WHAT IS REIKI?

Debbie McKenzie, Mar 20, 2021 • 5 min

Reiki is universal life force energy and a non invasive hand’s on energy healing technique which focuses on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual body. Reiki originated in Japan by Mikao Usui, (born in 1885) who learned to channel Reiki after many years of spiritual teaching and taught it as a tool to spiritual enlightenment. Reiki was brought to the west and the focus shifted primarily to a, hands on healing approach.

A simple explanation for Reiki would be that it helps balance and replenish the body’s energy system by clearing the energetic blockages to allow energy to flow more freely and revitalise the body. This process supports the clients own natural healing ability to direct the energy where it will most support the client’s highest good.

Reiki is a very safe, gentle complementary therapy to conventional medicine and while it cannot claim to cure disorders or disease in a generalist sense, each individual will have their own unique experience,which could include relief of pain and physical or mental ailments, improved sleep and improved physical and or psychological wellbeing. A Reiki session is unlike a massage, in that the practitioner’s hands are either hovering over a particular body part or gently laying their hands on a body part, one segment at a time. The Reiki session will take approximately one hour and no special requirements are required prior to or after the session, other than to allow the body to integrate the healing and support this by drinking water so the energies circulate and help flush out toxins.