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Wisdom RisingReiki Pilgrimages and Surrendering to Spiritual Awakening with Bruce TaylorSend Us a Message!Embark on an enlightening journey with us as we welcome Bruce Taylor, the esteemed Reiki Master Teacher, to our latest episode. Discover the powerful transformation that occurs when we let go of attachment and allow Spirit's offerings to uplift us. Our conversation takes us to the sacred landscapes of Mount Kurama and Mount Hiei in Japan, where Bruce shares his insights on the profound intersections between Reiki and Shamanic traditions, opening pathways to personal empowerment and spiritual growth.In this enlightening episode, we explore Reiki not just as a healing practice...2024-10-041h 14Wisdom RisingReiki Roots: Pilgrimage to JapanSend Us a Message!This week, join Christine Renee as she welcomes Bruce Taylor to discuss his exciting plans for an upcoming Reiki Pilgrimage to Kyoto in May 2025. Along the way, they reflect on the magical experiences of past pilgrimages. Highlights of the 2025 pilgrimage include a private tour of Mt. Kurama with the Head Priest, a private ceremony in the temple's inner sanctuary, and a profound spiritual encounter with the physical embodiment of Fudo-Myo during a private Goma ceremony. Bruce also shares how the 2025 Pilgrimage will connect Mt. Kurama, Deep Kurama, and Mt...2024-07-2956 minWisdom RisingTraditional Reiki vs. Modern Reiki PracticeSend Us a Message!It's time for another episode of ReikiCafe Radio! This week, join Christine Renee and guest Bruce Taylor us as they explore the difference between traditional Reiki teachings and modern Reiki practices.Traditional Reiki teachings contain a lot of value and insight that can often be missed in modern trainings. But a modern Reiki practice facilitates the blending of Reiki with other modalities and can help us break out of the boxes that hold us back in our practice!In this conversation, we will d...2024-05-201h 03Wisdom RisingThe Shamanic Roots of Reiki with Bruce TaylorSend Us a Message!Welcome back to another amazing episode of ReikiCafe Radio! This week on the show, join Christine Renee as she interviews colleague and fellow Reiki Master Bruce Taylor on the Shamanic roots of Reiki healing. Bruce Taylor is a Reiki Master and Holistic Wellness teacher with profound insight on the roots of Reiki healing after his time studying with traditional teachers in Hong Kong and Japan. In this episode, Christine and Bruce explore the possibility that Mikao Usui was a shamanic practitioner, discussing the evidence for Sensei Usui's shamanic practice, the energetic s...2024-01-0255 minWisdom Rising6 Weeks to Japan! How visiting Japan will change your practice!Send Us a Message!Join Christine Renee and former ReikiCafe University Professor Bruce Taylor for a conversation about our upcoming pilgrimage to Japan!In May of 2023, Bruce Taylor will be leading our journey to Kyoto, Japan, the birthplace of Reiki. Our May 1st-7th includes, but not limited to:⛩ 7 Days/6 Nights in Beautiful Kyoto, The Historical Capital of JapanPilgrimages to the Birthplace of Reiki – Mt Kurama (led by Bruce Taylor & Hyakuten Inamoto)⛩ Reiki Practice, Discussion, and Attunement ON Mt. Kurama (at Osugi Gongen (Pictured below) the Very Site Where Reiki Was Fi...2023-03-2033 minWisdom RisingCoffee Conversation: Journey to JapanSend Us a Message!Join Christine Renee and former ReikiCafe University Professor Bruce Taylor for a live conversation about our upcoming pilgrimage to Japan!In May of 2023, Bruce Taylor will be leading our journey to Kyoto, Japan, the birthplace of Reiki. Our May 1st-7th includes, but not limited to:⛩ 7 Days/6 Nights in Beautiful Kyoto, The Historical Capital of JapanPilgrimages to the Birthplace of Reiki – Mt Kurama (led by Bruce Taylor & Hyakuten Inamoto)⛩ Reiki Practice, Discussion, and Attunement ON Mt. Kurama (at Osugi Gongen (Pictured below) the Very Site Where Reiki...2023-01-2342 minWisdom RisingThe Roots of Reiki with Bruce TaylorSend Us a Message!Welcome back to another episode of ReikiCafe Radio! This week, join ReikiCafe founder Christine Renee and former ReikiCafe Professor Bruce Taylor as they discuss the traditional roots of Reiki Healing!In this conversation, you'll learn about the origins of Reiki history, the influence and imprints of the Japanese culture on traditional Reiki practices, and how Reiki as we know it today came to be.With more than 30 years of experience between them, Christine and Bruce bring a wealth of information to a topic that all Reiki and energy healing...2022-11-141h 03Wisdom RisingGassho, Gratitude, and GuidanceSend Us a Message!Welcome back to another episode of ReikiCafe Radio! This week we are joined by ReikiCafe Professors, Bruce Taylor and Christine Renee, as they talk through gratitude, Gassho, and gratitude practices. Gassho is a fundamental aspect of a Reiki practice. It is the foundation of Usui Reiki Ryoho, represented by bringing your hands together in prayer position. The practice of Gassho is symbolic for non-duality. It is a physical representation of bringing both sides of your being, the masculine and feminine energies, into the center in gratitude for the present moment.2021-11-2938 minWisdom RisingReiki Scope of Practice and Session FeedbackSend Us a Message!Hello and welcome back to the ReikiCafe Radio! This week on the show, Bruce Taylor and Christine Renee are diving into your scope of practice as a Reiki practitioner. This topic covers what happens during a session, but our main focus is on the feedback you give to the client after the session is complete.Scope of practice falls in line with the precept: Just for today, I will do my work honestly. Honesty means having the clarity to bring forward only the facts, without clouding your feedback with your own...2021-10-1824 minWisdom RisingMoving During a Reiki Session: Community Q&ASend Us a Message!Hello and welcome back to the ReikiCafe Radio! This week on the show, we are doing our first Community Q&A! Today we are answering the question: 'Why do I find myself swaying back and forth during a Reiki session?'With decades of experience between the two of us, join ReikiCafe professor Bruce Taylor and myself, Christine Renee, as we explore why we often find ourselves moving during a Reiki session. In this episode, we talk about the energetic, metaphysical, and anatomical reasons why this involuntary movement can happen during...2021-10-0413 minWisdom RisingGuided 5D Chakra Upgrade ExperienceSend Us a Message!Hello and welcome back to the ReikiCafe Radio! This week on the show, we have a special treat! Join myself, Christine Renee, and ReikiCafe Professor Bruce Taylor as we walk you through a 5D Chakra upgrade. At ReikiCafe, Chakras are the name of the game. We believe in achieving health, wealth, and happiness through the power of the Chakras. But it's impossible to meet your goals if you are held down by stagnant energy and limiting beliefs. Today, we are going to walk you through a step by step Chakra healing e...2021-09-2754 minWisdom RisingThe Shamanic Roots of Reiki + Guided PracticeSend Us a Message!Hello and welcome back to another episode of ReikiCafe Radio! This week we are joined by ReikiCafe professor Bruce Taylor and founder Christine Renee as they discuss the roots of a traditional Reiki practice.Bruce is intimately familiar with the origin and history of Reiki after studying in Japan. Today, join us as we dive into a discussion of the Japanese kanji that form the word 'Reiki' exploring how their meaning sheds light on the Shamanic Roots of a Reiki practice.Although we traditionally see Reiki as a Divine...2021-07-2035 minWisdom RisingFright and Fear with Bruce TaylorSend Us a Message!Welcome back to ReikiCafe Radio! This week, we are talking about fear and fright, and the differences between the two.When you think about fear, and fright, think of Sacral Chakra. We all know the feeling of being so scared that we pee our pants. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the emotion of fear resides in the bladder. Sacral Chakra is characterized by flow, and corresponds to the element of water.With fear, your physiology activates to help release the fear, through heat and through fluids. This includes sweating, urinating...2021-07-1224 minWisdom RisingEnergy Flow and Sexuality with Bruce TaylorSend Us a Message!Hello, and welcome back to ReikiCafe Radio! This week, join ReikiCafe University professor, Bruce Taylor, as he dives into energy flow and its connection to intimacy, or sexuality.Sexual energy flow is most commonly associated with Sacral Chakra, the second Chakra. Sacral Chakra's primary element is water, which is correlated with a state of flow. All of the sexual and reproductive organs rely on the flow of matter, energy, or water, and this is true for sexual function and sexual energy.Our society often bastardizes sexuality, making it seem...2021-07-0543 minWisdom RisingThe Benefits of Meditation with Bruce TaylorSend Us a Message!Meditation is a journey, one without a beginning or an end.But how can this be, when you try so hard to improve your practice or to get better at quieting your thoughts? Isn’t the entire purpose of a ‘practice to improve? If this is so, how can meditation be a never-ending journey, one that never starts or stops?Herein lies the truth- every time you sit down to meditate, it is as if you begin for the first time. Each time you come to rest on the medi...2021-06-0736 minWisdom RisingConversations on Shamanism with Bruce Taylor and Christine ReneeSend Us a Message!Hello Reiki friends, and welcome back to another amazing episode of ReikiCafe Radio!This week, join ReikiCafe professors Bruce Taylor and Christine Renee as they dive into Shamanism- what is is, what it means to them, and how they have woven it into their own daily practices and spiritual journeys. To Bruce, Shamanism is creating a narrative or rising to a new perspective within your awareness that brings you closer to the Truth, calling on guides and helpers along the way. To Christine, everything that shows up in the Shamanic realms...2021-05-3136 minWisdom RisingThe Physicality and Spirituality of the Chakras with Bruce Taylor and Christine ReneeSend Us a Message!Hello Reiki friends, and welcome back to another episode of ReikiCafe Radio! This week we are joined by ReikiCafe University professors Bruce Taylor and Christine Renee as they discuss the physicality and spirituality of the Chakras.Translated form Sanskrit, the word Chakra means 'Wheel,' and metaphysical perspectives see these energy centers as swirling storage centers for the energy of the body. From a physical perspective, however, these energy centers, or 'Chakras' correspond to individual nerve plexuses in the nervous system.Energy is moved through the body, form a...2021-05-2433 minWisdom RisingThe True Meaning of The Reiki Precepts with Bruce TaylorSend Us a Message!Hello and welcome back to ReikiCafe Radio! This week we are diving deeply into the true meaning of the Reiki precepts. As Reiki practitioners, one of the first things we are taught during our training are the Five Reiki precepts. These precepts are given to us by our Reiki Masters and follow us on the path to our own discovery and healing. In no particular order, the precepts are:Just for today I will not worryJust for today I will not angerJust for today I...2021-05-1041 minWisdom RisingWhat is Reiki with Bruce TaylorSend Us a Message!Welcome back to ReikiCafe Radio!This week, we are diving deep into the true meaning of Reiki. We cover what Reiki means, how it ties into scientific perspective, and what a Reiki practice is meant to do. We cover Einstein's theories of energy, the concept of suffering and resistance, and why realizing the power of choice in the suffering you experience is the key to unlocking your healing. So, if you are ready to dive in, join ReikiCafe University professor Bruce Taylor as he explores the true meaning of Reiki energy.2021-05-0331 minWisdom RisingTrauma, Disorder, and Digging to the Root of SufferingSend Us a Message!Hello Reiki friends and welcome back to ReikiCafe Radio! This week we are diving deep into the nature of trauma, disorder, and digging to the root of suffering. During this podcast, we will be exploring:The difference between trauma and disordersRelationship of each to energy within the bodyPhysical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels of traumatic expressionHow to heal the root sourceAwareness as the first step to healingIf you or someone you know is struggling with physical, mental, or emotional trauma, and are wondering how Reiki can help, this w...2021-04-261h 02Wisdom RisingThe Power of the Present With Bruce TaylorSend Us a Message!Join us as we dive deep into the power of the present moment with Bruce Taylor! Bruce brings his history of astronomy, science, Buddhism, Reiki, and meditation to explore the true meaning of the present and how we can explore the moment in our Reiki practice.True healing happens in the present- when we let go of our pain and suffering and realize that in the present moment, there is no pain, illness, or suffering. You simply are, free from energetic attachments to the past or future. In this space true...2021-04-1251 minWisdom RisingReiki Fusion- Eastern Tradition and Modern PracticeSend Us a Message!This week we are joined by guest Bruce Taylor, co-professor at the Reiki Cafe University College of Reiki. Join us as we discuss the rich history of the Usui Reiki tradition, diving deep into origins of Reiki teachings to discover what it truly means to be a Reiki Master.In this episode we discuss why getting your ego out of the way is so important, how deepening your studies allows you to be a clearer conduit for Reiki energy, and how the stories we tell can both help and hinder our...2021-04-051h 08Wisdom RisingWelcome to ReikiCafe Radio!Send Us a Message!ReikiCafe Radio is your choice for vibrant Reiki conversations, mediation experiences, and holistic wellness. This is your space for a deeper look into ancient Reiki wisdom through modern eyes. Whether you're tuning in to gain practical steps steeped in Reiki philosophy or wanting to learn how to bring your Reiki business to fruition, we are here to help Reiki Practitioners and clients alike manifest their Reiki Dreams into reality! ReikiCafe Radio is hosted by ReikiCafe University professors Christine Renee, Reiki Master and Chakra coach, and Bruce Taylor, Reiki Master and Holistic Wellness practitioner...2021-04-0305 min