19 August 2010 - Rahel Warshaw-Dadon Listen to this showRahel, originally from the US, has lived in Jerusalem, Israel since 1979. Because conventional medicine had no answers for her, in 1987, she started looking for an alternative. In 1991 she finally discovered Reiki, but four more years passed before she found a Reiki Master and took First Degree training. In 2000, Rahel was initiated as a Reiki Master and in 2003 she and her students founded the Israeli non-profit organization Reiki for Peace.
12 August 2010 - Fokke Brink Listen to this showFokke Brink was initiated in 1987 during the time when most Reiki Masters traveled extensively to teach. It was not necessary but the demand was so strong and the intrigue of being called to different countries and cultures was irresistible. He took it a step further and lived in a mobile home for five years, traveling throughout Europe with his beloved partner, Maria. He describes it as being a 24 hour/7 days a week exercise in living Reiki and its principles. The lessons of the journey, including being one of the first Masters who traveled to Russia, have given him the gift of being at peace with his simple life in the very southern point of the Greek Peloponneses.
5 August 2010 - Helga Artner Listen to this showHelga joined her love of Turkey and its exotic culture with her passion for Reiki. For 12 years she has taught and practiced Reiki in Turkey without noticing the possible barriers of culture, religious practice, and governmental regulations. She just simply did what she needed to do! And the value of Reiki has shown itself over and over to her students and community both in Turkey and Austria, her homeland.
22 July 2010 - Tekla Eichhorn Listen to this showIn searching for interesting research papers, I only had to look on my own desk! Tekla had just sent me her Master's thesis in Cultural Anthropology. She was interested in the "culture" of Reiki and if it made a difference to the society of the people involved. On one hand, she found there was a difference but the difference was not as great as we, in the Reiki community, would like or envision. There were many contradictions of language and behavior that perhaps could be attributed to the human contradiction of being individuals and desiring, if not needing community. Many questions were raised....and not many answered, as it seems to early to tell the impact of Reiki on our lives, our society, and our values.
15 July 2010 - Angela Zellner with Isabella Petri Listen to this showAngela and Isabella are scientists with a desire to explore the questions that many Reiki students and masters have. Is there a difference between the initiations for First Degree, Second Degree, and Master? Can a scientific measurement tell if a person has been initiated in a certain form or practice of Reiki? Is there a difference between the energy of Reiki and other healing energies? What is the nature of Reiki as an energy? Through a series of circumstances, Angela and Isabella have been able to begin an experimental process that will address these questions and more. They are setting up yearly gatherings where interested students of Reiki can volunteer to participate! Learn where and how to do this. Already going on for three years, this program is producing some solid results. Stay tuned for more! Web sites: Introduction: http://www.isabellapetri.de/Biophysical%20Experiments.html Project Report: http://www.isabellapetri.de/Biophysical%20Experiments%202.html Dr. Ignat Ignatov SHFD/ Kirlian Effect / Emisson Test: http://www.medicalbiophysics.dir.bg/en/kirlian_effect.html DNES/ Water Test: http://www.medicalbiophysics.dir.bg/en/water_memory.html
8 July 2010 - Ann Baldwin Listen to this showIn this second interview, we are privileged to hear Ann's description of her two published experiments, her motivations, and the understandings that came out of the experiments. The experiments were not focused on whether Reiki worked, per se, but on the effect of Reiki, using Reiki as a tool or a part of the experiments. Through the internet, these articles are available on the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine web site, www.liebertonline.com. Volume 12, Number 1, 2006 and Volume 14, Number 4, 2008. As a result of reading her articles, I realized I could apply what I was reading to myself! I have come out of her office after the interviews, being excited about the possibilities of research and the benefits to our community.
1 July 2010 - Ann Baldwin Listen to this showThis series of shows is beginning with two interviews with Ann Baldwin, PhD, physiologist, and Reiki Master. She is now engaged in research studies with the University of Arizona in Tucson. Through her work, she met a Reiki student and eventually become one herself. As it is with Reiki, she progressed along a path of mastery. In a natural flow, both of her passions have come together in the completion of two published experiments using Reiki. Having a bit of resistance to speaking the words research and Reiki in the same sentence myself, it was a joy and a healing to read the articles and to talk with Ann about her experiences. A remarkably articulate speaker, Ann shares her journey with Reiki and her attitudes of research and science together.
24 June 2010 - Phyllis Furumoto Listen to this showThis week Phyllis is picking up the thread of her conversation with you, the listeners. She will be answering questions that have been sent in during the last few weeks. Having completed the shows on cancer protocol and Reiki, this is a bridge to the next theme of the shows. This is the most recent photo of Phyllis after her radiation treatments. She is recovering well.
17 June 2010 - Margaret Krum Listen to this showA Reiki Master and lover of life, Margaret moved to Hawaii to do spiritual service. She found her spirit resonated with the Island breezes and stayed! Three years ago she found she had breast cancer. Having studied her options, she had surgery and then decided to stay with Alternative approaches for the followup protocol. Her courage to do what her heart spoke is inspiring and is her truth. Each person who faces the social and medical models has to answer to their own calling. It is not easy and it is one of the gifts of having Reiki.
10 June 2010 - Aneesha Kranti and Sofia Listen to this showAt the beginning of October, Aneesha and I started our conversations about treating students who had cancer. This journey of our sharing and of Reiki is shared through her experience with Sofia, a student of hers. Sofia and Aneesha found a way to work with Reiki in this situation. We share it to stimulate the understanding that everyone has their own path. The most important point is to be sure that this is your path and not someone else's. Reiki assists us in finding our true path is in every situation. In the photo, Aneesha is in the blue shirt on the left and Sofia on the right.
3 June 2010 - Marsha Drozdoff Listen to this showIn finishing the nine elements at the end of May, I was open for inspiration for the show. As I thought of inspiration, I thought of Marsha Drozdoff. I met Marsha in my early months of treatment at the University Medical Center of the University of Arizona here in Tucson. She has a position in the Radiation department of the hospital and is a Reiki Master. Her long time work in both fields sustained my belief that I could use both worlds to foster health and healing within me. Her stories will allow you to see how allopathic medicine and the application of Reiki can create wholeness and healing.
27 May 2010 - Viviana Bilezker Listen to this showComing to Reiki in 1988, Viviana gives us a good look at the way the form of teaching has remained essentially the same from that time, when there was basically one form of teaching, to today. In the 1990's masters began to radically change the form of teaching until the practice became known under another name. With Viviana's story of the changes in the Argentine masters community following the devaluation of their peso to the USD, it is clear to see that outside and inner pressures can event a change. These changes offer the prospective student choice. Perhaps these pressures and changes have brought to light the natural cycles as Masters see the change in their relationships with their students.
20 May 2010 - Sue Leibold Listen to this showThe Form of Teaching element has two common areas of question: the length and timing of the First Degree Class and the amount of money that masters ask of students for each step of the system. In this candid conversation, Sue presents a thoughtful approach to both. She looks into the future as she imagines teaching a special group of people that she works with today. Her considerations and her trust in the circle of exchange gives us some places to go ....without answers but opening questions. This is a good place to begin.
13 May 2010 - Upasana Grugan Listen to this showUpasana was introduced into Reiki by one of the first German masters to be initiated. Saman Drescher traveled to Chile from Germany to share his Reiki. Already culture had influenced the way Reiki was taught. And as the Latin American students began to practice, another culture touched the practice. Or perhaps Reiki touched the culture. Both became an intregal part of Upasana's life. Her teaching style reflects the culture and her own love of Reiki.
6 May 2010 - Rick Bockner Listen to this showRick is one of the masters Hawayo Takata initiated. He shares with us his recollections of her classes, her way of teaching, and her presence. Form of Teaching brings together the elements into a class that is offered to students. There are principles of teaching that allow students to begin in the same place. However, each master also gives to the class his or her own personality and flavor. Rick speaks about his journey into finding his style while remaining true to the teachings of the master who initiated him.
15 April 2010 - Ellen Montague and Heidi Gates Listen to this showEllen and Heidi have teamed up in offering a Reiki Intensive open to all levels of initiation. They use the inherent quality of the practice that takes a student into his/her deep inner wisdom. Through this practice and their experience with the following connection of the groups, they have observed that the different levels of initiation have similar gifts. The difference between a First Degree student and a Second Degree and a Master seems to be an internal one rather than external. This understanding allows their appreciation of the symbols to come from a place of gratitude and inner work. Their experience of being Second Degree students as well as masters adds a richness to life with the symbols in their hands.
29 April 2010 - Phyllis Furumoto Listen to this showImagine sitting with Phyllis in a cluster of rocks such as this, trading stories and asking questions. This show will be dedicated to those who have written from the radio show site or joined the face book conversations. Many of the inquires are evocative and are of interest to more than just the person who is the questioner. Phyllis is drawn to respond to these sincere openings for conversation and exploration.
8 April 2010 - Jojan Jonker Listen to this showThe symbols have taken us, as students, to the crossroads of the Absolute and Relative Universes. This place where the two universes seem to meet is one of mystery and full of questions. Jojan and I have similar experiences and a longing to go "there." Wherever "there" is. The symbols, as a part of this practice, give us the possibility to be of the relative world and experience, perhaps, qualities that are attributed to the absolute. A discussion that leads to the edge of the sacred place that the symbols have in our practice also leads us to the brink of what we think we know!
22 April 2010 - Yoli Deines Listen to this showA life long student of the infinite realms of human consciousness and possibility, Yoli shares her understanding and experiences of a Reiki practice. The symbols are a part of this practice that, according to Yoli, brings us to the truth. The conversation between Phyllis and Yoli awakens memories and common experiences for both. Finding a way to articulate the difficult place between an "unbelievable" experience and the connection to everyday life, the two of them provide provocative connections of human consciousness and the healing experience of Reiki.
1 April 2010 - Phyllis Furumoto Listen to this showThe new topic for the month is "symbols." These are the symbols that are used in Second Degree. What is the meaning of the symbols? Where did they come from? What are the uses we can find for them? What is the teaching that they hold? Phyllis will be speaking to these questions and more.
26 August 2010 - Melanie Hoffstead Listen to this showA dynamic personality, Melanie gives us a most personal sharing as she traces her Reiki journey with stories. The stories abound with "coincidences," moments of "seizing the day", and the magic of Reiki. Melanie's family's healing weaves through the stories of how she was lead to Hungary, Israel, Germany, and Poland. Melanie's journey with Reiki takes her through many expressions of creativity and she shares this with others in her creative workshops.
2 September 2010 - Beatrice von Schlick Listen to this showOne of the facets of Mastery in Reiki is teaching. Teaching classes allow a master to touch the cultural norms and sensitives of students. Often this is a gift to the master as well as a curiosity, resulting in a deeper understanding of the students, their outer world, and the direct impact on their inner world. Beatrice has an unusual combination of living in Germany and being French. Her personal story has been touched by the chance to teach in both countries. It seems that Reiki touches us all in the same way, but differently!
19 August 2010 - Rahel Warshaw-Dadon Listen to this showRahel, originally from the US, has lived in Jerusalem, Israel since 1979. Because conventional medicine had no answers for her, in 1987, she started looking for an alternative. In 1991 she finally discovered Reiki, but four more years passed before she found a Reiki Master and took First Degree training. In 2000, Rahel was initiated as a Reiki Master and in 2003 she and her students founded the Israeli non-profit organization Reiki for Peace.
12 August 2010 - Fokke Brink Listen to this showFokke Brink was initiated in 1987 during the time when most Reiki Masters traveled extensively to teach. It was not necessary but the demand was so strong and the intrigue of being called to different countries and cultures was irresistible. He took it a step further and lived in a mobile home for five years, traveling throughout Europe with his beloved partner, Maria. He describes it as being a 24 hour/7 days a week exercise in living Reiki and its principles. The lessons of the journey, including being one of the first Masters who traveled to Russia, have given him the gift of being at peace with his simple life in the very southern point of the Greek Peloponneses.
5 August 2010 - Helga Artner Listen to this showHelga joined her love of Turkey and its exotic culture with her passion for Reiki. For 12 years she has taught and practiced Reiki in Turkey without noticing the possible barriers of culture, religious practice, and governmental regulations. She just simply did what she needed to do! And the value of Reiki has shown itself over and over to her students and community both in Turkey and Austria, her homeland.
22 July 2010 - Tekla Eichhorn Listen to this showIn searching for interesting research papers, I only had to look on my own desk! Tekla had just sent me her Master's thesis in Cultural Anthropology. She was interested in the "culture" of Reiki and if it made a difference to the society of the people involved. On one hand, she found there was a difference but the difference was not as great as we, in the Reiki community, would like or envision. There were many contradictions of language and behavior that perhaps could be attributed to the human contradiction of being individuals and desiring, if not needing community. Many questions were raised....and not many answered, as it seems to early to tell the impact of Reiki on our lives, our society, and our values.
15 July 2010 - Angela Zellner with Isabella Petri Listen to this showAngela and Isabella are scientists with a desire to explore the questions that many Reiki students and masters have. Is there a difference between the initiations for First Degree, Second Degree, and Master? Can a scientific measurement tell if a person has been initiated in a certain form or practice of Reiki? Is there a difference between the energy of Reiki and other healing energies? What is the nature of Reiki as an energy? Through a series of circumstances, Angela and Isabella have been able to begin an experimental process that will address these questions and more. They are setting up yearly gatherings where interested students of Reiki can volunteer to participate! Learn where and how to do this. Already going on for three years, this program is producing some solid results. Stay tuned for more! Web sites: Introduction: http://www.isabellapetri.de/Biophysical%20Experiments.html Project Report: http://www.isabellapetri.de/Biophysical%20Experiments%202.html Dr. Ignat Ignatov SHFD/ Kirlian Effect / Emisson Test: http://www.medicalbiophysics.dir.bg/en/kirlian_effect.html DNES/ Water Test: http://www.medicalbiophysics.dir.bg/en/water_memory.html
8 July 2010 - Ann Baldwin Listen to this showIn this second interview, we are privileged to hear Ann's description of her two published experiments, her motivations, and the understandings that came out of the experiments. The experiments were not focused on whether Reiki worked, per se, but on the effect of Reiki, using Reiki as a tool or a part of the experiments. Through the internet, these articles are available on the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine web site, www.liebertonline.com. Volume 12, Number 1, 2006 and Volume 14, Number 4, 2008. As a result of reading her articles, I realized I could apply what I was reading to myself! I have come out of her office after the interviews, being excited about the possibilities of research and the benefits to our community.
1 July 2010 - Ann Baldwin Listen to this showThis series of shows is beginning with two interviews with Ann Baldwin, PhD, physiologist, and Reiki Master. She is now engaged in research studies with the University of Arizona in Tucson. Through her work, she met a Reiki student and eventually become one herself. As it is with Reiki, she progressed along a path of mastery. In a natural flow, both of her passions have come together in the completion of two published experiments using Reiki. Having a bit of resistance to speaking the words research and Reiki in the same sentence myself, it was a joy and a healing to read the articles and to talk with Ann about her experiences. A remarkably articulate speaker, Ann shares her journey with Reiki and her attitudes of research and science together.
24 June 2010 - Phyllis Furumoto Listen to this showThis week Phyllis is picking up the thread of her conversation with you, the listeners. She will be answering questions that have been sent in during the last few weeks. Having completed the shows on cancer protocol and Reiki, this is a bridge to the next theme of the shows. This is the most recent photo of Phyllis after her radiation treatments. She is recovering well.
17 June 2010 - Margaret Krum Listen to this showA Reiki Master and lover of life, Margaret moved to Hawaii to do spiritual service. She found her spirit resonated with the Island breezes and stayed! Three years ago she found she had breast cancer. Having studied her options, she had surgery and then decided to stay with Alternative approaches for the followup protocol. Her courage to do what her heart spoke is inspiring and is her truth. Each person who faces the social and medical models has to answer to their own calling. It is not easy and it is one of the gifts of having Reiki.
10 June 2010 - Aneesha Kranti and Sofia Listen to this showAt the beginning of October, Aneesha and I started our conversations about treating students who had cancer. This journey of our sharing and of Reiki is shared through her experience with Sofia, a student of hers. Sofia and Aneesha found a way to work with Reiki in this situation. We share it to stimulate the understanding that everyone has their own path. The most important point is to be sure that this is your path and not someone else's. Reiki assists us in finding our true path is in every situation. In the photo, Aneesha is in the blue shirt on the left and Sofia on the right.
3 June 2010 - Marsha Drozdoff Listen to this showIn finishing the nine elements at the end of May, I was open for inspiration for the show. As I thought of inspiration, I thought of Marsha Drozdoff. I met Marsha in my early months of treatment at the University Medical Center of the University of Arizona here in Tucson. She has a position in the Radiation department of the hospital and is a Reiki Master. Her long time work in both fields sustained my belief that I could use both worlds to foster health and healing within me. Her stories will allow you to see how allopathic medicine and the application of Reiki can create wholeness and healing.
27 May 2010 - Viviana Bilezker Listen to this showComing to Reiki in 1988, Viviana gives us a good look at the way the form of teaching has remained essentially the same from that time, when there was basically one form of teaching, to today. In the 1990's masters began to radically change the form of teaching until the practice became known under another name. With Viviana's story of the changes in the Argentine masters community following the devaluation of their peso to the USD, it is clear to see that outside and inner pressures can event a change. These changes offer the prospective student choice. Perhaps these pressures and changes have brought to light the natural cycles as Masters see the change in their relationships with their students.
20 May 2010 - Sue Leibold Listen to this showThe Form of Teaching element has two common areas of question: the length and timing of the First Degree Class and the amount of money that masters ask of students for each step of the system. In this candid conversation, Sue presents a thoughtful approach to both. She looks into the future as she imagines teaching a special group of people that she works with today. Her considerations and her trust in the circle of exchange gives us some places to go ....without answers but opening questions. This is a good place to begin.
13 May 2010 - Upasana Grugan Listen to this showUpasana was introduced into Reiki by one of the first German masters to be initiated. Saman Drescher traveled to Chile from Germany to share his Reiki. Already culture had influenced the way Reiki was taught. And as the Latin American students began to practice, another culture touched the practice. Or perhaps Reiki touched the culture. Both became an intregal part of Upasana's life. Her teaching style reflects the culture and her own love of Reiki.
6 May 2010 - Rick Bockner Listen to this showRick is one of the masters Hawayo Takata initiated. He shares with us his recollections of her classes, her way of teaching, and her presence. Form of Teaching brings together the elements into a class that is offered to students. There are principles of teaching that allow students to begin in the same place. However, each master also gives to the class his or her own personality and flavor. Rick speaks about his journey into finding his style while remaining true to the teachings of the master who initiated him.
15 April 2010 - Ellen Montague and Heidi Gates Listen to this showEllen and Heidi have teamed up in offering a Reiki Intensive open to all levels of initiation. They use the inherent quality of the practice that takes a student into his/her deep inner wisdom. Through this practice and their experience with the following connection of the groups, they have observed that the different levels of initiation have similar gifts. The difference between a First Degree student and a Second Degree and a Master seems to be an internal one rather than external. This understanding allows their appreciation of the symbols to come from a place of gratitude and inner work. Their experience of being Second Degree students as well as masters adds a richness to life with the symbols in their hands.
29 April 2010 - Phyllis Furumoto Listen to this showImagine sitting with Phyllis in a cluster of rocks such as this, trading stories and asking questions. This show will be dedicated to those who have written from the radio show site or joined the face book conversations. Many of the inquires are evocative and are of interest to more than just the person who is the questioner. Phyllis is drawn to respond to these sincere openings for conversation and exploration.
8 April 2010 - Jojan Jonker Listen to this showThe symbols have taken us, as students, to the crossroads of the Absolute and Relative Universes. This place where the two universes seem to meet is one of mystery and full of questions. Jojan and I have similar experiences and a longing to go "there." Wherever "there" is. The symbols, as a part of this practice, give us the possibility to be of the relative world and experience, perhaps, qualities that are attributed to the absolute. A discussion that leads to the edge of the sacred place that the symbols have in our practice also leads us to the brink of what we think we know!
22 April 2010 - Yoli Deines Listen to this showA life long student of the infinite realms of human consciousness and possibility, Yoli shares her understanding and experiences of a Reiki practice. The symbols are a part of this practice that, according to Yoli, brings us to the truth. The conversation between Phyllis and Yoli awakens memories and common experiences for both. Finding a way to articulate the difficult place between an "unbelievable" experience and the connection to everyday life, the two of them provide provocative connections of human consciousness and the healing experience of Reiki.
1 April 2010 - Phyllis Furumoto Listen to this showThe new topic for the month is "symbols." These are the symbols that are used in Second Degree. What is the meaning of the symbols? Where did they come from? What are the uses we can find for them? What is the teaching that they hold? Phyllis will be speaking to these questions and more.
26 August 2010 - Melanie Hoffstead Listen to this showA dynamic personality, Melanie gives us a most personal sharing as she traces her Reiki journey with stories. The stories abound with "coincidences," moments of "seizing the day", and the magic of Reiki. Melanie's family's healing weaves through the stories of how she was lead to Hungary, Israel, Germany, and Poland. Melanie's journey with Reiki takes her through many expressions of creativity and she shares this with others in her creative workshops.
2 September 2010 - Beatrice von Schlick Listen to this showOne of the facets of Mastery in Reiki is teaching. Teaching classes allow a master to touch the cultural norms and sensitives of students. Often this is a gift to the master as well as a curiosity, resulting in a deeper understanding of the students, their outer world, and the direct impact on their inner world. Beatrice has an unusual combination of living in Germany and being French. Her personal story has been touched by the chance to teach in both countries. It seems that Reiki touches us all in the same way, but differently!
