Did you know? In 1922, a Japanese Buddhist designed a form of therapy that would revolutionize the alternate form of medication.
Mikao Usui claimed that through strategic placement of hands, the practitioner could transfer positive ‘life-force energy’ into the patient’s body. This transference would then be able to unify the energies enveloping the patient and restoring their health. He believed that this spiritual form of healing could cure all kinds of mental, physical, and emotional diseases.
The Meaning: What Is This Spiritual Healing Called?
Mikao Usui called it Reiki which literally means ‘spiritually guided life force energy’.
The Japanese word is an amalgamation of two words:
- Rei that means the higher power or divine wisdom
- Ki that means life-force energy
The Method: How Does It Work?
This alternative medication process involves the flow of an all-encompassing life-force energy that flows from the healer’s hands to the patient.
Traditionally, this treatment is performed when the patient is lying on the bed. However, patients can be treated while they are seated or standing too.
The healer will strategically place his/her hands over the patient’s still body. The ‘healing hands’ hover at a distance to the patient’s body and never touch the surface. They remain in position for three to ten minutes max, depending on the patient’s condition. The healer uses various hand positions during the treatment. Each is specifically done to cure a particular ailment like on near the head for headaches and stress, joints for arthritis, so on and so forth.
Does the patient feel anything?
Everyone shares a different experience about Reiki. Some say that they actually feel the energy radiating between the healer’s hand and their body. Others may not feel anything but will acknowledge the sense of calm that settles in after the session.
The Benefits: How Does Reiki Benefit Us?
Here are some of the beneficial impacts of Reiki treatments on your life:
- Cleanses your body and mind from the negative thoughts and emotions
- The strategic hand placements reduce symptoms of chronic illnesses from developing
- Relives you from mental and physical pain (e.g. arthritis, migraines, and chronic fatigue)
- Suppresses your anxiety and calms your jittery nerves
- Untangles your tensed muscles and helps you to relax
- Strengthens your mental capacity by boosting concentration and focus
- Can cure you of insomnia and induces restful sleep
As you can see, the Reiki treatment has a holistic effect on your body, mind, and soul. More importantly, this practice doesn’t influence or tamper with other conventional methods of treatments. That is why no doctor or psychiatrist will warn you against opting for this treatment.
In fact, many suggest that it helps your body to respond positively to treatments that are considered ‘legit’ in the medical fields.
The Take-Away Home Message
In the end, we feel that Reiki is a highly effective way to get your feet back on track. It helps you to regain the balance you lost when you were running life’s responsibilities, goals, and ambitions of the world.
So unplug yourself, let loose, and indulge yourself in an hour-long session of this powerful therapy!
The below book is a great start on your journey to Reiki learning
