Reiki
What Is It?
How Does It Work?
What Happens During Treatment?
What Is It Used For?
Side Effects/Cautions
Recommended Books
What Is It?
Reiki is an ancient healing system which involves the transfer of health-giving
energy (ki) from the practitioner (master) to the patient to restore
emotional and spiritual balance and allow the body to heal itself.
The name reiki is a Japanese term, “rei” meaning universal
essence, and “ki” meaning vital life-force energy. Ki is
equivalent to qi in traditional Chinese medicine. Reiki masters learn
how to channel energy through their hands via a series of “attunements” to
the reiki energy.
Reiki is thought to be derived from the healing systems developed
by Tibetan monks thousands of years ago. The term reiki, however, wasn’t
used until the late 1800s when a Japanese scholar, Mikao Usui, who
had studied in Tibet, developed a system of healing using the energy
in his hands. Reiki was introduced to the West by a Japanese-American
woman, Hawayo Takata, who trained in Japan as a grand master under
one of Usui’s students, Dr Shuriyo Hayashi.
How Does It
Work?
Reiki practitioners believe that illness is caused by blockages in
the flow of vital life-force energy or ki. Reiki masters who are “attuned” to
this energy are able to transmit it through their hands into the person
being treated, removing these blockages and allowing healing to occur.
Reiki practitioners do not diagnose illness and claim that the healing
energy automatically goes where it is needed.
Some researchers suggest that reiki induces a deep state of relaxation
which triggers the release of the body’s natural painkilling
chemicals.
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What Happens During
Treatment?
During you initial visit you reiki practitioner will ask about your
health and your reasons for seeking treatment. You will lie fully clothed
on a padded table and the practitioner will place his/her hands on
or near your body at various positions, including the head, abdomen,
feet and back. The hands are held still for four or five minutes (up
to 20 minutes if a blockage is detected) before moving them to a new
position. Most people who have experienced a reiki session feel a warmth
or tingling from the practitioner’s hands as the energy is channelled
through them. The practitioner does not use her/his own energy, and
many practitioners feel more energised themselves after a reiki session.
A reiki session will usually last for 60-90 minutes. Length of treatment
will vary depending on the problem.
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What Is It Used
For?
Reiki can help relieve chronic pain caused by illnesses such as arthritis
and multiple sclerosis, and may help with emotional problems such as
depression and anxiety. It may also promote a more rapid recovery from
surgery or burns. Reiki has also been effective for reducing stress
in people suffering from cancer or AIDs.
Side Effects/Cautions
Reiki should not be seen as a replacement for conventional medical
care, but as a complementary therapy to other conventional or alternative
treatments.
References
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Recommended Books
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Reiki The Ultimate Guide Learn Sacred
Symbols & Attunements plus Reiki Secrets You Should Know
Steve Murray
This guide makes Reiki knowledge accessible to everyone!
Nothing like it on the market.
If you desire to heal yourself with Reiki or become a Healer,
this Ultimate Guide is for you and:
• The many many thousands of students who have received
Reiki Attunements from Steve Murray's VHS, DVD programs and
in person and now are ready to teach and give attunements.
• Individuals who have experienced Reiki Attunements
and healing
• People who wish to learn about Reiki before receiving
Reiki Healing
• Reiki Healers and Non-Reiki Healers who desire more
knowledge
Guide Includes: 150 photos & Illustrations with symbols,
hand positions and easy Step-by–Step directions showing
how to give Attunements.
You will also learn:
• The four Sacred Reiki Symbols, including the Master
Symbol and how to activate and use them
• How to Beam and Scan with Reiki
• How to perform Reiki Psychic Surgery
• How to remove Psychic Debris
• How to contact spirits & departed love ones with
Reiki
• Why there are variations in Reiki Symbols & Attunements
• Why there should not be any Reiki Secrets
Plus: Healing with Reiki; What attunements are; How to prepare
for attunements; What to expect after attunements; How to
protect & balance yourself; The Antahkarana Symbol-Psychic
Debris defined; Chakras and Reiki; Why intent is so important… and
much more Reiki Guidance you should know.
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Reiki: The Healing Touch
William Lee Rand
Reiki, a technique for stress reduction that also promotes
healing, allows everyone to tap into an unlimited supply
of "life energy." Reiki was discovered by Dr. Mikao
Usui, a Japanese Buddhist, early in the 20th Century. Reiki
is easy to learn. It has been successfully taught to thousands
of people of all ages and backgrounds. A treatment feels
like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through you
and surrounds you. It creates many beneficial effects including
relaxation and feelings of peace, security and well being.
Many have reported miraculous results. Hospitals and doctors'
offices are beginning to include it as part of their therapy,
and this new edition describes several successful approaches
now being used to integrate Reiki into patient care.
This revised and expanded edition includes important new
information on the theory and practice of Reiki, including
the Japanese Reiki Techniques taught by Dr. Usui as well
as the Hayashi healing guide.
This book is a must for anyone wanting the latest information
on Reiki. Its referenced history of Reiki contains the most
detailed and verifiable information currently available.
Written with inspiration, clarity and vitality, it captures
the essence of Reiki and is an excellent introduction to
the subject as well as a user-friendly manual for the experienced
practitioner.
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Essential Reiki: A Complete Guide to an Ancient
Healing Art
Diane Stein
Reiki is the ancient system of laying on of hands derived
from Tibetan Buddhism. Transmitted by attunements from healer
to healer, Reiki techniques have been demystified by Diane
Stein, a Reiki master in practice since 1988. The author
discusses the three degrees of Reiki and her experiences
as a master teacher.
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The Reiki Sourcebook
Bronwen & Frans Stiene
If you teach Reiki, are a Reiki practitioner or are just
plain interested in Reiki itself, then this book will take
your knowledge of Reiki to a whole new level!
The Reiki Sourcebook is the ultimate in up-to-date information
on everything Reiki. It is unbiased and clears up a lot of
the conflicting stories you often hear about Reiki.
My favourite part of the book is the section on Western and
Japanese techniques. There is so much detailed information
in this book that I know I will have it by my side constantly
so I can easily refer to it.
If you are a teacher of Reiki then you simply must have this
book in order to share the best information possible with
your students! If you are a Reiki practitioner this book
will expand your knowledge and help you to understand this
wonderful system of healing and where it came from and where
it is today. If you are not yet attuned to Reiki but are
thinking of becoming involved then this book will answer
any questions you may have about the the what's, why's and
how's of Reiki. - Maureen Oliver
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