Yesterday's post made me slap myself on the forehead--how have I not talked about reiki before? Um, HELLO Brittany!
I heart reiki. For a little reiki 101, this info is taken from my website:
Reiki (pronounced RAY-key) is an energy-based practice originating in Tibet. Rei means miraculous, spiritual, universal, and ki means life-force; thus, reiki is the miraculous, spiritual, universal life force. Reiki energy is around us every day. A reiki practitioner has been attuned so that she is a channel of this pure, benevolent energy. Reiki practitioners treat clients by sending healing reiki energy through their hands in order to clear the body of negative energy.
It works on a mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual level.
Reiki is used to help cancer patients, fatigue, stress, anxiety, insomnia, depression, migranes, arthritis, and the list goes on.
When you get a reiki treatment, the most common reaction is to get extremely sleepy. The reiki practitioner's hands will feel anything from slightly warm to burning hot as the energy channels through. It's a very relaxing, calming experience, and it induces a great meditative state. Everyone always feels calm, peaceful, and content after a treatment.
Here's further explanation about it from my reiki master Bernadette:
"Reiki is a deeply relaxing and revitalizing therapy that stimulates the human energy field to encourage enhanced, integrated functioning of the body’s natural healing systems.
Reiki is a form of touch therapy that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health classifies as “biofield therapy” or “energy medicine.” Because of its simplicity and fast, dramatic results, documented in increasing numbers of research studies, Reiki is one of the fastest growing complementary modalities in the world. Reiki is now used not only by individuals but also in hundreds of hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and spas throughout the United States.
During a 60-minute Reiki treatment, the client lies fully clothed on a massage table. Unlike massage, there is no manipulation of muscles or tissue. The Reiki practitioner gently places their hands on areas along the endocrine system, major organs, and the chakras, on the front and back of the body. Special emphasis is determined by the focus of the treatment (see below). The client often feels warmth from the practitioner’s hands, and after the treatment, clients generally feel a sense of deep relaxation, peace, calmness and greater clarity of mind."
Reiki is a form of touch therapy that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health classifies as “biofield therapy” or “energy medicine.” Because of its simplicity and fast, dramatic results, documented in increasing numbers of research studies, Reiki is one of the fastest growing complementary modalities in the world. Reiki is now used not only by individuals but also in hundreds of hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and spas throughout the United States.
During a 60-minute Reiki treatment, the client lies fully clothed on a massage table. Unlike massage, there is no manipulation of muscles or tissue. The Reiki practitioner gently places their hands on areas along the endocrine system, major organs, and the chakras, on the front and back of the body. Special emphasis is determined by the focus of the treatment (see below). The client often feels warmth from the practitioner’s hands, and after the treatment, clients generally feel a sense of deep relaxation, peace, calmness and greater clarity of mind."
If you have any questions about reiki, ask away! I love to talk about it.
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