“Through such practices, the innate healing powers inherent in the basic nature of all sentient beings can be uncovered and accessed.”
Imagine integrating the energy of your voice with vibrant visualizations of the mind and gestures of the body, to call forward your full capacity to experience Life and healing as we were designed to do. This is the magic that chanting mantra, consistently over time, offers us.
Mantra is an essential element of the system of Reiki, and is deeply embedded in the Japanese Buddhist and Shinto roots of the system.
Seasonal Mantra Journeys: At HeartScapes, we host a 21-Day Practice Journey each season around each Equinox and Solstice. We will open the portal of Spring together under the nurturing nectar of the Medicine Buddha. In the weeks leading up to the Spring Equinox, we’ll gather to learn and work with the soothing mantra and vibrant visualizations associated with this aspect of Buddha as Spiritual Healer.
And this journey is not just for ourselves. For within this tradition, our personal practice is seen as interconnected with the world, the healing we bring ourselves represents and is in service of the contribution we are meant to make within our communities, and the world. Thus we will explore and apply the Buddhist practice of dedicating the merit of our daily Medicine Buddha mantra practice to others. In this way, these 21 Days will become a form of joyful service we undertake together.
Three Sunday classes, plus three optional Wednesday practice sessions.
Each 2-hour Sunday class session will include deep and meditative engagement with the Heart Sutra, supported through brief teachings about this text in the context of Japanese Buddhism, and group reflection on our experiences with this sutra. We will divide the 24-line sutra into three parts, working with 1/3 of it each week.
The Wednesday practice sessions will focus on chanting practice, to support you to ease into this challenging mantra. You will have access to recordings of each session and additional materials via a private webpage.
When & How:
Saturdays Feb. 27, March 6 & 13: 10am - 12pm Pacific Time / 1 -3pm Eastern Time
Wednesdays (optional) March 3, 10 & 17: 5 - 6pm
Once registered, you are welcome to drop in to as many of these sessions as you like. We’ll gather over Zoom, link provided upon registration. Recordings will be made available.
Investment in Reiki’s Origins Classes & Package:
Individual Class Price: $115.
Package Price: Register for all 4 for $390, and experience a full year exploring beautiful Japanese Buddhist practices, each taught from the perspective of the system of Reiki. Simply select the Package ticket in any of the four classes listed here, and we will enroll you in all of the upcoming sessions.
NOTE: We offer this cycle each year, so if you’ve missed any for this round, it will come around again! You’ll be enrolled in the next offering.
The full cycle of classes include:
Summer: Fudo Myo-o, the Immovable One: The Mantra of Wrathful Compassion
Fall: The Heart Sutra: A Conversation Between Wisdom & Compassion
Winter: Ajikan Moon Meditation: Nourished by the Moon to Become the Universe
Spring: The Medicine Buddha: The Healer Within Us All
Feel free to reach out with questions to michaela@heartscapesinsight.com