18 August 2011 - Juergen KindlerListen to this showIn the chronology of Reiki, Germany was the first European country to receive Reiki. Reiki traveled to Germany from the USA with Brigitte Müller of Frankfurt. Jürgen's story carries this story of community to the next steps. His ability to reach out and embrace change while remaining confident of his own practice is inspiring. He was able to experience the community of German speaking masters in person and through his work with the "Reiki Master Rundbrief." His participation extended to the wider student gatherings in Gersfeld and through his "Reiki Magazin" which is still published today.
11 August 2011 - Kate Jones Listen to this showFrom tentatively attending the first gathering of the UK Reiki community to becoming a full time participant in the Usui Shiki Ryoho community, as well as the Reiki community at large in the UK, Kate Jones has walked the path to becoming a community member. This path has its gifts as well as its challenges. She brings stories, experiences, and, with great respect, the description of Reiki practice that has been authored by the circles of Reiki practices represented by the Reiki Council of the UK. Her reading of this touched the deep place where Reiki abides in me. The knowing that this is shared by so many helps dissolve walls of separation. A true gift of community conversation.
4 August 2011 - Kathy Tyler Listen to this showA pilgrim on her spiritual path, Kathy was lead to the Findhorn community in Scotland and met Reiki there in the early 1980's. Kathy is the co-author of The Transformation Game and the original Angel Cards and continues to listen to the wisdom of the universe as it comes through her. Outspoken, direct, and passionate, she holds her humanity and the humanity of all others with grace, compassion, and gentleness. This interview will give you much food for thought as you move through your daily life of living in community. See these web sites for inspiration: www.intentionalbutterfly.com www.innerlinks.com www.findhorn.org
29 July 2011 - Maria Kumb and Fokke Brink Listen to this showMaria and Fokke trace their long history with Reiki through their experiences of community beginning with the first student gathering in Holland for Fokke and organizing evenings for Reiki treatment exchange for Maria. This goes through their adventures in their Reiki Heal-Mobile, the annual Gersfeld Reiki Festival (Germany), and their local community experience in the small Greek village where they live now. It is a grand tour with many smiles and profound experiences of the value of community.
21 July 2011 - Leslie Grasa Listen to this showYes, Leslie was just on the show a few weeks ago, sharing her Reiki story and the profound lessons that Reiki has brought to her. (May 5, 2011) She was on the top of the list again when the topic of Community arose. As Leslie is on the Board of Trustees for the Annual Northwest Reiki Gathering held at the Breitenbush Hot Springs Resort in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, she is able to share her experience of attending the gathering for 7 years, the intent of the Trustees for the gathering, and the feeling of being held in a Reiki community. The theme this year? Let Reiki Teach You.
7 July 2011 - Fokke Brink Listen to this showEncore! This 5th year of the Reiki Talk Show is starting out with some encore shows from the first year of the show. These are, in my estimation, timeless and give you, the listener, a new context for the show. Listen again....with your different ears...and find the magic of the oral tradition. Fokke Brink has made a study of the three kanji that "says" Reiki in the Japanese language. He will take his understanding of the origin of the kanji and extend it into his own perspective of Reiki, the energy, and Reiki, the practice. Fokke took Reiki in one of the first classes in the Netherlands and now lives in south Greece with his lovely wife, Maria. Together they have a beautiful Reiki Retreat Center.
30 June 2011 - Phyllis Furumoto Listen to this showPhyllis takes a moment to express gratitude for the Radio Show and those people who have assisted in the successful production of the show for the last 4 years! Then she begins to share "What Reiki has taught her." Halfway through the show, she asks those listening to begin to give Reiki to themselves, as she does also. The rest of the show is a flow of Reiki through her to the listeners. Being is the key......Being human is what we are.
23 June 2011 - Kathy Baker Listen to this showKathy was guided to Reiki in 1978 with Ethel Lombardi, one of the masters initiated by Hawayo Takata. Through the years and many remarkable experiences, there is a clarity of her gift from Reiki. This gift is the ability to connect. Through this connection all is possible. Being in the "right place" at the right time is a gift of feeling the connection and going in that direction. Moving from the heart, Kathy has proceeded through her life, and having the confidence that she is on her path.
16 June 2011 - Fran Freeman Listen to this showBefore she met Reiki in 1982, Fran followed her path and learned that everything is given. Sometimes what has been given is not what she wanted or expected. However she has learned that the path is about accepting what is given, honoring this, and appreciating it as the colors of life. Her stories are wonderful illustrations of Reiki in action!
9 June 2011 - Jolanda Ouburg Listen to this showStepping with both feet into the mystery of Reiki, Jolanda tells of this word that just came to her as she was trying to find a way to heal her physical pain and condition. She has followed this path with confidence and dedication, applying Reiki every day and in every way. Her healing lead to art therapy which has given her the courage to take the new life she has and create her dream.
2 June 2011 - Paul Haines Listen to this showA man of few but clear words, Paul brings to his stories the fullness of his experience. In doing this, he touches a resonance that we sometimes miss or forget in Reiki, Peace. A kind of peace that is the result of soulful healing and reconciliation. His experiences throughout his 25 years of practice, brought me to a place in the interview of simply wanting to have silence. So the last few minutes are yours to be with yourself and with the peace that he brings to the fore.
26 May 2011 - Jim Frew Listen to this showSit back and start treating yourself as you listen to Jim's wonderful stories of his life with Reiki. A master storyteller as well as a Reiki master and practitioner, Jim gives us some of the highlights of his practice. I found the stories filled with clear understandings of "how Reiki taught him and taught the people he was treating" lessons that changed their lives. And at the end, the simple advise of being constant with daily treatments on oneself is advise that comes from his own experience of treating himself daily. Pass on what you know and trust. Thank you, Jim!
12 May 2011 - Tim Thomas Listen to this showThe stories of Reiki continually demonstrate the theory that "there are no coincidences!" Tim gives us over and over a confirmation of this theory...until it is not a theory any longer! As with many of us, Reiki came into his life through a series of "coincidences." The sharing of his list of "What has Reiki taught me?" can be seen as the path a human being takes from the depths of the forest to the top of the mountain. Daily spiritual practice gives vision of possibilities and slowing down, learning how to be. Moving more from the heart and accepting what is! Embracing the plateaus because the true lessons are learned in incremental steps.
5 May 2011 - Leslie Grasa Listen to this showLeslie brings to us the magic of Reiki one more time! Her personal story, beginning with First Degree with her Reiki Master Sheila King, of deep physical shifts in her body, opening of communication channels within as well as with others, and the potent teachings through Reiki inspire and touch the heart. Let Reiki teach you! Her teachings she shared with us now are: "I am never alone. I have something valuable to contribute. I know a place from which to gain clarity." These teachings bring a deep abiding peace that nourishes her and will nourish you!
28 April 2011 - John and Lourdes Listen to this showAn Encore! for John. A few weeks ago, Lourdes wrote an email to me sharing that John had died on January 12, 2011. John spent over 30 years of his life in service to Reiki and to the teaching that was passed on through Hawayo Takata, his master. His teaching will live on with Lourdes, his masters, and his students. Thank you, John.
21 April 2011 - Hira Reid Listen to this showThis interview is packed with great stories of service. HIra was generous in her sharing of the times in her life that were pivotal in her awareness of service. She starts with the story of how she decided to join the army and "knew" this was the next thing for her to do. She knew it in her heart. And goes on with the stories of her time in Viet Nam and then in the Siddha Yoga Ashram in India. Her two themes are "non-doing" and "doing with all your heart." Inspiring and thought provoking. You may want more of her stories! Go to her Reiki blog, http://reikireid.blogspot.com. for another side of Hira: http://shatooshandpashmina.blogspot.com
7 April 2011 - Maureen Pua'ena O'Shaughnessy Listen to this showHo'oponopono. This is the theme of our time together with Maureen. As her relationship with her "kumu hula" brought her to Reiki, she is now bringing a part of the Hawaiian teaching to the Reiki community. After these weeks of exploring Love, Compassion, Gratitude, and Service, we are putting it all together in a practical way of how to live life in harmony and in responsibility for our lives. Reiki teaches us to live without blame and the subjective judgements of right/wrong. When we learn to let this way of seeing go then our lives can be put into balance through this ancient formula: I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.
24 March 2011 - Carol Wirtz Listen to this showTwenty-five years ago Carol followed her heart and joined the Sisters of Charity order. A few years after this, she met Reiki. She is currently involved in several service projects, one being a day center for children with special needs in Juarez, Mexico, another a shelter for homeless women in downtown El Paso. Her personal focus is working with women with breast cancer. Her speaking of service allows me to have to have an experience of service and an inspiration to seek service every day.
31 March 2011 - Soyin Tang Listen to this showMany years ago a master initiated by Hawayo Takata had an impulse to start a world wide service project called "Reiki Outreach International." Mary Mc Fayden was a strong teaching master and had the belief that Reiki students could make a difference! So she organized people together to send to situations such as the earthquake and tsunami that affected Japan in the last weeks. Soyin Tang became strongly connected with this project and has held the energy of Reiki Outreach International in the UK for 16 years. She is sharing her journey with the project and her wish for this way of Reiki to continue to serve the greater population of humanity.
17 March 2011 - Anne Harrington-Lowe Listen to this showService. Volunteers. A heart felt smile. Anne has balanced the life of Reiki Master with her part time work as a volunteer co-ordinator. This has lead to some interesting observations of how compassion, transformation, and spirit combine to bring the best out in people. Whether a person starts with spiritual motivation for selfless service or goes into a volunteer position because of wanting to help or for their own personal agenda, the transformation of the person has begun. Her work has given her the opportunity to see service as a smile on a bleak day or hours of caring for children who are lost and alone.
19 May 2011 - Yoli Deines Listen to this show"Trust is the tap root." This is the way that Yoli has experienced her life with Reiki. Off this tap root (which is the main root from a plant) are smaller roots like "letting go of control," "surrender," and "trusting others." Realizing that letting go of control is different than losing control; that surrender is partnership rather than giving up the self; and that caring about is different than caring for is a part of the process of Trust The experience of trusting supported and nurtured by daily self treatments and distant treatments has produced a cellular transformation until the very essence of trust resides in her.
14 April 2011 - Carol Wirtz Listen to this showThe first show on March 24 was not listener friendly! Luckily Carol was able to fit in another hour of her time to record another show! The sound is better and it is not exactly like the other one. Thank you Carol. Thank you listeners! Here we go. . . Twenty-five years ago Carol followed her heart and joined the Sisters of Charity order. A few years after this, she met Reiki. She is currently involved in several service projects, one being a day center for children with special needs in Juarez, Mexico, another a shelter for homeless women in downtown El Paso. Her personal focus is working with women with breast cancer. Her speaking of service allows me to have to have an experience of service and an inspiration to seek service every day.
10 March 2011 - Deborah Rodney Listen to this showIn keeping with our theme of service, Deborah brings her richness to the show. Her plays, television ads and programs, and her being as a Reiki Master are all expressions of her gift of service. Following her heart and her passion, she has delved into the community of homeless in Portland, the HIV Aids community on St. Vincent, and the issue in schools of bullying. In her productions she educates as well as serves the communication deficient that often surrounds these special populations of our current culture. Being a master is being of service. Reiki is her spiritual path and Love her spiritual discipline.
3 March 2011 - Joyce Winough Listen to this showAs a result of the interviews of the last two months, the word that kept coming up for me was service. How does service fit into our Reiki practice? Is it all service? Do other spiritual practices have service as a part of the practice? What is this like for the people who do the service? Knowing that Joyce has been very active in another spiritual community and has had profound experiences through her service, I asked her to share this with us. She is actively engaged in service to the Reiki community in different ways and also to others through individual service. She shares her experience with her open heart and in gratitude for all experiences that have brought healing to her in many ways.
18 August 2011 - Juergen KindlerListen to this showIn the chronology of Reiki, Germany was the first European country to receive Reiki. Reiki traveled to Germany from the USA with Brigitte Müller of Frankfurt. Jürgen's story carries this story of community to the next steps. His ability to reach out and embrace change while remaining confident of his own practice is inspiring. He was able to experience the community of German speaking masters in person and through his work with the "Reiki Master Rundbrief." His participation extended to the wider student gatherings in Gersfeld and through his "Reiki Magazin" which is still published today.
11 August 2011 - Kate Jones Listen to this showFrom tentatively attending the first gathering of the UK Reiki community to becoming a full time participant in the Usui Shiki Ryoho community, as well as the Reiki community at large in the UK, Kate Jones has walked the path to becoming a community member. This path has its gifts as well as its challenges. She brings stories, experiences, and, with great respect, the description of Reiki practice that has been authored by the circles of Reiki practices represented by the Reiki Council of the UK. Her reading of this touched the deep place where Reiki abides in me. The knowing that this is shared by so many helps dissolve walls of separation. A true gift of community conversation.
4 August 2011 - Kathy Tyler Listen to this showA pilgrim on her spiritual path, Kathy was lead to the Findhorn community in Scotland and met Reiki there in the early 1980's. Kathy is the co-author of The Transformation Game and the original Angel Cards and continues to listen to the wisdom of the universe as it comes through her. Outspoken, direct, and passionate, she holds her humanity and the humanity of all others with grace, compassion, and gentleness. This interview will give you much food for thought as you move through your daily life of living in community. See these web sites for inspiration: www.intentionalbutterfly.com www.innerlinks.com www.findhorn.org
29 July 2011 - Maria Kumb and Fokke Brink Listen to this showMaria and Fokke trace their long history with Reiki through their experiences of community beginning with the first student gathering in Holland for Fokke and organizing evenings for Reiki treatment exchange for Maria. This goes through their adventures in their Reiki Heal-Mobile, the annual Gersfeld Reiki Festival (Germany), and their local community experience in the small Greek village where they live now. It is a grand tour with many smiles and profound experiences of the value of community.
21 July 2011 - Leslie Grasa Listen to this showYes, Leslie was just on the show a few weeks ago, sharing her Reiki story and the profound lessons that Reiki has brought to her. (May 5, 2011) She was on the top of the list again when the topic of Community arose. As Leslie is on the Board of Trustees for the Annual Northwest Reiki Gathering held at the Breitenbush Hot Springs Resort in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, she is able to share her experience of attending the gathering for 7 years, the intent of the Trustees for the gathering, and the feeling of being held in a Reiki community. The theme this year? Let Reiki Teach You.
7 July 2011 - Fokke Brink Listen to this showEncore! This 5th year of the Reiki Talk Show is starting out with some encore shows from the first year of the show. These are, in my estimation, timeless and give you, the listener, a new context for the show. Listen again....with your different ears...and find the magic of the oral tradition. Fokke Brink has made a study of the three kanji that "says" Reiki in the Japanese language. He will take his understanding of the origin of the kanji and extend it into his own perspective of Reiki, the energy, and Reiki, the practice. Fokke took Reiki in one of the first classes in the Netherlands and now lives in south Greece with his lovely wife, Maria. Together they have a beautiful Reiki Retreat Center.
30 June 2011 - Phyllis Furumoto Listen to this showPhyllis takes a moment to express gratitude for the Radio Show and those people who have assisted in the successful production of the show for the last 4 years! Then she begins to share "What Reiki has taught her." Halfway through the show, she asks those listening to begin to give Reiki to themselves, as she does also. The rest of the show is a flow of Reiki through her to the listeners. Being is the key......Being human is what we are.
23 June 2011 - Kathy Baker Listen to this showKathy was guided to Reiki in 1978 with Ethel Lombardi, one of the masters initiated by Hawayo Takata. Through the years and many remarkable experiences, there is a clarity of her gift from Reiki. This gift is the ability to connect. Through this connection all is possible. Being in the "right place" at the right time is a gift of feeling the connection and going in that direction. Moving from the heart, Kathy has proceeded through her life, and having the confidence that she is on her path.
16 June 2011 - Fran Freeman Listen to this showBefore she met Reiki in 1982, Fran followed her path and learned that everything is given. Sometimes what has been given is not what she wanted or expected. However she has learned that the path is about accepting what is given, honoring this, and appreciating it as the colors of life. Her stories are wonderful illustrations of Reiki in action!
9 June 2011 - Jolanda Ouburg Listen to this showStepping with both feet into the mystery of Reiki, Jolanda tells of this word that just came to her as she was trying to find a way to heal her physical pain and condition. She has followed this path with confidence and dedication, applying Reiki every day and in every way. Her healing lead to art therapy which has given her the courage to take the new life she has and create her dream.
2 June 2011 - Paul Haines Listen to this showA man of few but clear words, Paul brings to his stories the fullness of his experience. In doing this, he touches a resonance that we sometimes miss or forget in Reiki, Peace. A kind of peace that is the result of soulful healing and reconciliation. His experiences throughout his 25 years of practice, brought me to a place in the interview of simply wanting to have silence. So the last few minutes are yours to be with yourself and with the peace that he brings to the fore.
26 May 2011 - Jim Frew Listen to this showSit back and start treating yourself as you listen to Jim's wonderful stories of his life with Reiki. A master storyteller as well as a Reiki master and practitioner, Jim gives us some of the highlights of his practice. I found the stories filled with clear understandings of "how Reiki taught him and taught the people he was treating" lessons that changed their lives. And at the end, the simple advise of being constant with daily treatments on oneself is advise that comes from his own experience of treating himself daily. Pass on what you know and trust. Thank you, Jim!
12 May 2011 - Tim Thomas Listen to this showThe stories of Reiki continually demonstrate the theory that "there are no coincidences!" Tim gives us over and over a confirmation of this theory...until it is not a theory any longer! As with many of us, Reiki came into his life through a series of "coincidences." The sharing of his list of "What has Reiki taught me?" can be seen as the path a human being takes from the depths of the forest to the top of the mountain. Daily spiritual practice gives vision of possibilities and slowing down, learning how to be. Moving more from the heart and accepting what is! Embracing the plateaus because the true lessons are learned in incremental steps.
5 May 2011 - Leslie Grasa Listen to this showLeslie brings to us the magic of Reiki one more time! Her personal story, beginning with First Degree with her Reiki Master Sheila King, of deep physical shifts in her body, opening of communication channels within as well as with others, and the potent teachings through Reiki inspire and touch the heart. Let Reiki teach you! Her teachings she shared with us now are: "I am never alone. I have something valuable to contribute. I know a place from which to gain clarity." These teachings bring a deep abiding peace that nourishes her and will nourish you!
28 April 2011 - John and Lourdes Listen to this showAn Encore! for John. A few weeks ago, Lourdes wrote an email to me sharing that John had died on January 12, 2011. John spent over 30 years of his life in service to Reiki and to the teaching that was passed on through Hawayo Takata, his master. His teaching will live on with Lourdes, his masters, and his students. Thank you, John.
21 April 2011 - Hira Reid Listen to this showThis interview is packed with great stories of service. HIra was generous in her sharing of the times in her life that were pivotal in her awareness of service. She starts with the story of how she decided to join the army and "knew" this was the next thing for her to do. She knew it in her heart. And goes on with the stories of her time in Viet Nam and then in the Siddha Yoga Ashram in India. Her two themes are "non-doing" and "doing with all your heart." Inspiring and thought provoking. You may want more of her stories! Go to her Reiki blog, http://reikireid.blogspot.com. for another side of Hira: http://shatooshandpashmina.blogspot.com
7 April 2011 - Maureen Pua'ena O'Shaughnessy Listen to this showHo'oponopono. This is the theme of our time together with Maureen. As her relationship with her "kumu hula" brought her to Reiki, she is now bringing a part of the Hawaiian teaching to the Reiki community. After these weeks of exploring Love, Compassion, Gratitude, and Service, we are putting it all together in a practical way of how to live life in harmony and in responsibility for our lives. Reiki teaches us to live without blame and the subjective judgements of right/wrong. When we learn to let this way of seeing go then our lives can be put into balance through this ancient formula: I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.
24 March 2011 - Carol Wirtz Listen to this showTwenty-five years ago Carol followed her heart and joined the Sisters of Charity order. A few years after this, she met Reiki. She is currently involved in several service projects, one being a day center for children with special needs in Juarez, Mexico, another a shelter for homeless women in downtown El Paso. Her personal focus is working with women with breast cancer. Her speaking of service allows me to have to have an experience of service and an inspiration to seek service every day.
31 March 2011 - Soyin Tang Listen to this showMany years ago a master initiated by Hawayo Takata had an impulse to start a world wide service project called "Reiki Outreach International." Mary Mc Fayden was a strong teaching master and had the belief that Reiki students could make a difference! So she organized people together to send to situations such as the earthquake and tsunami that affected Japan in the last weeks. Soyin Tang became strongly connected with this project and has held the energy of Reiki Outreach International in the UK for 16 years. She is sharing her journey with the project and her wish for this way of Reiki to continue to serve the greater population of humanity.
17 March 2011 - Anne Harrington-Lowe Listen to this showService. Volunteers. A heart felt smile. Anne has balanced the life of Reiki Master with her part time work as a volunteer co-ordinator. This has lead to some interesting observations of how compassion, transformation, and spirit combine to bring the best out in people. Whether a person starts with spiritual motivation for selfless service or goes into a volunteer position because of wanting to help or for their own personal agenda, the transformation of the person has begun. Her work has given her the opportunity to see service as a smile on a bleak day or hours of caring for children who are lost and alone.
19 May 2011 - Yoli Deines Listen to this show"Trust is the tap root." This is the way that Yoli has experienced her life with Reiki. Off this tap root (which is the main root from a plant) are smaller roots like "letting go of control," "surrender," and "trusting others." Realizing that letting go of control is different than losing control; that surrender is partnership rather than giving up the self; and that caring about is different than caring for is a part of the process of Trust The experience of trusting supported and nurtured by daily self treatments and distant treatments has produced a cellular transformation until the very essence of trust resides in her.
14 April 2011 - Carol Wirtz Listen to this showThe first show on March 24 was not listener friendly! Luckily Carol was able to fit in another hour of her time to record another show! The sound is better and it is not exactly like the other one. Thank you Carol. Thank you listeners! Here we go. . . Twenty-five years ago Carol followed her heart and joined the Sisters of Charity order. A few years after this, she met Reiki. She is currently involved in several service projects, one being a day center for children with special needs in Juarez, Mexico, another a shelter for homeless women in downtown El Paso. Her personal focus is working with women with breast cancer. Her speaking of service allows me to have to have an experience of service and an inspiration to seek service every day.
10 March 2011 - Deborah Rodney Listen to this showIn keeping with our theme of service, Deborah brings her richness to the show. Her plays, television ads and programs, and her being as a Reiki Master are all expressions of her gift of service. Following her heart and her passion, she has delved into the community of homeless in Portland, the HIV Aids community on St. Vincent, and the issue in schools of bullying. In her productions she educates as well as serves the communication deficient that often surrounds these special populations of our current culture. Being a master is being of service. Reiki is her spiritual path and Love her spiritual discipline.
3 March 2011 - Joyce Winough Listen to this showAs a result of the interviews of the last two months, the word that kept coming up for me was service. How does service fit into our Reiki practice? Is it all service? Do other spiritual practices have service as a part of the practice? What is this like for the people who do the service? Knowing that Joyce has been very active in another spiritual community and has had profound experiences through her service, I asked her to share this with us. She is actively engaged in service to the Reiki community in different ways and also to others through individual service. She shares her experience with her open heart and in gratitude for all experiences that have brought healing to her in many ways.
