WHAT IS REIKI?
Reiki Healing by Reiki Turtle
What is Reiki?
The history of Reiki is as old as the history of the universe. Hippocrates (460-377) described the healing energy as ‘the heat that oozes out of the hands’ and accompanied it with a sensation of warmth and tingling.
However, in its current form, it was rediscovered by Dr Mikaomi Usui of Japan about a hundred years ago and evolved due to his research, experience and dedication. Reiki (pronounced Ray-Kay) is a Japanese word formed by two terms: Rei, which means universal and Ki, which means life force of energy. Reiki is the healing energy that is abundantly present in the universe. In Reiki therapy, this energy is utilised to boost the body – energy and immunity.
How does it work?
‘Reiki channels through us as an unstoppable river of love, light and healing’.
While treating, no active effort, manipulation or concentration is required. The moment the Reiki healer places hands on or off the patient, Reiki invokes and flows into his body and emerges out of his hands to enter the patient’s body. The healer merely acts as a channel or a connecting link between the universal energy (i.e.Reiki) and the patient’s energy. Reiki therapy does not involve diagnosing an imbalance in the patient’s energy field or intentionally repatterning it. The healer has very little power over the direction, the intensity or the amount of Reiki flowing into the patient’s body; Reiki itself determines these, as it is infinitely intelligent. Therefore, Reiki therapy has no scope for mistakes, failure or misuse.
Reiki therapy can be effectively combined with other forms of treatment, including medicine. For this reason, it is finding favour with more and more medical doctors. Doctors find that when they add Reiki to their arsenal, their patients recover in less time than expected.
What are the benefits?
Reiki harmonizes the physical and the energy bodies. It brings profound, positive changes in the recipient’s mind, creating relaxation, calmness and composure. It is also a self-reflective practice of self-care, self-love and healing, which in turn helps you through your life journey and makes you a clear vibrational channel for healing energies. Reiki is a holistic type of healing, so healing energies might comfort the physical, mental or spiritual part of you where they are most needed.
