Try a wood pendulum if you're an earthy kind of Reiki practitioner
As we mentioned in the previous article Reiki Sessions with Pendulums, you can use a pendulum during Reiki sessions in various ways, including:
- You can start off a treatment using the pendulum to gage the health of each chakra
- You can determine from your pendulum ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answers to questions such as which Reiki symbols to send the client or where you should position your hands
- You can use your pendulums to find the best dates for your Reiki sessions.
Use away! Your pendulum is a tool to help you communicate with your Higher Self.
Preparing your pendulum for ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answers during a Reiki treatment
If you want your pendulum to provide you with ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ questions during your Reiki treatments, you first have to know what ‘Yes’ and ‘No’s look like. You can do this by letting the pendulum tell you what a ‘Yes’ looks like and a ‘No’. Sit down at a table with both feet placed on the floor, and rest your elbows on the table. Sit up straight as this helps to ensure that energy can flow freely through you. Relax your body and mind, and let your breath move freely in and out of you.
Hold the pendulum between your thumb and index finger, and ask your new friend what a ‘Yes’ and a ‘No’ look like. You can say, “Tell me what a ‘Yes’ look like”, “a ‘No’” and so forth. You can also say statements you know to be true to your Reiki pendulum, such as “My name is _____.” Always ask your pendulum aloud.
Determine these movements from your Reiki pendulum
Once you know what ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ look like, ask your pendulum how it lets you know, “Maybe”, “I don’t know” and “Ask later”.
You’ll probably want to draw the answers your Reiki pendulum gives you on a piece of paper to remember what each one means, at least initially.
Many Reiki masters who are well-versed in pendulums advice that you say statements instead of asking your pendulum questions. We usually leave it up to our Reiki students to decide how they best want to work with their pendulums, but the majority of us here at Reiki Training Classes do use statements. We feel that statements such as “This chakra is balanced.” help make the responses more accurate as it is easier to let go of a desired outcome.
Ask your Reiki pendulum for the answers to your questions
Some schools of thought advise that you hold the pendulum in your left hand, since it is your receiving hand, but if you are a die-hard Righty, we at Reiki Training Classes believe you will be okay as long as you set the intention for the pendulum to work. Some rules are made to be broken, after all!
Besides, are there tried-and-true ‘rules’ anyway when it comes to the healing Reiki energy? We are all for encouraging our students to get creative and form individualized Reiki practices that resonate with them.
You will want to determine your individual pendulum’s ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ response, so practice with it several times before you make your final determination. Once you’ve figured them out, stick with them and test your Reiki pendulum to make sure it works by asking it questions or saying statements you already know the answer to in your conscious mind.
Practicing with your Reiki pendulum
Pendulums that look like this beautiful planet of ours
You only want to program and use your Reiki pendulum and use it when you feel good, however. If you are tired or distracted, you make get inaccurate readings from your pendulum. So ‘Be Here Now’, (as Ram Dass would say,) and make sure you are present when doing pendulum Reiki sessions.
Also, try to keep an open mind to the question you’re asking, and be prepared for either answer. Even if you’re hoping the pendulum will give you a, “Yes”, perhaps the “No” it returns will set forth a chain of events that make you happier or help your client in ways that you couldn’t even imagine.
A Final Tip for using your Reiki pendulum
If you know the Reiki imbuement symbol, imbue your pendulum with the Reiki healing energy. And you can always attune your Reiki pendulum so that it sends Reiki energy during your Reiki treatments as well!
For more information about pendulums and Reiki, read:
Keeping Your Reiki Pendulum Accurate ; and
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Can I make my own Reiki pendulum?
Hi Irma,
Of course, you most certainly can! Great question. If you tie a string to an object that has a point on the bottom, why shouldn’t you be able to turn that object into a valuable guide and helper? We personally like pendulums that are made of gemstones as they are specifically imbued with the energy of that stone, but you should get creative. Here’s a tip that might blow your mind: as you get more and more tuned in, so to speak, to the Reiki energy and to energy in general, you can use your entire body as a pendulum. You will say a statement (or ask a question if that is how you prefer), and see whether your body moves forward and backward, side to side, however you have determined your responses. As long as you intend for your Reiki pendulum to work for you and the highest good of all in your sessions, and adequately prepare your pendulum, you should be just fine!
hi i found your site today and have read some great articles over here. i just want to thank you for posting about Reiki pendulums it so we all can learn about them!
You’re more than welcome, Simon. Please feel free to share your experiences with your Reiki pendulum by leaving a comment! We are curious to hear people’s experiences.
I learned how to program my pendulum by asking it questions, and I have found this works very well for me. I do like this idea of saying statements rather than asking questions though. I will try that with my next pendulum. By the way, I use my pendulums on each client at the start of every Reiki session. Works like a charm.
We are happy to hear you’ve had good experiences with pendulums and Reiki sessions, Renee. We agree, they are very valuable tools to have at our disposal. How lucky are we!
So to play Devil’s Advocate here, if your pendulum doesn’t work when you aren’t present or for any other number of reasons, how do you know if it’s really working ever?
Hello! Just want to say thank you for this interesting article! =) Peace, Joy.
Hi Tagueheve,
What an interesting (and beautiful) name. Thank YOU for your comment. Wishing you all the happiness every person in the world deserves… not to mention the Reiki light and love!
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I keep my Reiki pendulum with me everywhere I go now. Not so much a Reiki pendulum, but a Cami pendulum! Thanks for the info
Thanks for this, I’ve recently been searching for information about Reiki healing and yours is the best I have found out so far. I do bodywork, but am interested in furthering my practice with Reiki now. Your site seems very well researched.
Hello. Thanks I bought a pendulum today and now know how to make it work for me. Bye Allison
Hi Reiki Training Classes,
My pendulum only works for me. It’s the funniest thing, if my daughter tries it, it mixes up the answers completely. Is that loyalty or what?
Wow, I never knew that I needed a pendulum like yesterday!
But I do.
Please let me know when you start your forum. I’d really like to be part of such a group!