Chapter 3: The Reiki Practices (Level 1

Additional Signs that you are progressing on your Reiki journey:

A tendency to think and act spontaneously based on love, instead of through fear. Enjoying every moment. Decreasing interest in conflict. Having less worry. Frequent, overwhelming episodes of affection. Decreasing vanity. Frequent smiling. Increasing tendency to let things happen, instead of trying to make them happen. An increasing susceptibility to being loved by others. An uncontrollable need to love them in return!

4. Understanding The Energetic Body:

So far, we introduced you to the idea that the universe, and all of the physical things we see within it, are all made up of one interconnected web of

‘Universal Energy’.

As part of our ‘energetic reality’ then, we feel that it is important here to expand on some ‘energetic anatomy’ here as this will be important for us to know as we start to treat people with Reiki. And to help us introduce this concept, we will be covering two main points here:

1) Understanding The Aura - what it is, where it is and why is it important for you to know about.

2) Understanding The Chakras - what are they, why are they important & where are they located.

4.1 Understanding The ‘Aura’:

“Aura” is a Latin word that means 'energy that flows constantly'. The aura is ofen seen as brilliant energy that forms a vibrational magnificence around the human body. With the help of modern technology, we are now able to see the aura through the use of a ‘Kirlian camera’.

This camera is built with a technology that permits the recording of energy flows in all ‘living beings’ including plants, animals and humans and is the easiest way for us to see the auric field of energy which surrounds our body. Here are some examples of the pictures of auras:

As humans, our aura is ofen described as having a seven-layered energy field, featuring all the colours of the rainbow. It is ofen said that these seven layers of our aura also correspond to each of our energy centres, which you can see from the diagram here below:

It is said that the different levels of the aura interact and flow with one another in a truly divine way. The colour, size, structure and speed of the aura are all dependant upon the mental, physical and spiritual constitution of the person.

As we now know, illness can manifest into our physical body as a result of energetic imbalance brought about by negative thoughts and feelings about oneself and others. And it is the aura that is ofen a great way for us to get a very accurate representation of a person’s past thought patterns and emotional states.

Auric Bodies and Chakras