Reiki I Class Meditation

Here's a meditation I wrote to use in our Reiki I classes. Feel free to use it however you wish. I'm going to record it with some original music using my hand-made Native American elk hide hand drum and walnut flute. Once I do, I'll post the mp3 file for download.

Reiki I Class Meditation

Before we really get into learning about Reiki, it would be a good idea if we put our minds, bodies and spirits into the optimal condition to receive the wonderful healing energy that will be available to us as we receive our Level I Reiju, the Japanese term for attunement - the sacred ceremony which opens a student's energy system to be a clear channel for Reiki healing.

After all, Reiki healing is all about clearing any blockages in our systems that may be impeding the flow of universal life force energy through us. We will talk more later about the human energy system, and the body's primary energy centers or Chakras, through which we absorb and dispel energy, but for now you just need to know that it is important to both your physical and emotional health for your Chakras to be clear and open.

So we're going to start with a guided meditation to help us on this wonderful journey. I suggest that you place your notebook and pen under your chair for easy access to record your experience at the conclusion of this meditation.

We'll begin with three long slow deep cleansing breaths.

Get into a comfortable position...eyes closed...hands open and palms up in your lap...take off your shoes if you want...begin to relax...

Exhale completely and fully, thoroughly emptying your lungs. When you can't exhale any more, push just a little bit more air out. Now close your mouth and hold that empty space in your chest for a few seconds.

Keeping your mouth closed, inhale slowly and deeply through your nose, completely filling your lungs. Feel your chest expand as you are empowered by the clean, life sustaining air with its wonderful energy. When you feel you can't take in any more air, pull in just a little more. Hold this wonderful full feeling for several seconds.

Now open your mouth and exhale completely and fully, again thoroughly emptying your lungs. When you can't exhale any more, again push just a little bit more air out. Close your mouth and again hold the clear empty space in your chest for a few seconds.

Keep your lips sealed and once again, inhale slowly and deeply through your nose, completely filling and expanding your lungs. Feel your chest expand as you are empowered by the rich nourishing air. When you feel you can't take in any more air, pull in just a little more. Again we hold this wonderful peaceful feeling for several seconds.

Open your mouth and again exhale completely and fully, emptying your lungs. When you can't exhale any more, again push just a little bit more air out. Close your mouth and again hold the clear empty space in your chest for a few seconds.

Seal your lips once again, and inhale slowly and deeply through your nose, completely filling, stretching, and expanding your lungs. Feel your chest stretch powerfully as you are filled with the grace of the healing energy carried in the clear clean air. When you feel you can't take in any more air, pull in just one more bit. Once again, hold this wonderful peaceful feeling for several seconds.

Open your mouth and again exhale completely and fully, emptying your lungs. When you can’t exhale any more, again push just a little bit more air out. Close your mouth and again hold the clear empty space in your chest for a few seconds.

Now, keeping your eyes closed, resume normal slow breathing. Feel the soft and steady beat of the music and synchronize your breathing to the rhythm. Take a few moments to begin to lose yourself in the quiet steady beat...imagine you are floating in the womb of the universe and the soft steady beat is the heartbeat of life itself...allow yourself to slow down...drifting into a state of complete comfort and relaxation...no thoughts intrude upon your space...nothing distracts you from the wonderful loving heartbeat of the universe...if distractions enter your space, gently brush them away, returning your focus to the loving heartbeat...

(PAUSE)

Notice a warm gentle breeze starting to brush lightly over your face. The breeze feels wonderfully clean and has just the slightest taste of salt water.

You become aware that you are standing barefoot, and you can feel the warm caress of white beach sand under your feet. All around you is pale green sea grass swaying gently in the warm ocean breeze. You are on a beautiful deserted sand dune.
In front of you is the most beautiful sandy beach you have ever seen, and beyond the beach you notice the gentle swells of the warm Caribbean Sea as the waves break softly, almost silently on the beach.

As each swells breaks, the water expands up the sand, and just when it reaches the furthest point, stretches just the smallest bit closer to your toes before falling gracefully and happily back into the sea.

You watch this wonderful dance of water on sand repeat itself over and over as the rhythm of the waves becomes one with the swaying grass and the beat of the music.

This is your universe.

Your body begins to become one with this wonderful place...swaying gently along with the grass on the dunes. You are filled with warmth as you feel the healing yellow light of the sun drenching your body. Your entire existence is blanketed with this warm golden sunlight as you just relax and enjoy its embrace.

Everything is bathed in warm, golden yellow sunlight. Everything is peaceful. You have found paradise and it is yours. You can return here anytime you wish just by closing your eyes and remembering this place.

(PAUSE)

Now you become aware that you are weightless. Your feet feel the warm sand beneath them because you choose to be there, but you know you could just as easily choose to fly away. You notice that you have raised your arms out to either side as you stand and enjoy the warm ocean breeze dancing across your skin, and you decide to let the breeze lift you off the sand as you gently begin to glide like a magnificent golden yellow bird in the clear blue cloudless sky. You are weightless. You can change direction simply by thinking of where you want to go. You are completely free to explore the infinite beauty all around you.

The sea below you has the beautiful clear blue-green color only found in the Caribbean. You can see dazzling brightly colored schools of tropical fish swimming in the water below you as you glide above the water…the playful little fish have amazingly bright colors…blues, reds, yellows, greens…the beautiful patterns on their bodies enhance the grace of their movements as they dart about just below the surface.

This is your space...your universe...gifted to you by your source. You sail peacefully above the swells content to just enjoy the beauty of this sacred place and time.

As you glide, you start to climb higher into the beautiful blue sky. As the playful tropical fish below you get smaller and smaller, you start to notice the softest, whitest, fluffy clouds that begin to dot the sky around you. You find it wonderfully exhilarating to just sail among the clouds thinking of nothing except the beauty of the universe. You are filled with appreciation for all of creation and feel completely loved and embraced by the energy of the universe.

You can feel this healing energy pulse through your weightless body as it draws you higher and higher into the clear blue sky. Soon you notice another presence lovingly watching you enjoy your new-found freedom. As you fly closer to this being, you find that they have human form, but also appear to be made of the brightest white light you've ever seen. Their features are soft and inviting as they smile at you in the way a parent welcomes their long-awaited newborn infant emerging from the womb.

Soon you are embracing this being, and with that embrace, you instinctively know that you have found your primary guide for your healing journey. Take some time in the embrace to enjoy the energy of love flowing through every inch of your mind, body and spirit.

(PAUSE)

Ask your guide if they would like to tell you their name at this time. If they prefer to wait, accept this with the knowledge that you have found a lifelong relationship. There is no hurry. Time on this journey is both eternal and irrelevant.

Take a few moments to gaze upon your guide and take note of their features. Is your guide male, female or androgynous? Does your guide appear old or young? What does their hair look like? How are they dressed? Do you recognize them as an ancestor, angel or ascended master?

Ask your guide if they have any advice for you at this moment in your journey? Quietly absorb any messages they pass to you.

(PAUSE)

As your visit with your guide draws to a close, allow yourself to depart with the clear knowledge that you can re-visit this place anytime you choose and that you will always find your guide waiting to help you with love, grace and light.

Thank your guide for being there, and ask God's blessing on them.

As your guide fades back into the heavens, you are once again aware that you are gliding weightlessly far above the Earth. As you slowly begin your descent, the fluffy soft white clouds give way to a clear cloudless blue sky and you can once again start to see the beautiful brightly colored tropical fish playing in the clear blue-green waters below. The air is warm and filled with golden yellow sunlight and you are bathed in its warmth and love.

As you return to the warm sands of the dune, you feel your feet touch the ground and you know that you are safely home. Slowly begin to return your consciousness to your physical body.

When you're ready, slowly open your eyes and recall your surroundings. Notice how peaceful, calm, safe, secure and completely healed you now feel.

Take a deep cleansing breath and come fully awake.

Now take a few minutes to write down anything you care to remember about your journey.