The Art of Reiki

Reiki (pronounced RAY-key), is a healing art that balances the energy through the chakra’s and balances the body, mind and spirit. The energy techniques of Reiki treat the mind, body, and spirit to help you feel secure, relaxed and peaceful. Reiki is a great way to get back into balance!

Reiki is a Japanese word meaning Universal Life Energy. Since ancient times man has believed that life energy flows through the body, affecting our bodies, minds, and emotions.

What Reiki Energy can do for You:

• Relieve Pain
• Diffuse Stress & Anxiety
• Promote Relaxation
• Remove Energy Blockages
• Induce a sense of Calm & Well-being
• Promote Healing
• Compliment traditional medical treatments,
  natural therapies, and massage therapy

Reiki is used in a growing number of hospitals throughout the world.

Reiki draws on the Universal Life Energy to help all people of all ages, in any state of health. It is nurturing and offers comfort and support for the good health and balance of body, mind and emotions.

What is Reiki?

It is a method of hands-on healing. It taps into the Universal Life Energy. This energy has been recognized in many cultures. In Japan the philosophers and martial artists call it ki, in China it was know as chi and in India: prana.

Reiki is based on the teachings of a Japanese man, Mikao Usui. Usui lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He studied many years in search of the healing energy and after a long meditation he found his answers. He passed his knowledge on to a group and Reiki has spread through out the world, since.

Reiki is not massage or hypnosis. The Practitioner is attuned and becomes a channel for the Universal Life Force to flow through. Reiki gently and powerfully promotes balance in the body. Once the energy is balanced and blockages are cleared the energy flows and positive results occur.

Reiki and Modern Medicine…

Current medical research focuses on verifying Reiki’s results, not how it works. The results are impressive. Numerous studies show improvement in immune and nervous system functioning. Another study showed a ”highly significant reduction in Pain” following Reiki treatment. Even cancer patients have reported positive results.

At Columbia/HCA Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, surgical patients decreased their use of pain medications, stayed for shorter periods, and reported increased satisfaction with pre– and post surgical Reiki sessions.

A Reiki Session…

Go to your Reiki Session in loose, comfortable clothing. Usually you will lie on a table fully clothed, but you can receive Reiki in almost any setting, even a chair or a hospital bed. Reiki will even work through casts and bandages… and over distances! Unlike massage there are no oils used, and no clothes removed.

The practitioner places his or her hands on or above your head, shoulders, back, chest, stomach, and limbs and usually follows a routine series of hand positions.

They can also place their hands over an injury or area of discomfort if you would like them to. The energy flows through, not from, the practitioner.

You will receive the amount of energy you need to bring your system into balance.

It might not look like anything is going on to observers, but those who experience Reiki know otherwise. Results vary from one person to the next but most report experiencing a deep relaxation, calm and a feeling of warmth and comfort. You may even fall asleep.

Results may be subtle. Sometimes recipients say they feel more after the session , and some experience powerful sensations or emotions, during or after a session. Your practitioner will want to hear about your experiences to the extent you are comfortable sharing them.

Reiki can be done as a hands-on healing… it may also be done over distance if the practitioner has been attuned to the 2nd level of Reiki. A Reiki Master is capable of passing attunements and teaching Reiki.

The Reiki Principles that sum up Reiki philosophy are:

The Reiki Principles*

Just for today, do not anger.

Just for today, do not worry.

We shall count our blessings and honor our fathers and mothers, our teachers and neighbors and honor our food.

Make an honest living.

Be kind to everything that has life.

Always let your practitioner know of any health concerns you have, and if anything makes you uncomfortable.

*As found in Essential Reiki, by Diane Stein.

Paula Kirsch is a Life Coach & Reiki Master. An ardent student of Qigong and meditation, Paula is passionate about utilizing both energy work and coaching to serve her clients. As a result they find physical and emotional healing, relieve stress and move towards spiritual enlightenment. Visit her blog/site at www.authenticinsight.com or call her at 248-767-8411 for a free consultation and to explore how Reiki and Coaching can change your life.