The Prophecies of the Mayan Calender and 2012 are coming to the fore daily.
What can we learn and what can we do?
I ask you please to send healing and light to those who are affected by all the current global disasters affecting the world today.

With bright blessings
Jason and Luis

meditation at Villa La Paz -Reiki 2

Reiki 2 at Villa La Paz- Distant Healing

Reiki 2 Workshop September 19th/20th 2009

The next Reiki 2 Workshop will take place at the following Location

Villa La Paz
Urb Las Delicias
Coin Andalucia Spain
www.the-chill-zone.com

The Workshop is led by Reiki Master/Teacher Jason Ritchie and assisted by Reiki Master Luis Alves

The date is Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September

The time is 10.00 am -6.00pm (both days)

Bring food to share. This is a vegetarian workshop so we recommend you bring fruit/vegetables/salad items . We will provide juices/teas/water

You must have taken a Reiki 1 course prior to this workshop. The minimum time period for entry is three months since taking a Reiki 1 Course.

You must also provide your manual from your Reiki 1 and your certificate as proof of achievement. Additionally your Reiki Lineage.

The Cost for this workshop is 200 euros (incl 50 euro deposit)

To find out further details of this workshop please visit our website www.alternative-world.org

If you would like to attend please send us an e.mail info@alternative-world.org

You can also call and leave a message 0034 952933870 or call or text mobiles 0034 677114989 / oo34 617810209

September 2009- Reiki Courses in Southern Spain

The next Reiki workshop will be the Reiki 2.

16th September to recieve the symbols (Wednesday)

19th and 20th September (Saturday and Sunday)

You must have completed a Reiki 1 course prior to attending this workshop.
You are to bring with you your Reiki 1 certificate as well as your manual from the course.

Please also bring your diary that contains your experiences over the 21 days. If you have not kept a diary then please e.mail me on jason@alternative-world.org and explain the changes you felt from before Reiki 1 and the reasons you wish to explore and connect to the energies associated with Reiki 2.

Within Reiki two you will receive prioer to the commencement of the course, the Symbols. Ideally I wish to meet you 3 days prior to the course to give you the symbols as well as explain how to draw, recite as well as pronounce the mantras associated with the symbols.
In the three days prior you are to learn the symbols and mantras as there as specific meditations and course work associated with each symbol.

As with the other courses of Reiki we teach, we also include additional material. Always we aim to assist you with your individual development as a human being and a light being.
The people who come forward to share the growth and experience of Reiki are always brought forward fro a higher reasoning. You will always share something in common with the others that are doing the course. Sometimes it is a mirror affect or it is a co-incidence! Always for a reason.

Additional coursework that assists you as a Reiki Practitioner at Level 2 is
Working with the symbols
Distance
Mental/Emotional
Power
Aura work
Connecting to the Higher self
The Akashic Records
Colour healing
Laughter therapy
Visualization techniques
Psychic surgery ( for those who are spiritually advanced)
Hatsu Rei Ho
Anger Management
The Violet Flame/Cutting ties

Additional course work is often intergrated into course. You development is our priority. Whatever we need to teach you to reach that, often comes into play.

Of course you receive your attunement and an empowerment

You receive a certificate

The total cost for the course is 200 euros for 2.5 days

Please bring food to share

Refreshments are provided

Paper and pens as well as comprehensive manuals are provided.

Please e.mail jason@alternative-world.org

Reiki brought us together

Jason & Luis Wedding Ceremony in Istan from Andreas Holm on Vimeo.

Jason Ritchie and Luis Alves got married on 1st May 2009 at Istan lake , Marbella

Please visit our website dedicated to our "Handfasting" www.jasonandluis.info

Reiki Workshop Costa del Sol

Congratulations to Kerry who is now a Reiki 1 Practitioner


The girls!



Healing the groin ( again often overlooked, this assists in releasing toxins and aiding the lymphatic system)



Healing the Heart / solar plexus




Administering Reiki to the Thymus (visualizing the T cells accumilating) Area often overlooked but supportive to increase immune deficiency


Balancing Reiki in the aura/body of the ears and head




Kerry giving healing to Anna



Self Healing, aligning energy with the body and the aura



Meditating with the sea and her energy ( notice the cloud of energy)






Inner child and releasing inhabitions






Splashing, Connecting with the inner child







Connecting with the vibration of the sea, air and universe.

Venues Required for Reiki Workshops

We are currently looking for other venues to run Reiki Workshops. If you feel that you would like us to teach a Reiki workshop in your area, town or location then please e.mail us at info@alternative-world.org
www.alternative-world.org

We are especially interested in running workshops in other countries and other parts of the world. If you like what you see then please contact us for further details. We look forward to your contact. info@alternative-world.org

Workshops currently available in Malaga Province (Costa del Sol)
Miraflores Mijas Costa
Villa La Paz Coin
Concordia Marbella/San Pedro
El Rosario Marbella


Workshops in Melilla North Africa (Spanish Enclave)
Carmen y Aurora Estatica melilla

Famous Quotes to Inspire your path

A precious human life

"EVERY DAY, THINK AS YOU WAKE UP
TODAY I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE WOKEN UP
I AM ALIVE I HAVE A PRECIOUS HUMAN LIFE
I AM NOT GOING TO WASTE IT
I AM GOING TO USE
ALL MY ENERGIES TO DEVELOP MYSELF
TO EXPAND MY HEART OUT TO OTHERS
TO ACHIEVE ENLIGHTENMENT FOR
THE BENEFITS OF ALL BEINGS
I AM GOING TO HAVE KIND
THOUGHTS TOWARDS ANOTHER
I AM NOT GOING TO GET ANGRY
OR THINK BADLY ABOUT OTHERS
I AM GOING TO BENEFIT OTHERS
AS MUCH AS I CAN"

-His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama-

Why is healing the aura so important?

The Aura is part of you. It is your energy field, an extention of you.
When you receive a cut to the body, sustain an injury or undergo an operation, any where where there is a tear or cut to your body, so to the aura undergos a tear or cut.

This is why healing is so important. Conventional medicine is unable to heal the aura. The only form of healing that can occur in this are is healing light from source through the power of healing.

Let us take an example.
A man sustains an injury of a broken arm. The arm is damaged and there is need for a cut to the body in order to repair the break. Already the man has terrified thoughts and anguish that he has projected into his own aura. What we send out to the aura, we later diject and become. Therefore the aspect of healing the thought process also comes into play. Reiki works on all levels of being, healing what needs to be addressed. Reiki is an intelligence and knows exactly where and what to heal at the given time.

As the knife goes into the skin, the knife also cuts the aura. After the operation the cut is sewn up but the aura is left with a tear or hole. When un dealt with this creates a weakness in the bodies defenses as well as leaving the body open for negative as well as positive influences. If there are a few cuts to the aura, in time the aura becomes weaker and the person becomes affected with various aches and pains. Apart from the physical aspects, mental emotional experiences can cause harm to the auric field.

Lets take this man who has sustained the injury. He is left traumatised. This trauma creates a seed in the auric field. If this man for example then had an argument with a family member, and the argument caused emotional disturbance, so much so that he could not let go of the past, this too would create a seed. Everytime you have an argument, a fight, a fear and doubt a worrying thought pattern and so forth, you are planting seeds into your aura.

As the seeds sit there , they find the weak points. From here they grow roots to find weaknesses in the body. This is where pain and disturbance is felt in the body.
We tend only to go to a doctor when we feel pain, often leaving it til it gets unbearable before we do anything about it.
Orthodox medicine steps in and deals with the physical pain. They do not however deal with the auric field, often the area where the problem manifested.

Auric psychic surgery is an option. We teach this art on Reiki 3 A.R.T. BUT in some cases with students who are advanced and work in the complementry field, teaching it on Reiki 2. We teach you how to enter into the auric field and feel what the problem is. You also work with the client, in a light hypnotherapy session aiding them and working with them to release the problem. Through the hypnotised state your are guided to the area where the problem sits. The student is then shown how to cut into the aura, release the problem and the seed, roots and sensation to then seal the area. Healing is then administered. We have over 20 case studies, where after this treatment the pain is relieved and the client is able to feel a sense of peace.
A full recovery may take a few sessions, but the psychic work on the aura is necessary to treat the whole person.

Today in the uk and further afield, Reiki is used in hospitals, hospices and other medical fields as it is now realised that healing does benefit the client/patient to access wellness.

Your Reiki Questions- 21 days and self Healing, is it necessary?

Reiki 1 is perhaps the most important level of Reiki that there is . Why? Because it is the re-connection process, in teaching you that you are a channel to the uncondional love and light from the Universe. Reiki 1 needs to be thorough in its teaching menthods to teach you how to relax, meditate, visualize, empower yourself and most importantly, heal yourself.

This is not going to be achieved over night. Reiki is not only a form of healing. it is much more than that, it is a path. I will give you a couple of examples to back up my views. I have been teaching Reiki for 10 years. In that time I have kept various case studies of various students who have either worked or not worked upon themselves.

You obviously would be taught that attuning to Reiki 1, your level of consciousness raises a vibration. Therefore giving healing to yourself assists in working with the new vibration and harmonizing the self.

Here is a case study.

On this particular course there were two students. One woman in her mid 40s who had already taken a Reiki 1 course, but felt that she did not get a good experience. (She was not taught to give herself healing in the 21 days).
So on this occaision she took a refresher course. Many of the techniques and practises taught on our workshop were not familar with her, which brings questions to the fore of what Masters and Teachers actually teach on courses.

The second student was an art teacher in a local comprehensive school. She had a creative block and needed to access her sense of creativity so she could teach fulfillingly. Other than that it was a friends illness of Cancer that brought her to the door of Reiki. She wanted to help her.


The workshop brought many mirrors and facets to the surface. Often self healing can bring up the feelings of fight or flight syndrome.

Reiki 1 teaches you to put yourself first. If I use the example of a plane crashing. The pilot tells us to put the mask on ourselves so we are in a position to help others. This is exactly the same. We have to be well within in order to be ready to help others. Reiki 1 teaches you to do something for yourself.

After the course the two students entered into the 21 day cleansing period. Here we ask students to keep a diary for 21 days detailing their self healing, meditations and thoughts and experiences. Within 21 days 90% of students change their life in a more positive direction.

They returned after the 21 days.
**The person who had done the refresher course had not changed.
why?
Because she did not work on herself
She was able to give healing to others, but not to herself.
She commented that she did not feel she deserved to give herself the healing.

**Mikao usui had brought in the 5 reiki principles after he realised that the beggers were returning to the beggers camp where he was working giving healing to the sick. The five reiki principles assisted in giving them self acceptance, and a realization that they deserved.

In our teachings we now ensure that we heal the students thoughts. Using the 5 reiki principles as a template we are able to heal the students individual thoughts assisting in a positive life change.

The second student , the art teacher, gave herself healing everyday and wrote a diary.
Her life changed considerably and enjoyed the sense of peace she found within when giving herself self healing treatments. Her comments were "Ive come home to me"
She found inspiration and created and exhibition of her works.
She found that she was able to work with students better and also projected out her dream of running her own retreat teaching art. On her personal life her life changed considerably for the better. She was able to say the word NO.


Interestingly many students who enter onto our workshops and courses, are PEOPLE PLEASERS. They put everyone elses needs before themselves-WHY?
This is often deriving from a need to be wanted, needed, loved or accepted.

This is why Reiki 1 is so important.

SELF HEALING IN THE 21 DAYS IS PARAMOUNT

Your Reiki questions- Addressing Reiki 1

There are many questions surrounding the method and teaching of Reiki. Numerous people have had differing experiences and questions regarding the way in which Reiki is taught.

Why does each Reiki Master Teach Reiki in a different way?

The difference between Reiki and a Religion is that although there are foundations there is no strict rule that sets a president on the way a Reiki workshop should be taught. Primarily the outline of what Reiki is, the history of Reiki and the hand positions for self healing and healing of others really is a necesesity. Of course receiving the attunements is paramount. Religion tends to be fixed in the way it is taught, yet Reiki is taught from a spiritual perspective which encompases all Religions and belief systems.

Some Reiki Masters adopt their own form of Reiki, with a belief system that they feel comfortable with. Therefore there are around 50 differing forms of Reiki all deriving from the tradional simple form. This is not wrong. It has the Masters essence and belief thus creating a comfortable way forward in their teaching of the workshop.

Personally I feel I need to follow the essence in its pure form. Other than calling it Reiki I dont wish to add something else to its meaning. Reiki means Universal Energy. Therefore for example some people might call it Rainbow Reiki, Dolphin Reiki Wicca Reiki, Violet flame Reiki. I feel by adding the fore running words, the source and energy is restricted, thus falling into the same trap as Religion.

Religion as a rule means simply to "Re- Align" to "Re Connect" thus religion was brought into our lives to teach us that there was a higher being. Something greater than ourselves that connects us the the universal energy. Each Religion has come along and put their stamp on their so called belief. Books have been written thus creating control factors into society and feeding wars and troubles. The viscious circle.

Life is very simple. We are born as channels into this world, even when we were in the womb we are a channel to energy. Yet when we are in the womb we absorb the energy of the mother and all that she experiences. The first three years of a childs life is the most important, as it has not learned to defend itself. The baby soaks up everything the good and bad, the circumstance it finds itself in and this goes towards moulding its personality fears doubts and intelligence. It also affects the channel. This creates blocks. As the child grows up it continues to absorb everything through its aura, personal space/energy field. All thoughts he/she thinks, he/she becomes. A pattern evolves. 90% of us are taught and conditioned to believe that if we want to connect to God or something greater then we have to go to church and believe in Jesus God, Krishna, Buddha etc.. We are not taught that we are a channel for light and are connected to the universe.

The chakras need to be understood and I feel should be taught on a Reiki course as these blockages that come in the form of mental emotional physical or spiritual often form in the chakras prebventing the energy flow to flow freely around the body.
If there is a fear factor for example in the mental emotional framework then there would be a limitation of energy flow through all of the chakras creating imbalances and possible ill health especially after a period of time.

When pain is felt in the body, it is the bodies why of telling the person something is out of balance and something needs to be addressed. The aura is part of the human body. An awareness of auras I feel should also be incorporated into the workshops. Feeling and understanding the aura, what it is and how it works. When a person sustains injury to the physical he/she also sustains injury to the aura. This is why auric healing is important. Additionally when you project out negative thought forms you send them to the universe but also your energy field. If healing is not administered to this area and cut and cleansed then the mind and spirit can absorb this information and you become what you think.

Mikao Usui placed 5 reiki priciples into his work. Many other spiritual belief systems work on similar lines. Really this assists in healing your thoughts. I have created a program where we teach each student to access their thoughts, often from the subconscious state, and turn them into affirmations. Giving Reiki to their thoughts assists in accessing who they are.

Reiki should really be a life changing experience. The majority of our students have had profound awakenings and have gone on to excell in their areas of work. Sometimes, in fact more often than not changing their life for the better. Just being a part of that is deeply rewarding. However we only plant a seed and you the student are the ones who are able to help yourselves.

Learning, we feel should be fun and a memorable occaision, "the day my life improved"
Apart from the traditional and ancient teachings of Reiki we also include some fun activities that assist in accessing the inner child, embracing the leader within and taking charge of your life. Anger management is also encouraged through Reiju empowerments and the Hatsu Rei Ho technique. We include outdoor locations such as the beach, the lakes, the trees and so forth.

Deopending on the students present we meet your needs. It maybe that we work with Angels, nature spirits, the higherself, the violet flame ascended masters, Mikao Usui ,Jeshua, Buddha, Krishna, or whatever energy is needed. We have to remember that all energies are one and come from the source. All in all it is unconditional love.

Some of our former students now run spiritual centres around the world. Some of our students include: Wendy Wardell, Barre Da Groot, Darren Kaufman, Marie Heggarty, Jim Duguid, Ann Borders, Luis Alves, Tracey Ann Edwards, Tara Van Gaal, Linda Dow , Helder Teixer, Kalie Deane, Hamed Visshie, Gail nelson-Snell plus many many more.

Reiki workshop dates

Reiki 1 workshops 20th/21st June at Villa La Paz Coin, Spain,

18th/19th July at Calle Sirius, Miraflores, Mijas Costa Spain,

Sept 18th/19th Reiki 2 at Villa La Paz, Coin Spain,

Reiki 1, 2 and Kids Reiki 1 17th-24th October Melilla, North Africa, (en español)

Nov 6th/7th Reiki 2 in Cairo Egypt

If you require any additional information please e.mail info@alternative-world.org

Visit our website www.alternative-world.org

Tallers de Reiki en Español visitar la Pagina de web www.estrellas-del-alma.blogspot.com

International Sai Symphony

"Education is for Life. It starts the first day of our life and ends the last. Improvement is possible and most welcomed. We have to overcome our "limits" and will promote trasformation and evolution as much as possible "

Umberto Frascati
International Sai Symphony

Next Reiki 1 Workshop- June 13th and 14th 2009

The Next Reiki 1 Workshop will take place in Calle Sirius, Riviera Del Sol, Mijas Costa. If you are interested in booking for this workshop please e.mail for further information regarding reservation and deposit.

The Reiki 1 Workshop includes
Meditations and Visualizations
Deep Relaxation
Chakras and Auras
History of Reiki
Healing the inner Child
Soul development exercices
Attunements and Reiju Empowerments
Self Healing
Healing for others
Plus so much more that is detailed within A comprehensive manual for you to keep
Paper and pens
Refreshments thoughout the day
Certificate

You are required to bring yourself, wear comfortable clothing that you are able to relax in (no tight clothing)
We ask that you bring food to share. This assists with a community energy that helps unite energies. Sharing is a powerful tool.

The price for the Workshop is 150 euros (A deposit of 50 euros is required to guarentee your place on the workshop)

E.mail us for bank details to place a deposit or arrange to meet us in person.
info@alternative-world.org


If you are abroad and wish to have a place to stay you can visit our rental site where you can find beachside apartments. Why not include a holiday with your workshop? www.atlantis-property-management.com

To find out more about what Reiki is and what the workshop entails please visit our website www.alternative-world.org

Reiki Workshop May 16th and 17th May

Congratulations to Karin Berth Ivonne van den Hemel, Penelope Anne McGeown and Lauraine Sainsbury for successfully completing their Reiki 1 course. Here are some of the photos taken over the eventful weekend. With Photographer Andreas Holm and corporate Life Coach Beatriz Garcia Velasquez. Reiki workshops by Jason Ritchie and Luis Alves

Our Handfasting Ceremony 1st May 2009

Jason & Luis Wedding Ceremony in Istan from Andreas Holm on Vimeo.

Pictures taken from our Handfasting Ceremony in Istan 1st May 2009

Next Reiki 1 course 16th and 17th May 2009

If you are interested in booking the Reiki 1 course, please e.mail for further information to info@alternative-world.org and view our website for course details.

Weekend of the 16th and 17th May
Miraflores C/ Sirius
Price 150 euros
(incl 50 euro deposit)

Unicorns-Dreams-Reality

Connecting to the Higher-self

Connecting to the Higherself

What is the Higherself?

The higher-self is part of your whole existance yet resides on another vibration that is You. You may understand it as the God self, thus a part of God that is living part of your consciousness state. Some people feel that the Higher-self assists with the element of intuition and inner guidance. You may believe in Angels or Guides, but perhaps their existance is part and parcel of the whole in form of your higherself. This would be true if the higherself was part of God, as that is the highest aspect of Vibration in the Universal Consciousness.

The Higherself is also thought to be energy, powerul vibrating positive energy that contains all your lives that you have lived before as well as those you are actually living through time and space. It is possible that we are living duality lives through a matrix. The Higherself connects to that matrix enabling us to receive messages through meditation and visualiztion.

Recently I took a group of people into meditation to connect them to their higherself. There experiences were profound. Each one connected to the essence and the power of who they are as human beings. Each one saw bright and colourful energy either in the form of golden light or rainbow colours or shapes. When each person connected with the higherself they were able to communicate and become intouch with the energy that they often forget to get in touch with on a daily basis.

In fact how many of you actually trust your intuition? How many of you live your life connected with the higher self. Truefully, very little, a small percentage I feel. The reason is that if we trusted our intuition, we would not worry. We would know and trust what the solution was to our everyday actions and deeds. I feel if we were taught to get in touch with our higherselves from a yound age, then the vibration and consciousness state for mother earth would be in a much more peaceful alignment that where it is right now.

We are taught in a general way that if we want to connect to something higher than ourselves, then we must follow a religion and or a belief system that dictates or shows to us how we must lead our lives to sustain the best life that "God" feels is best for us. Yet could you imagine if that changed? Imagine that from a young age we were taught that we could enter into meditation to connect to a higher consciousness, our higher selves to find the answers to our everyday problems. We have a direct access to God. We are part of that energy. We are the God energy.

The real God energy is uncondtional Love. Unconditional love knows no boundries and makes no restiction. Unconditional means just that. So where in your life do you find an unconditional way of being? What part of the self acts from this point? If we are truely connected to the higherself, then we have found the peace in the world that we all strive to achieve. Reaching the higher self we are able to maintain the equilibrium that fulfils our purpose.


Now here is some food for thought. Could it be that most Mediums actually connect to the higherself to receive messages. The higherself could in actual fact store all the information and imprints of life. Are mediums actually psychically connecting to that imprint to relay messages of hope?
It is said that mediums connect with the Hall of Records found in a library on the etheric realms. Could this actually be our higherself that connects to the etheric realms that relays the information on a psychic level to the medium?

I am interested to hear your comments...

During our connection with the higherself we were also able to connect with previous incarnations that had a reflective appearance on the life that the person was currently living. For example, one gentleman said that he saw me as a boy, a chimney sweep in victorian times. My life then was as a lesson to others. I got stuck up the chimney, and died trapped by the fumes of a fire.
Now this gentleman had not been to the meeting before. This was his first time and he knew nothing of my life. Yet he relaid this to me. This made great sense to me as when I was a boy, I developed childhood athsma. On several occaisions I also found myself involved with fires, on a train, in a building which had re-awakened a fear, yet I was unsure of where it stemmed. Clearly he was tapping into my higherself from his higherself to relay the message. On hearing this, it gave clearence and healing to a past incarnacion.


Connecting to the higherself is incredibly powerful and something I feel we must all learn to acknowledge.



If you are interested in developing your spiritual self contact info@alternative-world.org
www.alternative-world.org

Reiki Courses at Villa La Paz in the heart of the Andalucian Countryside

We now run courses in the heart of the Andalucian Countryside in magnificent surroundings. Here you can embark on a reiki course as well as enjoying home comforts and a well deserved break from the rat race. Villa La Paz is a Villa set in its own grounds near the Andalucian town of Coin.
To view the location and the courses available please click on the link below.

http://www.the-chill-zone.com/

Wedding Celebrations- The Handfasting Ceremony 1st May 2009

Jason Ritche and Luis Alves will be getting Married here on the 1st May
This is a "Handfasting Ceremony" on Beltane 1st May 2009

Reiki 1 Fuengirola Playa 2009

Jason Ritchie-Reiki Master/Teacher -Fuengirola Playa March 2009


Luis Miguel Alves-Reiki Master/Assistant Training Teacher-Fuengirola Playa March 2009




Beatriz Velasquez (Betty)-Reiki 1 Fuengirola Playa March 2009




Andreas Holm - Reiki 1 Fuengirola Playa March 2009


Connecting with the Inner Child (animal play- being cats)




Connecting with the Inner Child (animal play- being cats)


Dance therapy and expression assists with self confidence



Dance therapy and self expression


Self Expression and dance therapy



The Train- Trust and laughter therapy



Laughter Therapy


Laughter Therapy and trust


The Hatsu Rei Ho Technique


In touch with the Universe-Belonging


Connection with the Universe


Group Hug (Luis Andreas and Beatriz)



Hugging (Andreas and Beatriz)


Feeling and sensing Auras


Beatriz giving Reiki to Luis


Andreas giving Reiki to Anna Mezzone (notice the orbs)


Andreas Holm Anna Mezzone (client) Beatriz Vacasquez


Congratulations to Andreas Holm and Beatriz Vacasquez for successfully completing Reiki 1 Workshop pictured with Luis Alves and Anna Mezzone



Andreas Holm, Anna Mezzone, Jason Ritchie and Beatriz Vacasquez