A Reiki Treatment

A Reiki Treatment is a gentle, hands- on process that allows healing, balancing energy to be transferred through the practitioner to another person, an animal, a plant, or the practitioner's own body. A Reiki treatment is safe, non-intrusive, non- invasive, and non-manipulative. The recipient remains fully clothed and no substances are applied to the body.

During a full Reiki treatment, the practitioner's hands are placed on the head, the upper body (from neck to pelvic area) and the back (from shoulders to tailbone). Although the focus is on the major organs, the energy will reach and benefit every cell in the body.

In addition to the formal positions, Reiki can be applied to any part of the body that has been injured. Reiki works through bandages and casts and can even be transmitted from a distance. Reiki can relieve pain and acute symptoms quite rapidly while chronic problems may require more extensive treatment. The length of treatment depends upon the amount of energy needed to balance and revitalize the ailing part of the body.

Reiki involves the transfer of energy from practitioner to patient to enhance the body's natural ability to heal itself through the balancing of energy. Reiki utilizes specific techniques for restoring and balancing the natural life force energy within the body. It is a holistic, natural, hands-on energy healing system that touches on all levels: body, mind, and spirit. Reiki practitioners channel energy in a particular pattern to heal and harmonize. Unlike other healing therapies based on the premise of a human energy field, Reiki seeks to restore order to the body whose vital energy has become unbalanced. Reiki energy has several basic effects: it brings about deep relaxation, destroys energy blockages, detoxifies the system, provides new vitality in the form of healing universal life energy, and increases the vibrational frequency of the body. The laying of hands is used in Reiki therapy also as in spiritual healing. There is a difference though. In spiritual healing, a person with a strong energy field places the hands above a particular part of the recipient's body in order to release energy into it. So, here the healer is the one who is sending out the energy. In Reiki, however, the healer places the hands above the part; however, it is the recipient that draws the energy as needed. Thus, in this case, the individual takes an active part as opposed to a passive part in spiritual healing. The individual takes responsibility for his or her healing. The recipient identifies the needs and caters to them by drawing energy as needed. The Usui System of Natural Healing balances and strengthens the body's energy, promoting its ability to heal itself. Besides the use in serious illness, Reiki promotes the natural healing process in many other areas. Problems like sports injuries, cuts, burns, internal diseases, emotional disorders, and stress-related illnesses are helped through the use of Reiki.