What
is Reiki?
Reiki is the natural life energy that streams
through all living things.The word "Reiki" is derived from combining
Chinese and Japanese two words of characters i.e. "Rei" meaning "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and
"Ki" which means "life force energy" with its roots
in Japanese origin. Hence, "Reiki" is
basically means "spiritually guided life force energy" which
triggers the body's natural healing abilities, and improves and maintains
health. It is also known as spiritual healing art on all
levels – physical, mental, and emotional. This tradition was originally founded
by MikaoUsui in
the early 20th century and later, developed as a result of his research,
experience and dedication.
One of the basic ideas which is
held by practitioner and practiced in Reiki is that this spirited energy can be
controlled to support the body's natural ability to heal itself.
Benefits of Reiki:
Reiki is a holistic healing practice which means that it
works on all four levels of our living being and hence, there are many benefits
of Reiki. This healing energy can impact you mainly on a physical, mental,
emotional, and spiritual level.
I see Reiki as limitless in its possibilities, it can guide
you and serve you in what way you need right now. Its benefits can be seen on
all four levels of being: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
Physical Level
On a physical level, Reiki supports
the body's naturalcapacity to heal itself and also helps to release blockages,
toxins, and relieve pain. Getting in touch with natural healing energy, it can
also help you to make better choices in your nutrition, meaning being more
aware and in adapt with your body, helping you to develop greater awareness of
your body's needs.
Mental Level
Similarly, on a mental level, Reiki energy can help you to
witness your thoughts and negative arrays. Once you become aware about your
thoughts, you have the power to alternate them. This is not only about positive
thinking but also about learning about your thoughts and becoming aware of your
thoughts, so you can consciously make a decision whether the thoughts of yours are
serving you or not.
Emotional Level
Likewise, on an emotional level, Reiki
can help you communicate with the depths of your emotions and can help you to renovate
whatever energy you would like to transform. It can help you by encouraging
more in positive emotions, such as love, compassion, kindness, connection,
sharing, intimacy and more.
Spiritual Level
Correspondingly, on a spiritual
level, Reiki can help you to love and accept yourself. Also, to have
self-compassion and kindness for others. It can help you to connect with the
divine and help you to feel that you are a part of something bigger. For me, it
is like coming home. I presently feel connected and loved and also findas a
part of this great thing called "the Universe".
Some other benefits of Reiki are as
listed below:
- Universal force of life.
- Helpful in emergency situations.
- Stress relief.
- Pain reduction.
- Help as a healing process after surgical procedure.
- Concentration and focus on your task.
- Brings peace and serenity.
- Reduces anxiety.
- Helpful in palliative care.
- Helpful during labor and delivery.
- Combined with psychotherapy by helping the client to
relieve stress and access unconscious material with more ease.
- Brings clarity of thought.
- Helpful for students studying for exams.
- Co-operation at meetings, encourages in team spirit and
the sensitivity of oneness.
- Useful for chakra balancing and chakra healing.
- Spiritual tool, helps to connect with the Divine.
- Chronic pain problems.
How it works
At the simplest and most noticeableway, it seems that
Reiki treatment reliefsto reduce the control of stress, releasing tension from
the entire system. Not only that, it also helps the person to move toward with his
or her own unique way in balancing the body, mind and spirit, and also,
depending on the level of physical health when Reiki is began,the body's own
healing mechanisms are often begin to operate more effectively.
During a Reiki therapy session, a
patient is typically supposed to lie down on a massage bench. The Reiki
practitioner then places their hands over (or directly on top of) the patient's
body in various positions, starting at the crown of the head, according to
Baldwin.
"The Reiki energy drifts
through the practitioner, out of [his or her] pointers to the person who's
lying on the bench," Baldwin said. However, the exact mechanism due to
which Reiki energy allegedly flows from one person to another is unknown, she
added. And, some Reiki masters also claim that they can treat their patients without
even being anywhere near to them, this practice is known as "distance
healing."
According to Baldwin, exact way of
working procedure of Reiki is unknown. "One idea is that Reiki is perhaps correlated
to electromagnetic-type energy, and that it interrelates with a person's
electromagnetic field."
According to UMN's Center for
Spirituality & Healing, Reiki also inspiresfor relaxation, which in turn depresses
a patient's stress rejoinder and reassures healing,. However, the overall
efficacy of Reiki is not well established in the scientific literature,
according to the NCCIH.
To manage Reiki, a practitioner
channels life force energy through his or her hands unto another. It is said
that the above-mentioned spiritual directionhelps to enable the Reiki to flow
through the affected parts of the subject's energy field and then charges them
with positive energy. It raises awareness in and around the physical body where
negative thoughts and feelings are confined. This causes the negative energy such
as stress, anxiety, physical pain, sadness, confusion, etc. to loosen its grip
by allowing the hint of the Reiki healer to dive in and clarify the energy
pathways.
Reiki Mediation Technique:
1.
Cleansing the system
2.
Chakra Forces
4.
Final Thought
1.
Cleansing the system:
First
of all, sit down or lie down comfortably on a mat with your back straight. Try
to be calm, composed and relaxed. After that, take a deep breath. Imagine
yourself inhaling all the happiness and goodness that you want, and exhaling
out deeply with the thought that negative emotions, such as depression, fear,
and anxiety, are being flushed out from your system. Breathe a couple of times
like this manner, and observe how your mind and body tune into it and relax.
2.
Chakra Forces
There
are total seven chakras in your body, from the base of your spine to the top of
your head, which are energy centers of the body. Place your hand in front of
your body at each chakra area and hold at each position for a few minutes,
depending on your body’s need. If you feel your body is asking for the hand to
stay for a longer time, let it stay. Remove it if your body has had enough.
Feeling through the hands is the best way to connect and listen to your body.
As you harmonize into your body through your hands, imagine the life force of
the universe entering into your body through your hands, with the chakras as
the medium of passage. Feel your body echo with the energy flow, and then go
into a state of deep relaxation and rejuvenation.
3.
Healing
through hands
First of all, place your palms
together on top of your head. Hold the hands there and try to listen to your
body with care and attention. While doing so, you need to breathe deeply and
slowly, removing the negatives and imbibing the positives into your system.
Relax. Place your hands on the forehead and then at the back of your head.
Next, go down to the throat and put one hand gently on it and the other on the
back of your neck. Hold it for some time and relax.
Now, go down and place your hands on
the back of your shoulders, with the fingers facing down, on your chest
covering your heart, on the lower chest near the ribs, on your stomach, and
then the lower abdomen. Make sure that at each position, you are gentle with
your touch. Hold the hand till your body asks for it, relax and move to the
next part.
After getting done with the head and
torso, go down to your hips and place your hands on both your hips, the knees,
and the feet. For the feet, you need to put your hands either on top of them or
the bottom depending upon your convenience. Feel the energy flow through your
bodyat each juncture. Enjoy the experience.
4.
Final Thought
Get
your hands back in the prayer position and place them in front of your chest.
Sit with your spine straight and your body slightly should be taught. Breathe
normally and feel the energy that is running through your body. Do this for
about 3-5 minutes or till you feel the need to do it? The healing process is
complete when you feel ignited and energized.
Reiki treatment
The method of receiving Reiki is very
simple. The recipient remains attired and liesor sits on a couch or on a chair
and relaxes. Then, practitionerwill gently positions their hands near to the
body or in a sequenceway of non-intrusive positions. There is no massage or
manipulation. The whole person is treated rather than specific areas. Depending
on the client’s needs,sessions will take 45 minutes to an hour and a half.
Reiki practitioners cannot be
considered as well-trained in diagnosis neither they will predict any kinds of specific
outcome after treatment. They should see a doctor, if people are concerned
about their symptoms.
What do Reiki treatments feel like?
Each person experiences Reiki
differently depending on their individual needs at the time.
During the Reiki treatment, clients may or may not feel vibes of positivity. Remunerations
reported which include deep relaxation promoting a calm, peaceful sense of well-being
on all levelsby recipients. Some people may feel sensations of heat, while
others sense tingling, or may experience seeing colors, at the same time as
others can have an emotional response, indicating that shifts are taking place,
allowing harmony to be restored.
What do Reiki treatments do?
Reiki is a safe and relaxing
treatment which can be:
·
Comforting
when life is tough
The relaxing nature of Reiki can be very helpful to people especially at the time of difficulties in our lives. We can all feel overwhelmed or disconnected and sometimes there is a real sense of isolation, both emotionally as well as spiritually. Reiki treatments can conveythe feelings which iscenteredness, peace, and an ability to cope better with the challenges that comes in life.
The relaxing nature of Reiki can be very helpful to people especially at the time of difficulties in our lives. We can all feel overwhelmed or disconnected and sometimes there is a real sense of isolation, both emotionally as well as spiritually. Reiki treatments can conveythe feelings which iscenteredness, peace, and an ability to cope better with the challenges that comes in life.
Reiki will be beneficial under certain circumstances i.e. it
may be short term, but can also be supportive to the people who are dealing
with long-standing conditions, helping to bring comfort, acceptance and a more
positive outlook.
·
Supportive
during pregnancy
Reiki can be wonderful treatment for pregnant women. It can be very relaxing and enjoyable for the mother.
Reiki can be wonderful treatment for pregnant women. It can be very relaxing and enjoyable for the mother.
·
Calming
for children
Children usually love Reiki. The length of a session is often shorter than it would be taken for an adult.
Children usually love Reiki. The length of a session is often shorter than it would be taken for an adult.
·
Reassuring
for animals
Animalsalso respond well to Reiki, there seems they too find it relaxing and calming.
Animalsalso respond well to Reiki, there seems they too find it relaxing and calming.
·
Helpful at
the end of life
In such cases, Reiki can be a great comfort and a helping hand to promote a sense of peace and acceptance for the dying and their families.
In such cases, Reiki can be a great comfort and a helping hand to promote a sense of peace and acceptance for the dying and their families.
How much Reiki would I need?
A single session may be sufficient,
but it is better to discuss this with your practitioner. For instance, a series
of sessions may be beneficial for you, if you have long standing emotional or
spiritual issues. But, in common,it is a good idea to continue treatment, if
you find that helpful changes are taking place.
Contra-indications
Till now,
there are unknown contra-indications for Reiki. It is a non-intrusive treatment
that can be delivered in a variety of situations and no requirement of any
special equipment.
Can anyone practice Reiki?
Yes!
It is an incredibly simple technique in order to learn the
ability to practice Reiki which is not taught in the usual sense, but is
transferred to the student during a Reiki class. Memorably,
this ability to use Reiki is passed on throughout an
"attunement" given by a Reiki master and was allowed the student to
tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" in order to
improve one's health and enhance the quality of life to improve one's health
and enhance the quality of life. It is
not a religious practice hence, anyone who desires can teach Reiki without any
religious beliefs.
Reiki
Healing Music
Music has been scientifically proven to alter the brainwave
patterns, resulting in a relaxation response. This relaxation not only, a nice
companion to healing, but actually it helps the physical body to release pain
and speed healing.
Setting the Mood
As you work with the physical and energetic bodies bychoosing
just the right accompaniment in sound will heal you effortlessly by offering
them the opportunity to journey through calm lands of relaxation. The
music will help to reducein the soul and body through vibrations, instruments,
songs of nature and delicate tones, encouraging them to gently drift into a
state of calm and peacefulness.
Hence, we encourage all of our clients to embrace their
special, unique time to do something special for them and take care of
themselves, we can help to relax them with peaceful and healing soundscapes as
they will dispense their worries, concerns and to-do-list far behind.
Where to find
Reiki healing music
Reiki healing music is easily available via “Reiki healing
music” on YouTube, CDs, mp3’s, and taking about some free downloads, to name a
few sources where this elixir for relaxation and escape can be found.
Whatever your Reiki healing music choices, they can be
accommodated by any of the mediums listed above and customized for use beyond
your healing room. Your clients and you can continue their relaxation and
healing journey with Reiki healing music for sleep.It is for relaxation and
will help to balance your chakras, It is used for meditation, Reiki healing
music for your pet (pets are people too) and so many more applications.
Tips for using
Reiki healing music
You can use Reiki healing music to take the sound therapy into
one step further as it provides your clients as a treatment during their Reiki
session. They can relive the healing session with all the nuances and benefits
by once again experiencing their healing sojourn in the comfort of their
home and even their own bed.
One of the benefits of Reiki healing music in online
streaming is that you can edge your client with a cocoon of melodic notes and
sounds that will speak to their auditory intellects from the moment they enter
your office, beginning the relaxation and letting go process prior to
entering your healing room. You can masterfully create your own Reiki healing
music playlist or access one of the many YouTube Reiki music playlists
available on-line. The best part of this is playlists are available in one
hour, two hour, three hour time increments or even beyond that.
With the abundance of supporting in research, the benefits
and healing possessions of sound, and the thousands of years that man has
successfully integrated sound into healing environments, from ancient Egypt to
the grasslands of the Serengeti, to the majestic temples of India and the widespread,
open and sacred spaces of our Native American ancestors, there could be no test
lab which will be more perfect with the same results that sound assistsin healing.
Reiki healing music is your linkage to which it has been
proven with great success through the ages by delicately altering one’s
brainwave patterns and one’s healing can be tremendously enhanced.