A Reiki Ritual for Inner Radiance

Clear and connect with this 12-minute walking meditation.

A Reiki Ritual for Inner Radiance

Hello, there.

Welcome to this ‘Mindful Strides’ walking meditation with Happy Not Perfect.

My name is Rebecca and I’ll be joining you on your walk today.

I have something special planned for us.

Have you ever experienced reiki energy healing?

Today, with your permission, I’d like to incorporate a restorative reiki transfer into our walking meditation.

The purpose of our journey today is to cultivate a deep sense of inner radiance, the gentle glow that emanates from your soul, bringing lightness and joy into every aspect of your life, while also illuminating the lives of those around you.

The truth is: you are deeply radiant. But it’s only natural that, sometimes, our inner radiance can feel a little dull––like our spark has dimmed.

Today we will thoughtfully clear away dull energy and connect with your seven chakras, allowing your inner radiance to shine.

You can enjoy this reiki ritual at any time of the day.

In the morning, to awaken the senses and ready your body for the day ahead;

In the afternoon, to revitalize the flow of energy and receive a boost of wellbeing;

Or in the evening, to prepare the body for deeply restful and restorative sleep.

Reiki is a potent form of Japanese energy work.

Led by a trained reiki healer, reiki treatments usually include a body scan and chakra clearing.

With the healer’s gentle guidance, the reiki recipient may enter into a deeply meditative, or even trance-like state, where the body intuitively begins to repair itself, both physically and emotionally.

During this reiki transfer, you may visualize colors, experience hot or cool sensations, or even feel vibrations throughout your body.

These are all normal sensations. You can welcome them into your body without hesitation.

Reiki can be performed in-person or at a distance.

So, rest assured, no matter where you are in the world today, the healing energy of reiki will reach you.

Are you ready? Let’s begin.

Standing firmly, with both feet pressed into the earth, take one deep inhale and exhale.

Very good.

As you continue to breathe with quiet intention, become aware of your posture.

Gently straighten your spine,

Release your shoulders,

And let your arms fall loosely at your sides.

That’s wonderful.

Now, bring your attention to your hands.

What do you feel? Are your hands warm? Or cool? Do you feel a slight tingling sensation?

Maintaining the focus on your hands, gently close your eyes.

Slowly bring your hands towards your heart center, pressing your palms into a prayer position.

Pause just before your palms touch, leaving an inch of space between your hands.

Hold your hands here, feeling the tension between your fingertips.

What do you feel? A magnetic pull? Static electricity? Heat?

In your mind’s eye, gaze intently at the space between your palms.

Let your focus become stronger and stronger.

Visualize a warm, white sphere of light appearing between your hands.

Play with the light, and begin to sense the essence of this white entity––it feels good, doesn’t it?

What does the energy feel like to you? Can you pinpoint the emotion?

Is it love? Safety? Acceptance? Joyful expression?

This luminous sphere is pure reiki energy. It will stay with you throughout today’s session, even when your hands are relaxed at your sides.

Now, slowly open your eyes.

When you are ready...begin to walk at an easy pace, keeping your stride natural and your breath even.

Don’t focus too much on the rhythm of your movement.

Just let it flow freely through your body.

Let’s begin the body scan.

Imagine that your glowing sphere of white light is hovering in the air, just above your head.

Can you feel it’s warmth on your hair and scalp?

This is healing light. As it moves through your body, it will illuminate any ‘grey matter’––that is, unwanted thoughts and emotions––from your energetic body.

We can then easily drain this undesirable energy away.

Using your next inhale, draw the white light into the crown of your head, your crown chakra.

Feel it’s warming rays illuminate the murky corners of your brain.

The healing rays twinkle across your temples, forehead, nose, lips, chin, and jawline.

This sensation feels deeply relaxing, allowing you to release all tension from your head.

As the white light relaxes every part of your face, it glides further down your spine, resting now at the back of your neck, your throat chakra.

Hold the light here, as your neck fills with warmth, releasing all tension held in the tongue, gums, and throat.

The white light keeps sliding down your vertebrae, now soaking your shoulders, chest and upper back in warm, white light.

The light permeates your torso, bringing your heart chakra fully into the light.

For the next two breaths, imagine your heartspace soaking in this radiant light.

On your next inhale, draw the light a little further down the body.

It is now covering your abdomen in bright white light.

As you feel the warm rays, relax and release any tension from the solar plexus chakra, your intuitive center.

Many of us naturally hold a little extra tension here. Use this opportunity to thoughtfully release and restore this area.

Excellent work.

The white light keeps moving, now illuminating your lower abdomen and pelvic area, your sacral chakra.

As it slides slowly down, it presses waves of tension and negativity out of the body.

Feel the light flood through your lower organs.

These essential systems do so much for us, and deserve to experience this warm, white light.

Now, the light travels toward the end of your spinal cord, the center of your root chakra.

As the light emanates it’s easy warmth, you feel all tension drain from your lower back, buttocks, thighs, knees, calves and feet.

Your entire body is now enveloped in this warming white light.

How does it feel to be completely covered in this transcendent glow?

Do you feel radiant?

Bask in this feeling for the next two breaths.

We have now illuminated all that no longer serves you.

Do you wish to release it?

Quicken your walking pace slightly.

We’ll need a bit of momentum for this final energetic clearing,

So let’s harness your own luminous energy.

Take a deep breath. The deepest you’ve taken today.

Fill your lungs with sweet and sacred air.

Using the natural force of this element, push the murky, spent energy from your body.

Keep breathing.

With each powerful exhale, press the grey matter through the soles of your feet, and out of your energetic body.

You may feel a tingling sensation in your feet and hands as this energy is released.

As it drains away, thank this energy for its role in your life, knowing that it’s now time to clear space for fresh energy to enter.

Coming to a gentle stop, firmly root your feet into the earth.

Before we end today’s session, let’s take a moment to reward the body and soul with a small act of self-love––a third eye massage.

Gently place both rings fingers onto your third eye chakra, the space between your eyebrows.

Using feather-light pressure, drag the fingers down the bridge of your nose, around the eye sockets, sweep up across the temples and back to the third eye space.

Complete this motion a few more times, savoring the tender connection between skin and soul.

Once you have finished the massage, drop your hands to your sides,

Take one last deep, cleansing breath...and open your eyes.

You are truly radiant.

Namaste.