Reiki is a Natural Form of Hands on Healing, dating back to early Buddhism

and was re-discovered by a Dr Usui Sensei from Japan in1922.

 

Reiki is a Natural Form of Hands on Healing, dating back to early Buddhism

and was re-discovered by a Dr Usui Sensei from Japan in1922.

 

“Rei” means Spiritually Guided and “Ki” means the Life Force Energy. It is believed that Dr Usui learned how to harness what is now called Reiki from ancient Buddhist Teachings and an Enlightening Experience following a 21 day fast and meditation when he was hit by a white Light.  However the use of the Universal Energy goes back to times of the Ancient Egyptians, Aztecs and Atlanteans etc. The life force energy or vibrations known as Ki, are much the same as “Chi” in Tai Chi and “Prana” in Yoga.  

The word Reiki, is used in a number of ways, for example to describe the discipline, i.e. “Reiki”.   It can be used to describe the session, i.e., a “Reiki Treatment”, or to describe the person, i.e., “a Reiki”.  It is used to describe energy, i.e., “would you like some Reiki ”, or to explain a treatment, i.e., “Reiki healing”.

So what is this Reiki and how does it work?

“Hands on Healing” is nothing new. It is the oldest form of healing. When a child hurts itself, mother rubs it better or kisses it better. She heals by giving her personal Ki and Love to the child, and the pain goes away! When you knock or burn yourself, what do you instinctively do? You rub or hold the injury, the pain subsides.

		Reiki is - Love, Light and Rays of Reiki.

 

 

So this Reiki is not anything Hookey Spookey, it’s a perfectly natural and normal way to Heal.

Every cell of your body, and indeed in all living things, vibrate with energies that we may call Chi, Ki, Prana,  Bioplasma, or the Life Force.   When a person dies, it is their Ki that leaves the body.   I recently learned that we start the ageing process known as “growing old” at the ripe old age of 26!!!  Up until then, the body is “growing”, after that the body goes into decline.

However, up to the approximate age of 35 years, we humans will naturally replenish our personal Ki from the air we breathe, from good quality “live” foods, water and sunshine.   After the age of 35, and even before that if we subject ourselves to poor quality environments, pollution, junk foods, bad eating habits, and from continued stress, anger and worry, then we find ourselves becoming low in the Universal Life Force, Chi.

This manifests itself as poor health, a weak immune system, mental and emotional problems, tiredness, low energy, sleeping disorders, irritability and can even make accidents happen!

The ability to cope with stressful situations is reduced and recovery from accidental damage takes the body much longer to repair itself. This is why sportspeople such as footballers have to start to retire around the age of 35. One way to compensate is to look after the Temple of your Spirit through the practise of Yoga, Tai Chi and similar disciplines that place emphasis on correct breathing and body exercise. Also, to look carefully at what you put in your mouth, remember You, Are What You Eat!    So to top-up your Chi, you must eat “live” foods, full of Chi, not “dead” processed junk, And Drink Lots of Water.

 

 Understanding Chi depletion.

 

       

 

To help you to understand Chi depletion, imagine a brand new car.   This represents a person when they’re young.   So no matter whether it be Summer or dark Winter, the young car will charge up it’s battery just by running around, enjoying itself!   So do you.   Then after time the car begins to age, bits start breaking and the battery can’t hold it’s charge as well as it used to do. This happens to you between 26 years and 35 years old.

The car runs quite well in the Summer when things aren’t too bad and not too demanding, but then the dark, rainy, freezing cold Winter comes along and what happens? The car breaks down and the battery goes flat with all the extra use of the heater, lights, and wipers. This is just what happens to us. When we grow up and grow older, we have more responsibilities, family, mortgages, job worries and STRESS. We may go through all sorts of emotional STRESS with break-ups and bereavements etc.

So when the car’s battery goes flat, what do you do? You charge it up from an EXTERNAL SOURCE.

 

And this is just what happens in a Reiki treatment.

You are plugged in to a battery charger, the Universal Life Force Energy known as Reiki.

 

So, what is this discipline called Reiki?

 

Put quite simply, a Reiki treatment is a unique way of channelling magnified and focused energy, mainly through the hands of one person (a Reiki), to another (the recipient), without using up the personal Chi energy of the Reiki practitioner. The therapist is just like a great big funnel!!!

		AND THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT! But without this Life Force Energy – We are Lifeless!

 

May the Life Force be with You!

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 Anyone, and Everyone can become a Reiki Healer!

As previously said, it was Dr Mikao Usui who started this amazing discipline which many people use for their own self improvement and self healing, whilst others practise Reiki as an actual therapy helping their clients TO HEAL THEMSELVES!

Whilst Reiki is Spiritual in nature, it is not Religious, Spiritual Healing or Faith Healing.
Once you have been given your attunement, You are a Reiki!

How does it (Reiki) work?

You heal yourself by making new cells.If a large number of cells are making up a gland for example, and they are low in Ki energy, then that gland will be “Out of Balance”. As the cells in that gland wear out and need replacement,and if the body is unwell, then the new cells won’t be any better than the old ones. Healing and recovery cannot take place and the gland will remain unable to function properly.

Having a Reiki treatment is like plugging yourself into a battery charger, indeed many Reiki’s have “fixed” temperamental electrical appliances with a “treatment”!!!

So, by energising the cells of that gland, it is empowered to come back into balance, and when it does then the symptom or complaint it was causing will subside and the body or mind is allowed to recover. For example Reiki may help those suffering from depression by bringing the Pituitary and Pineal glands back into balance so that they produce correct levels of serotonin and melatonin.  (Provided of course that the cause is not ongoing).   But even then, Reiki treatments will help the person to cope better and improve the quality of life.

Without doubt, our personal Ki is affected by one’s thoughts and feelings. Negative thinking will restrict the flow of energy, where-as positive thinking and speech will help to strengthen one’s body and mind.

 Reiki stimulates one’s Self-Healing Process on Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual levels, so for example, it is the ideal antidote to continual stressful situations such as work or screaming kids!   It can be used to help relieve physical pain, as well as emotional pain such as a heart, broken by loss or bereavement.

Unwell and overstressed people are VERY LOW in this Life Force energy.

Reiki treatments help to replenish the levels of energy needed to repair one’s Body and Mind.   What’s so good about Reiki is that, because it is Spiritually Guided by The Higher Self, the Ki “knows” exactly where to go, and what vibration to give to the recipient. An experienced Reiki Master will intuitively be guided as to where to place their hands, and for how long.   Not like the old days of staying put in one position for 3 minutes, no matter what!

 Reiki TREATments should be taken Regularly to keep Ones-Self healthy,
as well as to help the sick.

 Where does Ki come from?

Energy is all around us and in all things. It is in the sunlight, the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink. Even a stone has energy, vibrating according to it’s particular type.   Crystals for example, have various and specific vibrations and are used by Crystal Healers. They may be used in Reiki to filter out negativity and to amplify positive energy. One’s body “works” at various vibratory levels and sometimes when we’re not well we feel “one degree under”? The body and mind function by utilizing “Ki” energy, (normally taken in by breathing, eating and drinking), flowing through meridians which can be thought of as unseen electricity cables. At strategic points throughout one’s body there are energy centres known as chakras and these can be thought of as electric sub stations.  

For the body and mind to function efficiently it is obvious that a good, uninterrupted energy flow is important. However in times of stress and dis-ease the meridians become blocked and energy cannot flow properly to where it’s needed. Acupuncturists attempt to stimulate this natural energy in order to clear blocked channels known as meridians by using needles or massage.

 Reiki treatments help to restore and improve the natural flow of Chi energy.

Reiki can only be given by one who has been attuned by a Reiki Master and to try to understand how this works just think of radio waves. You know they’re out there but you can’t see or hear them.   Even your radio can’t do anything with them until you tune it in.    All the energy of the Universe is out there, and a Reiki Master is rather like a funnel or satellite dish, channelling Ki, mainly through their hands, down and out – to you. 

Just like being hooked up to a battery charger and we can all do with some of that!

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