REIKI IS A JAPANESE WORD AND IS PRONOUNCED

The Japanese Kanji characters that represent the word Reiki can be translated to mean the following:

Rei - "higher power" and Ki - " life-force energy"

The Two Kanji characters can also mean enlightenment.

"the universal spirit coming together with our own."

Reiki combines certain concepts of Ancient Asian Medicine, Spiritual Practices, Meditation and Chi gong energy practices. Some of the hand placements that we use when performing our Reiki treatments are the same position or points that are used in the traditional treatments of Acupuncture and Acupressure. Reiki is a loving, non invasive, safe way to stimulate these points simply by utilising the life force energy and no needles or pressure are used in a Reiki treatment either.

You don't have to be a spiritually evolved person or a medically trained person to perform Reiki treatments as absolutely anyone can achieve this form of healing technique, from young to old.

If you do practice any other form of healing work, Reiki can be used safely and effectively in conjunction with any other healing modality to enhance the outcome of your other healing sessions.

Unlike other healing techniques Reiki can not be learned from a book. Reiki is passed on from a qualified, certified and attuned Reiki Master (or teacher) to a student via an "attunement."

Loving life force energy otherwise known as Reiki flows through and around us all the time. It is life force energy that differentiates between what is alive and what is not. Like energy we do not need to see gravity or the air that we breathe to know that they exist.

To be "attuned" to Reiki is a way of "being tuned in" to receive this wonderful gift of life force energy and to practice Reiki you firstly need to receive the "attunement" from a Reiki Master.

Reiki is for everyone, even children have been attuned to Reiki.

The Reiki attunement can either be performed by a Reiki Master in person or distantly, although to receive a personal attunement from a Reiki Master in an area that they have cleared and prepared for such a ceremony, with incense and candles, can be a wonderful, unforgettable and almost sacred spiritual experience.

Once the attunement has taken place, it is done, and the new Reiki practitioner simply sets the intension to heal and the energy begins to flow and they can now assist in a healing.

The Reiki Practitioner is not using their own personal energy supply during a session, they are tapping into external life force energy, so therefore the Reiki practitioner never feels depleted in energy, in fact the practitioner usually feels more energetic and this act of having the life force energy flow through their body means that the practitioner is also receiving a treatment while giving a treatment.

During a Reiki session the Reiki Practitioner "channels" this life force energy through their crown, on the top of their head. The energy flows down from their head to their heart and then the energy flows out through the palms of their hands to whoever or whatever they are healing at the time. In Reiki the term to "channel energy" has absolutely nothing at all to do with "channelling spirits."

The life force energy that we channel or let flow through us is simply love in its purest form.

Put simply Reiki is a practice of living your life by a set of five principles:

 The three levels of Reiki are as follows:

In level 1, you are taught the various hand positions and the five Reiki Principles and receive your first attunement.

In level 2, you are taught the three Reiki symbols, distance healing and receive another attunement.

In Level 3, you learn the Reiki master symbol, the attunement process, how to teach and receive the Master attunement.

Reiki is very easy to learn.

You don't have to be a spiritually evolved person to perform Reiki as absolutely anyone can learn the techniques from young to old.

HOW REIKI WORKS

 

THE REIKI HEALING PROCESS

In Reiki you are not using your own energy in the healings, but allowing the loving life force energy to flow through you to others.

Life-force energy flows through and around our bodies all the time, it is the life-force energy that differentiates between what is alive and what is not. Like gravity and the air that we breathe, we don't need to see these things to know that they exist.

The necessity for life force energy to flow freely around our body to maintain health, has been studied and acknowledged by scientists and health workers.

If our life-force energy vibration is unbalanced or not flowing smoothly in our body due to a disruption of some kind such as poor diet or changes in our life, we tend to feel unwell or tired.

Stress can be a disruption or factor in reducing our flow of life force energy as it can block and build up toxins within our energy system and block the body's own natural healing responses thus manifesting into various degrees of sickness ranging from minor aches and pains to major health issues or diseases. It has been documented that stress-related disorders make up at least 75% of America's visits to the hospital.

Reiki is a safe and loving form of healing and can be used on yourself, on others, infact it can be used on any living thing. Reiki is generally a peaceful and enjoyable experience for all.

 

LIFE FORCE ENERGY AND THE REIKI PRACTITIONER

 

You are not using your own energy in Reiki healings, you are simply letting the life force Reiki energy to flow through you.

 

The Reiki energy enters the practitioner through the crown on the top of the head, and then travels down into the heart, the energy then goes out through the palms of the hands into the person receiving the reiki.

Reiki works simply by laying on of hands using your intention or by sending healing energy distantly by using your intention. It helps to bring us back into harmony with the life force energy. Reiki calms the mind, the life force energy flows to heal and release energy blockages from within the body's energy system.

Reiki is a complementary, alternative, vibrational and spiritual therapy that has been used to heal almost any disease or imbalance that you can think of. Reiki is powerful yet gentle, never causing you more change than your body can deal with at any one moment. Reiki can restore a body to its optimal healing state, to locate, free and release the origin of the blockage, with the healing energy working not only on the physical level, but the emotional, mental, and spiritual levels also.

Reiki is used for stress reduction and relaxation which encourages good health, wellbeing, spiritual growth and enlightenment. Reiki is a wonderful healing gift that anyone can learn, it allows us to lovingly reconnect with ourselves and others.

As a Reiki practitioner you are not the healer, the reiki energy is allowing the body to use the energy to heal where needed.

The Reiki practitioner and recipient receive reiki healing during a session.

REIKI IS SPIRITUALLY GUIDED LIFE FORCE ENERGY

 

Reiki is not only used for healing, as it is mainly used for in the in the western world, practicing Reiki is a spiritual system and a way of life for some people. Reiki itself is not a religion, it has been used by practitioners of Christianity, Buddhism, Shintoism, Hinduism and Islam.

 

Jesus and Buddha performed hands on healing in their miracles,  their healing techniques were very similar and may have even been a form of Reiki.

 

With Reiki you can retain any religion you have, infact Reiki can be used by anyone with any, or no set of beliefs but only ever given for the Greatest Good in any situation.

 REIKI AND ANIMALS

Animals respond so well to reiki and a lot of people learn Reiki just for the purpose of helping and loving their pets.