Karuna Ki Mudras There are two mudras that I have incorporated into the Karuna Ki practiced in this style. Kai is used for developing intuition in treating. Sha is used to develop and strengthen the Karuna Ki Channel and bring about health, clarity of mind and purpose, and the cultivation of compassion. Karuna Ki Meditation to develop and strengthen the Channel using the Sha Mudra Sha Mudra and Healing Meditation This is a meditation using the Sha Mudra to help develop and strengthen the Karuna Ki Channel. This is taught to all Karuna Ki Students and they are strongly ecouraged to practice this daily. Consistent practice clears and focuses the mind and helps one to cultivate compassion toward all beings. This Mudra is called Sha in Japanese. It is also used in Taoism, some Tibetan arts, and in Ninjutsu. Sha is used for Healing of Self and Others, and to develop and strengthen the inner channel-. It was said that those that mastered the Inner connections using Sha would develop an inner power and would no longer succumb to viruses and other afflictions. In this mudra the index fingers and thumbs are extended while the other fingers are interlocked. Using Sha is an excellent mudra to use when meditating. When doing any of the Karuna Ki Meditations you can use the Sha Mudra as you meditate. Additionally, it can be used when doing healings. Before you actually begin doing the healing, place the hands in Sha, connect to the Karuna Ki energy, focus on the compassion of the source and let the energy flow into the hands. Then separate the palms and begin healing. Sha is used for healing self and others. Using this Mudra in the meditation below helps to increase within us health, vitality and healing strength. The following exercise can help to fully develop the use of Sha. To do this, first place your hands in the Sha Mudra. This activity helps link the pathways within the body. By forming the Sha Mudra with the hands the appropriate pathways of energy are linked within the body. This brings health and knowing. The activity helps increase your inner strength, expands your channel, expand the mind and the ability to sense self and others and to remove fear. Breathe in through the nose and out of the nose. Empty your mind by focusing only on the breathing. If that is difficult, count slowly to seven on the inhalation and to seven on the exhalation. If other thoughts arise, pay them no mind and let them slip away. Focus within and on the flow of energy within the body and on the spirit. Deep within us burns a Fire, behind the hara and it is the area of Personal Chi. This meditation replenishes our personal chi with the compassionate loving energy of Karuna Ki (or Reiki, etc.) and strengthens us, reduces stress and anxiety, and increases our ability to channel the energy. Focus on the Hara, or slightly behind it. Some people see or visualize this as see it as a ball of light, fire or heat. Visualize the ball of fire deep within you, behind the Hara. Connect to Karuna Ki or Reiki energy. This activity is to focus on the fire and to make it burn brighter and warmer and to increase its radiance throughout the body. As you breathe in the breath, the loving light energy (Use Reiki or Karuna Ki) comes in energy comes in through the crown (top of head). See the energy move down to behind the Hara area and see it fill the area making the light there grow, and brighten. You will feel energized. When you feel energized and filled, allow the energy to expand outwards and through your body spreading ever outward further and further to the top of the head, the tips of the toes and the tips of the fingers. See it spread through all the organs. Focus on the Mudra, and hold it between the sternum and the hara. Breath in through the hands and into the hara, and on the exhale from the hara out through the hands. Do this for 10 minutes or so. When done, focus the mind back on the Hara. Allow your consciousness to return to normal. Stand, and shake the hands three times, and then the feet three times. Once you master this breathing technique, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- you can do this activity any time by using the mudra and just concentrating on breathing and increasing the light. Done regularly it strengthens the body and mind, and increases the vitality of the body. Like with Karuna Ki or Reiki, you will notice that the hands will be very hot when doing this and after. This can be done with any of the other Kuji-in hand positions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scanning and Mudras Karuna Ki uses two different scanning methods to determine areas needing treatment, hand scanning and the Karuna Ki Scanning Method. Hand Scanning - This is the traditional Scanning technique taught in Karuna, and other Systems. Scanning is placing your hands into the energy or auric field of another to try to discern differences in their energy field. You are essentially looking for anything different. Try to feel for hot spots, cold spots, tingling sensations, obstructions. Start at the head and work to the feet and then back up. Begin with the hands about 2 inches (4.5 centimeters) above the person's body. After the first pass, increase the distance to about 6 inches (14 centimeters). Scanning is something that requires a great deal of practice to become proficient at. (Remember, you do not diagnose since that is illegal to do in most places without a medical license!) This is a tool to aid in treating. Make a mental note of the areas that feel different. Ask your client if there is any specific illness associated with the area. This process is done to find areas that need additional treatment. This also is done to guide hand placement which is more intuitive in Karuna Ki. Karuna Ki Scanning Method - This is the scanning method developed by Vinny Amador for Karuna Ki. It incorporates a hand position or Mudra and uses the third eye to help develop the intuition to find areas that need treating. The above Mudra is called Kai in Japanese. It is also used in some Tibetan arts, Taoist practices and in Ninjutsu. Kai is used for breaking the bonds of passions and desires, the premonition of danger, sensing energy around you, and inner knowing. It was said that the Taoist master that achieved Kai would "know what can not be known". It is only when our minds are clear and we have stilled our thoughts that we can sense clearly all around us. Kai is an activation of the psychic sense which allows us to see beyond sight. In this mudra the fingers are all interlocked. To use Kai in scanning first place your hands into the Kai mudra, close your eyes, relax for a moment and take several deep breaths. Focus on the Ultimate Source of Compassion that is Karuna Ki. Breath in the energy into hands and then into the Hara. Let the expand through the body. Next, direct the energy into the hands. Do this by breathing in the energy into the Hara and then exhale the energy out through the hands, radiating the compassionate energy outward around you. When the hands are filled with the energy, bring the connected hands up to the level of the third eye and place the knuckles of the thumb against the third eye. Focus the energy on the third eye. Continue to breath through the hands. Visualize the Zonar, then the Gnosa symbol, and then any other of the Karuna Ki Symbols that you may intuit. Allow any sensations to be "seen" or "felt". You will feel the sensation of the third eye active. It will feel like a tingling in the center of the forehead or a pressure behind the forehead. When you are ready, begin separate the hands and begin scanning with the palms as described above in the "hand scanning" section. Continue to focus on the third eye area. Impressions are "seen" but not so much seen with the eyes as they are felt or experienced. This method also helps develop the third eye area and intuition in all areas of your life, as well as to focus on the compassionate source of the Karuna Ki energy. This helps us stay focused in compassion toward all. Distant Scanning Method - This method incorporates both Hand Scanning, Karuna Ki Scanning, and Distant Work. Focus on the person to be scanned by distance. If you have a picture, letter, or other thing from them that might help you facilitate the energetic connection then that can be used. Do the Karuna Ki Scanning hand technique and third eye connection described above. Then place your palms outward as if toward the person. Allow your hands to "sense" the person and their energy field. This seems odd, but the sense of it will generally be felt. Move your hands, or visualize seeing the field and then note how it feels to you. Use distant sending/healing techniques to treat those areas. This technique can also be done on a person accross the room. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Home | Reiki Plain and Simple | Reiki Ryoho Plain and Simple | Reiki Do | | The ReikiXtras | Karuna Ki | Reiki and Angels | Site Index | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | This Karuna Ki manual is Copyright by Vincent P. Amador, 1999-2001 Ó. 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