The Reiki Lifestyle Podcast

Colleen and Robyn Benelli
  • 4.6 (129)
  • Spirituality
  • Updated Semiweekly

On the Reiki Lifestyle® Podcast (previously ReikiChat™) we talk about all the ways Reiki can help you in your daily life. Robyn Benelli and Colleen Benelli - Licensed Reiki Master Teacher for the International Center for Reiki Training - talk about how to use Reiki as a life management tool, a spiritual path, an energy healing medicine that reduces stress and pain, Reiki as a path to mindfulness and meditation, and Reiki for healing of the body, mind and soul. Usui sensei said, "Reiki is the secret art of inviting happiness." It reveals our spirit and awakens our consciousness. Colleen answers your questions about Reiki techniques, spirituality, healing, personal growth, how to learn Reiki in classes, how to use Reiki to invite happiness and she often has other Reiki guest speakers. But most of all, this podcast provides a global Reiki community by creating the opportunity for us join together in our common goal of contributing to the wellness of the world. Reiki Lifestyle® Podcast has a monthly Online Reiki Circle where we talk live on a conference call! Come join the conversation!

  1. 2d ago

    Reiki Manifestation: Trusting Your Next Action Step

    Welcome to the Distance Reiki Share! In this session, Robyn and Colleen Benelli guide you through a powerful mid-year reflection focused on aligning your actions with your highest spiritual consciousness. As big planetary changes unfold, with Saturn and Neptune moving together in Aries and Jupiter entering Leo, we explore how to use Reiki to clear blocks, strengthen your capacity to receive, and confidently take your next physical steps without needing to know the entire outcome. Discover how to listen to the distinct voices of your chakras, move past the feeling of limbo, and step forward into a new wave of manifestation energy. Key Insights Entraining to Higher Consciousness: Activating Reiki raises your system's frequency, helping you step out of the external noise of the world and into an authentic space where you can perceive new opportunities. The Saturn-Neptune Invitation: Saturn invites us to build in the physical world, while Neptune asks us to move forward without needing full certainty of the outcome. Together in Aries, they ignite a powerful cycle for new beginnings and spiritual structure. Developing Your True Intuition Style: Many people miss their guidance because they expect it to arrive in a specific way, like clairvoyance. Reiki helps you remember the intuitive style you were born with, whether it is an inner knowing, thinking, hearing, or feeling it somatically in your body. Honoring the Stand-Still Phases: Sometimes, your next aligned action is to remain still. Recognizing the "limbo" or gestation phase as a necessary part of the unfolding allows you to stay at peace while the energy reorganizes for manifestation. People Also Ask (FAQ) *How does Reiki help with decision-making and taking action? Reiki activates higher levels of consciousness, helping you hear your own inner truth. By activating Reiki and observing your somatic body responses to different options, you can make aligned, conscious choices even when the future path seems uncertain. *What do the Saturn, Neptune, and Jupiter shifts mean for manifestation? Saturn and Neptune in Aries bring a wave of new beginnings that bridge deep spiritual knowing with material, physical action. Jupiter moving into Leo supports this process by bringing a year of expanded joy, love, play, and creative ease to your manifestation path. *How do I know if I am blocking my own intuitive guidance? Blocks often occur when you expect guidance to arrive in one specific form, causing you to miss how it naturally flows to you. Your whole body holds wisdom, from the practical focus of the root chakra to the creative ideas of the second chakra, and Reiki helps you learn to listen to all of them. Connect with Robyn and Colleen Website: https://reikilifestyle.com Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ Community: Join our next Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/reiki-share/ **DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which supports the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional healthcare providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional healthcare providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

    36 min

  2. 2d ago

    Reiki Manifestation Journey: Clear Blocks to Receive and Take Your Next Aligned Action Step

    Settle into a safe and steady space to activate your higher guidance and align your manifestation energy. In this guided Reiki journey, you will clear hidden blocks to support, open your nervous system to authentic receiving, and uncover your next clear action step. Allow the Reiki energy to flow into your daily movement so you can step forward with absolute steading and clarity. Key Insights The Sanctuary of Receiving: By expanding your field of Reiki, you build a steady foundation where receiving becomes completely safe and natural. Bypassing Intentional Deflection: Many people are deeply accustomed to managing, holding, or controlling situations for others, which subconsciously forces them to deflect their own support. Bringing Reiki to these specific habits allows you to accept good things without pushing them aside. Lighting the Immediate Step: Manifestation does not require you to figure out the whole future or manage every distant decision today. Reiki isolates and illuminates just the single aligned step meant for this exact day, taking away the heavy strain of overwhelm. Reiki in the Movement: Spiritual practice belongs in your daily choices, emails, plans, and boundaries just as much as it belongs in silent meditation. You are never separate from the energy when you take action from a space of deep soul alignment. People Also Ask (FAQ) *How do I use Reiki to find my next action step? By slowing down your breath and activating the Reiki symbols, you open your divine mind and heart to receive clear guidance. When you ask Reiki to light the specific step that belongs to today, your body will somatically signal the true path through a feeling of openness and grounded ease. *What should I do if my body tightens when trying to receive? It is common for the body to experience tightening or pulling back due to old patterns of managing and controlling. Instead of forcing a change, simply notice the area of tension and allow the kind, compassionate frequency of Reiki to flow there until your nervous system feels completely safe to let help arrive. *Can Reiki assist with daily tasks and physical manifestation? Yes, Reiki is not restricted to moments of stillness. When you intentionally invite Reiki into your conversations, decisions, emails, and boundaries, you bring your spiritual insights directly into physical form, allowing actions to flow beautifully from a place of stability rather than force. Connect with Robyn and Colleen Website: https://reikilifestyle.com Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ Community: Join our next Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/reiki-share/ **DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which supports the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional healthcare providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional healthcare providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

    23 min
  3. Mirjam Top: Living Reiki, Precepts, Ancestors, and Tomita Book Translation

    5d ago

    Mirjam Top: Living Reiki, Precepts, Ancestors, and Tomita Book Translation

    Join Robyn and Colleen Benelli as they welcome Reiki Master Mirjam Top from the Netherlands to explore how Reiki truly becomes a way of living. Mirjam shares her beautiful transition from a rational healthcare professional and deep skeptic to a committed Reiki practitioner, detailing how daily Reiki practices completely transformed her relationship with anger. The conversation dives deep into her current work translating Kaiji Tomita's historical 1920s text, The Benevolent Art of Healing, and the profound life changes that occur when we heal our ancestral lineage. Tune in to discover how these gentle, steady spiritual shifts create a grounded, authentic human experience. In This Episode, You Will Learn: Discover how subtle, gradual experiences with Reiki can lead to profound, long-term personal transformation and deep self-care. Master a deeper understanding of the Reiki precepts, transforming emotions like anger from harmful forces into beneficial internal signals. Explore the history and treatment insights of the 1920s Tomita-Style Usui Reiki through Mirjam's translation work of his book, The Benevolent Art of Healing. Release intergenerational burdens and heavy ancestral patterns to empower the strength, love, and gifts of your lineage. Integrate regenerative thinking into your practice, shifting your focus from fixing problems to cultivating living potential. Mentioned in this Episode ●      The Benevolent Art of Healing (Tomita-Style Hands-On Therapy) by Kaiji Tomita ●      The Reiki Precepts / Ideals ●      Justin Stein's podcast episode ●      Brian Brunius (Reiki Centers of America) ●      The Reiki Alliance ●      Rebecca Bredenhof (Mirjam's initiating master) ●      Marta Getty (Developer of Healing Your Family Tree with Reiki) ●      Phyllis Furumoto (granddaughter to Hawayo Takata and former lineage bearer of Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki) ●      Ben Haggard and the Regenesis Group (Regenerative Thinking) ●      Reiki Home organization ●      Mount Kurama, Kyoto, Japan  Support Mirjam Top's Dutch translation project by visiting her GoFundMe page. https://gofund.me/8c037f9db   Connect with Mirjam   My websites: www.reikitwente.nl www.regeneratievedenkkracht.nl Mirjam Top | LinkedIn Reiki leren leven met Mirjam Top (YouTube)    Connect with Colleen & Robyn ReikiLifestyle.com Reiki Lifestyle Podcast - On major podcast channels Free Online Reiki Share: Tuesdays, 9:30 am – 11:00 am Pacific Time, for a global Reiki healing circle. Free phone consultation: with Danni Instagram: @reikilifestyleofficial Email: info@reikilifestyle.com  Love the Show? If this episode helped you on your journey, please subscribe and leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your support helps us share the gift of Reiki with more people around the world! **DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which supports the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional healthcare providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional healthcare providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

    1h 46m

  4. Jun 25

    Reiki Journey: Release Burdens & See New Opportunities

    Are you carrying hidden burdens that cloud your vision of the future? In this guided Reiki journey, Colleen Benelli leads you across the Bridge of Light and into the River of Peace to gently dissolve the anxiety, stress, and old stories holding you back. Step into the Field of Possibilities to clarify your next steps and open your awareness to the aligned opportunities presenting themselves in your life right now. Key Insights Somatic Release in the Fascia: High levels of collective stress accumulate physically within the human body's nervous system and fascia. Utilizing the purifying energy of Reiki at the River of Peace gently lifts away these energetic blockages, clearing out the underlying tension, anxiety, and doubt that obscure your true vision. Sovereignty Through Cord Detachment: Throughout our lives, we inadvertently maintain heavy cords, attachments, and expectations originating from ancestral history, cultural conditioning, or lived trauma. Activating the power of love and divine compassion allows you to dissolve these energetic attachments safely, reclaiming your personal sovereignty and opening up mental space for new pathways. The Butterfly Effect of Opportunities: Within the Field of Possibilities, every butterfly floating through the meadow represents a unique potential direction or creative idea. Some of these options are meant to be light daydreams, while others will directly approach you; learning to pause allows your body's innate intuition to discern which ones are meant for physical manifestation. Integrating Divine and Human Research: True spiritual manifestation relies on balance; you must successfully bridge the metaphysical insights gained in the higher realms with real-world execution. Bringing your "divine research" back across the Bridge of Light into your lower chakras ensures your highest insights are securely anchored into logical, everyday action. People Also Ask (FAQ) What is the 'Tree of Life' meditation in Reiki? The Tree of Life meditation is a practice used to establish structural stability and alignment. It serves as a powerful conduit, allowing you to stay balanced and securely rooted into the earth's light while simultaneously opening your heart and soul star to receive higher divine compassion from above. How do I use automatic writing during a guided meditation? Automatic writing involves relaxing your analytical focus and letting a pen move across paper immediately following or during a meditation. By bypassing the logical human mind, this practice brings forward direct, uncensored guidance regarding the exact timing and practical reality of your future goals. Why should I combine my logical mind with intuitive guidance? True discernment blends your internal guidance with your human guidance (instincts and lower chakras) and your divine guidance (upper chakras). When your logical human mind communicates seamlessly with your heart and soul's knowledge, you gain the clarity necessary to choose authentic paths over passing daydreams. Connect with Robyn and Colleen Website: https://reikilifestyle.com Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ Community: Join our next Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/reiki-share/ **DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which supports the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional healthcare providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional healthcare providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

    31 min

  5. Jun 25

    Reiki Mid-Year Check-In: Claim New Opportunities Now

    Are you feeling like time is moving incredibly fast and slow all at the same time? As we navigate these unprecedented times, this mid-year check-in helps you slow down, ground your energy, and see what is right in front of you. Join Robyn and Colleen Benelli to discover how to use Reiki to clear out the collective swirl and recognize the aligned new opportunities waiting for your soul. Key Insights Redefining Accomplishment: Our culture trains us to view manifestation only through physical or career status. Reiki invites you to go deeper because new opportunities can also be shifts toward self-care, healing, or creating simply for the joy of it. Eagle and Mouse Vision: True discernment requires using all parts of your awareness. While long-term "Eagle Vision" holds space for big life plans, daily "Mouse Vision" focuses on the single, practical step you can take right now. Aligning the System: To accurately asses opportunities, listen to your head, heart, gut, earth, and divine brains to make conscious choices. Microdosing Reiki: When your mind spins on complex to-do lists, the human self struggles to hear inner guidance. By "microdosing" Reiki on the fly, small breaths, or other quick practices, you shift instantly into deep listening. People Also Ask (FAQ) *How can I tell if a new opportunity is aligned with my path? Use Reiki for discernment by checking it against your current capacity and timing. Listen to your body, and what your logical mind, heart, and gut instinct reveal about your soul's truth. *What does it mean to "microdose" Reiki on the fly? Microdosing means using quick, accessible Reiki techniques to pause and reset during busy days. The four-finger breathing exercise, tapping your thumb to each finger sequentially while breathing, grounds your nervous system instantly. *Why do my manifestations and goals feel stuck or delayed? Sometimes delays mean your human timing does not match divine timing, or your current capacity. Reiki validates that altered timelines do not make your intentions wrong, they are just delayed. Connect with Robyn and Colleen Website: https://reikilifestyle.com Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ Community: Join our next Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/reiki-share/ **DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which supports the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional healthcare providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional healthcare providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

    44 min
  6. Brainspotting®, Reiki, and Poetry: A Path to Deep Healing

    Jun 22

    Brainspotting®, Reiki, and Poetry: A Path to Deep Healing

    Join Colleen and Robyn Benelli as they welcome Trauma Therapist Kristy Snedden and Occupational Therapist Heather Corbet to discuss the powerful healing combination of Brainspotting®, Reiki, and poetry. They talk about how the three distinct modalities work in tandem to access the deep, subconscious areas of the brain where trauma, intuition, and creativity reside. Whether you are seeking nervous system safety, looking to accelerate emotional or physical healing, or desiring to awaken hidden creativity, their conversation reveals the infinite possibilities that emerge when you trust your body's natural wisdom.  In This Episode, You Will Learn: What is Brainspotting® and the discovery by Dr. David Grand Discover how Brainspotting® bypasses the analytical mind to access trauma, intuition, and creativity stored directly within the brainstem. Explore the ways Reiki energy is complementary with Brainspotting® and can accelerate whole-body nervous system regulation and safety. The value of observing your creativity rather than evaluating it and letting go of the fear of getting it right. How to release deep programming around perfectionism, cultural expectations, and long-standing emotional blocks. Understand how specialized body spotting techniques can effectively target chronic illness, physical pain, and medical trauma. Mentioned in this Episode: Distance Reiki Symbol (HSZSN) The Mayo Clinic Dr. David Grand (Founder of Brainspotting®) Dr. Frank Corrigan (Brainspotting® Neurobiological Hypothesis) Laurel Gaia (Reiki Teacher) Martha Lacey (Reiki Master) Kristy is an award-winning poet whose poetry appears in various national and international on-line and print literary journals. Her collection, "That Broken Tooth, That Blue Tattoo," is forthcoming from Indolent Books. Her micro-chapbook, "Crows and Angels," is available on Amazon. Connect with Kristy & Heather Kristy Website: www.kristysnedden.com. Facebook: Kristy Snedden-Poetry Instagram: kristy_snedden_poetry Email at: ksnedden@me.com Heather Websites: heathercorbet.com | heathercorbetspiritualadvisor.com Email: support@heathercorbet.com  Connect with Colleen & Robyn ReikiLifestyle.com Reiki Lifestyle Podcast - On major podcast channels Free Online Reiki Share: Tuesdays, 9:30 am – 11:00 am Pacific Time, for a global Reiki healing circle. Free phone consultation: with Danni Instagram: @reikilifestyleofficial Email: info@reikilifestyle.com  Love the Show? If this episode helped you on your journey, please Subscribe and leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your support helps us share the gift of Reiki with more people around the world!

    1h 32m

  7. Jun 18

    Solstice Reiki Journey: Pause, Listen, Gather, Update, Move Forward

    Embrace the energy of the solstice cycle change to realign your spirit and steps. In this session, Robyn Benelli shares a Reiki Journey designed to help you pause, listen, gather, and update your intentions with inner honesty. Discover how whole-body listening and automatic writing activate your divine mind, heart mind, and gut mind to reveal your life-giving path forward. Key Insights The Power of the Grounded Pause: Taking a moment to step out of daily pressure creates a sacred space for your true wisdom to rise. Activating Reiki during a pause shifts you out of striving and opens you to receive love and guidance. Activating Your Multiple Minds: True alignment occurs when you listen on a deeper level across your whole self. Activating your divine mind, head mind, heart mind, gut mind, and earth mind synchronizes your intuition and intellect, allowing you to process life experiences with massive clarity. Information in Every Experience: Every aspect of your journey carries valuable data for your soul's evolution. Inspiration, resistance, delays, fatigue, and joy are all filled with information that helps you understand exactly what you need and what you are ready for right now. Updating Intention as Alignment: Your dreams naturally grow stronger when they include your current truth and respect your present capacity. Updating your intention releases old, mismatched pressures and delivers a life-giving, honest path forward that matches your timeline. People Also Ask, FAQ What is the Pause, Listen, Gather, and Move Forward Reiki method? It is a structured Reiki practice that can be done as a deep journey or quickly on the fly. By pausing to activate Reiki, listening with your whole body, gathering wisdom from your experiences, and updating your intentions, you can confidently choose an honest next step aligned with your current capacity. How do you use automatic writing during a Reiki journey? Automatic writing is a practice where you activate the Reiki flow and allow questions or guidance to stream through your pen without analytical filtering. It serves as a beautiful tool during the "listening" and "gathering" phases to capture the quiet, authentic truth of your energy and your guides. Why is updating an intention considered an act of alignment in Reiki? Because you are a completely different person now than you were at the beginning of a cycle. Updating your intention allows your goals to evolve alongside your personal growth, ensuring that your path remains grounded, honest, and perfectly matched to your current capacity and true timing. Connect with Robyn and Colleen Website: https://reikilifestyle.com Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ Community: Join our next Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/reiki-share/ **DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which supports the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional healthcare providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional healthcare providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

    21 min

  8. Jun 18

    What You Know Now: Solstice Reiki Reflection

    Are you feeling the rapid shift of the 2026 cosmic energies? In this mid-year solstice check-in, Colleen and Robyn Benelli invite you to pause and answer a profound question: "What do you know now that you didn't know then?" Discover how to use Reiki to assess your current energetic capacity, align your divine mind, and gently release old belief systems without self-judgment. Key Insights Expanding Your Capacity to Receive: In our fast-paced world, your spiritual capacity is naturally expanding to match the new frequencies developing on the planet. Reiki helps you discern your unique state, whether you are comfortably sustaining your current level or actively growing to receive greater divine guidance and manifestation flow. Honoring Your True Timing: Celebrate your progress over the past six months is away to honor your present state and earned wisdom. Embracing deep inner honesty aligns you with your natural personal cycles, allowing you to support the gestation periods of your intentions. Thriving in the Beautiful Unknown: Moving forward with curiosity allows your spiritual goals to build naturally over time. Embracing the peaceful truth that "it is okay to not know" opens the door to receiving and brings deep relief to your mind. Whole-Body Alignment: Utilizing Reiki harmonizes your entire being by aligning your divine mind, encompassing your head, heart, and gut, with your earth mind. This perfectly balances and anchors higher frequencies directly into your physical form, empowering you to step forward with grounded clarity. People Also Ask, FAQ How can Reiki help me check in mid-year? Reiki provides a safe space of higher consciousness that cultivates deep inner honesty without self-criticism. It allows you to look back calmly at the past six months, observe what is true for you right now, and update your personal intentions based on your current energy and capacity. What does it mean to override the body's truth in manifestation? Overriding the body's truth happens when you let external pressure dictate your actions instead of honoring your true capacity. When you force progress during a natural period of rest or evaluation, it can cause mental burnout; Reiki helps you listen somatically to align your goals with physical and spiritual reality. How do you microdose Reiki on the fly? Microdosing Reiki involves bringing the energy into your busy daily life using quick, intentional pauses. You can chant or think the Reiki precepts ("Just for today, I let go of worry"), send the energy using your breath and eyes, or briefly focus your awareness inward to recalibrate your mind in the middle of a frantic day. Connect with Robyn and Colleen Website: https://reikilifestyle.com Podcast: https://reikilifestyle.com/podcast/ Community: Join our next Distance Reiki Share: https://reikilifestyle.com/reiki-share/ **DISCLAIMER** This episode is not a substitute for seeking professional medical care but is offered for relaxation and stress reduction, which supports the body's natural healing capabilities. Reiki is a complement to and never a replacement for professional medical care. Colleen and Robyn are not licensed professional healthcare providers and urge you to always seek out the appropriate physical and mental help professional healthcare providers may offer. Results vary by individual.

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On the Reiki Lifestyle® Podcast (previously ReikiChat™) we talk about all the ways Reiki can help you in your daily life. Robyn Benelli and Colleen Benelli - Licensed Reiki Master Teacher for the International Center for Reiki Training - talk about how to use Reiki as a life management tool, a spiritual path, an energy healing medicine that reduces stress and pain, Reiki as a path to mindfulness and meditation, and Reiki for healing of the body, mind and soul. Usui sensei said, "Reiki is the secret art of inviting happiness." It reveals our spirit and awakens our consciousness. Colleen answers your questions about Reiki techniques, spirituality, healing, personal growth, how to learn Reiki in classes, how to use Reiki to invite happiness and she often has other Reiki guest speakers. But most of all, this podcast provides a global Reiki community by creating the opportunity for us join together in our common goal of contributing to the wellness of the world. Reiki Lifestyle® Podcast has a monthly Online Reiki Circle where we talk live on a conference call! Come join the conversation!

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  • Creator
    Colleen and Robyn Benelli
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2026
  • Episodes
    783
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright ©2022 Reiki Lifestyle. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Reiki Lifestyle Podcast

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