Anyone can benefit from Reiju. No knowledge or previous experience of Reiki is necessary for receiving Reiju. Being a subtle-energy phenomenon, Reiju does not require physical proximity of the people involved. I do Reiju every day with many people, from all around the world, who find me through this website. Some of them receive Reiju only once, or a few times. Many choose to receive it weekly or even daily. Reiju is offered at whatever time is preferred by each person. The procedure I use for giving Reiju is the one learned by Usui's students. Energetically, my Reiju also incorporates the "purifying" aspects of Johrei.
BELOW are descriptions of various people's Reiju experiences, which they have kindly allowed me to post:
Laura J. Wilson / Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. / 21 July 2010
(( I find this one so interesting and so detailed, I have given it its own page: A Case Study in Reiju. ~db ))
Sebastian Micu / Bucharest, Romania / 24 February 2010
"We have received the reiju. I would like to tell you about what I felt: I sitted crosslegged (in fudoza - zen posture), hand in gassho with no specific thoughts in my mind and after 3,4 minutes I suddenly felt in my hands as if a lightning hit me
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... and I had a very vivid sensation in my palms and fingers. Then a very very gentle breeze of calmness, peace and tranquility fell upon me from my head to toe, sensation that is still with me right now and will be tomorrow and the next days ( I know for sure :) ).
"My wife had the same sensation in her hands (pulsation, with suden onset) and later on a vivid heat in her forearms. The time passed so quickly that we didn't realize it!"
Jocelyn Michelle / Lafayette, Colorado, U.S.A. / 10 November 2009
"Don, it was so very interesting ... at the beginning I felt like you were there saying "hi" to me ... I then felt a very very strong heat, more than usual, in my hands while in gassho. I then felt very strongly centered and opened my eyes to see
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... the energy showering down over me. At first I was confused and worried there was something wrong with me, but after a few seconds I realized the pulsating flow raining on me was energy ... it was pretty amazing to watch! After that subsided I then felt the same intense heat in the bottom of my feet. Afterwards I felt very peaceful (which is incredible because my life is not peaceful right now!) Thank you very much!!"
Diana Rus / Giurgiu, Romania / 13 September 2009
"In this evening was the first reiju session after my attunement.
Wonderful!!!
I felt ... aaaawwww, what a great sensation of JOY!!!!!!
Like my chest opened to receive all JOY from Universe!!!!
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I felt ... I don't know ... something like a pressure, and in the same time something like my chest was open ... like my heart chakra was open big, big ... to receive the energy!!!!!
And I felt, I FELT the Energy entering through my heart chakra!!!!!!!!!
And so much Joy, So MUCH JOY, that I laughed!!!
I felt..no, I didn't felt, I only laughed ... I couldn't stop to not laugh because I felt Joy so strong!!!!
Beautiful!!!!
Wonderful!!!!!
Divine!!!!!
What a feeling!!!!!
What sensation!!!!!!!
Awwww..I have no words for this!!!!!!"
Eileen Sunderland / Pataskala, Ohio, U.S.A. / 4 September 2009
"Thanks so much for the reiju, I can see so many changes in myself after only less than a month. The most important one is that now I feel content and peaceful inside, not that sinking feeling inside like something bad is always going to happen. It has been helping me so much, and those around me, too."
Branko Antunovic / Zagreb, Croatia / 28 July 2009
"I don't know where to begin concerning my first Reiju experience......
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... and piercing (in a delicate, spiritual way). About 10 -15 min later it reached a peak. For a certain period of time I felt the energy concentrated around my belly, than at the back of my heart, and my throat. Following that were very intense waves of energy, curiously first on the left half of my entire body, than on the right.... I had a feeling that the energy was working very specifically in a certain moment on balancing my male and female aspects. The experience in that moment was pure happiness and for a brief moment I slipped into a state of feeling one with the source of all that is. As someone who had experience in attending enlightenment intensives, I can recognize that state, and it brings about pure joy, happiness and unconditional love. The whole experience lasted around 35 minutes, and after that it started to fade. Yet I could still feel the energy for another 30 minutes after, very soft and tender like. The ending is what surprised me the most.... After around 30 minutes, the last thing that begin to happen was a very strong, piercing sensation in my hand chakras. I never felt anything so piercing in my palms; not even during attunements. I feel those centers as more open and stronger now. At the beginning of the treatment I had a vision of Sensei Usui in my third eye, and it was a very profound experience for me. I never had visions of any kind or personal connection with him, but this time it felt like I was given a blessing from him.
"The words I wrote you, can barely express the whole experience. :-)"
Darlene Moore / Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. / 16 July 2009
"Thanks so much for sending Wayne and me Reiju last night.
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... that lasted several minutes, then I felt an expansion/contraction in each of my chakras I assume as you moved up the chakras. It was distinct and targeted each chakra one by one. I also had a lot of tingling throughout my body the entire time (I usually get a lot of tingling but not as intense as this was). All in all it was a wonderful experience and I do look forward to learning Reiju. I awoke refreshed and relaxed.
"Thank you again for this wonderful experience and I look forward to receiving more Reiju in the future. Please continue with the weekly sessions as you can."
Dave Bause / Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. / 11 June 2009
"I'm just back (8.30 am) from our Reiki Centre, in Pottstown, where, at 6.30 am this morning .... I started receiving your Reiju.
... the profound quiet and peace that was present.
"For me, it was a humble reminder, of how deeply we are cared for, in each moment, by That Which Created, each of us.
"I want to be able to stay present, with this peaceful, Loving, Energy, always -- not only for me, Don, but for all.....
"Nothing more and nothing less -- That is what I want, now.
"Thank you, Don, for your great kindness (and Reiju!).
"I look forward to receiving your Reiju, again on Thursday at 6.30 am."
And ... 11 June 2009
"I must admit, as I began to receive your Reiju, my thoughts were that this Reiju, wouldn't provide the depth and relaxation I had experienced, last week, when you sent Reiju.
"Of course, I was wrong! A half hour, afterwards, I'm still in a highly peaceful place, following the Reiju you sent this morning!
"I would LOVE to have my Life, from this Place, always!
"I almost don't want to move, right now, or do anything to 'shatter' this peacefulness!"
Linda Stanlake / London, Ontario, Canada / 11 June 2009
"I have been experiencing certain things and wondered if this was from the reiju.
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... as I have more faith and trust that all will work out in the proper god guided manner, I am just more relaxed about going with the flow, not resisting."
Taryne Amado / Sacramento, California, U.S.A. / 6 May 2009more
... Emotionally I felt wonderful! I had such a weird feeling of everything being so beautiful and myself as so beautiful! I had tears in my eyes. I have experienced distance Reiki but never so powerful as this and I know the energy is the energy but before I wasn't even sure of what had happened. There was no denying this!"
Reiju experiences may differ greatly from person to person, as you can see from the above descriptions. Reiki is a subtle energy, often perceived differently even by one person at different times. There is no such thing as a "normal" or "standard" or "typical" Reiki experience. Please do not expect your Reiki/Reiju experiences to match the ones described here; just be receptive and allow each experience to be what it is. And please feel free to send a description of your own experience, via the email link at the bottom of the page.
(( I find this one so interesting and so detailed, I have given it its own page: 
