Welcome to Day 3 of your 10 Day of Self Reiki Challenge.
I'm really excited about this particular session because we're going to do Reiki for boosting our own immune system.
It's good to remember that Reiki can help us before we get sick,
So a regular and consistent practice is important.
I'm going to teach you how to do that today.
Before we begin,
I just wanted to share a study I came across about the effectiveness of Reiki for the immune function.
In this study,
Blood samples were taken from three groups of volunteers.
One group then received a Reiki treatment and relaxation.
Another group received a sort of sham Reiki treatment from someone who was not actually trained.
The third group received nothing other than the rest.
Their blood was taken immediately after their treatment and then again four weeks later.
The blood test showed an increase in the white blood cells among the participants who received Reiki and none in those who did not.
The white blood cells are obviously indicative of immune response or immune function.
They're sent out in our bodies to protect and defend us from invasions.
Then there was one more study,
Two groups.
Their blood was taken just prior to one group getting certified in level one Reiki and the other group not being certified.
The blood was tested before and after the training.
Both the hemoglobin and the hematocrit levels were compared in the blood samples.
Those who took the Reiki training,
28% of them experienced an increase in those blood values while the rest didn't see any change.
These studies combined with known reduction of blood pressure and heart rate and generally an overall feeling of rest and digest,
Switching the nervous system into a more relaxed state definitely points to the effectiveness of Reiki on our immune system.
So let's get started.
Go ahead and find your way to a comfortable seated position.
Resting your hands either at your knees or in your lap.
Just begin to bring your body into a calm and relaxed state now.
The easiest way to do this is by simply noticing your breath right away.
Noticing the breath flowing in and out.
And giving yourself a moment to just calm down.
It's okay if thoughts are still racing or if you feel busy or like you need to get up and go do things.
This is natural.
Let this just be that time that you transition into your meditation and Reiki practice.
Feel any parts of your body that are in direct contact with the earth beneath you and feel supported into the earth.
Held,
Cared for.
This awareness of your meditation seat,
Of almost this footprint of the meditation is our connection to the earth.
And let that give rise to a sense of groundedness and stability right now.
Smoothing out your inhales and your exhales.
Observing this simple process of breathing.
At this time,
Bring your palms together in front of your heart into gassho meditation.
And repeat after me quietly.
Just for today,
I will not be angry.
Just for today,
I will not worry.
Just for today,
I will do my work honestly.
Just for today,
I will be grateful.
Just for today,
I will be kind to all living things and myself.
Place the palms right in the center of the collarbones,
Just above where you would identify the center of your heart.
You can line the hands up or even stack them and know that the simple act of placing the hands is enough to turn your Reiki energy on and it is flowing.
Imagination can harness the mind's power to create a positive effect in the body and boost well-being.
Simply by observing a body part,
Relaxing and breathing,
We can start to make profound changes start to happen.
I want you to feel right now your body as consciousness,
As a trove of conscious cells.
Sensing the subtle energy vibration happening,
Maybe at the skin,
Maybe within,
Or maybe this is something that's perceptible surrounding your body.
Don't judge your experience or your energy or force it to be any way different than it is right now.
Just feeling alive,
Feeling the real and true energy of the body,
Tuning into those subtle sensations and vibrations,
The body's energy.
You have the power to connect to every cell in your body.
And Reiki has the power to infuse every cell in the body with this light,
With this light luminescent energy.
For our practice today,
We're focusing on T-cells and B-cells,
The defenders,
The well-being cells.
These cells bind together and attack any disease and protect you from disease in the future as well.
And there's so many of them that it would be impossible to count the exact number.
On a physical level,
This area that we're focusing on over the heart,
Also called the ascended heart chakra,
Is connected with an intriguing organ,
The thymus gland.
The thymus gland forms a part of our lymphatic system and sits wedged between the heart and the sternum.
Its prominent job is to support our immune function by producing T-leukocytes.
These white blood cells perform two major tasks.
First,
They distinguish inoffensive body cells from intruding pathogens.
And they activate powerful well-being cells.
So use your intention to enhance your thymus,
To instruct these powerful cells to start multiplying by the billions,
Forming an army of pure,
Powerful well-being cells to protect you.
The thymus is most active during childhood and adolescence.
And then towards the end of puberty,
The thymus reaches its maximum size and weight.
And typically during adulthood,
It pairs back its production of T-cells and goes into atrophy.
And after it stops working,
Usually around the age of 50,
We have to make do with whatever T-cells are still surviving in our body to combat illness.
By the time we reach old age,
The thymus gland has virtually disintegrated into the surrounding tissues.
But there are many things we can do to keep this important organ active.
We must continue to show up to our lives and to love it all.
A balanced heart chakra is heaven on earth.
It's doing what you love.
It's choosing your life and not settling.
It's loving yourself holistically.
We can,
At this point,
Make any powerful and positive changes to our own lymphatic system right now by imagining that this light pouring into our palms is being soaked up by our thymus gland,
By our heart chakra.
Our thymus chakra enhances our willingness to forgive and to show compassion.
Unlocking it corresponds to flinging open a window for your soul to work through in the material world.
This heart chakra has often been referred to as the seat of the soul,
Unconditional divine love,
Free of ego.
This healing work goes hand in hand with healing our physical tissues,
But also doing the healing work of opening our ascended heart.
Materially,
We give with our hands,
Which are energetically associated with the heart.
We use our hands to provide for our loved ones,
Maybe craft gifts for them,
Feed them,
Comfort them,
Caress them.
And in numerous methods in various cultures,
Laying of hands has been devised for healing.
And this is what you're doing for yourself now.
So express your love to yourself.
Visualize this thymus chakra responding powerfully to this light energy.
Feel this new order of well-being cells start to enhance your own well-being.
Keep your right palm over your heart and lower your left hand to your lower side ribs.
Center of the bottom left rib on your left side is where we'll find our spleen chakra,
Also associated with the actual location of the spleen.
The spleen chakra,
On average,
Is smaller than the other chakras in the human body,
One-third or half the size of the other chakras.
This energy center has six petals with multiple color pranas on the periphery.
The spleen chakra is closely related to the nature of the heart.
The spleen chakra is closely related to the navel chakra,
And energizing the navel chakra usually energizes also the spleen chakra considerably.
Health conditions of this chakra involve conditions of the physical spleen,
Like lack of vitality,
Weakened immune system,
Arthritis,
Rheumatism.
Rheumatoid arthritis patients are usually found to have an imbalanced spleen chakra,
And chronic fatigue syndrome is also a condition often observed among individuals with malfunctioning or depleted spleen chakras.
So allow as you rest your left hand here at the spleen,
This clearing energy to take place to flow in and correct imbalance.
This light dissolves stagnance.
Imbalance cannot withstand this light.
Again,
Trusting that all you have to do is placement of the hands for this energy to flow.
You may or may not feel any sensation.
But know,
As you've been attuned to Reiki One,
It is impossible for this not to work.
Feel the movement of the hands.
Feel the movement of this area as you breathe.
A lifting and spreading of the ribcage perhaps on your inhales and exhales.
Now lay both hands over the lower ribs in the front.
The liver,
The gallbladder and the pancreas are stimulated by this hand position.
These organs having to do with feelings of fear and frustration,
Which can be relieved by this hand position.
Also regulating digestion and rejuvenating your energy.
The liver is essential to the human body and plays vital roles in your well-being.
Its functions are innumerable,
Ranging from detoxifying and cleansing your blood to producing and distributing crucial compounds.
Another function of the liver is to regulate the volume of blood flow through your body.
This blood flow carries energy around the body as well.
Imagine infusing your liver with this light force,
This prana,
This chi,
This ki,
And then allowing it to then be distributed to every cell,
To every organ,
To every bit of tissue in your body.
When your liver is healthy,
It will be able to move this healthy blood,
This vibrant blood through the body with ease.
Likewise,
Chi and prana able to move through the body with ease.
Continue to breathe here,
Trusting yourself,
Trusting your body,
Trusting this energy.
Your pancreas also,
Which is affected by this hand position,
It secretes hormones that regulate blood sugar levels in the body.
Focusing on your pancreas as well as the liver and the gallbladder.
Gallbladder helps to move enzymes into your digestive pipeline and gastrointestinal tract.
All of this bringing you more health,
More vitality,
More energy,
More immunity.
And now returning your hands to your heart center,
Knowing that yourselves did their very best,
Knowing that this energy flowed where you needed it,
Knowing that you didn't have to plan it all out.
This energy of Reiki is intelligent and it knows where to go.
It has a purpose and it knows how to protect you.
So expressing a moment of gratitude and appreciation for this almighty light of universal healing.
Take a moment to acknowledge that this powerful Reiki energy can mend what is broken.
It can root out any unproductive cells and open any blocked arteries or veins,
Energy centers,
Rebuild damaged areas and remove all inflammation,
Cleansing any infection.
Let the warmth of your healing love pass through your body,
Making any unhealthy areas healthy again,
So that this body can function the way it was created to function,
Restoring you fully to your health in body and in mind.
Thank you for practicing with me today.
Namaste.
