If you watch or listen to discouraging news every day, how do you maintain a positive mind?

I attempt to stay informed of world events but I also search out the good news, the music that uplifts my soul, the actions I can do in service.
I find the more I surrender, Let Go and Let God, the more energy I actually have to do what’s mine to do. Sometimes it means mopping the floor. Other times it might be visiting a friend or teaching a Reiki Class.

Reciting and remembering the Reiki Precepts can bring our minds to surrendering control and freeing us to right action. We can become aware of our thoughts in the present moment. If the thought does not support you and your well being, then you are free to choose again.

今日丈けは：(Kyo dake wa) TODAY ONLY
怒るな：(Ikaru na) ANGER NOT
心配すな：(Shinpai suna) WORRY NOT
感謝して：(Kansha shite) WITH THANKFULNESS
業をはげめ：(Gyo wo hageme) WORK DILIGENTLY
人に親切に：（Hito ni Shinsetsu ni) TO OTHERS BE KIND

Reiki I will be on Saturday April 21 and Reiki II will be on Sunday April 22, both days 10 am – 5 pm.
I usually tell students to wait between classes but I now feel it depends on the individual student.
Most of my students already work with energy and are sensitive to what they can and can’t handle.
If you want to take both classes, instead of $150 and $200, the tuition is $300.00.
We will provide hot tea and snacks. I recommend students bring a light lunch and a closed water bottle.

Contact Sushila at 530 845-5943 for questions, to register and receive directions.

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Reiki Circles, Jan 11 & 17 6:30 – 8:30 pm
AM: Jan 25 – 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Great for 1st experience, charging your battery, or to enhance your practice. $10.00 donation/No one turned away.

Komyo Reiki I Class and Attunement
Jan 21, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuition: $150.00. Bring a friend and save $20.00.
Preregistration required 530 845-5943.

Komyo Reiki II Class, Inquire for next class. 530 845-5943
Tuition: $200.00. Reiki I and Preregistration required

Introduction to Stress Relief Tapping & Tools for Self Care
Jan 25, 10:00 am – 11:00 am. $10.00.

Private Reiki and Rapid Eye Life Coaching sessions available by appt. 530 305-6045
Location:205 West Main Street, Suite B., Grass Valley, CA

Komyo Reiki I Class
December 10, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuition: $150.00. Bring a friend and save $20.00.
My students repeat audit $50.00.
Preregistration required 274-2496.

Reiki Circle, December 14, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Ongoing 2nd Wednesdays
Great for 1st experience, charging your battery, or to enhance your practice.
$10.00 donation/No one turned away.

Private Reiki, Rapid Eye Technology, stress relief and life coaching sessions available by appointment
530 274-2496

Learn Reiki, one of the more widely known forms of energy healing, with Reiki Teacher Sushila Mertens.
Sushila has been a Reiki practitioner since 1981 and continues deepening her Reiki path. She incorporates the teachings of Komyo Reiki as taught by Hyakuten Inamoto.

Reiki is actually a very simple technique. Reiki is as easy as quieting your mind, getting yourself out of the way by finding the space between your thoughts, and allowing the Reiki energy to flow through you, not from you. By daily practice of self-Reiki, meditating on and living the Reiki precepts, as a Reiki student you are actually following a path to enlightenment. As you heal, you become a stronger, clearer, more pure channel for the Reiki energy. In addition, creativity and intuition increases while the ability to pass this gift of healing on to yourself and others becomes a beautiful outgrowth of your inner spiritual practice.
HYAKUTEN INAMOTO

In this class, you will receive:
• 4 attunements to allow your physical body to work with the energy
• Basic training and workbook for self-healing and giving Reiki to others including animals.
• A Reiki I Certificate
• Follow-up support & training.

Tuition: $150.00
Preregistration Required. Contact: 530 274-2496 or blinkandbreathe@gmail.com

Reiki Training & Private Sessions

Reiki I Training $150.00 Reiki II Training $200.00 Reiki Master Training $1000.00 Reiki Session 60 minutes $60.00 Reiki & Rapid Eye Session 90 minutes $90.00

Reiki Private Session: $1.00/minute;One Hour/$60; 90 Minutes/$90
Reiki/Rapid Eye Sessions are also available.

At New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Campus, one particular study was performed to determine the effectiveness of Reiki treatments on the autonomic nervous system. This “blind, random study” included a Reiki treatment group, a “sham” treatment group and a “control” group. The testing began with all participants at “baseline” autonomic nervous systems levels. The results within the Reiki treatment group showed a lowering of these levels including heart rate, respiration and blood pressure.

It’s interesting to note that Columbia/Presbyterian was one of the first hospitals to offer Reiki as part of their Integrative Medicine Program (CIMP). The now famous cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Mehmet Oz brought tremendous attention to Reiki when he invited Reiki practitioners to treat patients during open heart surgeries and heart transplant operations. Dr. Oz is often quoted as saying, “Reiki has become a sought-after healing art among patients and mainstream medical professionals.”

There have been many other controlled studies submitted to peer-journals and to The Touchstone Process for review. Ailments and disorders that tested favorably to Reiki treatment include:
1. Post operative pain after tooth extraction
2. Cognition in elderly, related to dementia/Alzheimers
3. Pre-operative relaxation and post-op pain
4. Pain in chronically ill patients
5. Depression and stress
6. Well-being in Reiki practitioners

Sushila Mertens receives Shinpiden (4th Level) Komyo Reiki certificate from Hyakuten Inamoto.

On October 8th and 9th, 2011, I had the privilege of attending the Komyo Reiki, Shinpiden (Teacher/Shihan) class with Hyakuten Inamoto. I am now authorized to teach Komyo Reiki. This is a natural fit for my understanding of wellness and spirituality. I invite you to begin or add to your experience of Reiki by attending an upcoming Reiki class or Circle.