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it’s Easter Monday, the sun is shining through the shutters, I’m just at the last position of my self-treatment, René brings me my first coffee in bed. What a beautiful awakening!

I want to go out on the balcony to greet the sun, but the wilted tulips make me pause. I immediately have a guilty conscience, how could I let them thirst like that, so careless of me. Continue reading “And the good news is …”

This is how this article came about

The other day I was in an exchange with a Reiki Master I hold in high esteem. In the process I told him a story and he said it was such a valuable case study that I should definitely publish it. To do that, I have to reach out, give context. And so the story of H … I’ll call her Hunna, became the catalyst for this.

Continue reading “Value of ‘negative affirmations’ – the story of Hunna”

A French Reiki school interviews René Vögtli: it becomes a personal trip into the past, an overview of the global Reiki community and an exploration of how Reiki serves reconciliation in relationships. Continue reading “Turned tables – René being interviewed”

Why I teach the 7-steps Method. Particularly to Reiki people. Continue reading “Disappointed with yourself? Furious at somebody?”

Overwhelmed with the profoundest sense of gratitude to our teacher, we bow our head. 

John died on 22nd November. Our thoughts go to his family and to Esther Veltheim, also our esteemed Reiki Teacher. 

Mischa Vögtli-Egloff and René Vögtli Continue reading “Our teacher, John Veltheim has passed away”

A personal account with information so far not told.

I stand for collaboration and respectful co-existence. Polarization is not my aim. Yet, when a spade is a spade … One of the preconditions for reconciliation is not to turn a blind eye to dissonances, to acknowledge them. As such I hope this account contributes to clarity, transparency and to an inclusive discourse.  Continue reading “Usui Shiki Ryoho – monopolization by the ‘OGM‘?”

When and how can spirituality be bad? Janina Köck has been interested in this topic since she was 10. Today she is a Reiki expert and speaks frank and open about sensitive topics in this video. Continue reading “Toxic spirituality”

Every year Reiki Rays holds the “Summit”. The list of speakers is impressive. Not least because it includes so many internationally known personalities, but mainly because they come from so many different Reiki traditions. Continue reading “Reiki Summit 2022”

Case studies are single frames. Momentary situations, sometimes observed over a period of time. Their significance must be weighed skeptically and not naively extrapolated. Nevertheless, I personally find incredible motivational power in them. Continue reading “Case studies – Science”