Reiki (pronounced “ray-key”) is an alternative healing therapy from Japan. It was developed in 1922 by Mikao Usui. The therapy is focused on restoring your spiritual health and energy.
The word Reiki is derived from two Japanese words, “Rei” meaning higher power, and “Ki” meaning life energy. With this view, Reiki means “spiritually guided life force energy.”
Reiki therapy focuses on channeling energy into patients through touch. The process activates the body’s natural healing processes. Reiki helps restore the balance of your physical and emotional health.
Reiki therapists help you feel better by laying hands on specific zones of the body. These zones are associated with your Qi, the life force that flows throughout your body. Poor lifestyle habits, unhealthy diet, and toxins can interrupt the flow of Qi. When this happens, you feel unhealthy and can develop illnesses.
Reiki therapy also makes use of reciting mantras and blessings to promote the flow of life force throughout the body. Doing this helps to achieve the removal of mental and emotional contaminants.
Reiki is a highly spiritual treatment. If you feel like you can benefit from a boost to your energy and spiritual life, Reiki therapy may be right for you.
How does Reiki therapy work?
As mentioned before, Reiki therapy works through touch, mantra, and blessings. A unique feature of Reiki is that it does not try to control your life energy. Instead, it tries to free it.
During Reiki therapy, you should experience feelings of warmth and relaxation. This is the energy moving through your body. The more in tune you are with your body and its life energy, the more you will notice this movement. If you don’t feel the energy, do not be alarmed!
Whether you are aware of it or not, Reiki stirs your energy and promotes wellness. At the least, you will leave therapy feeling more relaxed!
During your Reiki session, it is important to maintain a healthy mindset. Your mind is the source of many of the contaminants in your life energy. Going into the therapy with a negative mindset can inhibit the therapy.
Try avoiding the following feelings while undergoing Reiki therapy:
- Anger
- Depression
- Guilt
- Jealousy
- Unworthiness
If you experience anything listed above, talk to your therapist. They can walk you through mantras and meditation to help you overcome these feelings.
Inhibited life energy is believed to be the cause of many physical and psychological issues. Reiki therapy can help treat a multitude of illnesses and conditions. While it may not replace conventional medicine and procedures, it can compliment them!
Is Reiki therapy right for me?
As mentioned before, Reiki is a spiritual treatment. This therapy operates under the principle that the body is a combination of a physical and spiritual being.
If you agree that you are a spiritual being, then you can benefit from Reiki therapy! Again, there are no side-effects, so what do you have to lose? Reiki therapy can help anyone feel restored. This includes you.
Reiki therapists take a holistic approach to consideration to treatment. Your therapist asks you questions to determine what in your energy is imbalanced and needs treatment. He or she will consider other factors too, such as your age, weight, sex, culture, background, and spirituality.
Can I learn how to practice Reiki?
Anyone can practice Reiki! You do not learn Reiki as one learns other therapies, but it is transferred from the teacher to the student.
Reiki is not a religious practice, so it is not restricted by or make any requirements of religious faiths. It solely seeks to attune the individual to life force energy. Once in tune with this energy, you will be able to practice Reiki yourself.
If you are intrigued, you should consult your nearest Reiki therapist for a consultation today!