Most of us cleanse our treatment rooms energetically prior to and following Reiki treatments. I believe that it is also important to dispose of undesirable energy as it is released during a treatment so it doesn't reattach itself to the client or find a new home with the practitioner.

Having a small decorative water fountain in the treatment room and burning a 100% beeswax candle can aid in disposing of released energy. I take an additional step, which I learned from Reiki Master Tom Tessereau of the Healing Arts Center in St. Louis. I place  salt water in the treatment room.

I position a bowl with 1/4 cup of salt and about one quart of water near each end of my treatment table, taking care to place them out of the way to avoid accidental spills. I prefer to use sea salt; however, table salt will work as well. The bowls are emptied as needed, either after each client or, more typically, after two or three clients.

Water attracts and holds the energy. One example of this is the way water conducts electric current; another is the way a swimming pool will hold the energy of the sun for a time after the sun goes down. Salt absorbs and neutralizes energy and for this reason has been used for thousands of years for protection, cleansing, and purification.

For an in depth discussion and explanation of this and other ways to keep your treatment room and your own energy clean, see Chapter 8 of my book, Reiki: A Guide for the Practice of Levels I and II.

 

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Halifax at Night

I will be attending Jikiden Reiki Shoden and Okuden (Levels I and II) classes in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept. 30 - Oct. 3. Jikiden is Reiki as it was taught by Dr. Hayashi and Usui Sensei without the variations Takata introduced when she brought Reiki to the West. Classes will be taught by Tadao Yamaguchi whose mother trained with Hayashi and practiced Reiki in Japan for 65 years. I'll remain in Nova Scotia until October 14 for sightseeing and to attend a Celtic music festival on Cape Breton.