Welcome to the Celtic Reiki Federation

What is Celtic Reiki?

Celtic Reiki is a beautiful and earthy form of Reiki. Reiki is the use of cosmic or universal energy, channelled through the healer to provide the necessary healing. Reiki is the Japanese word for this universal life force energy. "Rei" means universal and "ki" means vital force energy. The Celts themselves called this universal force Neart or Nerth, in Gaelic and Welsh respectively. It roughly translates as power, strength and Energy. Created by Martyn Pentecost, Celtic Reiki beautifully combines the healing vibrations of the Earth, of specific plants and trees as well as the Ocean. Celtic Reiki connects to the ancient wisdom ad lore of the Celts, the symbols used in this form of Reiki are the symbols of the Ogham - the ancient Druid alphabet. The Druids used this alphabet to store much of their wealth of knowledge and magic.

Like Nature itself, Celtic Reiki is ever evolving and changing. In working directly with the Trees and spending time and Energy to get to know and work with particular Trees, we can realise the true potential that lies not only within our Tree friends and Nature, but also ourselves. We are part of a web of life, we are not above or seperate from Nature in any way, by communing with Nature in this way, with this realisation, we build up what is a very personal relationship with the Trees and plants, and the world around us.

How Celtic Reiki came to be.

"Having studied various forms of Reiki for many years, I was guided to work with nature. When channelling Reiki to help Animals, Plants, Trees, Rivers, Lakes, the Oceans and the Earth itself, I found that everything has a distinct vibration - each variety of rock, each stream, each type of flower has its own unique energy. I would sometimes lose myself deep in this vibration, sometimes so much so that I could mimic the energy during Reiki self-treatments.

Late one winter's day, whilst on a visit to my ancestry home of Wales, I discovered a huge Silver Fir tree that had been split in two by a recent lightning strike. One half was still firmly rooted upright and was producing a healthy flow of sap to heal itself. The other half was lying on the ground, dying. As I walked up to the tree, I could sense the immense loss felt by the upright section and an urgency of the fallen half, which was completely separated from the standing section.

I started to channel Reiki to the standing section, but could feel a resistance, so I asked my guides to help. I was told that I should Reiki the fallen half of the tree and as I did, I felt a transfer of energy. As the Reiki flowed through my hands, I felt a vibration enter my body - it was unlike anything I have felt before - the essence of the tree - it's knowledge, it's energy, it's wisdom, and it's love. I was then guided to give this energy to the standing section of tree, which I then proceeded to do. It was an amazing experience, being enveloped by the gratitude and love of the healthy section of this massive tree.

When the energy flow ceased, I was able to return to the usual Usui Reiki and work on healing the tree's broken trunk. My guides told me that the tree was very grateful for my assistance and would allow me to use it's vibration to help others. I was instructed that I could help people to "see" with that particular type of energy vibration. As I left the site, I touched the fallen part of the tree and felt very little, as if the consciousness of the tree had gone, leaving only the wood.

In order to remember the energy of the tree, I gave it a symbol - as is the usual way with many other forms of Reiki and energy work. The symbol would be a way of triggering this energy to flow for others and myself and be a simple way to pass on the energy to others. When deciding what use as a symbol, I turned to the wisdom of the Celtic people; my ancestors and discovered that the letter used in the ancient Ogham for the Silver Fir was the equivalent to the letter A in the modern alphabet. This led me on a further journey of discovery - for the Celts believed the Silver Fir represented the ability to see over long distances - to view the horizon - to "see". I began to understand the meaning of the tree in Wales and the wisdom of the Celtic people. I now firmly believe that they knew the essence of each tree and plant type - so complete was their relationship with Mother Earth that they were sensitive to the resonances and energies around them, harnessing and using these energies to assist them in life.

I decided to work with other families of trees to see if there was a pattern to this energy. I had been given a beginning in the letter A, so decided to work with the last letter of the Celtic alphabet - Y, or the Yew Tree. I had a chance to visit a cemetery in Gloucestershire, where 99 Yew tree's grew - several attempts have been made to plant a one hundredth tree, but the tree always dies. Here I found resonance with a particular Yew tree that allowed me to work with it's energy, informing me via my guides that it would "guide me passed endings". I attached a symbol to the energy and started to work with the energy - finding that it helped me to cope with any type of change, or loss: Speeding up the recovery process, or guiding me through "rough" patches with ease.

I have since worked with many trees and plants in this way, guided by the wisdom of the Celts to choose locations and types of energy. The Celtic Reiki system is one of evolution, by using the system, the nature of energy work will evolve and as this process happens, more Celtic Reiki secrets will become known to us"