Virtual Reiki Share 29 March 2020

Thank you to all who joined this evenings virtual reiki share and meditation. As some participants don’t use Facebook, I’m posting feedback here, so we can all share in the good vibes we’ve created. We reached over 400 people this week! See you all in the Quantum Field next Sunday at 6pm. From G: “I […]

Meditation Spaces: Middleton Lakes

Exploring the West Midlands and finding some beautiful meditation spaces out in the green. Meditation comes in many forms. Walking in the green is one of my favorites. Just take your time, stop often…and observe…listen…sense…Enjoy! Middleton Lakes, Tamworth, Staffordshire I love walking this area for its variety of habitats. From Middleton Hall’s formal gardens, you […]

Radio 4 discuss Mindfulness

Mindfulness and Meditation are finally being recognised as effective tools for maintaining well-being. In this half hour Radio 4 programme, Emma Barnett explores the practice of mindfulness http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xmqdd You can quickly and easily learn mindfulness and meditation: to ease anxiety, stress and depression. Contact Jenni at the reiki-sanctuary for more details.

Reiki Share and Learn Group

Reiki Share and Learn Group in Derby, for Reiki Practitioners of all levels. In our June ‘Reiki Share and Learn Group’ we’ll explore some of Buddha’s teachings. Buddha and Usui Sensei intended their teachings to be a non-religious path to enlightenment. The Reiki Precepts are clearly a simplified version of the Buddha’s teachings. The Reiki […]

Reiki Inspired by Buddhism: 11 The Journey

The similarity between the Reiki Precepts and the Eight Fold Path although striking, is not surprising. Usui Sensei studied Buddhism and Reiki was born of Buddhist practice. This week we conclude our exploration of The Eight Fold Path. Mikao Usui, founder of Reiki, intended it to be a non-religious path to enlightenment, as well as […]

Reiki Inspired by Buddhism: 10 Right Concentration

This week in our exploration of the Eight Fold Path and the Reiki PreceptsĀ  we will see how all we have learnt so far culminates in ‘right concentration’. In the Mahacattarisaka Sutta the Buddha gives a detailed explanation of the Eight Fold Path and explains how each of the eight factors work together. In this […]

Reiki Inspired by Buddhism: 9 Right Mindfulness

This week in our exploration of the Eight Fold Path and the Reiki PreceptsĀ  we discuss the second factor that enables us to develop a concentrated mind: right mindfulness. In the Satipatthana Sutta, Buddha tells us, mindfulness is: “the direct path for the surmounting of sorrow, for the disappearance of pain and grief”. He tells […]

Reiki Inspired by Buddhism: 8 Right Effort

Previous posts in our exploration of the Eight Fold Path and the Reiki PreceptsĀ  explored those factors of the path that aid us in developing moral discipline. In the next few weeks we’ll explore those factors that enable us to develop a concentrated mind. Walking this Eight Fold Path does require sustained effort. This is […]