I was so skeptical about Reiki when I received my first Reiki attunements. My horse had gone lame and I decided to learn Reiki in order to help him heal. I was told that I would receive the ability to give Reiki through an "attunement." But I admit, the idea that a person could receive the ability to heal themselves and others through a simple inititiation  was completely outside my belief system. Through a series of seredipities, I decided to get my Reiki training anyway. (now I know that is how it happens all the time!) So I was completely surprised when I had a physical reaction to my Reiki I attunement! My hands and arms tingled and my hands were incredibly hot! I knew that something extraordinary had happened. Reiki really worked! I remember thinking, "If a simple Reiki attunement can give a person the ability to give healing energy, then what else is true?" The Reiki attunement completely changed my beliefs about spiritual possibilities.

Now that I have taught Reiki and worked as a practitioner, I realize that a Reiki attunement works because the person receiving it has asked for it. "Ask and you shall receive" is a spiritual truth. Even when you don't believe in it. I have meditated and asked my spirit guides why it works this way, and the answer I have been told, is that Reiki works through the power of Grace. Grace happens when we ask and allow it to come into our lives. It only needs an invitation.

"The Amazing Grace of Reiki" is my new article in Reiki News Magazine, Winter 2010. I was humbled when I reread it today. My articles are always channeled and I often don't know what I have written until they come out in print. The power of grace surely inspired this one.

Please share your experience with the vibration of Grace in your life. We will enjoy your stories!