What exactly is Reiki?
Reiki is a Japanese word meaning Universal life-force energy and it is used to treat the whole person – body, mind and spirit. The ‘Ki’ part is the same word as ‘Chi’ in Chinese. Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a technique for natural healing, stress reduction and relaxation that allows participants to tap into this unlimited supply of energy to improve health and enhance the quality of life. It is a flow of high frequency energy into and through a practitioner, out their hands and into another person.
The knowledge that unseen energy flows through all living things and directly corresponds to one’s quality of health is part of the wisdom of many cultures since ancient times and is now being verified by quantum physicist. Following the acceptance and use of acupuncture and Fung Shui for example, Canadians began to recognize and utilize this energy.
Everything is Energy
Everything in our universe is made up entirely of energy. Einstein formulated this knowledge in his well known equation E=MC2 (Energy = mass times speed of light squared). Light is energy, our emotions are energy, our thoughts are energy and even our physical world surrounding us are energy.
Our body then is not only the physical body that we observe – we are made of energy and the physical body is the part of us that we can see. We also have an energy field around and inside our bodies – essentially we are beings of energy.
Besides the energy that we obtain through eating, drinking and breathing, we also obtain energy through our energy fields. This energy is very important for our body and without it, our physical body would not be able to exist.
What we experience as disease (mental, emotional, and physical) is the manifestations of imbalances in our body. Thoughts and emotions are also energies and when we have pessimistic and negative thoughts, we create this imbalance.
Our body is a complex system with different levels interacting with each other. Historically, most healing methods have concentrated only on the physical level, but Reiki works on the physical, emotional and spiritual level. If healing is only done on the physical level, temporary results can be obtained, but the underlying cause may not be treated.
Reiki is often preferred because it balances on all the levels where energy flows are blocked. It helps to release underlying thoughts and emotions that cause the disease while healing the physical symptoms of the disease.
The amazing energy comes from the highest spiritual source and has its own intelligence and knows exactly where to go and what to do. Reiki can be used to treat nearly any physical or emotional ailment or simply for overall well-being in one who is relatively healthy.
