REIKI
靈氣
WHAT’S THERE NOT TO LOVE ABOUT REIKI?
Reiki is a powerful form of spiritual and energetic healing that originated in Japan and promotes healing and transformation. Ever since it left its ancestral homelands, this hands on (and off) healing modality has over a million practitioners world-wide.
For myself, whether I’m serving as a conduit on behalf of my client or simply being a recipient of it, I’m always amazed and grateful for how relaxed and yummy I feel after a Reiki session! Offering a session most of the time feels like getting a session myself, so regardless of which end of the Reiki flow I’m at, I come out feeling mighty fine!
So, what is Reiki 靈氣?
In essence, Reiki is divine Source energy channeled through the practitioner to the client who then receives the energy like a spark that ignites the client’s natural healing abilities. In this way, a Reiki practitioner assists the client in healing themselves. In other words, we help you heal yourself!
Similar to the founder who made the term popular in the west, Mikao Usui, a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk in training rediscovered the power of Reiki (靈氣) in 1922 when fasting on Kurama Yama (Mt. Kurama) when he was struck by what he described as lightening! From that initial spark, he immediately learned how to heal himself and shortly thereafter coined his Reiho “miraculous method” as "Shin Shin Kaizen Usui Reiki Ryoho" or "Usui Reiki Treatment Method for Improvement of Body and Mind.”
Other translations of Reiki include “spiritual energy,” “spiritually-led energy” or a bit off the beaten path as “universal life force.” Indeedy, Reiki is a word that has been around for thousands of years in Japan and according to Japanese author and Reiki Dai-Shihan, Masaki Nishina, “The word Reiki (靈氣) can be found in the common Japanese dictionary as ‘Reiki, the sacred energy, filling the deep forest,’” which I deeply resonate with as I find the deep cedar forests and sacred waterways of the mountains as an ideal training ground for initiates who seek to learn and train in the ways of Reiki.
In any case, no matter how you perceive or package it, we can all agree that after one Reiki session, you’re almost always feeling better and lighter from whatever was ailing you before you hopped on the table. And as our body knows (statistics and studies have also proven) true healing only occurs when one is in a state of deep relaxation. So central to every session, you will always feel more relaxed and less anxious and THAT my friend, is GOLD given the current climate of the world we live in these days.
So, whether you are looking to alleviate physical or emotional pain, reduce stress, or deepen your spiritual connection, Reiki can be a powerful tool for healing and transformation.
And finally, in the words of Shakyamuni Buddha…
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
So, that said… Shakyamuni Buddha would insist that you give Reiki a twirl and decide for yourself!
