Reiki

Reiki is a Japanese compound word. “Rei” pronounced like the English word “ray” can be translated to mean ‘universal, mysterious, ethereal or spiritual’ and “Ki” is the other simple, pronounced “key” is translated as ‘life force energy’, which is very similar to the ‘Chi’ of Tai Chi. Ki or Chi refer to the universal life-force that is present in every living thing.

Anyone can put their hands on another person and transfer some of their own energy to help the healing process. This can be magnified for those trained as spiritual healers who channel energy through the Spirit World which is added to the healers own energy and intent. What makes Reiki different is the ‘attunement’ process which the student receives for each of the 3 levels of Reiki. The attunement process fine-tunes the bodies energy systems, and in particular it is believed, causes certain chakras or energy centres in the body to vibrate at a different frequency which results in them processing energy much more efficiently and allowing the healer to collect the Reiki energy from around them in order to channel it through their hands and into the patient.

When healing with Reiki it can be felt to ‘flow’ as the patient draws the energy into whatever part of their body needs it most. The patient will only draw in the amount of energy needed at that time and can at a subconscious level block the healing entirely, if they are not ready to receive it. At that point the ‘healer’ will feel that the energy stops flowing and the session should then come to an end. As the patient draws in what energy is needed at that time and can also stop it coming in at all, this effectively puts them in charge of their own healing process. This has the added benefit of blocking any negative thoughts or feeling that could come through the ‘healer’.

A Reiki healer can also heal themselves and in honesty, this should be the absolute first use of the ‘gift’. As well as intentional self-healing, when a Reiki practitioner is healing another, some of the energy passing through them will be kept and utilized by their own bodies, resulting in self-healing.

As mentioned earlier, the Reiki attunement process alters the vibration of some of the energy centres in the body and as such it also becomes a personal development tool as it can also awaken intuition and other hidden or dormant skills and abilities.

Reiki Levels

1st Degree – is for the hands-on healing of self and others

2nd Degree – Enables healing on physical, mental and emotional levels, the sending of distant healing and also the ability to tune-into and heal past-life related issues. After the attunement process the practitioner is given 3 healing symbols that allow the fine-tuning of the healing to the different levels.

3rd Degree (Master) – 2 more symbols are given at this stage which are used in the attunement process. There are 2 distinct paths of Reiki Master and they are Teacher and Healer. Some people are drawn to using Reiki to heal others at different levels and others are drawn to teach and to share the knowledge of this powerful healing system. I myself was drawn to teaching straight away and have enjoyed sharing the gift of Reiki ever since my final attunement.

If you are interested in learning Reiki or in brushing up on your existing skills I would be happy to add you to my mailing list and waiting list for classes.