Summers in Japan are hot and extremely humid. In fact, the first dose of real summer came today and it got me thinking about what might be done, Reiki wise, to make it a bit more tolerable… and here’s what I came up with…
Give Reiki To The Temples
No, I’m not suggesting you make a pilgrimage to any monasteries, I’m talking about giving frequent blasts of Reiki to your forehead. During Reiki, as you know, the hands tend to get quite warm… and after you remove them there is a coolness that ensues… which is quite nice. Reiki to the temples and Reiki to the wrists seem to be the most instrumental in actually dropping the body’s temperature.
Reiki Spritzer
As discussed in my post on Spray On Reiki, I shared he following technique which is especially helpful in combating the heat:
… fill a spray bottle with water and apply Reiki for 5-10 minutes. Use the power symbol or master symbol if its available to you for extra oomph <technical term>. The Reiki energies attach themselves to the water molecules and disperse through the air (or on your skin) essentially bringing Reiki to whatever it comes in contact with…
Cooling Meditations
I recommend planning your daily Reiki meditations during the hottest part of the day. Body temperatures tend to drop during mediation, so you can kill two birds with one stone… beat the heat and take another step towards immortality. You are meditating every day, aren’t you? ❓
Mini-Meditations
Short (5 minute) meditations or visualizations interspersed throughout the day are also quite nice, keeping cool rain forests, waterfalls or gentle showers in mind, and are also ideal for keeping your body temperature down. Train rides, waiting in lines, sitting on-hold, etc. are all perfect times for these mini-meditations and make good use out of what might otherwise be wasted time.
Have A Nice Cuppa Tea
My Komyo Reiki teacher, Hyakuten Inamoto, is fond of the expression… “have a nice cup of tea” and he uses it quite frequently and in many situations. In the case of beating the summertime heat, a nice cuppa hot tea is remarkable cooling. Spicy foods are quite effective as well, and this is evidenced by the type of food that is popular in countries like India, Mexico & Thailand where the temperatures reach excruciating levels in the summer. Chili peppers contain a chemical (capsaicin) that makes us perspire more and as this perspiration (and perspiration caused by the tea) evaporates, you tend to feel much cooler.
Lubricate!
Drink a lot of water… and afterwards… drink some more! Make sure to give healthy doses of Reiki to the water so that the nutrition it is providing is of that unique Reiki variety.
If you have some more suggestions for beating the heat… please share them with us!!!
For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!
