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is one
of a series
where I give my ideas on aspects of Reiki and/or energy work. The pages
are intended to give some "food for thought" and some are only my
viewpoint. While a number of facts may be included, you should decide
for yourself how much (if any) of the content feels right to you. Another area of interest for Reiki 1 students is that of being able to sense problem areas in the body. This didn't seem to be a part of Western Reiki when Mrs. Takata taught here. However, in the original URR Gakkai this was a key component of the first level of training. In fact, for a student to be able to progress further, he or she needed to be able to demonstrate 2 aspects of this ability very well. One technique is Byosen Reikan Ho; essentially the ability to scan a healing subject. The other technique is Reiju Ho, a form of intuitive scanning that focuses in on the main problem areas. Both of these methods were taught in the first level of training.  When I first learned Reiki in 1992 I wasn't aware of
the concept of scanning, although it seems to have been a component of
other forms of natural healing in the Western world. I first read
of the idea in 1994 in William Rand's book "Reiki: The Healing Touch." (see link below.) When I asked William where he got the idea
he said it just came to him one day. I began to explore this on
my own and made it apart of my classes when I began to teach in
1994. For some students this was a very easy process, especially
if they could see or easily sense energies. But it took me and
others some time to develop the ability. It was mainly my work
with some graduate Awakening Your Light Body training (see link
below) that began to really open this up for me.  When my friends and I discovered Hiroshi Doi of the
URR Gakkai in 1998, we learned that sensing energies was part of the
old original training. The Byosen Reikan Ho method even suggests the
possible sensations one might feel in the hand while scanning. I
found a really good Acupuncture.com web page (see
link below) which lists quite a few of these. But even
before meeting Mr. Doi, I had learned from one of my Japanese students
that she observed Doi's Gakkai teacher - former president Mrs.
Koyama - scanning clients from across the room as they came into
the healing room. So I came up with a way to exercise
this ability and I teach that as part of my scanning
segment in Reiki 1. Basically my students work with sensing
the energies of trees outside my window, and compare how each feels to
them. It's a way to understand how you experience energy this
way. (this same segment is also in the free segment of my
Threshold Reiki 1 manual) Because Mrs. Koyama was also able to use her scanning to determine in advance how many treatments the person would require, I thought it might be useful to at least help students to sense how soon their client would require a follow-up session. Essentially all you need do is conduct a quick, overall scan at the beginning and end of each session. Any differences in sensations will give you an idea as to how well the client handled the Reiki session, and over time you will be able to determine from the scale of that, when the client might best return (e.g. the next day or soon, or maybe a week or so later.) Note that because of this ability to distant scan, you can grow to conduct one even before the client arrives, or at the very least, without needing to use your hands over the person. And your sensitivity to the places of greatest need (i.e. Reiji Ho) can help you get to the important areas first, if this is how you wish to handle your Reiki session. If scanning is new to you or has seemed a challenging task, perhaps you might give these ideas a try. 
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