What is Reiki?

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It works on the principle that vital life force energy flows around and through all living beings. Reiki is not affiliated with any particular religion or religious practice. It is a subtle and effective form of energy work. Reiki is the vital life force energy that flows through all living beings on this planet. Reiki practitioners abide by the principle understanding that everyone has the ability to connect with their own healing potential and can use it to strengthen energy in themselves and help others. It is believed that a person’s energy should be free-flowing. Moments of stress/worry/fear/anger/frustration can cause our vital life force energy to become blocked, stuck, stagnant, or sluggish. When this happens, people generally experience stress, overwhelm, anxious/depressed feelings, explosive responses, poor sleep, over/under eating and ultimately, illness. Reiki can help to restore a flow for this vital life force energy and renew feelings of balance, peace and harmony. Many healthcare organizations are including reiki healing into their treatment plans for patients.

How does Reiki work? 

A typical Reiki session is 30-90 minutes long. During your session, the client is lying down or sitting comfortably in a chair wearing comfortable clothing. Reiki energy is administered through light gentle touch or by hovering the practitioner’s hands just above the body. If the session is a distance session, a surrogate item will be used in place of the client during the session and the healing energy is transmitted through time and space to the exact location of the client for the duration of the session. The Reiki practitioner places their hands over specified positions on/over the client’s body to funnel in Reiki energy and dissolve old thought/behavior patterns that may be blocking the body’s energy centers and leading to the energetic imbalance. The transfer of energy from the Reiki Practitioner to the client is thought to be done through the use of mirror neurons located in the brain. 

Put basically, mirror neurons “mirror” behaviors of other neurons. When the reiki practitioner is channeling Reiki energy, the clients mirror neurons activate and “mirror” the channeling of Reiki energy thus making a “transfer of energy.” As the practitioner moves their hands, the transfer of energy follows and “flows” through their hands. While this explanation is an oversimplification of a complex system, it helps to shed light on the process. Clients who receive Reiki energy report feelings of warmth, cold, tingling, waves, pressure, a sense of calm, peace, balance, harmony, and safety. 

What are the benefits?

Reiki is meant to resolve emotional distress by allowing healing energy to flow freely throughout the body which results in relaxation and reduced pain and tension in the body. Because reiki works on the entire self, and because it uses universal life force energy, Reiki can be a helpful treatment for all types of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing. Scientific studies are showing that Reiki:Promotes relaxation Reduces stressBrings on a meditative stateFoster tissue and bone healing after an injury or surgeryStimulates the body’s immune systemPromotes natural self-healingRelieves pain and tensionSupports wellbeing of people receiving traditional medical treatments like chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and kidney dialysis

Is Reiki healing right for me?

Yes! Reiki is the use of universal life force energy. As a result it can never cause harm. The energy you receive is from what is all around you and not a direct energy exchange with the Reiki Practitioner’s energy.

At The Nurse Intuitive, our Reiki Sessions are conducted by certified and trained practitioners who have more than 8 years combined experience in providing both in person and distance healing sessions.