Facts About Reiki

It is an ancient Japanese healing method, which uses palm healing or hands on healing technique. Here are some unknown facts about Reiki to help you know more about it:

·It is used for relaxation and stress reduction. It also heals your body, mentally and physically.

·It is not a religion.

·It is based on an unseen vital force/ energy within us called ‘Ki’.

·Ki can be strengthened or increased by certain body postures and breathing exercises.

·Ki is responsive of people’s thoughts and feelings. When we are happy and relaxed Ki is high. When we experience negative thoughts or emotions (stress, sadness), our Ki is less.

·It is a natural process and has not been reported to cause harm.

·It cannot be guided by the mind and is not limited by the experience and ability of the practitioner, or belief and faith of the client.

·It is not taught in a typical classroom setting, but Reiki is rather passed on during the sessions by ‘attunement’.

·Once a person has received a Reiki attunement, they will have Reiki with them for the rest of their life, it cannot be lost.

·It is available to all living beings (plants, animals, birds).

·It is inspired by the five principles of Meiji emperor of Japan.

·It doesn’t depend on your intellectual capacity or your spiritual knowledge, you don’t need to have previous experience with practices like meditation either.

·For Reiki to have lasting results, people must actively participate in it and commit to improve themselves.

·It can only be passed on by Someone who has already been attuned and knows Reiki.

·Reiki practitioners believe that Reiki comes from a higher power, beyond our physical world.

·Reiki can be passed to people who are far away, through ‘Distant healing’.

·No instruments are used in reiki (except the practitioner’s hands).

·Some people might go through ‘healing crisis’ where they feel sick or weak after Reiki. This is because the persons vibrations go up, the toxins are being released and the body is being cleansed. It is a part of healing.

·Some people experience colourful visual, flashed of life incidents, see figures with an increase in their psychic sensitivity.

·Reiki works in harmony with other healing process through drugs, psychological care etc. So medical treatment of a health issue along with Reiki can improve healing.

·There is no scientific evidence to prove actual healing through Reiki, it is considered a pseudoscientific theory based on metaphysical concepts.