Reikichat | A Reiki Lifestyle Podcast

Here are a few of the topics in this month's Q&A:  Starting a Reiki circle. Ideas for Reiki preparations, specifically online. Creating and closing the container for you and your group. Colleen's collection of invocations on YouTube and online invocations booklet. Tips for managing performance anxiety. Using self Reiki for anxiety and blood pressure fluctuations. Changes in your daily routines and Reiki on the fly. Feeling into the energy of the Reiki Lifestyle community. An invocation is at 5:50. Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: Facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: Facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

This month's Q&A focused on business marketing. Here are a few of the topics:  Video and image use and copyrights. Using a color palette in your business branding. Utilizing legal services for your business. Accessing Reiki to find your authentic voice and inner authority. Authenticity in your business and on social media. Keeping your privacy while becoming more visible. Empathy, frequencies, and energy at this moment in time. Bringing your energy in and Reiki on the fly. Solution mindset and the descendants.  An invocation is at the beginning. When looking for images or recordings for use, copyright laws are important to follow. Here is a link with information on Usage Rights and Creative Commons Licenses.  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: Facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: Facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

Shelby is a Marketing & Brand Strategist, certified Holy Fire III Reiki Master practitioner, yoga teacher, and a part of the team at Reiki Lifestyle. Shelby helps Reiki practitioners, wellness professionals, and intentional small business owners integrate thoughtful, effective marketing strategy, along with Reiki for practical solutions from inner guidance. Shelby hosts live workshops, works one-on-one as a marketing guide and Reiki practitioner and facilitates strategy sessions to help clients build income doing work they love while growing their community and business with resources and heart. She has a corporate marketing and public relations background, where she earned a B.S. degree in New Media Communications and Writing from Oregon State University, and has worked in public relations, marketing, and advertising within private equity, medical research, tech, banking, apparel, wine, and construction. Currently, Shelby works with small groups and individual clients for content marketing, copywriting,

This month's Q&A topics:  Reiki as an energy and a system of accessing this energy. The act of receiving and deeply listening with your inner awareness. Distance Reiki. Attunement styles. Differentiating and discerning energy and anxiety. Physical reactions to receiving Reiki or energy work. Enlightenment and human nature. Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: Facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: Facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

On the podcast today, we have a 15 minute guided meditation by Robyn. During this meditation, we welcome the season of Spring and honor the cycles of the Earth.  Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: Facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: Facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

On the podcast, Colleen reads her article "The Evolution of Teaching Reiki Online" first published in Reiki News Magazine in Winter 2020.  Through the pandemic situation, we discovered that distance teaching is as powerful as in-person instruction. Our students have had the same results with their Reiki training and personal development as if they’d taken an in-person class. The Reiki Lifestyle® Podcast: The podcast where we talk about all things Reiki! Reiki Lifestyle Podcast is for all members of the Reiki community, lineages, and levels of training! Reiki questions and topics can be about everything; personal development, spiritual growth, Reiki healing techniques, teaching Reiki, Reiki training, and other professional Reiki business practices.  Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: Facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: Facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

This month's Q&A topics:  Light force, free will, and higher consciousness. The layers of the human experience and healing them. Legislation being presented in several states to regulate Reiki. Self-Reiki. Animal Reiki stories. Using Japanese Reiki techniques.  An invocation is at the beginning. Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: Facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: Facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

In this 20 minute guided meditation by Colleen, we bring in new ways of thought and listen with our whole body, and let go of the effort, urgency, and pressure. Colleen recorded this invocation meditation on February 9, 2021, during our weekly Distance Reiki Share. For more information about our Reiki community and the weekly Distance Reiki Share please visit: www.reikilifestyle.com ​The Reiki Lifestyle® Podcast: The podcast where we talk about all things Reiki! The Reiki Lifestyle Podcast is for all members of the Reiki community, lineages, and levels of training! Reiki questions and topics can be about everything; personal development, spiritual growth, Reiki healing techniques, teaching Reiki, Reiki training, and other professional Reiki business practices. 

In this short guided meditation by Colleen, we allow Reiki to help us release tension and worry and bring in gratitude. For more information about our Reiki community and the weekly Distance Reiki Share please visit https://reikilifestyle.com/​ The Reiki Lifestyle® Podcast: The podcast where we talk about all things Reiki! The Reiki Lifestyle Podcast is for all members of the Reiki community, lineages, and levels of training! Reiki questions and topics can be about everything; personal development, spiritual growth, Reiki healing techniques, teaching Reiki, Reiki training, and other professional Reiki business practices. 

This month's Q&A topics:  An invocation is at the beginning. The simplicity of Reiki. Learning how to receive answers within. Update on current astrological transits. Listening, learning, and staying open. Smudging and using smoke for clearing and respect for the traditions. The Reiki Burning Bowl. Reiki symbols and using them in a session. Upcoming Next Step Reiki Courses. Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: Facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: Facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

We are in this together. You are never alone, even as you move through challenges, grief, upheaval and doubts. You’ve got this!  With the present awareness of how much is out of our control, we also invite you to explore the spaces where you are in control, where you can make empowering choices. We invite you to ask yourself, ‘What can I control at this moment? What choices can I make this year to be the person I want to be?’ We can control how we invite Reiki into our lives, especially during times of uncertainty and hardship. We can choose what is important to us. We can choose how we build upon our skills and training. We can choose how and what we develop on our Reiki path, and we can each choose the next steps we can take to get there. With this 40-minute Reiki Journey guided by Colleen to explore your next steps on your Reiki path. We journey with the expanded perceptions of eagle and mouse vision, observing both the big picture and your path close up. All you need is a pen and journal, as there will be

On the podcast, Colleen reads her article "The Burning Bowl Ceremony" first published in Reiki News Magazine in 2006. The article includes instructions on how to do your own Reiki Burning Bowl Ceremony. Join us for a live Burning Bowl Ceremony on Jan. 5! To receive updates about our events, dive deeper into intriguing topics, and find out what is happening in your Reiki community sign up for our newsletter!  The Reiki Lifestyle® Podcast: The podcast where we talk about all things Reiki! Reiki Lifestyle Podcast is for all members of the Reiki community, lineages, and levels of training! Reiki questions and topics can be about everything; personal development, spiritual growth, Reiki healing techniques, teaching Reiki, Reiki training, and other professional Reiki business practices. 

This month's Q&A topics:  An invocation is at the beginning. Invocation styles and the energies you are inviting to work with you. Discussing boundaries in online teaching and Reiki circles and setting containers. Use of Reiki mantras and symbols and how Reiki can guide you to your way of doing Reiki. Upcoming Animal Reiki Master training. Colleen's spiritual path. Insights, impressions, and discernment.   Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: Facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: Facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

Ally Ayala has been studying the mind, body, spirit connection for more than 20 years. She began her journey as a yoga teacher in 2002 and her studies quickly expanded to include integrative yoga therapy, rebirthing, breathwork, shamanic journeying, reiki, astrology, intuitive art, and most recently, coaching. Ally has studied both Astrology and Reiki since 1998, and after a long and winding journey through deep healing, she is honored to offer Astrology consultations and Holy Fire Reiki sessions from a place of authenticity and experience. Ally believes wholeheartedly that the answers to each person’s authentic expression lie within the individual themselves. Holy Fire Reiki is a powerful yet gentle way to ignite this inner potential so that each of us can live from a place of joy, passion, and purpose, and Astrology provides a map for the soul’s purpose and evolution.  Ally starts with the birth chart as the foundation of the coaching relationship and incorporates practical guidance based on current astrolo

In this guided meditation by Colleen, we visit the reflecting pool and remember your resilience, internal fortitude through 2020, your foundation, and the gifts and talents that have gotten you here. Colleen recorded this invocation meditation on December 8, 2020, during our weekly Distance Reiki Share. For more information about our Reiki community and the weekly Distance Reiki Share please visit: http://www.reikilifestyle.com/ Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

Nadia is a certified Usui Reiki Master Teacher, Spiritual Life Coach, Crystal Practitioner and Meditation/Mindfulness instructor. Nadia became a Reiki Practitioner in 2016 but has been a recipient of Reiki energy for many years. Nadia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, with an extensive background in nonprofit management and older adult services. She also served as a certified New York State Long-Term Care Ombudsman for many years. Nadia has clients in NY, NJ, DE, WA, CA, PA, CT, TX, ND, Barbados, and the United Kingdom. She offers sessions for individuals, organizations, animals, and is available for events. Her treatment rooms are in Amityville and Commack, NY with Mobile Services available. Nadia also offers Distant Reiki, Reiki Parties and; Reiki Certification Classes. There is an invocation at the beginning of the podcast. Nadia can be reached at: Website: www.ReikiwithNadia.comIG and FB: @Reikiwithnadia Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com rob

Colleen shares the prayer, “Greetings to the Natural World”, the Iroquois Thanksgiving Address, Ohenton Kariwahtekwen. Iroquois elder, Jake Swamp, offered this prayer as a “giveaway,” for the people. We give great thanks for this gift. We also want to give thanks to Deb Scrivens and Terry Kem for bringing this prayer to the Lightsong School of Shamanic Studies community.  Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

Christine Renee is a Reiki Master Teacher, Shamanic Practitioner, Reiki Business Coach, and Chakra Coach living in Bozeman, Montana. With over 15 years of experience as a Reiki Master with a successful brick and mortar business, Christine has extended her reach by creating the online school, ReikiCafe University, where she mentors Reiki practitioners and spiritual entrepreneurs from around the world. ReikiCafe University is a hub for entrepreneurs who are willing to do the inner work to find success in not only their businesses but for personal lives as well. By finding healing spiritually through the Chakras (spiritual energy centers found throughout the body), Christine was able to heal limiting beliefs in her career, relationships, self-worth, and more. This was the beginning of her success as a Reiki practitioner which ultimately led to her sharing her knowledge through teaching and coaching entrepreneurs how to do the same. In addition to her Reiki healing business and online school, Christine hosts heal

Today's topics:  Community and co-creating together to contribute to the wellness in life. Reiki as both an external energy and an internal energy. Fairies, elementals, and nature spirits. Multiple levels of consciousness. Ways to get centered during this time. Using Reiki symbols in a public forum. Spirit attachments and release. Invocations at the beginning and at 20:00. Colleen and Robyn can be reached at: ReikiLifestyle.com colleen@reikilifestyle.com robyn@reikilifestyle.com Social Colleen: Facebook: @reikilifestyle Insta: @colleenbenelli Social Robyn: Facebook/Insta: @robynbenellireiki

On the podcast, Colleen reads her article "Reiki and Gratitude" first published in Reiki News Magazine in 2007. The article includes instructions on how to do your own Reiki Gratitude Treatment and Gratitude Ceremony. Join us for a live Gratitude Ceremony on Nov. 24! To receive updates about our events, dive deeper into intriguing topics, and find out what is happening in your Reiki community sign up for our newsletter! http://www.reikilifestyle.com/ The Reiki Lifestyle® Podcast: The podcast where we talk about all things Reiki! Reiki Lifestyle Podcast is for all members of the Reiki community, lineages, and levels of training! Reiki questions and topics can be about everything; personal development, spiritual growth, Reiki healing techniques, teaching Reiki, Reiki training, and other professional Reiki business practices. https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/