Reiki

Very few people actually know what Reiki is, but they do know it is an alternative form of healing. Some regard Reiki as a form of Oriental medicine. Let us shed some light over the meaning of Reiki therapy and Reiki healing. First of all, Reiki is a Japanese spiritual practice which was invented in 1922 by Mikao Usui, a Japanese Buddhist. Reiki healing practitioners transfer energy through their palms in the form of “ki”, thus the name of this medical-spiritual practice. What they actually do through Reiki therapy is level the energy, where it has been disrupted. Reiki therapy is a complementary one, used in cases of physical and mental ailments. As opposed to traditional Japanese Reiki, the Western form of Reiki emphasizes the healing part more than the part dealing with ascending to a higher level of conscience.

One can get acquainted to Reiki in a retreat center, such as “Your Clear Point”. While this technique is not a religion, it is important that those who practice it promote harmony within themselves and around them. It is more like a way of improving oneself, while healing many kinds of diseases. Reiki therapy reduces stress, it helps improve health. Also, it addresses mental and emotional problems, while it helps to energize body, mind and spirit. Reiki is helpful even to people at the end of their lives, as it helps them pass away calm and in peace. During Reiki therapy, the receiver feels deeply relaxed. Even if one fails to feel anything at all, the Reiki energy is still doing its work. Sometimes receivers feel joy, profound love, acceptance or even deep sorrow. It is all part of the process of coming to terms with one’s own problem.

The main thing about this therapy is the exchange of energy between the practitioner and the receiver. It is an exchange that takes place really gently. The practitioners place their palms on certain areas of the receiver’s body, thus channeling the needed amount of energy. What is important is that once the energy has been transferred it should not be wasted. That is to say, in order for the therapy to really work, the patient must come to a deeper understanding of oneself. It is important that the patient receives the energy when it is transferred, but in order to receive, one has to be ready. Meditation and a deeper understanding of the energetic body and how it works and how it keeps us alive are desirable. All these require a minimum initiation, which is very much stressed in the Japanese traditional technique and treated slightly more casual in western practices. Once the receiver is pain free, he or she will most likely wish to return at some point to the retreat , because people feel instinctively that they have to come to a deeper level of understanding in order to maintain the beneficial effects of the treatment.