Opening the Chakras

This is a simple technique where the practitioner works in the aura of the recipient without touching the physical body. It is a great technique for developing energy sensitivity.

If you are right handed sit on the recipients left side, if you are left handed, sit on their right. Position yourself so that you can move your dominant hand freely from the recipients Base Chakra to their Crown Chakra. Centre yourself and tune into the Reiki energy for a few moments before beginning.

Keep your passive hand on your own Heart Chakra and use your dominant hand to treat with. Start at the Base Chakra and work toward the Crown Chakra systematically without missing any. Remember that you don't need to work on the Crown, simply affirm its openness.

Connecting with the Chakra a) Raise your hand and place it way above the Chakra. b) Gently lower your hand until you feel a threshold pressure in the energy field and stop there. In this first stage you are gently introducing yourself to the energy field of the Chakra. You are not beaming energy into the Chakra, rather you are sensitising yourself to it. Allow your hand to just float on the energy, though refrain from pushing down on it as this may be uncomfortable for the recipient.

Opening the Chakra a) When it feels appropriate let go of the pressure, and drop deeper into the energy field nearer to the physical body and click your fingers (not too loudly) to signify to the subconscious mind that you are opening the Chakra.

Inviting Outmoded Energy to Release a) Spiral your hand anti-clockwise inviting the Chakra to release any outmoded energy no longer required. Remember this is an invitation not an exorcism. Really you are just holding the space and giving it permission to release. b) Lift your hand motioning the energies being released. Do this several times. Wait for some moments, resting your arm on your knee if necessary.

Filling the Chakra with Positive Energy a) When you have a sense that the Chakra has released sufficiently then bring your hand back into the auric energy field above the same Chakra and find a new threshold point. b) Beam Reiki directly into the Chakra for a couple of minutes or until it feels appropriate to move onto the next one. c) Progress smoothly up to the next Chakra repeating all previous steps until reaching the Crown where you simply affirm its openness and connectedness to the others by clicking at it.