Channeling life energy to clear blockages and promote healing
A Reiki
Healing Session: What To Expect
by Douglas
Hardwick
Reiki is a
form of energy healing that has become a popular complement to
modern medicine as well as an alternative healing therapy used
throughout the world. Although its roots can be traced back
centuries, it developed in its modern form in Japan in the early
twentieth century. And, it is from two Japanese words (rei and ki)
that we get the word Reiki. Roughly translated, Reiki means
"universal life energy".
Practitioners
of Reiki believe that there is a type of subtle energy that flows in
and around everyone and everything in the universe. It is this
universal life energy that a Reiki practitioner attempts to channel
to the afflicted person during a healing session.
Reiki
practitioners believe that all illnesses have non-physical
components. The purpose of a Reiki healing session is to channel
additional life energy, or ki, to the person who suffers from some
type of physical or mental trauma. The additional energy clears
blockages and establishes an increased, and more efficient, internal
flow of energy within the person. As this occurs, true healing can
begin.
The time
needed for an individual healing session varies depending on the
client and the particular problem addressed. However, Reiki
therapists generally schedule their sessions for 45-60 minutes. The
client remains fully clothed during a Reiki session. He or she may
lie flat or sit upright. It is especially important that both the
healer and the person who has sought out healing feel comfortable,
peaceful, and serene during the healing session. Soft lighting and
relaxing music are often used by Reiki practitioners to increase
these feelings.
When the
client is comfortable, the therapist places his or her hands lightly
on, or slightly above, the person's body. The hands of the healer
are held palms down with fingers and thumbs extended. During the
session, the Reiki therapist will move his or her hands to
particular locations on the body, following a specific routine.
There are 12-15 Reiki hand positions which correspond to energy
centers. The healer will stop at each of these locations to transmit
energy. The healer will pause at each location until the flow of
energy seems to subside or stop. When the energy flow subsides, the
therapist will move to another hand position, working from head to
feet. It is important to note that a Reiki healer does not direct
the energy in an active sense. The Reiki practitioner is merely a
conduit. He or she simply adopts the intent to heal. The life energy
itself is intelligent. It goes where it is needed.
A sensation of
heat is often taken as an indication of Reiki energy flow. However,
a wide range of personal perceptual experiences may be reported by
both the healer and the recipient. Among other things, a tingling,
coolness, warmth, or the sensation of colors may be experienced.
According to
Reiki therapists, people typically leave a Reiki session feeling
very relaxed and tranquil. However, recipients of Reiki therapy
sometimes experience what therapists call a cleansing crisis. They
may feel headachy, nauseous, dizzy, or weak. For Reiki
practitioners, these symptoms are the result simply of the body
getting rid of toxins and realigning itself to the flow of ki. Rest
and increased fluid intake are often recommended to help the person
cope with these symptoms.
Douglas
Hardwick, Ph.D., has extensive interests in issues of holistic
health and human development. He is a primary contributor to the
information website:
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