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Reiki is a form of energy healing modality. In a Reiki healing session, the reiki practitioner will channel the "universal life force energy" through the practitioner's hands to you. This promotes healing and balance in the recipient’s body, mind, and spirit.
This is the answer I got through google and chatgpt. I don't know about you, but this explains nothing to me.
But after years of practising reiki, I start to understand the profoundness of what reiki does, and how it actually works. And here's more of my understanding through my own observations and practise.
Energy
Everything is made up of energy- living & non-living being alike. And all of us are made up of different bodies- physical body, mental body and emotional body. And all of these contributes to our energetic body.
Usually, we go directly for treatments for the 'problems'. E.g. when we have a flu, or when we fell and hurt our leg, we know that our physical body is hurt, so we'll seek help from a doctor. When we suffer from a mental block, or we have some grief to process, we know that our mental and emotional body is suffering, so we might seek help from a counsellor.
While we can clearly understand which part of the body is hurt, it also mean our energetic body is suffering due to it as well. Because all bodies contribute to your energetic body.
Which is why you always hear Reiki is a complementary treatment to all other treatments you're having. If you put on a cast for your fractured ankle, it will help to stabilise and heal. And if you seek reiki treatment at the same time, it might escalate the healing process. If you find yourself processing big emotions during your counselling/talk therapy session, reiki might help you feel calmer to process them easier.
Of course, reiki is more than just these. But more on that later.
How is a reiki treatment process is like?
In a meditative state, the reiki practitioner will either place or hover their hands over different parts of your body.
Ok... so I'm hearing this.
"What? Is that a hoax? Why is this so easy??"
I'm not kidding when I say a client told me she actually decided to come for a reiki session to prove that it's a hoax. But she was proven wrong. More on this another time.
The process seems simple, I don't deny that. It's akin to you twisting your car keys in the ignition to start a car. It seems simple enough, yet there's much going behind the scenes that is not visible to you.
So here's a little on...
Why can Reiki practitioner channel Reiki?
So, now a little bit about chakras.
If you're into spirituality, chances are you have come across this term and educate yourself on what are chakras. But most people only hear about the major chakras and not the minor ones, and one of the minor ones are our palm chakras, and this is how we channel the reiki energy to you.
And crown chakra is where we are connected to the Highest Source, which is also know as the "universal life force energy". The lighter the body, the more we can receive from "universal life force energy" from the Highest Source. It's evident when you compare an animal to a plant. Because a plant body is so light, it can generate energy (or food) from being in the sun (and of course much more going behind the scenes), whereas an animal need to eat another plant or animal to get energy to survive. And this is one can be a carnivore, vegan, or even breatharian.
This is just one way to look at how light a body is. There are many other aspects to it. How much healing you go through, how much shadow work have you done, or how much change to your lifestyle you're willing to in order to incorporate more light in your body?
Because of the commitment a reiki practitioner has to go through in order to incorporate more light in their body, they are able to channel stronger "universal life force energy to you". The process seem simple enough and yet, there are many commitments to healing and lifestyle a reiki practitioner has to go through, in order to be a reiki practitioners.
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