What Is Reiki?

“Rei”(Ray) means “universal or cosmic energy”, and “Ki”(Kee) means “life force that flows through every living thing”. Reiki is an art and science that uses “universal life force energy” to balance the energies in the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. It is an ancient rediscovered natural healing technique founded by Mikao Usui in Japan in the 1920s that is primarily used for relaxation, stress and tension reduction, and can also help to improve overall health. Since stress affects the immune system, we lose our ability to heal quickly. Reiki helps to balance the immune system so we can heal quicker from illness or disease.

Reiki is gentle, and it heals by flowing through the affected parts of the body’s energy field and charges them with positive energy. Reiki can replenish the energy in chronic problems and can help focus your energy on positive emotions. It is a form of alternative medicine and a preventive healthcare measure, which can be used alongside traditional medicine.

Some of the benefits of Reiki include relief from physical and emotional pain, a calmer mind, and a rebalancing of energy in the body. Reiki stimulates the body’s own innate wisdom to cure at the cause of the problem, promoting a holistic balancing of body, mind, and spirit. This technique involves the placement of hands slightly above or onto the body in order to channel concentrated “life force energy” from the practitioner to the recipient. The Reiki energy can be perceived as heat or a pulling or tingling sensation of pins and needles that comes from the practitioner’s hands.

By receiving a Reiki healing, it usually increases your energy and leaves you feeling peaceful and revitalized. Reiki always works for everyone’s highest good. Since Reiki is guided by God-consciousness, it can never do any harm. It always knows what a person needs and will adjust itself to create the effect that is appropriate for the receiver.

You can apply Reiki to any illness. It is always beneficial and works to improve the effectiveness of all other types of therapy. Reiki energy goes to the deeper levels of a person’s being where many illnesses have their origin. It interweaves the whole person – the body, the mind, the emotions, and the spirit. It creates many beneficial effects including feelings of peace, inner joy, harmony, and well-being.

Reiki activates the body’s natural ability to heal itself. It works wherever the recipient needs it most. It helps release blocked energies, thereby creating a state of balance. Reiki energy can be used on ourselves, other people, animals, and plants. It can also work over distance, because it’s energy, and it isn’t bound by time or space.

Reiki can relieve pain, improve concentration, boost the immune system, increase joint mobility, assist the body in clearing toxins, and help in the grieving process. Reiki is beneficial in reducing shock, pain, bleeding, and bruising. This simple but powerful technique allows everyone to tap into an unlimited supply of “life force energy” in order to improve their health and enhance their quality of life. It can be defined as “divinely guided” life force energy.