What is Reiki?
Reiki is hands-on natural healing using the universal life force energy. The term comes from the Japanese words “rei,” meaning universal, and “ki,” which means vital life force energy that flows through all living things. Reiki, an abundant, gentle spiritual energy is not tied to any specific religion or nationality.
Medical facilities around the world, including America’s best rated hospitals, such as Cleveland Clinic, John’s Hopkins, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and many more, have adopted Reiki as part of patient services and integrative medicine.
What to Expect
Reiki treatments typically last about 50 minutes. During the treatment, the patient lies on a massage table, fully clothed. The Reiki practitioner gently places their hands palm down on or hovers just above the patient’s body in a specific energy location and uses a series of 12 to 15 different hand positions. The length of time that the practitioner leaves their hands in each position is determined by the flow of energy through their hands at each location. There is no pressure, massage or manipulation involved.
The patient may experience the energy as sensations such as heat, tingling or pulsing where the practitioner has placed their hands. Sometimes, the sensations are felt moving through the body; some people do not perceive any sensations at all. Most people feel very relaxed and peaceful, and many fall asleep during the treatment.
Benefits of Reiki
According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, people use Reiki for relaxation, stress reduction and symptom relief, in efforts to improve overall health and well-being. A Reiki treatment may do the following:
Bring about a peaceful, deep state of relaxation
Dissolve energy blockages and tension
Detoxify the body
Support the well-being of a person receiving traditional medical treatment that is debilitating (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, kidney dialysis)
Supply universal life force energy to the body
Stimulate the body’s immune system
Help to relieve pain
Stimulate tissue and bone healing after injury or surgery
Increase the vibrational frequency on physical, mental emotional and spiritual levels
Reiki, which is used all over the world including in many hospitals and hospices, aids in healing by helping people become more balanced physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
Regularly applied Reiki treatments (about once a month) enhance your ability to respond to unhealthy elements in your environment and help you to handle stress. By promoting the harmonious distribution of energy, Reiki is an excellent form of preventive medicine.
Reiki complements all other types of medical and therapeutic treatments. Reiki treatment should not be used as a substitute for consultation or a physician, a practitioner or natural therapeutics or a psychotherapist. Reiki can increase the efficacy of other types of healing.
Principles of Reiki
Just for today…
I release angry thoughts
I release thoughts of worry
I am grateful
I expand my consciousness
I am gentle with all beings