Reiki (pronounced ray-kee) is an ancient rediscovered natural healing technique involving the placement of hands onto the body in order to channel healing energy. It allows everyone (children too!) to tap into an unlimited supply of “life force energy” to improve health and enhance the quality of life.

Reiki is an amazingly simple technique to learn. It does not take years of practice, it is simply passed on through a series of attunements from a Reiki Master, sometimes called Teacher, to the student. As soon as this happens, one has and can do Reiki.

Reiki heals with the power of the universal life force. Each person is alive because this life force is already flowing through us. This life force flows within our physical body and it also flows around us in a field of energy called the aura. Life force nourishes all of the organs and cells of our bodies, supporting them in their vital functions.

This powerful life force is very responsive to thoughts and feelings. It can becomes disrupted when we accept negative thoughts or feelings about ourselves or others. These negative thoughts and feelings attach themselves to the energy field and cause a disruption in the flow of life force. This diminishes the vital function of the organs and cells of the physical body, thereby creating dis-ease.

Reiki can heal this by flowing through the affected parts of the energy field and charging them with positive energy. It raises the level of the energy field in and around the physical body where the negative thoughts and feelings are attached. This causes much of the negative energy to break up and fall away. Reiki clears, straightens and heals the energy pathways, allowing the life force to flow in a more healthy and natural way.

Once a person has been opened up to become a “channel” for Reiki, this powerful universal life force energy will flow through their hands of its own accord and they will retain this ability for the rest of their life. Reiki does not conflicts with medical procedures but rather supports and enhances all other medical treatments.

Because Reiki is guided by the God-consciousness, it can never do harm. It always knows what a person needs and will adjust itself to create the effect that is appropriate for them. Reiki goes where Reiki is most needed.

Some benefits of Reiki Healing include:

• Creates deep relaxation and aids the body to release stress and tension
• Accelerates the bodie’s self-healing abilities
• Aids better sleep
• Reduces blood pressure
• Can help with acute injuries and chronic problems (asthma, eczema, headaches, etc.)
• Alleviates addictions
• Helps relieve pain
• Clears mental blocks – assists in clear thinking
• Removes energy blockages, adjusts the energy flow of the endocrine system bringing the body into balance and harmony
• Assists the body in cleaning itself from toxins
• Reduces some of the side effects of drugs and helps the body to recover from drug therapy after surgery and chemotherapy
• Supports the immune system
• Increases vitality and postpones the aging process
• Raises the vibrational frequency of the body
• Accelerates spiritual growth and emotional clearing

If you are ready to explore Reiki for yourself, your child or loved-one, call me to schedule your appointment at (562) 200-8752. Your well-being is close at hand.

The first Mercury retrograde in 2011 will take place in the fire sign of Aries between the dates of March 30th through April 23rd. This is an important phase as Jupiter and Uranus have also transited into the house of Aries. In fact, all of the Mercury retrogrades in 2011 are in fiery signs, which emphasizes energy, enthusiasm and innovation.

Believed by many, this is a time of miscommunication, misinformation, travel glitches and electrical disturbances – a time to avoid making commitments, entering agreements or making significant purchases. The planet Mercury is the ruler of communications and travel, according to popular astrology, and when it appears to travel backwards, it sends all things communicative into chaos.

A planet is considered retrograde when it slows down and appears to be moving backward. This is an optical illusion, since no planet in the universe changes direction. Relative from our point of view on Earth, it appears sometimes that a planet will stop and go backwards called the retrograde motion, and then stop again and go forward. Much like speeding by a slow moving train, it appears to travel backwards as it recedes. Of course, the planet is not really travelling backwards.

Mercury Retrograde is rapidly becoming the most misunderstood astrological phenomenon and has joined the ranks of other such timeless superstitions, such as stepping on cracks and breaking mirrors. Instead of taking responsibility for errors in communication, bad choices or lack of planning, many people now blame Mercury retrograde for their personal upsets, which is quite dis-empowering. “This kind of thinking takes astrology back 100 years, when the planets were seen as evil forces that bore ominous warnings,” says world renowned astrologer, Mark Husson.

It’s important to realize the power of self-fulfilling prophecy when using astrology as a tool to guide our lives. If, for example, we believe that bad things will happen in our lives during Mercury retrograde, then they probably will, but not because there is a slowing of the planet, but because our subconscious mind has made it so.

It is true that during Mercury retrograde the planet does slow down. Let this serve us as a reminder to do the same and to use this time for contemplation, choosing our words wisely and considering all angles before making commitments and decisions. Let’s choose to spend this next Mercury retrograde to clearly express ourselves, communicate our desires and expect only the best, paying special attention to our fiery qualities: energy, enthusiasm and innovation!

Make it a great retrograde,
Charlene