Ep. #210: Traditional Reiki and Decentering Colonialism & Whiteness in Reiki with Marika Clymer

Living Open | Modern Magick and Spirituality for Mystics and Seekers

Marika Clymer, she/her, is a steward of traditional Japanese Reiki ways, and guide in decolonial energetic healing practices. In this episode, Eryn and Marika talk about:

• Marika’s spiritual journey & journey with Reiki
• The roots of Reiki and how western Reiki is different from traditional Reiki
• What is cultural exchange and what is violence and cultural erasure?
• How she has shifted her relationship with Reiki and developed a Reiki practice that de-centers colonialism and whiteness
• Shame in ancestor work especially for European folks
• Engaging with Reiki with respect
• Disconnection from culture and roots and our own ancestral healing practices
• Cultivating our own understanding of what sovereignty is and what it means to be a healer today
• How she teaches Reiki & how her process is different from what’s standard in our western culture
• Being in relationship with spiritual practices like Reiki, not just the transaction or consumption of them
• Having a business for your healing work
• Reiki attunements and why Marika teaches reiki without them

Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/marika-clymer

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Connect with Marika on her website and Instagram.

Mentioned in this episode:

• My interview on The Medicine Bag Podcast on deconstruction & religious trauma
• You’re Not Going to Hell: my interview on the Moonbeaming podcast