Reiki
WHAT IS REIKI?
The awareness that an unseen energy flows through all living things and directly affects the quality of a person’s health has been part of the wisdom of many cultures since ancient times. This life energy goes by many names: qi in China, ki in Japan, and prana in India. The ancient Hawaiians called it ti or ki. It has also been called orgone energy and elan energy.When your life energy is low, it is more difficult to deal with stress; you may not sleep well, and you’re more susceptible to illness. When your life energy is strong, you feel strong, can more easily deal with stress, and are less likely to get sick. Reiki is a technique that increases a person’s supply of life energy.
WHAT IS A SESSION LIKE?
Reiki Healing SessionReiki is administered through the hands of a Reiki practitioner with the client lying fully clothed on a massage table. A session usually lasts between 45 minutes to an hour and a half and shorter sessions are also possible. The Reiki practitioner places his or her hands at locations around the head and shoulders, abdomen and on the legs and feet. Tissue is not manipulated. The practitioner’s hands are simply held at each location, lightly touching or slightly away from the body. Reiki energy flows from the practitioner’s hands and into the client’s body and energy field. A Reiki session feels like a wonderful flowing radiance that surrounds and fills the client and includes feelings of relaxation, peace and well-being that also promote healing.
BENEFITS
Reiki energy allows muscles to relax and increases blood flow to treated areas, which in turn quickens the healing process. Practitioners and clients report help with stress, headaches, insomnia, upset stomach, sprains and other minor conditions. Occasionally, miraculous results are reported. Reiki also promotes psychological healing, including release of anger, fear, worry, sadness and other unhealthy feelings and replaces them with self-worth, confidence and tranquility.
USE IN HOSPITALS
Reiki is becoming increasingly popular with the medical communityReiki is becoming increasingly popular with the medical community, with over 800 hospitals across the U.S. offering Reiki as a standard part of hospital care. A research study at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut indicates that Reiki improved patient sleep by 86 percent, reduced pain by 78 percent, reduced nausea by 80 percent, and reduced anxiety during pregnancy by 94 percent. In addition, nurses report that Reiki helps patients heal faster with less pain, reduces stress and improves mental attitude, improves appetite, and reduces the negative side effects of chemotherapy, radiation and other medical procedures.
At the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Reiki is now a part of the pain control treatment that Shock Trauma patients routinely receive. It is reported that after a Reiki session, self –selected pain scores usually drop 3 or 4 points on a scale of 10.
HISTORY
Reiki was developed in Japan in 1922 by Mikao Usui and was brought to the West in 1937 by Hawayo Takata. The popularity of Reiki has grown exponentially in the past few decades. A survey conducted in 2007 indicates that in the previous year, 1.2 million adults and 161,000 children in the U.S. received one or more Reiki sessions.
HOW I CAME TO MEDITATION and REIKI
As an arthritis sufferer I needed help. My doctors did all they could with medicine and physical therapy. My next step was narcotics. I decided that was not what I wanted so I opted to stay with the pain medication I was on but look for other possibilities. Research introduced me to the benefits of meditation and Reiki as a complementary treatment for chronic pain and conditions. They have worked so beautifully for me that I sing their praises all the time. I know from personal experience what they can do for you.
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