January 19, 2007
Reiki Therapy
What is Reiki Therapy?
Reiki is a gentle Japanese technique of laying on of hands to bring energy into the body for deep relaxation and a sense of well-being. Reiki is performed through a technique similar to the laying on of hands.
Developed in the early 1900’s by Mikao Usui in Japan. It is an art that is passed from Master to student. The word Reiki comes from two Japanese words – Rei and Ki, meaning Universal Life Force Energy. The term “Reiki” is used to describe both the energy and the Usui system of using it. The original system by Usui was called Usui Reiki Ryoho. There are many variant’s of Reiki being practiced these days.
Mikao Usui claimed to have discovered Reiki after long meditation, fasting, and prayer. Usui wrote that by mystical revelation he had gained the knowledge and spiritual power to apply and attune others to what he called Reiki. Mikao Usui said that he had the ability to enable people to enhance their access to the energy through certain initiations.
Although Reiki started in Japan - it died out as an art in Japan in the mid-20th century. Fortunetly, practioners had brough it to Hawaii by that time.
From a small community in Hawaii, the art spread worldwide. Reiki is now one of the fastest growing and most popular healing arts practices worldwide.
My Experience
I took a Reiki course in New York in 2000. I can’t remember by teachers name but the course was wonderful. In 15 hours, spread over 2 days, you learn the art of channeling “life force” through your hands and onto the body of someone requesting healing.
The person experiencing the healing usually reports a feeling of a tingling sensation or warmtn emanating from the healer’s hand.
According to Reiki-Therapy.net
A Reiki treatment is one-hour long and is useful for specific healing or general relaxation. This is the perfect way to spoil yourself! The treatments are individually tailored to the client’s needs and condition. The practitioner rests hands for a few minutes on specific areas of the body (head, torso, legs and back) allowing energy to pass through into the client The client remains fully clothed at all times and may experience different bodily sensations. Some feel the “electricity” passing through various limbs or tingling or warm sensations, some smell scents, see visions, some feel as if they have reverted to the safety of the womb and some just fall asleep. Whatever you might feel these are merely side effects of the healing process and it is best to enter a treatment with no expectations.
The healer feels the same tingling sensation (at least I did). But I kept asking myself – Is this real or am I just imagining things?
One things for sure – a lot of people swear by Reiki Therapy.
If you’re looking for a form of complementary healing therapy, I strongly recommmend it.
I combine Reiki Therapy with Silva Techniques for maximum results. It’s helped me overcome lots of minor health issues.
Here are some interesting articles on Reiki Therapy: