A Call for Stories – Sharing Your Reiki Transformations

The Reiki Transformation column for Reiki News Magazine that now appears in each quarterly installment is about you and the many transformative shifts and changes that the experience of learning and/or teaching Reiki has brought into your life. This includes your work with other related energy healing systems (see "Reiki: A Working Definition" in each issue of the magazine).

A Reiki Transformation is one that has significantly affected one or more key areas of your life, such as your health, work and profession, family, friends, spiritual life, values, beliefs, level of happiness, enjoyment, etc.  The inner shifts and transformations you have experienced that have brought about outer changes are a very important part of this.

In each quarterly column, I will be sharing one or more of your Reiki Transformations stories.  They will be drawn from your submissions and follow-up email and/or telephone interviews with me.

YOUR SUBMISSION MUST FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES FOUND BELOW IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE COLUMN. SUBMISSION OF YOUR STORY IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL BE PUBLISHED, YET IT IS MY GOAL TO PUBLISH AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

WE ALSO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EDIT AND REWRITE SUBMISSIONS AS APPROPRIATE FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLICATION, AND TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OBTAINED THROUGH FOLLOW-UP CONTACTS. 

1.  Please give your full name, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, email address, and website address if you have one.

2.  Please answer the following questions. Answer each question that requires a longer answer with text of no more than 400 words per question, submissions of more than 400 words will not be considered. For guidance in writing your submission, refer to the applicable Reiki News Magazine Writers Guidelines found at www.spiritualone.com/WebStore/Writersguidelines.htm.

    a.  What degree(s)/level(s) of Reiki have you completed? When did you receive Reiki training and who were your teacher(s)?

    b.  Do you have a regular Reiki practice or do you use it only for personal use?  Please describe.

    c.  Do you teach Reiki?  If so, please explain.

    d.  Describe your background in the healing arts, both in terms of as applied for your own personal healing, as well as those you may have been trained in and/or received attunements for in addition to your basic Reiki training.

    e.  What kind of work do you do and what kind were you doing before you took Reiki training?

    f.  How has Reiki affected your life? How has your life changed since taking Reiki? Give specific examples and describe, see the definition of a Reiki Transformation above for guidance. Also please see my Reiki transformation story that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of the magazine.

3.  Please include a statement to the effect that you have read and fully understand the submission criteria and give permission for your story to be published in Reiki News Magazine.  We will assume that it is all right to use your full name and location in the article unless you otherwise indicate that you wish for your real name and/or location to be kept confidential. Please sign your submission email or postal letter with your full name.

4.  Do you have a picture of yourself that you would like to have included in the column? (Please do not submit one at this time, this will be asked for at a later date once it is determined that your story will be published.  At that time, you will be provided with guidelines for submission.)

5.  PLEASE NO PHONE CALLS unless you are contacted for further information. You will be notified by email or phone if your story is to be included in the column.

6.  Send your submission by email to Diane Ruth Shewmaker at awakener@earthlink.net.  Include in the Subject line the following: RT Sub, Last name, first name. Date Sent. If you do not have access to email, please send your double
spaced typewritten story in writing to: Diane Ruth Shewmaker, 1001 Cooper Point
Rd, SW, PMB323, Suite 140, Olympia, Washington, DC 98502