Salima Pirani :: Reiki & Meditation: psychic healing

sending healing through the atmosphere?

i know, it sounds like fiction.

the truth is that science will probably catch up in 300 years. until then, sorry. we can't bottle and sell it on shelves under a generic or commercial name. but it's real.

if you asked me about this ten years ago i'd have laughed in your face. but i do it all the time now and it's become pretty natural - to me at least. to others, they still wonder. and still ask...

so how does it work, exactly?

the psychic healing? healing transmission? mechanism of action? automatic writing? the truth is that we don't know entirely. we know, maybe, but we can't explain it in scientific terms. metaphysics doesn't yet know. quantum physics doesn't yet know. look at masaru emoto and the hidden messages in water. we know there is intelligence in intention. and if we're smart we don't take it lightly or misuse it. in fact, reiki can only be used for the highest of good and healing. it's something i teach my level two students, and only after they have learned and begun to practice the basics of self-healing and primary healing for others.

the appointment

most distance healing is for people who are far away. asia, north america, south america, africa, europe. but sometimes it's a convenient option for busy people who live pretty close by, who really need a healing but can't get to an in-person appointment because of work or family.

just like an in-person session, we book an hour-long appointment. but it's not over the phone. at our appointment start time, the recipient sits or lies down in a quiet place without distractions. that means turn off music, turn off the computer, the ringer, buzzer, beeper, close the door. and i do the same.

although this is not a requirement, it's important for two reasons:

first - if someone is committing to their healing then spending the time and effort towards it means they are energetically "showing up", and being an equal partner in their healing. i can't stress enough the importance of this.
second - and this is mainly to show them how sensitive they are - they are far are more likely to feel the effects of the treatment if they're still and not engaged in other activities.

science fiction can be prediction

the secrets of the hour

so here's how it goes. i myself come to stillness. for distance reiki to work i only need to know the name of the person and their geographic location. like i said, it sounds like fiction but it's real. science can't explain it yet, but if it works (and it does), why wait for science to catch up?

using a surrogate or a model (i use a pillow or a doll), initiate the treatment. first is a chakra assessment - a scan through the recipient's major energy centres to locate areas of trapped negative energy. then the treatment. exactly like an in-person treatment, only using the surrogate as a stand-in for the recipient.

i go into a meditative state as i do the treatment. one hand is on the 'body'; the other hand is typing. there's no force. information comes through and the report writes itself, automatically - what's being felt, what it means, where and it comes from, who it relates to and when it began.... basically whatever the recipient needs to know to heal from whatever wounds brought them to me. while the information is being recorded, reiki is being sent. it's like a closed circuit - the information comes through one hand, is recorded through the other hand and then....

i hit 'send'

after the treatment, i email what i've typed as a confidential report to the recipient.

and then crickets. it's usually quiet for a couple of days after this. i mostly forget about it. and then i get an email or a call that goes something like this: "that treatment was amazing. i could feel my hands / feet / head tingling! i saw colours. i felt a presence. i felt really light. and what you wrote to me - it was so... accurate. how did you know? how did you do that?"

...well, now you know.

Salima Pirani is a Siam Reiki Master Teacher and offers distance Reiki to help people
release trapped pain and suffering, whether it's physical, emotional or spiritual in origin.
If you wish to discuss how to bring healing into your life, you can contact Salima here.

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About Salima

A leading Reiki Master Teacher, Intuitive Guide, Healer & Vice-Chair of the Mindfulness Society of Canada, Salima offers private healing & readings, & teaches Reiki, intuition & mindfulness to students in person and around the world.

And you get to work with your hands

teaching reiki is tiring work... but i love it. one of the best parts is watching the shift people experience as they go through an intensive weekend with you. some see bright colours, others feel sensations that are new and exotic to them. others still beam like sunshine after they are done. there are three huge reasons why i love teaching reiki to people:

#1: i love the feeling of "beginner's mind"

it was shunryu suzuki who said: "in the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. in the expert's mind there are few".

i remember my first Reiki course. it was supernatural. i was in awe at my teacher. i mean, he saw things. i couldn't discuss it with anyone. and yet, as soon as i had the chance i pounced on my homework: 10 treatments on other people.

it was my icebreaker at parties.

i'd sidle up to someone. "hey, are you free tuesday night?" knowing the answer would be a yes, i'd follow up with, "great, can you lie down for an hour so i can put my hands on you and give you a reiki treatment?" nobody ever said no. i learned a lot this way.

in two months, i had given close to 40 treatments to different people.

#2: i love intuitive experimenting.

if practised correctly, you get to hone your intuition. feeling the different energies, the difference in sensation in each treatment, trying out new things and feeling creative again. noticing when i'd need to make movements, sounds or speak and deliver an important message. simply letting go of any control and letting reiki radiate, pulse or flow out, drenching the person in pure vital energy.

i found the more i let go, the more effective the treatment was. i'd pick up images, and know immediately that something they thought was the problem was just a physical manifestation of something hidden. and then hearing what people felt and sensed and knowing i felt and sensed the same things was amazing confirmation that reiki was working in subtle and powerful ways.

#3: you start with yourself

reiki is one of the few things you can actually do for yourself first. it's part of the course. you give yourself a treatment before you give anyone else a treatment. and as you do, you notice how effortless it is, how amazing you feel after and how beneficial it is to practice on yourself as much as possible. (i still do).

selfish, you say? sure. but who am i to tell you about you, before i start with me? and so i did. the transformation was slow but profound. i had radical shifts in perception. i had amazing shifts in my ability sense energy, target pain and illness and discover its roots. and i transformed from a pretty cynical hospital worker into a reiki healer and teacher. who woulda thought?

so even though teaching is hard work, it's a privilege to pass this ability on. and to anyone who feels the pull to learn reiki... get pulled! besides being easy and transformational, it's super natural.

want to learn?

Salima teaches weekend Reiki courses in Toronto each month. Find out more about learning Reiki or get a Reiki treatment and feel the difference it makes for yourself!