A Reiki Chi Ball (or Reiki Energy Ball) is an ideal method to use when sending a distant healing treatment – where the Reiki Practitioner and client are not able to meet at the same time. Think of it like “pre-programming” the distant or absent healing treatment to be delivered at the exact time the client wishes it.
It’s an effective treatment when someone would like healing when they are sleeping. You wouldn’t wake up at 3am to send a treatment through, so by using this technique, you can prepare the treatment, surround it in the Reiki Chi Ball, then send it to the person at the agreed upon time.
Step One – Energy Washing the Hands
The first step to take prior to the creation of the Reiki Chi Ball is to Energy Wash, or Energy Cleanse of the hands. While handwashing is considered the most important measure to prevent the spread of infection-it also serves another purpose that 99.9% of the world is unaware of?
Each day, we make hundreds of connections with others in the world. As the world gets smaller with the use of social media, Facebook, Twitter, etc – these connections start to grow in number. Where there used to be connection with one or two friends each day, now we can see instant connections with hundreds or thousands of our “friends/followers”.
Each connection we make, there is an energy transfer from one person to another. Our brains cannot differentiate the difference between “Us” and “Them”. And as a result, our energy is drained from us in a “death by a thousand knives” comparison. It’s no wonder that most of us can barely move through a day, let alone a week without consciously closing off these connections. And most of these connections exist in your hands, your eyes and in your solar plexus.
To Energy Wash your hands is a simple, yet effective technique to break any connections you have in your hands prior to making a Reiki Chi Ball. You will want to do this, so that you have a pure energy ball to serve your client’s distant healing, not for the energy connections you’ve made that are still in your hands.
- You start with palms together, left hand on top of right hand, then gently slide apart, intending in your mind “Cleanse-Clear-Remove-Release”.
- Then place your palms together, right hand on top of left hand, then gently slide apart, intending in your mind “Cleanse-Clear-Remove-Release”.
- This is considered one round. Complete four rounds.
* Special note, if you are left-hand dominant, start with the right hand on top of left hand.
Step Two – Building the Energy Chi Ball
Start with placing your hands in Namaste/Gassho position. Look at the space between the index and middle fingers to centre your mind and your energy. Intend Reiki to flow into your palms and around your hands.
Next, take a deep breath in, hold for a count of two, then release the breath, and hold again for a count of two. Try to carry your breath deep into your navel or your lower tanden point, and release your breath from here. This is considered one round. Complete four rounds. This will help to centre your energy connection with the Divine Mind of the Universe, and make it easier for Reiki to flow.
From here, focus on the space between your palms. Intend that the Reiki Energy build here, forming a ball of energy. Spend about 30 seconds to build the Reiki Chi Ball up, with your hands closed around it. Slowly and gently, bring your hands apart about six inches, wait 10 seconds, then allow them to move together again, to close around the energy ball building between your hands. Do this about 4-6 times, allowing the Reiki Chi ball to grow in size.
Step Three – Distant Healing or Absent Treatment
Now that you have built your Reiki Chi Ball, you are able to complete the Distant Healing or Absent Treatment.
If you are using a surrogate method (such as a piece of paper with the body drawn on it, the client’s picture, a stuffed animal, your own leg, etc), use your hands to bring the Reiki Chi Ball over the object, then allow the Reiki Chi Ball to expand itself, in order to surround the object in its’ energy.
Now you are able to complete the distant healing or absent treatment. Say the person’s name out loud or in your mind to create the connection, then draw the Reiki symbols in this order;
- Cho Ku Rei (Power symbol)
- Sei Hei Ki (Emotional/Mental symbol)
- Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen (Distance symbol)
- Cho Ku Rei (Power symbol)
The healing Reiki energy you send could go for five minutes or an hour. Simply allow your intuition to guide you.
At the end of the treatment, simply envision or intend a positive outcome for the client. Then release all aspects of the outcome to the Divine Mind of the Universe for resolution and healing.
Step Four – Sending the Reiki Chi Ball & Closing the Session
Now the session has been finished and “encoded” in the Reiki Chi Ball, use your hands to pick it up from around the object and hold it in the palms of your hand.
Next, use your hands to smooth the energy of the Reiki Chi Ball, and intend that it is harmonized for your client’s aura and highest healing. Spend about 30 seconds to a minute to fill any gaps or holes in the energy ball. You can also use Cho Ku Rei to seal any gaps or holes.
From here, say the person’s name out loud or in your mind to create the connection, say when the Distant Healing or Absent Treatment should arrive for the client (Date and Time if needed), then draw the Reiki symbols with your mind in the centre of the Reiki Chi Ball in this order;
- Cho Ku Rei (Power symbol)
- Sei Hei Ki (Emotional/Mental symbol)
- Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen (Distance symbol)
- Cho Ku Rei (Power symbol)
Take a deep breath in, hold for a count of two, then release the breath, and hold again for a count of two. Try to carry your breath deep into your navel or your lower tanden point, and release your breath from here.
On the next deep breath in, bring your hands holding the Reiki Chi Ball, and gently release your breath to “blow” it off to the client. Feel the ball leave your hand, and bless it on its’ way to your client.
Complete all your regular closing techniques to draw the session to a complete close, then complete the Energy Washing technique for your hands again to break any connections you may have made with your client.
Closing Thoughts
While it may feel weird or different for you at first, with practice it will get easier.
One tip is to practice on yourself if you don’t feel comfortable sending to a client right away. Simply send yourself treatments for when you are sleeping and see how you feel in the morning upon waking.
You can also see the effectiveness by completing a session for a client as a regular distant healing or absent treatment, and then using the Reiki Chi Ball method and asking for their feedback.
Remember, the KEY is truly intention, there is no right or wrong way to perform a distant healing session.
Article by Krista Ellis-Smith
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Krista is a Reiki Master-Teacher from Canada. Her spiritual journey started in earnest in 2015 when she took her first Reiki class. Since then, she has shared this healing art form with numerous clients and students. As a lifelong student-she most recently signed up for her doctoral dissertation through the University of Sedona.
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