What is Reiki?
Reiki (Ray-Kee) is a Japanese technique for stress relief and relaxation that boosts the immune system and enhances the body’s natural ability to heal itself.
It is based on the idea that all living things have a special energy flowing through them called life energy. When your life energy is high, you’ll feel strong and confident, more relaxed and centered, and less likely to get sick. When it is low, you’ll often feel tired, and more easily affected by stress and less resistant to illness. Reiki balances the energy centers of the body and is a deeply calming experience.
Reiki works holistically; on the whole body, mind and spirit. It is not a system of religious beliefs, Reiki is simply a relaxing treatment whereas natural healing vibrations are transmitted through the hands of a Reiki practitioner (acting as a conduit) to the body of the recipient.
The purpose of a Reiki treatment is to relieve stress and pain, induce relaxation, release emotional blockages, accelerate natural healing, balance subtle bodies energies and support other medical modalities including traditional therapies.
Benefits of Reiki:
1. Promotes Harmony & Balance. It is an effective, non- invasive energy healing modality that enhances the body’s natural healing ability while energizing and promoting overall wellness.
2. Creates deep relaxation and helps the body release stress and tension.
3. Dissolves energy blocks and promotes natural balance between mind, body and spirit. Regular Reiki treatments can bring about a calmer and more peaceful state of being, in which a person is better able to cope with everyday stress. This mental balance also enhances learning, memory and mental clarity.
4. Assists the body in cleansing itself from toxins and supports the immune system. Reiki reminds our bodies how to shift into parasympathetic nervous system (rest / digest) self-healing mode.
5. Clears the mind and improves focus as you feel grounded and centered. Reiki can support you in staying centered in the present moment rather than getting caught up in regrets about the past or anxieties about the future.
6. Aids better sleep. The number one outcome of receiving a Reiki session is relaxation, which in turn, promotes healing.
7. Accelerates the body’s self-healing ability as you start to return to your natural stat or at least gets your body moving in the right direction.
8. Helps relieve pain and supports the physical body healing.
9. Helps spiritual growth and emotional cleansing. You do not need to be into spirituality to enjoy the benefits of reiki.
It can create profound, often subtle shifts from deep within your own being.
10. Reiki is a wonderful compliment to conventional medical treatment and other therapies. It helps to relax patients on the levels of the mind and physical body.
**Reiki is not a cure but assists in healing. Always follow your doctor's advice.
How Does Reiki Work?
We are alive because life force is flowing through us. Life force flows within the physical body though pathways called chakras, meridians and nadis. It also flows around us in a field of energy called the aura. Life force nourishes the organs and cells of the body, supporting them in their vital functions. When this flow of life force is disrupted, it causes diminished function in one or more of the organs and tissues of the physical body.
The life force is responsive to thoughts and feelings. It becomes disrupted when we accept, either consciously or unconsciously, negative thoughts or feelings about ourselves. These negative thoughts and feelings attach themselves to the energy field and cause a disruption in the flow of life force. This diminishes the vital function of the organs and cells of the physical body.
Reiki heals by flowing through the affected parts of the energy field and charging them with positive energy. It raises the vibratory level of the energy field in and around the physical body where the negative thoughts and feelings are attached. This causes the negative energy to break apart and fall away. In so doing, Reiki clears, straightens and heals the energy pathways, thus allowing the life force to flow in a healthy and natural way.
What Does a Reiki Treatment Feel Like?
What one experiences during a Reiki treatment varies somewhat from person to person. However, feelings of deep relaxation are usually felt by all. In addition, many feel a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and surrounds them. As the Reiki energy encourages one to let go of all tension, anxiety, fear or other negative feelings a state of peace and well-being is experienced. Some drift off to sleep or report floating outside their bodies or have visions. At the end of the treatment, one feels refreshed with a more positive, balanced outlook.
