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Reiki

Reiki

Many of our Psychics are Reiki Masters, and that may have left you wondering just what Reiki is… Well, in Japanese ‘Rei’ means universal higher power, and ‘ki’ translates as energy or life force. Reiki is a type of meditational practise that dates back to 1920, the practise is used for healing others, by channelling healing energy through the practitioner’s hands. By restoring the ki (energy), the patient should feel better, their vital energy will be restored and the feeling of ‘out of balance’ they were experiencing would be corrected.

Origins

A Japanese scholar called Dr Mikao Usui is credited with inventing Reiki. He is understood to have fasted for 21 days in a holy mountain before meditating under a sacred waterfall, in order to open up and purify the uppermost chakra. He believed this allowed him to heal others, but without energy depletion, his system was developed to what we know as Reiki, which is now a prominent complementary therapy world-wide.

Healing Energy

The person carrying out Reiki channels healing energy, using different patterns across the body, whilst not actually touching the patient. The hands are actually held several centimetres from the body, and encourages a deep sense of relaxation and well-being. Patients sometimes report tingling or warmth and can feel quite emotional as blocked energy leaves the body.

Universal energy flows through the practitioner via the throat chakra and into the recipient via the hands. The Reiki practitioner is very much an active participant, intuitively they are drawn to areas that need the most support, with the healing going through the chakras (energy centres), meridians (energy channels) and the nervous system.

The Healers

Reiki Masters as they are often known, have much in common with those working with other spiritual gifts, but the practise allows them to heal without having their own life energy depleted.

Reiki can be delivered from a distance, whereby symbols are used to provide a connection between the healer and recipient to facilitate the transmission of energy.

Results

Reiki is not seen as a curative practise, but a way to stimulate healing, it encourages creativity, good mental health, focus and self-confidence. It is popular for pain disorders, stress and insomnia.

Ref: The Encyclopaedia of Mind Body Spirit