book to review some client comments relevant to energy healing.. as well as comments about the use of candles.

I hope this reply is helpful.

Most sincerley,

Ann George