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Kevin came over for reiki trade...
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I gave her a reiki session before she headed out.
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Maddy is a little reiki sponge and likes to cuddle up between people's legs when I give treatments. lol
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On Sunday night Akiko came over for a visit and I gave her some Atoma a reiki treatment.
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...while I went to apprentice a Reiki 1 course at the NYC Reiki Center.
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Later that afternoon, I attended a reiki class on Zoom that Brian Brunius invited me to.
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Kevin came over after and we traded reiki....
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Matt L was moving out west and came by to give me a massage table that I told him I'd hold onto for a while!
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Later that night Kevin came over for a reiki trade.
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Later that evening Kevin, Matt & Jane Anne came over to hang and get weird with reiki.
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Wednesday Kevin came over and we traded reiki....
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Kevin came back from a long time in Colombia and came over to do a reiki swap.
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On Thursday night, Matt came over for a reiki session.
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Set up the table for reiki
the august roundup
August, 2015
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Exchanged reiki with Kevin and then we ate incredible deli sandwiches from Sunny Annie Deli. (I was all about showing everyone the delicious "2013")
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Left feeling so fresh and so clean.
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On Monday evening I went to Brian Brunius' reiki circle at the NYC Reiki Center. Good vibes, kind people and your body covered in a blanket of 16-healing hands.
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Set up the table for Kristina.
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On Saturday afternoon, Meredith came over to hang out and I ended up breaking out my table and giving her a reiki treatment. Maddy always likes to get in the mix!
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Mirela came over for reiki in the evening!
the january roundup
January, 2014
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On Monday night I went up to Union Square to do group reiki.
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Sweetest dog in the world!
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Matt came over in the evening to receive a reiki treatment from me. Maddy likes to nap between people's feet when they're up on the reiki table!
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...and then Debbie.
the december roundup
December, 2013
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On Sunday afternoon I set up my reiki table...
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...and had back to back reiki sessions for two of Matt Lesser's friends! First Mandi...
the december roundup
December, 2013
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Penelope came over for reiki on Thursday. Maddy likes to be lifted up onto the table so she can tucker down in Leg Alley.
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On Sunday I finished evening I graduated from a two-day Reiki Two class. Here's me with my classmates Priya, Stella & Galina.
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On Tuesday afternoon, former karaoke super-host, Matt came over for what turned into a four-hour reiki session. Matt's since gone on to become a reiki practitioner!
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On Monday night I went to Brian Brunius' office in Union Square to do a reiki exchange with a bunch of other people.
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Later that evening, I biked up to Union Square to go to the weekly Monday Night Reiki Circle. Usually it takes 1 person about 90 minutes to cover a body with their 2 hands. When you go to a reiki "circle," there are 10 people there, so when you lay down on the table, you get 20 hands covering your body! This lets you get a full-body treatment in 15 minutes instead of 90. It's also a very pleasant and intense feeling to be literally blanketed with loving hands.
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On Thursday evening John came over and I did reiki on him.
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Resonates with manipura
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Resonates with svadhishthana
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Got two new lovely rocks.
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And then later that evening, I practicing reiki on Mer.
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Normally, I'd probably have a lot more to say about this body-paint celebration, but considering I was heading back home to meet Vin so I could practice reiki on him, I've (Cast from the land of certainty into the gentler land of not-knowing!)
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...and finding myself fascinated with something I used to categorically dismiss as nonsense.
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Hung out with Penny on Sunday afternoon.
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Later that evening Meredith came over and let me practice reiki on her.
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On Wednesday afternoon, the massage table I'd purchased so I could practice reiki on people arrived.
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From Brian's website page about Reiki First Degree:

The Reiki process is a simple method of hands-on healing as developed by Mikao Usui, a monk from Kyoto, Japan. After training, Reiki energy flows through the body to the hands of the Reiki healer and into the cells of the person being treated. The energy is used to normalize body functions. It helps to reestablish balance and harmony on the physical, emotional, and spiritual planes so that the natural function is restored. Reiki differs from other healing methods in that a specific attunement process is used to prepare students for the flow of healing energy. This protects them from either transmitting or absorbing any negative energetic patterns.

This is a 16 hours class taught over two days. The class is divided into four sections of about four hours. In each section of the class, students will receive an attunement from the instructor, increasing their access to the Reiki energy and boosting their power level. By the fourth and final attunement, the student will have permanent, life-long access to Reiki, as well as all the knowledge and skills to use it successfully on themselves and others.

(It's 2015 and I still regularly practice reiki on myself and others. If you're interested in a session, email me. Skeptics welcome, no belief required!
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Here are pictures Brian took of our class of five.
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I was feeling all gunked-up inside after getting divorced and after trying a variety of things, someone suggested I try reiki. I wasn't very optimistic about it, but decided to give it a shot. I booked a session with Brian and was really amazed at his ability to rid my body of the feeling of "stuckness" I was holding. After a few really interesting sessions, he encouraged me to take his "first degree" reiki class.