I’m a casual Reiki practitioner. This means that i was ‘attuned’ in a class, where a Reiki master attunes you to the ability to focus ‘life force energy’ through us and into someone else [or on ourselves]. Reiki is japanese in origin, and it is a technique that heals and calms. There is a lot of visualization and laying on of hands that goes along with it, but it’s pretty potent stuff, and can soothe aches and pains like a charm. I know, i know, it sounds hokey. But it is actually amazing as hell, and EVERYONE has the ability in them.


I’ve always done a form of this, though i didn’t know it had a name, for years before I heard of Reiki. I had just figured out a way to take pain away from people…I didn’t know what the heck i was doing, just that it worked. Once I found that there was a legitimate technique, I tried it. While it helped me channel my energies better, and see the bigger, more universal picture, I think we all can use do a form of this, class or no.


Next time you have a headache, or pain, try this: Shut your eyes, and breathe deeply and evenly. Imagine a mass of white [or golden, is sometimes how it appears to me] ‘energy’ swirling up above you. Kind of like a brilliant, churning cloud. Picture a flow of it coming down, through the top of your head. Can you feel it tingle? You might. Then feel/picture it flowing down through you, and into your hands. This might tingle too…does for me. Then rest your hands on part of your body that needs healing, and picture the energy flowing that area…just kind of washing it in light. Do this for as long as it takes. I kind of make the light wash back and forth over the hurty part, and usually it starts working right away – but I like to continue for a bit to make sure it goes away for good.


It’s pretty rad, and not nearly as hippie-dippy as it sounds. I’ll eat bacon wrapped in baby skin to prove i’m not a hippie!