How Does Reiki Help You Heal?
A Reiki treatment can feel like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. It is said to treat the whole person, including body, emotions, mind, and spirit – creating many beneficial effects such as relaxation, peacefulness, a feeling of security and wellbeing.
A practitioner of Reiki is said to channel life force energy through his or her hands into another to administer healing. The Reiki flows through the affected parts of the subject’s energy field and charges them with positive energy, raising awareness in and around the body where any negativity is contained. This is believed to cause any negative energy to lose its grip, alleviating stress, anxiety, physical pain, sadness, and confusion.
Reiki is a simple and natural method of spiritual healing and self-improvement available to everyone and is used to heal both physical and mental traumas. It has been effective in different cases by helping many illnesses and maladies and often creates a beneficial effect by supporting the mental clarity and feelings of spiritual well-being in the recipient. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.
Some doctors of Western medicine have described the benefit as being due to the activation of neurotransmitters in the brain through a clinical encounter that the patient considers positive; it is thought that the ritual and symbols of the practice together with a warm and empathetic practitioner or doctor create a comfortable environment for him or her that causes the relevant brain regions to release these neurotransmitters.
The practice is a Japanese technique whose meaning comes from the Japanese words “Rei,” which refers to a higher intelligence that permeates all living and nonliving things and guides the functioning of the universe, and “Ki,” which refers to the non-physical energy that flows through everything that is alive – plants, animals, and humans. Ki is called the “life force energy” because of this and is also known as qi or chi. When these two Japanese words are combined, they become Reiki and gain the meaning of “mysterious atmosphere” or “miraculous sign.”
Reiki is not a religion, but proponents consider it important to act and live in a way that promotes harmony with others. The founder of the Reiki system of natural healing, Mikao Usui, recommended that a person practice simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony, and, interestingly, these ideals are nearly universal across all cultures and found in almost every belief system.
The simple Ideals of Reiki as discovered by Mikao Usui are as follows:
- Just for today, do not anger.
- Do not worry, and be filled with gratitude.
- Devote yourself to your work.
- Be kind to people.
- Every morning and evening, join your hands in prayer.
Whether you are considering Reiki as an aid to relaxation and mental health or just a good-old-fashioned massage, we’re here for you. Call or visit Urban Oasis of Nashville online today to make an appointment for a life-enhancing session with us.
