What is Reiki, and Does it Really Work?
Maybe you have heard about Reiki but don’t know what it is. Perhaps you are considering Reiki, but make sure it’s just for you. Or maybe your doctor recommends Reiki as an additional form of therapy for your current medical treatments.
Although your question is, Reiki Master Victoria Bodner, LMT, here to help. She walks you through Reiki’s foundation – a safe, sweet and non-invasive natural login, healing energy load – and what it can do for your body.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is an energy healing technique that helps to relax, relieve stress and anxiety through light touch. Reiki practitioners use their hands to energize your body, improving the flow and balance of your energy to promote healing.
Mikao Usui developed reiki in the early 1900s, derived from the Japanese terms rei, meaning “universal”, and ki, which refers to the vital energy that flows through all living things. Today, Reiki is used around the world, including in hospitals and clinics, to complement other forms of health treatment.
“Reiki supports healing by helping people become energetically balanced – physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually,” says Bodner.
Health benefits of reiki
Reiki promotes relaxation, reduces stress, and relieves symptoms to improve overall health and well-being. It can:
Create a meditative state. Promotes tissue and bone healing after injury or surgery. Strengthen the body’s immune system. Promotes natural self-healing process. Reduce pain and stress. Support the health of people receiving traditional medical treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and kidney dialysis. Studies show that reiki treatment can induce feelings:
Peace. Relax. Guard. Good mood. Can Reiki Replace Traditional Healing? Is not. Reiki treatment should not replace consultation with a doctor or psychotherapist. “Reiki complements other forms of medical and therapeutic treatment, and it can increase the effectiveness of other forms of healing,” says Bodner.
However, if you are already healthy, regular Reiki treatments can improve your ability to cope with stress and serve as a form of preventative medicine.
What conditions does Reiki treat?
“Because it works on the whole self – mind, body and emotions – and because it is a universal life force, Reiki can succeed in all types of physical, emotional and spiritual healing. , spiritual and spiritual,” said Bodner.
Reiki is not specific to any specific disease or condition, but can help people with:
Cancer. Chronic pain. Dry. Digestion problems. Parkinson disease. Psychological anxiety, including depression and anxiety. Stress related diseases. Reiki can also help you prepare for surgery, which can help speed your recovery afterward.
How does Reiki work? Reiki practitioners act as a conduit between you and the universal life force. The energy flows through the practitioner’s hand to you.
“The patient determines the flow of energy from the practitioner’s hand by taking only what is necessary,” says Bodner. “It helps patients know that we are only giving them what they need rather than what we think they need. This makes it the perfect balance to meet a patient’s needs.
What happens during a reiki session?
Reiki treatment usually lasts about 50 minutes. During a session, you’ll lie on a fully clothed massage table, while your Reiki practitioner gently places your hands, palms down, on, or just above your body in key positions. specific amount. They use a range of 12 to 15 different hand positions.
“The length of time the practitioner leaves the hands in each position is determined by the flow of energy through the hands at each position,” explains Bodner.
Reiki differs from other induction therapies in that there is no pressure, massage or manipulation.
What does Reiki look like?
“You can feel energy in the form of sensations like warmth, tingling, or vibration where the Reiki practitioner places their hands,” explains Bodner. “Sometimes people feel sensations moving throughout the body, while others don’t notice any change.”
Most people feel very comfortable and at peace during Reiki treatment, and many fall asleep during the process.
