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Hi: New to the forum and site here. I've been a level 2 Reiki Practitioner for a little under a year. I had a Reiki session a few weeks ago where energy in the lower chakras (heart and downward) were not as "active" as the upper areas. Having previous experience with other healing energy modalities, I always thought that where energy is most active, those are the areas that are "healthy", and areas with less energy activity need more attention. HOWEVER, my intuition was telling me that this girl was "calm" in her lower chakras, well-grounded and comfortable in her physical life, but that her upper chakras needed the work because she is searching in her spirituality. It seems to me that Reiki healing is quite different than the other modalities in which I have experience. ANy thoughts here?

Namaste....Heart of Grace

heartofgrace said on

Having previous experience with other healing energy modalities, I always thought that where energy is most active, those are the areas that are "healthy", and areas with less energy activity need more attention.

Not necessarily. Have you worked on cancer? The site of a malignant tumor has excess energy and "feels" hot (and prickly) compared with the surrounding area. Other such conditions include some non-malignant cysts, asthma, and some migraine headaches. And Traditional Chinese Medicine recognizes that problems can arise from either deficient energy or excess energy.

Just curious -- what are the other modalities you've used?

Bruce

heartofgrace,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- welcome to The Cafe

- I am glad for your voice and light

- the Chakras, as you seem to have noted, may increase or decrease in activity (or keep a steady-state) irrespective of Reiki

- and yes, Chakras may often not be uniformly active for a variety of reasons

- and certainly noting some to be 'more active' does not mean the others are being 'under-active'

>:-}}

- afterall, we each have rather individual activity levels and judging ours by that of others, and vise versa, is a tricky business

- some years ago I was doing meditation with my Kundalini Yoga Teacher and after a while I shifted my meditative attention to him - and noted (as well as I am able) that Chakras 1-5 seemed to be 'uniformly at rest' and that Chakras 6 and Crown appeared more active

- it was the apparent uniform quiessence of Chakras 1-5 which was so fascinating - that he was able to achieve such a meditative state

>:-}}

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper