Reiki & Science

As Reiki grows in popularity, so new research is done to both prove and disprove the validity of energy therapies. Based solely off research gathered from the internet and books, not any clinical studies, the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a statement in 2009 that Reiki has a religious basis in Buddhism, that it's directed by human will, and it has no scientific foundation. William Lee Rand, the founder of the International Center for Reiki, has composed an article that clears up many rumors, misconceptions and false information about Reiki.

Here is an excert from his article, "A Response to the Bishops' Statement on Reiki":
"Ampere’s law indicates that when an electrical current flows through a conductor, an electromagnetic field is produced that reflects the nature of the current that created it. Tests with scientific instruments indicate that electromagnetic fields exist around the body and around each of the organs of the body, including the brain, heart, kidneys, liver, stomach, etc. The heart has the strongest field, which has been measured at a distance of 15 feet from the body.

The fields around each of the organs pulse at different frequencies and stay within a specific frequency range when they are healthy, but move out of this range when they are unhealthy. The hands of healers produce pulsing electromagnetic fields when they are in the process of healing, whereas the hands of non-healer do not produce these fields."

To read his full article, please visit www.Reiki.org

Who is a Reiki Student?

Reiki is a simple technique that anyone can learn. It is not limited to people of a certain age group, occupation or goals! Below is information from various students I have compiled to give you an idea of who decides to become a Reiki practitioner.

Age: All ages - my students have ranged from 20 to 70.

Occupation: All occupations - I've had students who are hospice caregivers, physical therapists, college students, retirees, mental health provider, a high priestess, registered nurse, hospital transporter, and more!

Why do you want to be attuned?: I've received a variety of answers from students. Some answers have included because a loved one did energy work, to focus on spiritual objectives, to heal self and others, add Reiki to psychic/intuitive readings, for improved focus and balance, to start a business, and for meditation/stress relief.

How do you plan on using Reiki?: Another variety of answers, including using Reiki as a complimentary therapy with physical therapy, for self and family, to refine personal energy flow, and helping hospice patients.

Religious preference?: Since Reiki is not a religion, people from all paths find it helps them connect with their own spirit. My students have had no religious preference, been agnostic, Baptist, Wiccan, "spirituality with a dash of Christianity", nondenominational, and Unitarian Universalist.

Prior Reiki Experience or Other Healing Modalities You Know?: Almost every student has had no prior Reiki experience, though a few have received Reiki treatments before. Other healing modalities have included Western medicine's use of vitamins, yoga for stress relief, potions, herbs, and general energy work. Most students come with no formal training in other ways to heal.

Want to know what they thought about the class? Read their reviews!

Students' Rave Reviews!

I know learning something new can be a little intimidating, especially if you don't have the opportunity to meet the teacher in person first. At the end of each class I ask my students to review the class and leave any criticsms and comments they have so I can continuously improve my classes. Read a few of the reviews they've left!

Pat R. "I appreciated Tiffany's knowledge, patience, courtesy and informal style while staying on track and on time. Would recommend."
Most positive experience in class: being treated with Reiki
Recommended improvements to make: reference page numbers in manual.
I have added page number references to help future classes follow along in the manual easier while I teach.
Thank you Pat!

Katherine W. "This class was great! It was wonderful to meet such great kindred spirits that I could speak openly to without judgement or fear of judgement. I wish it didn't have to end, but I am excited to spread the healing and joy of Reiki!"
Most positive experience in class: "Receiving Reiki and giving Reiki treatments. The attunements themselves were also very uplifting."
Recommended improvements to make: it'd be great to provide an overall outline of the class.
I have created and added an overall class outline.
Thank you Katherine!

Celeste F. "Just an overall lovely two days."
Most positive experience in class: "Group Reiki for (a friend)!"
Recommended improvements to make: "None - it was perfect."
Thank you Celeste!

Phil S. "Can't wait for the next class!"
Most positive experience in class: "She laughed at my goofy jokes."
Recommended improvements to make: "None at all. This was wonderful!"
Thank you Phil!

Martha T. "This was wonderful - very effective - great teacher."
Thank you Martha!

If you have any questions about classes, please see the Contact Me page!

April Classes

March Reiki I & II Class

You must register by February 29th

by contacting Tiffany Maely

Available Discounts

Aura Clearing

The aura is the energy field emitted by your body, also known as the bioenergy field. It normally extends 2"-4" all around your body, and is the point at which your energy goes out to the world around you and the energy of the people and places you are around comes into your body. The body's energy flow can be impeded by blockages in the aura. These blockages can either be the starting points of disease or an effect of disease, whether mental, emotional or physical. To cleanse your aura of these blocakges, I will use a technique called Aura Clearing. This is a technique developed by the International Center of Reiki Training in which I use a combination of breath and hand motions to pull the blockages out of your aura and release them with Reiki so they may not affect your or another again. Aura Clearing is very useful for releasing the blockages created by chronic pain, emotional distress, and mental stress.

Appointment Times

Monday - Thursday 1:00pm - 7:00pm

Aura Clearing can be done as its own session for $20

or included in a Reiki Session for an additional $10.

To schedule your Aura Clearing,

please call (817) 229 - 8772

Smudging

Smudging is a technique adopted by many healers that is originally a Native American practice. Smudging is using the smoke from a burning roll of white sage to lift away sickness from a person. It is often used in cleansing ones spirit and aura. To smudge you, I will pass a smoking white sage smudge stick along the outline of your body while making sweeping motions with my other hand to sweep away illness and negativity. Homes, objects and places of business can also be smudged to remove any negative energy. Please see Home & Business Cleansing for more information.

Add smudging to any other service
for just an additional $5.

Healing Attunement

As a Reiki Master, I can offer you a healing session that sends the Reiki energy deeper for a faster and more complete healing. During the session I will use additional Tibetan healing symbols along with the traditional Japanese Reiki symbols. Unlike a Reiki Attunement, which is given during classes, a Healing Attunement does not make you a Reiki practitioner. It is only for deeper healing; it does not connect you with Reiki so you are not able to send Reiki to others. Healing Attunement sessions are an hour for $60 to an hour and a half for $90.

Appointment Times

Monday - Thursday 1:00p - 7:00p

Fridays 10:00a - 3:00p

To book your appointment,

please call (817) 229 - 8772

Reiki Sessions

Reiki sessions are times in which I send Reiki energy to you for relaxation and to promote healing. During a session you may either sit or lie down, but will always remain fully clothed unlike a massage session. I will send Reiki energy, a spiritually guided healing energy, through my hands to you. Because Reiki is a healing energy, it cannot harm you. It also does not interfere with any medications, and can actually help reduce negative side effects and make medicines more effective. Reiki is highly effective for stress reduction, mental health, emotional health, reducing joint pain, reducing pain from surgery, and speeding recovery from ailments.


The standard hand positions I use begin at your head, then I move down your side to your feet, and back up your other side. Then if you are lying down I ask you to roll onto your stomach and repeat the positions down your back. At no time will any throat, chest or genital areas be touched. If an area is painful or uncomfortable to touch please let me know. For areas which are painful and in need of Reiki, I will hold my hands 2"-4" above the area to send Reiki. During a session clients have reported feeling deeply relaxed, peaceful, warm and sometimes tingling sensations where my hands are.

Appointment Times

Monday - Thursday 1:00pm - 7:00pm on the hour

$30 for 30 minutes     $60 for 60 minutes

To book your appointment,
please call (817) 229 - 8772

February 2012 Reiki I & II Class

Pricing & Discounts

In line with the Reiki Principle of expressing my thanks,

I am joyful to offer the following discounts!

To the military service members on active duty, in the reserves and Guard, and our proud veterans, I offer a 15% discount on all services and classes.

For full-time high school and college students I understand that finances can be tight, so to encourage balancing academic development with spiritual development I offer a 10% discount on Reiki I & II classes and a 5% discount on all services.

Reiki I - $125      Reiki II - $125

or take both Reiki I & II for just $225

Group Discount! Take both classes just $200 per student for groups of 5 or more! Student and military discounts can be applied in place of group discounts.

ART - $200     Reiki Master - $500

Group Discount! Take both classes for just $600 per student for groups of 5 or more! Military discounts can be applied in place of group discounts. Student discounts do not apply for ART and Reiki Master classes.

Advanced Reiki Training & Reiki Master (ART / RM)

Ready to Continue on Your Reiki Path?

After being a Reiki II for six months you can continue to take further Reiki training. The third level of Reiki is called Reiki III, Reiki Master or Shinpinden. Reiki III is actually subdivided into two levels, Advanced Reiki Training, also called Shinpinden Shihan-Kaku, and Reiki Master also called Shinpiden Shihan. As with Reiki I & II, I teach the classes on the same weekend, but they can be taken separately.

In Advanced Reiki Training you will receive the Reiki Master attunement and learn the Master symbol. The Master symbol increases your Reiki power and using it furthers you on your spiritual path as it connects you with the source of Reiki. However you will not be taught how to give attunements, so you will not be a Reiki Master until you have completed the Reiki Master class.

In ART some of the things you will learn include:

Reiki for goal manifestation

Using crystals with Reiki /  Making crystal grids

Reiki Master attunement and symbol

Aura clearing, previously called “psychic surgery”

Expanding your Reiki practice

A Reiki Master is someone who has received all of the Reiki attunements necessary to be able to attune others and has the knowledge to do so. Through my Reiki Master class you will not only know the Usui Master symbol and system of attunements, but you will also learn 2 additional Tibetan Reiki symbols and the Takata system of attunements.

In Reiki Master class some of the things you will learn include:

How to teach and attune others

How to attune yourself

How to give healing attunements

Harmonizing chakras

2 Tibetan healing symbols

How to become a CEU provider

 

ART class is worth 6 CEU's and Reiki Master class is worth 14 CEU's
for Texas massage therapists.

Classes in Longview, Tx for June/July 2012 are forming now!

If you are interested in ART / RM before then, contact me for more information.

Pricing & Discounts

 

*If you are in Texas but not near Waco, I can travel to you! I will offer a group discount for classes of 5 or more that host space for the class.

Becoming a Reiki (Levels I & II)

Becoming a Reiki is an exciting choice!

The first level of Reiki is called Reiki I, First Degree Reiki or Shoden. Being a Reiki I means being able to send reiki energy through your hands to others through touch or beaming, and detecting ki blockages with Byosen scanning after receiving an attunement from a Reiki Master. An attunement connects you with Reiki so you can then send it.

In Reiki I class some of the things we will cover include:

The history of Reiki

What Reiki is and how it heals

The human energy system

Reiki treatment techniques

How to use Reiki for personal healing and to assist others

How to do a complete Reiki treatment on yourself

The second level of Reiki is called Reiki II, Second Degree Reiki or Okuden. Being a Reiki II means in addition to your Shoden knowledge, you know and can use the 3 Usui Reiki symbols after your attunement to send Reiki through time and space. Each symbol has a different focus and adds strength and versatility to the Reiki you can give. The Reiki II attunement connects you to the power of each symbol.

In Reiki II class some of the things we will cover include:

Beaming

Scanning

The second degree Reiki symbols and how to use them

How to do a complete Reiki treatment on yourself and others

How to use Reiki for absentee healing

How to start your own Reiki practice
How to send Reiki using 5 different Japanese techniques

Check out the pages below for information about classes!*

Pricing & Discounts

Classes are worth 8 continuing education units each class
for Texas massage therapists.

• February 2012 Reiki I & II Class  Waco, Tx
• December 2011 Reiki I & II Class  Longview, Tx
• November 2011 Reiki I & II Class  Waco, Tx
• October 2011 Reiki I & II Class  Waco, Tx
• September 2011 Reiki I & II Class  Fort Worth, Tx

*If you are in Texas but not near Waco, I can travel to you! I will offer a group discount for classes of 5 or more that host space for the class.
Contact me for more information!

Reiki Master Class

A Time for Blessing

To bless others is to attract blessings into your life,

and to remember your blessings is to invite contentedness into your heart.

Next week many of us will find ourselves traveling, hosting family members, or seeing friends. Holidays can often times be stressful, but remember the point is to share blessings with your loved ones. Every little thing does not have to go perfectly to share blessings. A blessing can be a hug. Words, center pieces and perfectly cooked meals are not required (thank goodness!)

Take time out from your day today to think of the people you interact with everyday. Do you know what their plans are? Too many spend the holidays alone, forgotten and depressed. The loss of loved ones can be felt strongly at these times, and some can't celebrate with family because they live too far away. Ask others what their plans are. If they're not planning anything, invite them over! Friends and neighbors bless our lives with smiles and their presence each day we see them. Even if someone is less than friendly, the kindness of welcoming them into your home for a meal during a time set aside for gratitude can change a life. The workers at our chow hall took time from their families to serve us Thanksgiving dinner when I was in the Corps, and I've always appreciated them. They're one of the blessings I remember each Thanksgiving for their kindness to our troops.

Take time for each person around your table to share a blessing they've received this year, and one that they'll give to someone else in the coming year. I've been blessed with new love, a new friend, and multiple opportunities to grow closer to my sister. In the coming year I will bless another with a donation to the USO, continuing to teach, and keep sharing my quirky humor.

And a random Turkey Day Fact:

If you're sleepy after eating a big turkey dinner, the reason is tryptophan found in turkey increases serotonin in the brain

and can help some people with sleep.*

Gay Riley has a master’s degree in nutrition and a minor in exercise physiology. She is a registered dietitian and holds a post graduate certification in clinical nutrition. Gay has been in private practice for 27 years specializing in complimentary alternative medicine and functional nutrition.

Find the Time

Before you can take care of another person or project, you must find the time! Not the time to squeeze another meeting, email, or call into your schedule, but the time to take care of yourself. A weekend retreat or vacation is a wonderful way to do this, but how many of us realistically can do that? Besides one vacation or one weekend out of an entire year is not enough to recharge your battery.

Pick one item from the list below to do each day this week

or make a well-being list of your own:

• Laugh at a Friend's Joke
• Tell a Joke
• Hug a Loved One
• Smile at a Stranger
• Thank Someone - a waiter will really appreciate a thank you!
• Compliment Myself
• Compliment Someone Else
• Breathe Deeply
• Stretch
• Hold the Door Open for Someone
• Look Outside and Watch an Animal, Plant or the Wind for a Minute
• Give Myself Reiki
• Eat a Healthy Snack
• Take a Walk Outside
• Take a Bath
• Light a Candle for Peace
• Pet an Animal
• Smell a Flower
• Listen to the Birds or Uplifting Music
• Watch or Listen to a Comedy Act

Class Registration

Don't forget to register for November's classes in Waco, Tx by the 14th

or for December's classes in Longview, Tx by the 28th!

December Classes

When: Saturday Dec. 10th - Sunday Dec. 11th
What: Reiki I & II classes
Where: Heart & Soul, Longview, Tx

The cost is $200 which will include both all-day classes, manuals through the International Center for Reiki Training, certificates, water and snacks. Both days will have a one hour lunch break. If you've already taken Reiki I through another teacher you're welcome to take only the Reiki II class for $125. For more information or to register for class email Usui Reiki Master Tiffany Maely at Tiffany.Maely@hotmail.com.

You must register by Monday November 28th.

These classes can be used for 8 continuing education units

for massage therapists.

I am a Usui Reiki Master and member of the International Center for Reiki Training. As such I use their training manuals and adhere to their code of ethics. For more information about the ICRT, please visit them at Reiki.org

10% DISCOUNT FOR STUDENTS AND MILITARY.

If 5 or more register everyone will receive a 10% group discount!

Physician, Heal Thyself

One of many great benefits of being a Reiki practitioner is the ability to heal yourself on all levels. The key to healing yourself is the art of letting go. When you find a byoki block, wether it's physical, emotional or spiritual, ask what has caused it? Is it a belief, thought pattern, habbit or mistake you made that has created the point of injury? This requires you to be perfectly honest with yourself, which is not always easy. Often times we do not want to admit to ourselves our thoughts or beliefs because they are not in line with what we have been raised to believe we should think or believe.


In psychology this is often referred to as the Superego telling us what we should think, the Ego telling us what we do think, and the Id telling us what we want and need on a base, survival level. When you have been honest about what has created the byoki, do not linger on it. Obsessing over it and beating yourself up over previous thoughts only increases the byoki by sending energy to it. A person who is depressed only slides into a deeper depression by focusing on the source of their depression; but can take steps towards optimism by focusing on the blessings in their life*. In the same way use Reiki to release the byoki. Forigve yourself and let go. If it is a bad habit you need to change, doing Enkaku Chiryo with the mental/emotional symbol is a wonderful way to release the hold of the habit and transform it into a habit of blessing. If you are a 1st Degree Reiki or are receiving Reiki treatments, it is not necessary to know the Reiki symbols or that your practitioner uses them to achieve the same effect. The Reiki symbols increase the power and concentration of Reiki, but are not necessary for Reiki to flow.


By meditating on the source of Reiki and the meaning of the symbols, I have discovered many things that I needed to forgive and release. Even though I no longer attend church, I still remember a lesson I learned there. It is that to hold onto anger only hurts you; it usually makes no difference to the person you are withholding forgiveness for. After getting a divorce I was still holding onto anger and bitterness that was causing a byoki block in my own heart. I was not open to receiving or giving love, and so was not a good friend or sister. Giving myself Reiki treatments I discovered the byoki block in my heart chakra. I could not let go of it, so I asked that Reiki help me as I went to sleep to dream of a way to let it go. I wanted to heal but did not feel I was ready to yet. I dreamed that night that I was walking across grassy plains. I found my ex-husband quite literally trapped in the dog house. I chose to unlock it. I told him I would never trust him again, but I was releasing him to go on with his life. When I woke, I no longer felt anger towards him. I felt such a relief and lightness as the heavy burden was finally gone. Granted I was a little mad at myself though because a part of me wanted to stay angry. I laughed that off and have since opened back up to loving myself and others.

Physician, heal thyself. Reiki practitioner, forgive yourself.

Work to master the art of letting go.

*If you or someone you know does suffer from depression, it is highly recommended that they also work with licensed physicians. Western medicine can work with Reiki to help balance the chemicals in their brain, and talk therapy can help them discover and release the cause of their depression. Depression is often caused by numerous factors and also healed through numerous sources, so combining the physical healing of Western medicine, the mental medicine of therapy, and the spiritual therapy of Reiki is very powerful.

Kusuri

Iku kusuri

Motomemu yorimo

Tsuneni mi no

Yashinaigusa wo

Tsumeyo tozo omou

"Instead of seeking many other medicines to cure their illnesses, I wish people would always honor their own body's healing ability and take good care of themselves."
-Poems of the Meiji Emperor

Reiki Ryoho Hikkei, The Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai Handbook