Welcome to the Reiki page!

Here is a page for quiet and contemplation and also for information about this gentle but powerful system of healing. Reiki draws on the energy that surrounds us, an energy that can be transmitted through those attuned to it for relieving stress and strengthening the immune system to fight illness. Even if you are not unwell, Reiki can enhance your quality of life and increase feelings of relaxation and peace. 

Most healers use life force energy but to use Reiki you must be attuned by a Master - this is often a very healing process in itself for the recipient. I felt much more energised and alive after my Reiki attunements - more aware of my environment as well as beginning what has been a slow but steady spiritual growth, within me.

Reiki can make you more aware of the links that connect us to all other lives on this planet - animal, birds and plants as well as to the fabric of the earth itself. The Native American Indian Lakota people summed this up in the saying mitakuye oyasin which can be translated as we are all related.

Reiki can help you become more at peace with yourself and others around you - this can be understood by thinking of the Reiki ideals - as presented by Hawayo Takata, these are:

                                  Just for today, I will let go of anger.

      Just for today, I will let go of worry.

      Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings.

                                  Just for today, I will work honestly.

                                  Just for today, I will be kind to my neighbour

                                   and every living thing.

Just contemplating these in your mind - or heart - every day can bring you calm and contentment.

Even after my first attunement, I was able to use Reiki energy to help our little schnauzer, Maisie, when she was recovering from an injury to her leg - she lay very still beside me and let me lay my hands on the bandaged leg for over 15 minutes - a long time for a restless little dog like her! Her leg healed beautifully and she has no sign of the wound now.

It has been said that animals are drawn to those attuned to Reiki - I don't know if that is true but here, at home, I can often be found sitting with Maisie and Zeta on my lap and Satin and Lace, the kittens, on top of the dogs, all asleep. It sounds uncomfortable!...but I can feel very much at peace and calm with the animals near me like that.

Reiki is thought to have originated in Tibet, many thousands of years ago but was rediscovered in the early years of this century by a Japanese Buddhist, Dr Usui. The system of Reiki which he went on to devise was later adapted and taught in the West by Hawayo Takata. From those she initiated, many different styles of secular Reiki have developed in the West. There are also however Reiki Masters whose lineage more closely follows the Buddhist teachings as is the case with the Reiki I have studied. This lineage traces a path from Mikao Usui through Chujiro Hayashi (who initiated Hawayo Takata), Sensei Takeuchi, Seiji Takamori and Ranga Premaratna to Gordon and Dorothy Bell, my Reiki Masters.  

Gordon and Dorothy Bell also live in Newcastle. If you would like to know more about their training courses, check out their web site here.