3/1/2020 Anya van Til Last night I brought my 12 year old daughter to bed and had to comfort her. She was upset about some critique she got from her brother. Even though the critique was valid, she felt too upset to fall asleep.I had to help her out “It’s not about what someone says”, I …
Reiki as shugyo
12/21/2018 Frans Stiene and Anya van Til In simple terms, Shugyo means to cultivate. The system of Reiki is exactly the same: it is a system about cultivating. But what are we cultivating? We are cultivating our own inner great bright light, our true self. Thus we can say that the essence of both Shugyo …
meditation
6/3/2018 Anya van Til I flew this week. Took a plane to Moscow. Family visit combined with administrative issues.The moment I sat in the plane I knew I would film taking off.I used to fly a lot and the comparison between a meditation and taking off has formed itself a long time ago. I visualised …
cooking Reiki
5/18/2018 Anya van Til In the kanji of Ki (in Rei-ki) you can see the steam of the boiling rice.The Ki, therefore, is the energy that a Reiki practitioner radiates just like steam.We as Reiki practitioners are so called cooking Reiki.But is Reiki the same everywhere? Rice exists in almost every kitchen. It is just …
are you creative?
2/27/2018 Anya van TIl “What do you do with your creativity?”, asked the woman who was reading my toes at a Feet workshop.“My creativity? You mean like singing or drawing?”Hmmm, I had two toddlers at the time and the Feet workshop was an attempt to get away from the Pampers. Says enough, right? This was years …
how do we really learn Reiki?
1/5/2018 Anya van Til According to the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), which made a research on existing learning methodologies, there are 5 universal aspects of development, which we go through in the process of learning something. These are:• Intention• Attention• Repetition• Instruction• Reflection The IONS claims that if you manage to cover all these …
Reiki and Aikido
10/26/2017 Anya van Til Aikido and Reiki are the two opposite ways of training in my opinion, which in the end teach you the same:Do not anger,do not worry,be true to yourselfshow compassion to yourself and others.Reiki teaches you to integrate these precepts through a calm meditation.And if something arises you have the choice to …
Why “Reiki Waters”?
2010 – 2020 was de naam van de huidige school “Reiki Waters”. 9/15/2017 Anya Van Til In one of the numerous Shinpiden courses I took with the International House of Reiki I had a clear message:“I am water. And that’s what I want to be.”At the moment I heard it I had no idea what it meant!I’m sure you recognise …