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Reiki Virtual Classes and Distance Sessions

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Virtual Reiki Classes via ZOOM

In these changing times, keeping yourself balanced and centered is so important. Many students come to the Reiki virtual classes to learn how to give Reiki to themselves first, and then they can give Reiki to their loved ones as well as to friends. In that way, they can help others to find their balance and get centered and calm again.

This goes a long way to helping yourself and loved ones navigate the world we’re living in today with all of the upcoming changes socially and economically. When you’re giving self-Reiki, it allows you to be deeply relaxed, which helps to boost the whole immune system.

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Being the steady anchor in a sea of changes is good not only for yourself but for others because the energy state you embody affects all others you may come across. So if you’re energy is calm and centered, it echoes out all around you wherever you go, and touches others for the good. When you hold your center for yourself, you never know who else you may be positively affecting.

Distance Reiki Sessions

Even when students go through the Reiki virtual classes, many still love to receive the distance Reiki treatment sessions from time to time from a trusted practitioner. The practitioner can send Reiki via distance and it works just as effectively as in-person Reiki since Reiki is directed by Higher Power/the Universe which is all-knowing.

It can be comforting to know someone you trust is sending you the Reiki, while all you need to do is lie down and relax and even take a nap. You can say a positive affirmation at the beginning of the distance Reiki treatment session to place your mind in a positive space. And you can call upon Higher Power, whatever your name is for that Higher Power, to help you during the session. Some clients call upon angels or guides as well.

Distance Reiki sessions are your down-time to receive positive, loving energy for your greatest good. And sometimes, it’s the best way to go, if you’re too tired to give the Reiki to yourself. You can play soft relaxing music during your session or just relax in the silence.

Virtual Reiki for Comfort in Trying Times

I receive a lot of emails from students and clients who are worn out from the challenging times we have been in. I always remind them to keep doing the self-Reiki daily or before sleep as a foundation for comfort and to help balance their energy for well-being. Reiki helps to balance energy at the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual level.

Reiki is great for relaxation and it promotes inner peace. Even placing your hands in the most basic positions along the chakras can be great comfort if you feel like you’re starting to feel overwhelmed and your nerves are frazzled.

Key Chakras for Reiki Hand Positions

It’s beneficial to place your hands along the following chakras:

  • solar plexus chakra (to help boost self-confidence and self-empowerment)
  • crown or brow chakra (for calming the whole nervous system)
  • heart chakra (to promote unconditional love for self)

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You don’t have to have a long session if you just want to work with a few areas that you feel will help you. Those areas can be different for each session. Placing your palms on your knees can be helpful for grounding and feeling secure.

Some folks find they like to do self-Reiki in the morning after they wake up and it provides a comforting way to wake up and start the day. If you’re anxious about something you’re going to be doing that day, self-Reiki in the morning can help to calm you.

Self-Reiki before sleep usually helps to promote positive, uplifting dreams and a good night’s deep rest. You may find you fall asleep while you’re giving self-Reiki and that’s perfectly fine. You might wake up feeling not only refreshed in the morning, but unconditionally loved by the Universe. And there’s no better feeling than that! Especially in these changing times.

Winter is on its way yet spring will surely follow with the changes it brings. As the seasons change, Reiki virtual classes and distance sessions can bring comfort and balance so that you can be centered and calm through it all.

As you move forward on your sacred path through the changes, let Reiki be a gift to yourself and to your loved ones!

Many blessings and Enjoy the Holidays,                                                      Reiki Northern VA Reiki Distance Sessions

Yvonne P. Gleason, RMT

Reiki Sanctuary of Northern Virginia

 

 

 

Online Virtual Reiki Classes via ZOOM

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Online ZOOM Reiki Classes

We’re offering online virtual Reiki classes via ZOOM so you can send Reiki to help heal and support yourself, and help all those around the world affected by the current situation. Online Virtual Reiki classes are fun and easy. If you’re feeling like you want to do something to help the world situation, but you don’t know what to do, you can send Reiki to: scientists looking for treatments and vaccines, health care workers, patients in hospitals, people who are working to get food to the stores, and loved ones of those who are sick. Because many jobs have been affected, I’m now offering temporary Reduced Rates for my Reiki classes. (See my classes page above.)

Online Virtual Reiki Classes via ZOOM

  • Reiki concepts can easily be taught online without students having to travel.
  • The environment feels intimate with the ability to see each other on screen.
  • Classes can be kept small to allow for the teacher to listen to questions and respond one-to-one with students.
  • Online virtual Reiki attunements are just as effective as in-person attunements.

Online Virtual Reiki Attunements

Online Reiki Classes via ZOOMHere’s a little bit about Reiki attunements. A Reiki attunement is a transfer of energy from Higher Power through the Reiki Master Teacher to the student. This allows the student to work with Reiki at a specific degree or level, such as Reiki First Degree, or Reiki Second Degree, etc.

Whether it be virtual, distance, or in-person, Reiki is directed by Loving Source/Higher Power. For instance, we know that distance Reiki treatment sessions work just as well as in-person Reiki treatment sessions. (See my earlier blog post on Distance Reiki) So it’s the same concept with Reiki attunements. Once the Reiki Master Teacher calls upon Higher Power and sets the intention for the attunement, then it’s just as effective as an in-person attunement. Why? As a Reiki Master Teacher we’re setting our intention in alignment with Higher Power; and intention is the “motor” of Reiki. Higher Power knows what we’re intending to do and we always are supported by Higher Power which is all-loving, and all good.

Some students say they can actually feel the online virtual attunement more deeply than in-person. Just like some clients say they feel the distance Reiki treatment sessions more profoundly than in-person sessions. Each individual may feel it differently.

My Guidance to Teach Online ZOOM Reiki Classes

Online Reiki Training via ZOOM

Although I give myself Reiki daily, I also receive distance Reiki healing regularly from a practitioner/healer. During one of my sessions, I had an unusual experience. I was surprised to have a “visit” from Dr. Usui.
(Dr. Usui is the Reiki Master who discovered the Usui system of Reiki which students learn in our classes.) My practitioner and I both saw Dr. Usui, and she told me that Dr. Usui was giving me a special blessing for continuing to give Reiki classes online “as an adaptation to the shifting times”. During his blessing, I felt my hands get hot and tingly and I felt great gratitude in my heart. It was an unexpected experience. I had been wondering if I should offer classes online or just wait to give in-person classes after the world situation has improved. But after this experience and a personal blessing from Dr. Usui, I felt I really authentically needed to branch out and begin giving virtual Reiki classes.

I knew that now was the time to continue to help students learn this modality of support and healing to help everyone affected by the current world issues. Everyone who knows me, knows that I don’t go into important endeavors without being “called” to do them. After this experience it was no longer a question of should I? I was all in. And I was excited about it! I’m so glad I decided to honor the blessing I’d been given, because these online virtual classes have been so fun and my students have been so grateful!

Online Virtual Classes and Self-Reiki

During our online virtual Reiki First Degree Class, one of the concepts we learn and experience is to spend time giving self-Reiki. Self-Reiki is one of the most popular reasons students sign up for a Reiki class. Many of us already know that we need to help ourselves get balanced and centered, before we can really effectively reach out to others to help them heal and become balanced.

If you’re feeling drawn to participate in helping the world situation now, or if you’re looking for a way to help yourself, learning how to send Reiki via virtual online classes can be a wonderful way to do that.

So, what is the one thing we miss with online virtual classes? Hugs! We “Reiki people” love hugs. So, for now we give virtual hugs. It’s not the same, I know. But just like with sending Reiki, it works with our intention. And in our hearts we can feel it.

With blessings to all my Reiki students and clients as we adapt to the shifting times,

ZOOM Reiki Classes
Yvonne P. Gleason, RMT
Reiki Sanctuary of Northern Virginia

 

 

Distance Reiki to Help Others

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Distance Reiki

Sometimes it’s a good idea to send distance Reiki to help others, rather than give in-person Reiki. The following situation is just one example of this.

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I was in an apothecary when I noticed an older woman talking to an employee. Immediately I saw the energy around the woman’s right leg was not flowing from her thigh to the calf. The energy flow cut off at the top of her knee. It was as if her lower leg didn’t exist energetically. I thought it amazing how she could even be up and around with her energy like that. My heart went out to her, knowing something wasn’t right.

I made a mental note to offer distance Reiki when I got home. Then I took my newly purchased item and headed for the door.

Suddenly, I heard a crashing sound behind me. I turned to find that same woman on the ground. She’d fallen and all of the vitamins on the shelves near her had tumbled to the floor. She tried to get up but her right leg wouldn’t work. A customer rushed to help her and she was soon back on her feet.

Then I turned to go once more when I heard another crashing sound. She had fallen again. More vitamin bottles spilled down in a cascade at her feet. People huddled around her. Clearly, her right knee kept giving out, though she repeatedly tried to stand. I heard her say, “I’m all right. I’m all right,” though she couldn’t stand. The crowd pressed in around her.

Since there were already way too many “helpers” around her, I made the decision to leave. Once back in my car, I pulled out of my parking spot and quickly found a parking spot in a quiet area near a tree. I was a bit shaken by what I’d just seen; and I wanted to help this woman. I decided this might be a good time for some distance Reiki.

I went through the required permissions and preparation process and began to hold the distance Reiki space for her highest good, if she was open to receiving it. Afterwards, I waited a few moments. Nobody came out of the store.

Although a part of me wanted to go back in and see how she was doing, I trusted the Reiki would go to where it needed to go for the highest good, if it was the right thing for her. Then, I drove away, thankful for the opportunity to be in “the Reiki moment”.

When to Send Distance Reiki                         Reiki Northern Virginia Distance Reiki

Distance Reiki is like a bridge connecting the Practitioner to the recipient, no matter how far apart they are from each other.

Distance Reiki can be sent to the recipient as far away as another country. The energy will travel and Higher Power will know where the practitioner is intending for the Reiki to go.

A practitioner always needs to get permission first, either directly from the recipient or from the recipient’s higher self. Practitioners sometimes send Reiki to themselves and just invite the recipient to come and partake of the Reiki if she wants to, for her well-being.

Distance Reiki Can Be Sent To:

  • Friends or family in hospitals or ICU if the practitioner can’t be there in-person
  • Pets who are in a kennel or vet overnight
  • A friend in another state or country
  • A neighbor in their own house, down the street

Those who have received distance Reiki can sometimes feel the energy and the comfort of the Reiki being sent to them. Sometimes there is a sense of simple peace. Still, sometimes, they find things start to go more smoothly in the days following a distance Reiki session.

Distance Reiki for Pets

Many practitioners, including myself, give distance Reiki to pets. I’ve found that the distance sessions are just as effective, if not more so, than in-person sessions. Animals are receptive, in general, to the Reiki and they don’t need to receive it in-person, or hands-on, in order for it to work.

Some pets may want a mix of hands-on and hands-off or distance Reiki. It is up to each unique animal.

Distance Reiki for Deceased Loved Ones

Practitioners can send Reiki to loved ones who have already transitioned to increase their bond and to send “good will”.

This also works for animals who have made their transition because, usually, animals are already so receptive and sensitive to energy in general.

Distance Reiki for Future Events

Reiki can be sent to any planned future event or appointment to help it go well. Practitioners send Reiki before events such as:

  • Business meetings
  • Speaking engagements
  • Doctor’s appointments
  • College mid-terms or finals
  • Business trips
  • Vacations

Distance Reiki can also go to events in the past to help people heal how they feel about a certain event. It might be a traumatic event or an event that left them feeling uncomfortable.

Distance Reiki to Higher Power

Once practitioners have gone through the training and they’ve learned how to give distance Reiki, although there are steps to the process, often they find that distance Reiki can be a very creative process with different ways of giving it.

Some practitioners also send Reiki to Higher Power or the angels and guides they work with, just as a way of saying “Thank you for being there!” So, distance Reiki can act as an “unconditional love note” to the Universe!

Many distance Reiki blessings to you!                                                                         Reiki Northern VA

Yvonne P. Gleason, RMT

Reiki Sanctuary of Northern Virginia

 

 

Reiki and Helping Others

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It’s amazing how challenging situations can become opportunities to turn things around and once again, lead me to Reiki and helping others.

Reiki and Receiving from Others

My husband and I had just come from a wellness center where I’d given a spiritual development workshop. We stopped off for a bite to eat. During dinner we talked about how everything felt so positive. Even the air itself held a charge of joy that evening. I felt like I was on my path and all things seemed in divine order. How quickly that feeling can change.

After dinner, we walked back to the garage where we had parked our car, only to find the garage door closed and locked, with no way to enter. Perhaps we had parked at a different garage? Maybe the one next door? But no. We were sure we had parked at the garage with the closed door. Suddenly, it began to rain. We walked around in the rain, looking for the magic mystery door. It wasn’t to be found. We ducked into a nearby restaurant to see if anyone working there might know of another garage entrance.

The nice man behind the counter smiled and said, “Only residents of the condo over there can access that garage.” Great. We’d parked in an unauthorized garage with no way to get our car out. Then he added, “The same thing happened last week to someone else. The door’s broken so it lets people in; but doesn’t let them out. Management thought they fixed it last week and they were going to put up a sign. But they haven’t put it up yet. So you have to wait for a car to come through and open it.”

Well, we had an umbrella. We waited. And we waited some more. No cars came to lift the door. Then we began to doubt ourselves. Maybe our car was in the garage next door? We decided to look. So we walked up and down the ramps and levels of the other garage until I began to feel like we were in a M. C. Escher drawing, the one with all the staircases going in different directions. The car wasn’t here. Or maybe it was here but we just missed it somehow.

Finally, we went into the condo lobby, hoping for help at the front desk. The front desk was closed. But, there was a sign that said “Call this number for help”. I figured by this time, we qualified for needing help. So my husband dialed the number while I sat down in the lobby to give myself Reiki and see if I could remember for sure which garage was the one with our car in it.

After a frustrating conversation with the condo management, we were clearly no closer to getting our car out. I went back outside in the rain to walk and to think. Then I saw a woman with a dog walking up to the condo lobby door.

“Ma’am?” I shouted.

She stopped and turned. I told her our predicament. She looked puzzled and wanted to know how we parked our car in the residential garage if we don’t have an access key.

I said, “The door was opened. Turns out this happened to someone else last week. They tried to fix the door but it’s still broken. And there’s no sign.”

She asked us if we were sure that was the garage we’d parked in, since the public garage was right next to it. My husband and I looked at each other and we both shrugged. We were tired. At this point we weren’t one hundred percent sure where we had put the car.

Still, the nice lady with the dog offered to help us. She led us into an elevator. While in the elevator, the woman’s dog looked up at us as if to say, “Did you humans do something silly again?” Then the elevator door opened and we walked down a ramp that led to the residential garage. Once again, we explored the different levels of the garage, looking for the car. We were back in the Escher drawing.

Then my husband pressed the button on his car key fob. A horn sounded. We followed it. There it was. Right next to the closed garage door where we had come in. All we had to do now was approach the door and it would open for us.

I turned to the woman and said, “Thank you so much. Is there any way we can repay you?”

She said, “Yes. Go home and get some sleep.”

That evening, before nodding off, I gave Reiki to the higher self of that woman and her dog, with great gratitude that she took time out to help us. While giving Reiki, I asked that Source let us pay it forward to another person who may need the same kind of help we had just received. Then I fell asleep.

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The next day, we needed to run an errand in another city. We had to park in a garage. This time we were careful to be sure it was a Public garage. We parked and took our ticket with us like the instructions read on the entrance sign. I made note of what floor we were on before taking the elevator to the street level.

We exited the garage to a bright sunny day. My husband began walking; but I followed slightly behind. An older couple had caught my eye. I thought I’d heard the woman say, “You mean we can’t get back in the garage to get our car?”

I stopped and watched them. They read the instructions on the door. They’d left their ticket in the car and now they were locked out of the garage.

I called for my husband who had stopped just ahead, once he’d noticed I wasn’t with him. He had our garage ticket.

He walked back towards me and I told him about the older couple. We walked up to where they were at the street entrance of the garage.

I said, “The same kind of thing happened to us just last night. We parked here too and we have our ticket. We’ll let you in.” My husband slid the ticket through the slot and the door opened for the couple.

Source had helped us to pay it forward, just as I had asked, while giving Reiki the night before. It felt so good to receive a good deed and then to pass it on.

Five Main Benefits of Reiki  

When we send Reiki, we connect with Higher Power or Source/the Universe. This connection can help us to:

  • open our intuition to help ourselves and others
  • know that we aren’t alone
  • get clarity in our daily life
  • move forward on our life purpose
  • have a more positive outlook

All of these benefits help to keep us in the flow with synchronous events that are divinely orchestrated. This quiet time of Reiki with connection to Higher Power, calms the mind. From a calm place, it’s easier to make decisions. It’s also easier to feel more connected to our authentic and intuitive selves. We can have an inner knowing about where to be and what to do on a daily basis. We can be in alignment with what brings us joy.

Reiki and Being Positive

When we give and receive Reiki it helps to lift the vibration of every cell in our bodies. This includes all aspects of us: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. It can turn a “down feeling” around by lifting sadness or depression. A situation that has been frustrating (like getting stuck in a parking garage) can become an opportunity to give to others. Reiki helps us to see things from the brighter side.

Now, whenever I think of that parking lot incident, I remember it gave me an opportunity to send Reiki to the woman who helped us, and then to pay it forward. Plus, I got to pet her dog.

May Reiki turn all of your challenging situations into opportunities to help yourself and others.Reiki No.VA Reiki path

Many Reiki blessings,

Yvonne P. Gleason

Reiki Sanctuary of Northern Virginia

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