Reiki symbols are sacred tools used in Reiki healing to amplify energy, focus intention, and facilitate deep healing. While Reiki energy can flow without them, these symbols help practitioners enhance and direct healing for specific purposes. Karen Harrison, a highly respected Reiki Master in the Kansas City area, offers comprehensive training on Reiki symbols. Her thorough and detailed approach reassures her students, instilling in them a sense of confidence in their understanding and application of these symbols in healing.

Reiki symbols serve as energy amplifiers, enabling practitioners to focus healing energy for specific purposes. They are not required for Reiki to work, but they enhance the effectiveness of treatments by directing energy with intention and focus. Students of Reiki learn how and why the Reiki symbols are used, as well as their functions. They know to give Reiki healing energy from God (Source), enabling them to embody spirituality. They come to a deeper understanding of the Divine, experiencing its power firsthand. In Karen Harrison’s classes, learning is not passive. Students actively engage with the symbols, experiencing their power firsthand, and are asked to memorize them. Each one represents a particular kind of energy. The stimulus-response process is activated when the Reiki symbols are used and the corresponding names are spoken.

Reiki symbols originate from the Usui Reiki system, founded by Mikao Usui in Japan. In Karen Harrison’s teachings, the Reiki symbols are kept secret and only shared with Reiki practitioners during training. These symbols serve as a bridge between the physical and energetic realms, enabling Reiki practitioners to strengthen their healing energy, focus Reiki on specific issues, send energy across time and space, and provide protection and purification. Her classes go beyond simply introducing the symbols—she ensures that students experience their power firsthand and learn how to use them effectively in Reiki practice. Here is a comprehensive overview of the Reiki symbols (excluding their proper names):

• Power Symbol “The Light Switch”: “Place the power of the universe here.” Its purpose is to amplify Reiki energy like a power switch. Draw it in the air, on the body, or visualize it at the beginning or end of a session.
  • Uses:
    • Increases the strength of Reiki energy.
    • Clears negative energy from a person or space.
    • Protects against unwanted influences.
    • Enhances physical healing by accelerating recovery.
    • Seals and locks in Reiki energy at the end of a session.
• Emotional & Mental Healing Symbol “The Harmony Symbol”: “God and man become one.” Its purpose is to balance the mind and emotions and clear emotional wounds. Draw over the heart, forehead, or chakras during emotional healing work.
  • Uses:
    • Helps to heal emotional trauma, anxiety, and stress.
    • Clears subconscious blockages and negative thought patterns.
    • Assists in overcoming addictions and bad habits.
    • Enhances mental clarity, intuition, and creativity.
    • Supports meditation and deep emotional release.
• Distance Healing Symbol “We are all one”: “The origin of all is pure consciousness.” Its purpose is to send Reiki energy across time and space. Visualize or draw the symbol when sending distance healing.
  • Uses:
    • Allows practitioners to send Reiki to people in other locations.
    • Heals past traumas by sending energy to past events.
    • Send Reiki energy to future situations (e.g., surgery, job interview).
    • Strengthens spiritual connection and enhances intuitive abilities.
    • Used in Akashic Records work for deep soul healing.
• Master Symbol “The Light of Enlightenment”: “Great shining light.” Used to enhance spiritual healing and enlightenment. Draw over the crown chakra or visualize it during deep healing or meditation.
  • Uses:
    • Used by Reiki Masters for deep healing and spiritual growth.
    • Strengthens the connection to divine energy and universal consciousness.
    • Cleanses deep, energetic blockages from the aura and chakras.
    • Helps in Reiki attunements (placements) to pass energy to new practitioners.
    • Raises personal vibration and enhances intuition.
• Holy Fire “It represents the Holy Fire, a spiritual flame.”: This is used in Reiki Master Training. “Its purpose is to provide purification, healing, empowerment, and guidance.
  • Uses:
    • Used by Reiki Masters during ignitions
    • Helps the body integrate new healing energy.
    • Grounds energy after intense Reiki sessions.
    • Clears stagnant or unwanted energy from individuals or spaces.

Release malefic spirits or entities.

Promote healing of body, mind, and emotions.

Empower with vitality, confidence, safety, peace, and love.

Karen Harrison provides in-depth training on Reiki symbols in her classes. Her interactive teaching style ensures that students don’t just memorize symbols; they experience their power and integrate them into their healing work. She prepares students not only to practice Reiki but also to become confident healers and teachers themselves. If you want to learn more about Reiki symbols or how to use them, please get in touch with us at the Whole Life Center at (816) 523-4440. To save time, you can also contact Karen online! She offers Reiki symbol classes, ranging from beginner to Master levels, in person and virtually. At the Whole Life Center, we will be happy to walk with you on your journey of discovery.