What is Reiki?
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction, relaxation and it also promotes healing. It is administered by “laying on of hands” and is based on the principle that an unseen “life force energy” flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s “life force energy” is low, then we are more likely to feel stressed or become sick. If it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.
The word Reiki is composed of two Japanese words - Rei which means “God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power” and Ki which is “life force energy”. So Reiki actually means “spiritually guided life force energy.”
A treatment feels like a wonderful radiance and warmth that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating holistic effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. The results can be subtle or miraculous.
Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement. It has been effective in helping many illness and and it always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or holistic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.
Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to the student during a Reiki class. This ability is passed on during an “attunement” given by a Reiki master and allows the student to tap into an unlimited
supply of “life force energy” to improve one’s health or enhance the quality of life.
Its use is not dependent on one’s intellectual capacity, belief system or spiritual development. Therefore is available to everyone. It has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds. Reiki is not a religion therefore it has no dogma. Reiki is not dependent on belief and will work whether you believe in it or not. Reiki puts people in touch with the experience of their religion rather than the intellectual concept of it.
While Reiki is not a religion, it supports living and acting in a way that promotes harmony with others. Dr. Mikao Usui, the founder of the Reiki system of natural healing, recommended that we practice certain simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony, which are nearly universal across all cultures.
How Does Reiki Work?
If we are alive, life force is flowing through us. Life force flows within the physical body though energy centers called chakras, meridians and nadis. It also flows around us in a field of energy outside our physical bodies called the aura. Life force nourishes the organs and cells of the body, and supports them in their vital functions. When this flow of life force is disrupted, it causes diminished function in the organs and tissues of the physical body.
Did you know our life force is responsive to thoughts and feelings? It becomes disrupted when we consciously or unconsciously, accept negative thoughts or feelings about ourselves. These negative thoughts and feelings attach themselves to the energy field. When this happens it causes a disruption in the flow of life force and diminishes the vital function of the organs and cells of the physical body.
Reiki heals by flowing through the energy field and charging it with positive energy. It raises the energy field’s vibratory level in and around the physical body where the negative thoughts and feelings are attached. This causes a breakdown in negative energy. Reiki clears, straightens and heals the energy centers, thus allowing the life force to flow in a healthy and natural way.
You are a candidate for Reiki if you want the following:
- Relief from pain
- Spiritual growth
- Healing
- Greater health and wellbeing
- Relaxation
- Mind stilled
- Pain relief
- Relief from anxiety
- Balanced energy
- A special treat for yourself
Reiki Services
Individual Reiki Sessions
The individual sessions are private and frequently begin with a meditation that can include the singing, crystal bowls. Next the client lies on a message table, while the Reiki practitioner places her hands
on or near the client’s body. The Reiki energy flows from the universal Reiki source to the practitioner then through the practitioner to the client. The Reiki energy knows what is needed and where it is needed. Since the God-consciousness it can never do harm.
The experience of the client varies greatly from person to person. You may expect to feel deeply relaxed after a Reiki session. It may be a profound spiritual experience, a super nap, or just a time of relaxation. You may have images come to mind, or experience feelings or emotions. Often people feel heat from the practitioner’s hands. Clients often report that pain is diminished after a Reiki session.
Reiki Attunements
Although there are many books about Reiki you cannot learn it from a book. The training is passed down from Master to student. This process is called Reiki attunements or initiations. During the attunement, the God consciousness makes the necessary adjustments to the student’s chakras and energy pathways to allow them to transmit the Reiki energy. The student becomes connected to the universal Reiki source as it is channelled through the Master. A Reiki attunement is a often powerful spiritual experience.
Reiki I Training
In a Reiki I class or workshop you are attuned to level I of the Reiki energy and taught to do a Reiki session on yourself and others. The focus of Reiki I is the physical body.
Reiki II Training
Reiki II includes the three Usui Reiki II symbols. In a second-degree class you are attuned to level II of the Reiki energy and symbols. As the symbols are considered sacred and secret they are not revealed to an initiate until they are attuned at the second level. Reiki II increases the power of the Reiki energy, to the emotional and mental levels. It also includes a method of distant healing. After the Reiki II training, you are qualified to do Reiki treatments as a Reiki II Practitioner.
Reiki Master Training
In Reiki III/Master training, you are attuned to level III of the Reiki energy, to the Usui Master symbol, and you are taught how to do Reiki attunements. The additional symbol and attunement increases your healing power. After the Reiki III training, you are a Reiki Master and can teach Reiki to others.
To Schedule a Reiki Session or sign up for an Attunement Class Call Rebecca at 978-512-9811 or send email to:
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