Reiki

What is Reiki?

Reiki is a natural healing system designed to assist in healing and help achieve balance. Reiki is administered by a practitioner, who serves as a conduit through whom the Universal Life Energy can be transmitted to the recipient, by either hands-on or distance healing techniques. Practitioners may also practice Reiki self-treatments.

How does Reiki energy flow?

Reiki flows through our palms at different rates of speed, depending on various factors such as the extent of the recipient’s illness, degree of blockage, his or her readiness to accept change, and so on.

Is Reiki a form of faith healing?

No, Reiki is not a religion, nor is it based on the acceptance of any religious doctrine. Having a belief system is not a requirement for Reiki to work. Reiki does not infringe on anyone’s right to believe what he or she wishes. However, Reiki's principles are spiritual in nature and do encourage spiritual empowerment and growth.

Who can benefit from a Reiki treatment?

Reiki's gift of increased energy and vitality can be extended to anyone. It doesn't matter what a person's gender, race, intelligence, or financial status is. Reiki is not a healing energy reserved only for the elite, wealthy, educated, or spiritually evolved.

What does Reiki feel like?

Common Reiki sensations are heat or coolness, "pins and needles" tingling, vibrational buzzing, electrical sparks, numbness, throbbing, itchiness, and drowsiness.

What is a Reiki attunement?

A Reiki attunement is a ritual performed by a Reiki Master. The ritual involves energetic placement of Reiki symbols through a specific set of sequenced actions into the student's crown and palms.

Will Reiki ever run out?

When you are giving a Reiki treatment to someone, you are giving of your time and your intent to assist, but you are not giving away any of your own energy. Reiki is in infinite supply. It never runs out.

What is the purpose of the Reiki hand placements?

Emphasis is placed on devoting five minutes on each hand placement so that no part of the body is neglected and to ensure that each body part is given equal consideration.

Do I need to direct the flow of Reiki?

Reiki will automatically go to wherever it needs to go with no mental involvement of either the practitioner or the recipient. However, when mental intention is used, a linear pathway is opened. This cleared route allows Reiki to flow more effectively to that part of the body where attention is most desired.

What purpose do Reiki symbols serve?

Independently, each Reiki symbol has its own unique purposes. The combined function of these symbols is to provide Reiki practitioners with focal points for their healing intentions.

Why is Reiki called "smart energy"?

Reiki is an intelligent energy because it knows which areas of the body most need healing and will automatically flow to specific areas where suffering or imbalance are prevalent.

A NOTE ON BREATHING PRACTICES

Correct breathing practice is at the heart of many of the Japanese Reiki techniques.
Over the years of working with various forms of energy therapeutics, the most frequent causes of severe energetic imbalance I have come across tend, in one form or another, to relate to what is commonly referred to as the 'kundalini crisis' - i.e. are a result of improper use of yogic breathing practices.
Second on the list - yes, you've probably guessed it - improper use of breathing exercises from Chinese and Japanese therapeutic (and martial disciplines) - in particular the basic process of 'lower tanden' breathing (Seika Tanden Kokyu in Japanese terminology)

All breathing practices can be dangerous if miss-applied.
For some reason (probably due to watching too many bad martial arts movies!) many students seem to be intent on practising breathing exercises with an almost violent intensity, as though the harder they strain, the better the effect
(something which could not be further from the truth)
Even after having been given careful instruction in using relaxed breathing, I have often seen students 'attacking', for example, the primary breathing element of hatsureiho - Joshin Kokyu ho with a mania - "huffing and puffing" and straining away like some b-movie ninja!
Yes, in the short term, such behaviour can raise (the feeling of) energy - but in doing so it also raises blood pressure, and may lead to very unpleasant and counterproductive effects if the exercise is practised in this way over the long term.

Then there is the 'Dry Bathing' (kenyoku) element of hatsureiho
This particular practice is a variation on a yang (stimulating/pressure-increasing) practice used in various other ki/chi arts.
Again, when done accompanied by relaxed breathing patterns - inhaling naturally through the nose and exhaling through the mouth, it is a gentle and beneficially stimulating exercise, but 'step up' the breathing to a more forceful state, and kenyoku becomes something else entirely.
There is a simple Taoist adage that says it all:
"Correct breathing extends ones life,
incorrect breathing shortens it,
forceful breathing may end it"
In your practice of the Japanese Reiki Techniques, be mindful of this.

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