No, I'm not impersonating Fozzy Bear. Waka is a form of Japanese poetry in a 5-7-5-7-7 meter. More popular is the haiku which is 5-7-5, but I found out about waka through Reiki. During Mikao Usui's lifetime the Meiji Emperor ruled over Japan and was also a notable waka poet. Usui sensei used the Meiji Emperor's poems as a part of his Reiki Association meetings. Some of them have been translated and you can find them in the appendix of the book The Spirit of Reiki (Lubeck, Petter, Rand).
Here are a few examples:
Cycles of Rest and Unrest
Take care of yourself during these times. I was reminded this past month of how off kilter I get when I don’t get enough sleep. I get very irritable when I am sleep deprived, and I first shared that story after my son was born (here). I don’t always notice it as soon as I would like to, but recognizing it and making adjustments is more important than how fast I notice it. Shortly after I allowed myself one more hour of sleep in the morning my temperament started to shift. It was then I started seeing connections back to 9 years ago.
In 2011 after receiving my Reiki Advanced Practitioner attunements I fell into a bit of a depression, and upon reflecting on my life path at that point I started to consider changing careers. And in changing careers my entire life would change. That was a very emotional two year period in my life making that adjustment.
Here we are in 2020 and my life as I had built it over the last 9 years has been placed on hold, and that has been quite challenging to process especially when having no certainty on when, if ever, I can go back to doing the work I was doing and in what capacity it will be available…
Read moreWe Need Meditation and Prayers More Than Ever
My heart weighs heavily with all of the pain in the world right now. I can’t bring myself to write about an uplifting story or teachable moment from my life at this time. All I want to iterate is to maintain your spiritual practice. Groups of people meditating together can cause changes in society at large as stated by a study from the Maharishi University of Management.
“For the period 2007-2010, when there was a sufficiently large group, statistical analysis found a significant decrease in both the national homicide rate and urban violent crime rate compared to trends during the baseline period of 2002-2006.”
For the benefit of your self, your community, your country, and your world, please keep up your meditation and/or prayer practice. You can do it on your own or join a group. I am going live every morning at 8am if you want to join in with me or perhaps you have another group you are a part of already. Just please, keep it up. The world needs it right now…
Read moreGetting Through The Quarantine Slump
In the first few weeks of shelter-in-place I was feeling very accomplished. I was getting many chores and jobs around the house completed, and I was thinking that this quarantine was the best thing that could have happened. And then it started to take a turn.
My momentum started to slow as the weather turned to non stop rain putting a damper on making progress on any outside projects as well as curbing the daily walks around the block with my son so he could run around and burn off some energy. I felt confined in the house and unable to get anything accomplished.
I was falling into a depression, and I felt I could do nothing about it…
Read moreOnline Reiki Healing Circles and Meditations
I pray that you are all doing well in the midst of this global health crisis. Until the stay-at-home order is lifted I will not be offering any in-person Reiki sessions, and classes are on hold until they can be rescheduled.
I have moved the Monday night Reiki Healing Circle to the Kukan Reiki Kai Facebook page, and I go LIVE from 7:30-8:30pm leading a guided meditation and a self-Reiki session.
I have also been leading a brief meditation every morning at 8am also on Facebook Live that you can join (with your kids as well) or you can watch the recording anytime on the Kukan Reiki Kai Facebook page.
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