What is Reiki anyway?

Reiki, pronounced Ray-key, is a method of stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. Developed in Japan, Reiki is a type of energy work. It is based on the idea that all living things have a special energy flowing through them called life energy. When your life energy is high, you’ll feel strong and confident, be more relaxed and centered, and less likely to get sick. When it is low, you’ll often feel tired, be more easily affected by stress and less resistant to illness.

Every cell in your body is specialized to conduct electric energy. It sends signals throughout the systems of the body to the brain. These signals are the basis for life an health. These electrical signals control the rhythms and processes of the body. Both Eastern and Western medicine concludes that disruptions in the electrical energy fields of the body causes disease.

A Reiki treatment is a way of increasing your life energy and helping a person to remove blocked energy. A practitioner will transmit Reiki to the client through the hands. The hands are lightly placed on or near the body in various positions around the head, shoulders, stomach and feet.

A treatment can feel like a warm glowing radiance that flows through the body. It is a very relaxing experience. A treatment will usually release negative feelings or thoughts leaving the client feeling more positive, light hearted, and with feelings of well-being.

Reiki isn't a religion. It's not doctrine or dogma. Followers of many religious traditions both practice and receive Reiki. Reiki is grounded in the principle of compassionate action, which is common to all religious traditions.

Reiki is completely painless and non-invasive. Reiki is practiced in over 800 hospitals and clinics throughout the United States, including: John’s Hopkins University Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Yale New Haven Hospital, Duke Integrative Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Children’s Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Columbia University Medical Center among others.

Reiki works to compliment any existing treatments, protocols, or medications safely and effectively. Life force energy is inherently positive and will only ever work to serve a person’s highest good. Reiki works to release blocked or stagnant energy and brings stress-relief and relaxation.