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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure.

Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. - Lao Tzu

Usui Reiki Ryoho is about developing yourself. We treat others, but we need to treat ourselves first. The following techniques are for practitioners to purify and heal themselves. This also makes them better healers.

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Kenyoku-ho (dry bathing) is a technique to clear and strengthen the energy channels.

This is a technique is part of healing for self purification and growth.

1. Place your right hand on the left shoulder so that the right fingertips are on the left shoulder. The hand is open, the fingers held together all point upwards. The hand (palm down) is against the body.

2. Slide the hand downward toward the right hip. Move the hand, going across the chest and ending up fingers down at the right hip. The hand (palm down) stays in light contact with the body the entire movement.

3. Repeat this process starting with the left hand on the right shoulder and going down to the left hip.

4. Repeat with the right hand on the left shoulder going down to the right hip a second time.

5. Place the right hand again on the left shoulder. Slide the right hand down the left arm (inside or outside, each will cover different meridians - see below) all the way to the finger tips.

6. Repeat this with the left hand on the right arm.

7. Repeat again with the right hand on the left arm.

8. Gassho again, then finish. Shake the wrists well.

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Joshin Kokyu-ho means the Breathing of the Light Technique. This is a method for reducing your stress and purifying your mind and body.

1. Begin in a comfortable standing or sitting position. Close or half close the eyes.

Breathe slowly, through you nose. Let go of any tension.

2. Do Gassho, and calm the mind.

3. Hold your hands up as high as possible, and feel the vibrations of Reiki showering into the whole of the body.

4. Slowly move your hands downwards to your lap, palms facing up and keeping the hands relaxed as if you were holding eggs. Bring your mind to the Tanden (3 - 5 cm. below the navel) and listen to your breathing.

5. While you are breathing in, visualize that Reiki white energy is filling your head, and down the center (Hara) line through the body to the Tanden. During the pause between inhalation and exhalation, the energy spreads to all parts of your body. Feel that the healing process is happening.

6. As you breathe out, visualize that the light filling your body is emanating in all directions, out to infinity.

7. Continue these exercises for a while.

8. Gassho again, then finish. Shake the wrists well.

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Gassho is a common practice in many eastern traditions. It is called "Namaste" in the Indo-Tibetan traditions. Gassho is holding the hands clasped in a prayer position at about the level of the chest.

1. Sit down, close your eyes and place hands together in front of your chest (prayer position).

2. Focus your attention at the point where the two middle fingers meet.

3. Let go of everything else. If your mind wanders, acknowledge the thought, let it go and just refocus returning to the point where your middle fingers meet.

4. Repeat the five Reiki principles either aloud or internally.

5. If you find it uncomfortable to hold your hands in Gassho for 5-20 minutes, simply let your hands (kept together) slowly drop down onto your lap finding a more comfortable position to continue the meditation.

6. You may observe energy in the form of heat, cold or images, just let it go and return your focal point to the tips of your two middle fingers.

7. If you need to adjust your posture; move slowly, deliberately and consciously. It is easier and better to meditate with a straight spinal column, keeping your head still.

If you suffer from back problems or find it difficult to sit still; try sitting on a straight back chair with a few pillows for comfort.

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Seishin Toitsu-ho means to concentrate the mind. This is a technique for clearing your mind and keeping your consciousness high and stable.

1. Begin in a comfortable standing or sitting position. Close or half close the eyes.

Breathe slowly, through you nose. Let go of any tension.

2. Do Gassho, and calm the mind.

3. Hold your hands up as high as possible, and feel the vibrations of Reiki showering into the whole of the body.

4. Slowly move your hands downwards to Gassho. Bring your mind down to the Tanden (3 - 5 cm below the navel) and try to keep your mind still.

5. While breathing in, visualizes the Reiki energy running down to your Tanden from your palms, and feel the energy in your Tanden.

6. While breathing out visualize that the energy coming out from your Tanden and moving up into the palms, then release the energy out in a burst.

7. Continue these exercises for a while.

8. Gassho again, then finish. Shake the wrists well.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson