Learning Reiki is a beautiful process of learning more about yourself, connecting to everything around you, and a journey of healing yourself and others
But Reiki isn’t the best choice for everyone
Most of the signs that you are ready to practice Reiki involve being curious, open, and ready to learn. Reiki is a form of energy healing. So if you go into it believing that it won’t work or that you are going to prove it wrong, you will be right because that’s how you’ll use your energy
But if you go into this ready to learn, practice, and heal…
Then you will be successful in your Reiki journey
Signs you are ready to learn Reiki
Reiki is not hard to learn, but it takes a little time.
How long depends on you
Some signs that you are ready to get started are:
- You are open to alternative healing
- You want to love yourself and others deeper
- You have pure intentions for learning
- You can be patient with yourself
- You don’t look for reasons to stop
- You have a beginner’s mind
- You are ready to learn forgiveness and compassion
- You are curious
- You want to be more observant of your mind and body
- You are ready to face and change behavior and beliefs that don’t serve you
- You can let go of the fear of failure
- You are ready to practice gratitude
- You can trust the process
- You are open to collaboration
- You are persistent
- You trust yourself or are ready to learn to trust yourself
- You are ready to let go of expectations
Reiki is a form of energy healing
This means you use your energy, or the energy from something, to heal
There will be people in your life that think it’s all fake and may even make fun of you for learning it
But as long as you are happy and want to learn, it is best to ignore the people that say those things
There is no risk to learning Reiki
Worst case scenario, you will learn more about yourself
You are open to alternative healing
The first sign that you are ready to practice Reiki is that you are open to alternative healing
If your mind is closed to the possibility that Reiki will work for you, then you will struggle
There are some amazing alternative healing methods
Reiki is just one of many
You want to love yourself and others deeper
Reiki is a form of energy healing
Yes, it can help heal things like muscle pain and headaches
But it can also help you heal emotionally
If you are not ready to let go of hate for yourself and others, then starting Reiki may not be the best first step
You don’t have to already love yourself
But you need to be open to learning to love yourself
You have pure intentions for learning
Intentions are a huge part of energy healing and witchcraft
Reiki is not witchcraft, but they do have that in common
If you want to go into Reiki with good intentions (good reasons)
Then that is perfect!
You can be patient with yourself
This is a hard one for some people (me included)
I have expectations of myself and get impatient when I don’t reach those expectations
Learning to be patient with me has been a process but it has been worth the effort
You don’t have to be perfectly patient with yourself now
But you do need to be aware that you are impatient with yourself and willing to work on changing that
You don’t look for reasons to stop
If you start anything looking for a reason to quit…
You’ll find it
Your brain will focus on what you believe is important
If you look for ways that Reiki is helping you
You’ll find that too
You have a beginner’s mind
A beginner’s mind is full of curiosity and lacking in judgment
Go into learning Reiki ready to learn from scratch
Let go of uncertainty and doubt
And just go into it ready to learn something new
You are ready to learn forgiveness and compassion
Reiki is fed by your energy
You can use items to help you, but you still need to choose what you will hold
One of the worst poisons for your mind and soul is hate and unforgiveness
You are very likely to get stuck if you are not ready to forgive yourself and others
And to have compassion for yourself and others
Let me clarify that this doesn’t mean letting people hurt and betray you over and over
You don’t have to have people in your life to forgive them
Forgiveness is for you
Once you have forgiven someone, choose the appropriate spot in your life for them
For some people, that means not being in your life at all
You are curious
Curiosity is the opposite of being stuck
As long as you are curious, you will continue to learn and improve in your Reiki journey
Curiosity will serve you well if you can keep it alive!
You want to be more observant of your mind and body
The better you get at energy work, the more you will learn about yourself and your body
This includes observing your body and your reactions
You have to be open to this
I was not ready for Reiki 5 years ago because I was not ready for this step
Be honest with yourself
Are you ready to get to know your body?
You are ready to face and change behavior and beliefs that don’t serve you
The more you learn to love yourself, the more you will have to change old behavior and beliefs that don’t serve you anymore
I have many behaviors and beliefs that I am working on changing
They helped me survive abuse growing up, but they only hurt me now
You can let go of the fear of failure
The fear of failure is one of the most crippling fears imaginable
You can have the fear, but you need to be willing to do it anyways or let the fear go
The fear of failure will keep you from starting anything
Don’t let it steal your potential!
You are ready to practice gratitude
Energy work works better when you are not fearful
Fear cannot live in your mind at the same time as gratitude
So practicing gratitude is a powerful way to get your mind in the right place for Reiki
It is simple but may take practice for some people
You can trust the process
Trusting the process is incredibly hard when learning anything new
Sometimes you cannot clearly see the end from the beginning
So just follow your teacher and trust that the process will get you where you want to go
You are open to collaboration
It is exhausting to do Reiki with your own energy
So assistance from other people or items can be extremely beneficial
Crystals are great for this!
Just be open to getting help and try not to drain yourself
You are persistent
Learning Reiki can take time
Some people will learn fast and others will learn slow
One is not better than the other
You need to be persistent when starting this new adventure
You won’t get anywhere if you give up too soon!
You trust yourself or are ready to learn to trust yourself
Many people (including myself) struggle to trust themselves
This is something you need for Reiki
The good news is that you don’t have to fully trust yourself to get started!
You just need to be willing to learn to trust yourself and what you feel
You are ready to let go of expectations
Expectations are responsible for many failed endeavors and relationships
When we create a story in our mind about how something “should go”
And it doesn’t happen
It can be devastating
Let go of your expectations and just be ready to learn
Listen to your body and keep practicing
Give yourself grace and just learn to go with the flow