What is Reiki?

Reiki (pronounced ray-key) is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. Rei- meaning spiritual wisdom and Ki- meaning life energy, also known as vital life force or universal life energy (this is the non-physical energy that animates all living things). As long as something is alive, it has life energy circulating through it and surrounding it; when it dies, the life energy departs. If your life energy is low, or if there is a restriction in its flow, you will be more vulnerable to illness. When it is high and flowing freely, you are less likely to get sick or be in a state of dis-ease. Life energy plays an important role in everything we do and is the primary energy of our emotions, thoughts and spiritual life.

Reiki is a type of energy that is guided by spiritual consciousness.

How does Reiki heal? We are alive because life energy is flowing through us. Life energy flows within the physical body through pathways called Chakras, meridians and nadis and can also be present and pass directly through the organs and tissues of the body. It also flows around us in a field of energy called the aura. The balanced flow of healthy life energy is the cause of well-being since it nourishes the organs and cells of the body, supporting them in their vital functions. When the flow of healthy life energy is disrupted, it causes diminished functioning within one or more of the organs and tissues of the physical body which then results in the main cause of illness.

Life energy, or Ki, is responsive to thoughts and feelings. When we have positive and optimistic thoughts, we increase our flow of life energy and this causes us to feel better. However, when we have negative thoughts, our life energy is disrupted and diminished and we don’t feel as good. When negative thoughts become implanted into the subconscious mind, they create a permanent disruption in the flow of healthy life energy. This happens when we either consciously or unconsciously accept negative thoughts or feelings about ourselves. These negative thoughts and feelings influence our life force energy and cause it to become unhealthy life energy. This unhealthy life energy attaches itself to the organs and tissues of the body and also disrupts the flow of healthy life energy. The organs and tissues of the body can be affected depending on the location of the blockage. This diminishes the vital function of those organs and cells of the physical body and unless the blockage is released, a person could eventually become ill.

When a person receives a Reiki session, the Rei or spiritually conscious part of the energy assesses where the person has unhealthy life energy and then directs the healing energy where it’s needed. The Reiki energy then works with the negative thoughts and feelings that have created the unhealthy life energy and blockages and replaces them with healthy thoughts and feelings resulting in a release of the unhealthy life energy. By flowing through the affected parts of the energy field and charging them with positive energy, Reiki raises the vibratory level in and around the physical body where the negative thoughts and feelings are attached. This causes the negative energy to break apart and fall away. In doing so, Reiki clears and heals the energy pathways, allowing healthy life energy to flow in a natural way. Once healthy energy is flowing naturally, the physical organs and tissues are able to complete their healing process.