Welcome to Hatsurei Ho,
A Japanese Reiki energy cleansing and meditation technique.
This can be practiced in the morning,
In the evening,
Or any time you need to reconnect to your inner light and come back into alignment with the truth of who you are.
Let's begin by finding a comfortable seated position where you can feel grounded and relaxed.
If you're sitting in a chair,
Sense your feet connected to the earth.
If you're sitting on the ground,
Sense your sitting bones anchoring into the earth.
And start to take a few deep releasing breaths here.
Breathing out through the mouth on an extended exhale for a few times.
With each exhale,
Feel your body weight sink further into the support that you're resting on.
From here,
Start to notice the natural rise and fall of your belly.
Your breath flowing in and out effortlessly on its own.
Place both of your hands face down on your lap and set the intention to begin Hatsurei.
You can say in your mind,
I am beginning Hatsurei Ho.
Now we will transition in to Kenyoku Ho.
Kenyoku Ho is a dry bathing method to cleanse the energy.
Placing your right fingertips on your left shoulder,
Take a deep breath in.
And as you breathe out,
Sweep across the body and down to your right hip.
In an audible exhale,
Switch sides,
Left fingertips to right shoulder.
Exhale across the body in an audible sigh.
Switch times one more time.
And now we will do the same thing,
This time with our left hand out in front of us,
Shoulder height.
Palm facing down.
Inhale,
Place your right fingertips on your left shoulder and sweep down along the arm to the fingertips.
Switching sides,
Left fingertips to right shoulder.
Breathing out across the fingertips.
Switch sides one more time,
Right fingertips to left shoulder.
Inhale,
Exhale down the arm,
Out the fingertips.
Next,
We will connect to Reiki,
The universal life force energy or spiritual energy.
Begin to extend your arms in a V-shape,
A funnel shape,
Above your crown.
And intend to connect to Reiki,
The light that is always pouring down in between the hands.
And now bring the fingertips and palms 8 to 12 inches apart from each other above your crown.
And now bring the fingertips and palms 8 to 12 inches apart from each other.
Sensing the energy in between the palms of your hands.
Perhaps you sense a magnetic attraction.
Whatever you sense in between the hands may be tingling,
Warmth,
Or nothing at all.
Know that this is your energy field.
That you are connected to Reiki at all times.
You're simply becoming aware of an extended version of yourself beyond your body.
Now begin to bring the hands down to face the crown.
Palms up in your lap.
Palms resting in your lap.
Palms facing up towards the sky and heavens.
As your feet are anchoring into the earth or sitting bones still grounded.
Next,
We will begin Joshin Kokyu Ho breath,
Sometimes known as the cleansing breath.
In this breath technique,
Visualize breathing light down from the crown,
In through your nose,
Down into your lower belly,
Your hara.
And as you breathe out,
The breath travels back up and out through the heart space into the space around you.
With each breath,
You draw in nourishing life force energy.
Perhaps a golden,
Warm,
Expanded light pouring down the crown,
Down into the lower belly,
Into your hara,
Expanding your lower belly with light.
And as you breathe out,
Send this healing prana or ki to wherever your body,
Mind,
Or spirit needs healing today.
You are breathing in healing energy with each breath in and with each breath out.
Spreading it throughout the body.
As it begins to spread beyond the body with each breath out now,
Golden healing light surrounding the body as well.
It's as if you're breathing in and out through your pores.
Next,
Bring the palms together in front of the chest in gaso,
Or prayer.
Next,
We will practice seishin kyotsu.
We will imagine now that we can breathe in through the palms of the hands,
Down through the heart,
Down to the belly.
And as we breathe out,
The breath flows back up and out the body,
Out through the heart and out through the palms of the hands.
Breathing life force energy in through the palms of the hands,
As if you could breathe in through these palms,
Into the heart center,
Down into your lower belly.
And on the breath out,
The breath travels back up and out through the palms,
Out into the space around you.
More and more light is coming in through the palms and flowing back out through the palms,
Into the space around you.
This light travels beyond the body,
Across time and space,
Wherever healing is needed.
You are a channel of healing,
Of love and light here.
Next,
We will transition into the Reiki principles.
You can either listen to these principles or repeat them in your mind or out loud.
Just for today,
I release anger.
I release worry.
I am grateful for my blessings.
I am honest in my work.
And I'm compassionate for myself and others.
Just for today,
I release anger and worry.
I am grateful for my blessings.
I'm honest in my work.
I'm compassionate for myself and for others.
Repeating once more on your own,
If you like.
And now we will place our palms face down on our lap and intend to finish the Hatsure Ho practice.
Take a few last breaths here to reconnect with the earth supporting you and the flow of your breath breathing you.
Take your time to bring yourself back into the space around you.
Maybe a few shoulder shrugs,
Shaking the hands up and down or clapping a few times if you feel ungrounded.
Thank you so much for practicing Hatsure Ho with me.
May you carry the light of your true self with you through the rest of your life.
May you have a wonderful rest of your evening and week.
Namaste.
