Grounding with Reiki

Article by Chimi

We often ground prior to Reiki, but this meditation will allow you to use Reiki to ground.

For this, you will have to lay down on your back. It can be on a bed, couch, yoga mat, or just the floor. Make sure you are comfortable with bolsters, yoga blocks, blankets, or pillows. Arms touching the ground with your palms down.

Having some grounding crystals nearby may help. When I do this, I lay hematite on one side and garnet on the other side at the foot of my yoga mat. I lay a garnet at the top of my mat where I lay my head. Take a little time or as much time as you want to focus on each area of the back of the body. You may choose to only focus on one area, a few areas, or all the areas of the back of the body.

• Close your eyes. Take a moment to focus on your breath for a few inhale/exhale cycles. With each exhale, sink into the floor.
• Now start to pay attention to the back of your body as it comes into contact with surface you are on. The surface may be hard or soft. The surface you are on may be hard in some places and soft in others. Do a scan of the whole backside of your body, feeling how it comes into contact with the surface you are laying on.

• Focus on the back of your head. Scan your head and notice all the sensation you may be experiencing. What parts of the back of your head are coming into contact with the surface you are laying on? How does that surface feel?
  • Visualize Reiki coming from the areas of the back of your head that is in contact with the surface you are laying on and going into the ground.

• Focus on your neck. Scan your neck and notice all the sensation you may be experiencing. What parts of your neck are coming into contact with the surface you are laying on? How does that surface feel?
  • Visualize Reiki coming from the parts of your neck in contact with the surface you are laying on and going into the ground.
• Focus on your shoulders. Scan your shoulders and notice all the sensation you may be experiencing. What parts of your shoulders are coming into contact with the surface you are laying on? How does that surface feel?
  • Visualize Reiki coming from the parts of your shoulders that come into contact with the surface you are laying on and going into the ground.

• Focus on your upper arms. Scan your upper arms and notice all the sensation you may be experiencing. What parts of your upper arms are coming into contact with the surface you are laying on? How does that surface feel?
  • Visualize Reiki coming from the parts of your upper arms that come into contact with the surface you are laying on and going into the ground.

• Focus on your elbows. Scan your elbows and notice all the sensation you may be experiencing. What parts of your elbows are coming into contact with the surface you are laying on? How does that surface feel?
  • Visualize Reiki coming from the parts of your elbows that come into contact with the surface you are laying on and going into the ground.
• Focus on your lower arms….