Reiki: What the Hell is it?

That is a question I have been asked many times since I began my Reiki studies. Well, it is hard to explain but I

will do my best.

It is a Japanese Healing art that has been around in modern times for about 100 years.
It is a life-force energy channeled thru the hands of the person attuned to the energy.
The energy feels like a warmth (sometimes chilly) emanating from the Reiki practitioners hands.
Reiki is actually a Japanese word that means healing energy.
Reiki comes in many different forms. After World War II Mrs. Takata brought it to America.
Mrs. Takata trained disciples in the use of the energy. We are all descendents of her training.
There are a few different types of Reiki practiced in the US. Familiar ones include Karuna and Usui.
Reiki energy is generally given to people, animals, plants, or sent to situations.
The energy can be transferred by touch or by sending the energy to where it is needed.
Healing is done by permission and generally it is accepted that a person pay for the healing.
Karuna Reiki was recently developed to help people work with their Shadow side, the past, psychic surgery.
Reiki is very useful for pain, healing wounds/bones, calming, grounding, achieving a balanced state.
Reiki is passed on via training in which a Reiki teacher attunes the student to the energy.
Usui and Karuna Reiki each have 3 degrees of mastery plus a teachers certificate program. People who practice Reiki pledge to abide by the Reiki rules: Just for today I will let go of anger, just for today I will do my work honestly, just for today I will be kind to every living thing.
Reiki is love and it works!

I have had Reiki miracles in my life. The energy has changed me in wonderful ways. When I decided to

dedicate my life to Reiki I took the Journey to Personal Mastery, declared my intentions for my life,

and the energy has definitely helped me work thru my issues. After you take Reiki the energy

will start to raise your spiritual vibration and life can get rocky as you work to release what is

no longer working in your life. I have had a sick bird's t-cells return to normal according to lab

results within one day of a Reiki treatment. I have given Reiki to coworkers and they found

relief from headaches and backaches quickly. The more people who are attuned to the energy the

better the world can be. I know it may sound fishy to some skeptics out there. Leave yourself

an open enough mind to believe that there is an alternate way to traditional medicine. I do

not espouse Reiki over going to see a licensed physician. But definitely as an adjunct!

Be well. --Erika