Wednesday, December 4, 2013

What is Reiki?

The Mind-Body Healing Benefits of Reiki

According to the Japanese healing technique known as Reiki (pronounced "ray-kee"), when your “Ki” -- or life force energy -- is low or disrupted, you’re more likely to feel stressed or sick. High levels of Ki lead to health and happiness, and it is upon this principle that Reiki exerts its healing effects.

Composed of two Japanese words -- “Rei,” which means “God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power” and “Ki,” which means “life force energy” -- Reiki can be translated as “spiritually guided life force energy.” This gentle, energy healing technique works by helping to clear the negative energies that are blocking the flow of your vital life force energy and is becoming increasingly practiced in U.S. hospitals, hospices and other health care settings.

How Does Reiki Work?

A Reiki treatment generally involves working with a Reiki practitioner who will access your life force energy and allow it to flow freely. This is done by placing their hands palms down on or just above your body in up to 15 different positions. Each position is held for two to five minutes, or until the practitioner feels heat and tingling sensations dissipate, which signals that the flow of energy has stopped.

Each Reiki session lasts anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes, and patients generally receive multiple sessions. It is also possible to receive Reiki long-distance, in which Reiki is performed on clients who are not physically present. 


A Gentle Form of Mind-Body Medicine

According to the International Center for Reiki Training: “A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing … Reiki will improve the results of all medical treatment, acting to reduce negative side effects, shorten healing time, reduce or eliminate pain, reduce stress, and help create optimism.”
 

The energy that is channeled from the hands of a Reiki practitioner is said to “break up and wash away” negative thoughts and feelings that are stopping the flow of your life force energy, leading to improved mental and physical health. 

As the International Center for Reiki Training reports: “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.”
 

Because Ki is influenced by your thoughts and feelings, Dr. Mikao Usui, who rediscovered the ancient healing art of Reiki in Japan in the early 1900s, also developed five Reiki principles that complement the healing technique. To improve your mind and body, Dr. Usui recommended repeating the following, out loud and in your heart, each day, morning and night:
1. Just for today, I will let go of anger. (Letting go of anger brings peace into the mind.)
2. Just for today, I will let go of worry. (Letting go of worry brings healing into the body.)
3. Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings. (Being thankful brings joy into the spirit.)
4. Just for today, I will do my work honestly. (Working honestly brings abundance into the soul.)
5. Just for today, I will be kind to my neighbor and every living thing. (Being kind brings love into the will.)
 

What Health Problems is Reiki Used For?

Reiki is used for relaxation and stress relief as well as to relieve chronic pain, side effects from medications and medical treatments, and to improve overall health and well-being. The technique is increasingly being offered in U.S. medical settings, and it’s estimated that over 800 U.S. hospitals now offer Reiki as part of their services.

Are You Looking for a Reiki Practitioner?

Reiki practitioners must receive their training from an experienced Reiki teacher or Master, and can hold degrees in level 1 (which involves about two days of training), level 2 or Master Reiki, which can take years to achieve. When choosing a practitioner, be sure to find out about their background, experience and training, as expertise can vary greatly and there are currently no set licensing standards.

Although research into Reiki is still ongoing, it appears to be a very safe treatment with virtually no side effects reported. Using it in addition to your current therapies for a variety of physical and mental health complaints may therefore be a complementary treatment worth looking into.





Do you know the most natural therapy, free of medicine that can assist you baby to be calmer, or relieved from pain? Reiki is a hands-on, non-manipulative, energy renewal technique, to help babies to sleep well, to relieve pain from teething or to speed up recovery during a cold. Reiki can help by providing additional energy to be used for healing. The sooner an ailment is addressed the better. If you come as soon as your dear bub starts sneezing it will prevent them from coughing. It is so heartbreaking for us when they cough, don’t you agree? And it will deprive them from sleep and you too!

The baby’s body will attract the energy that is transferred through the hands of the practitioner, Catherine. The baby can sit on his mum’s lap or be hold in her Mum’s arms, or be held by Catherine if the baby agrees. The energy will flow and go wherever it is needed. For babies, who have so small bodies, one of Catherine’s hand can cover the whole lungs surface!

Reiki is very gentle for babies and adults alike.
 


Why do we need a Reiki Treatment? 

We all, from time to time, experience sudden changes in our lives; disturbances, long term depression, anger, unhealthy thought patterns and also fear, just to name a few. These are all negative emotions which cause our bodies to feel stress and tension which after a long period of time can deeply affect us and can cause harm by weakening our immune system resulting to health problems if not dealt with promptly. Reiki energy allows our body to relax so that it can accelerate its own ability to heal itself by supporting its healing process.

Reiki Benefits 

When the flow of the “Life Force Energy” is disrupted, weakened or blocked, emotional or health problems tend to occur. Imbalances can be caused from many situations occurring in our lives, such as emotional or physical trauma, injury, negative thoughts and feelings, including fear, worry, doubt, anger, anxiety, negative self-talk, toxicity, nutritional depletion, destructive lifestyle and relationships, neglect of self and lack of love for oneself or others, from emotions that are not expressed in a healthy way.

Reiki therapy is now recognized for its natural ability to heal peoples’ lives in many miraculous and powerful ways and at all levels such as spiritual, mental, physical and emotional.

Here are some practical ways Reiki can benefit you:
Helps relieve general aches and pains
Generates deep relaxation and feelings of peace
Restores balance and harmony
Restores energy flow throughout the body
Removes negative thoughts and attitudes
Removes energy blockages
Helps purify the body of poisons and toxins
Helps with insomnia. Aiding better sleep
Helps stabilise blood pressure
Enhances support for the immune system
Enhances spiritual growth
Enhances emotional clearing
Stimulates a sense of compassion
Delays one’s aging process
Reduces symptoms of Menopause
Reduces stress and anxiety

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