| Reiki is a healing system that uses the "laying on of hands" to promote healing and balance. It can be performed in the energy field (aura) without actual contact. It is often experienced as a relaxing warmth or tingling. The benefits are appropriate to the needs. For example if you are cold you will begin to warm, or if an area is tense it will begin to relax.
Reiki combines two Japanese words, "Rei" for "Universal" and "ki" for "vital life force energy." Reiki was discovered and named by Japanese scholar Mikao Usui. During his research, Dr. Usui uncovered symbols in the Tibetan sutras that open energy pathways (ki meridians and chakras) to allow a healing and balancing energy to flow automatically, treating both giver and receiver alike.
"Give a healing, get a healing" is the best way to understand Reiki. Once you have it you can give it to yourself, others, pets, plants -- any living thing! This universal energy is profoundly wise and addresses the source of an imbalance, whether it is physical, emotional or spiritual. Reiki does not replace medicine but enhances all other healing art forms and treatment methods. Reiki cannot be misused because its very nature is to promote harmony.
Reiki is a particular healing frequency, which is activated by an "attunement" performed by a Reiki Master. During an attunement, the symbols found in the Tibetan Sutras are planted in the person's auric field. Once placed, the Reiki is there for life. Each progressive attunement further aligns the Chakras and opens the ki meridians to accommodate a greater flow of energy. |
