How Does Reiki Involve Natural Healing?
Reiki is a wonderful form of natural healing and is considered an alternative treatment as it does not involve medication of any kind. It uses energy to heal. To understand why Reiki is so popular among patients, it would be best to get an understanding of where this method came from.
History of Reiki
In 1922, Usui Mikao came down from the mountains of Japan after an extensive stay to fast and meditate. He arrived with a newfound spiritual understanding that would allow him to heal the body without medicine. He would be able to heal with the power of touch. He would go on to develop and teach over 2000 students this method of healing.
What Does a Reiki Session Involve?
A patient is asked to wear loose clothing and to lie down on a table that is similar to a massage table. The master of Reiki takes a few moments to meditate. During the session, patient and practitioner do not have unnecessary conversations in order to maintain a level of relaxation and meditation. Both parties should try channeling this energy to maximize the benefits. The master then would touch the patient in a variety of places that would include the head, neck, torso (front and back), legs, and feet. The hands would stay in that position for 3-5 minutes. This allows for healing energy to pass from the master to the patient.
Some masters of Reiki can pass this energy without full touch by holding their hands a few inches away from the patient. Some believe that a specific problem area should be mentioned so that the master can concentrate their healing energy on that area. However, many believe that the power of Reiki healing is so strong that the body will be drawn to the energy and point out the areas of pain, as if this form of alternative healing has intelligence.
Who Can benefit From Reiki Healing?
Both patient and master must channel so the energy can be released and received. A patient who is suffering a debilitating disease, such as cancer, has reported such relief from pain using Reiki healing. Someone who has chosen to fight this horrible disease with modern miracle drugs, such as chemo therapy combined with radiation has riddled their body with poisons to try to kill off all the bad cells. This therapy also zaps their body of healing energy that will aid them in the natural fight of the disease. The stress of life, the disease, and the hopeful cure is not helping with the fight.
Treatments with a Reiki master will help restore that energy and will allow the body to work with the modern day treatments. The patient will lay on the table, exhausted but hopeful. The master will set the scene of serenity and the patient will forget, for a few moments, all that they have and will endure. The master taps into an inner energy and places their healing hands on the patient. There is no conversation of needles, hospital stays, or prognosis. The room takes on a positive energy and the patient receives this touch from head to toe and the body absorbs all the positive and is able to let go of some negative. After the Reiki treatment, the patient goes home more relaxed, energized, and ready to keep up the fight of life.
If you have never experienced Reiki healing it is possibly hard to imagine this powerful alternative method. Try something yourself. Place your hands on your partner, where they experience pain or discomfort for a few minutes. What do you feel and what do they feel? The answers may surprise you!
Reiki Hand Positions You Can Do Yourself
If you aren’t familiar with it, Reiki is a Japanese art of healing and stress reduction. It is thought that the gentle touches of a practitioner’s hands can help to redirect the energy flow of the individual who is being treated so that they no longer suffer from whatever ails them. Reiki can be practiced on yourself or on another, but it’s important to familiarize yourself with the hand positions in order to gain the best results for your efforts.
There are a couple of Reiki hand positions which are known to be very helpful in treating everything from the sinuses to ears, nose and stress. The first position requires you to cup your hands over your face. The heels of the hands should be resting at about the cheekbones, while the fingertips sit at just about the hairline. Always make sure there is no pressure from the touching, just a feather light feeling of the hands connecting with the face. This hand position is especially good for the sinuses, so close your eyes and hold it there for a moment, while you feel the energy transferring from the hands to this area of the face and head.
The second Reiki hand position which can be very useful in helping with problems of the head and sinuses, in addition to stress and tiredness is one in which you put both of your hands on your head. Put the right hand on right side and left hand on left side of the head. Let the heels of the hand rest at about the temples, while the fingertips cover the crown of the head. Remember to keep a very light touch and close your eyes and relax while you feel the energy warming and tingling through this area of the head.
If you suffer from neck and tension headaches then there is a Reiki hand position for you. By putting your hands at the back of the head, by the base of the skull, almost like a bowl, you can help to alleviate problems such as neck and shoulder pain. Remember to keep a very light touch and close your eyes as you feel your energy do the healing.
There are also many different Reiki hand positions that are said to be able to heal the lungs, heart, throat and almost any area of the body you wish to release trapped energy and begin to feel rejuvenated and stress free. You can try these on yourself of you can find a Reiki practitioner who has a vast knowledge of the different hand positions which will help you to develop a clean energy flow and reduce everything from stress to colds. It is said that Reiki has been helpful in curing diseases and healing ailments and is a spiritual approach to treating the body’s ailments. It is completely safe and requires no drugs or prescriptions.
