What is Reiki?
The practice of Reiki is an original method of healing developed by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui in 1922. Reiki is a healing modality much like acupuncture and cupping, it impacts the energetic systems of the body to promote the body's regenerative self-healing ability. Reiki treats the whole person, body, mind and spirit, to achieve balance and restore optimum health.
Reiki is universal life energy, harnessed and guided by a trained Japanese Reiki Practitioner that has been attuned to the practice. Once a person has been attuned, their hands become a channel for concentrated life energy that can promote healing and balance in themselves and others.
Reiki is not a religion, it is completely nondenominational. You can practice any religion, yet still use and benefit from Reiki. While it is not a not a religion, it is still important to live and act in a way that promotes harmony with others. Mikao Usui, the founder of the Reiki system of natural healing, recommended that one practice certain simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony, which are nearly universal across all cultures.
We live in a world of energy that nourishes and maintains all living things. When this energy flows uninterrupted there is balance and harmony within and around us, and we experience a sense of well being.
How does Reiki work?
In a Reiki session, a trained Japanese Reiki practitioner, that has been attuned to the practice, becomes a channel for concentrated life force energy through his or her hands unto another. The practitioner then works to charge the recipient’s energy field with positive energy to help restore a healthy, balanced flow of life energy throughout the body.
Reiki works to restore the natural energetic balance in a person’s body that may have become disrupted or off balance due to stress, injury or illness. Every person responds to Reiki differently, because the attuned energy travels to the parts of the body that need it most.
Reiki treatment is a process that anyone can enjoy in the normal course of their life. Reiki is available to everyone, any age or illness level. Reiki can be used alongside other conventional or complementary treatments and even often helps to provide emotional support during recovery.
