What is Reiki?

Definition

From the Japanese words “rei” (universal) and “ki” (life energy), Reiki is an energy healing technique that promotes relaxation, reduces stress and anxiety through gentle touch. Reiki practitioners use their hands to deliver energy to your body, improving the flow and balance of your energy to support healing.

History

Using gentle touch to help someone feel better is instinctive and has been around since the very beginning of time; however, it was a Japanese man by the name of Mikao Usui who developed Reiki in the early 1900’s. Usui Reiki spread to the West in 1935. Currently, more than a million Americans have tried Reiki, and it is now available in more than 60 hospitals and offered as an educational program in more than 800. With a focus on healing, Reiki Plus More offers the ultimate rejuvenation of mind and body delivered in this time-honored approach to unlocking the body’s natural healing systems.

Benefits of Reiki

The primary benefit of a Reiki session is, relaxation. The more Reiki becomes a part of your routine, the more you reap the benefits from it. There are many benefits of Reiki, but here are just a few broken down into mind, body, and spirit:

Mind

• Deep sense of mental clarity
• Improves mood and sense of well-being
• Improves coping skills

Body

• Muscle relaxes
• Heart rate and blood pressure decreases
• Respiratory rate becomes lower

Spirit

• Creates space for more spiritual growth
• Expands spiritual connection to All that is
• Restores flow of energy in the seven main chakras

What to Expect from a Reiki Session

Reiki is available with a 60 or 90 minute session.
You will be fully clothed when receiving Reiki.
Session is conducted on a heated massage table.
You will lie on your back with a bolster under your knees.
Reiki practitioner will conduct a short assessment to determine reason for the session.
Reiki practitioner will go through a series of hand positions – hovering an inch or more above the body and/or with gentle touch. Practitioner will channel chi energy to the source of the pain or discomfort to help expedite the body’s natural healing response.
You may feel a variety of sensations such as warmth and sleepiness.
Time will be allotted for processing and discussion.

Reiki can also be given remotely.

You can also become a Reiki practitioner, or even Reiki Master Teacher, and learn to do self-healing on yourself and for others in your community.

Disclaimer: Reiki practitioners do not diagnose medical conditions nor do they perform medical treatment, prescribe medical treatment, prescribe substance, or interfere with the treatment of a licensed medical professional.