At The Reiki Life, we use an internal map called the Three Diamonds to understand how Reiki moves through the body, mind, and spirit. This map is inspired by the traditional Japanese Tanden—three primary centers of awareness.

1. The Earth Diamond (Hara)

Location: Lower abdomen (Seika Tanden).

• Theme: “I am here.”
• Qualities: Grounding, stability, presence, and physical vitality.
• In Practice: When this diamond is steady, you feel solid and capable of meeting life. You nourish this center through Joshin Kokyu Ho (Hara-centered breathing).

2. The Heart Diamond

Location: Center of the chest (Chuu Tanden).

• Theme: “I am connected.”
• Qualities: Emotional balance, compassion, gratitude, and healing.
• In Practice: This is where you feel your relationship to others. You center awareness here when performing Gassho.

3. The Heaven Diamond

Location: The head (Jyo Tanden).

• Theme: “I am receptive.”
• Qualities: Clarity, intuition, insight, and wisdom.
• In Practice: This is the field of thought and spiritual perception. You work with this diamond during Reiji Ho to allow intuitive guidance to arise.

How the Diamonds Work Together

Healthy practice encourages connection between all three centers:

• Heaven receives guidance.
• Heart translates that guidance into compassion and intention.
• Earth anchors the experience so it can be lived in ordinary life.

If you stay in Heaven without Earth, you become scattered. If you stay in Earth without Heart or Heaven, life feels heavy and flat. Reiki practice helps these centers work together as one coherent landscape.

The Diamonds and the Precepts (Gokai)

The Five Precepts act as “energetic hygiene” for the Diamonds:

• Do not anger / Do not worry: Keeps the Heaven Diamond from being clouded by reactivity.
• Be grateful / Be kind: Softens and opens the Heart Diamond.
• Be honest: Keeps you grounded in the Earth Diamond, showing up for life as it is.