Reiki Overview
Reiki?
Reiki is believed to have begun in Tibet several thousand years ago and was re-invented by the Japanese in the mid 1980s. It was introduced to the western world in the mid-1970s and since then its use has spread dramatically worldwide.
The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words -Rei which means “God’s wisdom or the Higher Power” and Ki which is “life force energy”. So Reiki is actually “spiritually guided life force energy”.
Reiki is a technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by “laying on hands” and is based on the idea that an unseen life force energy flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s life force energy is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are capable of being happy and healthy. Reiki practitioners channel energy in a particular pattern to heal and harmonize. Unlike other healing therapies based on the premise of a human energy field, Reiki seeks to restore order to the body whose vital energy has become unbalanced. Reiki energy has several basic effects: it brings about deep relaxation, destroys energy blockages, detoxifies the system, provides new vitality in the form of healing universal life energy, and increases the vibrational frequency of the body.
So Reiki is actually “spiritually guided life force energy”. A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. Reiki is not dependent on belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not.
Shanti has three Reiki masters who have been trained in the practice of Reiki and give their time, caringly and unselfishly to our clients every month. Please contact Mary Jo at 949-452-0888 for an appointment.