What is Reiki

Reiki is an energy healing technique that promotes stress reduction and relaxation. It is administered by the “laying of hands” for in person sessions or through distance and time. It was developed in Japan by Mikao Usui, also known as Usui Sensei by his beloved students, in the late 1880s.

Reiki has become mainstream since the 1980’s when Grand Master Tanka brought the Japanese developed energy healing technique to the western world. Before then, Reiki was only taught in Japan and required extensive hands on training. Thanks to Grand Master Tanka and the internet, thousands of Reiki Masters being attuned every year.

The word Reiki is made up of two Japanese words, “Rei” meaning God’s wisdom or Higher Power, and “Ki” meaning life force energy, similar to the Chinese word “chi” which also refers to the life force energy within you. The word Reiki literally translate to “spiritually guided life force energy,” which is really beautiful

Reiki is a safe and natural method of spiritual healing that everyone can benefit from. Although it is spiritual in nature, Reiki is not a religion. In fact, it is not dependent on belief at all, it will work whether you believe it will or not. Reiki comes from the Universe, Spirit, or God, depending on which name you choose to know it as. Many who use Reiki and receive say that it connects them closer to their “creator” and/or religion. Remember spirituality and religion are not exclusive, you can have one without the other.

Although Reiki is not a religion, it is still beneficial and important to live and conduct your life in a way that is harmonious with others. After a meditation, years into developing Reiki, Usai Sensei added the 5 principles of Reiki, inspired by the Meiji Emperor of Japan, whom he greatly admired.

Translation: The secret art of inviting happiness. The miraculous medicine of all diseases. 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.Pray these words to your heart and chant these words with your mouth Usui Reiki Treatment for the improvement of body and mind

The founder,Usui Mikao

So how does Reiki work?

During a session, the practitioner transmits Universal Life Force to the client, with the intention of creating deep relaxation, help speed up the body’s natural healing abilities, reduce pain and discomfort and decrease other symptoms that you may be experiencing.

Our body already has natural healing abilities, we’ve just been programmed to think that they don’t exist or that they aren’t capable of healing us of all types of discomfort and diseases.

As mentioned before, Reiki can be performed at in person sessions with the laying of hands on the body or slightly off the body. It can also be sent across time and “long distance” in the form of prayer/intention, known as remote Reiki or long distance Reiki.

This is why it is said that the mind is powerful, if you think something won’t work, that belief is strong enough to make that a true reality. Soul imagine the possibilities we can achieve if we all learned how to heal and tap into the ancient wisdom of energy healing, what we would be able to accomplish in just this lifetime?

To learn Reiki, one receives an attunement and learn specific hand positions through which to send Reiki. With their hands attuned, they can either rest them on a recipient’s body or -when becoming second-degree Reiki practitioners- they learn a distance symbol that enables them to “dial up” and connect with a person’s energetic essence. They’re then able to perform absent Reiki, sending universal life force energy across time and space.”

Portland Helmich

Read more about Distance Reiki in Portland Helmich’s article Sending Healing Energy Across Space and Time: The Practice of Long-Distance Reiki

What is Universal Life Force?

As Brett Bevell explained in his book, “Psychic Reiki”, ‘Reiki doesn’t come from any person, or human, or the collective field of life force here on Earth, but from a higher source that exists on the spiritual plane… yet the energy itself is from the Divine and thus not limited by our human structures and human interpretation.

As much as you can read about Reiki, the best way to know more about is to book a session and experience it, whether that be with me or with another practitioner, make sure it is someone you feel drawn to and safe with. Use your discernment and intuition to guide you to make the right choice for you.

For more information, check out my podcast episode on Reiki, Chakras and more with Justin from Psychedelic Divinity.