The winter season gives everyperson the chance to look deeper into one's self and reconnect to everythingaround him. It is also the best time to celebrate that burning light inside.Look in your Reiki foundation and try to clear away all the old thoughts,beliefs and patterns that complete you. Then try to shed their energy.

Allow it to create a waytowards a new experience or expression of life. This practice is perfect forthe Reiki New Year. During such time, the clearing and cleaning process ofoneself commences. And you can use the gift of chanting to help you greatly.Chanting is a major part of Karuna Reiki. Everybody who meditates daily wouldfeel that their body has the natural tendency to sing and move.

Chanting can be incorporatedto a Reiki mantra. But first, you have to select the part of your life that youwant to improve. Choose the best mantra that fits to your chosen situation.Then offer God a prayer. Put your hands in Gassho position. Request God's bountifulblessings. Visualize the symbol of distance. Send it towards you and themantra. Ask as to when and where you should say the mantra daily. Also ask howfrequently you have to say it in a day. It is possible to get a rosary or abeaded necklace to help you count the mantra you've said. Mantras are powerful.Chant it once everyday for forty days for a cumulative effect.

A good example of Reikimantra you can use is Om Mani Padme Hum. This mantra is very popular all overthe world. It is the mantra that produces a compassionate state, whichmanifests in obvious and subtle ways. This mantra says that if the mind and theheart become one, nothing is impossible. It exudes the compassion energy foundin the Usui emotional and mental symbol, as well as the Harth symbol of theKaruna. The translation the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra is: Omto the mind jewel reaching the heart lotus. This mantra can be used to alterthe world and make it better.

Om is the root sound used by brow chakra. Through it, aperson's masculine and feminine currents meet. It resembles the energy currentsthat are represented by serpents in Caduceus, the popular medical symbol. Thecenter staff in that symbol is the spine. Omsets off brow chakra. It pertains to the state where a person unites with God'sspirit, thus making his existence immortal and free.

Try to be more sensitive tothe obstacles and resistance from inside you as you proceed with this 40-daychanting. Try to chant everyday where you feel joy. Then utter a prayerthanking God for the experience.