reikimatt.com blog

Reiki Classes in November

2011-10-28T16:06:00.003-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.

Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : Nov 5th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Nov 6th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Nov 12h (satuday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : Nov 13th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Life as Maya and Leela

2011-10-23T18:15:00.000-04:00

This is an indian teacher based in New-York that has an interesting theory about chakras...
His website is InnerTuning

I post one of his video about Maya, but he has so many interesting ones on Youtube...

RSA Animate - The Divided Brain

2011-10-20T18:15:00.000-04:00

Reiki Classes in October

2011-10-01T14:30:00.002-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.

Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : Oct 15th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Oct 16th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Oct 22nd (satuday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : Oct 23rd (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Reiki Classes in September

2011-08-28T16:09:00.004-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.

Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : Sep 3rd (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Sep 4th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Sep 10h (satuday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : Sep 11th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Reiki classes in August

2011-07-30T10:50:00.006-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.

Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : August 6th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : August 7th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : August 13th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : August 14th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : August 20th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : August 21st (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : August 27th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Reiki classes in July

2011-06-25T10:41:00.004-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.

Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : July 9th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : July 10th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : July 16h (satuday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : July 17th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Reiki classes in June

2011-05-30T11:25:00.001-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.

Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : June 18h (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : June 19th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : June 25h (satuday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : June 26th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Reiki classes in April

2011-03-28T10:47:00.010-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.
Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : April 9th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : April 16th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : April 17th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : April 23rd (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 1 : April 24th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : April 30th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Reiki Classes in March

2011-03-08T10:56:00.000-05:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.
Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : March 12th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : March 19th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : March 20th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : March 26th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 1 : March 27th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : April 2nd (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 2 : April 3rd (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Yogananda and autobiography of a yogi

2011-01-10T13:09:00.001-05:00

Apart from being super interested in healing and enlightenment techniques, I am also a techno geek! :) As such I recently got a Kindle 3 which is very easy to use, has a great autonomy and has access to Amazon great catalog that include many spiritual books.

The first ebook I got was autobiography of a yogi and I have been reading it pieces after pieces since this summer either on my iphone in the metro or on the kindle in the various cafes, airports I went to. Written around 60 years ago, it describes the life of a famous yogi, Yogananda. Yoga means Union, so it is not limited to asanas and increasing your flexibility. In the case of Yogananda, his yoga technique is using lots of meditations techniques. He is a very dedicated yogi with a great interest in other subjects and western culture. He describes his gurus and lots of the amazing experience he had or they had. After spending so much time with the (e)book I feel as if a friend is telling me his personal story.

He is a great person, very down to earth, I liked his book very much and I highly recommend it as a book worth reading for those on the long path towards enlightenment. It is also a great ressourceto discover Babaji, another great yogi.

You can also discover the Kriya Yoga techniques he is talking about on their website.

The good thing is that they have a good base in south Florida, at Homestead and this is will soon be near where I will live so I am pretty sure I will get their initiations and spend some time at their ashram.

Next Reiki courses

2011-01-10T12:55:00.000-05:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.
Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : Jan 16th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Jan 22nd (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Jan 23rd (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : Jan 29th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 1 : Jan 30th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Feb 5th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 2 : Feb 6th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Yoga to work on belt meridian (dai mai)

2010-11-04T14:46:00.000-04:00

When I give my energy treatments I work on the hips in the aura, and the reason behind that is to work on the major belt meridian that is at that level, called Dai Mai.

There are other ways to work on this belt meridian, for example in Tibet they practice Bum-Chen as demonstrated below :

My teacher, Tao Semko, is demonstrating below another way to do so, using Nauli Kriya.

Next Reiki courses

2010-11-01T14:35:00.006-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.
Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : Nov 7th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Nov 13th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Nov 14th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : Nov 20th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 1 : Nov 21st (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Nov 27th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 2 : Nov 28th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Projecting Qi (neigong)

2010-10-24T15:06:00.000-04:00

This is a good example of how qi interacts with a person when the person is up on their feet, a setup I don't use during my sessions on a table.

It is also true that the strength of the projection depends on the strength of the practitionner qi. In this video, the person is a neigong practitionner. I am really thinking about meeting him...

Mind over Matter

2010-10-06T14:58:00.000-04:00

For those of you who knows me, I am a firm believer in mind over matter. Indeed I have seen it happening (for example, bones moving) in my healing sessions but that would be the subject of another special post.

The video is on youtube and can't be shared so you will have to go the link below...

An India Kali Ninjutsu Master, who is also renowned Escapologist and practitioner of ancient Indonesian Penjak Silat has accepted a maximum security escape challenge from maximum security restraint expert, Pittsburgh-based Charles Caputo. This has never been attempted before under tested conditions by any escape artist and is being called The Worlds Most Difficult Maximum Security Escape Challenge.

Charles Caputo created this escape challenge says, No one has ever escaped from these maximum security restraints. Houdini and all other escape artists never attempted and avoided these types of restraint escapes all their lives. And it is even more so virtually impossible with the locks welded shut.

Escape Challenge defies the laws of physics as a genuine pair of Police handcuffs-- Smith & Wesson Model 100 double lock satin nickel finish handcuffs is used with a maximum security prisoner transport box-- Hiatt-Thompson Model 7082 Blue Box Cover. This is the ultimate in maximum security prisoner transport and no one has ever escaped from these two restraints combined. The Hiatt Blue Box is also locked with a maximum security pad lock and the Keyhole is Welded closed so once it is locked, no key will open this pad lock. Once the Smith & Wesson handcuffs are locked inside with the maximum security Hiatt Blue Box, it is impossible to unlock them. Under the most extreme scientific tested conditions, a maximum security expert and magician will physically search the Ninjutsu master including a state-of-the-art metal detector. The restraints are then applied under the most extreme conditions where the hands and wrists are compressed where any movement or twisting causes the handcuffs to become tighter and tighter with severe painful pressure.

Scientists, magicians and maximum security experts say this escape is impossible. Specially trained security experts are on stand-by should these maximum security restraints and locks need to be sawed and drilled to remove them. This special invitation event was for a live media performance that was covered by many news outlets.

The Ninjutsu Master has baffled scientists all over the world from Russia, Israel, France, Japan and USA in Psi energy research and mind-over-matter experiments. He is the only escape artist to open locks under scientific tested conditions. He opened a 4 billion code security lock without touching the lock considered impossible by scientists and security personnel. This Ninjutsu master also participates in experimental research projects with MIT, Russian scientists and secret government experiments that can not be revealed at this time.

The Ninjutsu Master is performing a mind-over-matter India Kali Ninjutsu escape. He is donating his performance for free in this never-before-seen event. This Escape Challenge is a fund raiser for the Salvation Army to raise money in the "Escape Hunger" theme. Ninjutsu master says, "This is definitely a test of the human spirit and I believe in the Salvation Army's work in over 100 countries makes them one of the best charities ever created. I dedicate my Ninjutzu Escape on November 29th to unite sponsors, benefactors and all of mankind to support the Salvation Army's mission to help people escape hunger."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ7hxF9BlBM&feature=related

Energy training and side effects

2010-09-09T14:59:00.000-04:00

Two and a half years ago, I started practicing Kundalini Yoga with intensity in the aim of waking up this dormant energy that is at the base of the spine...With already a good mastery of qi/ki/prana, thanks to my intense practice of Reiki and other healing modalities, I felt it was the next evolutionary step...

Unfortunately even with my intense practice that included sadhanas (morning practice at 4:30am), I was not able to wake up this energy. I still enjoyed this kind of yoga a lot, enough for me to join the ranks of kundalini yoga teachers. It is true that this yoga has a strong positive effect on my chakras and on my well being. I don't feel like that when I practice kripalu yoga for example, usually after this yoga I feel sore... Recently I met someone, a hatha yoga teacher, who said she tried kundalini yoga and that it was for hippies :-) I am happy to be a hippy :-)

So if pranayama and sat kriyas didn't help me to raise the energy, I was left searching for something that could help me to do so. And after reading an interesting forum called Tao Bums, I found many advanced energy practitioners like me with their feet deep into proven techniques (not the new age people that talks about energy without understanding how it moves, what it does and so on - more like the scientific people that knows anatomy, physiology, meridians, yoga, chi kung). And there was a thread about Shaktipat (which is waking up Kundalini by a sort of attunement) and there were lots of good comments about a training called Kundalini Awakening Process (KAP).

... and so I joined ! :-)

This is a 12 weeks step by step process, based on martial arts (ninjutsu), yoga, chi kung (Mantak Chia), and various other sources. My teacher is a scientific, like me, and also a Virgo so it helps to connect :-) It is so fascinating to see someone with a good knowledge of anatomy / physiology and chinese / ayurvedic medicine...He is like an encyclopedia of energy medicine!

So I started doing the practice progressively, this is a daily practice that takes 20-40mn max, and is a collection of the best of the best as for energy cultivation.

Last week we added 5 point breathing technique which is breathing energy through your hands and feet, as well as your 7th chakra. Combined with the many other techniques already seen it gives a big boost to your practice. For example the first night I did it I felt water in the air above my head, like a cloud of water above me for more than 1mn, a very strange sensation. The 2nd time I felt fire but for a shorter time...After a week of practice unfortunately, I had a problem. I was at the office (after having practice the night before) and I felt super dizzy, my head was spinning a lot. Indeed I was carried via a wheel chair to the infirmary where I spent 4 hours trying to get up because all my body was weak and my head was spinning...They tried to associate my state with temperature or drop of blood pressure but there was no signs of it when they measure it every 15mn for 4 hours.

While most healers would naturally think that problems/illnesses are connected to a lack of qi in the aura, there can also be problems when an excess amount of qi is stuck at one place. It is rare so you might not have experienced it yet but you will probably at one point. In my case, too much energy was running in my head chakras because I didn't remove the excess at the end of my practice. Indeed I just pumped energy from outside into my system and didn't ground it after. Maybe because I was not believing my teacher when he said this practice can have an effect on electronics around you, can create a field around you that is electric and that can make people react to it, and as such this is a very powerful technique... Not believing because usually I believe what I have first experiment with...

While we might think that it is really great to develop the upper triangle (5th-6th-7th chakras), you can't really enjoy it if your lower triangle is not as strong. Indeed my teacher later told me that ideally either they should all be at the same state of development or you should have a very strong base (1th-2th-3rd) with strong nadis in the legs, even if upper triangle would be not as developed.

Next Reiki course

2010-09-07T11:45:00.003-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.
Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : Sept 12th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Sept 18th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Sept 19th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : Sept 25th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 1 : Sept 26th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Oct 2nd (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 2 : Oct 3rd (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

Free Thai-Yoga massages !!!

2010-08-15T20:40:00.000-04:00

I finished my 240 hours training in Thai-Yoga massage today at Lotus Palm, I am now a level 6 advanced practitioner.

I would like to share my love of this massage technique with people who don't know it so up to September 15th 2010, I offer free Thai-Yoga massage with a maximum of 20 free massages given so hurry up to book me !

To know more about it, visit the Lotus Palm youtube channel here :

Thai-Yoga on Youtube

Next Reiki course

2010-07-01T10:49:00.000-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.
Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : July 11th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : July 17th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : July 18th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : July 24th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 1 : July 25th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : July 31th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 2 : August 1st (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

The 3 treasures of the human body (Yin Qi, Yang Qi)

2010-06-21T11:40:00.000-04:00

Three Treasures of Human Body:
1. Jing – The essence of the body: includes the fluids of the body such as blood, semen, sweat, tears, and saliva.

a. Yin Jing – Comes from food and water and manifests as blood, tears, sweat and saliva. Food and water go to the spleen, become essence or Yin Jing, which rises and then comes down the Ren channel to the testicles and ovaries and becomes Yang Jing. If you squeeze your finger tip and the red blood does not return within 1 second then the person has a yin Jing deficiency. If the stomach and spleen function are not good, then you could have deficient blood production.

b. Yang Jing – This is the first brick in the house. The kidneys are in charge of the storage and distribution of Yang Jing. Stored in the testicles and ovary - enables male to create semen, female to create egg. Pure Yang Jing is the source to create new life. If you follow nature you create life which brings you to death. If you reverse nature (through alchemical practice) it brings you to immortality. Yang Jing is cultivated directly through meditation and stillness. Enemy of stillness is motion. Stillness is the key to cultivation. Without stillness Jing is leaked and eventually you run at a deficit. If the yang Jing quality is low then the person will have menstrual problems and kidney deficiency. To fix the body first must fix Yang Jing. Yin Jing is easy to fix through food quality. Yang Jing is harder to fix. Quality of Jing directly affects quality of Qi.

2. Qi – the essential energy of the body. It is known primarily by its action. Qi is the energy of blood – the vital force. Qi is like the general and blood is the soldier – the Qi leads the blood.

a. Pre-heaven Qi = Yuan Qi – original Qi, is stored on the kidneys and it directly feeds the kidneys. If there is no Yuan Qi you will not be born. It initially comes from the parents. Genetic diseases come from imbalances here and come from the parents. Even these are still changeable. Through alchemical processes it can also be made from Yang Jing. If Yuan Qi is strong then have health, longevity, youthfulness, etc.

b. Post-heaven Qi = Zhen Qi – which runs/enervates the physical organs nad maintains the post-heaven physical condition. If the Yin and Yang Qi are balanced and work together then you have perfect health. If not in balance then you have illness.

i. Yin Qi is associated with the yin organs (Zang): heart, lungs, spleen, kidney, liver, pericardium

ii. Yang Qi is associated with the yang bowels (Fu): small intestine, large intestine, stomach, urinary bladder, gall bladder, triple burner

iii. Natural flow blockage results from imbalance.

c. Emotions leak Qi and motion leaks Qi.

d. Yang Qi develops increasing from birth to fullness and then decreasing until we die.

To stop leaking Qi, females in 80 days, males with 100 days of practice to regain 1 bar. Must start to practice Tai Qi, Qi Gong, Meditation, etc.

It takes females 480 days of practice to get back to youthful (14 years of internal age). It takes males 600 days to return to 16 years of age.

Kidney has 384 Shu (measure of Yang Qi) at peak - (♂ at 16, ♀ at 14)

Shen - When see 1st ray of light at birth, Shen/spirit comes to body. Before that in the darkness within darkness

a. Yuan Shen – Original Spirit. Pre birth, after birth, rises up after release attachment, material intelligence. The higher Yuan Shen gets the easier to get into Qi gong stage. Nurtured by Yuan Qi.

b. Shi Shen – Intelligent Spirit. It is activated when the baby learns to think, to smile. The more intelligent you become the more your spiritual energy decreases. It is nurtured by post-heaven Qi. Shi Shen – intelligent Shen, gradually replaces Yuan Shen as we learn more. Includes intelligence, ego, emotions.

c. The physical body is like a hotel. The Shen or Spirit is a guest in the hotel. The spirit seeks a compatible body. When the physical body begins to deteriorate the you attract a lower quality spirit. In order to feel sexy, good, and powerful must upgrade the hotel to attract a healthier Shen.

d. The Jing and Qi are like water in a fishbowl (the body), the spirit is like the fish. The better the quality of the water, the healthier the fish.

e. To upgrade must do Qi work: conserve Jing, detach from 5 senses, conserve their use but they must still function, nurture Shen.

f. Suppression of Original Spirit causes depression, anger and grief.

g. Yuan Shen is the administrator of the body.

h. Shi Shen runs the daytime, Yuan Shen runs the dream time. Every night the Yuan Shen tells the body what needs to be done.

i. The Yuan Shen has no time or space concept.

The human spirit is nurtured by Jing and Qi. If the physical is not strong that disrupts the harmony and strength of the spirit. The Jing and Qi level suffers through organ dysfunction. Organ dysfunction is due to attachment to the 5 senses and emotions:

Let go of the emotions: let go of fear, anger, attachment, sadness; then you are virtuous to yourself.

We need to work at energetic level to restore organ function to achieve healing. Each organ is associated with a particular emotion.

Liver – anger
Stomach – over thinking
Lungs – grief
Heart – Over joy
Kidneys – Fear

If there is too much of one emotion that indicates an organ imbalance.

When healing occurs there is an upgrade of the spirit.

Attachment decreases the quality and quantity of Jing and Qi. If the essence of the body decreases, then the spirit quality decreases.

FROM: http://wudangtao.org/

Great healers of the World #1 : John Chang (Java, Indonesia)

2010-06-16T16:47:00.007-04:00

I like to get inspired by other healers, in particular if they are great healers :-) So I will start a serie of post on those people you probably don't know but who are legitimate and very talented...

John Chang or Dynamo Jack in Java, Indonesia

I discovered him while surfing on amazon.com reviews about healing books. A book has been published by one of this student, named The Magus of Java: Teachings of an Authentic Taoist Immortal . The book talks about yang chi (which I think Reiki is part of) and yin chi (which I have once experiment but I am not a master of) and the use of this combined energy which is amazing...In the video you can see demos of the use of both forces combined, the most famous being burning paper at a distance.
It is all based on the mastery of an ancient science called Nei Kung, which is the internal version of Qi Gong which is more external.

I believe Yang Chi is like fire, and that we use it in Reiki, in Ayurveda we call it Prana. I also believe Yin Chi is like Apana in Ayurveda, it feels like liquid. When both are combined you have great results. In Ayurveda when Prana meets Apana, Kundalini raises....Now the question is....How do we developp Yin Chi ? I don't know yet but I will try to find out.

For people who read the book, here is a demo of a Level 3 Nei Kung test, to go to the next level. It is about projecting force to move an object (like pulling it).

If you want to read more about it, here is an interview of a Nei Kung teacher in New-York.

It seems there are Nei Kung workshops with Master Chu in New-York.

Robert Bruce youtube channel on astral projection

2010-06-10T16:28:00.000-04:00

Well, you may or may not know Robert Bruce...But if you don't, I guess you are not interested in astral projection. Robert wrote very interesting books on that subject...Indeed he even has one for a 90 days training to astral project....So is it good ? One of my client, who came for a past life regression tried it...He was very dedicated, doing all the exercises every day (he doesn't have a girlfriend!). After 70 days, he was able to go out for 5mn...Then he built it up progressively to about 40mn. He started visiting his appartment then went outside of the walls and started flying... So when I met him we spent 4 hours discussing about it, as I also have my own experiences on that subject but so far I haven't been able to do it on purpose...

So all of that to tell you that Robert is cool.... Check his youtube page HERE.

Eat Pray Love, about Creativity (TED)

2010-06-09T16:30:00.003-04:00

Kundalini Yoga kriyas

2010-06-04T15:49:00.000-04:00

Five years ago, when I landed in Montreal for the first time, during my first month, I started looking for a yoga studio. I had done hatha yoga in France on the rocks in front of the sea and in Russia with an Indian teacher that was speaking Russian (imagine how difficult it was for me to follow his instructions! :-) ). But in Montreal, I was looking for something more spiritual, more meditative, more focused on energy and the art of breathing.

So I found an ad with an old indian guy that was talking about Kundalini Yoga. I looked at it, thought it was a sect and continued my search...Little did I know that it was a documentation from Equilibrium studio and that this studio was 200m from where I was living...Anyway, time passed by. I moved out. I met a girl that was working in a yoga studio in order to have free yoga lessons... I go there to pick her up, it was Equilibrium studio...I take some documentation, read it, see again something about kundalini yoga....Finally after 1 year of going out with her and her going there every week, I take my decision to try it...

I start practicing once a week, it is hard, it hurts a bit, I can't breathe like them, it is too fast (refering to pranayama exercises) but for whatever reason I feel really great after. Then I start doing 3 times a week, I feel resistance while going there but always some joy after, and light, so light I feel I am flying...It is as if my body requires it and my ego fights it.

I talk a bit with the teacher at the end of some courses, asking for details about the positions...Then one day, I tell him that I know he will be my teacher, it is like an external force speaking through me and I can't resist...But still I don't register for the teacher training, because my ego fights it (it is too expensive, I won't have enough time to do it and so on)...So the training starts without me and I still go to yoga 3 times a week...One evening after the class, my teacher comes to me with a big smile and ask me why I didn't come to the 1st teacher training class and that I have to come...I think about it a lot, then join and then the process starts...

30 teachers at the beginning. Each month we practice a lot, it is harder than when we attend courses, we maintain postures longer, meditation with mantras and mudras is longer, I wake up at 4am to join sadhanas from 4:30am to 7am, our teacher wants dedication. I observe changes in my energy each month, and I notice that the class reduces each month. People quit because it is too hard, not just during classes, but also outside, because the subtle changes in their energy creates waves in their life that they can't handle. So we finish with 20 teachers and at the end during the talk we all describe our changes in life. As for me, I changed where I live, and my 3 years girlfriend too. It had opened new possibilities and those 2 were not compatible with those possibilities anymore. Others cry, being happy that they were able to sustain changes. Effects are like those you have with a Reiki attunement, but in slow motion. So it is harder for those that are far from their path and enjoyable for those that are already progressing towards their goals.

I enjoyed this process very much but it was hard and it tested my motivation. My former student colleagues are now teachers at Equilibrium. As for me, I give private lessons. I like to understand the problems or objectives of my clients and offer them a special path through some specific yoga exercices (kriyas).

If you want to know more about Kundalini Yoga, you can read interesting articles here

And you can find many kriyas here. Many teachers use those kriyas during classes, even if our teacher books contains around 100 of them and can keep our student occupied for a long time.

An interesting forum and a wiki about metaphysical subjects

2010-06-03T10:31:00.002-04:00

Here is an interesting forum and also a kind of wikipedia (wiki) about metaphysical subjects but in opposite to wikipedia where you can be edited and censored by other people, here you can express freely so it is refreshing :-)

Reality Creation : the best ressource on the web

2010-06-02T14:56:00.002-04:00

I discover this website about 4 years ago and I studied all their manuals. It is full of good ideas on what is reality, and how to influence it so that it matches your goals. The knowledge is really better than the marketing-new age one you would find in The Secret. Indeed I suspect the author is a former member of the Golden Dawn, a magical society. The concept exposed are simplified compared to the one from this order. The books can only be bought through his website, and are based on a workshop he used to give. Now he also organizes a chatroom where people can ask him spiritual questions.

I learnt many things thanks to him, I like his clear ideas and the way he can explain complex theories in a simple way, as such I consider him as one of my Teachers.

Interested in UFO information ?

2010-06-01T15:14:00.000-04:00

So you are also interested in knowing more about UFO ? here is a good channel on youtube about it : uforeport2009

Interested in Out of Body Experience videos ? check on youtube...

2010-05-31T09:38:00.002-04:00

So I was trying to find new ressources for my website and I found someone on youtube who is posting lots of video about out of body experiences...

More about it here

Reiki and effects on the aura

2010-05-27T12:33:00.001-04:00

While surfing on the internet looking for new ideas, I found this interesting text that I share here with you ...

Reiki is an energy healing art and holistic medical practice that has been recognized by the UN Health as a complementary and alternative medicine. Reiki is a proven technique. It is now used at some hospitals and hospice centers for reducing side effects of chemotherapy and medical treatment. Doctors in Taiwan have proven the effectiveness of Reiki using an instrument that measures energy called the 3-D MRA. They have shown that every organ in the body receives a 15% detoxification from a one hour Reiki treatment, which is the optimum percentage – any more detox than 15% would be too drastic. More information is available in Bangkok Natural Healing Reiki Manuals. Below are the aura pictures of people receiving reiki treatments by me and Salima to show benefits and stress reduction after only five minutes of Reiki.

Past Life Regression

2010-05-20T11:38:00.002-04:00

Have you ...

ever met anyone that you seem to know a lot about or immediately felt very familiar with, even though you have never met him/her before?
had recurring dreams, that are so vivid that you feel you are there?
always been fascinated by certain objects or music, even though it has nothing to do with your upbringing?
been drawn to visit or live in a place you have never seen?
been captivated by a period of history, like the French Revolution, even though you have no apparent connection to it?
a deep dislike for a place in the world, even though you have never been there, or choose not to go there, like a hospital or doctor's office?
had an affinity for a language that none of your family speaks or is not part of your heritage?
got an unusual scar or birthmark on your body that you had since your birth and is not explainable?
had persistent phantom pain in any part of your body?
had any fears or phobias since early childhood, that have no apparent reason?

Then you have quite possibly met these people, experienced these places or events in a previous lifetime or parallel life.

What is Past Life Regression?

"Let's pretend for a moment that you are sitting peacefully in a comfortable chair and daydreaming about nothing in particular. Suddenly you get a sense of being somewhere else ... just for a moment. Somewhere that you can see, smell, hear, and also feel emotion.
That's what a past life journey feels and looks like, except it's usually longer — sometimes lasting up to two hours or more — or occasionally shorter, depending on the lifetime experienced.
Remember the last time you were at the movies and you became so involved in the story that you cried? You were emotionally, even physically involved, but you also knew that there were people around you eating popcorn or whispering comments. That too is what a past life regression journey can feel like. You are there, and here, at the same time. Sounds strange? A bit perplexing? Maybe it is. But the feelings and the wisdom coming from the journey are profound and can be life-changing."

—Dr. Georgina Cannon, Return

We have all experienced memories that have no basis in our present reality. We often explain them away as dreams or "deja-vu". We have difficulty understanding where emotional or physical issues, like unfounded fears and phobias come from, especially when you have had no experiences that may have caused them.

What can it do for me?

One of the main benefits of doing a Past Life Regression is that we gain a deep wisdom and understanding that goes beyond our current experience. We bring back a lesson from another reality that can help us to see the events in this life in a different light, and can help us solve a problem or heal an emotional wound. By accessing another reality and uncovering the patterns of behavior in our lives, we can break a cycle of pain. By understanding the source of our problems or distress, we can let it go. The Regression allows us to move beyond whatever is holding us back from achieving happiness and fulfillment in our current life.
Another benefit of Past Life Regression is that we can experience life with a different color skin or a different gender, age, culture, different economic situation, and experience the world from a different perspective.

What if I don't go back?

Sometimes people have difficulties regressing into a past life. One reason can be that there is an issue in this lifetime that has to be worked on before they can explore other lifetimes. "But in general, of the people in my experience who requested past life regression — many of whom have never been hypnotized before — over 90% have traveled without difficulty into a past life regression." (G. Cannon)

How does Past Life Regression work or am I making this all up?

You lay down on a massage table and allow yourself to enter a slight hypnotic trance. You feel relaxed and at ease. It seems like you are in the present and in the past at the same time. You can hear everything that is going on around you in the room, while the therapist guides you gently through your past lives. For some people the stories of those lives unfold like a movie, others feel or just know what has happened, for some it is a combination of sensations.
A common concern is the doubt regarding the reality of the past-life experience. Some people wonder, if they are making up a story from creative imagination. What matters is that the story that you are experiencing is relevant and valuable to you in this lifetime. Some people believe they are remembering a past life, others believe that time is an illusion and different parts of our soul lead parallel lives, for others it is a metaphor of the subconscious mind. Perhaps, our lives happen chronological, perhaps, our soul experiences multiple lives running parallel and shining through into this reality. It does not matter as long as you bring a lesson, a certain wisdom back from the experience into your current life.
If you try to analyze a memory while you are experiencing it, you are likely to stop the flow of the memory. Analysis is a left-brain function, memory and recall a right-brain function. So the left side of the brain can "get in the way" by interrupting the experience. The best advice is to go with the flow, trust the impressions that you receive, and let the story tell itself. If you let that happen the memory begins to open in detail.
I am not trying to prove or disprove reincarnation. There are hundreds of books that give both sides to this issue. Regression, however, is a proven modality that works, over and over again. Find out for yourself by giving me a call or by e-mailing me at info@reikimatt.com

Next Reiki courses

2010-05-18T11:05:00.000-04:00

A minimum of 3 students is required to start a course.
Those courses are also given one to one for the same price, contact me to take an appointment.

Reiki 1 : May 30th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : June 5th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : June 6th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : June 12h (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 1 : June 13th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : June 19th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 2 : June 20th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master and Karuna Reiki Master : contact me, those courses are done one to one.

A weekly talk show about Reiki animated by Phyllis Lei Furomoto

2010-05-13T12:47:00.001-04:00

Even if she calls herself - modestly - the Reiki Grand Master (then who is Mikao Usui?), Phyllis Lei Furomoto has come with an interesting idea. She is animating a weekly internet talk show about Reiki.

You can reach it by clicking here

You can listen to her own experience using Reiki, learnt directly from her relative, Hawayo Takata by clicking on her own interview here

5 tibetan rites

2010-05-10T15:06:00.004-04:00

This is a practice I used to do every morning for a while, and it is worth it, energetically speaking.

Website in French / site web en Français

2010-05-04T17:19:00.006-04:00

Durant tout le mois de Mai, je vais progressivement traduire tout le site reikimatt.com en Français afin de faciliter la lecture des personnes francophones.

Ces pages sont accessibles en cliquant sur le lien "Français" dans le menu à gauche de chacun de mes pages webs.

During May, I will progressively translate all reikimatt.com in French so that it is easier for French speakers.

Those pages are reachable by clicking on "Français" in the menu on the left of each of my webpages.

Qigong masters and their skills...

2010-05-03T16:28:00.002-04:00

The more you work your qi, ki, prana, the more you develop "abilities" as I usually told my students. This happened to me, and is still happening with new skills appearing every 3 to 6 months. I don't want to go in the list of my little abilities, some are cool, some are little things I can do that wouldn't impress you but are still non classical...

But here is an example of those abilities from a qigong master...

First in a book you can get at Amazon :
Magus of Java

Then with a website talking about the master, John Chang and showing videos of what he can do :
Martial Development (unlocking potential through martial arts)

He is also known for his appearance in the documentary Ring of Fire.

If you want to know more about QiGong, why not listen to these podcasts of QiGong masters interviews ?

Ted : Tony Robbins : why we do what we do

2010-05-02T15:29:00.000-04:00

What is Reiki ? by reiki.org

2010-05-01T15:20:00.000-04:00

What is Reiki?

A Brief Overview

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy."

A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. Many have reported miraculous results.

Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

An amazingly simple technique to learn, the ability to use Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to the student during a Reiki class. This ability is passed on during an "attunement" given by a Reiki master and allows the student to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" to improve one's health and enhance the quality of life.

Its use is not dependent on one's intellectual capacity or spiritual development and therefore is available to everyone. It has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds.

While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, and there is nothing you must believe in order to learn and use Reiki. In fact, Reiki is not dependent on belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not. Because Reiki comes from God, many people find that using Reiki puts them more in touch with the experience of their religion rather than having only an intellectual concept of it.

While Reiki is not a religion, it is still important to live and act in a way that promotes harmony with others. Dr. Mikao Usui, the founder of the Reiki system of natural healing, recommended that one practice certain simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony, which are nearly universal across all cultures.

During a meditation several years after developing Reiki, Dr. Usui decided to add the Reiki Ideals to the practice of Reiki. The Ideals came in part from the five prinicples of the Meiji emperor of Japan whom Dr. Usui admired. The Ideals were developed to add spiritual balance to Usui Reiki. Their purpose is to help people realize that healing the spirit by consciously deciding to improve oneself is a necessary part of the Reiki healing experience. In order for the Reiki healing energies to have lasting results, the client must accept responsibility for her or his healing and take an active part in it. Therefore, the Usui system of Reiki is more than the use of the Reiki energy. It must also include an active commitment to improve oneself in order for it to be a complete system. The ideals are both guidelines for living a gracious life and virtues worthy of practice for their inherent value.

The secret art of inviting happiness
The miraculous medicine of all diseases
Just for today, do not anger
Do not worry and be filled with gratitude
Devote yourself to your work. Be kind to people.
Every morning and evening, join your hands in prayer.
Pray these words to your heart
and chant these words with your mouth
Usui Reiki Treatment for the improvement of body and mind
The founder , Usui Mikao

Reiki classes are taught all over the country and in many parts of the world.

Measuring chakras and the aura

2010-04-30T16:40:00.005-04:00

A few days ago, I had the opportunity to try a machine called the Adviser by T&D Medical.
You glue about 12 electrodes at specific points of your body (it seems those points are front and back of chakras from what I have seen) and the device will measure your energy and show multiple screens accordingly. The company is Canadian, they are in Toronto and they are originally from Russia.

Here is my reading.
I work out my energy every day and my body shows a completely healthy balanced state, while my aura has a good egg form.

Here is my friend reading.

And the same reading after she did Vipassana meditation for 15mn.

What I found interesting here is the fact that the veins will colored in yellow after this meditation which is based on energy sweeps from top to bottom and bottom to top...

I still don't know what to think about this device, but it could be interesting. In the mean time, I will continue to use my lecher antenna to do those diagnostics...

Next Reiki course

2010-04-28T16:37:00.000-04:00

Reiki 1 : May 1st

Reiki 2 : May 2nd

Reiki 1 : May 8th

Reiki 2 : May 9th

Reiki 1 : May 22nd

Reiki 2 : May 29th

Reiki Master : contact me, this is one to one course.

Past Life Therapy experience

2010-04-14T09:22:00.003-04:00

Last night, I was giving a Past Life Therapy session to a friend. She has been a hard case for me in the past, because she used to live in her head more than in her body. But thanks to the practice of Reiki, yoga and meditation, she is now more balanced and the experience was successful, she went deep without noticing it.

When I started practicing Past Life regressions, I was successful each and every time so when I first hit a wall with a client, I was shocked and didn't know what to do. Indeed I think I was lucky at my beginnings and attracted only easy clients. For me an easy client is a woman who has a strong artistic side, a right brainer. At the opposite, a difficult client is usually a man with a strong logical brain and lots of internal chats going on - something I call a strong Ego.

So in the past, I used to cross my fingers in order to not attract the difficult profile :-) But now, I have changed my mind and indeed I am interested in working on those hard cases because it is challenging and it helps me to develop new techniques.

For example, last night, our preparation included listening to binaural beats (a deep relaxation audio programs), as well as the use of my AVS system (audio visual systems). That helps to go in a light to medium trance and occupies the "chatting" mind enough so that we can progress to bring back the memories and usually the person won't even notice the change in her state, until she comes back from the experience.

As for last night experience, she was feeling pain behind her head, she could feel the blood getting out of her head, and the sharp rock that was responsible for it. She could feel she was losing consciousness, and that she would leave the body. It was very real for her so it was hard to sustain. Indeed she was seeing a previous death. In such kind of situation, I can always remove the pain by making her observe from outside or move her forward in the future or back in the past.

I think I can enhance a lot the way to regress people, even if Dolores Cannon technique is great, this doesn't use any energetical practice. I think the combination of hypnosis and energy work would greatly facilitate deeper states, and help people that have problems to let go of their Ego for a while. More to come about it in the future....

Next Reiki course

2010-04-01T17:16:00.000-04:00

Reiki 1 : April 3rd

Reiki 2 : April 17th

Reiki 1 : April 24th

Reiki 2 : April 25th

Reiki Master : contact me, this is one to one course.

Channeling while receiving a healing session

2010-03-15T16:26:00.003-04:00

I had an interesting experience last night while giving one of my healing session which combines Karuna Reiki, crystal healing and sound healing. Usually I also meditate before the session to increase the effects, this time I didn't.

Usually during a session I give aformation, silently in my head, to improve the condition of the client. This time I was working between the hara and the solar plexus while asking the client silently to show his light, expand his light outside his body. And her hand started to move in the air without her controlling it, the hand was showing body parts. Her eyes started to open half and she was looking at me with an empty look. The eyes were not blinking... I talked to her she didn't answer. She tried to open her mouth but no sound was getting out...

If that was the first time, I might be scared... But it happened to me already a few years ago during an intense session. At the end after a few sessions like that, the person took a pen and the hand started writing the story of a dead guy who wanted to guide the client. At my latest status with that client, she had written 100 pages of detailed info and had a daily contact with her new friend. The new friend convinced her of his existence by giving her facts she didn't know but could verify.

I also produce such state while doing past life regressions, when the client goes into medium to deep trance. But during those sessions, the client is able to talk and have very interesting things to say. Usually the voice will talk about the client as not being the same person. And usually they don't say "I" but "We"...

So to come back to last night, my client was upset. Upset to not be able to control her body during the process. Upset not to know why it was happening or what was the message.

The story will continue, with future sessions. Stay in touch until I solve this mystery :-)

Reikimatt in Florida

2010-03-05T09:40:00.000-05:00

Starting in July 2010, I will be also giving healing sessions (Reiki, Past Life Therapy, Thai-Yoga Massage and Shiatsu) as well as Kundalini Yoga courses in Florida. The location will be around Port St Lucie (PGA Village) but I will also travel to West Palm Beach/Boca Raton.

I will be available during weekends.

I will post more information in a few months.

Tao Shiatsu

2010-03-01T09:17:00.005-05:00

I have just finished my introductory course in Tao Shiatsu, also called Shuren and which is the introduction to Level 1 courses that I will start at the end of March and will take me about a year.

Learning Shiatsu is a long process and learning Tao Shiatsu also involves developing your heart chakra (Tao Heart) at a certain level so that you can reach the meridians / super vessels level and move the ki (qi/prana) of the client. Even if I have had hundreds of hours of practice in other techniques, I am still a beginner in Tao Shiatsu.

I decided to learn it because I received treatments and I was impressed by the results and how you can feel the energy moving in the body in a very different way than in Reiki. The aim is to remove the jaki (sankara in Vipassana meditation, "negative energy/blockage" in new age vocabulary) which has an impact on the health of the client (physical, mental).

Here is more info about the development of Tao Shiatsu :
The practice of Shiatsu has its roots in an ancient Chinese art called Doin Ankyo. What could be considered the yin and yang aspects of Doin Ankyo eventually evolved into chi gong and modern Anma (massage). Doin refers to the techniques of drawing ki energy in and circulating it throughout the body. Ankyo refers to sending out ki through manual therapy via pressure and manipulation. Doin was originally a Taoist method created from the combination of Indian yoga and Taoism. It eventually developed into three distinct disciplines: meditation, ki (energy cultivation) exercises and martial artistry. Eastern medicine’s various branches, including moxibustion and acupuncture, were originally founded upon the practices and philosophies of Doin Ankyo.

Modern day shiatsu developed during the Taisho period (1912 – 1925) when practitioners sought to recapture the essence and mind/body effectiveness of manual therapy. These practitioners primarily used the pressure method of Anma, but also made skilful use of other practices such as psychotherapy to add effectiveness. Eventually this treatment came to be called “shiatsu” after the publication of Tenpeki Tami’s “Shiatsu Ho” (Shiatsu Method) in 1919. Later, Tokujiro Namikoshi author of “Do it Yourself, 3 Minute Shiatsu,” which became a national best seller, popularized Shiatsu with his frequent television appearances and his catch phrase “All you have to do is press,” but the efficacy of Shiatsu as a medical treatment declined.

Shizuto Masunaga was born into a family of Shiatsu practitioners. After studying psychology at university he entered the field of Shiatsu and, while continuing his readings of classical texts, researched the practical clinical aspects of meridians and Shiatsu. Master Masunaga differed from other researchers of meridians. While some tried to adapt acupuncture points and meridians directly to clinical Shiatsu practice, Masunaga worked empirically, seeking to understand and systematically map patient responses to clinical treatment. Thus his understanding of the ancient classics was always derived from actual clinical practice.

Master Masunaga established the first Shiatsu system based on 12 Meridians throughout the body and the original diagnosis system using abdominal (hara) palpation. His other contributions include developing a system of stable and continuous “supporting pressure” using both elbows and knees in this way he avoided the problem of over-exertion of the thumbs. (Until this time, Shiatsu was mainly done with thumbs and over exertion frequently occurred). His methods also allow practitioners to empathetically recognize meridians. (meridians can only be recognized this way) .

Any living healing form must evolve to respond to the continually changing needs humanity. With the dawning of the 21st century, it became clear that Shiatsu was in need of a revolutionary change. First of all, the very meridians in human beings had undergone a distinct change since Master Masunaga’s time. Since the mid-eighties, jaki (ki toxin) in humans has gone much deeper into the body. As a result, the twelve meridians and methods outlined by Masunaga are no longer sufficient (by themselves) to treat patients.

Ryokyu Endo, the founder of Tao Shiatsu, was a direct student of Master Masunaga. Over many years of clinical research he discovered previously unrecognised meridians and subsequently developed new treatment methods and a unique teaching system based in the Ki Method.

By sincerely following the curriculum of the “Five Elements of Tao Shiatsu” anyone can learn to give truly effective treatment. Tao Shiatsu techniques offer great medicinal benefits and allow practitioners to be effective without strenuous effort. We are experiencing the birth of a manual therapy that is responding to the needs of the current age and at the same time, is bringing about a renaissance of the ancient techniques of Doin Ankyo as the core of Oriental Medicine.

Next Reiki course

2010-02-25T09:12:00.000-05:00

Reiki 1 : March 13th

Reiki 2 : March 14th

Reiki 1 : March 27th

Reiki 2 : March 28th

Reiki Master : contact me, this is one to one course.

Next Reiki Course

2010-01-29T11:00:00.000-05:00

Reiki 1 : February 20th (saturday)

Reiki 2 : February 21th (sunday)

Reiki Master : contact me, this is one to one course.

Next Reiki Course

2010-01-01T16:07:00.001-05:00

Reiki 1 : January 9th (saturday)

Reiki 2 : January 16th (saturday)

Reiki 3/ART : January 23rd (saturday)

Reiki 1 : January 31th (sunday)

Reiki Master : contact me, this is one to one course.

A scientifical analysis of out of body experiences

2009-12-10T14:52:00.002-05:00

OTHER WORLDS: OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES AND LUCID DREAMS
by Lynne Levitan and Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D.

"Out of body" experiences (OBEs) are personal experiences
during which people feel as if they are perceiving the physical
world from a location outside of their physical bodies. At least
5 and perhaps as many as 35 of every 100 people have had an OBE
at least once in their lives (Blackmore, 1982). OBEs are highly
arousing; they can be either deeply disturbing or profoundly
moving. Understanding the nature of this widespread and potent
experience would no doubt help us better understand the
experience of being alive and human.

The simplest explanation is that OBEs are exactly what they
seem: the human consciousness separating from the human body and
traveling in a discorporate form in the physical world. Another
idea is that they are hallucinations, but this requires an
explanation of why so many people have the same delusion. Some of
our experiments have led us to consider the OBE as a natural
phenomenon arising out of normal brain processes. Thus, we
believe that the OBE is a mental event that happens to healthy
people. In support of this, psychologists Gabbard and Twemlow
(1984) have concluded from surveys and psychological tests that
the typical OBE experient is "a close approximation of the
'average healthy American.'" (p. 40)

Our conception, also proposed by the English psychologist
Susan Blackmore, is that an OBE begins when a person loses
contact with sensory input from the body while remaining
conscious (Blackmore, 1988; LaBerge - Lucidity Letter; Levitan -
Lucidity Letter). The person retains the feeling of having a
body, but that feeling is no longer derived from data provided by
the senses. The "out-of-body" person also perceives a world that
resembles the world he or she generally inhabits while awake, but
this perception does not come from the senses either. The vivid
body and world of the OBE is made possible by our brain's
marvelous ability to create fully convincing images of the world,
even in the absence of sensory information. This process is
witnessed by each of us every night in our dreams. Indeed, all
dreams could be called OBEs in that in them we experience events
and places quite apart from the real location and activity of our
bodies.
  

WHAT ARE OBES LIKE?

So, we are saying that OBEs may be a kind of dream. But, even
so, they are extraordinary experiences. The great majority of
people who have had OBEs say they are more real than dreams.
Common aspects of the experience include being in an "out-of-
body" body much like the physical one, feeling a sense of energy,
feeling vibrations, and hearing strange loud noises (Gabbard &
Twemlow, 1984). Sometimes a sensation of bodily paralysis
precedes the OBE (Salley, 1982; Irwin, 1988; Muldoon &
Carrington, 1974; Fox, 1962). 

To the sleep researcher, these strange phenomena are
remarkably reminiscent of another curious experience, called
sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis occurs sometimes when a person
is waking from or falling into REM sleep, the state in which most
vivid dreams occur. During REM sleep, the muscles of the body,
excluding the eye muscles and those responsible for circulation
and respiration, are immobilized by orders from a nerve center in
the lower brain. This prevents us from acting out our dreams.
Occasionally, this paralysis turns on or remains active while the
person's mind is fully awake and aware of the world.

Some of the experiences people have reported during sleep
paralysis are: "I feel completely removed from myself," "feeling
of being separated from my body," "eerie, rushing experiences,"
and hearing "hissing in the ears," and "roaring in the head."
These events appear to be much like the OBE sensations of
vibrations, strange noises, and drifting away from the physical
body (Everett, 1983). Fear has also been described as a common
component of sleep paralysis (see the "Question and Answer" in
NightLight, Vol. 2, No. 1 for a discussion of overcoming fear in
sleep paralysis.)
  

WHEN DO OBES HAPPEN?

So, it seems possible that at least some OBEs arise from the
same conditions as sleep paralysis, and that these two terms may
actually be naming two aspects of the same phenomenon. As a first
test of this idea, we should ask how many OBEs actually occur at
times when people are likely to experience sleep paralysis --
that is, do OBEs happen when people are lying down, asleep,
resting, or while awake and active?

Researchers have approached the question of the timing of
OBEs by asking people who claim to have had OBEs to describe when
they happened. In one of these, over 85 percent of those surveyed
said they had had OBEs while they were resting, sleeping or
dreaming. (Blackmore, 1984) Other surveys also show that the
majority of OBEs occur when people are in bed, ill, or resting,
with a smaller percentage coming while the person is drugged or
medicated. (Green, 1968; Poynton, 1975; Blackmore, 1983 )

Survey evidence favors the theory that OBEs could arise out
of the same conditions as sleep paralysis. There is also
considerable evidence that people who tend to have OBEs also tend
to have lucid dreams, flying and falling dreams, and the ability
to control their dreams (Blackmore, 1983, 1984; Glicksohn, 1989;
Irwin, 1988).

Because of the strong connection between OBEs and lucid
dreaming, some researchers in the area have suggested that OBEs
are a type of lucid dream (Faraday, 1976; Honegger, 1979; Salley,
1982). One problem with this argument is that although people who
have OBEs are also likely to have lucid dreams, OBEs are far less
frequent, and can happen to people who have never had lucid
dreams. Furthermore, OBEs are quite plainly different from lucid
dreams in that during a typical OBE the experient is convinced
that the OBE is a real event happening in the physical world and
not a dream, unlike a lucid dream, in which by definition the
dreamer is certain that the event is a dream. There is an
exception that connects the two experiences -- when we feel
ourselves leaving the body, but also know that we are dreaming.

In our studies of the physiology of the initiation of
lucidity in the dream state, we observed that quite of few of the
lucid dreams we collected contained experiences like OBEs. The
dreamers described lying in bed, feeling strange bodily
sensations, often vibrations, hearing loud humming noises, and
then rising out of body and floating above the bed.

Those studies revealed that lucid dreams have two ways of
starting. In the much more common variety, the "dream-initiated
lucid dream" (DILD), the dreamer acquires awareness of being in a
dream while fully involved in it. DILDs occur when dreamers are
right in the middle of REM sleep, showing lots of the
characteristic rapid eye movements. We know this is true because
our dreamers give a deliberate prearranged eye-movement signal
when they realize they are dreaming. These signals show up on our
physiology record, so that we can pinpoint the times when
lucidity begins and see what kind of brain state the dreamers
were in at those times. DILDs account for about four out of every
five lucid dreams that our dreamers have had in the laboratory.
In the other 20 percent, the dreamers report awakening
from a dream and then returning to the dream state with unbroken
awareness -- one moment they are aware that they are awake in bed
in the sleep laboratory, and the next moment, they are aware that
they have entered a dream and are no longer perceiving the room
around them. We call these "wake initiated lucid dreams" (WILDs).

A casual look at the dream reports and physiological
records led us to think that the OBE-type dream content was
happening mostly in WILDs. So, we analyzed the data
scientifically in the experiment described below.
  

THE LABORATORY STUDY

The data we studied consisted of 107 lucid dreams from a
total of 14 different people. The physiological information that
we collected in conjunction with each lucid dream always included
brain waves, eye-movements, and chin muscle activity. These
measurements are necessary for determining if a person in awake,
asleep, and in REM sleep or not. In all cases, the dreamer
signaled the beginning of the lucid dream by making a distinct
pattern of eye movements that was identifiable by someone not
involved with the experiment.

After verifying that all the lucid dreams had eye signals
showing that they had happened in REM sleep, we classified them
into DILDs and WILDs, based on how long the dreamers had been in
REM sleep without awakening before becoming lucid (two minutes or
more for DILDs, less that two minutes for WILDs), and on their
report of either having realized they were dreaming while
involved in a dream (DILD) or having entered the dream directly
from waking while retaining lucidity (WILD).

Alongside the physiological analysis we scored each dream
report for the presence of various events that are typical of
OBEs, such as feelings of body distortion (including paralysis
and vibrations), floating or flying, references to being aware of
being in bed, being asleep or lying down, and the sensation of
leaving the body (for instance, "I was floating out-of-body").


RESULTS: MORE OBE-LIKE EVENTS IN WILDS

Ten of the 107 lucid dreams qualified as OBEs, because the
dreamers reported feeling like they had left their bodies in the
dream. Twenty of the lucid dreams were WILDs, and 87 were DILDs.
Five of the OBEs were WILDs (28%) and five were DILDs (6%). Thus,
OBEs were more than four times more likely in WILDs than in DILDs.

The three OBE-related events we looked for also all
occurred more often in WILDs than in DILDs. Almost one third of
WILDs contained body distortions, and over a half of them
included floating or flying or awareness of being in bed. This is
in comparison to DILDs, of which less than one fifth involved
body distortions, only one third included floating or flying, and
one fifth contained awareness of bed.

The reports from the five DILDs that we classified as OBEs
were actually much like those from the WILD-OBEs. In both the
dreamers felt themselves lying in bed and experiencing strange
sensations including paralysis and floating out-of-body. Although
these lucid dreams sound like WILDs, we had classified them as
DILDS because the physiological records showed no awakenings
preceding lucidity. However, it is possible that these people
could have momentarily become aware of their environments (and
hence been "awake") while continuing to show the brainwaves
normally associated with REM sleep. The science of the EEG is not
sufficiently advanced that we can tell what people are
experiencing by looking at their brainwaves. Anecdotes from dream
reports indicate that people sometimes become aware of sensations
from their sleeping bodies while dreaming -- for example, the
dream in which you are trying to run while your legs become
heavier and heavier, perhaps because you are feeling their true
immobile condition.


OBES AND WILDS OUTSIDE THE LABORATORY

Our laboratory studies showed us that when OBEs happen in
lucid dreams they happen either when a person reenters REM sleep
right after an awakening, or right after having become aware of
being in bed. However, we wondered if this relationship would
apply to OBEs and lucid dreams that people experience at home, in
the "real world."

Not being able to take the sleep lab to the homes of hundreds
of people (the DreamLight may soon give us this capacity!), we
took a survey about OBEs and other dream-related experiences,
somewhat like the past studies referred to earlier. The
difference between our survey and previous ones is that in
addition to asking if people had had OBEs, we asked specifically
about certain events that we know to be associated with WILDs,
namely, lucid dreaming, returning directly to a dream after
awakening from it, and sleep paralysis.

A total of 572 people filled out our questionnaire. They
were either students in an introductory psychology course or
readers of the NightLight. About a third of the group reported
having had at least one OBE. Just over 80 percent had had lucid
dreams. Sleep paralysis was reported by 37 percent and 85 percent
had been able to return to t a dream after awakening.

People who reported more dream-related experiences also
reported more OBEs. For example, of the 452 people claiming to
have had lucid dreams, 39 percent also reported OBEs, whereas
only 15 percent of those who did not claim lucid dreams said they
had had OBEs. The group with the most people reporting OBEs (51%)
were those who said they had experienced lucid dreams, dream
return, and sleep paralysis.

We would expect people who can return directly to dreams
after an awakening to be prone to having WILDs, and therefore
also to have frequent lucid dreams. Indeed, in this survey,
people reporting frequent dream return also tended to report
frequent lucid dreams. Thus, we believe that the fact that dream
return frequency was linked with OBE frequency in this study
gives further support to our laboratory research finding that
WILDs were associated with OBEs.


WHAT DO WE KNOW NOW?

Our two studies have compared the frequency of OBEs in the
two types of lucid dream, and surveyed the relative frequency of
OBEs and dream-related events in a large number of people. We
have thereby learned that when OBEs happen during lucid dreams,
they generally happen in lucid dreams that arise from brief
awakenings in REM sleep, and that people who have certain special
dream experiences are more likely to have OBEs that people who do
not. These dream experiences include returning to the dream state
after an awakening, lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis.
   Above we described our operating theory that OBEs occur
when people lose input from their sense organs, as happens at the
onset of sleep, while retaining consciousness. This combination
of events is especially likely when a person passes directly from
waking into REM sleep. In both states the mind is alert and
active, but in waking it is processing sensory input from the
outside world, while in dreaming it is creating a mental model
independent of sensory input. This model includes a body. When
dreaming, we generally experience ourselves in a body much like
the "real" one, because that is what we are used to. However, our
internal senses in the physical body, which when we are awake
inform us about our position in space and the movement of our
limbs. This information is cut off in REM sleep. Therefore, we
can dream of doing all kinds of things with our dream bodies --
flying, dancing, running from monsters, being dismembered -- all
while our physical bodies lie safely in bed.

During a WILD, or sleep paralysis, the awake and alert mind
keeps up its good work of showing us the world it expects is out
there -- although it can no longer sense it. So, then we are in a
mental-dream-world. Possibly we feel the cessation of the
sensation of gravity as that part of sensory input shuts down,
and then feel that we are suddenly lighter and float up, rising
from the place where we know our real body to be lying still. The
room around us looks about the same, because that is our brain's
best guess about where we are. If we did not know that we had
just fallen asleep, we might well think that we were awake, still
in touch with the physical world, and that something mighty
strange was happening -- a departure of the mind from the
physical body!

The unusual feeling of leaving the body is exciting and
alarming. This, combined with the realistic imagery of the
bedroom is enough to account for the conviction of many OBE
experients' that "it was too real to be a dream." Dreams, too,
can be astonishingly real, especially if you are attending to
their realness. Usually, we pass through our dreams without
thinking much about them, and upon awakening remember little of
them. Hence, they seem "unreal." But waking life is also like
that -- our memory for a typical, mundane day is flat and lacking
in detail. It is only the novel, exciting, or frightening events
that leave vivid impressions. If we stop what we are doing, we
can look around and say, "Yes, this world looks solid and real."
But, if you look back and try to recall, for instance, brushing
your teeth this morning, your memory is likely to be vague and
not very life-like. Contrast this to a past event that excited or
alarmed you, which is likely to seem much more "real" in
retrospect.

Lucid dreamers often comment to themselves in dreams, "I
know this is a dream, but it all seems so incredibly real!" All
this goes to show that the feeling that an event is real does not
mean that it is happening in the physical world that we all share
when we are awake. This is not to deny that that inner
experiences are real, in that they have deeply profound effects
on our lives. However, as lucid dreaming so amply demonstrates,
we can learn to distinguish between our personal dreams and
events in the consensus dream we call physical reality. When we
do, we find that what we thought was one thing -- the waking
world -- is actually another -- a dream.

Proof that some or even most OBEs are dreams is not enough
to allow us to say that a genuine OBE is impossible. However, in
the interests of lucidity, if you have an OBE, why not test to
see if the OBE-world passes the reality test? Is the room you are
in the one you are actually sleeping in? If you have left your
body, where is it? Do things change when you are not looking at
them (or when you are)? Can you read something twice and have it
remain the same on both readings? If any of your questions and
investigations leave you doubting that you are in the physical
world, is it not logical to believe you are dreaming?

Another point to consider is that a dream doesn't always
have to happen in REM sleep. Most do, but there are probably
quite a few other conditions in which people can lose touch with
sensory experience and enter a mental world. Some such states
that we know of are hypnotic trance, anesthesia, and sensory
isolation. OBEs have been reported from these states (Nash et
al., 1984; Olson, 1988). Thus, the argument that an OBE cannot be
a dream because the experient wasn't asleep doesn't hold water.


THE "IN-THE-BODY" EXPERIENCE

To end this discussion of the origins of the OBE, an event
considered unbelievable by many and metaphysical by others, let's
consider the state of affairs that is considered normal: the "in-
the-body" experience. What does it mean to be in a body? Saying
that one is in a body implies that the self is an object with
definite borders capable of being contained by the boundaries of
another object -- the physical body. However, we do not have any
evidence that the self is such a concrete thing. What we think of
as "out-of-body" in an OBE is the experience of the self. This
experience of being "in" a body is normally based on perceptual
input from the senses of both the world external to the body and
the processes within the body. These give us a sense of
localization of the self in space. However, it is the body, and
its sense organs, that occupy a specific locus, not the self. The
self is not the body or the brain. If we think that the self is a
product of brain function, even this does not make it reasonable
to state that the self is in the brain -- is the meaning
contained in these words in this page? It may not make any sense
on an objective level to say that the self is anywhere. Rather,
the self is where it feels itself to be. Its location is purely
subjective and derived from input from the sensory organs.

Putting aside the question of the essential nature of the
self, perception is undeniably a phenomenon tied to brain
function. So, when we find ourselves experiencing a world that
seems much like the one we are used to perceiving with our usual
equipment -- eyes, ears,  etc., all things linked to our brains,
it would be logical to assume that it is our usual brain creating
the experience. And, if we were to really leave our bodies --
severing all connection with them -- it would be illogical to
assume that we would see the world in the same way. Therefore,
although no amount of contradictory evidence can rule out the
possibility of a real "out of body experience," in which an
individual exists in some form entirely independent of the body,
it is highly unlikely that such a form would utilize perceptual
systems identical to those of the physical human form.

Spiritual teachings tell us that we have a reality beyond
that of this world. The OBE may not be, as it is easily
interpreted, a literal separation of the soul from the crude
physical body, but it is an indication of the vastness of the
potential that lies wholly within our minds. The worlds we create
in dreams and OBEs are as real as this one, and yet hold
infinitely more variety. How much more exhilarating to be "out-
of-body" in a world where the only limit is the imagination than
to be in the physical world in a powerless body of ether! Freed
of the constraints imposed by physical life, expanded by
awareness that limits can be transcended, who knows what we could
be, or become?


REFERENCES

Blackmore, S. (1983). Beyond the body. London: Granada.

Blackmore, S. (1984). A postal survey of OBEs and other experiences.
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 52: 227-244.

Blackmore, S. (1988). A theory of lucid dreams and OBEs. In
Gackenbach, J. and LaBerge, S., (Eds.), Conscious Mind, Sleeping
Brain, p. 373-387. New York: Plenum.

Everett, H. C. (1963). Sleep paralysis in medical students.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 136: 283-287.

Eysenck, M. W. (1982). Attention and arousal. Berlin:
Springer-Verlag.

Faraday, A. (1976). The dream game. Harmondsworth, England:
Penguin.

Fox, O., quoted in Muldoon, S. & Carrington, H. (1974). The
Projection of the Astral Body, p. 35. New York: Samuel Weiser.
Gabbard, G. O. and Twemlow, S. W. (1984). With the eyes of
the mind. New York: Praeger.

Glicksohn, J. (1989). The structure of subjective experience:
Interdependencies along the sleep-wakefulness continuum. Journal
of Mental Imagery, 13: 99-106.

Green, C. E. (1968). Out-of-the-body experiences. London:
Hamish Hamilton.

Honegger, B. (1979). Correspondence. Parapsychology Review,
10: 24-26.

Irwin, H. J. (1981a). Some psychological dimensions of the
out-of-body experience. Parapsychology Review, 12: 1-6.

Irwin, H. J. (1988). Out-of-the-body experiences and dream
lucidity. In Gackenbach, J. and LaBerge, S., (Eds.),  Conscious
Mind, Sleeping Brain, p. 353-371. New York: Plenum.

LaBerge, S. (1986). Lucid dreaming. New York: Ballantine.

LaBerge, S. Levitan, L., Brylowski, A., and Dement. W. C.
(1988). "Out-of-body" experiences occurring in REM sleep
(abstract). Sleep Research, 17: 115.

LaBerge, S. unpublished data

LaBerge, S., Levitan, L., and Dement, W.C. (1986). Lucid
dreaming: Physiological correlates of consciousness during REM
sleep. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 7: 251-258.

LaBerge. S. (1986). Lucid dreaming. New York: Ballantine.

Levitan, L. Lucidity Letter

McKellar, P. (1957). Imagination and thinking. New York:
Basic Books.

Muldoon, S. & Carrington, H. (1974). The Projection of the
Astral Body, p. 35. New York: Samuel Weiser.

Nash, M. R., Lynn, S. J., and Stanley, S. M. (1984). The
direct hypnotic suggestions of altered mind/body perception.
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 27: 95-102.

Olson, M. (1988). The incidence of out-of-body experiences in
hospitalized patients. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6: 169-174.

Poynton, J. C. (1975). Results of an out-of-the-body survey.
In Poynton, J. C. (ed.) Parapsychology in South Africa.
Johannesburg: South African Society for Psychical Research.

Salley, R. D. (1982). REM sleep phenomena during out-of-body
experiences. Journal of the American Society for Psychical
Research, 76: 157-165.

Zubeck, J.P., Pushkar, D., Sansom, W. & Gowing, J. (1961).
Perceptual changes after prolonged sensory isolation (darkness
and silence). Canadian Journal of Psychology, 15: 83-100.

Design of the universe

2009-12-05T15:19:00.000-05:00

Free Thai-Yoga massages

2009-11-30T16:24:00.003-05:00

I am learning Thai-Yoga massage at the moment at Lotus Palm. In order to be certified I need to give 105 massages before end of 2010. I then plan to join FQM so that I will be able to give receipts to my clients.

For the moment I went up to Thai-Yoga Massage 3 out of 6 levels. So I am able to give 3 standardized massages : 1h30, 2h or 1h. I can also customize massages based on your ayurvedic constitution. Indeed I now know above 120+ different moves.

For those who don't know it, Thai-Yoga Massage is a technique of massage where you are fully clothed (because we don't use oil). Lots of positions look like assisted yoga position, this is why many yoga teachers learn this. It increases flexibility and stretch you. Out of all the techniques of massage I tried, this was the one where I was feeling the best after receiving it so I decided to learn it.

Check the youtube videos here.

So I am looking for people interested in receiving it FOR FREE. I can give up to 6 different massages to a person (2x1h30, 2x2h, and 2x1h) and each time I pass a level, I can give 2 additional massages using the new positions to the person interested (so up to 12, when I reach level 6).

The massages will be documented and be used to get my diploma.

So don't hesitate to contact me to take an appointment. I live in Montreal, QC.

Next Reiki Course

2009-11-23T09:55:00.001-05:00

Reiki 1 : December 5th (saturday)

Reiki 2 : December 12th (saturday)

Reiki 3/ART : December 19th (saturday)

Reiki 1 : December 27th (sunday)

Reiki Master : contact me, this is one to one course.

2008-04-04T20:41:00.002-04:00

Next Reiki courses

2007-10-25T15:40:00.000-04:00

A minimum of 2 students is required to start a course.

Reiki 1 : Nov 3rd (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Nov 4th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Nov 10th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 1 : Nov 11th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Reiki Master : contact me, this is one to one course.

Karuna Practitioner Level 1 : Nov 17th (saturday 11am-5pm)

Reiki 2 : Nov 18th (sunday 11am-5pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 2 : Nov 24th (sunday 11am-5pm)

McGill Tribune Interview about Reiki

2007-09-28T10:28:00.000-04:00

I did an interview last week about what is Reiki. The journalist, Carolyn Yates, asked me many questions that were supposed to be published in this McGill newspaper. Indeed she just published 4 lines (about non interesting matters). She also made many mistakes and globally the article was neutral, going towards the actual consensus about alternative medicine. I learnt after that it was her first article. She also told me she would put a link to my website but of course there was none. I will put her mistakes about her lack of experience. Or maybe I should remember that journalists can't be trusted, they just write what they want to, and that this is the reason why more & more people are going to uncensored blogs instead of reading censored & controlled information sources?

So here is the original interview :

What is the theory behind Reiki?

At the beginning of the 20th century, a Japanese man named Mikao Usui discovered a new healing ability that he named Reiki. In Japanese, Ki is the same as Qi or Chi in Chinese medecine or Prana in Vedic medecine : there is an abundant and universal life force around us that we can tap into. Usually we get Qi by breathing or by taking it from the food we eat but there is also the possibility to tap directly into the source. Reiki is a way of doing it. This extra energy is taken by the Reiki practisionner who acts as a channel and given to the "lower energy" client. Physical problems and emotional issues can be seen as lacks of Qi at specific points in the body (chakras, meridians). If you fix the cause then the problem disappears by itself without the use of external chemistry or the need to open the body.
Out of the many holistic medecine systems that appeared in the last century (most in the New Age era), Reiki has a very good reputation because it has been around for nearly 90 years and shown good results that can be reproduced.

Are there different varieties? What is the difference between them?

Last time I counted there was 200 varieties of Reiki. Reiki is like a base technique and when people adds something to it they want another name for the technique. But out of this jungle of Reiki techniques, what you should look for is what is called Usui Reiki. This is normally the original technique taught by the vast majority of Reiki Masters around the World. There are national associations that sets the teaching standards and the ethic code: in Canada this is the Canadian Reiki Association (CRA), www.reiki.ca. The CRA also ask for people to submit a number of case studies in order to join them.
Apart from Usui Reiki, Karuna Reiki is very popular among Usui Reiki Masters that want to go to the next step. While Usui Reiki energy is gentle, Karuna's energy is strong, sometimes painful at first, but very efficient. I teach both.

From a non-mystical perspective, what is Reiki ?

Is Yoga mystical ? Is Meditation mystical ? Reiki is a technique so by itself it is not mystical. People can make it mystical by adding their own beliefs or fears by lack of understanding. In the world, there are 3 medecine systems : Western, Ayurvedic, Chinese. We live in the West so most of us don't even know about the 2 other systems even if they are older than the Western system. 2 out of 3 systems tell that the human being is using a force named Prana or Qi. Without any Qi in the body, the body is dead. With a boost of Qi, the aura, the energetic body around your body which acts as an interface between you and the rest of the universe, will extend in size, change its colors, shines more. All of the concepts we use in Reiki like chakras, aura layers, and so on, have been used in Ayurvedic medecine for ages. I personally see the physical body as a results of thoughts and emotions. You create your own illnesses. And as such you can also by yourself and with the help of some extra energy, reverse the process. The body is a lot smarter than what our current model teaches us.

What do people expect out of their session/what are reasons people would attend a session?

The minimum expected is a feeling of relaxation, a zen attitude, at the end of the session. This is why many books will describe it as a relaxation technique...But this is just a side effect. Reiki is a healing technique. Depending on the level of experience of your Reiki practitioner, changes can happen on the physical or emotional or even on your life path (we would call it your spiritual side). On the physical, healing will occur, sometimes on very old problems that you thought you would carry all your life. Emotional release means clients may cry or laugh during a session but this process will help them to move forward. The life path changes are the ones I am always amazed at, how life can reorganize itself in a smarter way...
I work on handicapped people, drug addicts, people with sleeping disorders, back problems, people who wants to commit suicide, bipolars, but also on simpler cases like people who just want to experiment how a boost of Qi can influence their life.

What should someone undergoing treatment expect to feel during a session?

Reiki is often perceived as a heat, which moves fast in the body. Others will feel tingling sensations, waves, pulses. During Karuna sessions, I have often seen hands moving by themselves or feet playing soccer on the massage table. The most interesting part being that the client doesn't know it, and doesn't control it. He/She feels as in a medium trance, the body being heavy and the mind very light.
I don't need to touch the body for those sensations to happen. Indeed most of the time I am working above it.

What physical changes would someone experience after a session?

It all depends on what the client brings. Let us talk about my last 2 weeks: I have seen a 1.5 year old problem related to the sciatic nerve (problem to get up), annoying enough that the doctor recommended reeducation, disappear in one Karuna session. And I am working on a mentally handicapped girl that can not walk without support. A lack of oxygen in the brain during birth makes her not able to control her legs since then. During our first session, she felt her feet for the first time in her life. We both cried. She had a back problem (8th vertebra broken after falling down, she was forced to take cortisone the last 2 years)...She couldn't feel it anymore after the session. She felt a wave in her pelvis and was able to walk without support and without shaking directly after the session. Indeed she met her physiotherapist one week after and he cried too. The inclination of her pelvis had changed by 2cm. And it was not a one time event, as I have been working on her during 3 sessions and we can both see how her body is becoming progressively a lot more flexible and the sensibility is coming back to her legs.

How many sessions do clients usually attend?

Some people come for healing something specific and this usually takes from one to 3 sessions. Other becomes addicted to how zen it makes them and will come every months for energy level checkup and maintenance like they go to the hairdresser :)

Have you ever practices with anyone in the medical profession?

I have taught Reiki to many PhDs in science (biology, pharmacy and so on), I have taught also to physiotherapist, osteopaths, naturopaths. As I like to work on difficult cases, because this is where I can learn new things, my clients are generally followed by professionals and I like to get their point of views about the evolution of their case. I would really like to work on cancer patients in cooperation with hospitals or with the Canadian Cancer Society.

If yes, what were the circumstances and results?

A good example is the one I gave previously about my handicapped client. The physiotherapist cried, considered it a miracle, and wondered whether the positive effects would stay or if they would disappear as soon as my client would stop meeting me every 2 weeks. The other physiotherapist asked for my phone number and will probably learn Reiki soon.
I have often seen professionals being perplex about the results, not being able to classify it with their known reference so they have 2 options: it is a miracle, or "hmmm maybe we were wrong when we diagnose this problem initially" (and then they move on without further analysis). I would like to work more with professionals. I contacted hospitals and I am willing to be scientifically analyzed while performing healing because I am a scientific (engineer) and I want science to progress and I really think there is something worth studying here.

If no, why not?

N/A

What is your opinion of medical professionals who discredit Reiki?

Healers and medical professionals share the same aim: healing and helping other people. We can learn from each others by working together. If you have never experience Reiki and you criticize it based on your fear of change, the best way to open your mind is to try a session. And from there, we can have interesting discussions about new ways of seeing a human body. Don't hesitate to contact me.

Have there been any recent developments in Reiki therapy?

Apart from Karuna Reiki which is around 10 years old, all the actual developments are based on the combination of Reiki basic technique with techniques working in the energy field around people (aura).

Is there anything else you would like to say about Reiki therapy?

As a teacher, my aim is to bring more autonomy to people regarding the management of their health. Learning Reiki, you can also treat yourself. Your skills will develop with practice and discipline, so this is also interesting to get sessions from people with experience.
I dream about cooperation between medical professionals and Reiki practitionners and would like to work directly where I am needed the most, in hospitals.

by Matt Briand, a Usui and Karuna Reiki Master Teacher in Montreal.
http://www.reikimatt.com
info@reikimatt.com

The McGill Tribune article...

2007-09-27T11:03:00.000-04:00

This is an example of how information is censored and transformed with the bias of the journalist, in this case this is Carolyn Yates, at McGill Tribune :

With over 200 varieties and practitioners all over the globe, Reiki therapy just might be the answer to midterm anxiety. With the premise of the body as an energy system, practitioners channel hefty amounts of Universal Life Force Energy into patients and manipulate energy fields to facilitate healing. While it doesn't replace scientific means of treatment, it can be used as a supplement.

"Many people come to Reiki as a complement to their traditional medical care. Many others find that they want to approach their health care on a more holistic level and Reiki is extremely effective for stress reduction, pain management, numbness and dizziness," explains Karen Wylie, a registered practitioner and teacher with the Canadian Reiki Association. It can also boost the immune system, promote self-awareness, and reduce sleeping disorders and back problems.

Still skeptical? "Reiki is at the very least a stress reduction and relaxation therapy," says Wylie. "It is no more mystical than microwave energy."

Sessions last about an hour. Patients lie on a table, fully clothed, while the practitioner directs energy from the universal life force through their hands to corresponding energy points along their patient's body. Unlike massage, acupuncture, and other therapies based on tissue manipulation, Reiki involves no hands-on movements. Even when the patient gives permission for touch, there's very little physical contact-a benefit for cases where a firmer pressure might cause too much pain, or for those who don't like to be touched.

Many patients report feeling tingling sensations and deep relaxation after a session, but whether this is from lying in the dark for an hour or from energy healing remains to be seen.

While the main purpose of Reiki is healing, members of the CRA can't "claim that Reiki can cure, nor… diagnose any medical problems or prescribe, nor will they ever advise a client to stop taking medications, unless qualified to do so," according to the CRA Code of Ethics, which all practicing members must sign.

Doctors are equally reluctant to give credit to alternative medicine. "The doctors who I have talked to are not yet open to the idea," explains Wylie. "But I have worked with chiropractors often and they recommend my Reiki services… [they] feel that Reiki is a compliment to chiropractic care. They recommend Reiki for those they feel need additional help for emotional stress and pain management."

Other therapists are more hopeful for the future of Reiki in a hospital setting. "I have taught [Reiki] to physiotherapists, osteopaths, naturopaths," says Matt Briand, who both practices and teaches in Montreal. "Healers and medical professionals share the same aim: healing and helping other people. We can learn from each other by working together."

Wylie agrees. "There need to be more areas where traditional and complementary healing modalities work in harmony."

Doctors may be skeptical, but you don't have to be. Sessions are short and usually between 45 and 75 dollars a pop, so for the student with money to burn and wanting a boost of life energy, Reiki might be just what you need.

Many new ways to save money now !

2007-09-07T21:18:00.000-04:00

I just updated the website with some exciting news so that you can get more for less ! :)

- Each time you refer me to someone new that decides to meet me for a session, your next session (Reiki or Past Life Therapy) will be half the price !

- Each time one of my student will refer me to a new student, he will receive a free Karuna Reiki session.

- Also there are new specials : 60$ / 1 session, 150$ / 3 sessions or 300$ / 7 sessions (for Reiki and also for Past Life Therapy using crystals). 100$ / 1 session using Dolores Cannon Technique and 250$ / 3 sessions or even 500$ / 7 sessions.

LBL : Life Between Lives (Michael Newton Technique)

2007-09-06T21:31:00.000-04:00

I am studying Michael Newton's technique to explore what is going on in between lives, he calls it LBL: Life Between Lives, another way to call the Astral world. Michael has written very detailed books sharing his experiences with clients he met for 30 years: Journey of Souls, and Destiny of Souls.

I will create scripts based on his recommandations and soon I will start offering it to my clients. As usual with a new techniques, I will test it for free with my friends and students.

I will probably be ready for the end of September!

Cheap Moldavite in Canada

2007-09-05T21:43:00.000-04:00

Moldavite is a very popular but also very expensive stone for people interested in crystals.
There is even a book dedicated to it : Moldavite starborn stone of transformation

In legend, it is believed that moldavite was a gemstone used in the Holy Grail. The richly colored translucent green stone. Moldavite is the only known gemstone of extraterrestrial origin. High Vibrational Moldavite Moldavite is the only known "gem quality" green stone of extra-terrestrial origin.

Moldavite was produced from a meteor collision that fell over the Moldau river valley in Czech Republic over 15 million years ago. Even people not sensitive to the energies of stones, often feel the energy of Moldavite. Many sense it as heat, tingling or pulsing sensation in their hand. Moldavite may be used to open up the chakras. Wearing it helps manifest positive life change. MOLDAVITE IS SELF CLEANSING.

So I found a way to get some for 8$ cad /g directly from Europe.

People interested in seeing the stones, contact me at info@reikimatt.com

The tibetan singing bowls...

2007-09-03T20:16:00.000-04:00

I am not just interested by crystals, I am also really into Tibetan singing bowls. I had 3 in France and did lots of experiments with them. And this is really fascinating how sound can influence the thoughts...

Here are some good performances on youtube...

And an online shop in the US selling some :
Silver Sky Import

And the only serious antique Tibetan Bowls seller on Internet :
Himalayan Bowls (videos explaining how to select a bowl)

Next Reiki courses

2007-09-01T19:32:00.000-04:00

Reiki 1 : Sep 3rd (monday 2pm-7pm)

Reiki 2 : Sep 4th (tuesday 2pm-7pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Sep 5th (wesdnesday 2pm-7pm)

Reiki Master : Sep 8th & 9th (saturday & sunday 1pm-7pm)

Reiki 1 : Sep 10h (monday 2pm-7pm)

Reiki 2 : Sep 11th (tuesday 2pm-7pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Sep 12th (wednesday 2pm-7pm)

Reiki Master : Sep 15th &16th (saturday & sunday 1pm-7pm)

Reiki 1 : Sep 22th (saturday 2pm-7pm)

Reiki 2 : Sep 23th (sunday 2pm-7pm)

Reiki 3/ART : Sep 29th (saturday 2pm-7pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 1 : Sep 30th (sunday 2pm-7pm)

Karuna Practitioner Level 2 : Oct 7th (sunday 2pm-7pm)

UFO: update your knowledge...

2007-08-10T23:03:00.001-04:00

Yesterday I met Steven Greer from The Disclosure Project who was at a conference in Montreal.

2 things I highly recommend to watch for people who are not up to date on alien lifeforms :

Disclosure Project : scientific from governmental agencies finally talk :

Press Conference :

Part 1 :

Part 2 :

Former Majestic 12 scientific discuss alien biology, time travelling (looking glass), stargates. (some parts may be quite hard to follow for non scientific audience)

He has a website : HERE

And of course Jaime Maussan, at a UFO Conference, full of UFO videos :

Zeigeist - The Movie

2007-08-03T12:09:00.000-04:00

This is an interesting movie about :
- The origin of Christian Religion (Horus cult in Egypt)
- The 9/11 scam, the Federal Reserve scam
- The general plan behind all of this

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

Unfortunately for you people, this is very near the truth...Time for waking up and start thinking about what society you really want.

Reiki new courses...ART and Tibetan Reiki Master

2007-08-01T11:43:00.000-04:00

At the beginning, I decided I would stick to the 3 levels as defined by Takata, the third being Reiki Master Teacher for people who wants to teach Reiki.

But I received a lot of requests from my level 2 students that want to go beyond the level 2 but as I didn't consider them ready for teaching I was rejecting them.

In June, I have been attuned by my 4th Master using the Tibetan Reiki method (which uses some additional symbols). I have been aware of the Tibetan techniques since the beginning of this year, using in particular the crystal grid one.

It is now time for me to teach this in-between level, called ART (Advanced Reiki Techniques). For that I will rely on the official manual written by William Lee Rand.

I also decided to teach the Reiki Master Teacher level using the Tibetan way, in addition to the classical way so that people who wants to know about it don't need to go to the USA to do so (as there are not so many Tibetan Reiki Masters in Montréal).

So those 2 new courses will start in September.

Next Reiki courses

2007-07-19T11:11:00.000-04:00

Reiki 1 : July 24th (wednesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 2 : July 25th (thursday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 1 : July 31th (tuesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 2 : August 1st (wednesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 1 : August 7th (tuesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 2 : August 8th (wednesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 1 : August 14th (tuesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 2 : August 21th (tuesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 1 : August 27th (monday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 3/ART : September 2nd (sunday 2pm-6pm)

Some wisdom from Robert Happe

2007-07-17T21:30:00.000-04:00

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Thank you Francesca for the link

Past Life Regression Techniques Comparison

2007-07-13T11:22:00.000-04:00

So far when doing Past Life Regression, I can use 2 very different techniques :

- first one with laser quartz : usually the client is seeing elements of his past lives in about 10mn (even if this week I had a client seeing things after about 3mn)

- second one is using relaxation : it takes about 25mn for the person to be there (I included lots of cleaning sequences in the preparation).

In both cases, the client is in a light trance. Soon I will practise Past Life Regression using deep trances: that means the logical brain will be switched off so that the information given is purer and more precise.

Also I have a belief that the more we go into the Past Life Regression mode, the faster & easier it is to go back in this state in the next session.

New courses coming soon...

2007-07-12T17:28:00.001-04:00

Probably in September I will start teaching new courses :

Reiki :
-Advanced Reiki Techniques also known as ART is also known as Level 3A (when there are 4 levels, the 4th being the Master Level also known as 3B). I didn't think I would teach it but I received some many requests from my Level 2 students that I will do it. You receive the Master attunement but you don't learn how to attune people but you learn new specific techniques like crystal grids, some Reiki meditations and psychic surgery. I will teach it the way William Lee Rand teach this course. It will start in September.

-Tibetan Reiki Master Teacher : in addition to the classical way, I will also teach Reiki Master Teacher, the William Lee Rand way. It will also start in September.

-Karuna Reiki (tm) : Karuna 1 Practisionner Course & Karuna 2 Practisionner Course: this is for people with at least Usui Reiki level 2 and some practise. Karuna is frequently defined as more intense, deeper, working on past lives... I also agree with those statements even if at the beginning I had big doubts something better than classical Usui Reiki existed, I must admit I am still amazed by Karuna. All my Usui students receive Karuna Reiki sessions before getting attuned, and they all prefer its strong effects. With those 2 new courses, you will be able to use 4 new symbols (in Karuna 1) and then an extra 4 symbols (in Karuna 2). It will start in October and my students need to be at least ART or Reiki Master to do it.

Then later I will also teach Karuna I & II Master Course probably in December.

Past Life Regression: Guides / Blocked People

2007-07-04T00:38:00.000-04:00

I didn't believe in guides before I was attuned to Reiki (or to be more precise I was believing in guides when I was having my psychic experiences when I was teenager but then when the experiences started to fade out I stopped communicating with them), but since I practise Reiki in a rather intensive way, I often feel like my guides follow my spiritual education.

For example, during one specific week : I will only receive people who are lost in their lives, or another week people who have back problems, or another one, people who were abused when they were younger. So they decide about thematics and then people with those problems are attracted to me.

The same also happens with Past Life Regression, I feel guided. Let us be more precise: on June 19th and June 20th I receive 2 clients who don't know each other & with very different profile but who shares the same issue : it was very hard to make them go and see their previous lives.

Before June 19th, I was 100% successful with the technique I invented. But that day would change my statistics. After 10mn she was not there, no rapid eyes movement, no trance. After 20mn, still nothing, I am still confident, we continue. After 30mn, absolutely no trance...
I was shocked...Then she told me she had seen a hypnotist that does PLR, she had done 5 sessions at 90$ each and had not been able to see anything. The hypnotist was probably as amazed as I was that day. So 6 times and nothing. Are my crystals a bit tired ? My intuition was not saying that.

On June 20th, I receive a client for a Reiki Master course and we do a PLR just before the Reiki Master attunement. No regression before, he had confessed that when reading PLR experiences I share on my blog he was always crying. I know him well, he is a tough guy, so I am surprised when I hear about this extra sensitivity. 30mn with the crystal technique and nothing...I feel a bit nervous but I decide to be patient. He asked me to cover his eyes so he can't see the light. We are both nervous, I assume he thinks it won't work either. I then use my second technique using a 30mn induction...15mn in the hypnosis process and I see him breathing VERY intensively, I am a bit afraid wondering what is going wrong, his breathing is as if he has a physical problem or an intense stress, and we are still in the induction process, the preparation, we are not supposed to be there yet, but it seems we are already.

He tells me that he is a woman and that he/she is burning in front of his daughter. He sees his death and while telling me this story he is crying. I ask him question about his name, what city he is in, what century, why he is burning and so on... He answered for his name. He tells me that his daughter is near him/her. He doesn't answer any other questions. He doesn't want to be bothered. I will understand later than indeed he wanted to spend all his time with his daughter by him/herself, without anybody else interrupting. I tried the healing by separating them. They hugged each other but he/she is still very angry. When he gets back from this life, he is angry. I thought at the beginning that he was angry against me. It seems he is angry, as he says, against "the men", his eyes are still wet.

He tells me how it makes sense for his existing life. He tells me how he likes to be alone, in a forest, far away from civilization. It comes from the anger he had in this life against other stupid men. A few days later he is still talking about it.

For me those 2 examples are in the same category: the experience is so strong that they don't want to see it again, there is a big block. My first case resisted but I will see her again and use all my toolbox and I am quite confident that it will work, with the extra help of her guides, we will remove the blockage.

PLR is such a great addition to Reiki. Reiki gives you a boost of energy, balance your chakra system. But to fix your karma, either you work on it in between lives, or you experience it over & over in many lives or you try to understand it now in this life to make a quantum leap and progress to the next step in the life of your soul...

Reiki and Hypnosis state...

2007-07-03T23:31:00.000-04:00

I have had a strange experience with a student yesterday. I had given a Reiki 2 attunement one week ago but my intuition was telling me to do it again. Indeed during the first Reiki 2 attunement she had behave strangely : with her eyes closed, she was moving her head while I was working on her, as if she was trying to avoid what I was doing.

The second time, she did it again...While I was working on her forehead she bent her head in front of her so that I couldn't continue my work in the normal way. I tried to gently push her head so that I could see her forehead again....but I couldn't...Her head was so heavy I couldn't move it...

That was strange, she is just 5"4 and she doesn't look that strong but really I couldn't move her head... At the end of the attunement, her hands were glued in Gassho position, they didn't move and I tried to help her but once again the force was so strong I couldn't move her hands apart. It is as if she was made of steal.... And then she couldn't open her eyes for 2mn...She was forcing them but it didn't work...

It made me think of the hypnotist who put the woman in between 2 chairs and sit on top of her...Catalepsy...That was the same state... More & more I see some similarities between hypnosis and the Reiki I do on my clients. They are often in light or average trance when I work on them. They look as if they were sleeping and they lose consciousness of their body. It first happened when I started giving Karuna sessions, before with Usui sessions I didn't notice this "depth".

I do believe that if I could put people in deep trance and work on them using Karuna, I could achieve very strong results. The same if I was putting people in deep trance for PLR, we could really do so many things in particular for the space in between lives.

At the moment I am reading a very good book about PLR and in particular lives in between lives, soul group, death, and so on. One of my close friend recommend it to me and I also HIGHLY recommend it to anybody interested in the suject: Destiny of Souls by Michael Newton

Next Reiki courses

2007-07-03T23:27:00.000-04:00

Reiki 1 : July 6th (friday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 2 : July 10th (tuesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 1 : July 11th (wednesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 2 : July 17th (tuesday 2pm-6pm)

Reiki 3 : July 18th (wedneday 2pm-6pm)

Beer as a medecine (for pharmacist) :)

2007-06-19T21:05:00.000-04:00

Beer for Women
envoyé par weaknights

PLR and "In Between Lives"...

2007-06-16T10:32:00.001-04:00

Yesterday I gave a Reiki 1 attunement to one of my student and during the attunement (the 2nd one), she saw an Indian woman crying. As she usually doesn't see anything while her eyes are closed just for a few minutes, I thought it might be a good idea to do a regression just after the attunement.

And so did we...

She had problems to see so I put my hands on her head and it was a lot clearer. We went into 2 lives: one in England in 1874 where she was a boy named Sam. Another one in India in the 8th century where she was a girl. In both cases, I launched the healing process. In both lives she was suffering from loneliness and that was the main idea at the time of death. In her actual life this is also a problem: no real friends, no boyfriend.

As I had read about "in between lives" I decided to discover it and asked her to go in the space just before she was born. A few seconds later she had travelled there. I ask her to call a guide, she tried but the guide was not coming. So I call him by myself and here he came :) So she asked the guide what was the aim of this life and he said "to move above the body". Asking again he said "to raise the consciousness beyond the body". She asks what is her soul name and he answered "Seth"(?). She asked what is your name and he said "Core"(?). She also asks what is her soul group and she got no answer, it seems it didn't know or the question was nonsense. At the end of this question the guide wanted to leave. She told me after the experience that the guide was wondering why he was disturbed for such questions :)

A Blog on Astral Projection Experiences...

2007-06-15T10:42:00.000-04:00

I just started reading it (thanks to Dora) :

http://www.kurtleland.com/multihuman/

2 interesting websites about PLR in Ontario

2007-06-14T23:47:00.000-04:00

By looking for resources on PLR (Past Life Regression) I found those 2 serious websites :

A training focusing on what happens in between lives :
http://www.lifebetweenlivescanada.com/

The Toronto Hypnosis Centre teaches Past Life Regression :
http://www.ont-hypnosis-centre.com/

Some folks call it Bardo, others the "Blue Mist" the space between your current life and the one before. The times between death and re-entering the womb for another life. But what goes on in that time-space? What happens to the soul?

What do we learn, or more importantly, what do we need to learn from that time?

Many writers and including those with Near Death Experiences have documented the visions, the experiences that happen during those times. And they mostly follow similar patterns. The soul group, the learning process, the council of elders, the choice of the new body/life we make before re-entering this world. Often, questions are answered: what are the key elements of purpose of my "thumbprint" soul? Who are the people that I have journeyed with from lifetime to lifetime? What is the purpose of my journey in this lifetime? How and why did I choose this particular body and brain? Fascinating and profoundly moving questions and answers.

This got me excited and I will probably experiment this with my former clients and then if that works extend it to my newer client too. This looks fascinating...

Past Life Regression : it is getting weirder....

2007-06-14T12:30:00.001-04:00

On Monday, I had another round of weird Past Life Regressions.

The first one started with my client feeling she was a particle of matter that could be found in any object. She told me that time didn't exist, that everything was always moving like in a wave. She saw lots of geometry forms. Then at one point I asked her what was her name and she told me "Brigitte" (not her name in this life) and from there we went into a life in Bretagne, France in 1850 where she was a farmer taking care about her parents. During this second part, we did a healing. The old personality asked the new to plant a tree for her in order to heal her (the old personality hanged herself for various reasons), something my client promised me to do. The interesting point is that each time my client lose control about external events, she feels a pressure in her throat. We will see how it evolves in the future.

Later in the evening, I did a Karuna session which gave strong physical reactions. I saw a foot bending like I thought it was not possible. The foot was totally stressed then it went to the leg and the knee. I put my hands on both in order to relax them. My client had no control over it and was surprised that her body was reacting by itself. At the end, because I had such experiences in the past, I told her it might be related to one of her former personality and so we decided to explore her past lives. The beginning was weird again...She couldn't see anything, still she described me some symbols I was using on her precisely. I think she was astral projecting during the experience, but she had not open her astral eyes. I made her move and she found herself being in the light, she described it as a life on the Sun. She was named Sarah and was neither a girl nor a boy and she was relaxing there. My personal interpretation of this one was that she was in between lives. From there I asked her to go to an event connected to her strong physical reactions during the session and I had just finished to say the sentence and prepare her energetically that her body was contracting again. Both feet were bending and nearly touching each others. Her left hand was also bending and moving as if she was trying to talk to me via the hand. She told me she was on a stone table and she was attached (her legs, her arms, her throat). She felt some energy in her throat, I asked her to let it go (I had some experiences like that in the past, where I felt this energy and spoke another language). The energy raised. She asked me to add some energy in her throat which I did but time was running over and as it was late we had to stop but I think we will explore it further in the future.
It was really intense!

Then yesterday I facilitated another Past Life Regression. This time, my client asked me if that was possible that he could be a dog because that is what he was seeing. He was in the forest hunting...Then he learnt a lesson. From my side, I was seeing it as a message from his higher self or from his guide that needed to be delivered this way. I don't think a dog can become a human but what do I know about it? Then he jumped to another life where he was fighting in a tournament other knights in France at Henri IV time. The message was to never go to the war. It seems he died in this tournament.

Past Life Regression or ...what is going on ???

2007-06-08T18:47:00.000-04:00

I continue to experiment with my new technique for past life regression. As you may or may not know I don't use hypnosis in opposite with the majority of people facilitating those experiences. I use some special crystals that I have programmed in the past for this specific topic.

Yesterday I had a strange experience. We prepare for a past life regression and indeed we had some kind of extraterrestrial communication...Somebody floating in space, without a physical body, discussing about traveling in space, about a planet far away called Namya, about the fact that time doesn't exist and everything happens at the same time like in parallel universes, about the fact that we are all interconnected, and also about the future of planet Earth...This Being main activity was to collect knowledge, even if he/she said that everything was already known.

This was the first of its kind. I know that Dolores Cannon has had many of those experiences in the past. She was also shocked because this is not what we expect when we facilitate P.L.R.

Astral Projection / Out of Body Experience

2007-06-07T18:35:00.000-04:00

This week I decided to focus on Astral Projection. In the past, when I was 7 and then between 15 and 17, I had some fascinating experiences called OBE or Out of Body Experiences and also some lucid dreams (you wake up in a dream and then you change the scope of the story).

Since then, I haven't had such experiences and this year I decided it was time to try again, using the best ressources on this topic.

It seems it is possible to project using some specific mantras. So I put my alarm at 4am from tuesday up to today. Each day at that time I tried to project using the mantras. The first day I woke up and after saying the mantra for a few minutes I feel as if my body was surrounded by light but I didn't project... The second day, after saying the mantra, I had a lot of activity inside my body, my heart was going faster, it felt the projection was nearby, as those are some of the sensations you usually feel in this case. People even report they are scared and think they will die because of the heart going faster...And the 3rd day, I was so exhausted that I didn't even try.

In the mean time, I went to a friend of mine who knows hypnosis and ask him to help me to project. He had a special induction on this subject. So we did try it, and my legs started to shake a lot. I felt some energy running in my legs and that was the reason why they were shaking so much. After I felt my "other" arm lifting up when my physical arm was still down. It happened to both of my "other" arms at the same time... But unfortunately no complete projection...

I think I need to be more patient, this astral projection requires lots of work and you need to keep being motivated as it is a bit hard at the beginning.

The Secret...

2007-06-01T08:41:00.000-04:00

This is really funny, I liked and disliked the Secret when I saw it last year...I didn't like the absolute non spirituality surrounding it, and the fact they consider the Universe as a Shopping mall to get various toys (a car and so on...)

Astral Travel

2007-05-29T13:20:00.000-04:00

I found a very interesting website that offers free video lessons on how to astral project.

The course is online but they also have a center in Montreal (Plateau) and both are for free :

http://gnosticweb.com/

I started studying their Astral Travel course since the last 5 weeks and this is very interesting, it seems 60% of the people attending this course succeed in their astral projection. Different techniques are exposed (visualisation and mantras based).

EMF balancing technique

2007-05-27T23:15:00.000-04:00

At the moment, thanks to Conrad, I am receiving EMF balancing techniques sessions. It is a balancing technique for the aura, they work on various chakras around the body and each session lasts 1h-1h30. I like it, I feel the work being done.

For the moment I received the first 3, and I hope to receive the additional 5 ones in the near future.

If you want to read more about it :
EMF

Stone, my world is stone :)

2007-05-25T13:32:00.000-04:00

I dreamt about it and there it is. I am buying so many crystals (I have more than 100 quartz and maybe as much other stones) that I didn't want to continue paying high fees by buying in Montreal shops. So now I buy directly at the source, the one who provides the crystals to the shops so it is usually half the price you would see everywhere else.

If you want to buy some crystals at low price, don't hesitate to contact me and we will go there together ! It is in Montreal near Jean Talon.