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RTalk 'The value' with René Vögtli and Team
19 July 2023
The value
with René Vögtli and Team
The RTalk project has released so far about 50 RTalk-interviews with the diversity of people and topics. In this RTalk René Vögtli, Adriano Fattizzo and Inna Upart reflect on the value of the RTalk project for the team, the Reiki community and for the RTalk […]
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About RTalk

Reconciliation takes place in many places. It covers a wide array of topics and people of all walks of life are involved. Their truths are the raw material for the work at hand.

RTalks introduces some of these people and their thoughts. So that we understand and cultivate a peaceful coexistence within the diversity of our world. The art of ‘agreeing to disagree’ reigns.


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Unterschrift René
René Vögtli

Previous RTalks

RTalk 'Some things I can change' with Carlos Sanchez
17 June 2023
Some things I can change
with Carlos Sanchez
Two men in their prime musing the processes of life as experienced in the past and looking into the future. The respect for each other and the joy of exploring the other’s thoughts and feelings is inspiring.
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RTalk 'Shame and Blame' with Nathalie Jaspar
29 May 2023
Shame and Blame
with Nathalie Jaspar
A tongue-in-cheek provocation triggering a conversation about preconceived opinions being weaponized in the ‘game’ of shame and blame.
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RTalk 'Service' with Kate Jones
3 May 2023
Service
with Kate Jones
Do we become slaves when we are in service, as one definition of the word would suggest? Or is it a noble and spiritual path? During the discussion to find answers, civil disobedience is a topic. And the guest turns the tables and questions the host’s stance with respect to absentee initiations.
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RTalk 'Abuse' with Phillip Hawkins - Part 2
13 April 2023
Abuse
with Phillip Hawkins – Part 2
This second half of the conversation includes strategies for victims and abusers. The ‘Recovery Wall’ is a concrete example. If our topic is distressing to you, please watch the video in the presence of a trusted person. The chapters marked ‘!’ can be particularly challenging.
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RTalk 'Abuse' with Phillip Hawkins - Part 1
23 March 2023
Abuse
with Phillip Hawkins – Part 1
The openness and vulnerability of the two men ignite confidence that healing of trauma is possible. For both, victim and offender. If the topic is distressing, we recommend to watch the video in the presence of a trusted person. The chapters marked ‘!’ can be particularly disturbing.  
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RTalk 'Story and Song' with Peter Forster and Tanya Batt
3 March 2023
Story and Song
with Peter Forster and Tanya Batt
Peter Foster and Tanya Batt are award winning collaborators exploring storytelling and music. We discuss the importance of oral tradition, how their work connects people on profound levels, and the transforming power of music for those passing away.
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RTalk 'My stroke' with Elaine Andres
10 February 2023
My stroke
with Elaine Andres
Elaine Andres shares  her remarkable recovery story from a stroke and all its struggles. Open, insightful and with humour. Additionally, the concept of ‘Source’ is addressed and how it relates to the success of organizations.
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RTalk 'Own opinion' with Barbara Kathrin Simonsohn
20 January 2023
Own opinion
with Barbara Kathrin Simonsohn
Barbara Simonsohn is not one to hold back her opinion. Not now in this conversation, not as an author and not back when she was trained by the Radiance Technique. Controversial, thought provoking and in tune with today’s zeitgeist.
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RTalk 'Two practices' with Claire O'Shea
30 December 2022
Two practices
with Claire O’Shea
Claire O’Shea is an adherent of two Reiki practices: Usui Shiki Ryoho (Reiki Alliance style) and Jikiden Reiki. A choice, a tight-rope act? Or as naturally co-existent as two different trees in a forest?
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RTalk 'Loss of words' with Rajive Johri
9 December 2022
Loss of words
with Rajive Johri
With entertaining parables the two conversationalists glide through the paradox of using words for the indescribable. They find that achievement in business or scientific ambition are not mutually exclusive with the quest for spiritual answers. To the contrary. 
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RTalk 'Lived Experience' with Frank Coppieters
18 November 2022
Lived Experience
with Frank Coppieters
A dance from one image to another exploring reality, oral and written traditions. Surprising and sparkling.
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RTalk 'Nomadic life' with Andy Beer
28 October 2022
Nomadic Life
with Andy Beer
While it sounds enticingly adventurous, is a nomadic life for a mature Western man not somewhat naive, even egocentric and irresponsible? 
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RTalk 'But … WHY!?' with Esther Veltheim
5 October 2022
But ... WHY!?
with Esther Veltheim
Does ‘Why?’ help answer ‘How?’ And does ‘deconstructive thinking’ really lead to health, freedom and happiness?
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RTalk 'Inclusiveness' with Pamela Miles
29 August 2022
Inclusiveness
with Pamela Miles
Inclusiveness, the catchword of the day. But what does it mean, where does it start and end? Empower people and give them the benefit of the doubt.
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RTalk ‘Toxic Spirituality’ with Janina Köck
8 July 2022
Toxic spirituality
with Janina Köck
At the latest since Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard, the topic of toxicity has been hot. In the context of spirituality, it sounds like a contradiction and is often taboo. We talk about it.  
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Reconciliation in the Reiki world - special RTalk for the Associação Portuguesa de Reiki
15 June 2022
Reconciliation in the Reiki World
with René Vögtli
Why reconciliation? Why now? How? Celebrating Reiki’s 100th anniversary, the Portuguese association wants these questions answered. A 2022 account. 
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RTalk 'Reality' with Gauthier Papp
13 May 2022
Reality
with Gauthier Papp
Try as we might, my guest and I touched ‘reality’ most profoundly at the end with a surprising twist in the conversation. Thus, art prevailed over science in this episode proofing Wilhelm Busch right.
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RTalk 'Bypassing' with Bhante Sukhacitto
22 April 2022
Bypassing
with Bhante Sukhacitto
Bypassing is counter-productive avoidance. While spiritual circles are particularly aware of this, it is acutely relevant in every-day life. For all of society. And particularly with a war raging.
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RTalk 'Bypassing' with Bhante Sukhacitto
Bypassing
with Bhante Sukhacitto
Bypassing is counter-productive avoidance. While spiritual circles are particularly aware of this, it is acutely relevant in every-day life. For all of society. And particularly with a war raging.
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RTalk 'Compassion' with Gerald Blomeyer
1 April 2022
Compassion
with Gerald Blomeyer
“We do not want war! We want peace.” This is one of the crystal clear statements in this discourse. And it is a call for action. Honest, passionate and at times almost desperate, the two men discuss the dilemma to find compassion. Even in the face of man’s reprehensible conduct.
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RTalk 'Anarchy' with Svetlana Ushakova and Iryna Ostapyuk
11 March 2022
Anarchy
with Svetlana Ushakova and Iryna Ostapyuk
The tragic developments in Ukraine throw a heavy shadow over this RTalk which was filmed at the height of the unrest in January in Kazakhstan. It was a courageous conversation then but now – in the light of the current events – it has a haunting if not radical quality. 
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RTalk 'Awe' with Ruth Karina Kjølner
18 February 2022
Awe
with Ruth Karina Kjølner
This conversation touches us profoundly one moment. And then it surprises us when – in the face of death – joy and dance prevail. It is a marvel of humanity’s potential to love and to create.
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RTalk 'Motherhood' with Ashwita Goel
28 January 2022
Motherhood
with Ashwita Goel
The audacity for a childless woman and for a man to talk about the topic of motherhood.
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RTalk 'Irritation' Muniqui Muhammad
7 January 2022
Irritation
with Muniqui Muhammad
A black American Muslim in Japan and a white Swiss agnostic … in itself a potentially irritating picture for some. How relevant are cultural differences when dealing with irritation?
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RTalk 'Passion' with Eri FukaseLuman and Fokke Brink
26 November 2021
Passion
with Eri Fukase Luman and Fokke Brink
They could not be more different. He is one of the original characters in Reiki of the early 80ies. She is rooted in entirely different tradition and culture. They meet for the first time in this video and share their common passion so intimately that one is mesmerized and in awe. “Passion is the soul talking.”
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RTalk 'Attraction' with Olivia Veloso
5 November 2021
Attraction
with Olivia Veloso
The Universe doesn’t judge what we’re creating. The responsibility for our thoughts and actions is solely with us. While Olivia is steadfast with her proposition ’wherever we focus our attention, we get more of the same’, René questions this simplification.
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RTalk 'World View' with Dr David Bolius
15 October 2021
World View
with Dr. David Bolius
We can look at it from a very materialistic viewpoint. Or our view on the world comes from an immaterial perspective. Lofty discussion points are discussed by the two men in a very personal, even intimate manner. To the point that the wife makes a surprise appearance and exclaims:  “Your conversation is an encouragement to stand up for one’s own opinion.” 
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RTalk 'Matrix' with Dr Claudia Schembri Heitmann
24 September 2021
Matrix
with Dr. Claudia Schembri-Heitmann
This exciting topic is illuminated from various perspectives and levels and the viewer experiences step-by-step how a very insightful overall picture of Matrix unfolds. ‘Blueprint’, ‘universal energy field’ or ‘quantum information field’- depending from which side observations are made, a difference in the choice of words can be seen and at the same time the respective observers would refer to the same thing.
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RTalk 'Tradition' with Dr. Justin Stein
3 September 2021
Tradition
with Dr. Justin Stein
What makes something “traditional”? How does the idea of “tradition” get invoked in political and social movements? And what is the relationship between tradition and the challenges our society faces today, from the climate crisis to racism to the coronavirus?
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RTalk 'Common destination' with Hyakuten Inamoto
13 August 2021
Common destination
with Hyakuten Inamoto
“When there’s THIS, then THAT comes to be…” Enlightenment in a world of duality and communalities among humans are in the focus. Reiki is a common denominator between the discussants but is not the central theme.
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RTalk 'Collaboration' with Amanda Jayne and Silke Kleemann
23 July 2021
Collaboration
with Amanda Jayne and Silke Kleemann
The two women discuss their experience of collaborating on their new book Women in Reiki. Lifetimes dedicated to healing in 1930s Japan and today. René teases them about the English and German stereotypes they come from and asks how this affected their collaboration and they agree that their very different approaches to writing could well have destroyed the project.
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RTalk 'Open-mindedness' with William Lee Rand
2 July 2021
Opend-mindedness
with William Rand Lee
William Lee Rand looks at the world from his perspective, yet he concedes to every other human being their own thoughts and actions and truth to the fullest extent. Acceptance and tolerance are basic prerequisites in this process. At peace and centered, he talks about his life experience and being open to the world. “A great RTalk – interesting, entertaining, instructive! A milestone.” (First viewer)
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RTalk 'Unravel the Crochet' with Frank Arjava Petter
11 June 2021
Unravel the Crochet
with Frank Arjava Petter
It seems that every generation has its own challenges, and that the Corona pandemic is our challenge today…and yet, especially in difficult times, solutions are sometimes easier than you think. So what is our chance in this pandemic-ridden time? “Corona is our Chance!“
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RTalk 'Interplay' with Ben Haggard
21 May 2021
Interplay
with Ben Haggard
The interplay between art and ‚real life‘ is a metaphor for the relationship with “the whole of what makes us who we are”. While Ben Haggard is known as a teacher of innovative thinking, this conversation makes sorties into the world of art revealing Ben […]
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RTalk 'My mission' with Ryoko Julia
30 April 2021
My mission
with Ryoko Julia
The two discussants did not know each other beforehand and are coming from different origins, traditions and world-views. Yet, few points of contention can be found in this episode of RTalk but “profound reflections on having peace within yourself, on authenticity and mission” (a viewer). […]
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RTalk 'Transition - consciousness, climate and Corona' with Golo J. Pilz and Robert Kramps
9 April 2021
Transition
with Golo Pilz and Robert Kramps
Consciousness, climate and Corona –  Humanity is challenged to actively work together to shift the way we inhabit the earth. In this episode of RTalk we explore how spiritual practices contribute to this and what this entails: going from self-directed individual practice to taking responsibility […]
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RTalk 'Civic responsibility' with Christine Loh
19 March 2021
Civic responsibility
with Christine Loh
What can we do as individuals to overcome differences, to bridge gaps between positions that seem to be polar opposite? How many of our opinions are backed by evidence, how many are driven by our bias? How do you move a community along? Christine Loh […]
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RTalk 'Surrender' with Dori-Michelle Beeler
26 February 2021
Surrender
with Dori-Michelle Beeler
Letting go of control, of authority is not a natural thing for most of us to do. In her research of the subject of “surrender” in Reiki, Dori-Michelle Beeler worked with a group of people exploring together who is this outer authority to whom we […]
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RTalk 'Embodiment' with Wendy Kann
5 February 2021
Embodiment
with Wendy Kann
Most of us understand that our mind and body are one, but can’t quite shake the thought of our brains being more important, while our bodies are unpredictable, unreliable, and maybe even embarrassing – a sort of humble mule whose task it is to carry […]
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RTalk 'Controversy' with Robert N Fueston and Inna Upart
15 January 2021
Controversy
with Robert N Fueston and Inna Upart
Robert faced controversy with the publication of his book and with his role as researcher and archivist of the Reiki history.
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RTalk 2020 Recollection
25 December 2020
Recollection
with All-Guests of 2020
A collection of funny, witty and profound statements by the RTalk guests in 2020 featuring: Mischa Vögtli-Egloff  |  Dr. Francis Vendrell  |  Elaine Hamilton Grundy  |  Yuliya Sasina-Yates  |  Arno Greter  |  Oliver Klatt  |  Peter Koenig  |  João Magalhães  Thank you … … to all our […]
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RTalk 'Perseverance' with João Magalhães
4 December 2020
Perseverance
with João Magalhães
Grit is a more significant predictor of success than IQ, social intelligence or physical health. Perseverance and passion are prerequisites for sustainability. What does it take to tap into these potent resources? The clarity of one’s own vision gives vital orientation. But what if we […]
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RTalk 'Source' with Peter Koenig
13 November 2020
Source
with Peter Koenig
If ‘source’ stands for founder – as Peter Koenig says – is he advocating old-fashioned top-down, dictatorial hierarchy? What happened to equal co-founders, democracy even? What about generative consciousness? Peter Koenig is an inveterate researcher and dispeller of illusions. He has spent over 30 years […]
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RTalk 'Integrity' with Oliver Klatt
23 October 2020
Integrity
with Oliver Klatt
Is changing one’s opinion compromising one’s integrity? Is it possible to stay true to your values in an ever changing environment? What does that mean when “life gets in the way”? Showing his “true colours” Oliver Klatt explores with René the challenges of “staying in […]
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RTalk ‚♂ Vulnerability‘ with Arno Greter
2 October 2020
♂ Vulnerability
with Arno Greter
Can men talk about their vulnerability? May they do so? In public, too? The transition from boy to adult is for most men related to a loss of traits they struggle to regain later in life. The so called ‘soft skills’ demanded from modern business […]
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RTalk 'Unconditional' with Yuliya Sasina Yates
11 September 2020
Unconditional
with Yuliya Sasina-Yates
‘Unconditional’ as in love, universal income and interrelationships. A friend gives another money with no strings attached; volunteering work not expecting gratitude. Really? What’s easier: receiving or giving ‘unconditionally’? How do I detect if I am secretly expecting a return? Besides the high-flying philosophy, what […]
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RTalk 'Authenticity' with Elaine Hamilton Grundy
21 August 2020
Authenticity
with Elaine Hamilton Grundy
Nothing gets Elaine more cross than belief systems. She likens ‘authenticity’ rather with facts of life than with belief systems. Particularly if the latter is dogmatic or declared superior. What does it mean to be an authentic human being, and particularly in Reiki?
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RTalk 'Coherence' with Dr Francis Vendrell
31 July 2020
Coherence
with Dr. Francis Vendrell
Dr. Francis Vendrell is a man of many roles. Reiki practitioner/teacher, Zen Buddhist monk and not least physicist. “We need transdisciplinary approaches to create knowledge which is unite and complete. The reality, the universe is not split in two parts, in two different parts. It […]
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RTalk 'Politics' with Mischa Vögtli-Egloff
28 June 2020
Politics
with Mischa Vögtli-Egloff
Why RTalk? Mischa critically questions the purpose of RTalk in this pilot video. She is addressing René as a fellow Reiki Teacher, her business partner and not least as her husband.
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