Reiki Mark Cross

16/09/2026

Laughter is sooooooo good for us!

11/09/2026

Why is Reiki such a prevalent healing technique? One of the reasons is because it's one of the few healing techniques where a teaching framework was created.

Many healers discover they have a gift at restoring balance and harmony but Mikao Usui, the founder of Usui Reiki Ryoho, was one of the few healers that passed his techniques on.

It is known that Usui trained 22 people (there may have been more) to teach his approach which is why Usui Reiki has survived when other forms of Reiki from that time did not.

Usui's teaching approach is unsurprisingly when you consider Usui founded his first school for gifted students when he was 26 years old, going on to head up a Methodist school and a night school age 33. Usui clearly had passion for education before turning it to teaching Reiki later on in his life.

Usui's techniques have since become the foundation of three levels of Reiki training taught today.

Level 1 - Shoden - Beginners teachings.
- Poems and the Reiki precepts for cultivating the right mental attitude to perform healing
- Meditation techniques to develop focus, a strong and stable base and energy in the hands
- Self treatment and treating others
- Reiju - a spiritual activation ceremony to remind the student of their true nature

Level 2 - Okuden - Inner teachings
- 3 symbols and their associated mantras (Kotodama) to embody being Reiki on a deeper level
- Additional meditation and healing techniques
- Honouring the precepts at this next level of training
- Marked case studies enable practitioners to perform Reiki treatments professionally

Level 3 - Sinpinden - Mystery teachings (sacred transmissions of secret knowledge)
- Revisiting the intentions behind the first 3 symbols and mantras
- Inclusion of the 4th symbol and mantra
- Option to go to teacher level and learn the Reiju process and how to become a Reiki teacher

Each level is 2 days of training, though this can be done over a longer time frame. Levels are completed at an organic pace, determined by the mastery of each level before progressing on to the next. Historically in Japan it took years of dedicated practice to move through the levels. Here in the West people want quick results and kudos, so typically ask to move through the levels much quicker.

Couple the availability of being taught how to perform healing, along with an established curriculum and people's desire for a way to support themselves and loved ones, it's unsurprising Reiki has become as popular as it has. Though it hasn't reached the popularity it had in Japan in Usui's time as yet where at least one family member would have done the training, investing considerable sums to educate themselves on this healing approach and pathway to enlightenment.

Want to tread in their footsteps? I run courses on demand and specialise in supporting families with and horse owners wanting a way to provide timely support to their . Please get in touch for more information.

07/09/2026

Can Reiki help me at work?
For a long time now, I have wanted to help people understand that Reiki techniques aren't just useful as a healing tool - but as a way of us and others living a happier and healthier life.

Reiki, for me, is a tried and tested approach to my True Self. For some their approach will be religion, others sport or music and some lucky souls are naturally themselves all the time anyway. For me the meditation techniques, spiritual teachings, precepts and treatments strip away my emotional baggage and let the real me come out to play. This shocked me at first, which tells you how shut down I was, but is something I am grateful for, and used to, now.

However, when sharing about Reiki with others I don't want to stop there - I want to share my experience on how it has profoundly shaped the way I am with other people.

One of the areas of my life this is most obvious is in my work. Alongside teaching Reiki and giving treatments, I also offer health coaching and learning experiences with horses. Neither of these look like a conventional Reiki treatment with a person lying on a couch, yet both draw profoundly on my Reiki skills.

In both the coaching and Equine Facilitated Learning, I use my Reiki knowledge to ground myself before a session and ensure I am as blank a canvas for the client as I am able. Being grounded is important in the workplace to maintain equilibrium when things don't go to plan, which invariably they don't. Being grounded also helps me hear better, respond more appropriately and stay in the present moment rather than mentally wander off and get distracted. This means I'm more likely to make a good decision first time around.

During a session, I make myself as open and available as possible, letting the client take from me what they need. Some clients need reassurance, others need to have their struggles witnessed, whilst some need me to match their energy and enthusiasm without being told to be quiet or less curious. My openness comes from having no preconceived ideas about how a session should look, something my Reiki training taught me very early on. This skill applies to all walks of life. Whether it's a surgeon about to complete a complicated procedure, a support worker helping an autistic person navigate the world or a teacher helping children to develop numeracy and literacy - there is never a bad time to be responsive to the moment.

Reiki has also helped me to be intuitive and to have confidence in my perceptions. Intuitively we may pick up in our body some of what the other person is experiencing. We can use this information to make informed choices on how best to proceed, pacing our interactions to a level people can handle, knowing when to stop and when a person needs more of a challenge.

At the end of a session, my Reiki techniques help me to make a clean transition into my next activity. Being grounded and present helps to process experiences quickly and that gives people the freedom to be fresh for the next task. It also helps support mine and the wellbeing of others and knowing what is needed to maintain wellness - something I think a lot of people could really benefit from.

I had no idea any of these benefits were available to me before I completed my training. These are experiences that have come with diligent practice and an open mind, and I am very grateful.

So many people think that Reiki is simply the hands on healing experience. I would argue it is much more than that. Reiki is a vehicle to your true essence and thus a pathway to peace. What you do with that essence and how you experience it in your unique scenario is something only you can answer. 💜

21/08/2026

Today I was blessed to have a and treatment from Harmony Crystals .

Thanks to Wendy's excellent crystals I've amassed quite a collection of my own, so I got them all out today for a cleanse and added them to Wendy's collection for the treatment.

Thanks to Wendy I've been reminded of who I am (core principle of Reiki) and something that is bothering me is a problem no more.

Are you a crystal addict? I find them so collectable! 💎

14/08/2026

I have 2 students that would like to do a equine-specific Okuden (level 2) training and I wondered if anyone else was interested?

Our proposed date options for 2 days next to each other are :

29-31 October
5-7 November

Courses run 10am - ~4.30pm and we spend time each day with the HorseSense UK herd.

Who is the course for?

This course is for those that have completed Shoden in traditional Japanese Reiki and have a established practice. You will need to have a good practical grasp of the precepts, experience of treating yourself and others and ideally are a horse owner or work with horses.

Completion of the course plus 6 assessed case studies will result in a certificate of your professional competency to treat humans. It is recommended you complete an animal specific training if you would also like to work professionally with animals.

More details and a course outline is available here:

https://www.horsesenseuk.com/event-details/okuden-for-horse-lovers-2

A Shoden (level 1) course for horse owners will be coming soon, plus I hope a Shoden course with a focus on supporting the autistic community.

All courses come with ongoing support and the invite to join my online community. 🙂

Feel free to reach out with your questions!

Furthering your spiritual practice to benefit yourself and your horses.

04/08/2026

Reiki, treatment or cure?
Many people learn how to do Reiki treatments to help themselves and their loved ones. Common issues they come to address in themselves and others are anxiety, digestive issues, chronic or acute pain, depression, asthma or autoimmune disorders.
Whilst treating an upset stomach recently I was reminded, do we do Reiki simply to deal with symptoms, or is it capable of dealing with the cause?
Of course, the answer is both.
Reiki is fantastic for acute issues such as pain, aches, injuries and infections - but if we were to stop there, we'd be selling it short.
When I work with clients, I'm not only looking to alleviate their current discomfort, but get to the cause of the imbalance in the first place.
In fact, if I'm honest, I'm only interested in addressing the cause because I know that will deal with all aspects.
It means setting and working with a deeper intention. That requires a limitless mindset and not getting in the way of the treatment doing it's thing.
I know this gets results!
I have clients that have come to me with chronic health conditions that now don't have those issues. This isn't uncommon. If they diligently stick to a schedule of treatments and don't sabotage their success, change will happen!
However, you can't force change, you have to allow it.
It's like water running down a hill, you have to apply the treatment and let the water flow the way it wants to.
This is about accepting life as it is and being at peace with all realities.
This takes courage and strength, something we already are.
So the next time you have an ache, infection or pain, I invite you to not only treat the discomfort but the cause of the discomfort.
Let me know how you get on!

29/07/2026

Reiki in the garden today! We were in the shade this morning with a warm breeze. It was beautiful.

24/07/2026

Teaching Reiki today to teacher level! I ask my students to come back another day and demonstrate their teacher abilities before I will certify them and then they know they are ready to do it themselves.
This means I am either looking for 4 brave and courageous students wanting to learn the art of healing to benefit themselves and their friends and family, or 4 students wanting to go to the next level of their training.
Course fees vary depending on what level you are learning at. Learning about working with animals and option (though I can't certify anyone in that). Payment plans available.
Would you like to learn Reiki? Can you help?

21/07/2026

Reiki is the word to describe the energy that all physical matter vibrates with, the invisible energy of thought, and an awareness of the stillness all energy exists in.

When you learn Reiki, you learn to detect and support energetic balance so energy flows and is harmonious.

Stuck energy causes dis-ease. Chronically excessively moving energy causes dis-ease. We are ideally looking for dynamic energy that can respond when required and return to calm when no longer necessary

Reiki therefore speaks to everything both living and inanimate and is therefore suitable for things both living and inanimate.

Reiki is not about changing the energy of something, but allowing it to be as it is, without restrictions or excess.

Horses, like any other being, benefit enormously from Reiki to help them with their issues. Just this morning I helped one horse whose owner is going through a lot of grief and another with an upset colon due to a change of diet.

As the practitioner I do nothing more than hold a stabilising space for the horse to do what it needs to do, whether that's feel and release emotions or reverse anxiety over gut pain so the colon can relax and move again.

Just like humans, thoughts and emotions can cause dis-ease in animals, and just like humans, supporting emotional wellbeing can result in improved physical wellbeing.

The calm space a Reiki practitioner holds is directly related to the practitioner's ability to do that for themselves. Therefore you'll find the most effective practitioners are the ones with an established meditation practice, that live life in a meditative way, have regular treatments themselves and adhere to the Reiki precepts on a daily basis.

Reiki is a way of life, something you are invited to commit to from the very beginning. It's not something you do for an hour a day and then drop and forget about, but a moment by moment practise of being mindful and present. A practitioner will constantly be challenging themselves to be more compassionate, diligent and free of the past, present and future. They will be grounded in their now-ness, innocent and free of resistance and attachment.

If that all sounds very spiritual, it because it is! "Rei" means spiritual, acknowledging the seen and unseen for more harmony and therefore health.

I am currently collecting names of people that would like to learn this calming and nurturing approach. You do not have to have any kind of gift or prior experience, anyone can learn the techniques of this approach and apply them to their daily life.

Courses are 12 hours long and generally happen over 2 days. Those 2 days do not have to be next to each other.

I specialise in teaching Reiki to parents, animal lovers, neurodiverse and those with chronic illnesses. I teach in a beautiful rural location in Mark Cross, East Sussex with horses close by and offer payment plans for financial ease.

Courses start at £225 for the Shoden (beginners teachings) and I go right through to the teacher level. Pricing includes teaching materials and ongoing online support. I also host both online and in-person shares.

Feel free to reach out with your questions or to request to be included in the date setting exercise for future courses. I look forward to hearing from you.

14/07/2026

If you have put off booking a treatment because of the heat lately then I can assure you my treatment room is lovely and cool. It is North facing and surrounded by farmland and woodland which means that it rarely gets above 25°C.
Enjoy reducing your stress and staying cool. Appointments available Friday and next week.