What is Reiki Energy Healing?

Reiki Energy Healing

Reiki is an effective energy healing technique. It’s a great way to simply feel better. It strikes a deep chord of health and healing within people when they experience it.

The goal of Reiki is to support the natural innate life force of a person. By doing so, a person's overall health is positively impacted. It’s holistic and supports the health of a person’s body, mind, heart, and spirit.  A trained practitioner uses Reiki energy healing technique to transmit universal life energy, also called ch'i or ki, to the receiver or client.

Reiki is one energy healing technique that can be used in a variety of ways. The method involves the practitioner placing their hands in specific positions generally slightly above a person’s physical body.  Universal life energy is then transmitted to the body's subtle energy system which impacts the person’s body.  Like all energy healing methods, it can also be done from a distance.  

So what is Reiki energy healing?  Reiki is said to support the innate healing ability of the body which, in turn, supports the overall health and wellbeing of the person.  People find that it is an extra integrative technique that complements their health care providers medical recommendations. It is used as a beneficial adjunct in support of a wide variety of health conditions, acute or chronic.  It is used for relaxation, pain and stress reduction, nervousness, side effects of medical treatments and people going through transitions.  It is also used for individuals who are dying, their families and caregivers, to help with hospice and bereavement.

It is an excellent self care technique. It has become very popular over the last thirty+ years because it empowers a person in self-care and self-compassion with the intention to feel better. In fact, historically, Reiki was originally a form of personal self care.  Due to its health benefits, it has also grown into being used by trained practitioners in a variety of settings to help others.